To pinpoint one of KKR's biggest bugbears in IPL 2022, you'd have to travel all the way back to March 26 - the opening night of the season. KKR had a new recruit in Ajinkya Rahane opening with one of their retentions, Venkatesh Iyer, and putting on 42 runs for the first wicket. 10 games since, both have lost their spot and none of the other four different opening pairs have managed to do better.
LSG VS KKR, IPL 2022
McCullum rues KKR's continued PowerPlay struggles

KKR suffered their seventh defeat of the season, at the hands of LSG, who've climbed to the top of the table © BCCI/IPL
"Unfortunately we weren't able to put together a decent enough partnership at the top of the order," McCullum said after