Ajinkya Rahane https://www.cricketwinner.com Ajinkya Rahane Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:19:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Copyright © 2024 Cricket Winner. All Rights Reserved. <![CDATA[IPL : Lowest strike rates at a Venue in IPL history]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ipl-lowest-strike-rates-at-a-venue-in-ipl-history/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ipl-lowest-strike-rates-at-a-venue-in-ipl-history/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:41:50 GMT

Throughout the years, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been the site of many struggles for the biggest names in this sport, causing some of them to struggle with higher strike rates on particular venues, highlighting the difference in pitch conditions all over India.

Virat Kohli’s Struggles at Chepauk

Although he is one of the most dangerous run-scorers of the IPL till now, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Indian favorite Virat Kohli had a restrained run due to Chepauk. His career strike rate of 110.40 at this ground is the lowest among the majority of the people with at least 400 runs. The slowness and the turn of the ball offered by the track at Chepauk, which is basically a spin-friendly track, is the main reason for batsmen to struggle to make their shots. Consequently, they have to change the way they hit the ball. The other one is S. Badrinath, who has played many shots, but his strike rate of 116.80 is the lowest of all.

Also read:IPL 2025: latest points table after RCB vs CSK match

Eden Gardens – The Nightmares of the Greats

The Eden Gardens in Kolkata have been a slippery road to walk on for some of the biggest names who have ever arrived there. Some big names like Manoj Tiwary, Jacques Kallis, and Sourav Ganguly have encountered hurdles in reaching higher strike rates at the venue

Manoj Tiwary – 111.71
Jacques Kallis – 112.25
Sourav Ganguly – 119.01

Ajinkya Rahane, known for his classical style, has a strike rate of 114.95 at MCA, Pune.

Made public recently, it seems unlikely that these kinds of numbers will grow in the future. These numbers are clear enough to indicate the difficulty that the greatest of batsmen face when they have to adjust themselves to the venue in IPL. It happens because there are not just one but two main types of challenges. To start things off, some grounds in the IPL are offering support to the bowlers. It is essential to know how to adapt to the conditions if you want to be successful in the IPL.

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<![CDATA['Eden curator refuses KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane's request, says pitch will remain unchanged for IPL match']]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/eden-curator-refuses-kkr-captain-ajinkya-rahane-s-request-says-pitch-will-remain-unchanged-for-ipl-match/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/eden-curator-refuses-kkr-captain-ajinkya-rahane-s-request-says-pitch-will-remain-unchanged-for-ipl-match/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:23:56 GMT

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane wanted a spin-friendly pitch after his team’s heavy loss against RCB in their IPL 2025 opening match. However, Eden Gardens pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee refused to make any changes, standing firm on his decision.

“As long as I’m here, the Eden Gardens pitch will not change,” Mukherjee said, shutting down Rahane’s request. Mukherjee, who has been in charge of the Eden Gardens pitch since 2015 when he was appointed by then CAB president Sourav Ganguly, made it clear that IPL teams have no control over pitch conditions. “According to IPL rules, franchises cannot decide how the pitch should be. The conditions have always been like this, and they will remain the same,” he stated.

Mukherjee Questions KKR Spinners’ Performance

KKR struggled in their opening game as RCB chased down 174 with ease. After the match, Rahane pointed out that KKR’s strength lies in their spinners, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, and that a spin-friendly pitch would have helped them.

“Both our spinners have the quality to bowl on any surface, and they are confident,” Rahane said. But Mukherjee didn’t agree. He argued that the pitch already offered enough help for spinners and questioned KKR’s bowling performance. “RCB’s spinners took four wickets. What did KKR’s spinners do?” Mukherjee asked. “Krunal Pandya got three wickets, and Suyash Sharma managed to turn the ball past Andre Russell.”

ALSO READ: SRH vs LSG : Weather and Pitch report

Tough Start for KKR in IPL 2025

It has been a difficult start to IPL 2025 for the defending champions, who not only suffered a big defeat but are also now at odds with their home ground’s curator.Mukherjee, who has overseen pitch preparations at Eden Gardens for nearly a decade, remains firm in his approach and has no plans to change the conditions for KKR. Rahane and his team will now shift their focus to their next match against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati on Wednesday.

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<![CDATA[IPL 2025, Match 6: RR vs KKR Dream11 Top Captain And Vice-captain Choices]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/fantasy-cricket-tips/ipl-2025-match-6-rr-vs-kkr-dream11-top-captain-and-vice-captain-choices/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/fantasy-cricket-tips/ipl-2025-match-6-rr-vs-kkr-dream11-top-captain-and-vice-captain-choices/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:15:41 GMT

In the sixth game of the IPL 2025, the Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RR vs KKR) match will be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium (Guwahati) on Wednesday evening (March 26), which will be the second game for both teams. Here, we are going through the Dream11 top captains and vice-captains for the match. 

IPL 2025, Match 6: RR vs KKR Probable XIs

Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson/Fazalhaq Farooqi (Impact Sub), Riyan Parag (Captain), Nitish Rana, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing 11: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora/Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Impact Sub), Varun Chakravarthy

See Also: IPL 2025: RR vs KKR – Weather & Pitch report

IPL 2025, Match 6: RR vs KKR Dream11 Top Captains And Vice-captains

Top 3 Captain's choices

Sunil Narine: KKR legend Sunil Narine is the key name in both batting and bowling line-ups for the defending champions. In their first game of the IPL 2025, despite a slow start, the opener Narine scored a valuable 44 off 26 balls with five fours and three sixes. While he had a century partnership with captain Ajinkya Rahane for the second wicket, disciplined Narine had bowling figures of 4-0-27-1. 

Ajinkya Rahane: KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane is in dream form with the bat. After having a great domestic season, including finishing as a leading run-scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 (469 runs), Rahane started the IPL 2025 with a strong 56 off 31 balls, including six fours and four sixes. 

Shimron Hetmyer: Caribbean cricketer Shimron Hetmyer is one of the dangerous T20 batters whose strike rate generally stays over 150. He likes to deal with boundaries, which makes his team’s scoreboard busy. In their IPL 2025 opener, while RR were already out of the game, desperate Hetmyer still managed to play a useful cameo of 42 off 23 balls with one four and four sixes.  

Top 3 Vice-captain's choices

Sanju Samson: At least for the first three games of the IPL 2025, RR regular captain Sanju Samson is playing only as a batter while Riyan Parag is leading the side. Although Samson always tends to get dismissed early, his consistency is getting better, and he scored a valuable 66 off 37 balls (seven fours and four sixes) in their season opener against SunRisers Hyderabad despite not getting a good start on their 287-run chase. 

Varun Chakravarthy: KKR spinner Varun Chakravarthy is in great form with the ball. Although he had a tough outing during the first game of the IPL 2025, where he had the bowling figures of 4-0-43-1, it was one of his rare performances in recent times. 

Fazalhaq Farooqi: The Afghan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi is one of the most consistent pacers in T20 cricket since 2024, as he has recorded the joint highest wickets in this period with 89 wickets in 57 innings, including four four-fers and four fifers. The left-arm fast bowler is a key for RR. 

 

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<![CDATA[RR vs KKR IPL 2025: 3 key players to watch]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/rr-vs-kkr-ipl-2025-3-key-players-to-watch/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/rr-vs-kkr-ipl-2025-3-key-players-to-watch/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:42:10 GMT

On the 26th of March, the most expected showdown of IPL 2025 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is held at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. The race for the top place is on, so both the teams are duking it out for the much-needed points. Here are the top three players to watch in this match:

1. Ajinka Rahane (KKR)

The leader of the KKR team, Ajinkya Rahane, delivered an exquisite performance of his batting skills in the debut game against Royal Challengers Bangalore by adding 56 runs to the score with a strike rate of 180, scoring off 60 balls. The tactics and efficiency of KKR in the first hit will be impacted by his guide and speed at the beginning of the match. 

Also Read: KKR playing 11 vs. RR: IPL 2025 match 6

2. Sunil Narine (KKR)

Sunil Narine was the second top scorer for KKR with 44 runs in the match versus RCB and showed that he possesses the potential to play a brisk game as the team's middle-order batsman. His versatile style as a cricketer makes him one of the standouts to watch in the game versus RR. 

3. Sanju Samson (RR)

Sanju Samson, the captain of RR, is a name that he usually connects to strong opening acts made by a batsman in the IPL. In the season opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2025, his record against them revealed that he scored 66 runs. This historic figure is in his sixth season with a fifty-plus score in the first match. RR will greatly benefit from his stability at the top order.

Also Read: Mohammad Siraj gets emotional after joining Gujarat Titans

The form and the leadership roles of these players make them the most important figures in the upcoming RR vs. KKR battle.

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<![CDATA[Watch: Ajinkya Rahane's Crucial Wicket in KKR vs RCB IPL 2025 Match]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/watch-ajinkya-rahane-s-crucial-wicket-in-kkr-vs-rcb-ipl-2025-match/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/watch-ajinkya-rahane-s-crucial-wicket-in-kkr-vs-rcb-ipl-2025-match/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:30:35 GMT

In the season opener of IPL 2025, played at Eden Gardens between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane led from the front with a blistering knock. He made 56 off just 31 balls, finished off with a barrage of six fours and four sixes, and showed his class throughout with attacking intent to set a solid foundation for KKR early on in their innings.

Also Read: Ajinkya Rahane Smashes Quickfire Half-Century in IPL 2025 Opener

Rahane's Dismissal – A Turning Point

The well crafted innings by Rahane came to a premature end when he tried to pull a shot against Krunal Pandya. Unfortunately, he pulled the shot too early and the ball ended up landing in Rasikh Salam's hands at deep backward square leg. That was a very important wicket and it gave RCB the much needed momentum shift along with giving them a breakthrough that changed the course of the match.

Live Score Update: KKR vs RCB

As of now on March 22, 2025, in the opening match of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are batting against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). KKR's score stands at 173/8 after 19.5 overs.

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<![CDATA[Rahane Live Up To The Expectations Regarding Captaincy Pressure]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/rahane-live-up-to-the-expectations-regarding-captaincy-pressure/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/rahane-live-up-to-the-expectations-regarding-captaincy-pressure/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:10:03 GMT

Ipl 2025 has started with fiery celebrations and some cool moves, starting with celebrities staging the inaugural of season 18. Though it was predicted orange alert as the weather forecast, the morning was enlighted with beautiful sunshine in Kolkata. As regaining captain Rahane placed the trophy back into his net and spun the coin, which didn't come in his favour where RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and chose to field first. 
Rahane is often considered a the slow starter, but he has changed a lot in the last two years. When he started to play for Chennai Super Kings.  Before that Rahane always used to pace his innings and goes for the all out attack and often comes under the consideration of strike rate which always been low this has been case in Rahane too. 
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Rahane Starts Things Off In Style
When Rahane entered the ground KKR were in a difficult situation where they lost Quinton De cock too early. Then came the captain to take charge and he wasn't disappointed he slashed his innings with a six. He hit the first six of the season and after the flow of bat was as soothing and complemented by Sunil Naraine. Rahane never stopped after that he slashed with fours and sixes. 
He was just soothing to watch he scored an blistering half century in 29 balls which was just an brisk. Though Rahane was caught on 56 runs bowled by Krunal Pandaya where Rahane played a sweep which didnt connected as he wanted and went straightly to Rashik Salaam. Rahane smashed 56 runs from 31 balls where he slaughtered 4 sixes and 6 fours and main thing to note was the strike rate which nearly above 180  which was one of the amazing things. 
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Rahane Can Be The Lucky Charm

Rahane was associated with Csk from the 2023 season when everything changed for him he was given full licence to go on without fear and Rahane was never disappointed that was the turning point for him where we came to see Rahane 2.0 where he was smashing the bowlers without any fear and scar he was not beating at that season he was just assaulting them. 
Now this year Rahane has been bought by KKR and that too at the price of 1.5 crore after Shreyas Iyer departure it was on cards that who will be the next to lead the champion side and it was announced that Rahane will lead the team. And the result is same and the way he played his today's innings is just a trailer to watch. 

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<![CDATA[Aakash Chopra Shows His Concerns On Making Rahane As Kolkata captain]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/aakash-chopra-shows-his-concerns-on-making-rahane-as-kolkata-captain/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/aakash-chopra-shows-his-concerns-on-making-rahane-as-kolkata-captain/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:34:09 GMT

IPL tournament is just 5 days ago and the excitement for it is at its peak. Champions Kolkata Knight Riders will start their campgain against Rcb in the season opener in Kolkata. They were the IPL champions of past edition and in this edition they are entering as favorite but there is a change in this edition. Last year Kolkata was captained by Shreyas Iyer who has left the franchise and bought by Punjab Kings for 26.5 crores. 

Due to his absence Kolkata had bought experienced Ajinkya Rahane for 1.5 crores and made him the captain of the team. Rahane being the captain of test and odi side and even led teams in IPL so he has the vast experience in captaincy and team handling but there comes Aakash Chopra former cricketer and analyst with his intresting questions. 

Read More: Ajinkya Rahane To Create History By Leading KKR

Aakash reflects Batter Rahane Has an Issue

Aakash Chopra former cricketer has congratulated team Kolkata for buying Rahane and he hailed him for his services which he had provided to the team. But he has the problem why Rahane has been made the captain of the team where it reflects his batting position. Its decimated that Rahane has been a great team man but it conflicts it when he becomes the captain of the team. Even Venky Mysore has already answered the questions for this. 

It was stated they holded Venkatesh Iyer for 23 crore and he has the captaincy skills to but in regards it was stated that due to Rahane sheild Venkatesh will learn how things goes on as Vice captain of the team. You have made him the captain now what will be his batting position asks the vetren commentator. Its absolutely fine but what will be the position of him you can only play him at top. 

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Will KKR Cope With This Issue

Rahane at the top is really effective and when he comes down the order it makes no sense how he replicate the job of a finisher or a middle batsman, earlier you had Shreyas Iyer who was in form who won SMAT and Ranji and has experience in middle order but now you face a problem you can't let your captain deep down and it will be a added pressure on him which may lead into blunder in decision. 

Though Venkatesh may have been there for his assistance wouldn't you have believed in him and made him the captain who would been assisted by Rahane as vice-captain whereas Iyer would have, also been familiar with the pressure of the crowd and important matches? Yet Rahane too has changed a lot it's not the old Rahane who used to take time and time his shots from 2023 the striking abilities have changed and he possesses a great average in opening and number 3 so it won't be disimpacted much disclosed by the former cricketer but still it's the risk that the franchise has taken. 

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<![CDATA[IPL 2025: A Look at the Captains' Salaries and Their Captaincy Records]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ipl-2025-a-look-at-the-captains-salaries-and-their-captaincy-records/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ipl-2025-a-look-at-the-captains-salaries-and-their-captaincy-records/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:53:00 GMT

IPL 2025: Captains' Salaries and Their Captaincy Records

1. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)- Rishabh Pant - 27cr

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant is now the most expensive player in IPL history. After playing eight years with Delhi Capitals, he will play for a new team in IPL 2025, as Lucknow Super Giants signed him for a record price of 27Cr. Rishabh Pant has played 111 matches in the IPL, with 43 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team has won 23 games, lost 19, and one match ended in a tie.

2.Punjab Kings - Shreyas Iyer: ₹26.75 Crore

Punjab Kings are looking strong ahead of IPL 2025 and they brought last year’s winning captain, Shreyas Iyer, for the new season. On top of that, Shreyas Iyer has set records of ₹26.75 Crore in the mega auction. Shreyas Iyer has played 115 IPL matches, with 69 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team has won 38 games, lost 29, and two matches ended in a tie.

3.Chennai Super Kings - Ruturaj Gaikwad: ₹18 Crore

Ruturaj Gaikwad will continue as Chennai Super King's captain for the second season in IPL 2025. He was one of CSK’s key players retained before last year’s mega auction. The Chennai Super King's franchise bought for ₹18 crore, making him one of their highest-paid players this season. Ruturaj Gaikwad has played 66 IPL matches, with 14 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team won 7 games, and 7 lost.

4.Rajasthan Royals - Sanju Samson: ₹18 Crore

Sanju Samson will continue as Rajasthan Royal's captain for the fifth season of IPL 2025. He got paid more in the retention, with his IPL salary increasing to ₹18 crore. Sanju Samson has played 167 IPL matches, with 61 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team has won 31 games, lost 29, and one match ended in a tie.

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5.Sunrisers Hyderabad - Pat Cummins: ₹18 Crore

Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins joined Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹20.50 crore in IPL 2024. SRH has kept him as their captain for IPL 2025, and this season, he will earn ₹18 crore this year. Pat Cummins has played 58 matches in the IPL, with 14 of them as captain. Under his leadership, the team has won 8 games and lost 6, with no matches ending in a tie.

6.Gujarat Titans - Shubman Gill: ₹16.5 Crore

Shubman Gill was made captain of Gujarat Titans before IPL 2024 after Hardik Pandya left. At that time, his IPL salary was ₹8 crore. Now, ahead of IPL 2025, GT has kept him for ₹16.5 crore. Shubman Gill has played 103 IPL matches in the IPL, with 14 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team has won 5 games and lost 7, and 2 matches have ended in a tie.

 7.Delhi Capitals- Axar Patel: ₹16.5cr

In IPL 2025 Delhi Capitals announced Axar Patel as a Captain. Delhi Capitals retained Axar for ₹16.5 crore in IPL 2025. He is a very crucial player for the team, contributing with both bat and ball. Axar Patel has been a key player for Delhi Captails in the IPL, performing well with both bat and ball. In 150 matches, he has scored 1,653 runs, with his highest score being 66. He has an average of 21.47 and a strike rate of 130.88. Axar Patel took 123 wickets in the IPL, with an average of 30.55 and an economy rate of 7.28. His best bowling figures are 4/21.

8.Mumbai Indians - Hardik Pandya: ₹16.35 Crore

After a challenging season in IPL 2024, five-time champions Mumbai Indians have trusted Hardik Pandya to lead them again in IPL 2025. He rejoined the team last year for ₹15 crore. Hardik Pandya has played 137 matches in the IPL, with 45 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team has won 26 games and lost 19, with no matches ending in a tie.

9.Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Rajat Patidar: ₹11 Crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru is beginning a new journey in IPL 2025 with Rajat Patidar as their captain. RCB team takes retention for ₹11 crore this season. Rajat Patidar, a strong middle-order batter, has played 27 IPL matches, scoring 799 runs at an impressive strike rate of 158.85. His highest score of 112* shows his ability to play match-winning innings in crucial games.

10.Kolkata Knight Riders - Ajinkya Rahane: ₹1.50 Crore

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will have Ajinkya Rahane as their new captain for IPL 2025. The experienced batter joined the team for ₹1.5 crore in the mega auction. Ajinkya Rahane has played 185 IPL matches in the IPL, with 25 of them as captain. Under his Captaincy, the team has won 9 games and lost 16, with no matches ending in a tie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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<![CDATA[Ajinkya Rahane To Create History By Leading KKR]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ajinkya-rahane-to-create-history-by-leading-kkr/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ajinkya-rahane-to-create-history-by-leading-kkr/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:55:47 GMT

Ajinkya Rahane has been prominent player in IPL where has given his services to various IPL team since his inception from 2011.Rahane started his IPL career with Rajasthan Royals where he stood our by his batting consistency and the potential of nuturing the innings which is considered as his best compactibility. Over the years Rahane has played with various teams Delhi, Pune, Chennai, and now for Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Rahane played his last IPL tournament for Chennai Super Kings franchise where his fearless contribution in 2023 made them 5 time IPL Champions along with Mumbai Indians.  Rahane was picked by Kolkata at the price of 1.5 crore in this year's mega auction stating the amount of experience he possesses is valuable for the team. Rahane as a batsman improved a lot with his attacking ability in T20s. 

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Rahane Change in dilema

Rahane has played some exceptional innings for his playing franchises in IPL. Being a top order batsman and that too in t20s anchoring an innings was a false statement you have to go with the flow which Rahane lacked immensely though being technically sounded but fast pace of the game demanded more from him. Thats why he was not been able to be a permanent member of many franchise for a long tenure period. 

In 2023 too Chennai picked Rahane for the base price of 50 Lakh which proved a real worth for them. Rahane at number 3 played some exceptional innings for them, even the more noticeable thing was his strike rate which was above 150 and the way of scoring runs was immediate even though he got praises for his playing style as Rahane 2.0. In 2024 he gave some significant performance but as a team, they weren't able to play collectively which caused Csk to be out of group stages for 1st time. 

Rahane Creates History By Leading Three Teams

In this Rahane has been acquired by Kolkata which was the steal price and appointed as the captain of the team. Champion Kolkata let go of their ex-captain Shreyas Iyer. Iyer was very disturbed by the credibility issues and was bought by Punjab Kings for 26.5 crores. Kolkata going to play its season opener on 22 March against Royal Challengers Banglore and in that match, Rahane is going to create history to be being the first Indian to lead three IPL franchises.

Read More: Venkatesh Iyer Reveals How Dhoni Planned His Wicket

As earlier he led Rising Pune Super Giants in 2017 and he led Rajasthan Royals in the 2019 season which was later given to Steve Smith. Earlier three overseas players did this where Sangakkara, Jayawardene and Steve Smith. 

Sangakkara lead - Kings xi Punjab, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad 

Mahela Jayawardene - Kings xi Punjab, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Delhi Capitals

Steve Smith - Pune Warriors India, Rising Pune Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals. 

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<![CDATA[Top 5 Kolkata Knight Riders Players Who Can Be In Red Hot Form This IPL Season]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/top-5-kolkata-knight-riders-players-who-can-be-in-red-hot-form-this-ipl-season/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/top-5-kolkata-knight-riders-players-who-can-be-in-red-hot-form-this-ipl-season/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 08:13:52 GMT

Current defending Champions Kolkata Knight Riders had a great auction before the IPL 2025, though there were quite setbacks when Shreyas Iyer the former captain left the team for the credibility issues. However, the team had moved on from that and they replaced the same replica of the person who understood the game better. They bought Rahane at the cost of 1.5 crore which could be considered as the best deal of all. 

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The amount of experience Rahane posses in that camp is just invaluable. Retaining the core team and adversing the new talents strains Kolkata into the final 4 of this IPL edition too.In this edition there are players who can strom this IPL season with their innovative batting style. 

The first on our list is - 

Ajinkya Rahane

     Rahane might be considered as slow starter or carrier of the team but the recent form and the way he played in the previous season are the testiments that Rahane could be the x factor for Kolkata. From 2023 he has stellar performance for CSK where he had the strike rate of 199 and scored 209 runs comparing to last year it is quite impressive where he just possesed a strike rate of 103 and scoring just 133 runs. 

Rahane has improved a lot as a t20 player and the additional responsibility of captaincy would strive him more as player and enchance the confidence beneath him. 

2. Venkatesh Iyer

  Venkatesh Iyer has been the best opener for KKR where he debuted in 2021 where he had a stellar performance in 10 games scoring 350 runs where they finished as runners up in that season and Iyer established himself as prominent opener. He established himself in 2022 too where he had a good season but later suffering from injury he had to skip the next season. 

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Iyer was back in 2024 he was not just back but was impactful then way earlier he just devasted the opening slot scoring 370 in that season with an average of 46.89 with a strike rate of 158. Yet it seems Iyer hasn't shown his full potential he may be a dangerous customer for other teams in this upcoming season. 

3. Andre Russell

 The muscle man is no need of introduction of his finishing abilities which he is been doing for KKR for years. If he stands on the ground that means any bowler in the world is small for him. He has played some of the crucial knocks which is never been expected. The type of pressure handling he does and range of hitting is quite insane.

He posses the strike rate of 170 at the death overs of the game. Where his valuable efforts are still in praise. In this season too he can create a huge impact with his all round abilities too which can help KKR to attain their fourth title. 

4. Manish Pandey

 Manish Pandey who started his career as an opener then later moved onto the middle order batsman. Started his career with Royal Challengers Banglore where stretched with Virat Kohli's stature though he had a good flow of runs too. But due to inconsistency he had to travel to many teams. Scoring runs was never an issue but the template of consistency has been lacking. 

In this season he has been picked by Kolkata once again for 75 Lakhs. He is considered as best middle order batsman for now who manages the role and this year without absence of Shreyas Iyer he can play the middle order role for the team. 

5. Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine the spin web and the pinch hitter of the team has gained widespread recognition where it all started with Gautam Gambhir who promoted him to the top order during his captaincy tenure in 2017, from there it was no looking back for Narine. With KKR he has won three titles from 2012,2014 and now it's 2024. He has won it in different phases which makes him more elite. There is no intro for his spin bowling which can be heavily handy. 

He can play the role of same all rounder for the team, that's what makes kolkata a dangerous side where their players posses both kind of talents so it kindly helps them to generate the game. 

These players are considered as the X factor for this season it would be epicable if they added some experienced coach pool too Csk Dwayne Bravo as bowling coach can be very handy that reciprocates KKR are on a hunt to retain their title. 

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