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Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage from the IPL 2025 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
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24 needed off 6.
Bishnoi with the last over. Four!! Short outside off, Harshit lofts it over the infield on the offside and will pick up four runs. Googly on leg stump, beats Harshit’s attempted slog. Gets an outside edge as he looks to cut one. Misfield at short third but Rinku refuses the second. Four!! Slightly shorter and wide, cut through the offside for a boundary by Rinku. Won’t be enough for KKR though. Four!! Lofts a full one down the ground for another boundary. 11 needed off 1.
Six!! In the slot on off, Rinku slog sweeps it over midwicket for six! LSG manages a 4-run win at the end.
38 needed from 12.
Avesh to bowl the penultimate over. Six!! On-pace ball in the slot on legstump, lofted over deep square for a six! Four!! Attempts a yorker on off, lofted over cover for another boundary. 10 runs in 2 balls.
Perfect yorker on the stumps, jammed out. In the blockhole again, Rinku lofts on the bounce to long on for a single, doesn’t take it though. Four!! Yorker outside off, crunched through cover for a boundary.
Digvesh to bowl out. Harshit misses his attempted slog, and picks up a leg bye. Rinku gets ready for a reverse sweep but the ball is fired wide outside off. Four!! Connects the reverse sweep this time, and gets a boundary through the vacant cover region. 200 up for KKR.
WICKET!! Full toss outside off from Shardul, Russell lofts it straight to the long off fielder running in.
Russell c Miller b Thakur 7(4)
Harshit in at 8. Four!! Short outside off stump, cut hard through backward points, falls just short of the fielder in the deep and finds the fence. Rana punches one down the ground, rattles the stumps at the other end but will get a single. Four!! Low full toss outside off, Rinku punches through cover, where a misfield takes it to the boundary.
Four!! Akash Deep to Venky Iyer, full outside off, lofted over extra cover for a boundary. WICKET!! Overpitched on the stumps, Venkatesh looks to loft one straight down the ground, but can’t clear Markram in the deep.
Venkatesh Iyer c Markram b Akash Deep 45(29)
Rinku and Andre Russell now entrusted with getting KKR over the line in the chase. Rinku guides a wide ball through third man for a single. Slower short ball outside off, Russell misses his attempted upper cut. Six!! Russell smokes one over deep midwicket for six. KKR need a few more from him. Yorker on the legs, turned to deep fine for one. 12 from the over.
54 needed from 24.
Avesh back. Venkatesh punches the first ball to long on for one. Raghuvanshi in at 6. Gets off the mark with a single to point. Angkrish looks to move across and sweep and fuller one, deflects off his pad to the keeper. Four!! Full and wide again, carved through backward point for a boundary. WICKET!! Attempted reverse sweep attempt on a yorker, sweeps it as a low full toss but Pant moves across and takes a comfortable catch.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi c Pant b Avesh Khan 5(4)
Bishnoi with his third over. Venkatesh reviews the wide after missing his attempted reverse sweep. Clear wide upon replay. Now for a stumping check. Touch and go. Just manages to get his foot grounded on time. Venkatesh moves across and attempts a sweep, Bishnoi fires it in straight, Venky somehow manages to get his glove on it. WICKET!! Full on off stump, Ramandeep looks to loft it straight down the ground, can’t clear long on. Another jolt for KKR.
Ramandeep Singh c Markram b Ravi Bishnoi 1(2)
Shardul back into the attack. Full and wide outside off, called a wide. Trying to keep it well away from the hitting arc of Rahane with a shorter legside boundary. Four wides in a row. Make that five. Low full toss outside off, Rahane punches to long off for a single. Venkatesh Iyer picks up a single to long on. Four!! Short ball outside off, Rahane gets a top-edge on his attempted pull, flies past Pant and to the fence for four. WICKET!! Full toss outside off, Rahane punches it straight to the fielder at short cover.
Rahane c Pooran b Thakur 61(35)
Digvesh back for his third. Fires one in wide outside off after seeing Venkatesh shape up for a reverse sweep. Wide called. Googly again, beats Venky’s outside edge. Four!! Manages to connect the reverse sweep this time, will get a four through third man. Fifty partnership up between the two. Wide outside off again, cut to deep point for a single. Rahane clips one to deep midwicket with soft hands and picks up a couple. Four!! Venkatesh picks up a boundary off the last ball and ends another productive over for the home side.
90 needed in 48 balls.
Avesh back into the attack. Starts with a yorker on the stumps, defended to the legside for a couple. Venkatesh looks to make room and loft one over the offside, the inside edge hits his pads and trickles to the pitch side. Four!! Fifty for Rahane! Sweeps a full ball through fine leg and picks up a boundary.
Short from Bishnoi and Rahane slashes it away for a four. Full and straight from Bishnoi. Venkatesh smashes it over long on for a six.
Digvesh continues. Both Rahane and Venkatesh finding it hard to get a grip on him. Digvesh gets Venkatesh’s edge, but it pops off Pant’s gloves and runs away for a four.
Ravi Bishnoi hangs it wide and Venkatesh Iyer slices it behind third man for a four. Bishnoi persists with his plan. But he misses his length for the last ball. Short and smashed away for a four by Venkatesh.
Digvesh introduced and he makes an instant impact. Slides one away from Narine, who miscues his attempt to go inside out. Safe catch by Markram.
Sunil Narine c Markram b Rathi 30 (13b 4×4 2×6)
KKR 96/2 in 7 overs
Short, but not short enough from Avesh Khan to start with. Rahane is ready for it. Smacked deep into the stands. SIX!!! Avesh pitches one again in the same zone. The result is no different. SIX MORE!!! Avesh now dishes out a half volley. Eased through covers by Rahane for a four. Captain leading from the front as KKR posts 90/1 in the PowerPlay.
Rahane goes after Akash Deep now. Two fours added. First with a flick and then with a square drive. Narine adds another one with an inside out lofted hit.
Rahane is the new batter for KKR and he gets going with a couple of boundaries. Shardul with the fourth. Full and wide from him and Narine lofts him inside out for a six. Shardul gives away a couple of wides too as LSG’s worries worsen.
Akash Deep goes into QDK’s pads and off it goes for another six. Pant burns a review hoping for an outside edge after QDK misses an Akash Deep outswinger. The LSG pacer thumps one onto QDK’s pads. Nothing from the umpire. Pant reviews again. This time he gets lucky. QDK falls.
Quinton de Kock lbw b Akash Deep 15 (9b 0x4 2×6) SR: 166.66
KKR 45/1 in 3 overs
QDK gets his first six of the day. Full and swinging in from Shardul Thakur. Swatted away for a six. Shardul goes wide against Narine twice. Narine chases both of them. Gaining thickish edges on both sides and adding fours of both balls.
Narine and QDK opening for KKR. Akash Deep gifts KKR a wide four straight away. He nearly gives away one more. Pant forced into huge dive to prevent that. Full from Akash Deep now and Narine clicks it away for an easy six.
Perfect first over for KKR. 16 runs from it.
Vaibhav Arora with the final over. Four!! Back of a length outside off, lofted over mid off and has enough to run away to the boundary. Yorker on off stump, jammed to the offside for a single. Back of a length on the body, Miller pulls it to deep midwicket for a couple. Slaps a wide ball to the deep cover fielder for a single. Pooran looks to loft one over the legside, doesn’t get the connection and will have to settle for a single. Excellent last over from Arora.
Harshit returns. Four!! Back of a length on the stumps, pulled through square leg for a boundary. WICKET!! Slower off-cutter that clips the thigh pad and crashes into the stumps. Samad falls for 6.
Abdul Samad b Harshit Rana 6(4)
David Miller in at 5. Is beaten on the outside edge first ball. Gets a single to get off the mark on his second ball. Four!! Length on the stumps, Pooran pulls it off the inside half of the bat and it finds the boundary for four. Ten from the over.
Russell with his second over. Four!! Short ball on the body to Pooran, gets a top edge on the pull and it beats Harshit at deep fine. Four!! Length ball on the stumps, Pooran pulls it through the gap between square leg and midwicket for four more. Six!! Short ball on the body, Pooran pulls it over the legside boundary for six more. Four!! Another pull shot, finds the gap through midwicket for another boundary. Six!! Full outside off, lofted gleefully over the head of long off for six!
Six!! Harshit bowls a slower ball into the wicket. Pooran gets down on one knee and deposits it over the legside boundary for six! Six!! Full on the stumps, lofted over midwicket for another six. Pooran picks up a single to long off. Samad returns the favour with an inside edge to short fine. Full and wide outside off, past Pooran’s reach but within the wide guideline.
Andre Russell into the attack. WICKET!! The golden arm strikes. Short outside off, Marsh lofts it over the offside but finds the fielder in the deep.
Mitchell Marsh c Rinku Singh b Russell 81(48)
Abdul Samad in at 4. Six!! Short of a length on the hip, sviwel-pulled over deep square leg for six! Eight from the over.
Angkrish replaces Varun as the impact player. Marsh sweeps Narine through the legside and a good effort from Angkirsh keeps it to two. A single brings Pooran back on strike. Gets a bottom edge on his attempted hoick, trickles to short third. Six!! Length ball on the stumps, Pooran slog sweeps over the legside for six. Six!! Full outside off, lofted over long off for six more. Another expensive over.
Varun with his last over. Six!! Tossed up wide to Pooran, lofts it over extra cover and he has made enough contact for it to fly over the fence. A legbye brings Marsh on strike. Six!! Marsh launches a full ball straight down the ground for six! 16 runs from the over, an wicket-less spell from Varun comes to an end.
Vaibhav back for his third. Six!! Full on the pads, easy pickings for Marsh who lofts it over square leg for a huge six. Two wide balls to follow. Four!! Another attempted yorler on the stumps, clips Marsh’s bat and runs away to the boundary through fine leg. Yorker outside off to Pooran, can’t get bat on his attempted squeeze through third man. Short ball outside off, pulled to deep midwicket for one. A double to deep midwicket to finish the over.
Spencer Johnson back into the attack. Pooran gets a single to deep square leg off the second ball. Full and wide, Marsh misses his attempted lofted shot over cover. Four!! Wide again, Marsh crunches the backfoot punch through cover for a boundary. Low full toss outside off, single to deep point. Four!! A touch wide from Johnson, Pooran cuts it hard past short-third and finds the boundary. Four!! Length ball outside off again, beats short-third and finds the fence again. Expensive end to the over.
Four!! First ball of Rana’s next has been guided through point and short third man for a boundary. WICKET!! Slower-ball off cutter, beats his defence and cleans up the stumps behind him. The 99-run stand comes to and end.
Markram b Harshit Rana 47(28)
Nicholas Pooran in at 3. Gets off the mark with a single. 100 up for LSG in the 11th over. Four!! Short and wide outside off, Marsh waits for the slower ball and lofts it over cover for a boundary. Fifty for Mitch Marsh!
Marsh finally gets hold off one against Varun. Thumped over extra cover for a four. Varun immediately switches to around the wicket to open up an angle away from Marsh.
Narine continues to be targetted by the LSG openers. A tad short from the spinner and Marsh cuts it in front of point for a four. Narine keeps it fuller for the rest of the over.
Marsh slices Varun and it looked set to run for a four before Harshit Rana put in a good diving stop at short third. Varun manages to keep the ball away from the Marsh and Markram’s bat swing. Just six runs from the over.
Narine strays into Marsh’s strike zone and is dispatched instantly. Slogged over mid wicket for a six. Short now and Marsh pulls it for a four. Leg sideish from Narine and Marsh paddles it away. Nearly a four. LSG sneak in three there.
Harshit Rana into the attack and Markram takes him on straight away. Slices the pacer for a six past the third man fence. Marsh wants a piece of it too. Picks a slower ball from Harshit and smacks it over long off for a six.
Rahane turns to Varun Chakaravarthy early on. Starts by slanting one into Marsh’s pads. Quick and straight from Varun in his first over. Brilliant start for the Indian spinner as he delivers a boundary less over.
Markram makes room by stepping away from the stump, before lofting Johnson over covers for a four. Johnson goes wide now. Markram punches it for a double. Markram continues to target Johnson, who is struggling to get his length right. Full from him and Markram swings across the line. SIX!!
Arora continues. He persists with his inswingers. Slides one into Marsh, who pushes it for a couple of runs to the leg side. The KKR pacer gives nothing away for the second over straight.
Spencer Johnson to bowl the second over. Full and straight. Clipped away for a four by Markram. Johnson goes full against Marsh too. Smoked over mid wicket for a six, first of the day. Just two singles from the rest of the over.
Vaibhav Arora with the first over for KKR. Markram and Marsh opening the innings for LSG. Arora swings one in and raps Marsh high on the pads. Loud appeal. Umpire is unmoved. Came off the inside edge. Quiet over to start with. Just three runs from it.
KKR: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
LSG: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahamad, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh.
LSG: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(WK/C), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi
KKR: Quinton de Kock(WK), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
KKR wins the toss, opts to bowl first.
“Wicket looks really good. Temperature hasn’t been very hot, there won’t be much change in the pitch,” says Ajinkya Rahane. Spencer Johnson returns in place of Moeen Ali.
“Not thinking about the previous games too much. Just looking at the positives. We are playing the same team,” says Rishabh Pant.
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Batting XI: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
Bowling XI: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep/M. Siddharth.
Impact sub options: Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Prince Yadav
Batting first: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Bowling first: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact Player options: Vaibhav Arora/Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali.
Matches played: 5
KKR won: 2
LSG won: 3
Last result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 98 runs (May 2024)
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“If four bowlers (Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan) are injured and are not available, then there is a concern…All those things have settled down. Akash is available. Avesh is also available. Mayank, I hope, will be available soon,” said Shahbaz ahead of LSG’s Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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