Mukul Choudhary’s sensational unbeaten 54 powers LSG to a thrilling last-ball win over KKR, with emotional celebrations in the dressing room as Sanjiv Goenka praises the young finisher and credits his father’s dream behind the moment.

Mukul Choudhary, the young Rajasthan finisher, played a fine innings last night as he took LSG to a win against the KKR in a nail biting match. After sealing a dramatic 3-wicket win with an unbeaten 54* off 27 balls, the 21-year-old was seen offering a humble prayer on the field while his teammates and owner Dr. Sanjiv Goenka celebrated exuberantly in the players’ dressing room.

In a video shared on X (formerly, Twitter) the proud owner, Sanjiv Goenka was seen appreciating Choudhary for his knock. He expressed his happiness for the young batter and said more than him (Mukul) he is happy for his father as he knows it is his dad’s dream. 

“I feel so happy for Mukul, and more than him I feel happy for his father. As I know it is his dream, so in addition to Mukul’s success I want to give credit to his father as well.”

Mukul Choudhary’s fine innings against KKR

Choudhary’s match-winning knock yesterday was a masterclass in death-overs finishing, as he scored an unbeaten 54 off 27 balls (including 7 sixes and 2 fours) to lead Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to a dramatic last-ball victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Coming in with LSG reeling at 128/7 after 16 overs, Mukul needed 54 runs from the final 24 balls with only tailenders for company.

He scored 52 of his 54 runs in the final four overs (overs 17–20), becoming only the second player in IPL history to score a 50+ in the death overs of a successful chase.He shared an unbeaten 54-run stand with Avesh Khan, of which Mukul scored 96.3% of the runs (52 off 21 balls), the highest-ever eighth-wicket partnership in a successful IPL chase. During the 17th over, he famously executed a helicopter shot on one knee off a full delivery from Vaibhav Arora to clear the long-on boundary. 

He dominated the death overs, hitting 7 massive sixes including a signature helicopter shot. The highlight was his nerves of steel in the final over; after two dot balls left him needing 7 runs off the last two deliveries, he hammered a clutch six to level the scores and then scrambled for the winning bye on the final ball.