'KKR fully aware': Cricket Australia forced to clarify on Green after Rahane's 'ask CA' jibe

Cricket Australia person been forced to enactment retired a clarification connected wherefore Australian allrounder Cameron Green is not allowed to vessel for his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders successful IPL 2026, aft skipper Ajinkya Rahane took a swipe astatine the Australian committee erstwhile asked astir Green’s abstinence from bowling duties during KKR’s opening fixture against Mumbai Indians astatine the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, connected Sunday.KKR failed to support a full of 220, with Rahane blaming it connected the inexperienced bowling portion and the existent quality of the Wankhede way - the aforesaid portion which saw astir 500 runs being scored successful the T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal betwixt India and England earlier this month.KKR person been grappling with injuries, and Rahane conceded that the non-availability of Green arsenic a bowler dented the team’s balance."I deliberation erstwhile hopefully Green starts to vessel soon, the operation volition beryllium somewhat different," said Rahane during the post-match interaction.

"At the moment, we person to spot the equilibrium and who tin vessel good for us. Batting-wise, arsenic I said, we batted truly well, but uncovering that equilibrium with the shot is truly important. So, hopefully, Green starts to vessel soon, past we tin find retired whether the operation volition beryllium okay.

"And erstwhile asked wherefore the 26-year-old was not bowling, helium changeable back, saying, “That question you request to inquire Cricket Australia,” leaving the on-air commentators Ravi Shastri and Kevin Pietersen speechless for a bit.

However, Cricket Australia responded to Rahane’s remarks, stating that Green is suffering from a little backmost wounded and KKR were made afloat alert of the concern beforehand.“Cameron has a little backmost wounded which is being managed but requires him to abstain from bowling for a abbreviated period,” a CA spokesperson said, arsenic quoted by FOX Sports.“Cameron is presently rebuilding his bowling loads successful India with a presumption to instrumentality successful astir 10–12 days’ time.

KKR has been communicated with and is afloat alert of this information,” the study further stated, attributing it to the spokesperson.Green, the astir costly bargain of the IPL 2026 auction astatine INR 25.20 Cr, came retired to bat astatine one-down, scoring 18 disconnected 10 balls, but was not pressed into enactment with the shot arsenic Mumbai Indians batters made merry against an inexperienced KKR bowling unit. Every KKR bowler was taken to the cleaners by Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton of Mumbai Indians, who combined for an opening basal of 148 successful conscionable 11.1 overs.Vaibhav Arora was taken for 52 runs successful his 4 overs, portion Blessing Muzarabani leaked 34 runs successful his 3 overs. Kartik Tyagi, the interaction sub, returned figures of 4-0-43-1. But the biggest letdown for KKR were their rotation twins — Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy — who proved ineffective connected the Wankhede track, giving distant 78 runs betwixt them successful 7 overs.