India, April 22 -- Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane criticised the openers for their continuous failures in the ongoing season as his team suffered another defeat against the Gujarat Titans at Eden Gardens. Chasing a 199-run target, KKR struggled to get going, apart from Rahane, no other batters caused much of a problem for the Titans bowlers as the visitors won the match convincingly by 39 runs.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (1) and Sunil Narine (17) departed early in the powerplay, which put pressure on Ajinkya Rahane, who once again thrived and scored a fighting half-century off 36 balls. KKR did make a change to their opening combination for this match by resting Quinton de Kock for Gurbaz, but that move didn't fare well.

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