The hard bowler hard, Rana, it is missing “will have” de Gautam Gambhir in the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) wardrobe during IPL 2025. The young cricket player admitted that there was a certain excitement that Gambhir brought, adding that he was personally missing in the tournament this year.
The reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders struggled to find a form in the 2025 IPL. The team led by Ajinkya Rahane is about to be eliminated from affirmations in the playoffs. To stay in the race, KKR must win his five remaining games, with a defeat ending their hopes to go to the playoffs.
Gautam Gambir replaced by Dwayne Bravo as Mentor KKR for IPL 2025
After having struggled to qualify for the playoffs, Kolkata Knight Riders brought Gautam Gambir as the team for the 2024 season. The franchise, under the captain of Shreyas Iyer, won the tournament last year and obtained his third title. Gambir has become the head coach of Team India.
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Dwayne Bravo, who played for Trinbago Knight Riders, took the post of KKR mentor for IPL 2025. The coach staff are unchanged from the previous year, with Chandrakant Pandit and Abhishek Nayar always involved. Nayar, who would have been dismissed from India support staff, joined the team mid-season.
There was a feeling factor that I miss a little – hard Rana
Speaking on Monday at the pre-match press conference, Harshit Rana said he was missing the excitement that Gautam Gambir was brought to KKR. However, Rana added that the team still receives the right type of environment, with Chandrakant Pandit, Nayar and Dwayne Bravo in charge.
“The support staff is fundamentally the same, and even Nayar Bhai is back. But yes, there was a factor of sensations that I miss a little – speaking just for myself, no one else. But it’s nothing like it. It’s all the same, chassed Sir, Nayar Bhai, Bravo. We get the kind of environment we want,” the reporters told Rana.
“There have been changes, of course, since Nayar returned because he has a very intelligent spirit. He reads the game very well. And the Indian core of our team, he knows them very well. He only helped develop them for many years. So, it helps us return and that it feels good,” he added.
Gautam Gambir has an aura – Harshit Rana
Harshit Rana said that the aura de Gautam Gambir, who motivates and advances the team, is something missing. Rana added that her comments were not personal.
“I did not talk about anything personal. But you also know, he (Gambir) has an aura in the way he does the front. I was talking about this,” said Harshit.
Harshit Rana was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders as an unplaced player before the 2025 IPL. He was one of the best interpreters in KKR in 2025. He is the largest flacration holder with 11 counters of nine games. However, Rana underwent a left elbow injury while trying to take the kings of Punjab.
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