IPL 2025: LSG's Shardul Thakur bowls wayward 11-ball over in KKR encounter

Shardul Thakur on Tuesday delivered a marathon 11ball over in a dramatic twist during the IPL 2025 clash between Lucknow Super Giants LSG and Kolkata Knight Riders KKR at Eden GardensShardul Thakur is the first bowler to ball 8 wide balls in a single IPL spell Khaleel Ahmed Pathirana held the record with seven wides previouslyOnly the second after Mohammed Siraj to bowl five in an overThe first to bowl five wides in a rowIPL2025KKRVSLSGmdash AayushKataria aayush11kataria April 8 2025The LSG pacer lost his line and rhythm in the 13th over sending down five wides in a row to kick things off Skipper Rishabh Pant was visibly frustrated by the sloppy startDespite the rocky beginning Thakur managed to regain composure midover Though he conceded a boundary to Ajinkya Rahane on the fourth legal delivery he bounced back strong by dismissing the KKR captain on the final ball caught by Nicholas Pooran at the boundary It was a rollercoaster over that summed up a rare off moment for the otherwise consistent pacer this seasonNicholas Pooran enters 2000run club in styleOn the batting front Pooran etched his name in IPL history by becoming the secondfastest player to reach the 2000run milestone Pooran brought up the landmark in just 1198 balls bettered only by Andre Russell who did it in 1120 deliveries Among Indian players Virender Sehwag holds the top spot with 2000 runs in 1211 ballsPooranrsquos incredible knock of 87 off 36 balls against KKR was the centerpiece of LSGrsquos innings He tore into Russell during the 18th over smashing him for 24 runs two sixes and three boundaries sending a loud statement to opponents across the league His innings featured seven fours and eight sixesPooranrsquos IPL journey so farTotal IPL Runs 2057 in 78 innings across 81 matchesBatting Average 3486Strike Rate 16888Halfcenturies 12Highest Score 87Pooran currently dons the Orange Cap in IPL 2025 having amassed 288 runs in five matches at a staggering average of 7200 and an explosive strike rate of 22500 He has already notched up three fifties and hit 24 sixes in the ongoing seasonKKR vs LSG at a glanceLucknow held their nerve in a highoctane highscoring contest to edge past Kolkata by four runs On a night dominated by batting fireworks KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane rolled back the years with a reinvented powerpacked 61 off 35 balls nearly pulling off KKRs highestever run chaseBut LSGs spin attack led by Ravi Bishnoi and Digvesh Rathi applied the brakes just in time to seal a thrilling win limiting themm to 2347LSG jumped to fourth spot with six points after their third win while KKR remained on four points at sixth placeatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params