Shreyas Iyer: Kolkata Knight Riders team has faced defeat by 7 wickets against Chennai Super Kings. Batting first, KKR gave Chennai a target of 138 runs, which Chennai achieved easily. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a half-century for Chennai. Whereas Ravindra Jadeja bowled amazingly. Every move went wrong for KKR in this match. Captain Shreyas Iyer has said a big thing after the match.
Shreyas Iyer said this
Shreyas Iyer said that we got a great start in the powerplay, but we lost wickets continuously. After the powerplay we were not able to assess the conditions immediately. It was not easy to score runs. The Chennai Super Kings team knew the conditions very well. He bowled as per his plan. It was not at all easy for the new batsmen to score runs from the first ball. We were trying to build the innings. But it did not go according to plan.
Shreyas Iyer said that the wicket changed after the powerplay. We were in good shape. But we lost the rhythm. We have to go back to the drawing board and learn from it. When we go back, we know our domestic circumstances very well. We have to assess the situations.
KKR lost
KKR batsmen and bowlers could not perform well in the match against Chennai Super Kings. For this reason the team had to face defeat. Shreyas Iyer scored the maximum 34 runs for KKR. On the other hand, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a half-century and scored 67 runs for Chennai. Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets in the match.
This is the first defeat of KKR team in IPL. Before this, the team has won its first three matches. The team is at second place. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings team is at fourth position even after winning the match. The team has played five matches so far, out of which it has won three. Had to face defeat in 2 cases. The team has 6 points.
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