After Ajinkya Rahane flop show, KKR practice match called off due to rain

KKR’s new skipper Ajinkya Rahane started off the season, or rather the practice matches for the IPL 2025 season, rather poorly. In the first he scored 13 from 11 and then on Monday, in the second KKR intra-squad match, he only managed 11 from 9. That had no or little effect on how the rest of his Team Purple fared as they went on to score 223/4 in 20 overs, setting a target of 224 fr Team Gold. Unfortunately the match was abruptly stopped due to rain.

Ajinkya Rahane Scores 11, Andre Russell & Venkatesh Iyer Solid

Having said that, there were once again some great performances from the Team Purple batters. Andre Russell once again player a blinder of an innings, where he smashed 45 from just 19 deliveries. KKR vice-captain Venky Mysore was in his element as he struck 46 from 21. In that, there was a flurry of runs from Rinku Singh and Ramandeep in the end, who played cameos of 29 and 19, respectively.

Rain Halts Play After 1st Innings

Quinton De Kock had scored 32 runs, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi was retired out for 25 from 18 deliveries. For Team Gold bowlers it wasn’t a great outing as fast bowler Vaibhav Arora was smashed for 55 runs in his four overs. It is important to note, that Team Purple had won the first practice match too, where they were tasked to chase 216 in 20 overs. They had chased down the total in 15.5 overs only.

Team Purple: Quinton de Kock, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mayank Markande.

Team Gold: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Manish Pandey (c), Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora.