Mumbai, March 18 -- Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, former Indian pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji expressed that the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane should not bat at "anything less than number three" and laid out a fiery top-four for the three-time champions.

A mouth-watering clash with five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at Mumbai on March 29 will start KKR's campaign. However, leading up to the tournament, there have been speculations about what the top-order could look like with names like Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Tim Seifert and Finn Allen all being capable opening batters. While the team's marquee buy, Cameron Green, has experience as an opener, he has had more success as...