Chandrakant Pandit, the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, does not have a clean name in terms of liberty, especially when it comes to foreign players. And again, reports claimed that tensions broke out in the KKR camp as the coach is not open with the fact that foreign players are having dinner dates with their own country's players, just because they represent a different team in the Indian Premier League. A report from RevSports claimed that Chandu Pandit had literally summoned an overseas player and questioned him for going out with a "rival," and that had shocked the player. The report says: “Grapevine has it that an overseas player was taken aback when Pandit questioned him for going out for dinner with a rival team player, notwithstanding that they are teammates in their national side." It's not the first time Chandu Pandit stood under the scrutiny, but in 2023, the Namibian Knight David Wiese said almost the same thing in a podcast. He tagged the coach as a "very militant type of coach.’ Notably, like this season, in 2023, KKR was struggling at seventh under the leadership of Nitish Rana. Read also: Hanuma Vihari’s Cool Comeback to Fan’s ‘Dream for You’ Goes Viral KKR struggling in 2025 2024 was indeed a great year, with the Shreyas Iyer- Gautam Gambhir duo leading the Knight to their IPL trophy after decades. Gambhir has to walk away in 2025 for his national duties, while KKR released Shreyas Iyer. Not just Iyer, they let go their core players Mitchell Starc and Phil Salt, who are now shining for their present-day respective teams. KKR, who often flexes about respecting relationships, released Nitish Rana too! And the situation worsened! KKR, under Ajinkya Rahane, is hanging in such a confused state that they need to win all matches left, including the one they are playing today against Delhi Capitals. And this will only keep the hopes alive. Last year, thanks to Salt, the middle order was not exposed much, as of now! Despite Captain Ajinkya Rahane and the young Angrish Raghvangshi guarding it, KKR starboy Rinku Singh and KKR's most prized possession, Venkatesh Iyer, have yet to shine in a winning cause.