IPL 2023: Sunrisers coach Lara said – KKR did not beat us, we lost

Hyderabad. Blaming his batsmen for their sixth defeat in the current IPL season, Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Brian Lara said Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t beat them but he himself. In response to the target of 172 runs for victory, Sunrisers lost the match by five runs. Now he is at the ninth position among the ten teams while KKR is at the eighth position. Lara said in the press conference after the match, “We lost wickets in the powerplay from which we could not recover.” We asked Heinrich Klaasen to handle the innings. He comes in at number six and before him there are five great players. It was difficult for him. “He said,” Batsmen should have the courage to win such matches on a helpful pitch but we could not win. We have to focus on partnerships.

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It is good to be aggressive but it is also necessary to stay and play to win the match. ”””’ Lara praised KKR spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, saying, ”They are excellent spinners. We have seen that the role of spinners is important in the tournament. Spinners like Narine and Chakraborty are world class. We were in the game but we lost the match ourselves.” KKR spinner Chakravarthy said his strategy of prodding the Sunrisers batsmen to hit long shots towards the boundary was successful. He said, “There was a lot of pressure but Nitish was telling me only one thing that tempt me to play like Seemarekha. That’s what we did and it was an important win.