India, April 1 -- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have suffered two collapses in three outings in IPL 2025. If the defending champions are to recreate last year's magic, they would need their batters to step up big time. The New opening pair of Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock has not performed up to the mark, while big guns Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh have not been able to register a single big score yet. In their last outing against Mumbai Indians, KKR were bowled out for 116 in 16.2 overs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Even the usage of an extra batter in Manish Pandey - brought in as an Impact Sub - KKR could not even get close to batting full 20 overs.

Looking at the current state, Ramandeep Singh, one of KKR's fou...