IPL 2022: KKR captain Shreyas Iyer surprised with CALM Rinku Singh under pressure against RR- check out

IPL 2022: KKR captain Shreyas Iyer surprised with CALM Rinku Singh under pressure against RR- check out

Shreyas also praised his bowlers, especially veteran Umesh Yadav (1/24) and Sunil Narine (0/19) for consistently producing the goods for KKR.

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“Right from the powerplay when our bowlers conceded just 36 runs and took a wicket, it was just the start we needed,” he said.

“We have been talking about Umesh right from the start. He has increased his pace, bowls those hard lengths and as a captain you just have to give him the ball to deliver. Whenever I give Sunil Narine the ball, he gets me wickets, but the batsmen don’t take chances against him. He is very economical, but when he gets a wicket, he gets a big one.”

One area where KKR has struggled is the opening slot and Shreyas said they will have to address the issue.

“We are looking for a good start. I love pressure, but it sweats a lot of me to build the innings in every game.”

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson blamed his batting unit for not being able to accelerate in the end.

“I think the wicket was a bit slow and they bowled really well, but with the batting we have I would have liked to score a few more boundaries at the end. I think we were short 15-20 runs,” he said.

“With the bowling and fielding we showed some real fight. The body language and energy was amazing. I think we could have batted a bit better.”

“I think you have to keep on assessing the game and who is batting with you. Wickets at intervals, that’s what stopped myself to keep going with momentum. When I wanted to go hard, they bowled really well and we couldn’t execute our shots.”