Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Highlights, Indian Premier League 2025: Lucknow Super Giants won by 4 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Match Overview

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) took on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 21st match of the Indian Premier League 2025 on Tuesday, April 7, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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Toss & Team Lineups

Toss Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl

Playing XIs: Here’s the playing 11 of both teams from this game:

Kolkata Knight Riders

Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Lucknow Super Giants

Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi

First Innings: Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh lead LSG to their second-highest total

Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh provided a solid start to LSG. The duo added 99 runs for the first wicket before Markram was dismissed for 47 runs off 28 deliveries. Nicholas Pooran joined Marsh in the middle and the duo had a partnership of 71 runs for the second wicket.

Marsh made 81 runs off 48 deliveries before he was dismissed in the 16th over. Pooran remained unbeaten on 87 runs off 36 deliveries and led LSG to a total of 238 runs for the loss of three wickets. Harshit Rana was the pick of the bowlers for KKR and took two wickets for 51 runs.

Second Innings: KKR failed in the chase by a close margin

KKR lost the wicket of Quinton de Kock in the third over for just 37 runs. Sunil Narine and Ajinkya Rahane had a partnership of 54 runs for the second wicket. KKR had scored 90 runs in the powerplay; their second-highest total in this phase of the game. Narine scored 30 runs off 13 deliveries before getting dismissed on the second delivery of the seventh over.

KKR scored 129 runs for the loss of two wickets at the end of the 10th over mark and required 110 runs to win in the final 10 overs. Shardul Thakur bowled the 13th over of the innings and gave away 13 runs. He took the important wicket of Ajinkya Rahane.

KKR lost two quick wickets in the 15th and 16th over which changed the course of the match. Venkatesh Iyer perished after scoring 45 runs off 29 deliveries. Rinku Singh remained unbeaten on 38 runs off 15 deliveries but couldn’t help the team cross the line. 

KKR finished with 234 runs for the loss of seven wickets and lost the match by four runs. Akash Deep and Shardul Thakur took two wickets each for LSG.

Key Moments & Turning Points 

In the first 10 overs, KKR made a single-digit score only twice. Rahane scored his half-century in the 11th over and looked in great touch. Digvesh Singh Rathi gave away 13 runs in the 12th over. KKR lost the wicket of Rahane in the 13th over and the match changed after his dismissal.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Top Performers of the Match

Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Pooran was the highest scorer in the match.
• He remained unbeaten on 87 runs off 36 deliveries and hit seven fours and eight sixes.

Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Thakur was one of the three bowlers who picked two wickets in the match.
• He was the most economical among these three.

Player of the Match

Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Pooran won his fourth Player of the Match award in this game.
• He made his highest individual score in the game.

Match Statistics & Records

• KKR made their highest score in an unsuccessful run-chase.
• LSG made their second-highest total in IPL.

Final Thoughts & Takeaways

LSG registered their second consecutive win of the season and are now in fourth place. KKR have lost alternate games. LSG would hope to continue their winning run, while KKR need to do a lot of work.

What’s Next?

KKR will take on Chennai Super Kings in their next game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday, April 11. LSG will face Gujarat Titans in their next match on Saturday, April 12, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.