In the match between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders on April 29 in IPL 2025, both teams captain Akshar Patel and Ajinkya Rahane were injured. Akshar Patel suffered an injury to the left hand finger when he made diving attempts while fielding. Despite the injury, he batted and scored 43 runs. His injury was not described as serious and it was hoped that he would recover quickly.
At the same time, Kolkata captain Rahane suffered a right hand injury when he stopped Faf du Plessis’s shot while fielding on a short cover. Due to this injury, he got stitches. However, at the post-match press conference, the team’s partner friendly Roy also confirmed that Rahane had some stitches, but the injury is expected to recover in two-three days. KKR’s next match is against Rajasthan Royals on 4 May, and it has to be seen whether Rahane can play in this match or not.
At the same time, Akshar Patel suffered a left -handed finger injury during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. The injury suffered while fielding in the 18th over of the match, when he made a diving attempt. Despite the injury, he batted and scored 43 runs, but he could not play with full capacity due to pain.
In the post-match press conference, he told that his skin was uprooted, but he expects to recover quickly due to a break of three-four days. Akshar said after the match- the hand was dragged to the surface, which removed the skin. It was hurting at the time of batting. The next match is against SRH and we have three-four days time, hopefully I will be cured.
What happened in Delhi vs Kolkata match?
When Akshar Patel -led Dilli Capulles hosted Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi, he was far away from just two wins from confirming his place in the playoffs. After playing two consecutive matches from Kolkata, the first Bengaluru has moved from the second place to the fourth place in the Delhi Points table.
In this match, he was successful in scoring 204 runs for nine wickets in Delhi. At the same time, while running, Delhi had scored 62 runs for 3 wickets in seven overs. Faf du Plessis (62) and Akshar Patel (43) shared a 76 -run partnership for the fourth wicket and maintained the team in the race for victory. After this, Sunil (3/29) derailed Delhi’s innings by taking three important wickets at a significant time, which could only score 190 for nine wickets in 20 overs and faced their third defeat in four domestic matches at Arun Jaitley Stadium.