‘Not written wherever…’: Virender Sehwag blasts KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane | Cricket Information

New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane warms up earlier than an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers’ Hyderabad, on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photograph/Atul Yadav) *** Native Caption ***

Former India opener Virender Sehwag has blasted Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane for placing himself forward of workforce. KKR bowed out of the event with a 110-run loss towards Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Sunday on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. “It’s not written wherever {that a} captain has to bat within the high three,” Sehwag advised Cricbuzz.“Take a look at Pant, he was sending gamers forward of him, as a result of they had been in kind and LSG took benefit of that,” he mentioned. “KKR may have accomplished the identical. This was the workforce administration and the teaching employees’s accountability. See, even CSK did it towards GT. Shivam Dube and Dewald Brevis got here up the order, they modified that up from the current matches,” Sehwag mentioned.With 390 runs in 13 matches, Ajinkya Rahane was the main run-getter for KKR.Within the post-match press convention on Sunday, Rahane had defended his resolution to not open for KKR. Rahane was the best run-scorer within the Syed Mushtaq Ali, enjoying for Mumbai, he amassed 469 runs in eight innings with a breezy strike fee of 164.“Sure, I’d like to open. I’ve accomplished properly in Mushtaq Ali and different codecs as an opener. However it’s about what the workforce wants,” he mentioned.Who’s that IPL participant?With Quinton de Kock fastened as an opener and final season’s success behind Sunil Narine’s explosive begins, Rahane mentioned he and Angkrish Raghuvanshi tailored to middle-order roles. “We didn’t need to change an excessive amount of from a profitable mixture. We thought 3 and 4 was very best for us.”Rahane additionally admitted that whereas the bowling unit did a commendable job within the IPL 2025, it was the batting that fell brief.“This season has been sort of up and down for us. We had our probabilities, however as a unit, we didn’t play rather well,” Rahane mentioned.“For those who win shut matches, these are the variations. And the Punjab Kings sport, LSG sport, and likewise the CSK sport, I believed these 2-3 video games may have been barely completely different.“What I noticed as a captain was that everybody tried their finest. It is by no means straightforward to return right into a season as defending champions — expectations are excessive. However I can say we gave our greatest and we’ll undoubtedly come again stronger subsequent 12 months,” he added.