KKR vs GT: Our Batters Have Been Predominantly Very Good – Brendon McCullum Backs KKR Batters After 8-Run Defeat vs Hardik Pandya And Co.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach Brendon McCullum backed his batters after the 8-run defeat against Gujarat Titans (GT) and said that they have been predominantly very good.

The 35th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 saw the battle between Shreyas Iyer-led KKR and Hardik Pandya-led GT at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, on Saturday, April 23 and the Hardik Pandya-led side managed to win their 6th game of the season to jump to the No.1 spot in the points table.

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Batting first, GT posted 156/9 on the board and while chasing the target, Kolkata Knight Riders were off to a poor start as they lost three wickets of Sam Billings, Sunil Narine and Nitish Rana inside the powerplay also Shreyas Iyer got out on the first ball after the powerplay.

In the end, KKR needed 29 runs in the last two overs with Andre Russell on the crease. However, GT pacer Alzarri Joseph dismissed Russell in the 20th over to help his team win the match.

Our batters have been very good so far – Brendon McCullum

The KKR head coach Brendon McCullum said that the batting performance of his team has been very good so far in the Indian Premier League 2022.

“Our batters have been very good so far. We scored 210-odd in the last game. We have got 170-plus batting first (against Sunrisers Hyderabad), our batters have been predominantly very good,” said McCullum in a post-match press conference.

Brendon McCullum added that after being at 34/4 they fought hard against Gujarat Titans but it was not enough to win the match.

“Overall I think we have been batting pretty well. From 34/4 and to be able to rebuild the innings and explode with Russell was pretty good; unfortunately, that was not quite enough,” he added.

Also Read: KKR vs GT: Cannot Be Dependent On Andre Russell All The Time – Parthiv Patel

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