LSG vs KKR: The entry of Lucknow Super Giants franchise in the Indian Premier League was in 2022. After that many records have been made and broken in IPL against LSG. By defeating Lucknow, KKR has registered its fourth win in the current season, in which Philip Salt and captain Shreyas Iyer had a very important contribution. In the Lucknow vs Kolkata match held at Eden Gardens, there was an unbeaten 120-run partnership between Iyer and Salt for the third wicket. With this, the pair of Iyer and Salt has now come second in terms of longest partnership for any wicket in IPL against LSG.
On one hand, Philip Salt remained at the crease from the beginning till the end and the winning shot of the match also came from his bat. Salt scored 89 runs in 47 balls, his innings also included 14 fours and 3 sixes. On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer played an innings of 38 runs in 38 balls hitting 6 fours. He made KKR win by making a partnership of 120 runs. In terms of the biggest partnership for any wicket against LSG, only the pair of Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha is ahead of Iyer and Salt. Gill and Saha had made a partnership of 142 runs for the first wicket against LSG in IPL 2023. This list also includes RCB's Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, who added 115 runs for the second wicket against the Lucknow team in 2023.
KKR remains at second place in the points table
Thanks to the unbeaten 120-run partnership of Shreyas Iyer and Philip Salt, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets. This was KKR's fourth win in 5 matches in IPL 2024, due to which the team remains at second position in the points table with 8 points. Only Rajasthan Royals are ahead of them, who currently have 10 points.
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