Ajinkya Rahane injury update: Rovman Powell from KKR gives insights before the collision against RR

Ajinkya Rahane suffered an injury during the team's earlier game against Delhi Capital (DC). This had doubts about the admission of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper in the upcoming collision against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday in her home square. The KKR all-rounder Rovman Powell gave an important update before the game.

Ajinkya Rahane's injury

In the second inning of the game against DC, FAF Du Plessis met a shot from Andre Russell on the first ball of the 12th time, who met Ajinkya Rahane's hand on a short cover. The ball went for a single one, but Rahane needed medical help and left the field. He stayed off the field for the remaining game.

Venkatesh Iyer replaced Rahane with Vaibhav Arora as a replacement, and Sunil Narine led the team for the remaining overs. At the presentation after the game, Rahane said: “Not bad. I will be fine. I will be fine.”

Rovman Powell about the violation of Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane has shown improvements in the past few days. He started beating, that's a good sign. We have to have him in the team. Credit to the medical staff who works extremely hard with the skipper to ensure that it is available for the game, ”said Rovman Powell.

What are KKR's impact options when Rahane misses the next game?

The KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane mentioned that the injury after the game against DC was not serious. However, its availability for the upcoming collision is uncertain. If Rahane does not manage to play XIIS, Venkatesh Iyer is expected to refer to it as a stand-in-skipper. Angkrish Raghuvanshi was able to play number three, with Manish Pandey or Ramandeep Singh possibly entering to play.

Kolkata Knight Riders on points table

Kolkata Knight Riders are currently in the seventh position in the point table with 9 points from 10 games. They won four games and one game ended without result. KKK has a NRR of +0,271.

The remaining games of the Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR still has 4 games and if you win all the remaining games, you can reach 17 points.

Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals: May 4th (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders against Chennai Super Kings: May 9th (Kolkata)

Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kolkata Knight Riders: May 10th (Hyderabad)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Kolkata Knight Riders: May 17th (Bengaluru)