KKR vs LSG – Match 15, TATA IPL 2026

Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 9 April 2026

Result: Lucknow Super Giants won by 3 wickets (last ball)

Toss & Context

LSG won the toss and elected to bowl at a raucous Eden Gardens – a cauldron that has seen some of IPL's most electric moments. This night would add another chapter to that storied history.

KKR Innings: 181/4 (20 overs)

KKR's innings never found uninterrupted momentum. Finn Allen fell early before Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi steadied things with a fluent 84-run second-wicket partnership. Both fell in quick succession, putting the pressure back on the home side.

The slowdown through the middle overs was stark – just nine runs in overs 13-15. But the final five overs flipped the script entirely as Cameron Green (32* off 24) found his range and Rovman Powell (39* off 24) provided ferocious finishing power, hammering 66 runs in the final five overs to lift KKR to a competitive 181/4.

LSG Innings: 182/7 (20 overs) – won off last ball

LSG's chase started brightly. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh (41 off 4 overs) put immediate pressure on KKR. Then Vaibhav Arora triggered a collapse, dismissing Markram before Marsh fell two balls later in the same over. LSG never quite recovered: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, and Abdul Samad all perished cheaply, leaving LSG staggering at 104/5 – the chase looking dead and buried.

Ayush Badoni brought up a courageous half-century with a six in the 15th over, only to fall immediately afterward. Mohammed Shami was dismissed soon after. At 128/7 with two overs remaining, LSG needed 54 off 12 balls. Impossible – or so it seemed.

Mukul Choudhary's Extraordinary Cameo

In walked Mukul Choudhary – playing his first match of the season – and he announced himself with the most emphatic possible statement: a towering straight six off Vaibhav Arora in the 17th over. What followed was pure, unbridled power-hitting. Choudhary's helicopter swing dispatched short balls over mid-wicket while fuller deliveries were driven over extra cover with wristy authority.

With 14 needed off the final over for LSG number-10 Avesh Khan to keep strike, Choudhary watched from the non-striker's end as a six off the second ball brought the equation down to 7 off 4. A six, two dots, then another stunning six over deep cover off a wide yorker. One needed off the last ball. Choudhary swung and missed, but the batters ran – Raghuvanshi fired a direct hit at the striker's end but missed, and the umpire gave the desperate single. LSG had won by three wickets off the last ball.

Final scorecard for the partnership: Choudhary 52 off 21, Avesh 1 run. The stat perfectly captures the story.

Player of the Match: Mukul Choudhary (54* off 27, 7 sixes)

Points Table Impact

LSG move to 5th on the table with two wins from three. KKR, meanwhile, remain winless in three outings, languishing in the bottom two and facing serious questions about their squad balance and bowling attack depth.