Varun Chakravarthy did a terrific job in opposition to SRH: Brett Lee hails KKR spinner’s last-over heroics

By India Today Sports Desk: Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee hailed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s composure inside the closing over in opposition to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) inside the IPL 2023 match.

Chasing a 172-run aim set by KKR, SRH misplaced the match by 5 runs as they’ve been restricted to 166 for eight proper right here on Thursday evening time. SRH are literally positioned ninth inside the 10-team standings with six elements from 9 video video games, whereas KKR are a rung above.

The match acquired right here all the best way all the way down to a terrific closing over from Varun Chakaravarthy, the place he gave up merely 3 runs when SRH needed 9 to get well from the highway for the win.

“9 runs, 9 times out of 10, the chasing side would knock that off. There was one ball that could’ve gone for six but ended up being a wicket ball. That was a length where he could’ve gotten underneath that and sent it for six, but in hindsight, you’ve got to say they’ve done a terrific job,” Lee acknowledged whereas speaking to JioCinema.

“I think that was good defending by KKR but equally, poor batting and a horrible display by the Sunrisers,” Lee added.

KKR spinner Chakravarthy, within the meantime, acknowledged his recreation plan to downside SRH batters to hit on the longer side of the boundary labored properly.

“Definitely, there was a lot of pressure, the only thing Nitish (Rana) was telling me was to challenge the longer end, so that was our basic plan. We wanted to keep it simple and challenge them on the longer side,” he acknowledged.

“It’s definitely a very important win for us because from now it’s all do-or-die matches for us and we have to keep winning.”