IPL 2021: Eoin Morgan pleased to see aggressive brand of cricket by Kolkata Knight Riders

Shubman
Gill
top-scored
against
RCB
with
a
knock
of
48
runs
as
KKR
chased
down
the
target
of
93
runs
with
nine
wickets
in
hand
and
60
balls
to
spare.

With
this
win,
Eoin
Morgan’s
side
has
jumped
to
the
fifth
position
in
the
points
table
while
RCB
remains
static
at
the
third
spot.

For
KKR,
Venkatesh
Iyer
also
played
a
knock
of
41
runs
off
just
27
balls
while
for
RCB,
Yuzvendra
Chahal
took
the
lone
wicket.

“Venkatesh
Iyer,
the
way
he
came
in
and
played
was
outstanding.
Certainly,
the
brand
of
cricket
we
want
to
play.
Playing
under
head
coach
Brendon
McCullum,
this
is
the
aggressive
nature
of
cricket
we
want
to
play.

“Although
he
was
aggressive,
he
managed
to
control
his
innings.
His
opening
partnership
with
Shubman
Gill
was
beautiful
to
watch,”
said
Morgan
during
a
virtual
post-match
press
conference.

Earlier,
KKR
spinner
Varun
Chakravarthy
returned
with
figures
of
3-13
and
Andre
Russell
also
picked
up
three
wickets
as
RCB
was
bundled
out
for
92
inside
19
overs.

For
Virat
Kohli’s
side,
Devdutt
Padikkal
top-scored
after
playing
a
knock
of
22
runs.

“Yeah,
I
think
the
match-ups
with
Andre
Russell
really
worked.
The
pitch
the
way
it
played
throughout
the
whole
innings
was
more
seamer-friendly
even
though
Varun
had
an
unbelievable
day.
I
thought
the
pitch
assisted
the
seamers
with
big
size
boundaries,”
said
Morgan.

“Yeah,
there
is
no
doubt
that
it
(qualifying
for
the
play-offs)
will
be
a
challenge
from
here
onwards,
but
our
main
aim
is
to
turn
up
and
play
cricket
as
we
did
with
RCB.
If
we
do
that,
then
we
give
ourselves
the
best
chance
of
progressing
to
the
playoffs,”
he
added.

KKR
will
next
lock
horns
against
Mumbai
Indians
on
Thursday
in
the
IPL
2021
season.