New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants The bowlers leaked 235 for a historic first at the Ekana Stadium and the batsmen followed up with a disappointing performance, crumbling under the pressure of the scoreboard. Kuala Lumpur Rahul and company suffered a 98-game losing streak. Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.
Sunil Narine scored a stunning 81 and then the bowlers rallied as KKR restricted the home team to 137 and jumped to the top of the table.
After the embarrassing defeat, captain Rahul blamed the horror show in the final home game of the season on an overall poor performance.
“A lot of runs. Poor overall performance. It was a big total. Like I said, poor performance with bat and ball. Narine in the power play put on a lot of pressure. Our pitching The hands cannot take the pressure,” Rahul said in his post-match speech.
Although the Ekana surface scored 200-plus T20 scores for the first time, Rahul did not blame the venue and conditions and said that was the case throughout the match.
“The wicket was very good. If you bowl it long, it has a little bounce. It was not a bad pitch. 235 was 20-30 over par. Our batting was poor,” Rahul added.
Lucknow suffered its fifth defeat in 11 games this season and is fifth in the points table, but Rahul said the team will be looking to bounce back quickly and look for three wins from three to eventually finish in the top four.
“Once we get back to the dressing room we will move on from this game and see where we went wrong. Last home game, we will be playing away games in the next few games and we need to be more discreet Feared,” Rahul said.
On the other hand, this win brings KKR closer to the playoffs.
Shreyas Iyer and his team currently have eight wins from 11 games.
Sunil Narine scored a stunning 81 and then the bowlers rallied as KKR restricted the home team to 137 and jumped to the top of the table.
After the embarrassing defeat, captain Rahul blamed the horror show in the final home game of the season on an overall poor performance.
“A lot of runs. Poor overall performance. It was a big total. Like I said, poor performance with bat and ball. Narine in the power play put on a lot of pressure. Our pitching The hands cannot take the pressure,” Rahul said in his post-match speech.
Although the Ekana surface scored 200-plus T20 scores for the first time, Rahul did not blame the venue and conditions and said that was the case throughout the match.
“The wicket was very good. If you bowl it long, it has a little bounce. It was not a bad pitch. 235 was 20-30 over par. Our batting was poor,” Rahul added.
Lucknow suffered its fifth defeat in 11 games this season and is fifth in the points table, but Rahul said the team will be looking to bounce back quickly and look for three wins from three to eventually finish in the top four.
“Once we get back to the dressing room we will move on from this game and see where we went wrong. Last home game, we will be playing away games in the next few games and we need to be more discreet Feared,” Rahul said.
On the other hand, this win brings KKR closer to the playoffs.
Shreyas Iyer and his team currently have eight wins from 11 games.
