Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) edged Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defending a total of 167 races in Abu Dhabi on October 7. This victory finally gave Dinesh Karthik & Co a sigh of relief when they came into the competition after losing to Delhi. Capitals.
It was a great comeback for KKR in the tournament that resulted after adjusting the game XI a bit. Batter Rahul Tripathi moved up the order and returned it with a good 81-run hit. At bowling, Sunil Narine was introduced much later and the tactic worked well.
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Amid all these experiments, Kuldeep Yadav’s absence raised some questions about the KKR team’s management. The Chinese would have made an impact on a slow track in Abu Dhabi, but not facing CSK surprised some.
However, in the postgame press, the team’s bowling coach Kyle Mills revealed why Kuldeep was dropped from the lineup. He said that the size of the floor was the main reason.
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“Kuldeep is one of the best spinners in the world. But just with the composition of the group at the moment and the size of the fields, it is the reason we chose this XI today and Kuldeep was left out, “Mills said at the post-match press conference.
“I suppose the competition is good, right? We have a very large squad, a very competitive squad for certain positions within the group and Kuldeep has missed the last two games, but he has a presence within the group, he continues to give the team. But Kuldeep is training the house down, he wants to return to the starting eleven and therefore the competition within the group is certainly helping our performance in the park, ”he further said.
Despite being the mainstay of KKR bowling, Kuldeep remains underutilized at IPL 2020. He has just thrown nine overs of three so far this season and has only started one field.
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