IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Highlights: Rinku Singh's last over blitz in vain as Kolkata lose by 4 runs against Lucknow

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Things are just not working for Spencer Johnson as he continues to leak runs. Two fours are followed by a massive six! Aiden Markram is getting a move on and how.

LSG 37/0 in 3.5 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram now goes towards mid-on and just like previously in the over, the ball races to the boundary! LSG getting a move on.

LSG 31/0 in 3.4 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram looks to break free! The right-hander goes over the top and the ball races towards the boundary fence. The fielder at mid-off has no chance to chase the ball.

LSG 25/0 in 3.2 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Vaibhav Arora keeps it tidy. The third over of the fixture goes away for just five runs. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram not looking to take any undue risk.

LSG 20/0 in 3 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Spencer Johnson can learn a thing or two from Vaibhav Arora, who is at his absolute best right now. Mitchell Marsh is all sorts of untangled and is unable to free his arms.

LSG 18/0 in 2.4 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: The left-arm pace of Spencer Johnson leaks 12 runs. The hard work of Vaibhav Arora has been undone and how.

LSG 15/0 in 2 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh has arrived! The right-hander just deposits the ball plenty of rows back! The first maximum of the game! Spencer is under fire.

LSG 14/0 in 1.4 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Spencer Johnson is bowling the second over of the game, and he starts in an impeccable fashion. A bouncer leaves Aiden Markram rattled. However, the batter gets one back as he smashes Johnson for a boundary on the next delivery.

LSG 7/0 in 1.2 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: What a start for Vaibhav Arora and KKR. The pacer keeps it tidy, not letting Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram free their arms and score big. Just three runs from the first over.

LSG 3/0 in 1 over.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram looks to play a big booming drive. However, he only manages to get an inside edge. Markram and Mitchell Marsh scamper back for three runs.

LSG 3/0 in 0.3 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Vaibhav Arora gives a good start to the KKR. He hits the good length perfectly and Aiden Markram plays a forward defence. Back-to-back dot balls.

LSG 0/0 in 0.2 overs.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Vaibhav Arora will bowl the first over the game. The pacer was the standout performer in KKR's win against LSG.

Can he tame Marsh and Markram? Only time will tell. We are all set to go.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Lucknow Super Giants rings the ball as a customary tradition before the start of any game at the Eden Gardens.

The KKR players come charging out to the middle. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram also out there in the middle. Let the game begin!

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh will look to provide a flying start to LSG against the likes of Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora.

Mitchell Marsh has been in solid form in IPL 2025. Aiden Markram also hit his strides in the previous fixture against Mumbai Indians, as he hit a half-century.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Ravi Bishnoi and Angkrish Raghuvanshi are expected to be the impact subs of both teams.

Here are the impact sub-options for both teams:

KKR: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia.

LSG: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahamad, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant, who is yet to get going in IPL 2025, said he is taking it one game at a time and not thinking about the past or the future.

“Not thinking about the past too much. Will take the positives and move forward. As a team we are winning and as a captain I am happy. We are playing with the same playing XI,” said Pant.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: At the time of the toss, broadcaster Danny Morrison quizzed Rahane about whether there are any concerns regarding Sunil Narine's performance as an opener so far.

Rahane dismissed all the outside noise, saying, “People are going to talk about it. We know Quinny and Sunil are match-winners. We are not worried about them.”

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: KKR make one change to their playing XI while LSG are unchanged.

Here are the playing XIs:

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

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

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Ajinkya Rahane makes it clear! Sunil Narine will continue opening.

Quinton de Kock also retains his place. KKR make just one change as Spencer Johnson replaces Moeen Ali in the playing XI.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane wins the toss and elects to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: KKR will look to take advantage of being the home side. Their title defence has not been up to the mark so far this season, but a win today can strengthen their position on the points table.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: KKR assistant coach Ottis Gibson credited Arora's hard work with mentor Dwayne Bravo for his improved performances.

"We know how hard Vaibhav is working with (mentor) DJ (Dwayne) Bravo in terms of strategies, in terms of how he's going to set up his overs and how he's going to look to take wickets. That's working very well and hopefully that will continue to work," Gibson said.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Spencer Johnson, the Australian left-arm pacer, has struggled for rhythm, managing just one wicket from three matches while conceding 10 runs an over. But Arora and Harshit led the pace attack admirably alongside Andre Russell. The trio combined to take six wickets, eventually bowling out SRH for a paltry 120 and sealing an emphatic 80-run victory.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh has been striking the ball cleanly at the top, while Aiden Markram, after a quiet start to the season, returned to form with an impactful fifty against MI.

IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants: The opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine has failed to replicate the explosive starts that Phil Salt consistently delivered last season. Their best partnership so far has been just 44 runs, with other opening stands yielding only 4, 1, and 14. Narine, in particular, has appeared out of touch and unreliable, casting doubt on his position at the top of the order. A promotion for Raghuvanshi to open alongside de Kock wouldn't come as a surprise.