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IPL 2022: Lucknow Super Giants is the 2nd team to qualify for the playoffs

Lucknow Super Giants held their nerve to win a thrilling encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders by thin margin of 2 runs. With this win they are the second team to qualify for the playoffs with 18 points

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IPL Match No 66: LSG vs KKR

Lucknow had their best opening stand of the season with an unbeaten partnership between Quinton De Kock (140* off 70 balls) and KL Rahul (68* off 51 balls) with both remaining unbeaten till the end posting 210/0 at the end of 20 overs. KKR were backed against the wall as they needed a win to stay as a contender for playoffs.

KKR Chase

In response KKR were right in trouble at the top with some accurate bowling by Mohsin Khan who ended with figures for 3/20 and was the pick of the bowler. After the fall of two quick wickets, Nitish Rana (42 off 22) and Shreyas Iyer (50 off 29) punched their way ahead and at some point they were going at the asking and the match seemed to be within their grasp.

Two quick wickets of Sam Billings and Andre Russel backed by some superb bowling by Mohsin Khan, Marcus Stoinis and Avesh Khan pulled the game back in Lucknow’s favour. With 80 odd runs required from around 40 odd balls, it seemed over for KKR. But a superlative effort by Rinku Singh (40 off 15) and Sunil Narine (21* off 7) got the match to the very last ball.

With 17 runs needed in the last over, it was all but gone for KKR. Rinku had other ideas though and with some lusty hitting off the bowling of Stoinis (6,4,4 off 3 balls) brought the equation down to 3 runs off 2 ball for a victory for KKR. Rinku’s ended with a superlative diving catch by Evil Lewis in the extra cover boundary and it came down to needing 3 runs off the last delivery for KKR. The last ball saw a stunning yorker break the stumps of Umesh Yadav and it was all over for Kolakata while it was jubilation for Lucknow Super Giants.

IPL Points Table (after match no 66)

League Matches Rankings
TeamPlayedWonLostTiedNRRPoints
GT1310300.39120
LSG149500.25118
RR138500.30416
DC137600.25514
RCB13760-0.32314
KKR146800.14612
PBKS13670-0.04312
SRH13670-0.2312
CSK13490-0.2068
MI133100-0.5776

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2022 Match Results

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2022 Results
Against1st Game2nd Game
Sunrisers Hyderabad169/7 – 157/9
Punjab KIngs153/8 – 133/8
Rajasthan Royals162/8 – 165/6154/8 – 178/6
Royal Challengers Bangalore163/8 – 181/6
Mumbai Indians199/4 – 181/9168/6 – 132/8
Chennai Super Kings211/4 – 210/7
Kolkata Knight Riders176/7 – 101/10210/0 – 208/8
Delhi Capitals155/4 – 149/3195/3 – 189/7
Gujarat Titans158/6 – 161/582/10 – 144/4

Lucknow Super Giants – IPL 2022 – Top Batsmen

IPL 2022 Batsmen
PlayerInnsRunsTS100s50sAvgSR
KL Rahul14537103*2348.82135.26
Quinton De Kock14502140*130.00149.40
Deepak Hooda1340659040.00133.55
Krunal Pandya12183420022.88127.08
Ayush Badoni1116154010.00123.84
Marcus Stoinis914738*000.00151.54
B. Sai Sudharsan514565*010.00127.19
Manish Pandey688380014.67110.00
Evin Lewis47155*0123.67142.00
Jason Holder85816009.67131.81

Lucknow Super Giants – IPL 2022 – Top Bowlers

IPL 2022 Bowlers
PlayerInnsOversWksBBI4WAvgEcon
Avesh Khan1243.41724/4121.888.51
Jason Holder1241.31431/3027.929.42
Mohsin Khan829.01316/4113.235.93
Ravi Bishnoi1350.01222/2034.258.22
Krunal Pandya1134.0919/3025.116.64
Dushmanta Chameera1140.0917/2036.668.25
K. Gowtham412.0530/2019.808.25
Marcus Stoinis57.0423/3019.7511.28
Andrew Tye311.0240/2053.509.72
Ayush Badoni22.025/105.505.50
Deepak Hooda24.0131/1043.0010.75

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