{"id":45439,"date":"2026-03-24T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=45439"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:52:10","slug":"ipl-2026-ajinkya-rahane-and-cameron-green-shine-in-practice-match-for-kkr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-ajinkya-rahane-and-cameron-green-shine-in-practice-match-for-kkr\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 \u2013 Ajinkya Rahane and Cameron Green shine in practice match for KKR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With just five days to go before the start of the Indian Premier League 2026 season, teams have started\u00a0 their preparations through net sessions and intra-squad matches to fine-tune combinations ahead of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kolkata Knight Riders, who begin their campaign against the Mumbai Indians on March 29 at the Wankhede Stadium, held their second intra-squad practice game as part of their build-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a high-scoring contest between the \u201cGolden Knights\u201d and \u201cPurple Knights,\u201d the Golden Knights put up a massive 249\/5 in 20 overs after opting to bat first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leading from the front, skipper Ajinkya Rahane delivered a sensational knock of 58 off just 25 balls, providing a major boost to the team ahead of the season. His aggressive approach signals strong form at a crucial time.Big price tag <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">signing Cameron Green, who was bought for a record \u20b925.20 crore in the IPL 2026 auction, also impressed with a fluent 52 off 30 balls, underlining his value as a key player for the franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, Ramandeep Singh added to the fireworks with a quickfire 42 off just 16 deliveries, showcasing the depth and form of KKR\u2019s domestic talent.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With multiple players hitting form at the right time, KKR will head into IPL 2026 with confidence as they aim for a strong start to their campaign. Let\u2019s see if the Purple Knights can chase it down or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Golden Knights team \u2013 Finn Allen(wk), Ajinkya Rahane(C), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Purple Knights team \u2013 Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert (wk), Manish Pandey (c), Rahul Tripathi, Tejaswi Dahiya, Prashant Solanki, Umran Malik, Bowler 1, Bowler 2, Bowler 3, Bowler 4, Bowler 5<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just five days to go before the start of the Indian Premier League 2026 season, teams have started\u00a0 their\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":45441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[606,1181,3801,117],"class_list":["post-45439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-ajinkya-rahane","tag-cameron-green","tag-ipl","tag-kkr"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45482,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45439\/revisions\/45482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}