IPL 2026: Matheesha Pathirana IPL se bahar, KKR ke liye bada jhatka | KKR Injury Update

IPL 2026 se pehle KKR ko bada jhatka: Matheesha Pathirana aur Harshit Rana ki sthiti par bada update

IPL 2026 ka season shuru hone se pehle hi Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ke liye pareshaniyan badh gayi hain. Team ke mukhya gendbaz (fast bowler) Matheesha Pathirana tournament ke shuruati hisse mein uplabdh nahi honge. KKR ke head coach Abhishek Nayar ne is baat ki pushti kar di hai ki Pathirana keval mid-April ke baad hi team mein wapsi kar payenge.

Matheesha Pathirana ka rehab aur wapsi

Pathirana, jo T20 World Cup ke dauran calf strain (pindli ki chot) ka shikar ho gaye the, filhal Sri Lankan cricket board ki dekh-rekh mein apne rehabilitation process se guzar rahe hain. Coach Nayar ne press conference mein kaha, ‘Latest update ye hai ki wo apne rehab ke liye board ke saath hain. Hamein umeed hai ki mid-April tak wo match fit ho jayenge.’

Harshit Rana ki chot par chinta

Sirf Pathirana hi nahi, balki Harshit Rana ki injury ne bhi team management ki chinta badha di hai. World Cup ke warm-up match mein ghutne (knee) ki chot ke karan wo tournament se bahar ho gaye the. Halanki unhe official roop se IPL se bahar nahi kiya gaya hai, lekin Nayar ne sanket diye hain ki team unke replacement ki khoj mein hai.

‘Harshit ka hona team ke liye bahut bada advantage raha hai, pichle championship season mein bhi unka yogdan aham tha. Hum leadership group ke saath milkar ye evaluate kar rahe hain ki kaun unki jagah lene ke liye behtar hai,’ Nayar ne aage kaha.

Dwayne Bravo ka optimistic nazariya

Team ke mentor Dwayne Bravo ne is mushkil samay mein bhi sakaratmakta banaye rakhi hai. Unka manna hai ki team mein depth ki kami nahi hai. ‘Hum Umran Malik jaise khiladiyon par gaur kar rahe hain. Hamara spin attack league mein sabse best hai, aur hamein poora bharosa hai ki hum in khiladiyon ke bina bhi behtar pradarshan karenge,’ Bravo ne kaha.

Varun Chakravarthy ki form par kya bole coach?

Varun Chakravarthy ki form ko lekar uth rahe sawalon par bhi Nayar ne safai di. Unhone kaha ki T20 cricket mein aise utaar-chadhaav aate rehte hain aur Varun ko bas thode break ki zaroorat hai. ‘Wo hamare liye ek franchise player hain aur hamein unki kshamta par poora bharosa hai,’ unhone kaha.

KKR apne IPL 2026 campaign ki shuruat 29 March ko Wankhede Stadium mein Mumbai Indians ke khilaf karegi. Fans ko umeed hai ki nayi challenges ke bawajood KKR ek mazboot wapsi karegi.