Nicholas Pooran ‘Super Over’ call declared 200% right move by LSG coach despite defeat to KKR
COMPLETED / Match 38 / Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
155/8 (20 ov) & 1/2 (0.3 ov)
155/7 (20 ov) & 4/0 (0.1 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by superover
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rinku Singh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 |
| Rovman Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECO |
| Prince Yadav | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24.00 |
Key Stats
- Partnership: 4 run (0.1 ov): Rinku Singh: 4 (1), Rovman Powell: 0 (0)
- Fall of Wickets:
- Reviews Remaining: Kolkata Knight Riders - 0 of 0, Lucknow Super Giants - 0 of 0
- Toss: Lucknow Super Giants elected to bowl
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajinkya Rahane
c A Markram b M Khan
|
10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 |
|
Tim Seifert
c M Choudhary b M Khan
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Obstructing The Field
|
9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.50 |
|
Cameron Green
c R Pant b M Khan
|
34 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 161.90 |
|
Rovman Powell
c R Pant b M Khan
|
1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Rinku Singh Not out | 83 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 162.75 |
|
Anukul Roy
c A Badoni b M Khan
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Ramandeep Singh
c M Marsh b GF Linde
|
6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Sunil Narine Not out | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
-
Extras: 8 ( b 0, lb 1, w 7, nb 0, p 0)
-
Did Not Batting : Vaibhav Arora , Kartik Tyagi , Varun Chakaravarthy
-
Fall of wickets :3 - 1 ( Tim Seifert , 1.6 ov ) ,16 - 2 ( Ajinkya Rahane , 3.4 ov ) ,27 - 3 ( Angkrish Raghuvanshi , 4.6 ov ) ,31 - 4 ( Rovman Powell , 6.1 ov ) ,73 - 5 ( Cameron Green , 10.5 ov ) ,73 - 6 ( Anukul Roy , 10.6 ov ) ,93 - 7 ( Ramandeep Singh , 14.6 ov )
| Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | 4 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 | 8 |
| Mohsin Khan | 4 | 23 | 5 | 5.75 | 14 |
| Prince Yadav | 4 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | 10 |
| Digvesh Singh Rathi | 4 | 46 | 0 | 11.50 | 8 |
| George Linde | 2 | 18 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Aiden Markram | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aiden Markram
c R Singh b CM Green
|
31 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 114.81 |
| Aiden Markram Not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
|
Mitchell Marsh
c R Powell b V Arora
|
2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Mitchell Marsh Not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Rishabh Pant
c TL Seifert b S Narine
|
42 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 110.53 |
|
Nicholas Pooran
c S Narine b V Chakaravarthy
|
9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 |
|
Ayush Badoni
c AS Roy b V Chakaravarthy
|
24 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 126.32 |
|
Mukul Choudhary
c R Singh b AS Roy
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
|
Himmat Singh
c R Singh b K Tyagi
|
19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 190.00 |
|
George Linde
c R Singh b V Arora
|
8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Mohammed Shami Not out | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 183.33 |
| Prince Yadav Not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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Extras: 8 ( b 2, lb 1, w 3, nb 2, p 0)
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Did Not Batting : Digvesh Singh Rathi
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Fall of wickets :8 - 1 ( Mitchell Marsh , 1.1 ov ) ,65 - 2 ( Aiden Markram , 10.2 ov ) ,78 - 3 ( Rishabh Pant , 12.2 ov ) ,89 - 4 ( Nicholas Pooran , 13.6 ov ) ,93 - 5 ( Mukul Choudhary , 15.2 ov ) ,120 - 6 ( Ayush Badoni , 17.3 ov ) ,129 - 7 ( George Linde , 18.2 ov ) ,148 - 8 ( Himmat Singh , 19.3 ov )
| Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anukul Roy | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9.50 | 3 |
| Anukul Roy | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Vaibhav Arora | 4 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 | 11 |
| Cameron Green | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 7 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | 10 |
| Kartik Tyagi | 4 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 | 11 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nicholas Pooran
b S Narine
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Aiden Markram
c R Singh b S Narine
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rishabh Pant Not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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Extras: 0 ( b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)
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Did Not Batting : Mitchell Marsh , Ayush Badoni , Mukul Choudhary , George Linde , Mohammad Shami , Prince Yadav , Digvesh Singh Rathi , Himmat Singh
| Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 2 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rinku Singh Not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 |
| Rovman Powell Not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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Extras: 0 ( b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)
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Did Not Batting : Tim Seifert , Ajinkya Rahane , Cameron Green , Ramandeep Singh , Anukul Roy , Sunil Narine , Vaibhav Arora , Kartik Tyagi , Varun Chakaravarthy
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Fall of wickets :
| Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Yadav | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 24.00 | 0 |
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Mitchell Marsh Batter -
Aiden Markram All Rounder
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Rishabh Pant (C) Wicket-Keeper
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Nicholas Pooran Wicket-Keeper
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Ayush Badoni Batter
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Mukul Choudhary Wicket-Keeper
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George Linde All Rounder
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Mohammed Shami Bowler
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Prince Yadav Bowler
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Digvesh Singh Rathi Bowler
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Mohsin Khan Bowler
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Tim Seifert Wicket-Keeper
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Ajinkya Rahane (C) Batter
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi Wicket-Keeper
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Cameron Green All Rounder
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Rovman Powell Batter
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Rinku Singh Batter
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Ramandeep Singh Batter
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Anukul Roy All Rounder
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Sunil Narine All Rounder
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Vaibhav Arora Bowler
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Kartik Tyagi Bowler
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Himmat Singh Batter
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Akshat Raghuwanshi Batter
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Abdul Samad Batter
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Wanindu Hasaranga All Rounder
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Avesh Khan Bowler
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Manimaran Siddharth Bowler
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Mayank Yadav Bowler
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Matthew Breetzke Batter
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Josh Inglis Wicket-Keeper
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Arshin Kulkarni All Rounder
-
Shahbaz Ahmed All Rounder
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Akash Singh Bowler
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Arjun Tendulkar Bowler
-
Anrich Nortje Bowler
-
Naman Tiwari Bowler
-
Manish Pandey Batter
-
Finn Allen Wicket-Keeper
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Tejasvi Dahiya Wicket-Keeper
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Navdeep Saini Bowler
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Varun Chakravarthy Bowler
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Matheesha Pathirana Bowler
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Rahul Tripathi Batter
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Rachin Ravindra All Rounder
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Sarthak Ranjan Batter
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Daksh Kamra All Rounder
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Umran Malik Bowler
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Prashant Solanki Bowler
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Blessing Muzarabani Bowler
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Saurabh Dubey Bowler
Commentary
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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach and former Australia legend Justin Langer has defended the team's decision to send Nicholas Pooran out to bat in the Super Over against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday, April 26.
After the match ended in a thrilling tie, a Super Over was conducted to determine the winner of the match, as is protocol for all IPL matches.
Nicholas Pooran opens in the Super Over
LSG batted second in regular time and hence batted first in the Super Over. In a Super Over, teams are allowed only two wickets and three batters. LSG sen Pooran to open the Super Over with Aiden Markram.
For KKR, their bona fide bowling legend Sunil Narine was chosen to deliver the tie-breaker. Narine had famously bowled a maiden over in the Super Over to Pooran in a Caribbean Premier League match in 2014.
On Sunday, Pooran was bowled on the first ball, trying to slash Narine over to the leg side. Two balls later, Rovman Powell and Rinku Singh got rid of Aiden Markram with a stunning relay catch. KKR's target in the Super Over was limited to just 2 runs.
Rinku Singh then smashed the first ball he faced in the Super Over for four over point to the bowling of Prince Yadav to send LSG to their fifth consecutive loss.
"If anyone can handle a Super Over, it's Nicholas Pooran" - Langer
LSG head coach Justin Langer defended his team's decision to send Nicholas Pooran into the Super Over in the press conference after the match.
"We knew that Sunil Narine was the bowler, and if you look at Nicky's (Pooran's) record, he's seen Narine more than anyone in world cricket," Langer said. "So, we felt he was still the best, I know he hasn't hit his form yet, and Nicky will be the first, but we thought if anyone can handle a Super Over, it's Nicky Pooran. And you back your best players, right? That's what you do".
"So, he has struggled, but if you look at all the numbers, no one plays Narine, the world-class off spinner, better than Nicky, but it didn't come off unfortunately".
Langer's confidence in the southpaw was not without reason. Overall in all T20s, Nicholas Pooran has made 195 runs at an average of 48.75 against Sunil Narine.
Langer admits Pooran is low on confidence
In 8 matches in IPL 2025, Nicholas Pooran has made just 82 runs at a strike rate of 81.18.
Langer admitted that he was slightly low on confidence and was working his way back from it.
"He's working on it, and it's amazing that even big players like him, there's probably no greater T20 player currently in the world over the last few years, it just goes to show he's human, and you can't fake confidence," Langer said.
"We all try to, you can look like [you are] confident, but confidence comes from getting your processes right, and we're working every day with him, and he is working very hard to get it back. Sometimes this is a tough game of cricket, my gosh, it's a tough game".
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Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, Four, Four !! fast ball, full length, on the off stump, Rinku Singh goes forward, plays drive in the air to deep cover. Ball finds the ropes for four.