Prediction! This team will not win the IPL 2026 trophy, the veteran gave a big statement explaining the reason

IPL 2026: IPL 2026 is going to start after 6 days from now. The 19th edition of the Indian Premier League is going to be played from March 28. The first match of this season will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru. This season, 10 teams are going to take the field to win the title of IPL 2026. Even before that, the Indian giant has eliminated a team from the race to win the IPL trophy.

Actually, former off-spinner of Indian cricket team Ravichandran Ashwin has given a big statement. Ashwin has excluded a team from the list of contenders to win IPL 2026 even before the start of the tournament. If Ashwin is to be believed, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is not going to win the IPL this time.

KKR will not be able to win IPL 2026 title

Ravichandran Ashwin, while talking on his YouTube channel, said, ‘Kolkata Knight Riders have almost no chance of winning the IPL this year. The season in Kolkata is also not expected to be very good. There is a lot of doubt whether Kolkata will be able to come in the top four or not. Kolkata will fight, compete, but will not win.

Ashwin’s statement on the strength and weakness of KKR

During this time, Ravichandran Ashwin has also talked about the strengths and weaknesses of the Kolkata Knight Riders team. He said that Kiwi opening pair Finn Allen and Tim Seifert will be the strength of KKR. Whereas Cameron Green and Rinku Singh will prove to be game changers. Sunil Narine can lead the team to victory.

Talking about the weakness of Kolkata Knight Riders, Ashwin said, ‘It was a big mistake to let Shreyas Iyer go. He has a habit of taking teams to the playoffs, he did this with Delhi, Punjab and KKR. The biggest weakness of KKR is their captaincy. Along with this, he has termed the non-achievement of Mathisha Pathirana and Harshit Rana as a big loss for the team.

🚨 Ashwin suggested a salary deduction rule in the IPL if a player requests not to bowl all 4 overs due to workload management:

IPL teams should also be given such an option. If a player can bowl only 2/4 overs in a match, their salary should be reduced accordingly. Why should… pic.twitter.com/XUNxbN18sY

— Tejash (@Tejashyyyyy) March 21, 2026

Let us tell you that Kolkata Knight Riders have captured the trophy 3 times in the history of IPL. Gautam Gambhir has made KKR the champion twice, while Shreyas Iyer has made the team the winner once. Now Ajinkya Rahane will have a chance to prove Ashwin wrong by making KKR the champion.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the first title in 2012 by defeating Chennai Super Kings. After this, in 2014, they defeated the same team again and won the title for the second time. In IPL 2024, it won the third title by defeating Delhi Capitals in a thrilling match. Now KKR team will go to capture the IPL trophy for the fourth time.

KKR squad

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, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra. Blessing Muzarabani.

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