Xtra Time Web Desk : Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday clinched a crunch 54 run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune to keep their play-offs hopes alive.
But what was more interesting was winning skipper Shreyas Iyer’s clarification over his statements about the franchise’s CEO Venky Mysore, who was said to be involved in the team selection.
“And also I want to clarify from the last interview, when I took the CEO’s name [for team selections], I meant he’s there to console the players who are sitting out, it’s never easy for them,” said the 27 year old clarifying about his statements after the last match.
Being put into bat first, the KKR posted a total of 177 on board to dismantle Kane Williamson’s team for just 123/8 at the end of their 20 overs, courtesy of some brilliant bowling by their bowlers.
And in the post match presentation ceremony, Shreyas reflected on their win and said, “Our mindset we came with in this game was outstanding, we were positive and it was really important to win this toss. Batting first in Pune teams have won a lot of matches. We were going over by over while batting, plan was to give Russell as much strike as possible and we were praying that he plays the last over because Washington had an over left. It worked out pretty well. 177 against them was over par, the way Sunny [Narine] and Varun stepped up on a slow wicket, they were pretty smart and we never let them [Sunrisers] get under our skin. We don’t have anything to lose right now, we haven’t played our A game so far in the league. We really stepped up pretty well today.”