Ajinkya Rahane doesn’t know captaincy? Ashwin stormed social media with this statement

New Delhi. Nothing has gone right for Kolkata Knight Riders so far in IPL 2026. After losing the first two matches, Kolkata Knight Riders team is at ninth position in the points table. KKR team came on the field with the intention of winning the third match of the season against Punjab Kings on their home ground. In this match, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane decided to bat first after winning the toss. Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed surprise about this decision of Rahane and has posted a post on social media raising questions.

Ashwin said that despite knowing that there was a threat of rain in the match and the team’s bowling was very inexperienced, it was important to take the decision to bat first. Let us tell you that the weather department had already predicted that there was a heavy possibility of rain during the match and it happened. Only 3.4 overs were played when rain started knocking. By this time, KKR had scored only 25 runs and lost two wickets. Xavier Bartlett of Punjab Kings took two wickets in a single over.

What did Ashwin write?
Ashwin wrote in the ‘X’ post, ‘When you know that there is going to be rain in the match and you have an inexperienced bowling attack, you still choose to bat first.’ The way of thinking is really ‘interesting’. By inexperienced bowling attack, Ashwin meant Navdeep Saini (who was playing the debut match for KKR), Karthik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, and Anukul Roy, who were playing this match. KKR’s two most senior bowlers, Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine were not part of the playing-11 of this match.

When you know it’s going to be a rain affected game, with an inexperienced bowling attack at your disposal, you choose to bat first.