KKR vs LSG, IPL 2024 Match 28: Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post-Match Presentation, Scorecard & Records

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KKR vs LSG, IPL 2024 Match 28: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) thrashed Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by eight wickets and 26 balls remaining in Match 28 of the IPL 2024 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, April 14.

An excellent bowling display by the KKR bowlers saw LSG getting restricted to 161/7 in 20 overs. Mitchell Starc picked three wickets for 28 runs, while Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora picked a wicket each. Narine gave away just 17 runs from four overs.

Nicholas Pooran was the only Lucknow batter who scored briskly against Kolkata. He scored 45 off 32 and his innings consisted of four sixes. Captain KL Rahul scored 39 off 27.

In reply, KKR lost Sunil Narine for six, and Angkrish Raghuvasnhi for seven, but an unbeaten 120-run partnership between Phil Saltsr (89* off 47) and Shreyas Iyer (38* off 38) scripted the side's first ever win over Lucknow in the IPL.

KKR vs LSG IPL 2024 Match 28 Award Winners

• Man Of The Match: Phil Salt (89* off 47)
• Punch.EV Electric Striker Of The Match: Phil Salt
• Fantasy Player of the Match: Phil Salt
• Super 6s of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Four Sixes)
• RuPay On-The-Go 4s: Phil Salt (14 fours)

KKR vs LSG IPL 2024: Who said What?

Phil Salt (Man of the Match): Said to Swanny before the game, I felt I was melting. Good to get another win at home. Before the lights came on, it was a bit slower. After lights came on, there was some moisture and it quickened up. I've loved it (his time here). Got some great overseas players, some great coaches. GG is back in the fold which is great. Not much running today (his boundary hitting).

Shreyas Iyer (KKR captain): "Pretty much comprehensive victory. Fielded well and bowled well. Was important to bowl slower ones as much as possible because of the heat and the wicket becoming dry. We executed phenomenally well. When we got wickets, it gave us the advantage to come in and put an attacking effort.

"Character and attitude bowlers showed was exceptional. Will keep reiterating that it's a funny tournament and have to stay in the present as much as possible. Have to seize the moment and not leave it on someone else."

KL Rahul (LSG captain): "One of those days, it was a proper hammering. Games like these are tough to digest and we have seen in IPL and every team goes through that. We will try and work out what went wrong and come back better.

"The ball started nipping around a lot more in the second innings, the shots that we played in the first innings, didn't execute well and kept losing wickets in bunches and we could have got a lot more runs and that's where we missed and lost the game.

"He (Shamar Joseph) is bowling pretty quick, Shamar was very excited and wanted to bowl fast, sprayed it around a little bit but that happens when you are playing your first game in the IPL. He needs to work on consistency in line and length, obviously got the ball to swing and seam around in the powerplay. Not panicking (about back-to-back losses), need to figure out where we went wrong and the last couple of games we haven't been able to get past 160 and that's something we want to see and be better at it."

Sunil Narine (KKR All-rounder): "I think the situation of the game, we started well in the PP, keep it as tight as possible and see what happens in the end (on his bowling mantra). Some games it happens, some times it doesn't, but once you're in some control, it becomes easier. 2 out of 2 (on the wins at home), the boys are keen and everyone are enjoying it.

"Once you enjoy, you'll have some fun. Probably the figures don't show, he was unlucky (on Shamar Joseph), he bowled 4 overs, he kept going, showed some energy and that's a positive. He's played well in every game (on Phil Salt), has shown some fine form and hopefully he'll keep going and get some big runs. I will be watching it from home, Badree (when asked if he would want to come back for the T20 World Cup)."

KKR vs LSG Key Stats

• The win was KKR's first in four matches
• 162: This is the second-highest run-chase against LSG in IPL
• 120: The unbeaten 120-run partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Phil Salt is second-highest partnership vs LSG for any wicket