'Absolutely shameful'! KKR fans in shock as defending champions sink to bottom of IPL 2025 table after crushing loss to MI

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season has just begun, but the performance of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is not what everyone expected. After lifting the cup last season, KKR lost their mentor Gautam Gambhir as he became Team India's head coach, and later, they did not even retain their captain Shreyas Iyer.

The start of their IPL 2025 journey saw them lose to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the opener, then secure a win against Rajasthan Royals (RR), but now suffer a crushing defeat against Mumbai Indians (MI). This loss saw them slip all the way to the bottom of the IPL 2025 points table.

About KKR

They lost by 7 wickets against RCB, won by 8 wickets against RR, and now lost by 8 wickets against MI. With two losses and one win, KKR has a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -1.428 after three games which has pushed them to the 10th spot on the IPL 2025 points table.

IPL 2025 POINTS TABLE. ?

- Defending Champions KKR at No.10. pic.twitter.com/5g2ssU0K7S

¡ª Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 31, 2025

After the loss to MI, KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane said, "Collective batting failure. It was a good wicket to bat on, as I mentioned at the toss. 180-190 would have been good on this wicket. It had very good bounce. Sometimes you have to use the pace and bounce. We need to learn really fast from this game. We couldn't do much with the ball. They tried their best, but there weren¡¯t enough runs on the board. We kept losing wickets¡ªfour in the powerplay. It was difficult to consolidate and put up a total. You need that partnership going. You need one batsman to stay till the end."

KKR fans in shock

Seeing the defending champions sitting at the 10th spot left fans frustrated and in shock. Many took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to express their disbelief.

One wrote, "If secondhand embarrassment had a face, it would be mine watching this match. Defending champions my a**."

If second hand embarrassment had a face it would be mine watching this match. Defending champions my ass. #KKR pic.twitter.com/HFjfwThsr5

¡ª shah-aish KKR girl? (@typosaidiloveya) March 31, 2025

Another said, "This loss is more humiliating for KKR than SRK's ban from Wankhede Stadium."

This loss is more humiliating for KKR than SRK's ban from Wankhede Stadium.

¡ª CricObsessed (@cricketmicrosc) March 31, 2025

One added, "Can't believe the defending champions, KKR, are sitting at 10th in the points table."

Can't believe the defending champions, KKR, are sitting at 10th in the points table.#KKRvsMI #MIvsKKR

¡ª KLassy Rahul ? (@EndrickFC9) March 31, 2025

Another wrote, "Absolutely shameful, we¡¯re the defending champions and still at the bottom of the points table."

Absolutely shameful, we¡¯re the defending champions and still at the bottom of the points table ?#MIvsKKR

¡ª KKR Ka FAN ?? (@PurpleKKR2008) March 31, 2025

Teams

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur

Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju

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