Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik feels questions are bound to be raised against his captaincy after the team suffered its sixth defeat in a row in the IPL but ‘his job is to lead from the front’.
Dinesh Karthik
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“It’s my job to lead from the front. But sometimes the results don’t go your way. So it’s obviously a tough thing to mend. But the fact is that we try hard as a team and I have belief in my boys that we’ll come stronger,” he said. With another loss, KKR’s hopes of making the play-offs are too small. “It is very difficult. I am not going to sit here and say ‘it’s okay and stuff’… It’s very disappointing. We tried hard but we were just not able to cross the line.”
Following its nine-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Karthik was given a ‘break’.
“Obviously, when the results don’t go your way these questions will be asked, and I understand that. But as a team, we’re trying to do a lot of things right. There is nothing that we’re not attending to. We’re trying to make the right changes, build the right combination and trying to come in every game believing that we can win. We’re trying to keep everybody in good space and making sure the dressing room is good and they all trust in the leader.”
The spin duo of Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla shared five wickets between them, but the pacers let KKR down.
“Bowling overall has been found wanting a little bit definitely. I think batting as well… That’s why we are not being able to close games,” Karthik added.
Karthik regained his batting form with an unbeaten 97 off 50 balls, helping KKR recover from 49 for 3 to a challenging 176 against Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata on Thursday. However, the host failed to defend the total.
“It’s my job to lead from the front. But sometimes the results don’t go your way. So it’s obviously a tough thing to mend. But the fact is that we try hard as a team and I have belief in my boys that we’ll come stronger,” he said. With another loss, KKR’s hopes of making the play-offs are too small. “It is very difficult. I am not going to sit here and say ‘it’s okay and stuff’… It’s very disappointing. We tried hard but we were just not able to cross the line.”
Following its nine-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Karthik was given a ‘break’.
“Obviously, when the results don’t go your way these questions will be asked, and I understand that. But as a team, we’re trying to do a lot of things right. There is nothing that we’re not attending to. We’re trying to make the right changes, build the right combination and trying to come in every game believing that we can win. We’re trying to keep everybody in good space and making sure the dressing room is good and they all trust in the leader.”
The spin duo of Sunil Narine and Piyush Chawla shared five wickets between them, but the pacers let KKR down.
“Bowling overall has been found wanting a little bit definitely. I think batting as well… That’s why we are not being able to close games,” Karthik added.