2024-03-24 09:28:49
Kolkata: The return of Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer in the Indian Premier League 2024 was very disappointing. Iyer, who did not play last season due to injury, returned in the 17th season and was out on just the second ball. Iyer lost his control on the short ball against T Natarajan and handed his catch to Pat Cummins. In this way, Captain Iyer had a very bad start for KKR.
Short balls had always been a problem for Shreyas, so Sunrisers adopted the same strategy against him and the KKR captain got trapped in it. Apart from this, Sunil Narayan and Venkatesh Iyer also got out without crossing double figures in KKR’s innings. However, after this, Rinku Singh definitely took charge in the middle order.
Rinku added colors for KKR
At a time when KKR was getting early setbacks, Rinku Singh took charge of the team’s innings. Rinku played a strong inning of 23 runs in 15 balls in which she scored 23 runs. During this, he hit three fours in his innings. Apart from Rinku, Ramandeep Singh also played a strong inning of 35 runs in 17 balls.
Andre Russell hit 7 sixes
Andre Russell was the biggest star in this innings for KKR. Andre Russell batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten inning of 64 runs in 25 balls. In this innings, Russell hit 7 skyscraper sixes. It was only because of this excellent innings of Russell that KKR team was able to reach the score of 208 runs.