Kolkata Knight Riders’ unbeaten run in IPL 2024 finally came to an end as the Shreyas Iyer-led side suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings on Monday. KKR’s batsmen, who have been quite impressive in the competition so far, failed to deliver their usual performances and the team could only score 137/9 in 20 overs. KKR’s batsmen opted for their trademark aggressive style but Chennai’s pitch helped the bowlers, with Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande claiming two wickets each to give CSK the advantage. After the match, a fan on social media questioned whether KKR should have changed their approach and played a more ‘selfish’ knock for the team.

“KKR are full of big hitters and nobody played for their personal milestones today. Still I don’t understand why they scored only 137 runs today. A selfish 70 (50) maybe to KKR. Taken to 160+ btw,” the fan wrote.

KKR is full of big hitters and none played for their personal milestones today. Still I can’t understand why he scored only 137 runs today. A selfish 70(50) would have taken KKR to 160+ btw.

Thoughts @bhogleharsha?

— _(@bholination) April 8, 2024

Former New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan, who won the IPL title with Mumbai Indians, disagreed with the fan’s analysis and believed that KKR should stick to the strategy that has worked for them. What is it. He asked them to continue with their fearlessness and not resort to any more selfish tactics.

“Sometimes you shoot for the stars and land on the moon. No big deal — their formula has worked so far. No need to be selfish,” McClenaghan told X (formerly known as Twitter was) replied to.

Sometimes you shoot for the stars and land on the moon. No big deal – their formula has worked so far no need to be selfish https://t.co/cf7bGcNufv

— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) April 8, 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer deconstructed his first defeat of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season against five-time champions Chennai Super Kings.

On Monday, Ravindra Jadeja spearheaded a bowling attack for the hosts that laid the foundation for a comprehensive seven-wicket haul for CSK at the Chepauk track that lived up to its true nature and fell on the slow side.

After losing the wicket of Phillip Salt on the very first ball of the innings, KKR managed to end the powerplay with a score of 56/1.

After this point, KKR struggled to adjust to the surface and struggled to get runs on the board.

“I personally feel that we were short on wicket-taking. We were exceptional in the powerplay but after that, we couldn’t take advantage, we lost wickets in a row. We were quick. “Couldn’t predict early. After the powerplay, it completely changed and it wasn’t easy to score runs on that wicket,” Iyer said after the match.

(with ANI input)