IPL 2025: Rahane admits 'collective failure' after KKR fail to chase 112 vs PBKS

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Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane described his team's 16-run loss against Punjab Kings as a "collective batting failure" after a spectacular collapse on Tuesday.

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00:00Questions please go ahead, sir.

00:02Bad luck?

00:03So, we want to know about this wicket.

00:06The first token total rise.

00:09The main thing is that you can win.

00:12All others have done a lot of your work.

00:15But the batting unit is so happy.

00:19What do you want to say?

00:21Wicket was good.

00:26Unplayable wicket.

00:28Wicket was very good.

00:30There was a little bit of a ball.

00:32But half the ball was not done.

00:34Like you said,

00:36All out was 111.

00:38It was easy to chase on this wicket.

00:40It was comparatively easy.

00:42And it was a good start.

00:44In power play we had 6,

00:4650 and 70.

00:48I think we had 3 wickets.

00:50But again, a collective failure

00:52is a batting unit.

00:54There are many times that

00:56it's not only about hitting sixes

00:58or playing big shots.

01:00Strike rotation is very important.

01:02And I am sure

01:04that's not happened in our batting unit.

01:06It's not like that

01:08Punjab 11 has done a lot of good balling.

01:10I think we are playing bad cricket as a batting unit.

01:12And I have this responsibility as a captain.

01:16Which has not been chased by us.

01:18But I am sure

01:20that all players, especially batters,

01:24will think about the game themselves.

01:26And in the next matches,

01:28will improve.

01:29Half the tournament has been finished.

01:30There are 7 matches.

01:31And now there are half left.

01:34But it's always about

01:36coming back

01:38with good intent

01:40but still look to learn and improve

01:42as a batter.

01:44And take it on in the next game.

01:46Do you understand this

01:48about whether

01:49the balling unit

01:51and the balling unit

01:53and the balling unit

01:55has been played?

01:56No.

01:57Look, we thought

01:58that there will be three spinners

01:59that will not be needed.

02:00Fastballers

02:02can help

02:03get the help

02:04and the history

02:05on the ground

02:06the two spinners

02:07are not played.

02:08So

02:09this was

02:10a tactical call

02:12that

02:13Mohina Ali

02:14had two

02:15in the last game

02:16good balling

02:17but we thought

02:18that Nokia

02:19will be better

02:20on this wicket

02:21which has also done

02:22good balling

02:23too.

02:24And if you look

02:25then the fastballers

02:26took off the wicket

02:27and kept the pressure

02:28on the continue

02:29on the ground.

02:30So

02:31I don't think

02:32that Mohina

02:33will play

02:35on this wicket

02:37but

02:38we thought

02:39that

02:40maybe

02:41three fastballers

02:42and two spinners

02:43will be better.

02:44better.

02:45Yes, Mal.

02:46Ajinkya, hello.

02:47This is our owner

02:48from your side, please.

02:49Mal.

02:50Hello.

02:51I'm Shushmita

02:52from the wrong

02:53Shambhar newspaper

02:54Polkar.

02:55I think

02:56that

02:57what you think

02:58that

02:59you didn't take

03:00the review

03:01when you were around.

03:02It was a wrong decision.

03:03Yeah, it happened.

03:05You know,

03:06I thought

03:07as a batter

03:08I thought

03:09probably

03:10the review

03:11will be better.

03:12Because

03:13it should not happen

03:14that if I take a review

03:15and the missed

03:16one review

03:17then it should not happen.

03:18And the communication

03:19between the two batchmen

03:20was not clear.

03:21If someone comes to you

03:23clearly

03:24that there is no impact

03:25or missing

03:26then

03:27as a batter

03:28you can take a review.

03:29But generally

03:30the batchmen

03:31who are non-stackers

03:32are

03:33what you say

03:34and think

03:35so

03:36that communication

03:37was not clear

03:38that

03:39maybe

03:40umpires call

03:41or hitting

03:42so

03:43that's why

03:44I didn't get a review

03:45but again

03:46no complaints.

03:47We also lost

03:48as a batting unit

03:49and that's the result

03:50that we are getting

03:51today.

03:52Hi Ajit,

03:53this is Nitya Pongayor.

03:54For your answer

03:55quite a few questions here.

03:57More importantly

03:58two points dropped.

03:59Going into the halftime

04:00you must have seen

04:01these are

04:02two points

04:03that we should be

04:04pocketing

04:05and the race

04:06for the playoffs as well.

04:07are these two points dropped

04:08considering

04:09in the position

04:10that you were?

04:11Definitely

04:12we were thinking about

04:13two points you know.

04:14First,

04:15what comes first

04:16is two points

04:17and then net run rate.

04:18Till I was batting

04:19it was sure

04:20that we will

04:21two points are important

04:22it's not about

04:23a net run rate.

04:24We'll see

04:25once we are close

04:26to the target

04:27or wickets in hand.

04:28Every time

04:29it's not

04:30as I said

04:31it's not about

04:32hitting sixes

04:33or getting

04:34that net run rate up.

04:35a flat wicket

04:36it was something

04:37for the ballers.

04:38We had to grind it out.

04:40Even though sometimes

04:41you will have to play

04:42a Madden over in T20

04:43that's okay.

04:44Play the strike rate

04:45of 70 or 80

04:46that's fine.

04:47But I think

04:48just grind it out.

04:49It's all about

04:50rotating the strike

04:51as a batting unit.

04:52T20 I believe

04:53personally

04:54it's not only

04:55about hitting sixes.

04:56Though we are seeing

04:57at this moment

04:58most of the players

04:59are going for big shots

05:00they want to look good

05:02on the field

05:03while batting.

05:04It's not about that.

05:05It's all about

05:06reading the situation

05:07having that game awareness

05:08as a batter

05:09as an individual

05:10and then take the game

05:11forward.

05:12That's what I thought

05:13we lacked today.

05:14Following up,

05:15can you expect Moina

05:16to be part of the game

05:17in this time?

05:18Depending on the wicket

05:19we can only play

05:22four foreigners

05:23four overseas players

05:24and Moin has been

05:25fantastic for us

05:26so far.

05:27It's very hard

05:29for me

05:30to tell him

05:31Moin you are not

05:32playing today.

05:33Though he did really

05:34well in the last game

05:35but he has been

05:36understanding

05:37he has played cricket

05:38enough

05:39everywhere.

05:40He understands the situation

05:41he understands the

05:42team dynamics as well.

05:43Good on him.

05:44He has always been

05:45a team man.

05:46So,

05:47I would love to have Moin

05:48in the team

05:49but again,

05:50depending on the situation

05:51and on the wicket

05:52we will take the call.

05:53Last one.

05:54I think

05:55last match

05:56you won

05:57against CSK

05:58and after that

05:59in this match

06:00also

06:01Punjab

06:02was

06:03your owner

06:04winded up

06:05then

06:061-1-1.

06:07Was there

06:08somehow

06:09some complicity

06:10over there

06:11in the battle side?

06:13Not really.

06:14Not really.

06:15All the boys

06:16all the players

06:17they are confident.

06:18They are confident enough.

06:19They are pretty

06:20experienced enough

06:21to handle all the situations.

06:22I wouldn't say

06:23we were

06:24complacent

06:25or overconfident.

06:26It's always about

06:27we didn't

06:28bat well.

06:29That was the

06:30truth.

06:31That's the truth

06:32and honest answer.

06:33It's not only about

06:34being complacent

06:35or taking things

06:36for granted.

06:37I don't think

06:38we are doing that.

06:39we didn't bat well

06:40and

06:41we didn't have

06:42that game awareness.

06:43The situation

06:44what demanded

06:45on that wicket

06:46to play on.

06:47When we lost

06:48those 3-4 wickets

06:49it was only about

06:50taking your time

06:52even singles

06:53rotating the side

06:54that was important.

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