Kolkata Knight Riders have found a new star in Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who scored a quick-fire half-century on debut to help the team win the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Wednesday. ) scored 272 runs against Delhi Capitals. The 18-year-old batsman scored 54 runs off 27 balls at a strike rate of 200. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. In a video shared on the official IPL social media, Raghuvansh spoke about his ambitions for Team India and meeting actor Shah Rukh Khan, whom he grew up watching on TV.

“Obviously, wear the India jersey. But wear it like never before. Everyone will look at me and say, I am different,” Raghuvansh said.

Talking about his stellar performance against DC, the 18-year-old dedicated his 54-run haul to his coach Abhishek Nayar and his teammates. He also revealed that Nayar made him learn reverse sweeps and other shots.

“I would like to dedicate this knock to my coach Abhishek Nayar and my teammates and support staff. I have learned a lot from being with them. Abhishek sir has learned a lot from my childhood He’s been working with me since. All these reverse sweeps and stuff, he made me practice a lot. So, the main guy is just him,” he added.

The young star also spoke about meeting SRK and said that the Bollywood actor might not have known his name before, but now he does. Here is the video:

What is his ultimate dream?
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To sum up the match, KKR’s target of 273 runs was too much for DC and they succumbed to the pressure and ended up losing by 106 runs.

The pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora took two wickets each to reduce DC to 33/4 in the powerplay.

These early hits undermine DC’s approach to chasing huge totals, with each delivery becoming more challenging.

Ultimately, the required pace proved to be too much, and they ended up on a 106-game losing streak.

With ANI input