Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Shreyas Iyer Delighted with Composed Victory Over Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Shreyas Iyer, the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, said that it may be difficult to remain composed during close games like their one-run victory against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but he was delighted that his side had managed to secure the crucial two points.

The Bengaluru team gave the KKR team a serious fright until they were all out for 221 off the last ball of the game, despite the team scoring a solid 222 for six.

You experience so many emotions that it wears you out and takes a lot off your body. I'm thrilled, yet it's hard to remain composed. "All that matters is that we have two points on the board," Iyer declared during the post-match awards ceremony.

It's quite difficult when there's pressure. Every person, in my opinion, ought to raise their hands and accept accountability. Iyer used Andre Russell's performance (3/25 and 27 off 20b) as a reference to his previous assertion.

"Russell changed the game completely in our favor by taking two wickets, doing the job for us." That mindset is exactly what the squad needs. Iyer didn't condemn the Australian bowler Mitchell Starc, despite the fact that he almost completely destroyed the defense of 21 off the last six balls.

In the 20th over, Starc let up three sixes to Karn Sharma, and RCB came dangerously close to winning.

It's a humorous game in which the bowler has the burden of scoring eighteen runs in six deliveries. A few sixes here and there alters the momentum entirely. It's critical that we remain composed, focus on the here and now, and direct the batter to where you want them to hit. Iyer was thrilled to add a fifty to the team's cause as well.

It was a crucial hit. I wanted to stay and help right the ship till the very end. In the end, we established some significant limits, which made me extremely delighted. Despite the circumstances of the encounter, man of the match Russell stated he has always been confident in his bowling.

I support my bowling every time. I knew I had to come through when I had the ball at a critical moment, and happily I did. It was hard for me to hit a change of speed when I was batting earlier. It was what I wanted to do as a bowler. The slower balls were clinging to one another. Russell took the crucial wickets of Rajat Patidar and Will Jacks, which completely changed the course of the RCB's chase.

"I believe that changing the game was the result of getting the two set batters out, which made me happy." The collapse for RCB was sparked by those two crucial wickets taken by (Sunil) Narine. Additionally, Russell produced a fantastic 19th over in which he dismissed the highly effective Dinesh Karthik.

"With two (overs) remaining, I trained my body to bowl that 19th over. I did my best to load the scoreboard with runs for Starc. I decided to bowl six deliveries to DK and spice things up because he wasn't getting off strike, and happily it did. After suffering their sixth straight loss, captain Faf du Plessis stated that his team will continue to attempt to change the tide for the rest of the competition.

"(We were determined to win)...In terms of effort, 10 out of 10. The expressions on the ground spoke volumes about the work we put in. Our incredible fan base deserves to be smiling, and we want that to happen. We'll need to keep working hard and make an attempt to turn things around.