Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan on Sunday said that his side couldn’t have asked for a better start to their Indian Premier Leagu...
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan on Sunday said that his side couldn’t have asked for a better start to their Indian Premier League campaign as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs on Sunday.
KKR rode on opener Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi’s (53) fluent half-centuries after being asked to bat. SRH could score just 177/5 while chasing 188.
“We are delighted. I thought it was magnificent, the guys batted today at the top of the order in particularly, Nitish and Tripathi. And the bowling too, couldn’t have asked for a better start,” Morgan said at the post-match presentation.
“It was a tight game against a really tough side. Really happy with the start. We were very happy with our score, we thought if we bowled half decently well we should get over the line.”
He said the build up to the tournament has been pretty good and the players have gelled really well.
“There’s a huge amount of thought and structure that goes into decisions on the field. We’ve got a great head coach and support staff. The IPL is all about results. I think guys buying in to what we are trying to do.”
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