The amount of loyalty and emotions they have shown, especially after the first three years – they have stuck with us, believed in us, feeling sad when you lose, feeling happy when you win.
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“He has worked on his action, he’s got the monkey off his back”.
The clash against Delhi will be Jacques Kallis’s first since assuming the role of head coach of Kolkata in October.
Finally, apart from stating his happiness to don the KKR jersey, Shakib also reiterated that he was raring to play alongside his teammates apart from speaking on the chances of the Knight Riders in the upcoming season. They will be expected to lay solid platforms for the expressive middle-order.
In such a scenario, the duo of Andre Russell and Shakib Al Hasan will play a key role to their success while as for the domestic breed Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav will be ones to watch out for. He will have support from seasoned spinners Imran Tahir and Amit Mishra. “So hopefully we will try to start of well and continue that into the entire tournament”, Gambhir stated. He had to drop out of the original 15-man West Indies squad for the World Twenty20 in India which ended on Sunday with his team securing a second title with a four-wicket win over England. For Bayliss a lot of credit goes to the players in the dressing room. Individuals over the previous editions have gelled well and the fact that they understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses helps them perform as a unit.
The Delhi left-hander who has now led the Kolkata franchise for five years said they would not want to repeat the same mistakes they did last year. The pace department could also be a cause of concern for the think-tank. No coach in the world has so much of experience as him.
Shah Rukh Khan’s anthem for KKR, this time, is not just the signature tune but is mostly a narration with hints of tunes. However, Gambhir is a tenacious character and will be keen to lift his team with good performances with the bat. It might make selection tough, but we rather have that situation instead of looking here and there for options not knowing whom to pick.
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“Sometime coming in fresh and after a break is good”.
