Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) and done and dusted for Kolkata Knight Riders, but they are in the news for all wriobng reasons. After Andre Russell made a statement about the uneasyness and rather storm in the team’s dressing roon, their assistant coach Simon Katich has admitted that tension prevailed and the dynamic within the team’s camp changed after the side suffered a string of losses in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. He said that the team needs to work as a group on the issue.
“Can’t hide from the fact that there was tension. That was pretty evident from the last few games after we got on a bit of a roll with losses. We’ve got to address that as a group. What is so important in the IPL is the dynamic within the group and I guess the unity,” Katich told reporters on Monday. “That’s something that KKR is very very proud of. It’s a very successful franchise and it’s something that everyone involved has worked very very hard to contribute to over a long period of time.
That’s something we have to certainly work at to get better at it because there’s no doubt that throughout this campaign, the dynamic within our group has certainly changed,” he added. KKR was not able to make it to the playoffs of the IPL this year as they suffered a loss in a must-win match against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. After being asked to bat first, KKR were 49 for no loss, but the team stumbled in the later overs and they were restricted to just 133 for seven.
Mumbai Indians had no problems in chasing down the target and they easily secured the win by nine wickets. Katich was seen addressing the poor record KKR has at Wankhede Stadium and he felt that maybe the team got what they deserved. “It did go wrong, that’s for sure. Today is obviously disappointing but it’s a tough ask coming to Mumbai, we don’t obviously have a great record here. Yes, it would have been great to win today and get through but to finish where we did is probably what we deserved given how our season went,” Katich said.