In a game that literally had everything Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won in super over against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) In match 38 The 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Cricket Stadium. Sunday, 26 April.
After being invited to bat, KKR scored 155 runs in their 20 overs thanks to a late strike from Rinku Singh. The left-handed batsman scored an unbeaten 83 to help the 2024 champions reach a decent total after Mohsin Khan decimated their top order with a five-wicket haul. Rinku set a challenging score by hitting four consecutive sixes on Digvesh Rathi in the last over.
LSG were slow to respond and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. However, late cameos from Ayush Badoni and Himmat Singh kept them in the game. Then came the turning point. Karthik Tyagi, who was bowling the final over, bowled two no-balls which diminished the hosts' hopes. However, when KKR was in the driver's seat lsg Seven runs were needed from two balls. After this, Mohammed Shami hit a six on the last ball and took the match tie to the super over.
KKR dominated in the super over. Sunil Narine dismissed Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram with just one run on the board, which Ajinkya Rahane's team achieved on the very first ball.
Many milestones and records were achieved in this thrilling game, as has been the case with every IPL game this season. Player of the Match Rinku managed to achieve some individual achievements after a remarkable innings.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 38:
- Rinku Singh: Recorded his highest IPL score (83 not out)
- Rinku Singh:First IPL half-century in the first innings
- Rinku Singh: Reached 300 fours in T20 cricket
- 62: Highest partnership for 8th wicket or less for KKR in IPL history (Narayan and Rinku)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi:Fourth batsman to be out obstructing the field in IPL history
- Rishabh Pant: Reached 250 sixes in T20 cricket
- Rishabh Pant: Reached 500 fours in T20 cricket
- mohsin khan: Fourth best performance by an uncapped bowler in IPL (5/23)
- mohsin khan: Best bowling figures by an Indian left-arm fast bowler in IPL (5/23)
- mohsin khan: Third LSG bowler to take five wickets
- 16: Number of tied games in IPL
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