Former India opener turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has stated that the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are still struggling to find their best combination in IPL 2022. However, KKR brought a lot of changes to their playing XI for their match against the Gujarat Titans (GT). However, the changes didn’t provide the desired results as they lost the match by eight runs and suffered their fifth defeat of the tournament as well.
While reflecting on KKR’s defeat in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: “Kolkata made a lot of changes. Aaron Finch dropped, Sam Billings played. Rinku (Singh) comes and Sheldon Jackson is dropped. Pat Cummins gets dropped and Tim Southee comes in. Kolkata is looking like a team who don’t have an idea whom to play because they have already played four different opening pairs in eight matches.”
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He again added: “Venkatesh Iyer started as an opener, I don’t know why he is being sent at this number. Sam Billings has become the new opener, and Sunil Narine has become an opener. Kolkata is looking brittle, Kolkata is looking shaky.”
Meanwhile, they have tried Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, and Sam Billings as openers. However, none of them could impress at the top of the order, hence putting a lot of pressure on their middle order as well. On the other hand, Aakash Chopra also said that the KKR pacers and Varun Chakravarthy have also not been performing well in IPL 2022.
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“There is so much happening. Varun Chakravarthy is not picking wickets, in fact, he is struggling to actually get his line and length right. The penetration is not being seen in the fast bowling. Nitish Rana has scored runs in just one innings, Shreyas Iyer in two innings, Venkatesh Iyer has scored runs in one innings and that’s about it. No one is making runs. This team at this point in time looks in complete disarray,” he concluded.