Kolkat Knight Riders (KKR) Skipper Ajinkya Rahane was not a happy camper after his team lost his introductory game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Royal Challengers Bengalur (RCB).
In their home place – Eden gardens in Calcutta – Knight Riders in Calcutta (KKR), under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahana, were at the receiving end of a loss of 7 stitches on Saturday, March 2nd.
Ajinkya rahane shines but kkr fails vs rcb
Kolkat Knight Riders were invited to hit the match first and went to a bad start because they lost Quinton de Kock in the first end.
Subsequently, Rahana and Sunil Narine stabilized Ubacs, and KKR skipper played a sensational knock of 56 ranked 31 balls. However, after the release of the two, the Knight Calcutta riders suffered collapse and are limited to 174 for 8.
In the overall, Kolkat riders never watched the game in the game while Phil Salt and Virat Kohli decimated their bowling alley. Although Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Vaibhav Arora picked up Wickket each, RCB completed running at 16.2 addition.
We were looking for 200+ – ajinkya Rahane
Speaking after the game, KKR KKR SKIPA Ajinkya Rahane said they wanted to publish a total of more than 200, and when he hit the middle with Venkatesh Iyer, they had a discussion of the same. He said:
“I thought we were going well until the 13th over, but 2-3 Wicksketing changed the momentum. The bodies that followed their best, but they failed. When I and Venky hit, we discussed that 200-210 was achievable, but Wikets changed your momentum.”
Ajinkya Rahane added that Dew was in another Ubaja, but attributed the way to playing the Royal Challengers Bengalur (RCB) shots before blaming KKRK Batters for a match loss.
“A little dew was there, but they had a very good PowerPlay with a baton. That was (in total). We were looking for 200+. We don’t want to think too much about this game, but at the same time just try to improve in certain areas,” said Ajinkya Rahane.
How did the KKR perform in his previous IPL match against RCB?
Knight Riders (KKR) Kolkat presented a great view with the bat and a ball in his last match against Royal Challengers Bengalur (RCB) to secure an exciting victory in one run in Eden Gardens on April 20, 2024.
First, kicking, KKR -O’s inings went to Star Start, thanks to an explosive 48 Phil Salt, running 14 balls. His explosive inings put RCB bowels early on the back leg. Although Wickketti fell at regular intervals, Shreyas Iyer (50 off 36) provided stability in medium intake.
Rinko Singh (24 off 16), Andre Russell (27* off 20), and Ramandeep Singh (24* off 9) provided finishing touches, pushing the total KKRK number to 222/6.
With the total, KKR bowlers kept their nerves in a high pressure game. Harshit wound (2/33) hit early, removing the virat kohli. Sunil Narine (2/34) quickly inherited Cameron Green and Mahipal Lomror, while Varun Chakravarthy inserted a key Wickket of Faf du Plessis.
Meanwhile, it was Andre Russell’s three walks (3/25) that turned the game in favor of KKR. He rejected Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik to ensure that RCB was only briefly falling, ejecting for 221 on the last ball.
