🏏IPL2022 : Match 8: Kolkata versus Punjab🏏 - Page 26

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

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B Rajapaksa --3 6s 31runs

Umesh Yadav --- 4 wickets

Andre Russell -- 70runs & 8 sixes

Match won by KKR

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I think Russell will be obviously the MOTM !

Rajpaksa out of the equation, Russell wins for both runs and sixes

Others all ok 👍🏼

Originally posted by: Bee222

Rajpaksa out of the equation, Russell wins for both runs and sixes

Others all ok 👍🏼

Most valuable- Russell, most 6s Russell

Umesh fastest delivery

Rajapakasa- Powerplay

Most 4s- Shreyas

Andre Russell: "Feeling awesome, man. This is the reason why we play the game. In that position, I know what I can do. It was good to have someone at the crease like Sam. Once I started sweating, I told him that I'm gonna go. I back my ability. I'm happy to do whatever the team requires. I'm looking to bowl in the death. We have a good amount of bowlers, a few guys that can slip in one or two as well. If I bowl two, at least I can feel like an allrounder. But some games, I may not bowl a ball so I'm happy to take the batting as well and hit some sixes - do whatever I can do to contribute for the team. We were a couple wickets down and behind me was Sunil and then the other bowlers. I told Sam 'listen, let's bat a few overs and see what happens'. But I realised the left-arm orthodox wasn't spinning the ball. Chahar was bowling extremely well and the ball was gripping so we didn't want to take much chance against him but I knew we'd wait on the seamers and it would get easier. [How many out of the middle?] I'm going to say one..."

Shreyas Iyer: "We were stunned - we didn't expect them to come so hard, especially losing a wicket in the first over. But when I saw them timing it so well, I thought I could as well. [Front-loading bowlers?] We got early wickets after the Powerplay so my mindset was if I get wickets as much as possible... my plan was to get the best bowlers when they had hard-hitters coming in. [Spinners?] They make my job very easy on the field. They come up with their own strategies and in team meetings, they already know their plans. They know what they're doing. [Dre?] It was such a relief to see him hit so clearly. Simply outstanding hitting - it was Russell muscle, for serious. [Umesh?] I was just having a chat with him. He said he's getting older but I told him he's getting fitter and stronger. He's been putting in the hard yards at practice, I see him in the gym every time I go. He's hungry and wants the team to win. He's been a great colleague to work with."

I erased Umesh ‘s name from most wickets and MOTM at last minute 🤪 F M L

Umesh Yadav beats Russell to the player-of-the-match award. That's his sixth POTM award against the Punjab franchise, the most by a player against a single opponent in IPL history.

AbRam is so cute 😆

Umesh Yadav beats Russell to the player-of-the-match award. That's his sixth POTM award against the Punjab franchise, the most by a player against a single opponent in IPL history. My language skills are sadly lacking, so my colleague Afzal Jiwani has translated for me... "[Work ethic?] In the nets, I just try to work on my skills. You can get better only if you practise. I didn't expect Mayank to charge down the track on the very first ball. When you're bowling at 140 clicks, your focus is to bowl the perfect line and length."

Originally posted by: Radiant_Eyes_

AbRam is so cute 😆

He came too to stadium?