KKR vs LSG IPL 2023: Full List of Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post Match Presentation, Scorecard & Record

LSG lost wickets at regular intervals to reel at 73 for five in 10.1 overs before Pooran and Ayush Badoni shared 74 runs for the sixth wicket to lay the base for the total.

But then LSG witnessed another batting collapse to be restricted before Krishnappa Gowtham played a short little unbeaten 4-ball 11-run cameo to give LSG bowlers something to defend.

For KKR, Shardul Thakur (2/27), Sunil Narine (2/28) and Vaibhav Arora (2/30) scalped two wickets apiece. Chasing, Rinku Singh remained unbeaten on 67 off 33 balls while Jason Roy made 28-ball 45 up the order but it was not enough as KKR could manage 175 for seven. Ravi Bishnoi (2/23) and Yash Thakur (2/31) picked up two wickets each for LSG.

Brief Scores: Lucknow Super Giants: 176 for 8 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 58; Shardul Thakur 2/27, Sunil Narine 2/28, Vaibhav Arora 2/30) vs KKR. PTI SSC Kolkata Knight Riders: 175 for 7 in 20 overs (Rinku Singh 67 not out, Jason Roy 45; Ravi Bishnoi 2/33, Yash Thakur 2/31).

KKR vs LSG IPL 2023 Match 68 Award Winners

Player Of The Match: Nicholas Pooran (LSG)

TIAGO.ev Electric Striker Of The Match: Rinku Singh (KKR) Strike rater: 203.03

Herbalife Active Catch Of The Match: Harshit Rana (KKR)

Visit Saudi Beyond The Boundaries Longest 6: Rinku Singh, 110 meters

RuPay On-The-Go 4s: Jason Roy (KKR), 7 fours

UPSTOX Most Valuable Asset Of The Match: Rinku Singh, 31 MVA points

Dream11 Gamechanger Of The Match: Rinku Singh, 107 fantasy points

Note: All the prizes carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh

KKR vs LSG IPL 2023 Match 68: Who Said What

Nicholas Pooran | Player of the Match: “I knew I had to take it as deep as possible. When the spinners were bowling, I knew they’ll give me bad balls and this was a small pitch. I’ve been batting well throughout the tournament, and I pride myself to play in such situations.

“The time has invested heavily in me and these are the ways that I can repay them. Ayush (Badoni) and I had that partnership against Chennai as well. I was confident batting with him at the crease.

“I think it is impressive that our bowlers are standing up to the challenge, they have done it in the last two games. We have a young bowling attack and to come to Eden Gardens and defend that kind of total was amazing.”

Krunal Pandya | LSG Captain: “First reaction is satisfaction. We never gave up, we were put under lot of pressure but credit to the boys. At one stage, they were 61/1 but I’ve seen it before that at this level 2-3 tight overs and we’re in the game.

“And there was some grip for the spinners as well. Rinku has been special this year, every game when he’s there you can’t take it easy. Today he showed it again, but it is a high pressure situation while bowling death overs to execute our plans.

“I was talking to my bowlers after each ball, I asked them to execute their plans, if after that the batter plays a good shot there’s nothing we can do.

“(On decision to bowl Yash Thakur for 20th over) I go with my gut, last game there was some reverse swing so I went with Mohsin. Today I went with Yash because the pitch was slow and he was confident after a couple of good overs.”

Ravi Bishnoi: “Always feels good after a win. Morale is down.. sorry morale is up. See I’m not even able to talk properly. The way Rinku was batting, every ball there was a fear of the match getting away. Ball was sticking in the wicket today.

“Felt if the spinners bowled well, target will be difficult to get. Focus was to get wickets, bowl wicket to wicket. We’ll fight hard in the playoffs and try to win the trophy.”

Nitish Rana | KKR Captain: “The result didn’t go in our favour, but plenty of positives to take from this season and lots to improve as well. Will come back stronger next season.

“You need to do well in all three departments to compete and finish in the top 4 in the world’s best league. I feel bad because we had the ability to qualify in the top four and we will work on mistakes and come back better next season.

“Feels like all 14 matches, I’ve spoken about Rinku. I am personally very happy for him (Rinku) and I don’t really have words to describe about him because the entire world has seen what he can do on a cricket field.”

KKR vs LSG IPL 2023 Stats

Rinku Singh in run-chases this season
Innings: 7
Runs: 305
Avg: 152.50
SR: 174.28
50s: 4
HS: 67*
4s/6s: 20/22

50-plus stands for 6th wicket (or below) for LSG
84 – Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni vs RCB, Bangalore, 2023
59 – Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni vs CSK, Lucknow, 2023
60* – Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni vs KKR, Kolkata, 2023