IPL 2026 KKR Practice Match: Kolkata Knight Riders played a practice match before the start of IPL 2026 in which Purple Knights and Gold Knights competed. In this match, Pappu Yadav's son Sarthak Ranjan hit a series of sixes and fours. Sarthak Ranjan proved his talent by batting brilliantly while batting for Gold Knights. Sarthak Ranjan scored 37 runs in 16 balls and the big thing is that this player showed his strength while batting in a special style. Sarthak Ranjan thrashed the fast bowlers in his innings.

Sarthak Ranjan's amazing batting

This right-handed top order batsman had stepped on the crease after the fall of Rachin Ravindra's wicket. As soon as Sarthak came to the crease, he thrashed the opposition bowlers. He gave away 20 runs in a single over to Purple Knights fast bowler Vaibhav Arora. Sarthak hit two sixes and two fours in Vaibhav's over. After this, he also hit a total of 3 fours in the overs of Anukul Roy and Karthik Tyagi. However, when Sarthak Ranjan was on the score of 37 runs, he was dismissed by Blessing Muzarabani. But Sarthak has definitely proved his mettle for the playing eleven.

Know about Sarthak Ranjan

Sarthak Ranjan plays domestic cricket for Delhi. This player has played only 2 first class matches and 7 List A matches so far. He has played 5 T20 matches. His record in these matches has not been anything special but he has a lot of talent, proof of which he has given in the Delhi Premier League where he scored a quick century. The special thing about Sarthak Ranjan is that along with classic batting, he is adept at hitting big sixes. In Delhi Premier League 2025, this player had scored a total of 449 runs on the basis of 21 sixes and 44 fours. His strike rate was also 146.7. He scored one century and 4 half-centuries in the season. This is the reason why KKR bought Sarthak Ranjan for Rs 30 lakh in the IPL 2026 auction. Now it remains to be seen when KKR team gives Sarthak a chance in the playing eleven in the coming IPL season?