Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Shreyas Iyer opened up in regards to the loss his group confronted within the sport towards Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He stated that he’s glad that their batting failed firstly of the match.
After bagging three consecutive wins within the IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders lastly had a style of defeat within the match. Chennai Tremendous Kings outclassed them by 7 wickets on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to mark their third win of the season in 5 video games.
Kolkata Knight Riders had a torrid outing with the bat as they managed simply 137 runs on the board. Skipper Shreyas Iyer was the highest run-getter for his group as he scored 34 runs. Sunil Narine (27) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (24) had been the opposite prime scores and other than the trio batter might go previous the 15-run mark.
With the ball, they could not decide wickets shortly, which was the necessity of an hour for them. CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (67*) performed an important hand and took the sport away from the opposition. They chased the goal with 7 wickets within the sport and 14 balls to spare.
Shreyas Iyer admitted that they did not assess the circumstances after the powerplay, which was phenomenal for them. The Kolkata Knight Riders skipper praised Chennai Tremendous Kings bowlers for executing their plans and never permitting them to assemble the innings. Chatting with broadcasters, he defined:
“It is deafening out right here, however I will attempt to categorical. We received an outstanding begin within the powerplay, however we misplaced consecutive wickets. We weren’t capable of assess the circumstances shortly after the powerplay, scoring runs wasn’t simple.
“They (CSK) know the circumstances fairly nicely, they bowled in response to their plans. Wasn’t simple (for the brand new batters) to go after them from the primary ball. We had been attempting to assemble the innings, nevertheless it did not fall in place in response to the plan.”
We have to analyze the conditions and must make one of the best use of it – Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer additional acknowledged that after that powerplay they backed themselves to get a complete of 160-70 however they misplaced the momentum. He accepted the defeat along with his head excessive, saying that they may return to the drafting board as they should asses circumstances nicely. He elaborated:
“The wicket modified after the powerplay. We had been in a cushty place and we thought 160-170 was a very good rating, however we misplaced momentum. We’ve to return to the drafting board and received to be taught from that.
“I’m glad this occurred firstly of the match. After we return, we all know our dwelling circumstances fairly nicely. We have to analyze the conditions and must make one of the best use of it.”
Kolkata Knight Riders will probably be subsequent seen in motion once they tackle Lucknow Tremendous Giants of their dwelling sport on Sunday (14th April).
