Thought 210-220 would be fine, but 272 was icing on the cake: Shreyas Iyer

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Visakhapatnam. After Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a massive 106-run win over Delhi Capitals (DC) to maintain their unbeaten streak in IPL 2024, captain Shreyas Iyer said his initial assessment was that a score of 210-220 would be fine. Will remain. But his team’s scoring of 272 runs was the icing on the cake.

Sunil Narine (85), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (54), Andre Russell (41) and Rinku Singh (26) provided fireworks to take KKR to a mammoth score of 272/2, the second highest in IPL history. is also.

On a calm pitch in Visakhapatnam, KKR created a sensational ruckus for two hours with the help of 22 fours and 18 sixes. In return, the bowlers put in a collective effort to bowl out DC for 166 runs in 17.2 overs. This is the first time that KKR has started the IPL season with three consecutive wins, establishing them as potential title contenders.

After the match ended, Iyer said, “To be honest, the way we were in the beginning, maybe we could have reached around 210-220, but 270 (272/7) was the icing on the cake. Sunny (Narayan) ‘s job is to go out there and open up his hands and make sure he gives us a great powerplay.

“Even if he doesn’t do that, we have other batsmen who can basically take on the bowlers and make sure we get a commendable score by the end of the powerplay. So the mindset was to keep the intention strong. ”

Asked about Raghuvanshi’s innings, where he scored his maiden IPL half-century, Iyer said, “He was fearless from the first ball. When you look at him, his work ethic is phenomenal. He is top-notch at analyzing situations.” At the top and whenever he is a smart batsman, the way he played and the shots were really pleasing to the eyes.

Narayan, who was named Player of the Match, said that achieving a big increase in NRR for KKR (which now stands at 2.528) is also something he was keeping an eye on. “Cricket is all about batting, so if you can contribute with the bat, it’s more enjoyable as an individual. But I still enjoy my team’s bowling.”

He concluded, “On such a good wicket, trying to keep it as tight as possible, trying to win by a big margin so that can help our run rate later in the tournament.”

–IANS

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