Kolkata Knight Riders have taken a strong step towards the playoffs after defeating Lucknow Supergiants by 98 runs. In this match, Lucknow team was all out for just 137 runs while trailing by 236 runs. While chasing this big target, a big innings was expected from Nicholas Pooran but he was out after scoring only 10 runs on the ball of Andre Russell.

The celebration in the KKR dugout as soon as Puran was out was worth seeing. At present, a video is going viral in which it can be seen that as soon as Andre Russell dismisses Puran, mentor Gautam Gambhir sitting in the dugout of KKR is jumping with joy. Gambhir is rarely seen celebrating but this was one of the few moments when he was seen expressing his emotions.

Not only this, as soon as Puran was out, Gambhir also sent a secret message to Shreyas Iyer. Seeing this animated video of Gambhir, the fans are saying that Gambhir is captaining this team sitting outside. You can watch this video below.

If we talk about this match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 98 runs in the IPL 2024 match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday (6 May). After being invited to bat first, KKR scored a huge score of 235 runs at the loss of 6 wickets on the basis of a stormy half-century by Sunil Narayan (81). In response, Lucknow was all out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Apart from Marcus Stoinis (36) and KL Rahul (25), no other player stayed at the crease for long.

This is KKR's eighth win in 11 matches and the team has reached first place in the points table with 16 points. With this resounding win, KKR's net run rate has increased to +1.453. KKR defeated Rajasthan Royals, who slipped to second place. Rajasthan also has 16 points, but is far behind KKR in terms of net run rate.