Watch the highlights of KKR vs LSG 21st Match IPL 2025 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the 21st T20 match played between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 08th April 2025.
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| Nicholas Pooran plays a shot © Associated Press |
A Power-hitting display from Nicholas Pooran's 36-ball 87*, Mitchell Marsh's 48-ball 81 and Aiden Markram's 28-ball 47 before A excellent death bowling by Akash Deep, Shardul Thakur and Digvesh Rathi helped to Lucknow Super Giants narrow 4-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders, despite a Ajinkya Rahane - Rinku Singh's blitz in a high-scoring thriller of the 21st match of a Indian Premier League.
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- Lucknow Super Giants' 4-run win was their fourth smallest victory by terms of runs in Indian Premier League and It is their third narrowest win against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
- Lucknow Super Giants' 59 for 0 was their second highest powerplay total against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL after their 66 for 1 at Pune in 2022.
- Lucknow Super Giants' 95 for 0 was their second most runs after ten overs against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL after their 96 for 4 against at Lucknow in the last year.
- 99 : Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh set up the second highest first-wicket partnership for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, The highest is unbeaten 210-run stand between Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul at Dy Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai in 2022 and the LSG's joint third highest opening stand in IPL.
- 77 : Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran equalled a joint highest second-wicket partnership for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, jointly 77-run stand held by between Quinton de Kock and Deepak Hooda at Pune in 2022.
- 51 : Nicholas Pooran and Abdul Samad set up the record third-wicket partnership for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, previously held by the 39-run stand between KL Rahul and Ayush Badoni at same venue in the last year.
- Nicholas Pooran hammered a 21-ball his sixth fastest fifty in Indian Premier League, his fifth fastest-fifty for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL and fastest fifty by an LSG batsman against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, surpassing the previous record of 27-ball half-century held by Quinton de Kock at Pune in 2022.
- Nicholas Pooran's unbeaten 87 was the sixth highest score for Lucknow Super Giants in Indian Premier League and the second highest-score by an LSG batsman against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL after Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 140 at Dy Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai in 2022.
- Mitchell Marsh's 81 was the joint eighth highest score for Lucknow Super Giants in Indian Premier League and the third highest-score by LSG batsman against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
- Lucknow Super Giants' 238 was their second highest score in Indian Premier League after their 257 against Punjab Kings at Mohali in 2023 and It is their highest-score against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, previous highest was 210 at Dy Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai in 2022.
- Lucknow Super Giants' 238 was the third highest total by any team at Kolkata in IPL after Punjab Kings' 262 and Kolkata Knight Riders' 261 in the same match in the previous year.
- Kolkata Knight Riders' 90 for 1 was their second highest powerplay total in Indian Premier League after their 105 for without losing a wicket against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Bengaluru in 2017 and It is their highest powerplay total against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL, previous highest was 70 for 1 at Lucknow in the last year.
- Kolkata Knight Riders' 129 for 2 was their third most runs after ten overs in Indian Premier League and It is their most runs after ten overs against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL, Their previous most-runs-after-ten-over was 110 for 1 against LSG at Lucknow in the last year.
- 54 : Sunil Narine and Ajinkya Rahane set up the second highest second-wicket partnership for Kolkata Knight Riders against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL, The highest is 79-run stand between Sunil Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi at Lucknow in the last year.
- Ajinkya Rahane hammered a 26-ball his fourth fastest fifty in Indian Premier League, his second fastest fifty for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL and the joint fastest fifty by an KKR batsman against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL, jointly with 26-ball half-century held by Phil Salt at same venue in the last year.
- 71 : Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer set up the second highest third-wicket partnership for Kolkata Knight Riders against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL, The highest is unbeaten 120-run stand between Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer at same venue in the previous year.
- 49* : Rinku Singh and Harshit Rana set up the record eighth-wicket partnership for Kolkata Knight Riders against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL, previously held by the unbeaten 39-run stand between Rinku Singh and Vaibhav Arora at same venue in 2023 and the KKR's second highest eighth-wicket stand in IPL, The highest is unbeaten 52-run stand between Rinku Singh and Umesh Yadav at Ahmedabad in 2023.
- Kolkata Knight Riders' 234 was their fifth highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their second highest-score against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL after their 235 at Lucknow in the last year.
- Kolkata Knight Riders' 234 was their second highest total at Kolkata in IPL after their 261 against Punjab Kings in the previous year.
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LSG scored mammoth total of 238-3 in 20 overs with top scorer by Nicholas Pooran hammered a career-best unbeaten 87 off 36-balls.
Mitchell Marsh hammered a 81 off 48-balls including 6-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 168.75 and Aiden Markram blasted a 47 off 28-balls contained 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 167.85.
KKR best bowler by Harshit Rana took 2-wickets and one for Andre Russell.
KKR scored 234-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Ajinkya Rahane hammered a 61 off 35-balls including 8-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 174.28.
Venkatesh Iyer struck 45 off 29-balls including 6-fours & a six with strike rate of 155.17, Rinku Singh hammered a unbeaten 38 off 15-balls included 6-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 253.33.
Sunil Narine blasted a 30 off 13-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 230.76 and Quinton de Kock hit 15 off 9-balls included 2-sixes with strike rate of 166.66.
LSG best bowler by Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep both captured 2-wickets, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi each took one-wickets.
Nicholas Pooran named Player of the match for his power-hitting batting performance to smashed a career-best unbeaten 87 off facing 36-balls including 8-sixes & 7-fours with strike rate of 241.66.
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