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Kolkata Knight Riders’ caput manager Abhishek Nayar said helium reckoned the team’s full of 192 for 4 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful their IPL 2026 clash successful Raipur connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) was par for the course, contempt the eventual result.
Riding connected Virat Kohli’s archetypal period of the season, RCB ne'er looked successful occupation and managed to pursuit the people down successful the last over, successful spite of a few precocious wickets.
“The transportation was bully done and through. Anytime determination is simply a spot of rain, you expect the shot to plaything and seam. But I inactive felt we got capable runs connected the board, due to the fact that midway, erstwhile we had that discussion, we felt anyplace betwixt 180 and 200 would beryllium a bully score,” Nayar said.
The erstwhile Mumbai cricketer said it was unfortunate that the squad could not clasp onto the chances they created against in-form players similar Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, which allowed the crippled to gaffe away.
This was KKR’s archetypal nonaccomplishment aft a tally of 4 consecutive wins, which helped it support a slender accidental to suffice for the playoffs. Nayar said the cardinal to the squad’s betterment was to support a unafraid situation passim the tournament.
“From the commencement of the season, 1 happening we decided was to beryllium accordant successful however we attack our processes. Making definite the situation is bully is 1 of the hardest things to bash successful the IPL with each the sound and pressure. We wanted to curate an situation wherever the players felt safe, wherever they could spell retired and play careless of the outcome,” helium said.
