Kolkata (India), : Kolkata Knight Riders Mentor Gautam Gambhir supports his team ahead of their Indian Premier League match against Lucknow Supergiant at their home arena, Eden Gardens. ₹24.75 crore superstar pacer Mitchell Starc has said that to come out on top in the upcoming matches, a poor performance in four matches does not make him bad and that wins are more than individual performances.
KKR and LSG will lock horns at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. KKR are second with six points with three wins and a loss. They lost their previous match against Chennai Super Kings. LSG are fourth with three wins and two losses, giving them six points. They lost their previous match against Delhi Capitals.
LSG have the edge over KKR in terms of head-to-head contests, having won all three matches played between the two teams since 2022. These two matches were very close, with KKR losing by one run and two runs respectively.
Ahead of the game, Gambhir said of Starc, “It doesn't matter, T20 cricket is about beating the bowlers. We've got three wins out of four.”
“In a team sport, wins matter, we've got three wins out of four. Why shouldn't I be happy with someone's performance? Look, people have bad days and good days. Ultimately, it's all about the team. Win.”
“We got decent results in the first four games of the tournament. And we all know how big a threat Mitchell Starc is. Four games doesn't make him a bad bowler. And four good games doesn't make him a great bowler. So what impact will he create in the competition and what impact will he make? I know,” said Gambhir.
Gambhir said Starc was “reasonably OK” and bowled some “tough overs”.
In four matches, Starc has taken just two wickets at an average of 77.00 with a strike rate of 42.00 and an economy rate of 11.00. His best bowling figures were 2/25 against Delhi Capitals.
Playing against LSG after spending two years as a mentor with them from the 2022-2023 seasons, Gambhir said his time with LSG will not make any difference in the game.
“It's a new day, a new beginning. What's different from what happened in the last two years? There's really no difference. We start from scratch,” Gambhir said.
“We're all really looking forward to tomorrow's game. You know, it's a quality team. But we're also a quality team,” he concluded.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Phillip Salt, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Suyashbaullah Sharma, Manishbaullah Sharma Saqib Hussain , Harshit Rana, Dushmantha Chamera, Srikar Bharat, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakaria, Sherfane Rutherford, Allah Ghazanfar
Lucknow Supergiants Squad: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Yash Thakur, Krishnappa Goudat , Amit Mishra, Matt Henry, Mayank Yadav, Yudvir Singh Charak, Kyle Meyers, Ashton Turner, Prerak Mankad, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni.
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