Knight Riders champion defenders have suffered a defeat in Royal Challengers Bengalur’s hands in the Introductory IPL 2025 Introductory match played in Eden Gardens. It was the first match for Ajinkya Rahana as Captain Kkr -Ai certainly did not go as planned.
While Ajinkya Rahane scored a fine 56 with a baton, his captain was not impressive because RCB’s blows were attacking the KKR Bowling. Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra was not convinced of Ajinkya Rahane’s decisions and scored it for lack of proactivity.
Chopra thinks that KKR -Trump Card Sunil Narine was brought into the attack quite late and had to be brought earlier to break the initial stand between Phil Salt and Virat Kohli.
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Aakash Chopra catches Phil Salt and Virat Kohli
Aakash Chopra rushed to his YouTube channel to welcome the WICKET partnership of RCB. He praised the way both Salt and Kohli were aggressively hitting and taking away the match from Kkr Bumas of four and sixties.
“In the form (Phil), Salt was a questionnaire. You can give your thumbs there with both hands. It’s another thumb for RCB, along with the excellent hitting of Virat Kohli. It was a Salt attack. Two balls had to come back from Salt Lake. They went very far. She mentioned the happiness of the second team,” she mentioned. “
While Phil Salt was fired by 56 of 31 balls, he had already given his team the perfect start. But Kohli remained in the second and eventually ensured that he was safely taking his team home home. Kohli remained undefeated at 59 of 36 balls with 4 square and 3 six.
Both Salt and Kohli went to Powerplay and used a loose bowling well from the opening of the KKR bowlers. Both blows were connected by a 95 -run partnership for the first Wickket in just 8.3 addings.
Aakash Chopra Slams Ajinkya Rahane’s Captaincy
As he spoke in the same video, Aakash Chopra also expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision of Ajinkya Rahane’e. The KKR KKR captain Ajinkya Rahana’s Captain Rahana’s Captain Captain Sunil Narine, too late to the attack, was able to allow RCB strikes to take away the game.
“I felt there that what I said about Rajat Patidar was the same (for Ajinkya) Rahane. Why didn’t you bring Sunil Narine? Who were you waiting for? They kept hitting him, but didn’t bring him. He added him. So Rahane missed the trick.
Sunil Narine was KKR’s best bowler of the day, while in four additions he returned the figures of 1-27. He was the only KKR bowler who gave up running to less than 7 races more, because no other bowler had an economy less than 10.
KKR start bad; Rcb goes to the beginning
Kolkat Knight Riders did not have a great day because they had a bad start to their IPL 2025 campaigns. However, it is a long tournament and they will aim to refuse in the second game.
They have certain winners of the match in their line, but they just couldn’t appear on a day. On the other hand, RCB had a magnificent start to its season and will seek further momentum.
