IPL 2025 mein Delhi Capitals aur Kolkata Knight Riders ke beech ka muqabala Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi mein hua – jahan dono captains, Axar Patel aur Ajinkya Rahane, chot se joojhte nazar aaye. Match ke dauraan dono ko medical attention leni padi, aur temporary captains field pe utare.
Axar, jinhone dard ke baavajood batting ki, ne match ke baad apne injury ke baare mein bataya:
“Mera haath ground par ghis gaya, jis se skin nikal gayi. Jab bhi bat karne jaata tha, kaafi dard hota tha. Ab SRH ke match se pehle 3-4 din ka gap hai, toh ummeed hai recover kar lunga.”
Unka wicket game ka turning point sabit hua. Jab woh crease par aaye toh unhone 23 balls mein 43 runs jod diye, jis mein 3 chhakkay aur 4 chauke shamil the. Lekin Sunil Narine ne unki innings khatam kar di. Bowling mein bhi Axar ne kamaal dikhaya – 4 overs mein 27 runs dekar 2 important wickets liye: Rahane aur Venkatesh Iyer.
Axar injury ke chalte slog overs mein field chhod ke chale gaye aur Faf du Plessis field placements sambhalte nazar aaye, unhe KL Rahul se bhi madad mili.
Dusri taraf, Rahane ne bhi haath ki chot jheli, lekin unhone match ke baad apne fans ko aashwasan diya:
“Itna serious nahi hai. Theek ho jaunga, sab badhiya hoga.”
Rahane ne bhi match mein 14 balls mein 26 runs banaye, jismein 4 fours aur 1 six shamil tha. Ab unka agla match 4 May ko Rajasthan Royals ke khilaaf unke home ground pe hai. RR filhal zabardast form mein hai, khas kar Vaibhav Suryavanshi ke record tod performance ke baad.
KKR abhi bhi playoffs race mein zinda hai, 10 matches ke baad 9 points ke saath. Lekin unhe playoffs ke liye agle 4 matches jeetne honge. DC, 10 matches mein 4 haar ke baad bhi points table mein chauthe number pe hai, lekin Axar ki fitness unki agle match ki strategy ka key point hogi.
