IPL Playoff 2022: Kolkata Is Out Of The Tournament
IPL Playoff 2022: Kolkata is out of the tournament, losing to Lucknow ends all hopes of a playoff.
The team of Kolkata Knight Riders has been ruled out of the 15th season of the Indian Premier League.
The team got a crushing defeat in the match against the team of Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday, 18 May.
To keep the hopes of reaching the playoffs alive, Kolkata had to register a win against Lucknow at all costs but the team failed to do so. Now with this defeat, his journey ahead came to an end.
In the 66th match of IPL 2022, Kolkata’s team entered a do-or-die match against Lucknow.
Lucknow captain KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat and scored 210 runs along with partner Quinton de Kock.
The bowlers of Kolkata’s team could not get a single wicket against Lucknow in this match. For the first time in IPL history, a team batted 20 overs without losing a wicket.
IPL Playoff 2022: Kolkata’s journey ends.
After playing all their 14 league matches this season, the team won only 6 matches.
With a win against Lucknow, which went to play in the last match, the team could have reached 14 points, which would have kept its claim for the playoffs but lost it.
Last season’s runners-up team had to bid farewell to the tournament this season with disappointment.
IPL Playoff 2022: Lucknow in the playoff.
By defeating Kolkata, the Lucknow team achieved the distinction of becoming the second team to reach the playoffs by reaching 18 points. Gujarat team first secured their place in the playoffs with 18 points.
The team of Lucknow, who entered the tournament for the first time, achieved this special feat by winning 9 out of their 14 league matches.
Kolkata’s defeat against Lucknow but Rinku played such an innings that fans will not forget.
When the team of Lucknow and Kolkata came face to face in their last league match of IPL 15, in this thrilling match, the Lucknow team won the last ball but Kolkata’s young batsman Rinku Singh won the fans with his innings.
Chasing 211 runs, Kolkata’s hopes of victory ended when Andre Russell was dismissed in the 17th over.
After the wicket of Russell, no one thought that Kolkata’s team would be able to reach even near the target.
