First Umesh Yadav surprised all with his bowling, and then it was Ajinkya Rahane's batting, there is surely something in Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Shreyas Iyer's captaincy that is getting all the Indian cricketers back on track.
Coming in as an opener for KKR, Rahane already scored 44 runs off 34 balls. The Test player smashed 6 fours and a maximum already and was looking in good form. However, he fell prey to Mitchell Santner's bowling and skipper Ravindra Jadeja's excellent fielding.
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Seeing the way Rahane is batting has got netizens thinking if he is venting his removal from Test cricket in the cash-rich tournament.
Earlier, the Shreyas Iyer-led side had named three overseas players -- Sam Billings, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine -- in their playing XI while CSK, which is led by Ravindra Jadeja picked four overseas players -- Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, and Adam Milne.
