Kolkata: Harshit Rana Kolkata Knight riders are celebrating teammates after taking the Chennai Super Kings’ Ravichandran Ashwin during the Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket matches between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings, Ededen Gardens, West Bengen. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) New Delhi: “There was an exciting factor that I miss a little. My aura in the way the team bears forward,” said Kolkata Knight Riders (KRK) Pacer Harshit Rana about the missing presence of Gautam Gambhir while talking in the capital of the National City at the beginning of this season.KRKR won the IPL 2024 under the mentor Gambhir, who previously led the team to two titles as a captain – in 2012 and 2014.In the IPL 2024, the KKR was a dominant force, won nine matches and lost only two, with two non -esults. They ended the league scene with 20 points and an amazing clean run of +1.428 before they attacked the play -off.But this season, things have changed. Two key changes were defined by the KKR 2025 campaign – Shreyas Iyer, who led them to 2024, was not part of the team and the mentor Gambhir also moved.As a result, the defending champions were unable to perform play -offs in IPL 2025. Did there really be missing a ckr to mention the “exciting factor”?
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Manvinder Bisla, a former KKR opener and a hero of their victory in 2012 under Gambhir Captain, explained why Gambira’s presence created such a significant impact on KKR last year.“After many years, Gautam (Gambhir) returned to the franchise. And it’s not like he’s coming and immediately made big changes. If you look at XI playing, only Mitchell Starc and Ramandeep joined – and then this team became victory.“Even two years before he was with another team (probably referring to LSG) and also got into play -off. And now that he left, this team is fighting. The winning mentality of Gautam brings extremely important – especially in IPL, where the difference between the team first ended and the tenth.”“I really admire Gautam that he doesn’t go according to big names. He looks at which player can win a match, and when. Whether he’s an international star, an unlimited player, or someone who has never played the IPL match – if they believe that a player can fully deliver it, and gives him confidence.“Many teams give only two matches to the player – if they perform, great; otherwise it will fall. In such cases, the player will never get a chance to show what he is. “No player can play immediately under pressure – he needs time and the right environment.
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Before IPL 2025 he named Kr Ajinkya Rahane for his captain after he picked him up at CRORE 1.5 crore. Given his huge experience with the bat and as a leader, there were great hopes that Raha was imitating Iyer’s success 2024.Who is the IPL player?“There are many players that Gautam (Gambhir) strongly supported. Mitchell Starc is a perfect example. See the price that he paid for him. He did not do much in the league scene – but maybe he didn’t make him or ran his goals in Mumbai.“This time the team never had the winning moment. Missing completely,” Bisla said.
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