IPL 2024 | KKR captain Shreyas Iyer’s bowling change hampered the team dgtl

Kolkata Knight Riders could have lost the match even after scoring 222 runs at Eden on Sunday. Shreyas Iyer had to take the responsibility if the team lost. The match was getting out of hand because of his wrong decisions. Shreyas was sinking the team by forgetting Andre Russell who won the team and relying on Mitchell Starc.

He appreciated the mistake at the end of the 17th over. Royal Challengers Bangalore then needed 37 runs to win. Dinesh Karthik, who was in a destructive mood, was terrorizing the KKR camp. At that time Andre Russell has 2 overs left. Taking 2 wickets with 15 runs in the previous 2 overs, it was clear that the Caribbean all-rounder is in form with the ball. It was thought that the entire 4 overs will be done with him. But Shreyas didn’t think so. He bowled the 18th over to Harshit Rana instead of Russell. It was then clear that the plan was to bring in Mitchell Starc in one over with Russell in the other.

The fans of KKR began to count the prom after seeing Harshit bowl in the 18th over. Because no one trusts Starc, who gave 36 runs in 2 overs, except the management of Kolkata. Harshit gave only 6 runs in the 17th over. At the same time Suyas dismissed Prabhudesai.

Russell came to bowl in the 19th over. He gave away 10 runs but took the wicket of Dinesh Karthik. That’s why the match was almost in the hands of KKR. Because the lower order of RCB is not able to run in that way. But the fear of KKR fans was not over yet. Because Bangalore need 21 runs in the last over and Starc will bowl. The Tk 24 crore 75 lakh bowler proved that the fans’ fears are not unfounded. Karan Sharma hits Starc for a six off the first ball. Karan averages 18.48 in T20 cricket. Strike rate 125.27. Karan, who came down to bat at number nine, could not put the second ball in the right place of the bat. He hit another six off the next two balls. Starc gave 18 runs off 4 balls. KKR is trembling with fear of loss. Luckily, Karan took a catch in the hands of Starc on the very next ball. Bengaluru needed 3 runs to win off the last ball. But they could not score more than 1 run.

Harshit Rana said after the match, “It is easy to bat against the strong ball on this wicket. We were slowing the ball down because of that. That was our plan.” Stark did not know about that plan? He made each ball out loud. His pace was helping RCB. KKR won the match with Starc’s over of 55 runs in 3 overs. But the team could have lost the match because of the Australian pacer. Skipper Shreyas also cannot escape responsibility. If Russell was given the ball in the 18th over, Shreyas could have given him the last over as well. In that case, Stark would not have to tell the ball. Harshit used to bowl in that case in the 19th over. But KKR is not able to swallow the 24 crore 75 lakh rupees bowler. Stark has become a thorn in the neck. Mentor Gautam Gambhir has said, “When the team is winning, there is no need to say anything about Starc. If the team lost, I would have said something else.”

Good luck for Starc, Kolkata won at Eden on Sunday. Gambhir would have said otherwise on Sunday night if he had lost.