Shardul Thakur Bowls 11-Ball Over Against KKR. Internet Can't Keep Calm

Shardul Thakur bowled fives wides in a row as the Lucknow Super Giants pacer bowled a 11-ball over during the IPL 2025 encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday. During the 13th over of the match, Shardul bowled five wides in the first five balls to leave skipper Rishabh Pant frustrated. The pacer, who has been enjoying a brilliant run of form in IPL 2025 till now, found his rhythm later in the over but Rahane slammed him for a four on the fourth ball. It did not dishearten Shardul as he ended up dismissing the KKR skipper on the final ball of the over as he was caught by Nicholas Pooran.

Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) batter Nicholas Pooran completed 2,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL), becoming the second-fastest batter to do so.

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Pooran achieved this milestone during his side's match against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. During the match, Pooran was at his destructive best, scoring 87* in 36 balls, with seven fours and eight sixes.

A highlight of his innings was taking down all-rounder Andre Russell for 24 runs in 18th over, with two sixes and three fours.

Lord Shardul just bowled five consecutive wide balls.
FIGHT CONSECUTIVE WIDE.
YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT.

In 81 matches, Pooran has scored 2,057 runs in 78 innings at an average of 34.86 and a strike rate of 168.88, with 12 half-centuries. His best score is 87*. After Russell, who took 1,120 balls to reach this milestone, Pooran is the second-fastest to 2,000 IPL runs with 1,198 balls faced.

Among Indian batters, Virender Sehwag is the fastest to reach the milestone in 1,211 balls.

In the ongoing IPL 2025,