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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), led by Ajinkya Rahane, went head with the Super Giants of Lucknow (LSG) led by Rishabh (LSG) at the 21st Premier League (IPL) game on Tuesday, April 8.
Kolkata Knight Riders lost an exciting game against Lucknow Super Giants by 4 runs to Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Bowling First, KKR had a terrible way out as they allowed LSG registered 238/3. Pursuing the goal, they fought well, but they were restricted to 234/7.
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Main Kuch Bolunga in Bawaal Ho Jayega – Ajinkya Rahane
There has been a huge controversy that revolves around the grounds produced by KKR home games in the Kolkata Eden Gardens. Following the RCB defeat, the team’s management was not satisfied with Eden Gardens, Sujan Mukherjee, who refused to provide a pitch to help his spinners.
After a word war between the leadership of the KKR team and the commissioner and several Cricket experts advised KKR to change the field if they did not get the pitch they demanded at home.
KKR later won a game favorable to the game against SRH, as Mukherjee agreed to have a discussion with the KKR team. However, a Revsportz report revealed that his used tone request was rejected for LSG clash.
Speaking during the press conference after the party, Ajinkya Rahane expressed its disappointment on the pitch without offering the spinners. He said that Pitch Kolkata’s commissioner enjoys advertising and added that he would bring the matter to the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League instead of speaking in the media. Said:
“Main Kuch Bolunga in Bawaal Jayega (if I say something, he will become a huge headline). The media has already done a great thing. The curator has already obtained a lot of advertising and I think he likes it. So I will say nothing around the wick and prefer to say -to the IPL. The guys can write whatever you want.”
At home: The main Kuch Bolunga in Bawaal is Jayega (if I say something, he will become a huge headline). The media have already made it important. The curator has already obtained a lot of advertising and I think he likes. So I will not say anything around the wick …
– Revsportz Global (@revsportzglobal) April 8, 2025
Sunil Narine struggled with the ball – Ajinkya Rahane
In the meantime, talking to the stations, Ajinkya Rahane said they gave the best in the game against LSG. Ajinkya Rahane said:
“ A very tight one (game). As I said in the launch, the wick remained well during the 40 points. We gave the best possible, it was a great game, in the end we were only four runs.When you pursue 230 more, you will lose the wicks in the chase. This was one of the best doctors to beat.The batters had to hang out for a while.
Ajinkya Rahane said that Sunil Narine’s struggle with the ball did not help his matter, as he has the ability to dominate the media. Ajinkya Rahane said:
“The bowling attack we have, we control our media very well. Sunil (Narine) struggled with the ball. Sunil and Varun usually dominate the average levels, but today it was difficult for the bowls.”
How did KKR perform in the previous IPL party against LSG?
Kolkata Knight Riders performed a dominant performance in his previous IPL game against Lucknow Super Giants at LuckNow and launched the hosts for 98 runs in a unilateral contest.
First, KKR entries were headed by Sunil Narine’s Explosive 81 to only 39 balls. His opening partner, Phil Salt, also broke a sensational 32 of 14, while the batter no. 3 Angkrish Raghuvanshi (32 of 26 26) offered a good contribution.
After that, the Batters of Lower Order, including Ramandeep Singh (25* of 6), beat brightly and assured that KKR ended at a maximum of 235/6.
With the huge total of the board, KKR maintained the pressure with the ball. Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Sunil Narine secured the first advances. Varun Chakravarthy later joined the party with a three Wicket transport, as LSG collapsed from 70/1 to 137 at under 17. Andre Russell also entered with two major doctors for KKR.
