Lucknow vs Kolkata Match Stats

IN THE AIR...DROPPED! Bangs it short in length, on the chest level of Badoni. He swivels to pull but the ball is quick at him as he is late and the ball takes off the leading edge and hangs up in the night sky for an eternity. Sunil Narine stationed at deep third runs forward but does not commit to the catch and the ball deflects off his boots and rolls towards the converging fielder from deep fine leg. They cross for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Dre Russ strikes again and is over the moon with this crucial wicket! Short ball on the middle, getting the bounce right, over middle, Nicholas Pooran goes for a pull shot but gets a feather on it that carries straight to Phil Salt behind the wickets who takes an alert catch. The dangerous Pooran goes back now and Lucknow is in all sorts of trouble. Andre Russell, with this scalp, gets the better of his fellow countryman for the fifth time in the T20s now.

Slips in a full delivery, sliding onto the pads, Ashton Turner clips it in front of square on the leg side and gets off the mark with a single.

Takes pace off and it is on a back of a length, over middle, Ayush Badoni waits on it and works it to deep mid-wicket for one.

WIDE! Bangs in a bumper, outside off, Ashton Turner watches it go over his head. Wide given.

WIDE! Digs it in short, around off, Ashton Turner sways away from the line of the ball and lets it go as the ball sails over his head for a wide. Shreyas Iyer challenges the wide call but it is clearly going over the head. Kolkata lose their review.

Leg bye! Fuller and slower, on middle and leg, Ashton Turner has a swipe across the line but gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball rolls off his pads to the leg side for a leg bye.

Short in length, around off, Ayush Badoni lifts his front leg and tucks it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. Another successful over for Kolkata.

Fuller and on the off stump, Ayush Badoni leans onto the ball and drives it along the ground for a single to long on.

Shade fuller in length, angling on the pads, Ashton Turner nudges it with soft hands towards square leg for a single.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Sunil Narine gets a wicket now and Lucknow is falling apart here. Sunil Narine bowls it on a slightly pulled-back length around off, Ayush Badoni gets his dancing shoes on and charges ahead to go downtown but fails to generate enough power on the shot as the bat twists in his hand a bit and hence, it slices up in the night sky for a fair bit of time and sails over mid off. Mitchell Starc from long off comes forward and takes a comfortable catch.

Back of a length, on off, Krunal Pandya looks to cut, but is cramped for room, and mistimes it towards backward point for a single.

Back of a length and angling at the stumps, Ashton Turner hangs back and punches it to extra cover.

On a length around off stump. Ashton Turner stays away and punches it in front of square for a run. 

SIX! Shot! Offers a nice juicy half-volley at the stumps, Ashton Turner gets down on one knee and slogs it over the deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

A googly to follow-up, around off, Ashton Turner backs away and drops it to backward point for a single.

Around the wicket now, on the dragged length, outside off, Krunal Pandya drags it to short mid-wicket. 

Drops it short around off, Krunal Pandya punches it through covers for one.

SIX! He's having some fun here! Punished! Varun Chakravarthy drops a googly right into the hitting arc around off, Ashton Turner sits down again and thumps it over cow corner for another maximum.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Now, that's an unlucky way to get out! Full in length, drifting around off, Turner goes for a big heave and is down on one knee for an expansive shot but he gets a thickish inside edge onto his left boot and the ball deflects straight into the hands of Varun Chakravarthy who takes a simply dolly of a catch coming forward. The TV Umpire checks and confirms that the ball has clearly deflected off the boot and didn't bump off the ground.

Length ball, shade outside the off stump, Krunal Pandya tries to get underneath it but fails to time the lofted shot and gets an inside half of the bat to the leg side for a single.

Bowls it on a back of a length, on off, Yudhvir Singh gets on his toes and dabs it to the left of backward point for a single.

DROPPED! Shreyas Iyer does all the hard work of getting there but puts it down! Takes pace off and serves it on a length, on off, Krunal Pandya looks to go over mid off but skies it high in the air. Shreyas Iyer turns around and does get to the ball in time. Attempts to reverse cup it near his chest but it bursts through his hands. Two runs taken.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Phil Salt does not drop those! Bangs it into the deck, on off, Krunal Pandya arches back and shapes up to play the upper cut over the keeper. The ball comes on quicker than he anticipated and gets big on him. Pandya gets a feather on it and Salt does the rest by leaping and completes it with ease.

Fullish delivery, on off, Ravi Bishnoi goes for the drive away from his body. Gets an inside edge that sneaks past the stumps and rolls down to fine leg for one.

Bangs it into the deck, over middle, Yudhvir Singh swings for the pull but fails to connect.

Goes full and on off, Ravi Bishnoi knocks it down to long on for a single.

How did that miss the stumps? Loops it up nicely, full and around off, turning in, Yudhvir Singh gets down for a big heave across the line but misses as the ball sneaks just past the off stump.

Flatter and quicker, on off, Yudhvir Singh hangs back to keep it out but gets rushed and gets beaten on the inside edge.

SIX! Yudhvir Singh finally connects! Tosses it up, full and on off, Yudhvir Singh accepts the invitation and hits it cleanly over wide long on for a maximum.

Drags the length back and bowls it on off, Yudhvir Singh goes on the back foot and pushes it to cover.

OUT! TAKEN! Varun Chakaravarthy gets his reward for floating it up there! Chakaravarthy offers flight from over the wicket, full and around off, Yudhvir Singh gets down for the slog sweep. He swings with all his might but only manages to get a top edge that goes high in the air but only as far as cover where Andre Russell settles under the skier and makes no mistake. Third wicket of the night for Chakaravarthy and Lucknow are crumbling towards a heavy defeat.

OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! A confident appeal and up goes the finger! Harshit Rana bowls the off-cutter from over the wicket, full and straight, at the stumps, Ravi Bishnoi fails to pick the change of pace and presses forward to clip it away off his pads. He gets undone by the lack of pace and gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball goes through to rap him on the crouched back leg right in front of the stumps. It looked dead straight at first glance and this looks like a review more in hope than anything else by Ravi Bishnoi. There is nothing on UltraEdge and the Ball Tracking shows the ball to be clipping the leg stump and it is umpire's call. The on-field decision will stand and it is all over for Lucknow. All smiles in the Kolkata camp as they win by a handsome margin of 98 runs.