Rinku Singh, Narine pull off heist as KKR stun LSG in Super Over.

Rinku Singh, Narine pull off heist as KKR stun LSG in Super Over.

                    LSG vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2026: Rinku Singh’s Heroics Seal Dramatic Super Over Win for KKR.

            It was a night of high drama in Lucknow. The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium witnessed perhaps the most chaotic, nerve-shredding, and exhilarating contest of IPL 2026 so far. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) played out a regulation tie (155 each), only for KKR to emerge victorious in a Super Over that lasted just three deliveries.

At the heart of the heist was Rinku Singh. Not once, but twice. First, his unbeaten 83 off 51 balls dragged KKR from the abyss of 45 for 5 to a fighting total. Then, after Sunil Narine produced a historic Super Over—conceding just one run and taking two wickets—Rinku walked out and finished the chase with a boundary off the first legal ball.

Here is the complete breakdown of a night where Lucknow’s dominance evaporated in 15 minutes of madness.

Part 1: The Toss & Build-Up (The Context)

Toss: LSG won the toss and elected to bowl first. Captain Rishabh Pant cited the "black soil pitch" which tends to grip and slow up as the innings progresses. He wanted to chase, banking on dew in the second half.

Team News:

LSG brought in Mohsin Khan for the injured Shivam Mavi, and Aiden Markram slotted into the middle order.

KKR handed a debut to Kartik Tyagi, hoping his pace would trouble LSG’s power-hitters.

The stage was set for a battle between LSG’s varied pace attack and KKR’s fragile top order.

Part 2: KKR Innings – The Mohsin Masterclass

PowerPlay (Overs 1-6): 32/3

KKR’s innings never truly started. Mohsin Khan (4 overs, 5/23) produced a spell for the ages. Bowling from around the wicket, he used the angle and the lack of bounce to strangle the batters.

Over 1.2: Mohsin to Ajinkya Rahane (4). Length ball outside off, Rahane pushed away from the body. Thick edge, flying to second slip where Mitchell Marsh took a brilliant low catch. KKR 2/1.

Over 3.5: Mohsin to Tim Seifert (12). The Kiwi tried to break the shackles with a slog sweep. Mohsin slowed it to 112kph. The ball spun past the inside edge and crashed into middle stump. KKR 21/2.

Over 5.1: Mohsin to Cameron Green (7). Green shuffled across to work to leg. Mohsin followed him with a sharp, 139kph inducker that rapped the front pad. Plumb LBW. KKR 32/3.

At the end of the powerplay, KKR were gasping. Rinku Singh was joined by Rovman Powell, and survival was the only goal.

The Middle-Over Collapse (Overs 7-12): 45/5

Just when Rinku tried to rotate strike, the wheels fell off.

Over 7.2: Ravi Bishnoi (1/28) – The googly. Rovman Powell (9) charged down the track, missed, and Pant whipped the bails off. 45/4.

Over 11.5: Mohsin Khan returns. Anukul Roy (1) – Mohsin bowled a knuckle ball that died on the batter. Roy chipped it straight to extra cover. 52/5.

The Scoreboard at Halfway: KKR 52/5 in 11 overs. LSG were cruising. Rinku Singh (19 off 28) was shackled. The required run rate for a "competitive total" was impossible. The only question was whether KKR could bat 20 overs.

The Rinku Revival (Overs 13-20): 103 runs added / 6 overs

What happened next defied the nature of the pitch. Rinku Singh found an unlikely ally in Sunil Narine (26 off 19).

Over 13.4: Narine decided attack was the best defense. He slog-swept Yash Thakur for a 98m six over deep midwicket.

Over 15.2 – THE TURNING POINT: Rinku faced Mohsin Khan for the last time. On 42 off 41, Rinku shuffled outside off and ramped a 141kph yorker over the keeper’s head for four. Mohsin smiled, but the pressure valve had opened.

Over 17 (Yash Thakur): 18 runs. Narine (26) fell trying to hit a third six, but Rinku took over. He hit two back-to-back fours – a slice over point and a drive past mid-off.

Over 19 (Avesh Khan): 20 runs. Rinku was now in the zone. He hit three consecutive sixes: (1) A pick-up shot over square leg. (2) A lofted cover drive. (3) A flat batted shot over long-on.


Over 20 (Mohsin Khan – 5th over?) – No. Mohsin had bowled out. Mitchell Marsh bowled the final over.

Final Over Heroics: Marsh to Rinku (71 off 49). First ball: Full toss – SIX over cow corner (83 off 50). Second ball: Swing and a miss. Third ball: Dot. Fourth ball: Single. KKR end on 155/7.

Rinku remained 83 off 51 balls (5 fours, 4 sixes).* Without him, KKR would have been 100 all out.

Part 3: LSG Chase – Controlled but Clumsy

Target: 156 off 20 overs.

LSG’s chase began the way KKR’s didn’t: with boundaries. But Kartik Tyagi and Harshit Rana kept hitting hard lengths.

PowerPlay (Overs 1-6): 48/1

Over 2.3: Mitchell Marsh (14) tried to hook Tyagi. Top edge flew high. Rinku Singh, running back from square leg, judged it perfectly and took a tumbling catch. LSG 23/1.

Rishabh Pant (42 off 33) and Aiden Markram (31 off 28) then steadied the ship. Pant was vintage – a reverse scoop off Green for six, and a lofted drive over cover.

The Middle Overs (Overs 7-15): The Narine & Varun Strangle

Sunil Narine (4 overs, 1/19) and Varun Chakravarthy (4 overs, 1/24) put the brakes on.

Over 9.1: Varun to Markram. A carrom ball that skidded on. Markram played for the turn, missed. Bowled. LSG 78/2.

Over 13.4: Narine to Pant. Pant came down the track, Narine dragged the length back. A leading edge flew to cover. Rinku Singh again held onto a sharp chance. LSG 115/3.

Suddenly, LSG needed 41 off 36 balls with Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya at the crease. It should have been easy. But the pitch was getting slower.

The Death Overs Chaos (Overs 16-20): Tyagi’s Meltdown

Over 17 (Harshit Rana): Pooran hit a monstrous 102m six. LSG needed 24 off 18.
Over 18 (Cameron Green): Krunal Pandya (19) holed out to long-on. LSG needed 18 off 12.

Over 19 (Sunil Narine): A masterpiece. Just 3 runs and the wicket of Pooran (23 off 16) – caught at long-off. LSG needed 15 off 6.

THE FINAL OVER (Kartik Tyagi vs Mohammed Shami & Ravi Bishnoi):

Ball 1: Tyagi runs in. NO BALL (oversteps). Free hit. Shami swings and misses. 1 run added. LSG needs 14 off 6.

Ball 2: Legal. Bishnoi backs away. Tyagi follows him. Single. 13 off 5.

Ball 3: Shami swings blindly. Inside edge past the stumps for FOUR. 9 off 4.

Ball 4: Bishnoi tries to ramp. Misses. Dot ball. 9 off 3.

Ball 5: Shami slices to third man. They run two. 7 off 2.

Ball 6: The stadium holds its breath. Tyagi bowls a low full toss. Shami closes his eyes and swings. The ball sails over long-off. SIX.

The scores are level. Super Over.

Part 4: The Super Over – Narine’s Record-Breaking Masterpiece

Despite Tyagi’s horror, KKR had momentum. LSG batted first in the one-over eliminator. Rishabh Pant sent out Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram. KKR handed the ball to Sunil Narine.

The Over – LSG Super Over (1 Run for 2 Wickets)

Ball 1: Narine fires a quick, straight delivery (just 98kph). Pooran charges. It’s a knuckle ball. Pooran is through the shot. The ball crashes into the top of middle stump. LSG 0/1.

Ball 2: Aiden Markram on strike. Narine tosses it up. Markram tries to paddle scoop it fine. Misses. The ball hits the pad. A huge appeal. Given LBW! Markram reviews. Ball tracking shows it’s hitting the top of leg stump. OUT. LSG 0/2.

Ball 3: Ravi Bishnoi walks in. Narine bowls a googly. Bishnoi blocks it to cover. They run a single. LSG end on 1 for 2.

1 run to win in the Super Over. The lowest total in IPL Super Over history.

The Chase – KKR Super Over (Target: 2 runs)

KKR sent Rinku Singh and Sunil Narine (for the handshake). LSG bowler: Avesh Khan.

Ball 1: Avesh runs in. Full and wide outside off. Rinku leans into a beautiful cover drive. The ball races to the boundary. FOUR.

Game over. KKR win by 8 wickets in the Super Over (effectively).

Part 5: Scorecard (Detailed)
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings (20 Overs)

BatterHow OutRunsBalls4s6sSRAjinkya Rahane c Marsh b Mohsin 4 3 1 0 133.3
Tim Seifert b Mohsin 12 13 2 0 92.3
Cameron Green lbw b Mohsin 7 10 0 0 70.0
Rinku Singh not out 83 51 5 4 162.7
Rovman Powell st Pant b Bishnoi 9 12 1 0 75.0
Anukul Roy c sub b Mohsin 1 4 0 0 25.0
Sunil Narine c Pooran b Yash 26 19 2 2 136.8
Kartik Tyagi run out 0 2 0 0 0.0
Harshit Rana not out 1 1 0 0 100.0
Extras *12*

Total 7 wickets 155 20

Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Rahane), 2-21 (Seifert), 3-32 (Green), 4-45 (Powell), 5-52 (Roy), 6-144 (Narine), 7-148 (Tyagi)

LSG Bowling: Mohsin 4-0-23-5, Avesh 4-0-38-0, Yash Thakur 4-0-42-1, Bishnoi 4-0-28-1, Marsh 3-0-18-0, Krunal 1-0-5-0
Lucknow Super Giants Innings (20 Overs)

BatterHow OutRunsBalls4s6sSRKyle Mayers c Seifert b Rana 10 7 2 0 142.8
Mitchell Marsh c Rinku b Tyagi 14 9 3 0 155.5
Rishabh Pant (c) c Rinku b Narine 42 33 4 1 127.2
Aiden Markram b Varun 31 28 2 1 110.7
Nicholas Pooran c Green b Narine 23 16 1 2 143.7
Krunal Pandya c Powell b Green 11 10 0 1 110.0
Mohammed Shami not out 14 8 2 1 175.0
Ravi Bishnoi not out 2 5 0 0 40.0
Extras *8*
Total 6 wickets 155 20

Fall of Wickets: 1-23 (Marsh), 2-35 (Mayers), 3-78 (Markram), 4-115 (Pant), 5-135 (Krunal), 6-144 (Pooran)

KKR Bowling: Tyagi 4-0-44-1 (2 NB), Rana 4-0-36-1, Green 3-0-22-1, Narine 4-0-19-1, Varun 4-0-24-1, Anukul 1-0-7-0
Super Over Details

LSG Batting: 1/2 (1 Over)

Nicholas Pooran: b Narine (0 off 1)

Aiden Markram: lbw b Narine (0 off 1)

Ravi Bishnoi: 1* (1)

Total: 1 run.

KKR Batting: 0/0 (0.1 Overs)

Rinku Singh: 4* (1)

Target chased in 1 ball.
Part 6: Post-Match Analysis & Reaction

The Hero: Rinku Singh (83*, 4 catches, Super Over finish)
“I don’t know what happened,” Rinku laughed in the post-match interview. “When we were 45 for 5, I told Narine bhai, ‘Just stay till the 18th over, I will try.’ Mohsin bowled very well. But in the Super Over, I told Avesh bhai before the ball, ‘I am hitting you for four.’”

The Villain turned Ghost: Kartik Tyagi
His 19th over in regulation was a nightmare (2 no-balls, 15 runs). But Pant defended him: “He is young. He will learn. We shouldn’t have needed a last over. We left too many runs in the middle overs against Narine.”

The Genius: Sunil Narine

Economy in IPL 2026: 5.8

Super Over figures: 1 over, 2 wickets, 1 run.

“He is not human,” said KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane. “I just gave him the ball and sat in the dugout. I knew it was over.”

The Record:

Lowest Super Over total in IPL history: LSG’s 1/2 (Previous record: 2/2 by PBKS in 2020).

Best bowling figures in a losing cause: Mohsin Khan (5/23). He became the first bowler to take a five-wicket haul and lose a match this season.
Part 7: How the Internet Reacted

Harsha Bhogle on X: “We just saw the greatest 15 minutes of lower-order hitting followed by the greatest 5 minutes of defensive bowling. Cricket is drunk. Rinku Singh is the King of Lucknow.”

Irfan Pathan: “That Mohsin Khan spell deserved a win. But Rinku Singh is a different beast. He doesn’t feel pressure. He feels opportunity.”

Meme of the Night: A photo of Rinku Singh photoshopped as a cardiac surgeon with the caption: “KKR Fans’ Heart Specialist.”

Part 8: Points Table Impact

KKR: Move from 9th to 8th (4 points, NRR -0.12).

LSG: Drop from 7th to 10th (4 points, NRR -0.45).

The Verdict

This was not a cricket match. It was an emotional mugging. Lucknow did everything right for 36 overs. Mohsin Khan bowled a spell that will be shown in bowling clinics for a decade. Rishabh Pant captained with aggression.

But the Ekana Stadium, known for its low scores and slow pitches, became a theatre of the absurd in the final four overs. Rinku Singh has now made a career out of impossible chases. He doesn’t hit sixes; he destroys certainties.

As the KKR bus left the stadium, fireworks exploded over Lucknow. For the home fans, it was a night of heartbreak. For neutrals, it was the advertisement the IPL pays billions for.

Brief Scores:

KKR: 155/7 (Rinku 83*, Mohsin 5/23)

LSG: 155/6 (Pant 42, Narine 1/19)

Super Over: LSG 1/2 (Narine 2/1) | KKR 4/0 (Rinku 4*)

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won in the Super Over.

Player of the Match: Rinku Singh (KKR) – 83* (51) & 4 Catches.