IPL 2026: ‘Proud of the way we came back’ Rahane after KKR's loss

Sundayrsquos match at the Eden Gardens was some 20 minutes old and into the fourth over of the Delhi Capitals innings when Rajasthan Royals sealed the last Playoffs slot of IPL19 at the faraway Wankhede RRrsquos win over Mumbai Indians doused the dying embers of Kolkata Knight Ridersrsquos hopes but their men who mattered came to know much laterldquoWe got to know when we finished our fielding after those 20 overs Before that no instructions nothing thatrsquos what we had decided before stepping onto the field Our focus was to win this game rather than think about whatrsquos happening elsewhererdquo revealed KKR skipper Ajinkya RahaneDC went on to set a target of 204 before bowling out KKR for 163 in the 19th over Rahane signing off with a 39ball 63 that included four boundaries and four sixesKKR were cruising before Kuldeep Yadav triggered a collapse in the 14th over Kuldeep adjudged Player of the Match finished with 329 and could have had a hattrick had wicketkeeper Abishek Porel not dropped Tejasvi Dahiya ldquoIt happensrdquo said the spinner at the postmatch chat adding that he went home after the last match to iron out ldquosome small thingsrdquo with his coachIt was time too for some looking back ldquoWersquore really proud of the way we came back showing characterrdquo Rahane reflected ldquoI thought we were playing really good cricket even when we were not winning but kept losing key moments It was really tough We decided we will stay together back each otherrdquo revealed the skipper