Chennai: Ongoing IPL (IPL 2026) Kolkata Knight Riders(Kolkata Knight Riders) condition is deplorable. After 22 matches of the tournament, KKR are the only team who have not won a single match this season. Ajinkya Rahane-led KKR pulled off a humiliating feat that had never happened before in the Knights’ history after losing against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday, April 14.
IPLIn the first 18 seasons of the season, KKR never went winless from the first match of the season. However, Rahane’s Knights set that record after the loss against CSK. KKR have lost six matches to complete, a feat that has only happened once before, and that was 17 years ago. Rahanes are increasing the disappointment of Knight fans day by day with their performance. Sometimes the batting makes the bowling bad, sometimes the bowling is good and the batting is not good. not a specific place, KKRThe problem is everywhere.
What can a team captain say in such a situation, where is the team lacking? Rahane was asked about this very thing after the match. In response, the Knight skipper said, ‘In my opinion, if you look at the balance of the team, we felt that the team that is playing in the last match and in this match is quite good. This situation is really difficult, we are not winning matches, it is difficult to accept that. But in spite of this, we have to stay positive as a team, don’t let our heads down, stay in the moment. Yes, we need to sit down in the dressing room and discuss how to balance the party. If necessary, the team should be changed. If the team wins, many players can stick with them in bad times. But if the result is against, then you have to think about these things. But whatever the situation, we have to stay positive.’
There were no problems on the pitch, but Rahane feels that the very low runs scored in the power play were the major reason for the loss. “I think we bowled pretty well. We restricted them to 190 runs on this pitch where they scored 70 runs in the power play. But in the batting power play we scored only 36 runs, that seems to have become very important. Hitting the spinners in the middle overs was a bit challenging, but the pitch was no problem. One of our batters should have stayed till the end and taken the match forward.’ Like the knight leader.