KKR vs LSG IPL 2024 Key Moments: Salt ‘assault’ helps KKR beat LSG by 8 wickets

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders batters Shreyas Iyer and Phil Salt celebrate after Kolkata won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket match against Lucknow Super Giants, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Sunday, April 14, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI04_14_2024_000279B)

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in their IPL match here on Sunday.

Opener Phil Salt struck a magnificent 89 off 47 balls while captain Shreyas Iyer was also unbeaten on a run-a-ball 38 as KKR chased down the target of 162 with 26 balls to spare.

Earlier, LSG posted 161 for 7 in their 20 overs after being invited to bat. Nicholas Pooran top-scored with a 32-ball 45 while captain KL Rahul contributed 39.

For KKR, Mitchell Starc took three wickets while Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell got one each.

Here are key moments of the match:

1st Innings

KKR win the toss, decide to bowl first

LSG openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock open the innings

Quinton de Kock gets out early on 10

Rahul hits the first six of the match

Hooda gets out early of a wonderful diving catch by Ramandeep off Starc

KL Rahul gets out for 39, caught Ramandeep bowled Russel

Stoinis hits a four off Russell

Stoinis gets out, caught of an inside edge

100 comes up for LSG in 13th over

Badoni gets out on 29 off Sunil Narine

Pooran hits a few shots, gets out on 45

Super Giants finish at 161/7, KKR to chase 162

2nd Innings

KKR start their chase against LSG

First over leaks 22 runs, KKR off to a good start

Narine gets out early at 6 runs

Raghuvanshi hits a four

Raghuvanshi gets out at 7

Salt continues with his assault as KKR chase 162 runs

Shreyas Iyer survives caught behind appeal with DRS

Salt and Iyer completes 100-run partnership in 66 balls

Shreyas hits a maximum as KKR move forward to a big win

Salt pulls a short delivery for boundary to make KKR reach home

KKR beat LSG by 8 wickets, big win for Knight Riders