Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 422 runs in 12 matches (Photo: PTI)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi: Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a strong innings in the 60th match of IPL 2026 against Gujarat Titans. He scored unbeaten 82 runs in just 44 balls and returned after giving victory to his team. This was the 5th half-century scored by Angkrish in IPL 2026. Angkrish has scored 7 half-centuries in his IPL career, out of which he has scored 5 in this season only. The confidence of this batsman, who will make his IPL debut in 2024, is increasing season after season, which is also reflected in the runs he has scored. In IPL 2024, he scored 169 runs in 10 matches. In IPL 2025, he scored 300 runs in 12 matches and in IPL 2026, he has become the number 1 batsman of his team. The reason behind this performance in batting is that he plays twice as many balls in the nets as Vaibhav Suryavanshi every day.
In an interview given to TV9, Vaibhav Suryavanshi's coach had told that he used to play 500 to 600 balls in the nets every day. Used to practice it. After the IPL 2026 match played between Kolkata and Gujarat on May 16, Angkrish Raghuvanshi talked about the practice of 1000 balls as the reason behind the confidence in his batting. He said that his coach Abhishek Nair used to play him 1000 balls in the nets every day since childhood. Meaning, Angkrish Raghuvanshi used to play double balls almost like Vaibhav.
It is the effect of playing those 1000 balls daily in the nets that Angkrish Raghuvanshi has become the top batsman of KKR in IPL 2026. He is the highest run scorer for his team this season. He is the only KKR batsman so far who has scored 400 plus runs in IPL 2026.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi has scored 422 runs in the 12 matches played so far at a strike rate of 146.52 and an average of more than 42, in which his unbeaten inning of 82 runs played against Gujarat Titans is his best score. Talking about Angkrish's IPL career, he has scored 885 runs in 30 innings of 34 matches played so far at a strike rate of 145.55.
