In their second IPL 2024 match on Friday, Kolkata Knight Riders worked together to win by seven wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were chasing a target of 183 runs. The team got off to a good start thanks to Sunil Narine, who scored 47 runs off 22 balls. Then, Venkatesh Iyer scored 50 runs off 30 balls, and Shreyas Iyer remained not out with 39 runs off 24 balls. KKR reached 186/3 in 16.5 overs, securing their victory.

Venkatesh praises Shreyas and said…

“I think the wicket got better. Credit to you, you chose to bowl first. That was a very good decision. Important toss for us to win. You saw out there, it got better to bat. It was important for us to understand that the ball bowled at a slower pace was not coming on to the bat as nicely. So I think that was very important for us. Credit to Sunny for what he did in the second innings.”

Even though Virat Kohli played well and scored 83 runs off 59 balls for RCB, their total score was 182/6. It seemed like a tough target, but Narine’s quick start for KKR made it seem much easier.

Narine’s strong beginning put KKR in control, making it simpler for Venkatesh and Shreyas to finish the game with 19 balls to spare.

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He also added, “It was important for me to carry on the momentum. We have all spoken about taking the momentum through and if we do get a platform, then banking on it. That’s what Sunny did, he gave us an amazing start and all I had to do was just go and capitalise on that. When you came in, I think the communication among us was amazing. You know which bowler to take on, which end to look for shots and I think that really helped us.”

Shreyas reveals their planning of batting by saying…

“To be honest when we were communicating in between, the wicket was two-paced and from one end it was coming great onto the bat and from the other end, it was stopping a bit, getting some extra nip with the slower one. So, that’s what basically I realised that this is the way we have to play and one end we have to target the bowlers and from the other, we need to atleast get ball-to-ball runs. That was the communication which we had and that was the mindset to finish off the game.”