IPL 2024: Blame Game Begins In KKR Camp After Loss To CSK

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer deconstructed their first lack of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season which got here towards five-time champion Chennai Super Kings on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. On Monday, Ravindra Jadeja spearheaded the bowling assault for the hosts which laid the muse for a complete seven-wicket for CSK on a Chepauk observe which stayed to its true nature and fell on the slower facet. Iyer blamed himself and the administration for not assessing the wicket correctly.

After shedding Philip Salt’s wicket on the very first ball of the innings, KKR managed to complete the powerplay with a rating of 56/1. After that time, KKR struggled to regulate to the floor and toiled exhausting for placing up runs on the board.

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“I personally feel we fell short in terms of assessing the wicket. We were phenomenal in the powerplay but after that, we couldn’t capitalise, we lost consecutive wickets. We weren’t able to assess the conditions as quickly as possible. It completely changed after the powerplay and scoring runs off this wicket wasn’t easy,” Iyer mentioned after the match.

On a floor that noticed Jadeja declare three wickets for simply 18 runs in his four-over spell, KKR spinners struggled to search out the rhythm towards CSK batters and conceded 74 runs in simply 9.4 overs.

“Obviously, they know conditions pretty well and they bowled according to their plan. It was a bit tacky, especially even when the hard-hitters came in, it wasn’t easy for them to go [big] right from the first ball. It changed tremendously after the powerplay. We were trying to construct our innings, didn’t go to plan. We take those learnings and move forward,” he added.

The spin trio of Jadeja, Maheesh Theekshana and Rachin Ravindra mixed to bowl 9 overs, conceded simply 50 runs and claimed 4 wickets to limit KKR to a sub-par whole of 137/9. “We were in a comfortable place at the beginning, we thought 160-170 would be a great score on this wicket. Even when they played against RCB, the conditions were fairly similar. So that was our plan but when you lose consecutive wickets, it’s difficult to carry forward momentum,” Iyer mentioned.

While chasing 138, CSK hardly broke a sweat as they sailed to a complete 7-wicket win with skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (67*) producing the standout efficiency from the bat. 

With ANI Inputs