Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|10-04-2026
In the 15th match of IPL 2026, a very exciting match was seen at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday (April 9), where Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets. Chasing the target of 182 runs, LSG won on the last ball, in which 21-year-old young batsman Mukul Chaudhary emerged as the hero.
In this match, Mukul Chaudhary played a explosive inning of 54 unbeaten runs in 27 balls with the help of 2 fours and 7 sixes and converted the lost game into victory.
When he came to the crease, the 13th over of the innings was going on and LSG had lost 5 important wickets at the score of 104 runs. Overall the team looked to be in trouble. Not only this, wickets kept falling even after this, but Mukul batted brilliantly under pressure and led the team to victory.Let us tell you that the match had become so exciting that LSG needed 14 runs to win in the last over, but Mukul Chaudhary gave the team victory on the last ball by hitting two sixes in this over.
It is noteworthy that in the IPL 2026 auction, Lucknow Super Giants had bought Mukul Chaudhary for Rs 2.6 crore and he has completely proved his selection right with this innings.
Mukul Chaudhary is a wicketkeeper-batsman who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket. He made his first class debut against Chhattisgarh in January 2023. So far, he has played 4 matches in this format, in which he has scored 103 runs at an average of 17.16. His highest score during this period has been 45 runs.
In T20 cricket, Mukul made his debut against Jharkhand in October 2023 and has scored 226 runs in 7 matches, in which his average was 37.66.
Mukul made his debut in List A cricket against Madhya Pradesh in December. In this format, he has scored 71 runs in 5 matches at an average of 14.2.Mukul’s recent brilliant performance was seen in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 in December last year. In this entire tournament, he had scored 173 runs in 5 innings at a strike rate of 198.85 and the same form is now visible in the IPL also.
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