Ajinkya Rahane's Kolkata Knight Rides (KKR) took the Mumbai Hardic Pandia Indians (MI) in the twelfth match of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025).
Kolkata Knight Rides lost the match against Mumbai's Indians by 8 share at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday 31 March.
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180-190 could have been good in this wikit – Ajinkya Rahane
Loss of throwing and hitting first in the match, Kolkata Knight Rides had a nightmare picnic while they were roaming for 116 races in 16.2. Defending the low result, KKR players gave their best, but MI ease the finish line in 12.5 sums.
Speaking after the match, KKR Ajinkya Rahane captain blamed the defeat of the team's failure of the team and said the result was about 180-190 was perfect. Ajinkya Rahane said:
“The failure of the mass beatings. It was good to hit it as I mentioned in Erm.
We got to learn quickly from this game – Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane confirmed that he learned from the match against Mumbai Indians and moved forward in the long competition. He clarified:
“We learned very quickly from this game. We couldn't do much with the ball. They did their best. But there is not much running on the blackboard. We continued to lose the share.
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How was the KKR performance in the previous IPL match against MI?
Kolkata Knight Rides (KKR) performed a strong performance against Mumbai Indians (Mi) in the former IPL Saddam on May 11, 2024, in Aden Gardens to win 18.
In the game Phil Salt (6) and Sonile Narin (0) early, but Venkatish Air (42 years old) Sanel Narin (0), but Fenkatish Air (42 years old), and hit the Sonile Narin (0) game early, but Venkatish Air (42).
He, along with Netech Rana (33 out of 23), has secured a fixed flow of operation before Andrea Russell (24 of 14) and Ramandeb Singh (17 off 8) provides the final touches. KKR published a competitive degree of 157/7, and took most of the Mi archers to cleaners.
Defending the result, the archers were released in KKR as a unit and the MI's registration to 139/8. Varun Chakravarthy (2/17) was the distinguished performer, and Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya refused in decisive moments. Sunil Narin (1/21) and Andrea Russell (2/34) applied the pressure, while Harchit Rana (2/34) guaranteed that Mi did not gain momentum despite the late fireworks from Tilak Varma (32 Off 17) and Naman Dhir (17 off 6).
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