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South African Quinton de Kock and India's KL Rahul recorded the highest opening partnership in Indian Premier League history on Wednesday (May 18) as their stand of 210 fired the Lucknow Super Giants to the playoffs with a two-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rinku Singh batted superbly towards the end of the innings to bring Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to the brink of victory only for the franchise to lose by two runs in the end, thanks to a brilliant comeback from Marnus Stoinis as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) became only the second team to confirm a place in the play-offs in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Nitish Rana scored 42 runs while Shreyas Iyer scored a remarkable fifty in the chase. Batting first, LSG openers KL Rahul (68*) and Quinton de Kock (140*) remained not out and scored 210 runs in 20 overs. Their stand was the highest opening stand ever in the IPL.
Quinton de Kock struck a sensational hundred and shared a record opening stand with skipper KL Rahul as Lucknow Super Giants pipped Kolkata Knight Riders by two runs in a last-ball IPL thriller to seal their play-off spot on Wednesday. De Kock gave a batting masterclass enroute to an unbeaten 140 off 70 balls as he and Rahul (68 not out off 51) fired LSG to 210 for no loss, the highest opening stand in IPL history. As it happened | Scorecard | Points TableIt was a steep chase but KKR stayed in the game through Nitish Rana (42) and captain Shreyas Iyer (50) but it was too big a task for the lower-order. Their innings ended 208 for eight in 20 overs. Just when it looked KKR were down and out, Sunil Narine (21 not out off 7) and Rinku Singh (40 off 15) started smashing the LSG bowlers around the ground to reignite hopes of the dug out. KKR needed 38 runs off the last two overs and they both brought the equation down to 21 off the final over.
KL Rahul on Wednesday crossed the milestone of 500 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season for the fifth consecutive time. With this achievement, he became the first Indian batter to cross the 500-run mark for the fifth straight IPL season. The stylish right-handed opener achieved this feat during match number 66 of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2022 between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders here at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.
KL Rahul on Wednesday crossed the milestone of 500 runs in an IPL season for the fifth consecutive time. With this achievement, he became the first Indian batter to cross the 500-run mark for the fifth straight IPL season. The stylish right-handed opener achieved this feat during match number 66 of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2022 between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders here at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. "500 runs in IPL for @klrahul for the fifth straight season. Becomes the first Indian player to achieve this feat," IPL tweeted.
Quinton de Kock played with exuberance for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders to score a brilliant ton in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Wednesday. He stayed unbeaten on 140 (70b, 10x6s, 10x4s) as LSG scored a massive 210/0 in 20 overs. His fellow opener and LSG captain KL Rahul stayed unbeaten on 68* (51b, 4x6s, 3x4s). When they crossed the score of 185 together, the duo's stand became the highest-ever by openers in the history of the IPL. This is also the highest-ever stand for any wicket against KKR.
IPL 2022 Live Updates, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: LSG skipper KL Rahul won the toss and opted to bat vs KKR. LSG make three changes while KKR make one. Krunal Pandya, Chameera and Ayush Badoni miss out. Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis and Gowtham come in For KKR, Abhijeet Tomar comes in for injured Ajinkya Rahane. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul will have one eye on the playoffs qualification when his team takes on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on Wednesday. LSG are currently third in the Points Table with eight wins and while KKR are languishing at the sixth spot with six wins from 13 games. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen reckons Kolkata Knight Riders are too good a team to be languishing at the bottom half of the points table in the IPL 2022. The Shreyas Iyer-led side started the 15th edition of IPL with promise but its form tapered down as the tournament progressed. The runner-ups of the previous season haven't been able to live up to the expectations as they lost five games on the trot midway through the season. While analysing KKR's slide and flip-flop show in the IPL 2022, Pietersen blamed the constant chopping and changing in the playing eleven.