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NEW DELHI: Nicholas Pooran<\/a> lit up Eden Gardens with a milestone knock for the ages, powering Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to a four-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2025.
The LSG southpaw smashed an unbeaten 87 off just 36 deliveries, helping his team post a mammoth 238\/3 — a total that proved just out of reach for the defending champions.
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In the process, Pooran also etched his name in the record books by becoming the second-fastest batter in IPL history to reach 2,000 runs, getting there in just 1,198 balls.
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Only Andre Russell<\/a> has achieved the feat faster, needing just 1,120 balls.
Pooran now joins elite company and continues to cement his reputation as one of the league\u2019s most destructive batters.<\/p>\n

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Pooran\u2019s innings was a blend of calculated aggression and brute force.
He hammered seven fours and eight sixes, including a brutal takedown of Russell in the 18th over, which went for 24 runs. <\/p>\n

With this knock, Pooran snatched back the Orange Cap, now sitting atop the run charts with 288 runs in five matches at a staggering strike rate of 225.
After a steady 99-run opening partnership between Aiden Markram (47 off 28) and Mitchell Marsh (81 off 48), Pooran\u2019s late-innings blitz ensured that LSG surged to their second-highest total in IPL history. <\/p>\n

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His partnership of 71 with Marsh laid the perfect foundation for the final onslaught.
For KKR, it was a night to forget with the ball. Their spinners, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, went wicketless and expensive, while Harshit Rana and Spencer Johnson bore the brunt of LSG\u2019s aggression.
Despite a valiant 61 from skipper Ajinkya Rahane and a late flourish from Rinku Singh (38 not out), KKR\u2019s 234\/7 fell just short, as Pooran’s milestone mayhem proved to be the decisive blow in a high-octane clash.<\/p>\n


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