Century in 55 balls, hit 15 fours-sixes, explosive innings by Shubman Gill’s fan before IPL 2026

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Three-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders is facing difficulties due to injuries to some of its players before the start of the IPL 2026 season. The team is trying to overcome these difficulties. But amid these problems, the team’s preparations and expectations have gained strength and the reason for this has been a 21-year-old young batsman, who scored an explosive century just before the tournament and expressed his intentions. This batsman is Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

Kolkata Knight Riders played its first practice at its home ground of Eden Gardens on Friday 20 March. In this, the entire squad was divided into two different teams named Gold Knights and Purple Knights and then there was a competition between them. In this, Gold Knights batted first and the team scored 199 runs. For that, Rinku Singh scored a quick 40 runs, while new opener Tim Seifert also scored a quick 30 runs. Young batsman Sarthak Ranjan also scored 37 runs at a fast pace. Karthik Tyagi took 3 wickets for Purple Knights.

Raghuvanshi’s strong century

Finn Allen made a bright start for the Purple Knights but KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane was out early. But after this, 21 year old young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi took charge. Raghuvanshi, who was a part of the Indian team in the Under-19 World Cup, started slowly but then gained momentum and scored a half-century in 29 balls. Raghuvanshi, who considered Shubman Gill as his idol and started his career with KKR, batted in his style and scored a century in just 55 balls.

led the team to victory

He hit a four on the second ball of the 20th over of the innings and also took the team to the target while scoring a century. Raghuvanshi hit 9 fours and 5 sixes in his innings and scored 103 runs at a stormy strike rate of 187. On the basis of his innings, Purple Knights won by 6 wickets. This innings of Raghuvanshi might have reduced the tension of Kolkata’s batting. Last season too, this young batsman had played some strong innings and now he seems ready to carry forward the same trend with more consistency.

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