Kolkata: The Way Ahead Kolkata Knight Riders It is not going to be easy as they are seventh in the points table ahead of the resumption of the second leg of the IPL in the UAE on Sunday. Despite finding him in a position where he must win almost all of his remaining seven matches, KKR chief custodian David Hussey There is still hope to be challenged.
In a pre-tournament conversation with the franchise media team on Saturday, he was quoted as saying, “Our goal is the same and that is to qualify for the final.” However, he also acknowledged that a lot of work would have to be done to achieve this. “We have to start winning and there is nothing to lose,” he said. The Australian is looking to take confidence from history when, in 2014, the team won nine matches in a row to claim the title. “We’ve done it before and so we can do it again. I think we have the team to do it too,” he said.
Hussey is pinning hopes on KKR’s opening pair Shubman Gill and Nitin Rana despite not firing in the first leg of the tournament. “They are both quality players and they have a taste for international cricket now,” he added. Looking ahead, Hussey feels that both are for the future. “They are the next generation of Indian players who are going to be there not for a series or two but maybe a decade,” he predicted.
Former KKR players were happy to see mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty in India’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. “He’s a good fellow who loves to bowl. In fact you have to hide the cricket ball from him for a while so that he doesn’t bowl too much,” he said with a laugh.
In a pre-tournament conversation with the franchise media team on Saturday, he was quoted as saying, “Our goal is the same and that is to qualify for the final.” However, he also acknowledged that a lot of work would have to be done to achieve this. “We have to start winning and there is nothing to lose,” he said. The Australian is looking to take confidence from history when, in 2014, the team won nine matches in a row to claim the title. “We’ve done it before and so we can do it again. I think we have the team to do it too,” he said.
Hussey is pinning hopes on KKR’s opening pair Shubman Gill and Nitin Rana despite not firing in the first leg of the tournament. “They are both quality players and they have a taste for international cricket now,” he added. Looking ahead, Hussey feels that both are for the future. “They are the next generation of Indian players who are going to be there not for a series or two but maybe a decade,” he predicted.
Former KKR players were happy to see mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty in India’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. “He’s a good fellow who loves to bowl. In fact you have to hide the cricket ball from him for a while so that he doesn’t bowl too much,” he said with a laugh.
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