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IPL23 match no 13 KKR vs GT this match KKR won by 3 wickets. Rinku Singh (Player of the Match): "The beliefwas there that I can do it. Rana told me to keepbelieving. Umesh did well to take the single andI backed my ability, I was not thinking much. Justplayed to the merit of the ball. Backof the handball and I hit it straight down the ground for themaximum. I am chuffed andI am going to enjoyit"Nitish Rana (KKR Captain): "Hada little bit ofbelief because Rinku had done it in the previousover. However we did not cross the line lastyear. When he hit the second six then the beliefincreased as Yash Dayal wasn'table to execute.Itis very important to have that belief wheneveryou are chasing any total, especially as a captain.To be honest, you win a match out off 100 gameslike this. When we were bowling we held the match in ourgrasp. We just bowled two badovers in the death.Same thing happened with our batting. RashidKhan's one over put us on the backfoot. Creditgoes to Rinku Singh, the 2 points that we have gottonight are just due to his efforts.People asked me why Rinku is the top rankedplayer and plays second fiddle. I would like torespond to them tonight that if this is secondfiddle then imagine what would be his topperformance. We saw how important player he is.In the last match he held one end and tonight ifIwas batting, I wauld have thought of hitting30 inthe final over foronce but yOur heart knows whatyou are capable of I don'thave enoUgh vords todescribe Rinku's innings." Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders): "It was agreat game to be a part of and I really enjoyedit. We were in Control and then lost our way, butRinku was there to save us again. The coaches tellus to chase and score 200 and we did that. Thesekinds of games gives us confidence and hope toride the momentum going forward. We lost thefirst game due to rain and then we played wellagainst RCB and now this game and the win willgive us great confidence. Hope to carry on thegood Work." Rashid Khan (GT Captain): "T20 is all aboutentertainment We were in the same position buton the winning side last year. It is a learning partfor our team in the early part of the competitionbut more importantly we hada good game ofcricket and hopefully the fans liked it as wel.The ball Yash bowled was the one he is morecomfortable with but it just didn't work out in themiddle. Its one of those days when your plan:in the opposite side. Credit to the batter the whe finished the game. I keep it simple to hit the right areas consistently.In T20 ifyou miss your right length you see whathappened. That's what T20 is all about, you canmiss your line and lengths. As a bowler I try mybest to hit the area as much as possible.We got what we wantedasa team. We got those200+ runs but as a bowling unit we have, I feelits enough total to defend but as I said its T20,sometimes 250 doesn't look good to defend butas a team these are things for us to learn spethe bowling department and take the positive.out of this game. So early in the competition so Rinku Singh hit 40 runs in his last 7 balls to takeKKR to a victory!7:20 PM IST: What a game have we witnessed inIPL 2023. Rinku Singh hits 5 sixes in a row off thefinal over to win the game for the Kolkata KnightRiders by 3 wickets off the final ball of the innings.What a game we have had as Yash Dayal misseshis length and gets tonked for sixes. KKR notchaeup their second win in three games while Guj.loses their first game of the tournament. Let's just recap this amazing game. Kolkata losttheir openers early in pursuit of 205 for the win.But then it was the Venkatesh Iyer show as hescoreda breath taking 83 off 4O balls. He wasably supported by Nitish Rana who scored 45off 29 balls. They did the major job and thingsfell away. In came Rinku Singh who scored amagnificent 48* off 21 balls which included 31runs off the Yash Dayal over. KKR got home offthe final ball of the innings. This was some gameto say the least. Rashid Khan turned the match on its head witha hat-trick as he got three wickets. A coupleof wickets for Alzarri Joseph who bowled anexcellent spell of 2/27 in4 overs. MohammadShami got a wicket and so did Joshua Little whowent for runs. They had the match in their bagsand had it stolen from them at the death.Earlier in the game, Sai Sudharsan's halfcentury where he scored 53 off 38 balls and asplendid knock from Vijay Shankar who scored Earlier in the game, Sai Sudharsan's halfcentury where he scored 53 off 38 balls and asplendid knock from Vijay Shankar who scoredan unbeaten 63* off 24 balls. Shubman GillScored 39 at the top of the order as GujaratTitans amassed 204/4 in 20 overs. WriddhimanSaha and Abhinav Manohar ended with doublefigures.Sunil Narine was the pick of the bowlers forKolkata Knight Riders as he picked up 3/33 inovers. Suyash Sharma got the other wicket toIt was a hard day for the bowlers and a brilliant It wasa hard day for the bowlers and a brilliantday for the batters. It was a game to renmemberfor all of us.So, KKR wins by 3 wickets to climb upwards in thepoints table. Stick around for the presentations.

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IPL23 Match no 19 KKR vs SRH this match SRH won by 23 runs. Harry Brook (Player of the Match): "It was aspecial night and thankfully we go over the lineas well. It got a little bit tensed in the middle therebut its good to be on the winning side tonight.A lot of people say opening the batting in T20 isthe best time to bat. You only have 2 fielders outso but I'm happy to bat anywhere. Batted in theTests at 5 and quite probably batted at 5 in T20cricket also but Im happy to do whatever theteam needs.Unfortunately my 4 Test hundreds have to beabove this one but its definitely up there and thecrowd tonight was phenomenal. Those balls Ifaced against Chakaravarthy and the crowd wasgoing mental so its good to be playing in front ofsuch a great stadium and great fans tonight so Ienjoyed it.I was put under pressure by myself after a first I was put under pressure by myselfafter a firstfew games. Being on social media, people callingyou rubbish and you slightly start to doubtyourselfa little bit but I just went out there witha 'I don't care' mentality tonight and thankfully itcame off.There are a lot of Indian fans out there whoprobably gonna be saying 'well done' tonight butthey were slagging me offa few days ago so Imglad that I was able to shut them up to be honest.'Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain);:"Thanks, Harsha. It is great to win away fromhome. The total was not safe. It was a toughgame but hats off to the bowlers to help us getover the line. The field is slightly smaller and theoutfield is quick. A// the players gave their bestand played with intent. Yeah, suppose we got offto a great start and played with freedom. We batdeep and that's the result of the impact players.I think it worked quite well. We know that Harryis a great talent. He hits good cricket shots inthe powerplay and can take us deep. He is Mrreliable for sure. It was a tough wicketas a bowlerand kudos to him for keeping it tight. It's a greatbunch of fellows. There is an extra bit of banter.It's cricket at the endof the day, teaches you alesson.It's great to be the captain of the team andend up with a wvin."Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad):"Ahh... First of all, to start, we wanted to pickearlywickets and that is the way we could have stoppedthem. When you are defending the totals, youneed to pick early wickets. In the final over of thepowerplay, they took on our bowler and scored afew quick runs which kept the game hanging inbalance. But we came back well to restrict them.Iam nota big fan of bowling slower balls butthat is what the game needs nowadays. I justtried to bowl according to the situation, accoruyto the batters how they reacted to my previousdeliveries, seeing the dimensions and puttingthem in the rightareas.Just go to him (on asking about Umran Malik'ssecond over after going for plenty in his first over).He is a fiery pace bowler and can be a game-changer. One shouldn't confuse him, you shouldallow the youngster to bowl good deliveries bybacking him.I think the pitch is a bad one for the bowlers,haha! Of course, it is an excellent one for thebatters! Harry Brook is a class apart. Good to see Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders Captain):"Thank you sir, thank you!! We didn't bowlaccording to our plans. The total wasa bit toomuch. We could have bowled a bit better:. It is wellknown that it is notpractically possible to do everyday what Rinku did in the last match.We tried to take the match to the deep. I tried tohang around from one endand take the inningsdeep. Whenever I got the opportunity, I tried tohit the odd balls. 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IPL23 Match no 12 CSK vs MI this match CSK won by 7 wickets. That is the end of an amazing double-headerSaturday. While RR won the afternoon encounterbeating DC bya comfortable margin, CSK walkedpast MI in what was an one-sided affair underlights here at Wankhede.Ravindra Jadeja: "I think when we were bowlingit wasn't really spinning. Yeah, odd balls werespinning but it was going straight for the mostpart of it. I and Mitchell Santner were looking tobowl on right lines and lengths with the battersthey had. Here and there we could have gone forruns but it's okay It's a bit of mixed wickets here.Sometimes it's good for batting, sometimes it ispacey or sticky. We keep discussing with eachother and bowl accordingly. It's important tospeak to one another and support each other."Player of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja MS Dhoni (CSK Captain): "It feels good and alsonot to forget we lost Deepak in the first over. Itwas a big challenge. He has been our new ballbowler. Magala was playing his first game. Itwas bit of an issue how to shuffle the bowlersand who to bowl when. Good thing is that thespinners bowled very well. Initial 6-7 overs, itwasn't turning a lot They were able to play thebig shot. I feel it was a two-paced after that. Sospinners were able to use that in their favor. Fastbowlers came back nicely. Magala and Pretoriuscame back nicely. Overall its a very good effortafter losing one of your premium bowler. To comeafter losing one of your premium bowler. To comeback an drestrict them close to 160 is a very goodeffort.We believe in him (Tushar Deshpande). Whathappens is when you are new, you have adifferent sort of pressure and when you play IPLfor a few games and it feels like a comeback.I feel as cricketers its one of the worst feelingsto have. He hada very god domestic seasonand that helps. We are constantly talking to himabout what needs to be done. He is very goodwith execution. but in the last couple ofgames he strength. You wont be somebody who will beconsistently hitting sixes but you have the abilityto manipulate the field, use the pace of the bowlerand he is technically very sound. I said go andenjoy because that's what is needed. Don't taketoo much stress. Yes we are not able to give youthe first game but when the chance comes, we'llback you and I was very happy the way he batted.I think he was a bit disappointed the way he gotout which is always a good signal when a playersays I could have done slightly more.I feel all the games are important. The more you can manage. The first target is to win enoughgames to make into the qualifiers and thendepending on where you are standing on theleague's table. But that's far too ahead. Importantis to look at the problems in front of you and takeit one game at a time, try to do well, try to wingames and gather points."Active catch of the match award: Ravindra Jadeja(caught and bowled dismissal - Cameron Green)Longest six hit in the match: Shivam Dube Ajinkya Rahane (Chennai Super Kings): "RaviBhai, how are you? Really enjoyed. Igot to knowbefore the toss. Moeen was unwell and Flem(Stephen Fleming) told me that I was playing. Ihada good domestic season. That's mny strength,I wanted to back my strength, hold my shape,play my strokes, and not smash the balls hard.Before every game you have to think that you arein the game, you have to be ready. IPL is a lortournament andyou don't know when you argoing to geta game. I always enjoyed playing atthe Wankhede. Never playeda Test match here yet and would like to play. I know the groundwell.I think it is the important thing about Mahi bhaiand Flem (Stephen Fleming) is to they give youthe freedom. They told me to play my game,focus on your process and focus on your game.Luckily I was ready. I visualize myself and beprepared for my game. Thank You Ravi Bhai."Ajinkya Rahane gives the Orange Capto RutGaikwad. Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians Captain): "Welost our way in the middle. Didn't capitalize on thestart that we got. It was a gOod pitch and we were30-40 runs short the way we got the start butcouldn't capitalize in the middle overs. Gotta givecredit to their spinners as well, they bowled prettywell kept us under pressure and we were notableto respond.You need to try out different things, need toattack. You need to brave at the time. We've ga couple of guys who are young into the IPLplaying for the first time so gotta give some tinme can manage. The first target is to win enoughgames to make into the qualifiers and thendepending on where you are standing on theleague's table. But that's far too ahead. Importantis to look at the problems in front of you and takeit one game at a time, try to do well, try to wingames and gather points."Active catch of the match award: Ravindra Jadeja(caught and bowled dismissal - Cameron Green)Longest six hit in the match: Shivam Dube to them. They've got real talent as well. But it willtake some time. AIl we gotta do from our side isback them and show enough trust in their abilitywhich we are trying to do from our side.The senior guys need to step up starting with me.We know the nature of IPL. When it starts yougotta get some momentum towards and if youdon't its always tough and we are trying to findthe momentum. Its 2 games still. Notall lost herebut you are right. Some of the senior guys froour team need to step up with the bat.That's the nature of this tournament, you can wina few on the trot. Ifyou lose, it gets hard to getthat momentum. We want to come out of thatlosing streak, I wouldn't callita streak, its just 2games. You need to do a lot of things right whichwe are trying to figure in our changing room. Weare not able to execute in the middle. We need tocome out and take that opportunity and be braveenough to do it in the middle.We know we hada disappointing last seasonyou always start afresh. Even when we won th5 trophies, we never thought of that we won last year. Its always starting fresh. Every oppositionis quality. You have to be good on that particularday to win the games and beat the opposition. Itscrucial for us, what has happened has happenedthe last year. We can't change too much about itbut we can learn from what happened in these 2games. Bring it out and be more brave to bring itOut on the field."MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to putMumbai Indians into bat. Rohit Sharma andIshan Kishan gave the team a head start, adding38 runs in no time. 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