87* Nicholas Puran won Lucknow with a strike rate of 241.67: 241.67

In the 21st match of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders were defeated by Lucknow Super Giants by 4 runs at his house. Ajinkya Rahane & Co., chasing a target of 239 runs, managed only 234 runs in 20 overs. The biggest role in Lucknow’s victory was played by Nicholas Puran, whose explosive innings was hit by the team on a mountain -like score board. Puran also won the title of Player of the Match due to brilliant batting.

Nicholas Puran scored 87 runs in 36 balls

Nicholas Puran batted an unbeaten innings of 87 runs in 36 balls in a match against Kolkata Knight Riders at a strike rate of 241.67. During this, he hit 7 fours and 8 sixes. Puran completed his half -century off just 21 balls. This is the third half -century innings of Caribbean batting in the ongoing season. Therefore, if they are called Player of the Day for this match, it will not be wrong.

Puran is the first place in the list of Orange Cap

Lucknow Super Giants player Nicholas Puran is currently in the first place in the Orange Cap race. He has scored an average of 72 in five innings of five matches and 288 runs at a strike rate of 225, including three half -centuries. Lucknow player Mitchell Marsh is second with 265 runs in five matches. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav (199), Sai Sudarshan (191) and Ajinkya Rahane (184) are present in the top-5.

Puran became the second batsman to complete the fastest 2000 runs in IPL

Nicholas Puran has now become the second batsman to complete the fastest 2000 runs according to balls in the IPL. He left Chris Gayle and Virender Sehwag behind. The first place in this list is Kolkata Knight Riders player Andre Russell. Russell completed his 2 thousand runs in IPL off 1120 balls and Puran has done this feat off 1198 balls.