Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that when Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaassen struggled in pursuit of a stiff target of 209 runs in the IPL on Saturday, At that time, his nerves were unstable. Chasing a score of 209, Klassen (63 in 29b) single-handedly took SRH within a whisker of an improbable victory, but ultimately lost by four runs. “I was feeling uneasy from the 17th inning onwards! To be honest, I thought anything could happen in the last inning,” Iyer said.
SRH needed 13 runs in the final over and with the red-hot Klassen and Shahbaz Ahmed at the crease, the odds were in their favour.
But Iyer decided to pass the ball to young Harshit Rana and he did not disappoint. Rana dismissed Klassen and Ahmed to neutralize SRH.
“Harshit was a little nervous when he bowled (the last over). I told him, ‘Even if we lose, it doesn’t matter’. I tried to calm him down as much as possible.
“(Sunil) Narine and (Andre) Russell have a lot of experience. I am happy to see what Russell is doing with the bat and ball. Sonny (Narine) has executed well.
“It’s a luxury to have them in the team. Whenever you start with a win, it gives you momentum. As a team, we have some areas to improve – defense being one of them!” SRH skipper Pat Pat Cummins said he never thought they would have come so close in chasing an impressive 209 had it not been for the brilliant batting of Klassen, who got Ahmed (16 Strong support for 5).
“It was a close game in the end and it was a good game of cricket. Unfortunately it didn’t go our way. I think, very happy with the way we bowled,” he said.
“It was one of those games, no matter what, Klas (Klassen) and Shahbaz did a great job getting us back into the game and getting us into that position. Who would have thought we would be that close.”
“Unfortunately, it was a little too much. In a game where we didn’t really put everything together. We were still competing against a really good team almost on their home court and there’s a lot to be encouraged about. , a lot of players who performed well and some who still have some areas to work on,” Cummins added.
The Australian ace pacer said Andre Russell took the game away from SRH with his exploits with the bat.
Russell was at his most devastating, hitting seven sixes and three fours to post an unbeaten 25-ball 64.
“Obviously, Dre Russ (Russell) ended up doing what Dre Russ did, he was very difficult to control. Overall, I thought we did a good job,” he said.
“You plan your plan, you try to do your best but a tough guy to bowl with, hit some good shots, a couple of balls maybe we could have bowled in a different way but the toughest job in cricket Just bowl to guys like that to the end.”
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