KKR Vs LSG IPL 2025: In the first match of double header in IPL today, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 4 runs. In this match played at Kolkata’s Home Ground Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which LSG scored 238 runs in 20 overs for 3 wickets in 20 overs with the help of opener Mitchell Marsha and Nicholas Puran’s top half -century innings. After this, KKR could score only 234 runs at the loss of 7 wickets and LSG got the match by 5 runs.
For KKR, captain Rahane scored a half -century of 61 runs and Venkatesh Iyer scored 45 runs, but these innings proved insufficient to win the team. For LSG, Akash Deep and Shardul Thakur took 2–2 wickets, while Digvesh Singh, Avesh Khan and Impact Player Ravi Bishnoi got one success each.
Chasing a target of 238 runs, KKR lost the wicket of Quinton Dickock early, which was dismissed by 15 runs. After this, Sunil Naren and Rahane shared a 50+ run partnership for the second wicket. However, Digvesh Rathi broke the partnership by dismissing Naren. Naren returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs with the help of four fours and two sixes off 13 balls. Rahane did not stop even after this and he completed a half -century off 26 balls. Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer were batting, it seemed that KKR might have achieved this huge target, but Shardul dismissed Rahane and gave KKR a big blow.
After Rahane was dismissed, KKR’s innings stumbled and lost the wickets of Ramandeep (1), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (5), Venkatesh Iyer (45) and Andre Russell (7). It seemed difficult for KKR to achieve the target after this, but Rinku rocked the final over. KKR needed 24 runs to win in the last over, but the team could only score 20 runs. In this way Lucknow won this match. Harshit Rana returned unbeaten after scoring 10 runs for KRR.
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