LSG vs KKR Match 38 Live Commentary - Lucknow (26 April 2026)

Back of a length, slower one, outside off. Shami misses to play the square cut on the off side and the ball bounces behind to the keeper, but Seifert fails to collect due to awkward bounce and the batters cross for a bye.

 NO BALL! Dear me, that's a hostile beamer. Kartik misses his radar completely and slips in a wild full toss on off stump. Himmat does well to get the bat on it and protect himself in evasive action. It comes off the splice and drops into the short mid-wicket region.

Oh..no! Is that another No Ball for height? Looks like it. Kartik Tyagi once again bowls a high full toss, on off. Himmat Singh connects this time but gets more distance.

Full length outside the off stump. Himmat hits it towards long off for a single.

 OUT! EASILY CAUGHT! All going KKR's way now. Full length and pitching outside leg, following Linde with pace on. He makes room and swings down the ground, gets the elevation, but not the distance. He could not get the full swing of the bat, and that proves costly. Rinku rides the long on boundary and takes the catch. He is not dropping those dollies. LSG are 129/7.

WIDE! Vaibhav bowls a wide yorker around off but lands this on the other side of the tramline. Wide given as Shami fails to get anything on it. 

 FOUR! Shami goes down the ground! Vaibhav misses his length, serving up a full toss on the middle stump line. Shami gets on the front foot and lofts it hard down the ground. It just beats Rinku diving to his right at long off.

Full toss, wide of off, Mohammad Shami slashes hard at it but misses out to get any sort of connection with the ball. This is touch and go with the height but the umpire keeps his arms down and Shami doesn't send this upstairs as well. 

Pace off bouncer outside the off stump. Shami carves it to deep backward point for a single.

 FOUR! BLAZED AWAY! Himmat goes deep in the crease and converts the yorker into a half volley. Gets the wrists through it beautifully and hits it up and over backward point for four. 

From around the stump. Short at 93.9 kph, sliding across the right-hander. Ayush tries to late cut, but gets a thickish outside edge and the ball runs to the left of backward point for a run.

Full and outside the off stump. Himmat steps forward and drives to long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Badoni holes out now and this could be a massive moment in the game. A touch short, on middle and off. Ayush Badoni bends a bit low and tries to pull it over deep mid-wicket, but is cramped up for space and hence cannot generate enough power on the shot. It goes only as far as the fielder stationed in the deep. Anukul Roy at deep mid-wicket bends low as the ball dips on him and takes a finely judged catch. Lucknow Super Giants are 120/6, still requiring 36 runs from 15 balls.

Drifts across the off stump, full in length. Linde tries to thrash it behind cover, but misses on the outside edge.

 FOUR! A tough chance put down, and worse, it's a four! Short of a length outside off. Linde rocks back and slams it hard over extra cover. Powell is running across from long off, gets to it and throws himself into a dive, managing to get a fingertip on the ball. But he cannot hold on, and it rolls away behind him and the converging deep cover fielder is too far to back it up and the ball rolls into the fence for four.

 FOUR! Good attempt by Ramandeep Singh but in vain. On the shorter side and outside off. Linde rocks back and slaps a flat-batted hit over the bowler's head. Ramandeep is racing in from wide long on to his right, gets there and tries to slap the ball back in, but it bounces inside the fence.

 SIX! Oh, what a shot! Kartik bashes the length hard, just outside off. Himmat Singh plays from the crease and scythes it over deep backward point for a cracking six. 46 runs needed from 23 balls.

Fuller ball, on middle. Himmat drives it to the left of cover for a single.

 SIX! Audacious stuff from Badoni. A full toss and very wide outside off from Tyagi at pace. Ayush Badoni predetermines and shuffles a long way across the stumps. Sits down on his knee and scoops it comfortably over the deep fine leg fence for a six.

 Misses out! Fires in a full toss, outside off, Badoni tries to hit it over extra cover, but fails to connect. 

Badoni shows his cards early again, shuffling to the off side, trying to play the scoop shot. But this time, Tyagi bowls it close to his body and cramps him for space. Ayush misses to lay his bat on the ball and it zips past his bat to the keeper.

A thigh-high full toss, around off. Badoni slices it to deep point for a single.

Short and around off, Ayush Badoni cuts this to deep point for one. 

 OUT! CAUGHT! The chase is falling apart for the Super Giants now. Short of a length, around middle and leg, Mukul Choudhary goes deep in the crease and looks to take on the boundary rider at deep mid-wicket, targeting the larger boundary as well. Doesn't get enough power behind the ball and ends up hitting it to the right of Rinku Singh in that region. Rinku runs well to his right and gathers this nice and clean. Mukul Choudhary departs for just 1. 

LEG BYE! Fired onto the pads, Himmat Singh looks to flick this through short fine leg but misses and gets it brushed off his pads for a leg bye. 

Full and on leg, Ayush Badoni tucks this down to long on for a single. 

 SIX! Tossed up, around off, Ayush Badoni steps a shade across the stumps, plants his front foot close to the pitch of the ball and smashes this over the fence for a biggie towards the wide long off region. 100 UP FOR LSG!

Quicker one, into the batter, Badoni steps across and works this through mid-wicket for a couple here. 

Fuller around off, Ayush Badoni blocks this around silly point. 

Pushed through around off, Ayush Badoni looks to guide this past short third for run but gets beaten. 

Fuller around middle and off, Ayush Badoni goes for a sweep but doesn't connect with the bat. A loud appeal for LBW by the keeper and Rahane at first slip but not much by Narine. 

 Fuller around middle and off, Ayush Badoni goes for a sweep but doesn't connect with the bat. A loud appeal for LBW by the keeper and Rahane at first slip but not much by Narine. The umpire just laughs it off but Rahane goes upstairs. A clear spike as the ball is next to the glove of Mukul on the UltraEdge, and the on-field decision stays. 

Short and quick, outside off. Badoni cuts it off the back foot, but the backward point fielder dives to his left to cut it off.

Tossed up around off, Ayush Badoni guides this to the left of backward point and takes a single. 

Quicker one, wide of off, Ayush Badoni stays onto his back foot and cuts this to deep point for a single. 

 SIX! Now these are dangerous signs for KKR as Pooran is looking in the mood. Tossed up, full and wide outside off, Nicholas Pooran steps towards the pitch of the ball and lofts this handsomely over the fence towards the deep extra cover region for a biggie. 

Darted across the batter, on off, Nicholas Pooran slashes hard at it but gets beaten. 

WIDE! Once again, Varun fires this full and wide outside off, flirting with the tramline. Nicholas Pooran doesn't offer any stroke at it, expecting a wide, but the umpire keeps his arms down. Pooran sends this upstairs for a review. The replay shows that there is nothing inside the tramline, and this turns out to be an excellent review by Pooran. Wide given. 

Short of a length, around off, Nicholas Pooran pats this to cover-point. 

Quicker one, full and wide outside off, Nicholas Pooran swings and misses. 

 OUT! CAUGHT! Pooran falls into the trap set by Rahane and Varun. Chakaravarthy continues to bowl a quicker one, full and wide of off, Nicholas Pooran chases this and looks to loft this over covers but gets only an outside edge that goes straight into the hands of a very fine short third. Sunil Narine takes a sharp catch there. 

 FOUR! A Pant special for four. Short of a length, on middle and off, Pant shuffles across and smashes this over the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary. Pant does fall over but hits this well behind the fielder for four. 

OUT! GONE! Narine strikes and strikes big, putting an end to this budding stand. He keeps KKR well and truly alive in the contest. Quicker and fuller, wide outside off, Rishabh Pant goes for a reverse sweep but misses and loses his balance as well. Tim Seifert gathers this on the second attempt and appeals for a caught behind but the umpire denies it. Ajinkya Rahane sends this upstairs for DRS. A clear spike on the UltraEdge as the ball is next to Pant's glove. An excellent review by KKR, forced by Tim Seifert and the home side loses their skipper. As they say, you live by the sword and die by it as well. Pant falls and the Super Giants are 78/3, chasing 156.

Fuller and flatter around off, Ayush Badoni cuts this off his back foot to short third. 

 Full and on off, Ayush Badoni pushes this to sweeper cover for a single. 

Length dragged back by Narine, on middle and off, Nicholas Pooran flicks this through mid-wicket for a single. 

Short and on middle and leg, Ayush Badoni pulls this to deep mid-wicket for one more. 

 FOUR! Pretty audacious, but Pant did what he does best. Pitched fuller on the leg stump line. Rishabh Pant moves across in the crease and despite his head falling over to the off side, he manages to whip that over the short fine leg fielder for a boundary. One bounce and over the ropes.

Fuller ball, outside off. Pant knifes the slower ball through cover-point for a single.

At pace now, the yorker, on off. Pooran carves it to mid off and they cross over hastily for a single. Rahane rushes forward, picks the ball, releases the throw to the bowling end, but misses his shy, allowing Pooran to motor in.

On the fuller side, smidge outside off. Pant steers it past point for a single.

Wide yorker, at 142.9, and marginally inside the tramline, outside off. Nicholas Pooran opts to leave.

Excellent deception! Off cutter, full and wide outside off. Pooran swings the bat to blast it into the cover gap, but only manages to get an under-edge and the ball rolls back to Seifert. Just 7 from the over. LSG need 82 from 48 balls.

Slightly fuller by Green, outside off. Markram plays from the crease and chips it wide of extra cover. Rinku Singh runs to his left from long off and cuts it off. Two taken.

OUT! A SPECTACULAR CATCH! Rinku Singh cannot do anything wrong in this match and one can see how much it means to Cameron Green and KKR. On a fractionally fuller length, on the off stump line. Aiden Markram gets on the front foot and tries to clear the long off fence, but seemingly does not hit it off the middle of the bat. The ball still has the wheels to clear the ropes, but Rinku comes charging across to his right from long off and plucks it. But as soon as he realises that the momentum is taking him over the ropes, he lobs the ball up in the air, balances himself nicely, comes back in the playing area and takes it in the second attempt. The replay shows that no part of his boot is in contact with the ropes while holding the ball. Not the tallest man out there, is Rinku, but he always is a live-wire in the field. Lucknow Super Giants are 65/2 as the dangerous Aiden Markram walks back to the hut.

Length ball from around the wicket, 137.5 kph, angled in at the batter. Pooran hops up and tucks the bat close to his body to defend.

Fuller on off, Pooran presses forward and eases it wide of point for a single.

At 134.6 kph, this is bashed on a length, outside off. Rishabh Pant advances down the track and thrashes it to deep point but there is protection in the form of Kartik Tyagi. Just a single.

Closer to the off pole, on a length, Nicholas Pooran watchfully blocks it back to Green. Just 4 runs and a wicket from this over.

Begins with a hard length ball, angled from middle to off. Rishabh Pant charges down the track and stays leg side to thrash it over the in-field on the off side, but toe ends it to mid off.

Back of a length, on middle, Pant stays put and dinks it to mid-wicket.

 FOUR! Signature Pant stroke! A bit too full, on the leg stump line. Rishabh Pant crouches a bit and gets under the ball nicely before whipping it behind square. Hits it a bit uppishly and into the deep fine leg fence for a boundary.

Hard length, angled around off, at 148.9 kph. Pant weighs on the back foot and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

 Beaten by bounce and pace! Well-directed short delivery, just outside off. Aiden arches back and tries to unleash the upper cut, but misses to put his bat on the ball. Good heat from Kartik so far. All of his balls have clocked above 145 kph.

The pace-off delivery, into the pitch, outside off at just 118.1 kph. Markram stands tall and scythes it to sweeper cover for a single. At halfway, Lucknow Super Giants are 63/1, needing 93 runs from 60 balls.

Flat, full, on middle. Markram is hurried on the front foot and drills it back to Varun.

 SIX! Clean strike! A googly from Varun, full on middle. Aiden Markram picks the variation nicely, gets the front leg out of the way, and dumps it beyond the ropes behind long on for half a dozen. 50 UP FOR LSG!

Pushed fuller, on off, Aiden drives it with a straight bat for a single at long off.

From around the stump. Full, around off, sliding in. Pant clips it across to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Short, around off, Pant hangs deep inside the crease and chop-cuts it to backward point.

Fuller ball, on off, Rishabh strides forward and uses his wrists to drive it down to long on for an easy single. So 10 runs from Varun's second over. His figures read 2-0-15-0 so far. LSG need 99 from 66 balls.

Short of a length, around off, spinning away from the batter. Aiden Markram backs away and pushes this to the left of long off for a run. 

A tad fuller, around the pads, Rishabh Pant hits this well towards the right of deep square leg for one more. 

Floated onto the pads, Aiden Markram flicks this down to long on for a single. 

Drags the length back, on the pads, Pant stands tall and whips this to deep mid-wicket and collects one more run. 

A bit too close to cut. Flatter and a tad short on off, Aiden Markram backs away and looks to cut this square on off but gets it away off the inner half of his bat to covers for no run. 

Full and on middle and leg, Aiden Markram drills this down to long on for one. 

Quicker and fuller around off, Rishabh Pant strides out in front and guides this towards the fielder at short third for a single. 

Googly on the pads, Aiden Markram pushes this down to long on for one more. 

Short of a length, wide outside off, Rishabh Pant slaps this towards sweeper cover for another run. 

Floated onto the pads, Aiden Markram tucks this to mid-wicket for a dot. 

WIDE! Fired down the leg side, Aiden Markram goes for a flick, looking for runs but misses out. Wide called. 

Quicker one, on the pads, Aiden leg glances this to fine leg for a single. 

Googly, around off, Rishabh Pant gets on top of the bounce and blocks this out. 

Good length, on middle and leg, Rishabh Pant looks to flick this in the air but gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball drops short of the bowler. 

Full and around off, Rishabh Pant gets on the front foot and drives this to deep point for a run. 

Back of a length, around off, Aiden Markram presses onto his front foot and punches this to extra cover. 

Good length, on middle and leg, Aiden Markram rolls this to long on and takes a single. 

Short-pitched delivery, around off, Rishabh Pant gets up on his toes and dabs to extra cover for a single. 

 FOUR! A boundary to close the Powerplay. Pitched up, a bit too straight on middle and leg, Aiden Markram picks it up with a flick and hits this over the mid on fielder for a boundary. LSG score 37 off the first 6 overs for the loss of 1 wicket. 

Quicker one, on middle and leg, Aiden Markram flicks this through short fine leg for a single. 

Short of a length, on off, Rishabh Pant cuts this to backward point for no run. 

 FOUR! Hit well in the gap for four. Short of a length, on middle and leg, Rishabh Pant goes deep inside the crease and pulls this flat through the mid-wicket and square leg gap for a boundary. 

Fuller around the pads, Rishabh Pant smashes this to deep backward square leg for one. 

Quicker one, on off, Aiden Markram casually flicks this through mid on for an easy rotation of strike. 

A quicker carrom-ball, in the line of the stumps. Pant backs away and helps this through point for a single. 

Good length and on off, keeps a bit low, Aiden Markram steers it away towards point for a single.

Touch fuller, on middle, attacks the stumps, Rishabh Pant knocks it towards mid on.

So close! Full again and on middle and off, shapes in a touch, Rishabh Pant looks to drive but gets an inside edge just past the leg stump, rolling to short fine leg.

Good stop, but overthrows! Pitched up and around off, Rishabh Pant takes a stride out and drives it firmly wide of cover. Angkrish Raghuvanshi dives to his right and makes a fine diving stop. He gets up and throws it at the batter's end but Markram is comfortably in before the stumps are hit. The ball then deflects away to the square leg region, allowing the batters to get the second run.

Fuller again and on off, Rishabh Pant drills it to mid off for one.

Pulls his length back a bit, on middle, Aiden Markram clips it to mid-wicket for one more.

Fuller in length and on off, Rishabh Pant pushes it away to short cover.

Full again and on off, Rishabh Pant drives it firmly wide of mid off. Rovman Powell dives to his left and makes a good stop. 

SIX! Gets hold of that one! Pitched up and on middle, angling in a bit. Rishabh Pant charges down the track, stays leg side of the ball and launches it over the long on fence for a biggie.

Short of a length and on middle, Rishabh Pant does not have much room to work with and pats it down the pitch.

Back of a length and on off, Rishabh Pant opens the bat face and runs it down to deep third for a single.

A low full toss, on middle, angling in, Aiden Markram gets his bat down and drills it to long on for one more.

OUT! TAKEN! Looks like Rovman Powell has hurt his hip, but he has managed to hold on to a stunner here. Vaibhav Arora begins with a hard-length delivery, around off, skids through. Mitchell Marsh looks to take it on and goes for the heave across the line but his bat turns in his hand. The ball slices off the outer half of the bat and spoons high up towards mid on. Powell tries to get under it by running backwards but turns the wrong way completely. However, he changes direction but keeps his eyes locked on the ball like a hawk and flings to the other side to take a fantastic catch, to his left, landing hard on his hip. LSG are 8/1, chasing 156.

Back of a length and around off, angling away, Rishabh Pant leaves it alone.

Short of a length and on off, Rishabh Pant dabs it down to point.

Good length and on middle, Rishabh Pant steps across and clips it to short mid-wicket.

Hits the deck hard, on off, gets some extra bounce, Rishabh Pant rides it well and punches it through cover-point for a run.

Keeps the length on the shorter side, around off, Aiden Markram stabs it out but straight to cover-point. Just one run and a wicket from the over!

LSG are underway in the chase! Anukul Roy starts with a floater, short and around leg, Aiden Markram flicks it off the back foot through square leg for a single.

Dragged back, on middle, Mitchell Marsh clips it uppishly but safely through mid-wicket for a run.

Slows it up, full and on off, Aiden Markram taps it to cover.

Flatter, full and on leg, Aiden Markram tucks it to deep mid-wicket for another run.

Shorter in length and on middle, Mitchell Marsh moves back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Spoils the over a bit! Anukul Roy bowls this short again and around off. Aiden Markram quickly goes on the back foot and punches it with sweet timing past the diving extra cover fielder for a boundary. 8 runs off the first over.