Big blow to KKR before IPL 2026, star pacer out of entire tournament

IPL 2026 : Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered a big setback before the start of IPL 2026. The team’s leading fast bowler is out of the entire tournament due to injury. Actually, KKR fast bowler Harshit Rana is completely out of this season of the Indian Premier League due to injury. This is a big blow for Shahrukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders before the start of the tournament. Because he was the leading fast bowler of Kolkata, he bowled brilliantly for the Kolkata team in IPL 2024 and 2025.

Harshit Rana out of T20 World Cup 2026

Harshit Rana could bat as well as bowl. He was also known for scoring fast runs in the lower order. Some media reports have claimed that Harshit Rana has been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to injury. Let us tell you that Harshit Rana was injured in the practice match against South Africa before the T20 World Cup 2026. After this, he was also out of the World Cup and in his place Mohammad Siraj got a chance in the Indian squad.

🚨 BIG BLOW FOR KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 🚨

Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the IPL 2026 due to an injury. (Pratyush Raj) pic.twitter.com/jPQdMawQ98

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 13, 2026

Harshit Rana’s performance for KKR

Harshit Rana has played IPL so far only for Kolkata Knight Riders. He made his IPL debut for KKR in 2022. He is a resident of Delhi and is close to Gautam Gambhir. Harshit has so far taken 40 wickets in 32 innings of 34 T20 matches for KKR. His best performance has been 3/24.

Which is your favorite Harshit Rana celebration? ➡️ pic.twitter.com/cWVikoxVoy

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 5, 2026

Harshit Rana’s economy during IPL has been 9.51. He has also scored 56 runs with the bat in the same number of matches. During this period, 34 runs has been his best score. Now who does the Kolkata Knight Riders team add as his replacement? Only the coming time will tell you this.

How did Harshit Rana get hurt?

Harshit Rana was injured in the practice match against South Africa. The knee of his right leg was injured. He bowled only one over in the match against South Africa. After this he had to leave the field. According to media reports, Harshit was given rest for surgery, now no official information has been available regarding the condition of his injury.

Kolkata Knight Riders squad for IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Mathisha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Karthik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Blessing Muzarabani, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep.

KKR schedule for IPL 2026

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