Kolkata Knight Riders batters were not complacent; they didn’t bat well and lacked game awareness, the team captain Ajinkya Rahane said after a 16-run loss against Punjab Kings at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Chasing a modest total of 112, the Knight Riders were cruising at two for 62 when … Read more
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera. Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya … Read more
Punjab Kings has yet to fully adopt Mullanpur’s Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium as its home. The Shreyas Iyer-led team, which has only registered two wins out of the seven games it has played here in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will hope to improve its record when it hosts the Kolkata Knight Riders … Read more
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 10/04/2025 : CSK’s MS.Dhoni during the practice session ahead of Tata IPL match between Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai on Thursday. Photo : B. Jothi Ramalingam / The Hindu | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 10/04/2025 : CSK’s MS.Dhoni during the … Read more
There isn’t much time for licking your wounds at the Indian Premier League (IPL). Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) may not actually mind that though: both will be keen to push their comprehensive defeats in their opening matches behind them when the sides face off at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati … Read more
Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will kick off its IPL 2025 campaign on Saturday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. This will be the second time the two teams face off in an IPL opening match. In 2008, KKR dominated RCB with a massive 140-run victory, thanks to Brendon McCullum’s … Read more
Ajinkya Rahane was named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season as the franchise looks to defend its title. The 36-year-old is set to become the team’s ninth captain and take over the reigns of the team from Shreyas Iyer, who has moved to Punjab Kings. The team’s … Read more
For the old guard of Mumbai cricket, a season without Ranji Trophy title is largely considered a failure. But Ajinkya Rahane stated that he was overall a happy captain with the manner in which Mumbai’s men’s domestic season progressed. “I never get satisfied as well as I don’t want to pinpoint on certain areas. When … Read more
Mohit Avasthi and Royston Dias – in sync with Mumbai’s trend for the season of lower order contributing much more with the bat than the top order – frustrated the Vidarbha bowlers a lot. It resulted in the second session being extended by 30 minutes and Mumbai’s last-wicket partnership crossing the 50-run mark. However, off … Read more
No team has successfully chased down a target in excess of 400 in the Ranji Trophy’s nine-decade history so far. With a place in the final up for grabs, Mumbai will be hoping against hope to pull off a heist on the last day of its Ranji Trophy semifinal against Vidarbha. At the end of … Read more