The breakthrough came early and gave Kolkata Knight Riders a strong start with the ball.

Green was brought into the attack with intent and responded straight away. His opening over produced the key wicket, breaking the rhythm of the chase and lifting the home side. It was a moment that shifted early momentum towards Kolkata Knight Riders. An over where everything happened - a six conceded, a wicket taken, a wide and a no-ball all rolled into one.

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Lucknow Super Giants replied with 73 for 3 in 8.2 overs, needing 109 runs from 70 balls. The chase took a hit with the early loss of captain Rishabh Pant, who was caught for 10 off 9 deliveries.

Ayush Badoni remained unbeaten on 22 from 15 balls and tried to keep the innings on track. But with wickets falling and the asking rate climbing, LSG were under pressure and needed a steady partnership to stay in the contest.

KKR kept control through disciplined bowling, not allowing easy scoring. Green's early strike set the tone, and the home side continued to apply pressure as the chase progressed.

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

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi

Impact Player Substitutions:

Lucknow Super Giants: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mayank Yadav

Kolkata Knight Riders: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert