Former India player Aakash Chopra has questioned KKR’s batting order in their IPL 2025 loss to LSG. He added that promoting players simply to maintain a left-right batting combination does not always help. LSG set KKR a 239-run target and they were restricted to 234/7, losing the game by four runs as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Ramandeep came up the order. Raghuvanshi came up the order and Rinku was sent down the order. I am still unable to understand this team’s batting order. Even if you are seeing five or seven balls, you are doing wrong there as well. I request with folded hands that you should send Rinku Singh slightly up the order. Mandatorily needing a left-right combination does not work out all the time. If Harshit Rana had given him the strike in the end, you wouldn’t have lost by four runs. The run chase would have happened.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also praised Ajinkya Rahane (61 off 35) for playing a quickfire knock during KKR’s chase against LSG.

“Ajinkya Rahane is batting very well. He is batting with great freedom. He is using his bottom hand extremely well. Some of his pick-up shots go into the incredible category. He hit sixes with those shots. He got out eventually, but he is batting extremely well. Venkatesh Iyer was sent up the order this time. That was a good thing they did. He also scored his quota of runs, but wickets fell at the wrong time. First Ajinkya fell and wickets started to fall after that. Lucknow’s bowling has been very ordinary. It’s their weak link and it’s getting exposed a little. However, well done LSG, you won another match,” Aakash Chopra concluded.