The dismissal of fellow opener Kyle Mayers took the brakes and Rahul failed to add to the eight fours he had already hit.
Despite Hardik’s brother Kunal scoring 23 runs, only 18 runs came from his next 23 balls, sucking the momentum out of the Lucknow innings.
At the start of the final over, Rahul was at the crease for 12 runs but was dramatically caught at square leg on the second ball.
Stoinis was dismissed for a duck in the next ball and then Lucknow suffered back-to-back run-outs as they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.