Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Andre Russell, who picked up solely the second five-wicket haul in Indian Premier League (IPL) historical past towards Mumbai Indians on Tuesday (April 13), responded to KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan’s apology for the workforce’s disappointing loss. Two-time IPL champions KKR slipped to a disappointing 10-run defeat after ‘choking’ within the final 5 overs, chasing a modest 153 to win.
Eoin Morgan’s aspect self-destructed as they managed only one boundary within the final 5 overs in chase of 153. KKR had been restricted to 142/7 as they slipped to their eleventh defeat to Mumbai Indians of their final 12 conferences.
“Yeah, I support that tweet (from SRK) but at the end of the day the game of cricket… you are not sure until it’s over. I think we are still confident, we still played some good cricket and I am proud of the boys. You know, we are definitely disappointed but it’s not the end of the world, it’s only the second game and we are going to learn from it,” Russell mentioned within the post-match press convention.
“I just think it’s a game of cricket. I have played hundreds of T20 games and I have seen games where teams cruise in on the driver’s seat and then suddenly lose a few wickets, new batters come in and struggle to get away and that’s what happened tonight. So, we definitely have to learn from this as I have said before,” Russell, who picked up 5 wickets in two overs, mentioned.
“We will look to make sure that who’s in, stays in and once we learn from all these mistakes that happened tonight we will definitely do better because we have a good team. I have trust and confidence in the boys,” the West Indian all-rounder added.
Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of the KKR franchise, expressed his disappointment over the workforce’s surprising defeat. The Bollywood star additionally apologised to the KKR fanbase for dropping the match by 10 runs within the last over regardless of being sturdy favorites until the half-way mark. He tweeted, “Disappointing performance. to say the least @KKRiders apologies to all the fans!”
Disappointing efficiency. to say the least @KKRiders apologies to all of the followers!
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 13, 2021
Shah Rukh, like all KKR followers, was upset to see the workforce go down after being in management till the fifteenth over, with Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik nonetheless to come. Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah saved issues tight after MI’s spinners spun an internet round KKR’s middle-order batsmen.
Boult finally defended 15 runs off the final six balls to assist MI win. He claimed the prized scalp of Andre Russell within the last over to finish KKR’s hopes of chasing the 153-run goal.
