Ajinkya Rahane

83 articles tagged with "Ajinkya Rahane"

May 24, 2026

Rahul 60, Kuldeep three for 29: Delhi close IPL 2026 league phase with a 40-run win at Eden Gardens

KL Rahul’s 30-ball 60 and three-wicket hauls from Kuldeep Yadav and Lungi Ngidi powered Delhi Capitals to a 40-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in t...

May 20, 2026

KKR’s playoff door is one Mumbai-shaped loss from closing at Eden Gardens

KKR enter their home game against an already-eliminated Mumbai Indians on 11 points, with a defeat ending their season and a win still needing PBKS to...

May 16, 2026

Eden Gardens hosts KKR’s must-win against an in-form Gujarat one win from sealing the playoffs

Match 60 of IPL 2026 sets a five-match-winning Gujarat Titans against an eighth-placed Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, with Shubman Gill’s side...

May 14, 2026

Pujara’s blunt verdict on KKR’s playoff hopes is just the math catching up to a two-year drift

After the Raipur defeat, Cheteshwar Pujara called KKR’s playoffs chances ‘very slim’, and the arithmetic, plus a second straight title defence going s...

May 13, 2026

Harsh Goenka’s four-captains tweet has IPL 2026’s captaincy carousel turning early

The LSG owner’s brother says at least four IPL captains will not lead their teams next season, with a couple potentially gone before this campaign eve...

May 13, 2026

Chakaravarthy walks with a crutch and brace as KKR sweat on their must-win at Raipur

The mystery spinner picked up the issue against SRH, aggravated it against DC and is now a serious doubt for KKR’s must-win against RCB. Shane Watson...

$Mathematically alive is not the same as realistically in: KKR’s IPL 2026 playoff path$

May 6, 2026

Mathematically alive is not the same as realistically in: KKR’s IPL 2026 playoff path

Seven points from nine, an NRR of -0.539 and five fixtures left, including a trip to RCB. KKR can still reach the IPL 2026 playoffs, but the math is b...

May 3, 2026

Spin twins seal it: KKR end SRH’s five-match streak with seven-wicket win at Uppal

Travis Head’s blitz had Hyderabad humming at 105 for two inside nine overs, then Varun Chakravarthy’s 3 for 36 triggered a 9-for-60 collapse, Sunil Na...

May 2, 2026

Cummins’ SRH host a resurgent KKR at Uppal with both sides on different curves

Pat Cummins’s third-placed SRH meet Ajinkya Rahane’s eighth-placed KKR in IPL 2026 match 45 at Hyderabad on Sunday, with the hosts riding five straigh...

Apr 26, 2026

Bottom and second-bottom meet at Ekana as LSG host KKR with playoff hopes already paper-thin

Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders walk into Sunday’s evening match with seven points between them. One of them will leave with the season...

Apr 20, 2026

Chakravarthy three-for and Rinku fifty hand KKR their first win of IPL 2026 over Rajasthan

Varun Chakravarthy took 3 for 14 and Rinku Singh’s unbeaten 53 carried KKR to a four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens, ending a run of...

Apr 19, 2026

Rinku Singh’s unbeaten 53 ends KKR’s long wait as Knight Riders edge past Rajasthan at Eden Gardens

Rinku Singh’s unbeaten 53 and a game-changing spin squeeze from Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine got Kolkata Knight Riders across the line with tw...

Apr 17, 2026

Gujarat Titans host winless KKR in Ahmedabad with pressure building on both sides

Gujarat Titans take on Kolkata Knight Riders in match 25 of IPL 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium tonight, with the hosts looking to build momentum an...

Apr 17, 2026

Five matches, zero wins and no answers: KKR’s 2024 title hangover shows no sign of lifting

Kolkata Knight Riders are bottom of the IPL 2026 table without a single win from five matches, and the problems run so deep that a coaching staff resh...

Apr 9, 2026

Mukul Choudhary’s late assault lifts Lucknow past winless KKR at Eden Gardens

Lucknow Super Giants pulled off a remarkable chase at Eden Gardens on Thursday, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets after Mukul Choudhary s...

Apr 9, 2026

Cameron Green cleared to bowl as KKR seek first win of IPL 2026 against LSG

Cameron Green is expected to bowl for Kolkata Knight Riders for the first time in IPL 2026 when they host Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens on Thur...

Apr 9, 2026

Winless KKR host in-form Lucknow at Eden Gardens with pressure piling up on Rahane

Kolkata Knight Riders return to Eden Gardens still searching for their first win of IPL 2026 as Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants arrive on the back...

Apr 6, 2026

Rain washes out KKR vs PBKS at Eden Gardens as Kolkata open their account in IPL 2026

A Kalbaisakhi storm swept through Eden Gardens on Monday evening and forced the IPL 2026 clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings to be ab...

Apr 6, 2026

Winless KKR face red-hot Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens with early pressure mounting

Kolkata Knight Riders host Punjab Kings in Monday’s sole IPL 2026 fixture at Eden Gardens, with the 2024 champions desperate for a first win of the se...

Apr 4, 2026

Rahane’s captaincy under scrutiny as KKR sit bottom with two defeats from two

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost both their IPL 2026 matches, and Ajinkya Rahane’s tactical decisions are drawing criticism from all sides. Vice-captai...

Apr 3, 2026

Two matches, zero wickets and too many runs: has Varun Chakravarthy’s mystery been solved?

Varun Chakravarthy finished the T20 World Cup as joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 scalps, but two IPL 2026 outings for KKR have produced 0 wickets f...

Mar 31, 2026

McDonald backs Green to handle IPL pressure as KKR bowling row escalates

Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has thrown his support behind Cameron Green amid growing tension over the all-rounder’s bowling workload at KKR,...

Mar 30, 2026

Rahane tells reporters to ask Cricket Australia as Green bowling row erupts at KKR

Ajinkya Rahane’s blunt post-match response has sparked a fresh debate about Cricket Australia’s workload management after Cameron Green was unable to...

Mar 30, 2026

Rohit Sharma rolls back the years with record-breaking knock against KKR

Rohit Sharma smashed 78 off 38 balls to record his fastest IPL fifty and his 50th half-century in the tournament as Mumbai Indians chased down 221 aga...