KKR vs LSG, Match 68, IPL 2023

Kolkata was all dolled up for their side's last league game of the season

Nitish Rana, KKR skipper, won the toss and elected to bowl first

Prerak Mankad and Quinton De Kock set the tone in the powerplay, getting LSG to 54-1 in 6 overs after they lost Karan Sharma

The Vaibhav Arora over, where he conceded one run and picked up the wickets of Mankad and Stoinis, was a pivotal moment, triggering two more wickets, and a collapse of 4 wickets for 18 runs

After the wicket of de Kock, Nicholas Pooran played a crucial counterattacking knock to rescue LSG

The West Indian scored 58 off 30 balls and got LSG to a competitive total, aided by handy cameos from Badoni and Krishnappa Gowtham

Jason Roy and Venkatesh Iyer got off to a great start, and looked like they were going to run away with it. KKR were 61-1 at the end of 6 overs, caught up with the required rate, having only lost Iyer.

However, a flurry of wickets changed the tide, and the wicket of Roy was pivotal, given that he looked in great nick

A few wickets later it looked over for KKR, but a Rinku assault gave them hope until the penultimate delivery, as a half-century from KKR's new-found finisher took them within one run of victory.

Alas, Rinku's heroics weren't enough as KKR were eliminated, and LSG were through to the playoffs.