Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Result: Kolkata Knight Riders seemed to be in a position to win this match and the team looked in a good position after scoring 166 runs till 14 overs. But in the last 6 overs, Lucknow made a strong comeback and won.

In another thrilling match of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 runs in the last over. More than four hundred and fifty runs were scored in this match played at Eden Gardens. On the basis of explosive innings of Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh, Lucknow batted first and scored a huge score of 238 runs. In response, Kolkata, which seemed to be moving towards victory by scoring 166 runs in just 14 overs, derailed in the last overs and could only reach 234 runs in 20 overs.

For the past few days, fans were complaining about the one-sidedness of IPL matches. But within two days, we got to see two high scoring and very close matches. On Monday, 7 April, a great match was played between Bangalore and Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium. On Tuesday, 8 April, something similar happened at Eden Gardens, where the match went till the last ball and Kolkata lost the match that was in its hands.

Pooran-Marsh thrashed Kolkata

Lucknow batted first in this match and for the second consecutive match, its openers made an explosive start. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh made a brilliant partnership of 99 runs in just 10.2 overs. Markram (47) missed his second consecutive half-century but Marsh scored his fourth fifty this season. On the other hand, recovering from the failure of the last match, Nicholas Pooran again showed his destructive style and scored a half-century in just 21 balls. Marsh (81 runs, 48 ​​balls) got out after coming close to a century but Pooran stayed till the end and returned after playing a fiery innings of 87 runs in just 36 balls. Lucknow scored 238 runs after losing 3 wickets.

KKR lost the match in just 20 balls

Kolkata started fast but Quinton de Kock (15) was out in the third over. But Sunil Narine and Ajinkya Rahane did not let the pace slow down and took the score to 90 runs in the powerplay itself. In the seventh over, Narine (30) was dismissed by spinner Digvesh Rathi. This spinner was once again the most effective bowler of the team, who kept KKR in check. But Rahane (61) and Venkatesh Iyer (45) shared a 71-run partnership and took the team towards victory. By the 13th over, the score was 162 runs and KKR seemed to be in a position to win, but from here the game started to turn.

KKR lost 3 wickets on the last balls of the 13th, 14th and 15th overs, while 1-1 wickets fell in the 16th and 17th overs. Overall, Kolkata lost 5 wickets in just 20 balls and Lucknow made a comeback here. In the 17th over, Shardul Thakur ended Kolkata's hopes by dismissing Andre Russell (7). After this, Rinku Singh tried his best to make the team win by hitting some big shots but still the team could only reach 234 runs.