IPL 2019: Match 35, KKR vs. RCB Player’s Report Card

Kolkata Knight Riders

Andre Russell

Unlike RCB, KKR committed a few errors on the field. They bowled in poor areas and dropped a couple of catches. Even their batting wasn’t up to the mark. They played with little intent and didn’t look interested in scoring runs. The innings picked up once Andre Russell walked in to bat. The West Indian all-rounder brought the team within winning reach, but couldn’t finish the job as KKR succumbed to their fourth consecutive loss.

The players’ report cards are given below:

Chris Lynn (Runs: 1 St.Rate: 50)

Rating: 0/10

KKR needed Chris Lynn to get them off to a great start, but he failed miserably and threw his wicket away cheaply after scoring just one run. Considering he was dropped by Stoinis for a duck, he should’ve made this innings count.

Sunil Narine (Runs: 18 St.Rate: 112.50 Wicket: 1 Eco.Rate 8)

Rating: 5/10

Narine bowled a really good spell with the ball and even picked up the wicket of Parthiv Patel. He was also the most economical of the spinners and conceded runs at just 8 RPO. However, with the bat, he wasn’t in the best of form. Narine just seemed to be swinging at every delivery that came his way. Eventually, he was dismissed for 18 runs by Navdeep Saini.

Shubman Gill (Runs: 9 St.Rate: 81.82)

Rating: 1/10

Shubman Gill just struggled to get going right from the start and threw his wicket away cheaply. He was dismissed for 9 runs by Dale Steyn.

Robin Uthappa (Runs: 9 St.Rate: 45)

Rating: 0/10

Robin Uthappa just wasn’t batting like his usual self. He struggled with his timing and showed no intent at all. His poor efforts with the bat increased the require run-rate while putting unnecessary pressure on his team mates. When he was dismissed for 9, the required run-rate was over 15 runs per over.

Nitish Rana (Runs: 85 St.Rate: 184.78)

Rating: 9/10

Nitish Rana was the surprise no one saw coming. He constructed his innings beautifully and batted very well with Andre Russell. Rana nearly took KKR over the finish line and remained unbeaten on 85 runs.

Andre Russell (Runs: 65 St.Rate: 280 Wickets: 1 Eco.Rate: 5.67)

Rating: 9/10

It should come as no surprise that Andre Russell turned out to be KKR’s trump card. He has single handedly won them matches before and he came close to doing it again. Russell played a magnificent innings that comprised of 2 fours and 9 sixes.

Even with the ball, he was KKR’s standout bowler. He picked up one wicket for 17 runs in three overs.

Harry Gurney (Wickets: 1 Eco.Rate: 10.50)

Rating: 2/10

Harry Gurney tried to vary his pace and bowl a lot of slower balls, but Virat Kohli was able to read him perfectly. Eventually, he got the wicket of Kohli in the final ball of the match.

Prasidh Krishna (Wickets: 0 Eco.Rate: 13)

Rating: 0/10

Prasidh Krishna bowled with some fiery pace, but by doing so, he only made it easier for the batsmen to score runs. He was one of the most expensive bowlers of the match.

Kuldeep Yadav (Wickets: 1 Eco.Rate: 14.75)

Rating: 0/10

On a pitch that had almost nothing in it for spinners, Kuldeep Yadav was easy pickings for the Moeen Ali and Virat Kohli. Moeen alone scored 26 runs of one over from Kuldeep Yadav before being dismissed in that very same over. It was a really disappointing match for Kuldeep.

Piyush Chawla (Wickets: 0 Eco.Rate: 10)

Rating: 1/10

Piyush Chawla only bowled one over in the match and conceded 10 runs. Perhaps it was wise decision by Dinesh Karthik considering what happened to Kuldeep Yadav.