100 IPL games for "The Lord" A career that started in 2015 with KXIP and then 5 franchises and 10 years later, Shardul Thakur or "Lord" as he is fondly called has come a long way as he gets ready for his 100th IPL game against KKR. His current franchise, LSG (Lucknow Super Giants) have facilitated him with a special jersey just prior to the game with LSG mentor and former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan presenting him the special jersey. Watch the video here ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฏShardul Thakur steps into his 1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃth #TATAIPL match ๐๐He receives a momentous jersey from #LSG mentor Zaheer Khan ๐#KKRvLSG | @imShard pic.twitter.com/G7jA3exxvE — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2025 Remember, Shardul Thakur went unsold the in the IPL 2025 mega auction and it wasn't until just before the start of the tournament that he got a gig as he was roped in at LSG as a replacement player for the injured Mohsin Khan. Well, he certainly has not disappointed and already picked up 7 wickets in the 4 games so far including his career-best of 4/34 which came in LSG's second match of the campaign against SRH earning him a POTM award. KKR win the toss and choose to bowl Also Read | IPL 2025 Match 21: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – Toss Update & Playing XI In their third home game, KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane has won the coin toss and decided to put LSG into bat. KKR have brought back left-arm seamer Spencer Johnson in place of Moeen Ali while LSG have gone unchanged. Both these teams have had oddly similar campaigns so far, winning two games out of four so far alternating between wins and losses, KKR are just over LSG in the points table placed at number five as opposed to LSG's six courtesy a better net run-rate. Both these teams are coming off big wins and one of the two are going to register back-to-back wins today breaking their alternating pattern of loss and win. Whichever team wins the match today will jump up to at least the fourth spot in the table and will go to 6 points from 5 games.