Updated On: 15 April, 2025 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit hails skipper Ajinkya Rahane as perfect team man; says it’ll be a gritty battle between him and fellow Mumbaikar Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings tonight

KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane. Pics/Getty Images
Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Chandrakant Pandit lavished praise on in-form skipper Ajinkya Rahane, 36, for shouldering both responsibilities — as leader and top-order batsman — perfectly.
Rahane has led the defending champions to three wins in their first six IPL-18 matches so far, contributing a couple of half-centuries en route to emerge as the team’s leading scorer with 204 runs at a strike rate of 154.54.