IPL 2022 KKR vs LSG Match Review: In the 66th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 2 runs. This defeat shattered KKR’s dream of reaching the IPL 2022 playoffs. KKR captain Shreyas Iyer scored 401 runs in 14 matches this season at an average of 30.85 and a strike rate of 134.56. He is at number 8 among the highest run scorers in IPL 2022.
However, this performance of Shreyas Iyer was insufficient to take his team to the playoffs. His team KKR finished at number six with 12 points in 14 matches. In the post-match Cricbuzz show, former Indian cricket team bowler Pragyan Ojha and former wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel gave reasons for the defeat of Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders.
Parthiv Patel said, ‘Look, you can’t call a season of 400 runs as a bad season. The 400-run season comes as a successful season, but the important thing is that no one scored runs by his side. Look at Venkatesh Iyer’s runs. You had to change the batting order many times. The wicketkeeper of the team was not settled. He made decent mistakes in the auction as well. That’s why you got to see this kind of team.
He said, ‘If the people around him had done well, then these 400 would have been worth. This was the kind of thing that was happening to KL Rahul with Punjab Kings. Then he (KL Rahul) was scoring runs alone there (for Punjab Kings) and nobody was scoring.
On the question of KKR making too many changes, Pragyan Ojha said, ‘It is being discussed again and again that Kolkata players will be seen looking for runs. You were looking for a hero in Rinku Singh. You wanted Venkatesh Iyer to do something. Talking about the opening, the team did not settle down. There are so many issues, even in that you are thinking that despite the 400 runs that your captain scored, you are saying that maybe more….
Pragyan Ojha said, ‘There are more expectations from the one who is doing well, but people will also associate with him, that’s why it is said that it is a team game. Everyone shares the pressure in a team game. How much pressure can a man bear? I think there are a lot of things that he (KKR) will have to work on because that’s the way the team can’t run. If you want to win the championship, you have to bring stability and strength, otherwise you will see consistent performances like this.