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IPL 2021: KKR coach Brendon McCullum lashes out at skipper Eoin Morgan, says THIS after loss against PBKS

After struggling a five-wicket loss against Punjab Kings within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders’ head coach Brendon Mccullum acknowledged that his side would in actual fact want some more runs from skipper Eoin Morgan within the upcoming fits.

KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal played knocks of 67 and 40 respectively as Punjab Kings defeated KKR by five wickets with three balls to spare. Shahrukh Khan also scored 22 runs off comely nine balls to serve Rahul’s side acquire over the line.

“Morgan is considered one of our senior gamers and he is considered one of our world batters. As captain also, in his appreciate head he would maintain most standard to contribute procedure more runs. If truth be told, I have confidence he has captained the side in actual fact properly tactically. We want some more runs from him absolute self perception in that, you wish runs from your out of the country batters. Glimpse, I am confident that he will reach upright,” acknowledged McCullum whereas replying to an ANI query on Morgan’s maintain all over a virtual put up-match press conference.

“We played a predominant recreation, Punjab Kings deserved to utilize because they seized the major moments. I composed felt we had of endeavor within the sport, with two overs to slump, Punjab Kings had been within the procure precisely we had been in our innings. It used to be contact and slump, diminutive margins in this recreation and it did no longer slump our procedure against Punjab,” he added.

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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 1, 2021

Earlier, Venkatesh Iyer played a knock of 67 runs off comely 49 balls to serve KKR put up 165/7 within the disbursed twenty overs. For Punjab Kings, Arshdeep Singh returned with three wickets.

“Venkatesh Iyer is properly an all-rounder. It’s no longer comely his cricketing potential, it’s his mindset and cricketing brain. He has a predominant point of view on the sport and he is a guy with huge ambitions, he has a predominant future as a precise all-rounder. I have confidence he is a form of cricketers who goes to acquire higher and higher. I have confidence what he has carried out up to now reveals he belongs at this level.”

A watch at the Points Table after Match 45 of #VIVOIPL.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 1, 2021

When requested referring to the controversial purchase of KL Rahul that used to be given no longer-out within the penultimate over, McCullum acknowledged: “We’ve got played sufficient cricket to know that they are able to slump either procedure. If they slump your procedure, you’re feeling recount with it and if it goes the a amount of side, you perceive it and wish it had long previous your procedure. I indubitably make no longer say that used to be the losing or winning of the sport.”

“That used to be a improbable effort by Rahul Tripathi. We dropped about a catches nevertheless rather about a them had been sophisticated. That is one narrate we can make stronger,” he added.

KKR will subsequent square off against SunRisers Hyderabad on Sunday here at the Dubai Worldwide Stadium.

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