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Internet Desk: Nathan Coulter-Nile, who bagged three wickets for the Kolkata Knight Riders, said that rules must be checked as cricket cannot be played this late in the night.
He took the important wickets of Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar and of Chris Jordan. His three wicket haul was instrumental in helping his team defeat the defending champions at the Eliminator 1.
“No one got nervous till they went out there for the last look at 12.30. It looked like I didn’t want to play. There was so much time. Rules probably need to be looked at. You can’t be playing cricket at 2am. But I wasn’t nervous at all. There was so much time, we had to get on” said the Aussie pacer.
Nile took a splendid diving catch that dismissed Chris Jordan. After the match he also said that the wicket looked harder than it really was.
“I think I was a little lucky on my three-wicket haul. We got a couple of lucky wickets, but the boys bowled fantastically.”
He was adjudged the Man of the Match for the last game. Nile also out from the game for two weeks after suffering a head injury.
“Recovery and rehab after getting injured was tough. I was really tired, had headaches and was sick. But it wasn’t much of a rehab or anything. I woke up this morning feeling pretty good so I put my hand up for selection.”
“Kane actually tried to play quite reserved. We were looking for the ones which were hard to get going. So, after the time out I think they had more intent. It looked to me like he just wanted shots. Every time he came to bat, I just wanted to take him further offside to make him jot down to the ground” said Nile on claiming Kane Williamson’s wicket.
The Australian cricketer firmly believes the team which bats well would win and his team will have to work very hard to make it to the finals.
“We have to work hard for the second clash. Our play is still going quite well, taking wickets. I think we have a pretty different bowling tactic than what we had at some bad times. I think that’s something new we can bring up against them. Hopefully that’s something new we can bring up against them. It is going to be long and slow wicket again, hard to get going. So it will boils down to who bats better,” he said.
“KKR had a 10 year celebration the other day. It was the first time I found out that we could be the only team this time to win the tournament for the third time.”