Kolkata Knight Riders 155 for 7 (Rinku 83*, Green 34, Mohsin 5-23) beat Lucknow Super Giants 155 for 8 (Pant 42, Markram 31, Arora 2-24, Varun 2-33) via Super Over

Before the Super Over (effectively four balls across both innings), the 20th over of each innings in regulation time had the biggest say in an error-strewn game. After 19 overs, KKR were 129 for 7. Rinku smashed Digvesh Rathi for four successive sixes in a 26-run over to take them to 155 for 7. Rinku finished on 83 not out off 51 balls, his highest score in T20s.

In the chase, LSG needed 17 from six balls with Himmat Singh and Mohammed Shami at the crease. Kartik Tyagi conceded successive no-balls off beamers before dismissing Himmat, but served up a half-volley with seven needed from one ball, and Shami launched it over long-off to tie the game.

Then, taking strike in KKR’s Super Over, he drove Prince Yadav’s first ball through cover point for four to seal the win.

Mohsin gets KKR openers cheaply

In his next over, Mohsin slipped in a slower ball at 124.6kph. Ajinkya Rahane charged down the pitch but ended up miscuing the ball to Aiden Markram, who back-pedalled from mid-off to take the catch.

Raghuvanshi gets out obstructing the field

Raghuvanshi wasn’t happy. He first argued with the on-field umpires, and then flung his helmet in anger as he neared the boundary line.

Mohsin dents KKR further

Mohsin returned to bowl the seventh over of the innings and straightaway had Rovman Powell gloving a pull to Rishabh Pant. Cameron Green tried to counterattack. He hit two sixes off George Linde and one off Mohsin, but when he attempted another pull off Mohsin, he ended up skying it behind the stumps. Pant ran towards the boundary and completed the catch. Anukul Roy chipped the very next ball to short midwicket, giving Mohsin his five-for. Immediately after that, Mohsin was replaced by Impact Player Himmat, meaning he was not available to bowl the Super Over later.

Rinku hauls KKR past 150

KKR were 73 for 6 after 11 overs, and it became 93 for 7 when Ramandeep Singh fell. Manish Pandey was padded up in the dugout, ready to come in as Impact Player. But he was not required as Rinku kept fighting. He reached 43 off 40 balls by the end of the 18th over and then opened up. He started the 19th by hitting Shami for 6, 4, 4 before taking Digvesh Rathi apart in the 20th. It also meant KKR could use Varun Chakravarthy as their Impact Player.

LSG’s slow start

LSG reunited their tried-and-tested opening pair of Mitchell Marsh and Markram, but their union lasted only seven balls; Vaibhav Arora had Marsh caught at mid-on for 2. Arora bowled three overs in the powerplay and gave away only 13 runs. LSG finished the powerplay at 37 for 1, and by the end of the eighth over, the required rate had touched nine.

The collapse

Both Markram and Pant perished in trying to keep up with the asking rate. Pooran’s poor run continued; Varun had him caught at short third for 9 off 12 balls. Mukul Choudhary had burst onto the scene with a whirlwind half-century in a similar chase against KKR earlier in the season but on Sunday, he lasted just two balls.

At 93 for 5, needing another 63 from 28 balls, LSG seemed to be down and out. But Himmat and Linde took them closer, and Shami levelled the scores with his last-ball six. But KKR made no mistake in the Super Over.