On Tuesday, the 21st match of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants. At the Kolkata's Home Ground Eden Gardens, both teams face to face, in which LSG batted first and performed brilliantly and assigned a target of 239 runs to the hosts. In response, Knight Riders could score 234 runs, due to which he lost the match (KKR vs LSG) by four runs.

Lucknow batsmen rocked

The Lucknow Super Giants, who came to bat first after losing the toss, started amazing. The opening pair of Aidan Markram and Mitchell Marsh batted for the first wicket while batting. Both scored 99 runs off joint 62 balls. But in 10.2 overs, Harshit Rana broke this partnership by dismissing Aden Markram. He managed to score 47 runs in 28 balls. After this, Nicholas Puran, who came to bat at number three, showed his batting jauhar and carried forward the team's score with Mitchell Marsh.

Kolkata bowlers put classes

Mitchell Marsh completed his half -century even before I lost his wicket off Andre Russell in 15.2 overs. He scored six fours and five sixes of 81 runs in 48 balls. During this, he had a 71 -run partnership with Nicholas Puran. In the end, Abdul Samad (6) shared a 51 -run partnership with the Windies team's batsman. Nicholas Puran returned unbeaten after scoring 87 runs in 36 balls. While David Miller scored 4 runs from the bat. Due to this performance, Lucknow Super Giants (KKR Vs LSG) scored 238 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Harshit Rana took two wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders. Andre Russell got a success.

Kkr's poor start

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR vs Lsg), who came to achieve the 239 -run mountainous target, failed to make a brilliant debut of the innings. On the third ball of the third over, the team lost the wicket of opener Quinton de Kock. He was able to score 15 runs in 9 balls. A few overs later, Sunil Naren also returned to Pauelian on a personal score of 30 runs. However, during this time he had a big 54 -run partnership with Captain Ajinkya Rahane. In 6.2 overs, Digvesh Rathi got him dismissed by Aden Markram.

Lucknow matches its name

Sunil Naren was followed by Ajinkya Rahane with a half -century partnership with Venkatesh Iyer. Both scored 71 runs for the third wicket. But Shardul Thakur broke Ajinkya Rahane's personal score of 61 and broke the participation and pushed Kolkata's innings to the backfoot. After his return to Pavelian, no player could make a big partnership, due to which the team could score 234 runs. Venkatesh Iyer contributed 45 runs. Ramandeep Singh was dismissed for one run, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 5 runs and Andre Russell 7 runs. Rinku Singh remained unbeaten by scoring 38 runs in 15 balls. Akash Deep and Shardul Thakur took two wickets each for Lucknow Super Giants. Digvesh Rathi had a success.

Rishabh Pant's move: Due to the understanding of captain Rishabh Pant, Lucknow Super Giants were able to register their third win of IPL 2025. In fact, he handed over the ball to young bowler Digvesh Rathi in the 18th over and played a key role in winning the team by performing brilliantly. In this over, he spent just seven runs.