Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane commented on KKR’s loss to the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 12th Indian Premier League 2025 match. During the post-match presentation, Rahane blamed the loss on a team batting failure, citing a lack of partnerships and inability to make the most of a good batting wicket. He felt that a total of 180-190 would have been possible, but the team lost too many wickets early on and could not recover. He also credits the bowlers for their efforts despite the low score.
Ajinkya Rahane Highlights Batting Struggles
“Collective batting failure. It was a good wicket to bat on as I said during the toss. 180-190 would have been good on this wicket. It has a very good bounce. You sometimes need to use the pace and bounce. We got to learn quickly from this game. Couldn’t do anything with the ball. They tried their level best. But not much runs on the board. We kept on losing wickets. Four wickets in the powerplay. It was hard to consolidate and get that total on the board. You need that partnership going. You need one batsman to stick till the end,” Rahane stated in the post-match presentation.
Mumbai Indians Clinches Eight-Wicket Victory
Mumbai Indians (MI) won by eight wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the current IPL 2025 on Monday at the Wankhade stadium, Mumbai. Kolkata Knight Riders were bowled out for 116 in the 17th over, thanks to Mumbai Indians left-arm seamer Ashwani Kumar, who created history as the first Indian bowler to take a four-wicket haul on IPL debut.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost wickets at regular intervals, and they never had any substantial partnerships throughout the entire innings. While bowling, only Andre Russell was able to take two wickets, removing Rohit Sharma and Will Jacks, while the rest of the Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers remained wicketless in the second innings. Mumbai Indians (MI) pursued 117 in the 13th over with wicketkeeper-batter Ryan Rickelton being the highest scorer of MI in the second innings with 62 runs off 41 balls, comprising 4 fours and 5 sixes.
