Shreyas gave a strange argument after losing to Chennai, what did the KKR captain say?
Kolkata’s Jayarath stopped after losing to Chennai. Kolkata lost by seven wickets. After the loss, many thought that the reasoning that captain Shreyas Iyer gave was strange.
Kolkata’s Jayarath stopped after losing to Chennai. Kolkata lost by seven wickets at Chipok Stadium on Monday. It was their first loss of the season. However, after the loss, captain Shreyas Iyer said that the pitch had completely changed after the power play. That’s why he couldn’t get enough runs on the scoreboard!
After Chennai’s victory, Shreyas could not speak to the screams of the audience. “We played great on the power play,” Koo said. It started very well. But I lost one wicket after another in the next over. We didn’t understand the character of the pitch well after the power play. Running also became very difficult. Chennai knows this environment well. They said as per their plan.”
Shreyas admitted that their batters failed on the hard pitch. Said, “It was not easy to play big shots from the first ball. We wanted to build the innings slowly. Couldn’t implement that plan properly. The character of the wicket changed so much after the power play that I couldn’t catch it. At one point it seemed that 160-170 runs would be done. But when you lose the rhythm, everything goes awry.”
Shreyas said, they have to go back to the drawing board and analyze where they went wrong. KKR’s away match is over for now. After that they will play five consecutive home matches. Which starts with the Lucknow match on Sunday.
