Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer's Post-Match Chat on Poor Batting Goes Viral
In the 2025 IPL, Punjab Kings set a record for defending the lowest score by defending a target of 112 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. Yuzvendra Chahal's 4 wickets played a key role in the victory. The batsmen of both the teams struggled due to the different bounce of the pitch, making the match exciting.
In 2024, Punjab Kings created history by chasing the biggest target in IPL history, which they achieved against Kolkata Knight Riders. This year, in IPL 2025, Punjab Kings have also become the team to defend the lowest total. Interestingly, they achieved this feat against Kolkata Knight Riders. Despite the efforts of Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Andre Russell, the team failed to chase the target of 112 runs. In the end, Punjab Kings won thanks to Yuzvendra Chahal's 4 crucial wickets.
The bowlers got different bounce on this pitch, due to which the batsmen of both the teams were seen struggling to score runs, which made a low scoring match exciting. When Kolkata and Punjab captain Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas shook hands with each other after the match, Rahane admitted that his team batted very poorly. "What a useless batting we've done," Rahane said to Iyer as he shook hands after the match.
Rahane's wicket was described by many as a game-changing moment in the match. When Rahane tried to sweep off Yuzvendra Chahal's bowl, he was adjudged LBW. Although the on-field umpire called the Kolkata captain out, it was later revealed that the impact was outside off. If Rahane had reviewed this decision, he would have been declared not out.
Rahane said in the press conference after the match, "Being a batsman, I thought that I can save the review for later. It shouldn't be that I take a review and lose it, then we are left with just one review. The communication between the two batsmen was not so clear. If someone tells you clearly that it can be an impact out or it can be missed, then you take a review as a batsman. "
"But generally, you think about what the batsmen say in front of you. The communication wasn't so clear: 'Maybe it could be the umpire's decision, maybe it could be hitting.' That's why I didn't take a review. But still, no complaints. Also, we were very poor as a batting unit as well. And that's why we lost today. "