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04/09 14:19 CDT Choudhary powers Lucknow to thrilling win over Kolkata in
Indian Premier League
Choudhary powers Lucknow to thrilling win over Kolkata in Indian Premier League
KOLKATA, India (AP) --- Mukul Choudhary hit seven sixes in the death overs to
power Lucknow Super Giants to a three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in
the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
The 21-year-old Choudhary, playing his first IPL season, dashed Kolkata hopes
for its first win in the tournament with an unbeaten 54 off 27 balls as Lucknow
reached 182-7 off the final ball.
Unbeaten cameos from Rovman Powell (39) and Cameron Green (32) lifted Kolkata
to 181-4 after captain Ajinkya Rahana lost the toss and was put in to bat.
Lucknow has two wins from three games while Kolkata is lurching at No. 9 in the
standings with just one point from its last rained-out game.
The total seemed to be enough for Kolkata as Lucknow had slumped to 128-7 in 16
overs.
But Choudhary took charge with its extraordinary power-hitting against pacers
including Green, who bowled for the first time this season and finished with
1-28 from his two overs.
Green's 16-run penultimate over brought down the target to 14 off Vaibhav
Arora's final over, but Choudhary smacked two sixes against the fast bowler as
he leveled the scores with his seventh six of the innings over extra cover.
Choudhary couldn't connect the final ball, but Avesh Khan scampered for the
winning run as wicketkeeper Angkrish Raghuvanshi missed the stumps at the
striker's end.
Impact substitute Ayush Badoni (54) also score a half-century, but his
dismissal just before the death overs raised Kolkata hopes with Choudhary
smacking sixes at will.
Aiden Markram (22) and Mitchell Marsh (15) provided Lucknow a sound start of 41
in four overs before Kolkata's impact substitute Arora dismissed both.
Markram spooned Arora's short ball to mid-wicket and Marsh was caught behind
when he got a faint edge to a leg-side delivery as the Australian batter threw
his head back in disappointment.
Kolkata's million-dollar buy Green struck off his second ball when captain
Rishabh Pant (10) top-edged a short ball to short fine leg as Lucknow slipped
to 73-3 in the 9th over.
Lucknow's top-order struggle against short balls continued when Nicholas Pooran
fell to Kartik Tyagi for a struggling 13 off 15 balls that featured only one
six.
Earlier, Prince Yadav continued to impress with his bowling in the power play
when removed Finn Allen (9) in the second over.
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