- By Himanshu Badola
- Tue, 08 Apr 2025 05:10 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2025: Harshit Rana gave an intense send-off to Aiden Markram during the IPL 2025 match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday, April 8.
LSG were off to a remarkable start after they were put into bat first with openers Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram looking great in the middle. The duo stitched a 99-run opening stand for the visitors before Harshit stepped up with the first breakthrough for KKR.
Harshit came to bowl the 10th over and was up against Markram, who was just three runs short of his fifty. The star Indian pacer produced a brilliant slower delivery and completely deceived Markram before the ball knocked over his stumps. Harshit unleashed a special celebration and gave a send-off to Makram. The 23-year-old might face tough punishment for his actions.
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LSG spinner Digvesh Rathi, who will be in action later in the game, has been punished twice by the IPL for his back-to-back send-offs in successive games after taking wickets.
Markram played a remarkable knock of 47 runs in just 28 balls on the back of four boundaries and two sixes. Notably, both teams headed into the match on the back of wins in their respective previous matches.
"Everyone is looking forward to this game. This game is all about starting fresh, needing to take the positives, and needing to take one step at a time. People are going to talk about it, we know Quinny and Sunil are match-winners. We are not worried about them. Spencer comes in place of Moeen," KKR Rahane said after winning the toss.
KKR vs LSG Playing XIs, IPL 2025:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Subs: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
Lucknow Super Giants: 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
Impact Subs: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmad, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh.