Shah Rukh Khan Hones Batting Skills At KKR Practice, Abram Wins Internet With Yorker To Rinku Singh – WATCH
KKR have played eight IPL matches and won five out of them, they are currently in second of the points table.
New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was spotted flexing his batting skills ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 match between KKR and Delhi Capitals at Eden Gardens Kolkata. Not only SRK, his son Abram Khan was also seen bowling the yorker to finisher Rinku Singh.
KKR have played eight IPL matches and won five out of them, they are currently in second of the points table. They will host DC for the 47th match of the tournament. Interestingly KKR owner SRK attended the practice session of his team in Kolkata and the video of the Bollywood star is going viral on the social sphere, here is the clip.
Straight from the ground: Shah Rukh Khan showing his batting skills.. #ShahRukhKhan pic.twitter.com/9F1dNetMbs
— ℣αɱριя౯ 2.1.0 (@Revamped_SRKC) April 28, 2024
Rinku Singh faces little boy Abram during fun session between the practice.
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— KKR Vibe (@KnightsVibe) April 28, 2024
Signed up as Lungi Ngidi’s replacement, Aussie Jake Fraser-McGurk has proved to be their X-factor with his ferocious batting display at the top.
A natural power-hitter with superb hand-eye coordination, the 22-year-old has taken the IPL by storm scoring 247 runs in five matches at a strike-rate of 237.50.
The KKR replaced injured Mitchell Starc with Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera but the latter gave away 16 runs per over in his debut for KKR and failed to inspire any confidence.
Barring spinner Sunil Narine, who returned with 1/24 from his four overs, none of the KKR bowlers made any impact.
IPL’s costliest buy Starc has been their biggest letdown and KKR would hope that the Aussie hits his stride soon after overcoming the thumb injury.
In bowling, Kuldeep Yadav who was sidelined under Dinesh Karthik while he was with KKR, will look to prove a point against the Kolkatans as he along with left-arm spinner Axar Patel has formed a formidable spin pair.
However, the home side has some positives to look up to. Narine’s sensational form with the bat — 357 runs from eight matches with two fifties and one century — has given a thrust to their batting up the order this season.
Narine and Phil Salt have scored bulk of their runs at the top, but the likes of Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh will have to chip in with a bit more runs.
After this match, KKR will be on the road to face Mumbai and Lucknow, hence they will be eager to register a win before those tougher assignments and keep themselves in the play-off race.
With PTI Inputs