Kolkata Knight Riders’ unbeaten run within the IPL 2024 lastly got here to an finish because the Shreyas Iyer-led facet was defeated comprehensively by Chennai Super Kings on Monday. The KKR batters, who’ve been fairly spectacular within the competitors until now, failed to supply their common performances and the facet may solely handle to attain 137/9 in 20 overs. KKR batters opted for his or her trademark aggressive method however with the Chennai pitch aiding the bowlers, Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande took two wickets every at hand CSK the benefit. After the match, a fan on social media questioned whether or not KKR ought to have modified their method and somebody ought to have performed a extra ‘egocentric’ knock for the crew.

“KKR is full of big hitters and no one played for their personal milestone today. Still I can’t understand why they scored just 137 today. A selfish 70(50) might have taken KKR to 160+ btw,” the fan wrote.

KKR is filled with massive hitters and nobody performed for his or her private milestone as we speak. Still I am unable to perceive why they scored simply 137 as we speak. A egocentric 70(50) may need taken KKR to 160+ btw.

Thoughts @bhogleharsha?

— _(@bholination) April 8, 2024

Former New Zealand quick bowler Mitchell McClenaghan, who gained the IPL title with Mumbai Indians, didn’t agree with the fan’s evaluation and he believed that KKR ought to persist with the technique that has labored for them. He requested them to proceed with their fearless method and never resort to a extra egocentric technique.

“Sometimes you shoot for the stars and land on the moon. No biggie – their formula has worked so far no need to become selfish,” McClenaghan replied on X (previously referred to as Twitter).

Sometimes you shoot for the celebrities and land on the moon. No biggie – their method has labored up to now no have to turn out to be egocentric https://t.co/cf7bGcNufv

— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) April 8, 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer deconstructed their first lack of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season which got here towards five-time champion Chennai Super Kings.

On Monday, Ravindra Jadeja spearheaded the bowling assault for the hosts which laid the muse for a complete seven-wicket for CSK on a Chepauk observe which stayed to its true nature and fell on the slower facet.

After shedding Philip Salt’s wicket on the very first ball of the innings, KKR managed to complete the powerplay with a rating of 56/1.

After that time, KKR struggled to regulate to the floor and toiled exhausting for placing up runs on the board.

“I personally feel we fell short in terms of assessing the wicket. We were phenomenal in the powerplay but after that, we couldn’t capitalise, we lost consecutive wickets. We weren’t able to assess the conditions as quickly as possible. It completely changed after the powerplay and scoring runs off this wicket wasn’t easy,” Iyer stated after the match.

(With ANI inputs)