KKR has undergone a seamless transition after DK stop captaincy: Eoin Morgan

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan feels it has been a seamless transition to captaincy for him after Dinesh Karthik stop halfway into the final IPL season within the UAE.
Karthik had introduced his choice to stop after 4 wins and three losses in 2020 “with a view to focus on his batting and contributing more to the team’s cause”, handing over the reins to England World Cup-winning skipper Morgan.
“I was delighted to be taken on board, but given that I have captained a lot over the years, it’s been indeed a seamless transition,” Morgan mentioned in a video posted on KKR web site.
Morgan additional credited coach Brendon McCullum and his deputy Abhishek Nayar for making certain that there was no communication hole among the many gamers.
“Baz (McCullum) and Abhishek Nayar had executed such an unbelievable job of speaking to the gamers. Their relationship with DK and myself and even the senior gamers was so good that the transition was fairly seamless and I truly didn’t give it an excessive amount of thought.
“It wasn’t an emotional decision. He (Karthik) was actually very logical and selfless from his point of view and to show the courage to step down in the middle of the competition based on (what) you think is better for the team, is incredibly courageous,” mentioned Morgan.

Karthik had put throughout his ideas to the crew administration on October 7 final yr, the day KKR had received their encounter towards Chennai Super Kings, however it was made official per week in a while October 15, forward of their match towards Mumbai Indians.
Asked what was enjoying on his thoughts earlier than he determined handy over the captaincy to Morgan, Karthik mentioned, “I wanted to give Morgan a chance because it was really important, we had played seven and there were seven more games to go, so we had enough time. It would have been very unfair of me to move on if we were doing so badly that we had no chance further in the tournament.”
“In the 2.5 years that I have led the team, I think I earned the trust of the boys. I think that’s very important as a leader. They know for a fact that they would get a lot of honesty from me. That makes things easy and Morgan is very similar to me on that front. I think the boys believed that both the people put the team ahead of themselves and that’s why the decision was taken,” Karthik mentioned.
The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman has had a combined marketing campaign up to now this season. In their IPL lung-opener, he hit a cameo of twenty-two not out from 9 balls to propel KKR to 187/6 as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs.
But he appeared out of types towards Mumbai Indians in his eight not out from 11 balls as he together with big-hitting Andre Russell failed to complete off a simple chase with the crew needing 30 runs from the final 27 balls.
KKR subsequent play Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sunday’s afternoon match.