Lucknow, Young fast bowler Harshit Rana feels Kolkata Knight Riders are reaping the rewards by following the winning pattern set by two-time IPL winner and current mentor Gautam Gambhir as he produced his sensational performance to clinch a spot on the IPL points table. Have continued.
Gambhir led KKR to two IPL titles during his tenure from 2011 to 2017 and the team qualified for the playoffs five times. He also took KKR to the final of the now defunct Champions League T20 in 2014.
However, in the last seven years, KKR has been able to reach the playoffs only twice.
Gambhir's return to the KKR camp as a mentor this year changed things and the Kolkata-based franchise finished on top of the table with 16 points following a 98-run dominance over Lucknow Super Giants - their 8th win in 11 matches - on Sunday night. .
“Not just this match, this entire season we have been very much focused on the style of cricket that Gautam Gambhir wants us to play.He has a lot of knowledge of how to turn the game in our favor and that helps us a lot in the middle," Ran said during the press conference.
"Like today he gave the bowlers free rein to figure out the length of the bowling depending on the wicket and not try too many things," he said.
Rana (3/24 in 3.1 overs) played a key role in the win by taking three wickets while defending the target of 235 runs.
Rana said, “KKR read the wicket very well.We targeted the right areas in the areas where we had to bowl."
Mitchell Starc, the biggest player in the IPL, has proved expensive this season, but Rana says that the team management is not at all worried about his economy rate and they have confidence in the Australian speedstar.
“We didn't care at all how expensive Mitchell Starc has been in IPL 2024. They have full confidence in him and he won us the last game and we have no doubts about him.
Rana said, “He has a huge influence on young players, he has a wealth of knowledge.,
Rana said that his dream is to play for India and he is focusing on his performance.
"My aim is to play for India, but whichever franchise I play for, I try to give my best on match day. I will be selected only on the basis of my performance," Rana said.
We made our own plans but everything happened according to Naren: Naveen
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It was another brilliant half-century from Sunil Narine (81 off 39) that helped KK post a mammoth score of 235 for six and LSG fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq admitted that his performance against the star West Indian all-rounder All plans failed.
“I thought he played pretty well,” he said.Our plan was to bowl bouncers and yorkers so that he became unpredictable. We did that but to be honest, he played a brilliant innings."
“It wasn't like he was slogging and everything was getting top edge or slicing the ball or anything. He was middleing it properly and that was the case at the beginning of the season as well.
“He is meddling in this."It was nothing bad, there was nothing for the bowlers in it," Naveen said.
“There is always pressure on whatever score you are chasing. Every team has bad days and we can't keep focusing on that, we have to move on."
Gambhir led KKR to two IPL titles during his tenure from 2011 to 2017 and the team qualified for the playoffs five times. He also took KKR to the final of the now defunct Champions League T20 in 2014.
However, in the last seven years, KKR has been able to reach the playoffs only twice.
Gambhir's return to the KKR camp as a mentor this year changed things and the Kolkata-based franchise finished on top of the table with 16 points following a 98-run dominance over Lucknow Super Giants - their 8th win in 11 matches - on Sunday night. .
“Not just this match, this entire season we have been very much focused on the style of cricket that Gautam Gambhir wants us to play.He has a lot of knowledge of how to turn the game in our favor and that helps us a lot in the middle," Ran said during the press conference.
"Like today he gave the bowlers free rein to figure out the length of the bowling depending on the wicket and not try too many things," he said.
Rana (3/24 in 3.1 overs) played a key role in the win by taking three wickets while defending the target of 235 runs.
Rana said, “KKR read the wicket very well.We targeted the right areas in the areas where we had to bowl."
Mitchell Starc, the biggest player in the IPL, has proved expensive this season, but Rana says that the team management is not at all worried about his economy rate and they have confidence in the Australian speedstar.
“We didn't care at all how expensive Mitchell Starc has been in IPL 2024. They have full confidence in him and he won us the last game and we have no doubts about him.
Rana said, “He has a huge influence on young players, he has a wealth of knowledge.,
Rana said that his dream is to play for India and he is focusing on his performance.
"My aim is to play for India, but whichever franchise I play for, I try to give my best on match day. I will be selected only on the basis of my performance," Rana said.
We made our own plans but everything happened according to Naren: Naveen
,
It was another brilliant half-century from Sunil Narine (81 off 39) that helped KK post a mammoth score of 235 for six and LSG fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq admitted that his performance against the star West Indian all-rounder All plans failed.
“I thought he played pretty well,” he said.Our plan was to bowl bouncers and yorkers so that he became unpredictable. We did that but to be honest, he played a brilliant innings."
“It wasn't like he was slogging and everything was getting top edge or slicing the ball or anything. He was middleing it properly and that was the case at the beginning of the season as well.
“He is meddling in this."It was nothing bad, there was nothing for the bowlers in it," Naveen said.
“There is always pressure on whatever score you are chasing. Every team has bad days and we can't keep focusing on that, we have to move on."
