Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sunil Narine continued his monumental 202 season with an explosive half-century and solid innings from Phil Salt and Ramandeep Singh helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) post 235/2 in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants. Delivered at 6. (LSG) in Lucknow on Sunday. Kolkata got off to a good start after Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) were invited to bat first. Phil Salt started the attack by hitting two fours off Marcus Stoinis on the first two balls of the innings. Naveen-ul-Haq was punished in the third over, Narine and Salt hit him for two fours each.In the next over bowled by Mohsin Khan, Narine also joined the party and hit three fours and a six, conceding 20 runs in the over. KKR crossed 50 runs in just 3.4 overs. The 61-run partnership between Salt and Narine was ended by Naveen, who had Salt caught by KL Rahul after scoring 32 runs in 14 balls with the help of five fours and a six. KKR's score was 61/6 in 4.2 overs. At the end of six overs, KKR's score after the powerplay was 70/1, with Narine (31*) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (6*) unbeaten.KKR completed the 100-run mark in nine overs. At half-time of their innings, KKR were 110/1, with Narine (54*) and Raghuvansh (22*) unbeaten. Narine completed his third half-century of the season with the help of six fours and three sixes in 27 balls. The 79-run partnership between Raghuvanshi and Narine was ended by Ravi Bishnoi, who got Narine caught by Devdutt Padikkal near the boundary in an attempt to hit a straight six. Narine returned to the pavilion after scoring 81 runs in 39 balls with the help of six fours and seven sixes.KKR's score in 12 overs was 140/2. Andre Russell was next at the crease. KKR crossed 150 runs in 12. overs. Naveen got his second wicket when Krishnappa Gowtham came running through the cove area to catch Russell after scoring 12 runs from eight balls. KKR's score was 167/3 in 14.2 overs. The next batsman to be out was Raghuvanshi, who was caught by Rahul after scoring 32 runs in 26 balls with the help of three fours and a six. KKR's score in 15. overs was 171/4. Yudhveer Singh got the first wicket, Rinku Singh was the next batsman at the crease, aiming to get the first big score of the season.With the help of Rinku's fours, KKR crossed 200 runs in 17.5 overs. However Rinku could not get the score he was looking for as he scored just 16 runs from 10 balls and was caught by Stoinis at deep backward square leg off Naveen. KKR's score in 18 overs was 200/5. The 19th over bowled by Yudhveer was costly as Ramandeep hit him for two sixes over deep midwicket and long-on. 17 runs were scored in this over. Iyer was dismissed by Yash Thakur with a brilliant dive by Rahul behind the stumps.The KKR captain was out after scoring 23 runs in 15 balls with the help of three fours. KK's score was 224/6 in 19.3 overs. KKR ended their innings at 235/6, with Ramandeep (25* in six balls, with one four and three sixes) and Venkatesh Iyer remaining unbeaten on 1*. Naveen-ul-Haq (3/49) was the bowler of choice for LSG. Yash, Ravi and Yudhvi also got one wicket each. Brief Scores: KKR: 235/6 (Sunil Narine 81, Phil Salt 32, Naveen-ul-Haq 3/49) vs LSG.