Mukul Choudhary's 54* Steals Last-Ball Win for LSG vs KKR | IPL 2026
By Jay Mevada
LSG Stun KKR in Last-Ball Thriller at Eden Gardens
Kolkata, April 10, 2025
Lucknow Super Giants pulled off one of the IPL season's most dramatic victories, defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets on the final ball at Eden Gardens on Thursday.
Chasing 182, LSG were teetering at 128 for 7 — needing 54 from 24 balls — when most had written them off. What followed was a stunning lower-order assault that will be talked about for years.
Mukul Choudhary Announces Himself
The hero of the evening was 22-year-old Mukul Choudhary, playing just his third IPL game. Walking in with the required rate past 16 an over, he showed none of the nerves one might expect at that stage.
Mukul blazed seven sixes — the most by any batter at No. 7 or lower in a successful IPL chase — and took the game deep almost single-handedly. Cameron Green's penultimate over bore the brunt, with two maximums and a boundary shifting the equation dramatically.
With 14 needed off the last over, Vaibhav Arora was entrusted with defending the total. A six off the fifth ball reduced the target to one off the last — and LSG got it.
"He batted like he had nothing to lose, and that's exactly the mindset you need in those situations," one could imagine any captain saying. The numbers backed the instinct: the 54-run eighth-wicket stand between Mukul and Avesh Khan is now the highest unbeaten partnership for the eighth wicket or lower in a successful IPL run chase.
Credit must also go to Ayush Badoni, whose composed 54 earlier in the innings kept LSG mathematically alive. While wickets tumbled at the other end, Badoni refused to panic, ensuring the target never became truly unreachable.
KKR had done plenty right. Their 181 for 4 is a score that has won matches at Eden Gardens regularly, and for most of the evening, it looked like enough.
But their death bowling — particularly the over from Green and the final over from Arora — will face hard questions. Executing under pressure in T20s is a skill in itself, and on Thursday night, KKR came up short when it mattered most.
The result also extends LSG's surprisingly strong record in this fixture. They now lead the head-to-head 5–2, and have won three of four at Eden Gardens — no mean feat at a venue KKR consider a fortress.
It is also only the second time LSG have won a match on the final ball of a chase, the first being a similarly dramatic finish against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2023.
For KKR, the loss is a sobering reminder of T20's ruthlessness. For LSG, it is the kind of win that builds belief — and momentum.
The IPL season has its first contender for finish of the year.
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