NAVI MUMBAI: When Rinku Singh walked out to bat at No 8, Kolkata Knight Riders had lost Andre Russell and needed 60 runs off 20 balls. From that stage the never-say-die south paw brought it down to three runs off the final ball with his stunning 15-ball 40.
But Marcus Stonis nailed his yorker bowling to Umesh Yadav, helping Lucknow Super Giants steal a 2-run victory at the DY Patil stadium on Wednesday. LSG joined fellow newcomers Gujarat Titans in the playoffs. With 18 points and a healthy run rate, they look good to even finish in the top two.
Little would KKR and Abhijeet Tomar, playing his first game, have known how costly his dropping Quinton De Kock in the third over of the LSG innings would prove. De Kock was again dropped on 68 by wicket-keeper Sam Billings. Those two spilled catches cost KKR 128 runs as the South African went on to score an unbeaten 140 (70b) at a strike rate of 200. In what was a mustwin game for KKR, their bowlers failed to pick a wicket, the LSG openers amassing an IPL record stand for the wicket-210 runs in the 20 overs.
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