DC vs KKR: Shreyas Iyer calls for fearless cricket from his staff as KKR lose fifth successive match

Kolkata Knight Riders crashed to their fifth successive defeat in IPL 2022 however Shreyas Iyer was in no temper for excuses and urged his staff to play fearless cricket. On Thursday, KKR misplaced to Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets and now have an uphill job to achieve the playoffs.

KKR made three modifications to their facet on Thursday – Aaron Finch got here again to the XI whereas Harshit Rana and Baba Indrajith made their debuts after Sheldon Jackson, Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakravarthy.

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KKR obtained off to a disastrous begin. Aaron Finch and Venkatesh Iyer flopped on the high whereas Sunil Narine and Andre Russell had been dismissed with out scoring. Shreyas Iyer mentioned KKR now wanted to return to the drafting board.

We began off actually slowly and misplaced a few early wickets. It was holding up a bit (the pitch), however we did not get a superb rating on the board,” Shreyas told Star Sports

“No actual excuses, we now have to return and assess the place issues are going incorrect. Numerous chopping and altering is occurring, it has been troublesome to set-up the best mixture, with all accidents not serving to as effectively. We want to stay collectively, play some fearless cricket, not be conservative with the bat.”

Shreyas Iyer said KKR need to show some belief now with just five matches remaining for them this season.

“We have 5 extra matches remaining.. we have to play effectively, present perception and provides one thing again to the staff and the administration, overlook concerning the previous, begin contemporary and again your intuition.

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“You need to sit back and think where it’s going wrong, can’t be overconfident, give your best, if we still lose, then it’s fine. Umesh started with a wicket, but gave away 11 runs in the over, that’s where I thought the momentum turned. But he has given us a lot of good moments this season and has been very impressive as well,” he mentioned.

INCONSISTENT KKR FAIL

Kolkata Knight Riders have now misplaced 5 matches on the trot and they’d be fearful at their plight. On Thursday, they made three modifications however their fortunes didn’t change.

Aaron Finch got here again to the taking part in XI however obtained out taking part in a poor shot whereas the likes of Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell disillusioned with their poot shot choice towards Delhi Capitals.

Shreyas Iyer made an aesthetic 42, Nitish Rana hit a gutsy half-century and Rinku Singh performed a helpful cameo however these efforts weren’t sufficient.

Umesh Yadav was the choose of the bowlers for KKR with 3 for twenty-four off 4 overs however he didn’t get sufficient help from the others. Harshit Rana eliminated Mitchell Marsh on debut whereas Sunil Narine bowled 4 overs for 19 runs and picked one wicket.

KKR used as many as 8 bowlers however on the finish, they didn’t have sufficient runs on the board to defend.

The Knight Riders have a number of flaws to iron out earlier than their match towards Rajasthan Royals on Monday.