IPL 2022: Records galore as LSG smash 210/0 vs KKR; De Kock hits a monstrous 140

Luckw Super Giants (LSG) posted a challenging 210/0 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2022 on Wednesday.

South African star Quinton de Kock smashed highest score of ongoing season, an unbeaten 140 off 70 balls, while skipper KL Rahul hit 68* off 51 as opening duo shared highest-ever opening partnership in IPL history.

ne of KKR bowlers could pose any challenge, with Sunil Narine returning with figures of 0 for 27, while Tim Soue and Andre Russell conceded 57 and 45 runs in four and three overs respectively.

Several records were broken in this mammoth stand, as De Kock and Rahul powered ir way through KKR bowling line-up. Here are records broken by LSG against KKR and or interesting stats.

• Highest-ever opening partnership in IPL history.
• Quinton De Kock's stunning 140*, which came off just 70 deliveries, is 3rd highest individual score in IPL after Chris Gayle (175*) and Brendon McCullum (158*).
• 3rd highest partnership for any wicket in IPL history after AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli's partnership of 229 in 2016 vs GL and 215 runs in 2015 vs MI.
• Rahul and De Kock broke partnership of Rohit Sharma and Hershille Gibbs from 2012 (167) to record highest partnership for any wicket against KKR.
• With LSG scoring 210 runs for loss, this also marks first time a team has batted 20 overs without losing a wicket.
• KL Rahul completed 500 runs for fifth season in a row with his 68* for LSG vs KKR
• LSG smacked 61 runs off last 3 overs, with De Kock stunningly smacking 3 sixes and 4 fours of last 10 balls of innings.

(With PTI inputs)

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