The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) players took a short flight from Mumbai to Lucknow ahead of their next match of IPL 2024 on Sunday. After breaching the Wankhede Stadium, a venue where they had not won against Mumbai Indians (MI) for 12 years, KKR have now set their sights on a league double against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), having won them earlier this year defeated at Eden Gardens. season. During their match against MI, KKR were without emerging pacer Harshit Rana, who was serving a one-match ban for code of conduct violation.
Harshit had been handed a one-match ban, along with a fine of 100 percent of his match fee, for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during a match against Delhi Capitals.
The KKR pacer was found guilty of committing a Level 1 offense under Article 2.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct. Rana admitted the offense and accepted the sanction.
For the unversed, Harshit has made headlines several times this season for his 'flying kiss' celebration. He had given a fiery send-off to SRH batsman Mayank Agarwal earlier this season, and came close to doing the same against DC wicketkeeper-batsman Abhishek Porel.
However, former KKR captain Nitish Rana poked fun at Harshit during their flight to Lucknow. In a video shared by KKR on their official X handle, Nitish asked Harshit by saying, “How about another flying kiss?”
Though Harshit couldn't control his laughter, he said no to Nitish's request without any hesitation.
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In his last outing, Rana picked up two wickets against DC. In total, he has taken eleven wickets in eight matches.
With 12 points, KKR currently sits second in the table and has the highest NRR of any team in the league at 1,096.
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