Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Shreyas Iyer, registered its first win in IPL 2026 on Sunday. While chasing the target of 156 set by Rajasthan Royals, KKR lost 6 wickets at 85, both the openers in the form of captain Rahane and Tim Seifert could not even open the account. However, Rinku Singh’s half-century made Kolkata win the lost match. But a shameful record was registered in Rahane’s name in this match.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has become the opener to be out on zero the most number of times in IPL history. Rahane has been out for duck a total of 12 times so far. In the previous match, he had equaled Parthiv Patel in this unwanted record, who was out on zero 11 times as an opener.

Players who have been out on zero the most number of times as an opener in IPL

• 12 times- Ajinkya Rahane
• 11 times- Parthik Patel
• 10 times- Shikhar Dhawan
• 10 times- Gautam Gambhir
• 9 times- David Warner

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Rahane’s performance in IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane played a brilliant inning of 67 runs in the first match of IPL 2026, although KKR lost this match. After this, he could not even reach double figures in 4 out of 6 innings. Before Rajasthan, Rahane was also out for zero in the match against Gujarat. Rahane scored a total in 7 matches of the ongoing edition.
Scored 152 runs.

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Batting first in this match played at Eden Gardens, Rajasthan Royals were able to score only 155 runs. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets for just 14 runs in 4 overs, Karthik Tyagi took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. Sunil Narine took 2 wickets. KKR had a very bad start while chasing the target. Tim Seifert (0) was out in the first over and Ajinkya Rahane (0) was out in the second over.

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After this, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (10), who came as an impact player, also returned to the pavilion cheaply, Cameron Green (27), Rovman Powell (23) and Ramandeep Singh (10) were also out early. The team’s sixth wicket fell in 13.3 overs, when the score was 85 runs. Then Rinku Singh took over the innings and won the lost game, he scored unbeaten 53 runs in 34 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 5 fours. Anukul Roy supported him and played an important inning of 29 runs in 16 balls. KKR won the match by 4 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, has not yet been able to win a single match in IPL 2026. In match number-25 held on Friday, Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata by 5 wickets, after which a shameful record was registered in the name of Rahane as captain.

Ajinkya Rahane also knows that now he cannot make any excuses, he will have to take responsibility for the defeat because the team has lost 5 out of 6 matches. The team got that one point due to the match being canceled (vs Punjab Kings), otherwise in that match also the team had lost 2 wickets early. Now KKR’s problems are increasing, they are in danger of being out of the playoff race.

Kolkata Knight Riders appointed Ajinkya Rahane as the captain in 2025. KKR’s first year under Rahane’s captaincy was also not good. In 2025, the team was out of the league stage, having won only 5 out of 14 matches. It was believed that the franchise could change its captain for IPL 2026, but he also expressed confidence in Rahane. Now Kolkata is once again moving towards being out of the league stage.

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Shameful record in Rahane’s name

Ajinkya Rahane has become the captain with the lowest win percentage (among captains who have captained at least 25 matches) in IPL history. Earlier this unwanted record was in the name of Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka.

Ajinkya Rahane has captained a total of 44 matches in IPL, out of which only 14 have been won. He has captained Kolkata Knight Riders in 19 matches, out of which the team has lost 12 matches. Rahane’s win percentage is 26.31%, which is the worst among all captains.

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Ajinkya Rahane’s performance

Talking about the performance of Ajinkya Rahane in IPL 2026, he has not been able to do anything special even with the bat. He could not even open his account against Gujarat Titans on Friday. He scored a half-century only in the first match, when he scored 67 runs against Mumbai Indians. He scored 8-8 runs against SRH and PBKS. He was able to score 28 runs against CSK. He has scored 152 runs in 6 innings.

Difficulties are increasing for Kolkata Knight Riders. This team, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, has played 5 matches in IPL 2026, but their winning account has not opened. KKR also got the first point due to the cancellation of the match with Punjab. In the 22nd match of the edition on Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata by 32 runs. While chasing 193 runs, Kolkata could score only 160 runs. After the defeat, Rahane said that it is really difficult not to win the match.

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane defended the bowlers. He said, “I think we performed very well in terms of bowling. The score of 190 runs on this wicket of Chepauk was very good. The way their batsmen performed in the powerplay, after that it was a big thing to restrict them to 190 runs. Our scoring of 36-37 runs in the powerplay proved to be important in terms of the outcome of the match.”

It is really difficult not to win the match – Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane further said, “We needed a batsman who would stay till the end. This would have kept our chances of winning. Talking about the team’s combination, the combination we tried in the last match and this match was very good. It is really difficult not to win the match. In this situation, we have to maintain our morale and courage. If the results are not in your favour, then you have to consider the team’s combination. But The most important thing is to stay positive and keep your spirits up.”

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Rahane praised Kartik Tyagi

In this match played in Chennai, Kolkata fast bowlers Vaibhav Arora and Cameron Green proved to be expensive, but Karthik Tyagi was economical with them and also took 2 wickets. Vaibhav Arora gave away 55 runs in 4 overs, Cameron Green gave away 30 runs in 2 overs. Karthik took 2 wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. Ajinkya Rahane praised Karthik. He said, “He is bowling very well. Full credit goes to him for this. The speed at which he is bowling is commendable. With every match, he is improving his game even more.”

In the second match of the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and scored a big score of 220 runs, but due to weak bowling, this target also seemed small. Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets with 5 balls remaining, which is their biggest successful run chase. In such a situation, the question arose as to why Cameron Green was not given bowling, who was bought by the franchise for a huge amount of Rs 25.20 crore. The same question was asked to KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane after the match, on which he made a shocking revelation.

Cameron Green is a batting all-rounder, who has taken a total of 16 wickets while playing for RCB and MI in the IPL. He has 14 wickets to his name in 28 T20 International matches, which means he bowls well and also has experience. In such a situation, a question arose that why Green was not given bowling, even the commentators were surprised by this. This question was also asked to Ajinkya Rahane after the match.

What did Ajinkya Rahane tell?

Why not make Cameron Green bowl? In response to this question, Ajinkya Rahane said that you should ask this to Cricket Australia. So, has Cricket Australia not allowed Green to bowl in the IPL yet, because if he was not completely fit, he probably would not have even played the match. Rahane said, “I think you should ask this question to Cricket Australia.”

Also gave update on his injury

Ajinkya Rahane had cramps during the match, due to which he had to leave the field and Rinku Singh took over the captaincy. Rahane said, “I am feeling fine, but I am having a lot of cramps, especially in my calves. Hopefully I will be fine.” On the question related to weak bowling, he said, “It was really difficult for the bowlers, they still lack experience. Mumbai Indians batted well, our bowlers will learn.”

Cricket fans are eager to see the IPL retention list, which will be released on Saturday, November 15. After this it will become clear which players will be at stake in the IPL auction. Here we are telling you on which date the IPL auction will be held, how much money is left in the purse of all the 10 teams and which team spent the most money on which top-3 players in the last edition.

Where will IPL auction 2026 take place?

The priority for the venue of IPL auction is India, but according to the report, due to the wedding season in December, consideration is also going on to keep the venue outside India. IPL auction is likely to be held in UAE.

How much money is in the purse of all 10 IPL teams?

• Punjab Kings (PBKS) – Rs 35 lakh
• Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – Rs 10 lakh
• Gujarat Titans (GT) – Rs 15 lakh
• Delhi Capitals (DC) – Rs 20 lakh
• Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Rs 5 lakh
• Mumbai Indians (MI) – Rs 10 lakh
• Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Rs 5 lakh
• Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – Rs 20 lakh
• Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Rs 30 lakh
• Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – Rs 75 lakh

The thing to note here is that this is the purse which is still left with all the teams. After the release of IPL retention list, it will be known which franchise has released which players. This will add their value to this purse. For example, if Delhi Capitals releases players worth Rs 5 crore, their purse will become Rs 5 crore 20 lakh.

Top 3 expensive players of all 10 IPL teams

punjab kings

• Shreyas Iyer- Rs 26.75 crore
• Arshdeep Singh- Rs 18 crore
• Yuzvendra Chahal – Rs 18 crore

Lucknow Super Giants

• Rishabh Pant- Rs 27 crore
• Nicholas Pooran – Rs 21 crore
• Ravi Bishnoi/Mayank Yadav – Rs 11 crore (each)

gujarat titans

• Rashid Khan- Rs 18 crore
• Shubman Gill- Rs 15.5 crore
• Jos Buttler- Rs 15.75 crore

Delhi Capitals

• Akshar Patel – Rs 16.5 crore
• KL Rahul- Rs 14 crore
• Kuldeep Yadav – Rs 13.25 crore

Chennai Super Kings

• Ruturaj Gaikwad – Rs 18 crore
• Ravindra Jadeja- Rs 18 crore
• Mathisha Pathirana – Rs 13 crore

Mumbai Indians

• Jasprit Bumrah- Rs 18 crore
• Suryakumar Yadav – Rs 16.35 crore
• Hardik Pandya – Rs 16.35 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Venkatesh Iyer- Rs 23.75 crore
• Rinku Singh- Rs 13 crore
• Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy – Rs 12 crore (each)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Heinrich Klaasen – Rs 23 crore
• Pete Cummins – Rs 18 crore
• Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma – Rs 14 crore (each)

Rajasthan Royals

• Yashasvi Jaiswal – Rs 18 crore
• Sanju Samson – Rs 18 crore
• Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag – Rs 14 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Virat Kohli- Rs 21 crore
• Josh Hazlewood- Rs 12.50 crore
• Phil Salt- Rs 11.50 crore

On which date will the auction for IPL 2026 take place?

There will be a mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL, according to reports it will last for one day. The mega auction for the last edition lasted for 2 days. The auction for IPL 2026 is likely to take place on December 15, 2025.