IPL 2021: KKR vs RR: Morgan credits youngsters for the win

In
Match
56
of
IPL
2021
at
the
Sharjah
Cricket
Stadium
on
Thursday
night,
KKR
crushed
RR
by
86
runs
to
have
their
one
foot
on
play-off
stage.

With
this
huge
win,
KKR
not
only
improved
their
net
run
rate,
but
also
literally
knocked
Mumbai
Indians
(MI)
out
of
the
contention
as
it
is
impossible
for
the
Rohit
Sharma-led
side
to
rise
over
KKR
even
if
they
win
against
the
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
on
Friday
(October
8).

Can
Mumbai
Indians
overhaul
Kolkata
Knight
Riders
and
reach
knockouts?
Find
out!

For
MI,
they
need
to
win
by
a
170-plus
margin
against
the
SRH
on
Friday
at
the
Sheikh
Zayed
Stadium
in
Abu
Dhbai
which
is
next
to
impossible.

If
they
are
chasing,
the
MI
have
no
chance
at
all.

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“I
don’t
think
it
could’ve
got
better.
Losing
the
toss
and
batting
was
difficult.
The
start
we
got
was
fantastic.
(Shubman)
Gill
and
(Venkatesh)
Iyer
have
been
our
shining
light.
To
get
170
we
thought
was
in
a
commanding
position.
A
really
strong
performance
today,”
Morgan
said
in
the
post-match
virtual
press
conference.

“Having
aggressive
players
coming
in
the
middle
order
helped
us
kick.
I’m
not
too
attached
to
things
as
to
what’ll
happen
and
what
won’t
happen.
We’ve
done
everything
tonight.
We
deserved
to
win,”
England’s
World
Cup-winning
skipper
added.

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Morgan
said
Bangladesh
star
all-rounder
Shakib
Al
Hasan
has
lived
up
to
the
team’s
expectation
with
his
stellar
performance,
having
replaced
injured
Andre
Russell
in
the
last
two
matches
of
the
UAE
leg.

“He
has
contributed
massively.
We’re
taking
it
day
by
day
(with
Russell),
so
he’s
working
incredibly
hard.
Fingers
crossed,”
he
added.

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vs
RR:
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If
KKR
are
through,
they
are
expected
to
take
on
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
(RCB)
in
the
Eliminator
tie
on
Monday
(October
11)
at
Sharjah.

The
Virat
Kohli-led
RCB
will
take
on
Rishabh
Pant-led
Delhi
Capitals
in
their
last
group
tie
at
the
Dubai
International
Cricket
Stadium
on
Friday
(October
8).