IPL 2022: Shreyas Iyer scores a great half-century – Chasing 200+ targets is no joke. For Kolkata Knight Riders it was their captain Shreyas Iyer who tried hard and came to the rescue but failed to win the game for his team due to the great spell of Yuzbendra Chahal. Iyer made 85 off 51 balls as KKR trailed by just 7 runs to chase a great run. Follow IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN
Batting first, Rajasthan Royals hit KKR across the park as Jos Butler scored his second century in the IPL 2022 campaign as Rajasthan scored 217. In response, KKR led by Shreyas Iyer started chasing them quite well.
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IPL 2022: Shreyas Iyer leads from the front, chases 218 and scores a great half-century – check out
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In a burning innings of Shreyas Iyer, the hard hitting batsman saw 7 boundaries and 4 huge sixes as he put pressure on the opponent. However, in the 17th over of the game, a great spell by the little magician Yuzbendra Chahal turned the game on its own. Chahal outscored Iyer in an exceptional delivery and with that the KKR middle and lower order began to decline.
The way Iyer was batting, Kolkata could have won. This could be KKR’s third successful 200+ run chase in IPL history. However, that record is in the hands of Rajasthan Royals when they chased down 226 runs against Kings XI Punjab in Sharjah in 2020.
Not our night but we have a lot of fire pic.twitter.com/uKtavkOnRr
– Shreyas Iyer (ShreyasIyer15) April 18, 2022
IPL 2022: Shreyas Iyer leads from the front, chases 218 and scores a great half-century – check out
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Shreyas said, “I think from the start we got, we were going really well in terms of run-rate. Finchi was good but once he was out we slowed down a bit. We lacked something there, but it’s part of the game. Unfortunately, we were unable to click. My plan was to bat in the end, the opposite batsman would have to take it from one ball. “
“The matchup that Runner had was with Chahal. He did not give time and it happened. She [Buttler] Started a little slow and then he left. The way he runs the ball, he is a high quality batsman. Thanks to the way he batted. If we had gotten him out early, the scoreboard would have looked different.
“Amazing wickets to bat. Unfortunately Brabourne was not great for us. Hopefully we will come back strongly in the next match. There is a lot of stress and I like stress. I just wanted to set an example, no matter what the score. If they can get it, I can get it too. That’s what I thought. “
IPL 2022: Shreyas Iyer leads from the front, chases 218 and scores a great half-century – check out
