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Kolkata Knight Riders scored 200 runs against Hyderabad and killed the explosive batting order for 120 runs. Venkatesh Iyer scored 60 runs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane's planning and time-out message in the team's victory …Read more

Venkatesh Iyer credited the victory against Hyderabad to captain Ajinkya Rahane's plan
New Delhi. The team of Kolkata Knight Riders, which had suffered two defeats in the Indian Premier League, won a big win against Hyderabad. Even after losing 4 wickets for 106 runs in this match, the team scored 200 runs. Behind this, the planning and match experience of captain Ajinkya Rahane was used. Venkatesh Iyer scored 60 runs in the match while Angkish Rashuvanshi also frozen Fifty. The Hyderabad team chased the target, piled up for just 120 runs.
Venkatesh Iyer, who played a smokeless innings against Hyderabad, said that KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane sent a message during the time-out. It was because of this message that he succeeded in taking the team to a big score. Rahane had said that he should take time to understand the pitch because it is not easy to bat on it.
Iyer said, “The messages sent by Rahane and Raghuvanshi during the time-out, they explained to us that it is not easy to hit the pitch directly.
He further said, “Even if I take some balls, I know if I can cover it to some extent. We still have our engine room that can demolish any bowling attack. So the plan was to understand the first pitch and then react accordingly.”