IPL 2026: 1 ball bowled for Rs 2.25 crore! KKR’s 18 crore player went out again due to injury, will he be able to make a comeback?

IPL 2026: Before the start of IPL 2026 and after the auction, the Kolkata Knight Riders team was looking quite dangerous, but as soon as the tournament started, the injuries of the players took a toll on the team. The team’s most reliable bowler Harshit Rana is out of the entire season due to injury, while this time in the auction, KKR had bought Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana for Rs 18 crore, from whom the fans and the team had high expectations, but injury again broke all the expectations.

Pathirana got a chance to play his first match for KKR against Gujarat Titans after 11 matches, but without playing the entire match, the player got injured again and went out. Which has once again put KKR in trouble. However, now no latest update has come out regarding when Pathirana will return to the field.

How 1 ball worth 2.25 crores?

Till last season, Mathisha Pathirana was a part of Chennai Super Kings, but before season-19, CSK released this bowler. After which KKR expressed confidence in Pathirana and bought him in the auction at a huge price of Rs 18 crore. Now due to injury, he got a chance to play in the 12th match after 11 matches. His bowling also looked good against Gujarat Titans, but after bowling just 8 balls, Pathirana got injured again.

After this he had to leave the field in the middle of the match. In such a situation, till now this Rs 18 crore bowler has bowled only 8 balls for KKR. According to his price, Mathisha Pathirana has so far bowled Rs 2.25 crore/1 ball for KKR. Pathirana had spent 9 runs on his 8 balls. However, it is not yet known when he will return.

By how many runs did we win?

Kolkata Knight Riders kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive by defeating Gujarat Titans by 29 runs in IPL 2026 yesterday. In this match, KKR, batting first, scored 247 runs losing 2 wickets in 20 overs. Finn Allen played the highest innings of 93 runs in the match for KKR. Apart from this, Angkrish Raghuvanshi played an inning of 82 runs and Cameron Green played an inning of 52 runs.

After this, while chasing the target of 248 runs, Gujarat Titans team was able to score only 218 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Shubhman Gill played the highest innings of 85 runs for Gujarat. Apart from this, Jos Buttler scored 57 runs and Sai Sudarshan scored 53 runs.