On Thursday, April 20, in their sixth match of the season against Delhi Capitals. Nitish Rana gave his wicket away for four runs because Kolkata Knight Riders lacked the necessary (127) defence.
Nitish Rana, the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, admitted responsibility for the group’s loss to Delhi Capitals in a nail-biting, low-scoring thriller on Thursday, April 20. Kolkata Knight Riders lost their third game in a row in the IPL 2023 season after a promising start.
In the 10-team IPL 2023 points standings, Kolkata Knight Riders are in disarray at the eighth spot as things don’t seem to be going their way. After being given the opportunity to bat, Kolkata was reduced to 32 for 3 in the powerplay as a result of the deaths of debutant Litton Das and key players Venkatesh Iyer (0) and captain Rana (4).
Nitish Rana has been doing well with the bat
When he attempted to hit comeback player Ishant Sharma over the mid-on fielder in the final over of the powerplay, Nitish Rana gave away his wicket. Days after recording his first IPL century, Venkatesh’s performance was disappointing as he was dismissed for a 2-ball duck.
Sunil Narine lost his wicket to Ishant for four runs after throwing his wicket away to star finisher Rinku Singh, who managed twelve runs.
Kolkata was able to post a total of more than 120 thanks to Andre Russell’s three sixes in the final over of his 31-ball 38. On this challenging pitch, I estimate we scored 15-20 runs. Nitish Rana said, “I accept responsibility for this; I ought to have stood there.”
Although the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi’s game was played on a slow pitch. Rana praised his bowling attack for keeping the game close until the very end.
Delhi was cruising at 93 for 3 after David Warner’s fifty in the 14th over. But part-timers Anukul Roy (2 of 19) and the captain himself turned the tide with quick wickets. Being outstanding as usual, Varun Chakaravarthy took 2 wickets for just 16 runs.
But I think the upcoming games will go well for us. Credit to the bowlers. They played extremely well in the powerplay while we were just trying to delay. They triumphed in the match there. We must perform well as a team.
If we can resolve these issues, we will be able to fight better, Rana continued. “We need to bowl like we did today. On April 23, KKR will host Chennai Super Kings at home in an attempt to snap their losing streak.
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