Ajinkya Rahane, under the leadership of Kolkat Knight Riders (KKR), was taken over by Punjab Kings (PBKS) under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Tuesday, April 15th.
Kolkat Knight Riders (KKR) lost an exciting IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) with 16 rides at the International Crown Stadium of the Maharaja Yadavandra Singh in Mullanpur.
I will take the guilt, playing wrong blow, although it was missing – ajinkya Rahane
Since he was first called in a bowl in the match, Kolkat Knight Riders’ bowlers did a huge job and threw out the Kings Punjab for the 111. Hungling the result, the openers came out early, but Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ajinkya Rahane stabilized the achievement.
However, the release of Ajinkya Rahane at 8 was competent with shocking collapse, and KKR started from 62/2 to 95/10 in 15.1 additions to suffer a shocking defeat.
Speaking after the match, Ajinkya Rahane blamed for the loss of KKr and revealed why he did not examine his rejection of LBW, which was confirmed at re -reprise that it did not come out. He stated:
“Nothing for an explanation, we all saw what happened there. A rather disappointed effort. I’ll humiliate guilt, I’ll play the wrong shot, even though it was missing. He wasn’t sure (his conversation with Angkris after getting LBW). He said it could be a judge’s call. I didn’t want to take advantage of the chance during that time, I wasn’t sure.”
I have to deal with the team and move forward – ajinkya rahane
Ajinkya Rahane revealed that they did not think about their net running while chasing the target and they had a bad fight, which resulted in their defeat. He said:
“It was a discussion. Not really (isn’t NRR in our head?). We really dealt badly as a hit unit, we took full responsibility. The bowlers did really well on this surface, limiting a strong charging line at 111. As an individual, you still have to be safe and positive.”
Ajinkya Rahane onwards said the hitting was not easy on the track and wanted his team to solve problems and move on.
“On this Wiket, by hitting a full face (it was better). The switch was quite difficult to play. Keep intention, but play crisp shootings. We were reckless and we should take full responsibility. At this point, too much things went to my head. It was easy to chase for us.
How did the KKR perform in the previous IPL against PBKS?
In their previous match against Punjab Kings, Knight Kolkuta Riders presented a monstrous exhibition of blows on April 26 in Eden Gardens. They achieved 261/6, but that was not enough because they suffered a shocking loss of eight leaning.
Since he was first called to blows, Kkr went on a leaflet thanks to Sunil Narine and Phil Salt. The duo added 138 runs in just 10.2 additions, punishing each objection team bowler. Narine broke 71 out of only 32 balls, while the salt strayed 75 of 37.
Despite the fact that they lost both openers in fast inheritance, the rest of the KKRs had retained the momentum. Venkatesh Iyer (39 off 23), Andre Russell (24 off 12), and Shreyas Iyer (28 off 10) all entered speed and helped KKR to register one of the largest IPL total numbers.
With the ball, however, the Kolkat riders of Knight fell. Their bowling unit had no response to Prabhsimran Singha’s attack, Jonny Bairstow, Shashank Singha and Rilee Rossouw. Prabhsimran Singh, with his 20-Lopt 54, and Jonny Bairstow, with his undefeated 108, overthrew KKR. Also, Shashank Singh joined a party with 68* out of 28 balls.
Sunil Narine appeared as a KKR KKR bowler, but he couldn’t change the result of the match despite his return with an excellent 1/24 in four additions. The rest of the attack leaked vigorously and the game turned off the KKR’s hands as the running was completed at 18.4 additives.