<p>Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in their IPL match here on Sunday.</p><p>Opener Phil Salt struck a magnificent 89 off 47 balls while captain Shreyas Iyer was also unbeaten on a run-a-ball 38 as KKR chased down the target of 162 with 26 balls to spare.</p><p>Earlier, LSG posted 161 for 7 in their 20 overs after being invited to bat.</p><p>Nicholas Pooran top-scored with a 32-ball 45 while captain KL Rahul contributed 39.</p><p>For KKR, Mitchell Starc took three wickets while Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell got one each.</p><p><strong>Brief Scores:</strong></p><p>Lucknow Super Giants: 161 for 7 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 45, KL Rahul 39; Mitchell Starc 3/28).</p><p>Kolkata Knight Riders: 162 for 2 in 15.4 overs (Phil Salt 89, Shreyas Iyer 38 not out; Mohsin Khan 2/29).</p>
<p>Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in their IPL match here on Sunday.</p><p>Opener Phil Salt struck a magnificent 89 off 47 balls while captain Shreyas Iyer was also unbeaten on a run-a-ball 38 as KKR chased down the target of 162 with 26 balls to spare.</p><p>Earlier, LSG posted 161 for 7 in their 20 overs after being invited to bat.</p><p>Nicholas Pooran top-scored with a 32-ball 45 while captain KL Rahul contributed 39.</p><p>For KKR, Mitchell Starc took three wickets while Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell got one each.</p><p><strong>Brief Scores:</strong></p><p>Lucknow Super Giants: 161 for 7 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 45, KL Rahul 39; Mitchell Starc 3/28).</p><p>Kolkata Knight Riders: 162 for 2 in 15.4 overs (Phil Salt 89, Shreyas Iyer 38 not out; Mohsin Khan 2/29).</p>