Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a 39 -run defeat at home against Gujarat Titans at Eden Garden on Monday, 21 April. He could only do 159 for the loss of eight wickets in his 20 -over quota compared to the visitors of the visitors in the first innings. Damage marked the fifth defeat of KKR in the ongoing season.
Former Australian cricketer, Aeron finchQuestioned the domestic side's strategy of not trying to dominate the opposition's spin attack.
“You must intend to take it [spin] Below If you are not trying, you cannot kill a six or a limit, if your first instinct is only to knock it towards the foot and run one. Then, you are hidden to do nothing and it was just mesmerizing, lack of intentions, “shared on ESPNcricinfo.
Indian top-order batter, Cheteshwar PujaraIt was not clear on whether KKR batsman, especially Venkatesh Iyer, was advised not to take back during Rashid Khan's mantra and take no risk.
“There are times when as a batsman, you think the circumstances are a bit challenging. You just want to knock it around, but when you have a timeout, coaches and support staff come and you make another strategy, 'This is something that is not working, we did not have to take it?
It was a terrible batting performance: Finch
Former Australian captains were important for KKR to be ultra-defensive in his approach during the second innings. He accused the team of not making any kind of request.
“The game was over after 10 [overs]Was it not? They simply allow the required run rate to get out of the hand. It was very strange to see them, just trying to knock it around. Very, very strange innings. He went out with the attitude of not losing 100 runs. It was almost as it was, 'You know what, let's get 160, and we will walk. We will recover with it. “It was a terrible batting performance,” said Finch.
Coming to number 4, Venkatesh Iyer scored 19 runs. His knock did not include a single limit. Skipper, Ajinkya Rahane, were the top scorer for his side. He was dismissed for a 50 -run knock of 36 balls. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh and Moin Ali all out for a score of singles points.
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