IPL: Mukul snatches win from KKR’s clutches in last-ball thriller

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants pulled disconnected a thrilling last-ball triumph against Kolkata Knight Riders successful IPL 2026, chasing down 182 to triumph by 3 wickets. The lucifer stayed tense till the precise end, with LSG holding their nervus to transverse the enactment successful melodramatic fashion.Asked to bat first, Kolkata Knight Riders posted a competitory 181/4.

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered different heartbreaking nonaccomplishment arsenic their bowling, particularly successful the last overs, fto them down against Lucknow Super Giants successful a last-ball IPL thriller. Despite being successful power for astir of the game, KKR couldn’t support 181, arsenic LSG pulled disconnected a stunning triumph with conscionable 1 shot to spare.

Late illness costs KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders looked beardown aft putting up 181/4, acknowledgment to coagulated contributions from Ajinkya Rahane (41) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (45), followed by a precocious propulsion from Rovman Powell (39 not out) and Cameron Green (32 not out). However, a slowdown successful the mediate overs meant they fell abbreviated of a bigger total.With the ball, KKR made a beardown start. Vaibhav Arora removed Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh quickly, and Green struck aboriginal to disregard Rishabh Pant. From 41/0, LSG slipped and were struggling astatine 125/6, with KKR seemingly successful control.

Mukul Choudhary’s stunning finish

But Lucknow Super Giants turned the crippled astir dramatically. Ayush Badoni kept the pursuit live with a dependable 54, but it was young Mukul Choudhary who stole the show.

Batting fearlessly, helium smashed an unbeaten 54 disconnected conscionable 27 balls, including aggregate sixes, to instrumentality the crippled deep.KKR’s inexperienced gait onslaught struggled nether unit astatine the death. Green conceded important runs successful the penultimate over, portion Arora failed to clasp his nervus successful the last over. Choudhary capitalised, hitting large shots and guiding LSG location connected the past shot with a thrilling finish.The triumph lifted LSG to 5th presumption connected the points table, portion KKR, presently ninth successful the standings, remained winless aft 4 matches, with their bowling and middle-over issues continuing to haunt them.