Kolkata Knight Riders coach David Hussey is worried at his team's batting powerplay scores after KKR suffered an eight-wicket defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on Friday. KKR were down to 31 for 3 inside five overs but recovered to 175 for eight, courtesy Nitish Rana (54) and Andre Russell (49 not out). But KKR failed to defend that score after their prime pace bowler Pat Cummins conceded 40 runs in 3.5 overs. (Video and images courtesy IPL)
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00:03 Coach Pat Cummins has conceded around 150 runs
00:22 in 11 and 1/2 Overseas Bowl so far in this IPL.
00:26 So do you think that's a bit of a concern,
00:28 given that he's one of the leading bowlers in the world?
00:31 Yeah, I think we're looking at all factors of our game
00:34 at the moment, not only batting but bowling as well
00:36 and the fielding.
00:38 We reassess after every game, review, and try and get better.
00:42 That's the mantra of this team.
00:43 We always try and get better each game.
00:45 And as for Pat, he's come from a really hectic schedule
00:49 in Pakistan.
00:50 It's a totally different format playing
00:52 Test Match cricket to T20 cricket.
00:53 But he works his socks off in the nets.
00:55 He's fantastic around the group.
00:57 And once again, I think he will show his class
01:00 and end up winning two or three games for Kolkata Knight
01:02 Riders by the end of the season just with his bowling alone.
01:05 I want to ask about the batting.
01:06 I mean, the top order batting has been failing off late.
01:10 So what are your thoughts on trying to rectify it?
01:13 Well, we're going to sort out our first six overs, really.
01:17 That's been our Achilles heel for this tournament thus far.
01:19 So power play batting, our middle overs
01:22 and end of the innings overs has been phenomenal,
01:25 probably arguably the best in the tournament.
01:27 So just got to figure out our first six overs with the bat.
01:30 And once we figure that out, we'll
01:31 be making regular scores of 200 plus.
01:33 And we're going to play the entertaining brand of cricket
01:35 that Coach McCallum always wants us to play
01:38 and be really aggressive.
01:39 We want to hit the most sixes in the comp.
01:40 We want to hit the most fours and want
01:42 to score the biggest total in the comp as well.
01:44 So the Kolkata Knight Riders play an entertaining brand.
01:47 And that's what we're going to stand by.
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