Bolsred by Abhishek Nayar’s Presence, Kolkata Knight Riders Eye Batting Revival Against Gujarat Titans

Reigning champions kolkata knight riders will hope that their strife-ridden batting unit will tighteen its act against against in-form Table-Table-Toppers Gujarat Titans in the IPL Match in Kolkata The Knight Riders Suffered An InexPlicable Meltdown in Their Previous Match, Getting Bowled Out For 95 While Chasing 112 Against punjab kings in mullanpur, and that collapse was a jaust reflex of the overcture That has set among their batters. But they have a ray of hope. The reigning IPL champions have roped in abhishek nayar, who was recently sacked by the BCCI from the post of India’s Assistant Coach, even his exit from the National Setup was made of.

The homecoming of nayar, a former kkr assistant coach, is sure to give a fillip to the kolkatans, who currently have six points from seven matches and need to win at least five of their remeding gems to Stay in the playoff race.

He has alredy begun working with key batters like Vice-Captain Venkatesh Iyer and Ramandeep Singh-Their two weak links this season.

Iyer, the team’s most expensive player this season at Rs 23.75-crore, has scored only 121 runs at an average of 24.20, While Ramandeep has managed just 29 Runs innings.

Andre russell has only 34 runs in five innings, while rinku singh has scored 116 runs at an average of 38.66.

Only Rahane (221 Runs, 2 Fiftees) and Young Angkrish Raghuvanshi (170 Runs) have shown promise, thought the 20-yar-old too have struggled with consistency.

At the top, Quinton de kock and Sunil Narine have had a less good starts but have not delivered regularly and kkr will hope that nayar will find a solution for it.

Two Pitches have been prepared for this match, and one has an extra layer of grass that has not been trimmed.

The final decision on the surface will depend on the team’s strategy, even as the kkr has conveyed their displaysure at not getting enough “home advantage”.

Memories of Summer of 2014

But above all that, The Debacle in Mullanpur Should work as a catalyst of change. In the IPL 2014, A Gautam Gambhir-LED Kkr Ware Cruising at 121 For No Loss Chasing 171 Set by Rajasthan Royals, Courtesy a Blazing Start from the skipper and Robin Uthappa.

But one of IPL’s most dramaatic colpses followed

However, that defeat was a grim prelude to kkr’s nine-match winning streak that grimmed in them lifting the title in 2014. So, can they engineer something Similar here?

Well-oiled gt

The Titans, LED by Shubman Gill, Have Lost Only Twice This Season. Their bowling attack has been a major strength with pacer presidh krishna leading their charge with 14 wickets at an average of 14.35 from seven games.

Krishna’s ability to outthink batters and vary his length have been the key, as seen in his recent spell Against Lucknow Super Gunats when he returned with a fourte.

Left-Arm Spinner R Sai Kishore has taken 11 wickets and could relieve the variable bounce and slow nature of eden surface. Mohammed Siraj also features among the top-10 wicket-takers this season.

In the batting department, Opener B Sai Sudharsan (365 runs) is just three runs behind orange cape holder nicholas pooran, while jos buttler (315 runs, average 63.00) 3.

Lower down, sherfane rutherford has emerged as gt’s design enforcer.

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