Phil Salt and Mitchell Starc made it a Bengali New Year to remember for the Kolkata Knight Riders fans at Eden Gardens. They helped the hosts thump Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets on Sunday.
Starc picked up important LSG wickets smartly to finish with 3 for 28. And they’re his best figures of the season. While Salt led the charge in the chase with an unbeaten 47-ball 89. KKR, and now sits second on the points table.
Notably, KKR were also left chasing a comfortable target courtesy of their spinners’ efforts in the middle overs. They did not let LSG break away, despite having wickets in hand. Keep reading to know how both cricket stars knocked out the LSG.
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Salt Shakes up LSG for KKR Win | Mitchell Starc
After the game, KL Rahul described the defeat as a “proper hammering”, and the prime reason for that was Phil Salt. Having been dismissed for a duck in Chennai in KKR’s previous game, Salt was nearly out for a duck again when he clipped debutant Shamar Joseph to a short leg.
Luckily for Salt, Yash Thakur dropped him and even if he hadn’t, Joseph’s front-foot no-ball would’ve given him a reprieve anyway. After that let-off, Salt finished the first over with a six down the ground, and then continued to go for it through the powerplay.
From the other end, Shreyas Iyer made up for a slow start to finish unbeaten for the second time this season. He did not need to take risks, given Salt’s brisk scoring and the two early wickets.
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