Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has given credit to Sunil Narine’s blistering show for the comfortable run chase against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, March 29. KKR registered their second consecutive win in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) as well. Narine, playing his 500th T20 contest, did not do so well with the
ball considering his high standards but did well with the bat, scoring a quickfire 47 off just 22 deliveries.

“Credit to Sunny for what he did in the second innings. It was important for me to carry on the momentum. We have always spoken about taking the momentum through, and if we do get a platform, then banking on it. That is what Sunny did, he gave us an amazing start, and all I had to do was just go along and capitalise on that,” Venkatesh Iyer told Shreyas Iyer in a post-match interaction.

The surface at the Chinnaswamy made headlines, especially at the halfway mark of the innings as it was on a slower side initially and it became fast later on as KKR chased down the total of 182 with ease.

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“I think the wicket got better in the second innings. Credit to you, you chose to bowl first, that was a very good decision, an important toss for us to win. It was important for us to understand that the ball will hold up at a slower pace , it was not coming onto the bat as nicely,” Venkatesh Iyer again added.

Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer scored 39 runs off 24 deliveries.

“To be honest, as we were communicating in between, the wicket was two paced. From one end, it was coming on great onto the bat, and from the other end it was stopping a bit, getting some extra nip with the slower ones. So, that is what I realised that from one end we need to target the bowlers, and from the other end see to it that we at least get ball-to-ball runs,” Shreyas Iyer said.