The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) wasn’t looking a strong side on paper ahead of the 11th edition of the tournament. Despite having a much smaller group of players this time KKR is doing a commendable job under the leadership of their new captain Dinesh Karthik as he had a big task up his sleeve.
They are currently standing at the fourth position on the points table with eight points from eight games. Andre Russell and Chris Lynn have made good contributions to the team and KKR made sure that these two remain fit for the entire season. The franchise does not have good bench strength which is why they rely heavily on the playing XI that they put on the field. Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of the franchise took to Twitter to congratulate his side after they beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets. Every now and then SRK supports his team wholeheartedly.
SRK tweeted: “Good team effort @KKRiders Happy to c @lynny50 come into runs. Well done @DineshKarthik to go with the unchanged team. Robbie & Russel awesome.”
Good team effort @KKRiders Happy to c @lynny50 come into runs. Well done @DineshKarthik to go with unchanged team. Robbie & Russel awesome
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 29, 2018
Interestingly, KKR had gone in with the same playing XI that lost against the Delhi Daredevils (DD). Shubman Gill was expected to be given more opportunities with the bat but KKR went in with Narine and Lynn at the top. Narine continued his smashing from with the bat against RCB and provided a solid start to his team. Lynn was dropped on 7 and this mistake cost heavily to the opposition. Nitish Rana was retired hurt and Andre Russell went without troubling the scorers.
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Just when it looked that RCB were getting back into the match, Karthik came to the rescue and scored a quick-fire 23 in order to make sure that his side went over the line. Kohli attributed the loss to poor fielding and also added that his side did not deserve to win as they did not put in 100 percent efforts.
For RCB, De Villiers missed the game as he was sick and Brendon Mccullum did a fine job at the top. Skipper Kohli led from the front by scoring another half-century but the target of 175 was not enough to restrict the KKR batting lineup. The loss puts RCB seventh on the points table and their chances of making it to the playoffs are diminishing match by match.
