IPL 2026: Kolkata Knight Riders Post 181/6 vs Lucknow Super Giants Amid Narine Out Controversy

The Kolkata Knight Riders scored 182 runs against Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens. In the 15th match of IPL 2026, the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, Rishabh Pant, won the toss and chose to bowl first. KKR did something unusual when it comes to their playing XI by returning Sunil Narine.

Sunil Narine started off on a bad note for KKR, as he was bowled out for 9 in the second over. This dismissal became controversial. Digvesh Rathi had caught the ball from Prince Yadav while he was running towards third man. However, it was seen that the player’s foot was outside the boundary. Despite this, the third umpire gave him out. Rahane was dismissed at 99, having scored 41 runs (4 fours and 2 sixes) from 24 balls. Raghuvanshi played a crucial innings of 45 runs from 33 balls.

In the middle order, Cameron Green remained unbeaten on 32 runs from 24 balls, while Rovman Powell played a quickfire 39 runs from 24 balls. Rinku Singh, however, once again failed, scoring just 4 runs from 7 balls. Regarding Lucknow's bowling, Mohammed Shami conceded 27 runs in 4 overs but went wicketless. Digvesh Rathi took 1 wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs. Avesh Khan, Manimaran Siddharth and Prince Yadav also got one wicket each. However, the fast bowlers were badly beaten. Avesh Khan spent 44 runs in 4 overs and Prince Yadav spent 47 runs in 4 overs.

It should be noted that Kolkata Knight Riders have played 3 matches earlier in this season and have not won a single match so far. KKR had to face defeat against Mumbai Indians in the first match of the season. Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated them by 65 runs in the second match. The third match was cancelled due to rain.