Teams of Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders
The match between RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders was canceled due to rain and with this KKR team was out of the playoff race in IPL 2025 and broke the dream of winning the title. KKR’s team won the trophy by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024, but KKR performed poorly under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane this season and for this reason he had to be out of the group stage.
KKR’s team dropped three times as defending champions
So far, this has happened three times with Kolkata Knight Riders when she has won the IPL title and the next year she was out of the group stage. KKR first won the IPL title in 2012. After this, in 2013 she was out of the group stage. Then he won the title in 2014 and had to be out of the group stage in 2015. Now defending champion KKR could not reach the playoffs even in 2025.
KKR has equaled Mumbai Indians. The team of Mumbai Indians also won the IPL title in 2015, 2018 and 2021, but then the next season was out of Mumbai Indians Group Stage as Defending Champions.
KKR performed poorly in the current season
In IPL 2024, KKR won the title led by Shreyas Iyer, but KKR did not retain him and made Ajinkya Rahane the captain. Under his captaincy, the team has played a total of 13 matches so far, out of which the team has won only five and lost 6 matches. Two matches of KKR could not be completed due to rain. His net run rate plus with 12 points is 0.193. He is currently present at number six in the points table.
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