Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, May 17: Ajinkya Rahane, the opening batter for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), was ruled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Tuesday due to a hamstring injury.
Rahane sustained the injury during KKR’s previous encounter on Saturday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune against SunRisers Hyderabad.
“Official announcement: Ajinkya Rahane is going to miss the remaining games of IPL2022 due to a hamstring injury. Wish you a speedy recovery, The Knights camp will miss you,” KKR tweeted.
🚨 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Ajinkya Rahane is going to miss the remaining games of #IPL2022 due to a hamstring injury.
Wish you a speedy recovery, @ajinkyarahane88. The Knights camp will miss you 💜#AmiKKR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/aHDYmkE2f0
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 17, 2022
Rahane sustained the injury while batting against the SunRisers and did not return to the field after that. The right-handed batsman scored 28 runs off 24 balls against SunRisers, including three sixes.
This season, Rahane appeared in seven games for the KKR, scoring 133 runs at an average of 19. This season, his greatest score is 44. Rahane was purchased by KKR for Rs 1 crore during the Bengaluru mega auction in February. With 12 points from 13 games, KKR is presently in sixth place in the points table. The team will then take with the Lucknow Super Giants.
