India, April 10 -- Ajinkya Rahane was impressed with Mukul Choudhary after Kolkata Knight Riders' narrow defeat to Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL 2026 fixture on Thursday. The 21-year-old smashed an unbeaten knock of 54* runs off 27 balls, guiding LSG to a three-wicket victory.

Mukul arrived to bat in the 13th over, with LSG crumbling to 104/5 in their chase of 182 runs. He began on a cautious note, but after the dismissals of Ayush Badoni and Mohammed Shami, he took on Vaibhav Arora in the 17th over, slamming him for a four and then a six. In the third delivery of the over, he received a slow, short delivery, which he pulled to his left at deep square leg for a four, followed by a six over long-on.

The 18th over saw Mukul attack Kar...