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NEW DELHI: The dejection connected Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s look was intelligibly evident arsenic his broadside slumped to different defeat, going down by 32 runs to Chennai Super Kings successful their IPL 2026 clash astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai connected Tuesday.
After the loss, Rahane shook hands with players, congratulated the CSK camp, and past headed consecutive to talk with broadcasters.KKR person endured a pugnacious play truthful acold and are presently languishing astatine the bottommost of the standings.In 5 matches, they are yet to registry a win, with 4 losses and 1 nary result. With conscionable 1 constituent and a nett tally complaint of -1.383, KKR person important crushed to screen successful the coming games."I deliberation it's pugnacious astatine the moment. Yes, we're not winning matches, it's tough.
What is important for each of america arsenic a radical to enactment positive, support our caput up, support our chin up, conscionable absorption connected the moment," Rahane said aft the match."Yes, we'll person to beryllium successful the dressing room, deliberation astir the combinations. We'll person to marque immoderate changes. Sometimes you backmost the players, the results are going your way, past it's okay. But if the results are not going your way, past you'll person to deliberation astir the combination.
But isolated from that, I thought it's each astir being affirmative and support our heads up," helium added.
After posting 192/5, CSK restricted KKR to 160/7, with Noor Ahmad returning awesome figures of 4-0-21-3.Rovman Powell (31 not out) and Ramandeep Singh (35) showed absorption with a 63-run stand, but it wasn’t capable to forestall defeat."No existent momentum with the bat. Absolutely. I thought with the ball, we retreated truly good.
190 connected this wicket was truly good, particularly the powerplay what they got, 70 unusual runs. After that, pulling backmost to 190 was an astonishing occupation from our bowling unit. I thought initially with our batting, we conscionable got 36 oregon 37 runs successful the powerplay. I thought that was truly important. Middle phase, to hitting spinners was somewhat challenging, but isolated from that, wicket was truly good.
We needed 1 batter to bat until heavy and past instrumentality it successful the end," Rahane said.For KKR, Kartik Tyagi picked up 2/35, portion Sunil Narine returned figures of 4-0-21-1."(On Tyagi) I deliberation each recognition goes to him. I mean, he's moving truly hard successful the nets. He's been bowling truly bully and a large talent. The gait which he's bowling astatine the infinitesimal has been amazing. So I'm truly blessed for him. Game by game, he's improving his skills. (on their spinners) Yeah, each 3 spinners. I mean, if you spot from CSK spinners also, they bowled truly well.
It was not casual for batters to deed large sixes unless you bowled truly full.
It was easy. Otherwise, putting it backmost and past going crossed wasn't an casual enactment for the batters. So I thought from some the sides, spinners bowled truly well. We conscionable person to, arsenic I said, support that caput up and conscionable beryllium affirmative and person that self-belief," helium added.KKR volition adjacent look Gujarat Titans astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium connected April 17.
