Lucknow Super Giants smashed their way to their third victory in the Indian Premier League, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by four runs at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
In a breathless match that was high on entertainment, Lucknow made 238-3 in the first innings before conceding 90 runs in the powerplay of KKR's chase
Lucknow Super Giants smashed their way to their third victory in the Indian Premier League, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by four runs at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
In a breathless match that was high on entertainment, Lucknow made 238-3 in the first innings before conceding 90 runs in the powerplay of KKR's chase.
But LSG then claimed five wickets for just 33 runs to turn the tide in their favour.
Highlights included a fourth half-century of the 2025 IPL season for Mitchell Marsh (81)바카라 웹사이트and an unbeaten바카라 웹사이트36-ball 87바카라 웹사이트for Nicholas Pooran, while Kolkata's batters were also at it.
Ajinkya Rahane top-scored바카라 웹사이트for KKR with 61 off 35, while Venkatesh Iyer (45) and Rinku Singh (38*) helped make a game of it, and the hosts will see this as a missed opportunity.
KKR were 162-2 by the end of the 13th over, needing 77 more runs off 43 balls to win. But instead of chipping away at the total, middle-order batters took too many chances with big hits that fell to fielders.
The chase had started impressively for KKR, having got to 90-1바카라 웹사이트before the aforementioned collapse.바카라 웹사이트Ramandeep Singh,바카라 웹사이트Angkrish Raghuvanshi,바카라 웹사이트Iyer and바카라 웹사이트Andre Russell all succumbed in swift succession, leaving바카라 웹사이트Singh and바카라 웹사이트Harshit Rana (10) with too much to do.
Earlier, Marsh and Aiden Markram (47) had shared an opening partnership of 99 runs for LSG before Pooran smashed KKR's bowlers around the ground.
LSG go fourth in the IPL, while KKR are sixth.
Next up for LSG are바카라 웹사이트Gujarat Titans on Saturday, while KKR face Chennai Super Kings a day earlier.
Data debrief: Free-scoring thriller
Lucknow's total of 238 during their innings is the second-highest total they have ever set in IPL history.
Markram and Marsh put on the highest opening partnership of the season so far, while the latter is the second-highest scorer in the competition in 2025, behind only team-mate Pooran (288).
Meanwhile, the 472 combined score was the highest in a match between LSG and KKR.