Kolkata’s hat-trick of victories in the IPL. Shreyas Iyer’s team beat Lucknow after Delhi, Mumbai. After winning two consecutive away matches, KKR will be able to come to Kolkata to play the last home match with an open mind. Batting first, Kolkata made 235/6. In reply, Lucknow stopped at 137 runs on the bowling of Andre Russell, Sunil Narine. That is, KKR won by 98 runs. KKR topped the IPL points table. They now have 16 points in 11 matches.
In 10 matches, Rajasthan’s points were equal, but KKR topped the run rate.Aaron Finch and Ravi Shastri came to give the pitch report before the match and said that the score of 190-200 runs on this pitch. Because the history of reaching 200 has not yet been made on the field of Lucknow. That too was made by KKR. Not only that, after that exemplary match between Punjab and Kolkata, 200 runs were not scored in the IPL. KKR broke that streak too. KKR scored 200 or more runs 6 times this season. More than the rest of the teams.Shreyas Iyer lost the toss again on this day. He lost the toss in six consecutive matches. He said that he cannot change this fate in any way. Shreyas may face competition from Chennai skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has lost 10 of the 11 matches tossed. But at the end of the day, he could say, ‘It was a good toss to lose’.
KKR are getting off to a good start in most of the matches this time courtesy of their opening pair. Lucknow match is no exception. Phil Salt hits Marcus Stoinis for a first ball four. Ten came from that over. As the powerplay progressed, KKR’s openers started opening up. Salty was more aggressive as usual.
