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Kolkata Knight Riders have lost the most shots in the IPL so far but still manage to win the games that matter, captain Shreyas Iyer said following Sunday’s victory that took them to the top of the points table .
Lucknow, May 4: Kolkata Knight Riders have lost most of the times in the IPL so far but still managed to win the games that matter, said captain Shreyas Iyer following Sunday’s victory that took them to the top of the points table.
Iyer lost his eighth over in 11 matches but that had no impact on the team’s performance as KKR amassed 235 for six after being put in to bat by Lucknow Super Giants.
The Iyer-led side then bowled out the hosts for 137 to continue their march towards the play-offs.
“The last 6 games in the dressing room have been chaos, teammates come in and ask skip what’s going on, we lose tosses, but we win games that’s what important,” said Iyer in the post-match presentation.
“We got off to a great start on the power play. A lefty-righty combination makes things difficult for the opposition parties. It’s about the freedom, to go out and express themselves.
“We want to go out there and be positive whatever the situation, sometimes it doesn’t work out but sometimes it does.” Opener Sunil Narine smashed an unbeaten 81 off 39 balls before the bowlers did their job to script a big win.
LSG need to win their remaining three games to push for a play-off spot and the do-or-die situation will help his team, insisted captain KL Rahul.
“We have made a couple of mistakes when we have come up against batsmen like Sunil and anyone who is powerful. That kind of intimidation puts pressure on our bowlers. That will be the conversation once we get back to the dressing room – to move on from this game, see where we went wrong and try to improve.
“This is our last home game, so we’re on the road for the next three games. It is quite clear to us that if you want to reach the top four, you have to win all the games. That will give us a little bit of freedom to go out there and be a little bit more fearless, a little bit brave to take on the game,” said Rahul. PTI BS APA APA
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