Captain Rahane boiled KKR’s defeat? After the match said – no complaint with bowlers – Cross Talk India
Ajinkya Rahane
After the brilliant innings of Shubman Gill (90) and Sai Sudarshan (52), the bowlers won their sixth win in IPL 2025 by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 39 runs thanks to the bowlers’ strong performance. With this victory, Gujarat Titans have 12 points in 8 matches and it remains the first position in the points table. At the same time, Kolkata’s team remains in seventh place with 6 points.
Batting first, Gujarat scored 198 runs for three wickets. Gill shared 114 runs for the first wicket with Sudarshan and 58 runs with Jose Butler (41 not out). Butler also played a stormy innings in 23 balls with the help of eight fours. Chasing the target of 199 runs, Kolkata team could score 159 runs despite the innings of captain Ajinkya Rahane (50) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (27 not out). For Gujarat, Rashid Khan and famous Krishna took two wickets each, while Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar and Ishant Sharma got one success each.
Need to improve batting
Kolkata’s team faced defeat in 2 consecutive matches for the first time in IPL 2025. This is also the second consecutive defeat in Kolkata’s house. After a 39 -run defeat to Gujarat, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane said that the target of 199 could be achieved on this wicket. Our effort was to stop Gujarat within 200 runs and we were successful in this. There is no complaint with the bowlers, but the batting will have to be improved. Especially there is a need to score runs in middle overs.
There is also scope for improvement in fielding
He also insisted on improving fielding. He said that fielding is also an aspect where he can improve. If you can save 10-15 runs on the field then it is always better for the team. This format asks for courage from you. He believes that we need to play adventure games as a team and batting unit. The Kolkata team will now face Punjab Kings on 26 April. The match will also be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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