Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan on Sunday (April 11) stated that his aspect couldn’t have requested for a greater begin of their IPL marketing campaign as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in Chennai. KKR notched up a straightforward win in opposition to SRH, using on opener Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi’s (53) fluent half-centuries after being requested to bat. SRH may rating simply 177 for five whereas chasing 188.
“We are delighted. I thought it was magnificent, the guys batted today at the top of the order in particularly, Nitish and Tripathi. And the bowling too, couldn’t have asked for a better start,” Morgan stated at the post-match presentation.
“It was a tight game against a really tough side. Really happy with the start. We were very happy with our score, we thought if we bowled half decently well we should get over the line.”
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He stated the build-up to the match has been fairly good and the gamers have gelled very well.
“There’s a huge amount of thought and structure that goes into decisions on the field. We’ve got a great head coach and support staff. The IPL is all about results. I think guys buying in to what we are trying to do.”
On veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh opening the bowling in his maiden match for the KKR, Morgan stated, “Bhajji starting really well in the first over and not playing a part after that but using his experience to guide the others just shows that.”
SRH captain David Warner conceded that his aspect misexecuted just a little bit with the ball. “I didn’t think there were that many runs in that wicket. They adapted really well,” Warner stated.
“And the way that we lost two early wickets but fought hard through Jonny (Bairstow) and Manish (Pandey), was good. If you over-pitched, it came on a little bit. They had some height in their bowling attack, it helped with the cross-seam balls.”
The Australian stated there could be good momentum going into the match with the batting.
“But plenty of games to come. Four games at this venue so we should be getting used to this square.”
Man of the match Rana stated he backed himself and was seeking to hit the balls if it was in his slot.
“I thought the ball was in my slot (first ball off Bhuvneshwar) and luckily I got a four,” stated Rana who scored 80 0ff 56 balls.
“My game-plan is always that if the ball is in my slot I’ll try to hit it. I was backing myself and looking to hit balls. I’ve been playing spin since childhood, so in a way, it’s in my blood.”
