WATCH: Ervin Lewis's match winning catch against KKR, Rinku Singh's efforts goes vain
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Mumbai: Skipper KL Rahul and opener Quinton de Kock played a record breaking game against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday to post 210 runs of board.
Mumbai: Skipper KL Rahul and opener Quinton de Kock played a record breaking game against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday to post 210 runs of board.
Star powered Lucknow Super Giants looked motivated and relaxed after the spectacular performance by the two and came on ground after innings break with confidence and motivation. The situations were quite opposite for Shreyas and the boys as they were in do or die situation.
KKR played with strength and composure till the end of the game and came very close to the target. Game changing knocks by Nitish Rana (42) and Captain Iyer (50) brought back the hopes for Kolkata and it was later increased when Rinku Singh hit 40 off 15 balls.
The middle-order batsman had shown his side one more chance on victory when KKR needed 3 runs off 2 balls, a seemingly achievable goal. But the fate had decided otherwise and the fabulous efforts went in vain when Erving Lewis dived-in to take a spectacular catch of Rinku to dismiss him on last second ball.
WATCH: Ervin Lewis's match winning catch against KKR
KKR was left with one ball and three runs to get when Umesh Yadav came on the field with responsibilities lying on his shoulders. Stoinis did not take long to win the victory for his side and he bowled out Yadav on the last ball of the game, showing KKR the exit door from the tournament.