“# IPL2020 Dinesh Karthik informs KKR management that in order to focus on his hitting and contribute more to the team’s cause, he wishes to hand over the team captaincy to Eoin Morgan: #KolkataKnightRiders (KKR),” KKR tweeted on Friday in the afternoon. , while posting a statement on your website.
📰 “DK and Eoin have worked brilliantly together during this tournament and although Eoin assumes the position of captain, this… https://t.co/sGXJLzpK7B
– KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) 1602836495000
The development was not unexpected, but surprisingly it has come a few hours before KKR’s next match, against Mumbai Indians Friday night. With four wins and three losses, KKR plays fourth at the table. Looking overwhelmed by the burden of the captaincy, Karthik has looked faded with the bat, scoring just 108 runs in seven [email protected] so far in just half a century. In a game against him Capitals of Delhi, Morgan broke 44 of 18 balls, but KKR came up short, leading many fans and experts to question Karthik’s decision to send him to No. 6, and not before.
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England won the ODI World Cup under Morgan’s captaincy last year. The aggressive southpaw has scored 175 runs in seven [email protected].
CEO of KKR Venky Mysore said on the KKR website: “We are lucky to have leaders like DK who has always put the team first. It takes a lot of courage for someone like him to make a decision like this. While we were surprised by his decision, We respect their wishes. We are also fortunate that Morgan, the winning captain of the 2019 World Cup, who has been the vice-captain, is willing to lead the team in the future. DK and Eoin have worked together brilliantly during this tournament and although Eoin takes over as captain, this is effectively a role swap and we hope this transition will go smoothly.
“On behalf of everyone at KKR, we thank DK for all of his contributions as captain over the past two and a half years and wish Eoin the best in the future.”
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