Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Ramandeep Singh showered praise on Mumbai Indians' Ashwani Kumar after his match-winning performance in Match 12 of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025). Ashwani became the first Indian player to take four wickets on his IPL debut.
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00:00I think any team can collapse. It doesn't matter what the situation is.
00:05Obviously, there is an opportunity to cash this match down the order.
00:09We were unlucky to do that but we will try not to let that happen in the next matches.
00:16Ashwini is a very talented cricketer. He is from Punjab.
00:21This IPL is known for the fact that youngsters come here and perform.
00:27Obviously, we will be ready for the next matches.
00:36You played four wickets in the first four overs.
00:47Did you make a mistake in reading or selecting the ball?
00:54Or did the bowlers bowl well?
00:57I think this was a good toss to win for MI.
01:01But this shouldn't be an excuse. We should be ready for every situation.
01:06The bowling team had an advantage.
01:08When we came to bowl in the second innings, the ball was seeming.
01:12The spinners who were bowling slow were turning as well.
01:15So there was something for the bowlers over there.
01:23You won the championship last year.
01:25But after the Mega Auction, there are always changes in the team.
01:29What kind of a challenge is it to play without the players who leave?
01:35I think the Mega Auction is very disheartening.
01:39You set a combination and three years later the team changes.
01:44But this is part and parcel of the IPL.
01:47The teams will try to make new combinations as soon as possible.
01:52We are also trying to set a winning combination and do well.
01:56You have played with Ashwin in Punjab.
01:59He has played 4-5 matches.
02:01What did you see in him when you were playing domestically?
02:05I think he is a very hardworking boy.
02:08We practice in the same academy.
02:10I was waiting for him to bowl to me.
02:12But he couldn't come.
02:14He is a very talented cricketer and there is a long way to go for him.
02:24There is a lot of talent coming from Punjab.
02:26Arishti, you and Ashwin have also invested in the team.
02:32What do you think is the reason for so much talent?
02:36I think there has never been a shortage of talented cricketers in Punjab.
02:40You can see Yuvvipa, Bajjupa, Shubhman Gill, Abhishek Sharma.
02:44All of them are budding cricketers.
02:46Everyone is waiting for an opportunity.
02:49Everyone tries to catch an opportunity.
02:52We should be thankful to the IPL for giving us this opportunity to showcase ourselves.
02:58We see a lot of flat wickets.
03:02There are a lot of big 500-run wickets.
03:05How challenging is it to play in such wickets?
03:07As a batsman, how do you feel?
03:09You have made 20-30 runs.
03:11I think today's Wankhede was a wicket where it is important to settle for six hitting.
03:18Generally, Wankhede is not like that.
03:20You can go from ball one.
03:22But if you set your eyes on it once, you can easily hit six.
03:26It was a similar wicket today.
03:28Raman, there was a lack of partnership today.
03:32Is that one of the major reasons why you couldn't stop the collapse?
03:37I think partnerships are very important.
03:40But as soon as we bat, we back everyone.
03:44We play for their natural instinct.
03:47Sometimes there are failures.
03:49We have to take both the things in mind.
03:51We will try to do well in the next matches.
03:54Your batting position is very low.
03:57You are 8th in the league.
03:59Even today, you had to come to Manish Pandey after the collapse.
04:02What is your personal wish?
04:04Do you want to play more in the games?
04:06We saw that you bat around 5th or 6th for Punjab.
04:10Are you looking at that position?
04:12I want them to make me open.
04:14That's my wish.
04:15But where the team combination is set, I want to do well.
04:21I want to be a match winner for my team.
04:24The way Vikresh has started the game,
04:26the boundaries of the 6th and 7th inning,
04:286th and 8th are into the stands.
04:30When the wickets are being played regularly,
04:33it is not necessary for the fighters to stay.
04:36They don't have to play many shots.
04:38There are two positions in the game.
04:40One with Vikresh and the other with Rinku.
04:44They can have a long-term partnership
04:46rather than attacking at that point in time.
04:49If they had a partnership,
04:52we would have said that Rinku and Angrish batted very well.
04:56In cricket, it is said that
04:58sometimes it is your day and sometimes it is not.
05:00But we want to back the player according to his instincts.
05:04The way he feels he can give his 100%,
05:06we want him to play like that.
05:08There are always learnings from cricket.
05:10Today, we had very good learnings.