Rahul Tripathi didn’t enable us to settle: KKR captain Shreyas Iyer blames ‘off day with ball’ for SRH defeat

SRH vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer stated that his facet’s bowling unit had an off day within the 7-wicket defeat by the hands of SunRisers Hyderabad. Shreyas additionally heaped wealthy reward on Rahul Tripathi for his sensible 71-run knock.

IPL 2022: It was an off day as a bowling unit- Shreyas Iyer after SRH beat KKR (Courtesy by BCCI/PTI Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSKKR captain Shreyas Iyer stated that his workforce had an off day with the ballRahul Tripathi got here in and altered the momentum: Shreyas IyerSRH now have three wins from 5 video games, whereas it was KKR’s third loss

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer blamed ‘his bowling unit’s off-day’ for his or her seven-wicket defeat in opposition to SunRisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

Shreyas additionally stated he thought that KKR had posted a superb complete however Rahul Tripath got here in and altered the momentum together with his explosive 71-run knock for SRH. Tripathi and Aiden Markram’s sensible batting show together with the magnificent present from pacers helped Sunrisers Hyderbad register a snug seven-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders.

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“Feeling very drained. I thought it was a good total. To be honest, Tripathi came in and changed the moment and didn’t allow us to settle,” Shreyas Iyer stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.

The SRH tempo unit comprising the likes of T Natarajan (3/37), Umran Malik (2/27), Marco Jansen (1/26) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/37) restricted KKR to 175 for 8.

Tripathi, who smashed 71 off 37, and Aiden Markram (68 not out of 36) then produced hostile knocks to take SRH to their third successive win with 13 balls to spare. For KKR, Nitish Rana scored 54 whereas Andre Russell was unbeaten on 49.

With the inexperienced monitor not aiding the spinners, Sunrisers’ Tripathi took the KKR’s spin-heavy bowling unit to the cleaners. Playing in opposition to his earlier franchise, Tripathi smashed Varun Chakravarthy for a 4 adopted by two back-to-back sixes within the eighth over, which yielded 18 runs. He received his maiden fifty this season off simply 21 balls.

Tripathy discovered an ready ally in Markram, who smashed six fours and 4 sixes and when the previous was out, he took the onus upon himself to take his facet over the road.

“Their bowlers executed the stuff well as the ball was seaming. As batters, we were settled at the end of the powerplay and put in a great effort as a batting unit. It was an off day as a bowling unit,” Iyer signed off.

SRH now have three wins from 5 video games, whereas it was KKR’s third loss in six video games.