Mysterious injuries to KKR youngsters gets everyone in a fix

With 10 points in 11 matches, KKR face a must-win situation to qualify for the play-offs. They will face Kings XI Punjab in the next match on Saturday.

Vidarbha middle order batsman Apoor Wankhede is another talented young man, who can be an ideal replacement for Gill.

KKR has the likes of Ishank Jaggi in their ranks, who can bring in experience and big hitting ability in the middle order, where Gill has been batting.

Add to that the injury of Shubman Gill, which was revealed only during toss-time last night.

Just like Mavi’s case, there is still no official statement from the franchise about Gill but it appears that he has been sidelined for a more than a game.

Rinku Singh replaced Gill in the last match however his performance has not been up to the mark.

Mavi apparently is yet to recover from the niggle he had suffered against the Chennai Super Kings last week and there has been no clarity on the extent of his injury or his recovery from it.

The shameful defeat, prompted KKR Co-owner, Shah Rukh Khan to leave the stadium even before the match had finished. SRK issue a public apology on Twitter for his team’s dismal performance.

Setting aside the poor show, another thing about the Knight Riders has baffled a lot of people, particularly the cricket experts.

Mysteriously, there has been no update on the fitness of KKR’s U-19 cricketers.

While Kamlesh Nagarkoti was ruled out before the tournament started, the other two – Shivam Mavi and Shubman Gill have been a regular in the playing XI, but for the last two matches.

All is not going well for Kolkata Knight Riders. After being comfortably placed at No.4 in the points table they are now facing a probable ouster.

The defeat against Mumbai Indians on their own backyard was a dagger straight through the heart. The Knights lost the match by a whopping 103 runs – their worst ever defeat in the history of IPL.

They got to this situation, because of back to back defeats to Mumbai Indians.