LSG Win By 3 Wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, Highlights, IPL 2026 Match 15: Mukul Choudhary Helps Team Pull Off Heist

LSG Win! Mukul Choudhary, the night belongs to you as the youngster sees Lucknow Super Kings pull off a heist at Eden Gardens against Kolkata Knight Riders. Choudhary scored his maiden IPL fifty, scoring an unbeaten 54 off 27, with KKR completing in command heading into the final three overs. 

Mukul Choudhary is putting up a fight for LSG, as wickets on the other end keep falling. KKR have been guilty of bowling hitable balls to Choudhary.  

OUT! Anukul Roy gets the dangerous wicket of Ayush Badoni. Badoni went for the loft, but it was too far away from the batter, which went near the boundary rider Rinku Singh. Badoni singlehandedly kept LSG's hope alive in this chase. Badoni reached his seventh IPL half-century in style with a six, his second of the innings.

OUT! Anukul Roy picks his first wicket of the match, and bamboozles Abdul Samad. Samad went for the wild slog, but missed the ball and found his stumps rattled for a 4-ball 2. Ayush Badoni is still batting on 33 off 24. 

OUT! With the required run-rate rising, Nicholas Pooran went for the release shot and perished to Kartik Tyagi. Pooran went for the pull, but miscued the ball in the air, which lobbed straight to the fielder at long on. 

Since the fall of Rishabh Pant's wicket, the scoring rate has dropped faster than the stock exchange lately. Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni are the last recognised pair. The duo have added 19 runs in 17 balls, with both batters struggling to hit. 

OUT! Cameron Green into his first over, and provides KKR with a crucial breakthrough. Rishabh Pant went for the pull, which ended up in the fielder's hand at short fine. Pant looked ugly, where the ball got an extra bounce and hit the top half of the bat. 

This is a perfect start for KKR, with both Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram back in the hut. Rishabh Pant joins Ayush Badoni in the middle, with LSG under a bit of pressure, despite crossing the 50-run mark. Vaibhav Arora has been KKR's spearhead bowler in unavailibilty of Harshit Rana. 

This should be a comfortable chase, but LSG in all three of their matches have struggled in their batting. A lot will depend on Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram to provide LSG a brisk start, and take advantage of the new ball and powerplay. 

An absolutely ugly KKR innings comes to an end, which saw batters score runs and then struggle to put bat to ball. Cameron Green and Rowman Powell added 70 off 40, where the former looked out of sorts.  Powell's 39 off 29 ensured KKR went past the 180-run mark.

After a spell of Test cricket, Cameron Green and Rovman Powell have displayed hints of T20 cricket. Prince Yadav's third over went for 17 runs, where two fours and one six were hit. Green will want to make his 17-ball stay in the middle end well. 

Proper Test cricket on display at Eden Gardens, with Cameron Green playing defensive shots, and Rovman Powell still looking to find his mojo in the middle. 31 balls have passed without a four or six.

OUT! Avesh Khan produces a sensational ball and dismisses KKR vice-captain, Rinku Singh. Singh looked to fend off the ball, which came in from the angle, and rattled the batter's stumps, much to the jubilation of Khan. KKR's middle order has once again flopped. 

OUT! Digvesh Rathi provides LSG with a crucial breakthrough. Ajinkya Rahane, in an attempt to up the ante, perishes, as Mohammed Shami takes a solid catch inside the circle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi, meanwhile, is nearing his third successive half-century. 

This is a solid stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, with the duo adding 50 runs in 32 balls. Raghuvanshi has been the batter in form for KKR, with the youngster scoring two fifties already.  Rahane is sitting on 25, while Raghuvanshi has brisked to 27. 

OUT! Prince Yadav gets his first wicket, and the dangerous-looking Finn Allen falls. Allen, after hitting two successive boundaries, went for another big shot, but ended up top edging the ball towards third man, where Digvesh Rathi claims a good catch near the boundary. 

This is a crucial match for KKR, who are still looking for their maiden win this season. Finn Allen and Ajinkya Rahane will need to provide KKR a steady start, given LSG's pace bowling arsenal, led by Mohammed Shami. 

Kolkata Knight Riders make one solitary change, Sunil Narine comes in as Blessing Muzarabani goes out. 

KKR XI: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi

LSG XI: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav

TOSS! Lucknow Super Giants have won the toss, and captain Rishabh Pant opts to bowl first, putting his faith in the bowlers.