IPL 2026, Rohit Sharma: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) displayed brilliant batting performance against Mumbai Indians in the second match of IPL 2026 and scored a huge score of 220 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In this match being played at Wankhede Stadium, the explosive batting of Ajinkya Rahane and young Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the most talked about in KKR’s innings. Ajinkya Rahane gave a fast pace to the beginning of the innings by scoring a half-century in 27 balls, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi also played a explosive inning of 51 runs in 29 balls. Both the players together troubled Mumbai’s bowling a lot. At the same time, one mistake of Rohit Sharma cost the Mumbai team a lot.
Rohit Sharma’s costly mistake
Actually, in the 15th over of KKR’s innings, Mumbai Indians had to bear the brunt of a big mistake. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a shot towards long-on on the ball of Allah Ghazanfar. Rohit Sharma tried to take the catch, but the ball slipped from his hands and went to the boundary. At that time Angkrish Raghuvanshi was playing only on 21 runs. This catch dropped by Rohit cost Mumbai heavily.
After missing the catch, Raghuvanshi took full advantage of the opportunity and took his innings forward and scored a total of 51 runs. That means after missing the catch, he scored 30 more runs. This drop catch gave more momentum to KKR’s innings and helped in taking the score beyond 220. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored runs during his innings at a strike rate of 175.86, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi batted very well
Angkrish Raghuvanshi made important partnerships with Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh during this innings. Along with Rahane, he added 36 runs for the third wicket. After this, he made a partnership of 60 runs in 30 balls with Rinku for the fourth wicket.