Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered its second win of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as Dinesh Karthik and his men hand the Rajasthan Royals (RR) their first defeat of the tournament. After the match, KKR young pace duo of Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi thanked the management for supporting them even when they were injured.
Nagarkoti and Mavi, who are two of the most talented young pacers in India’s domestic circuit, picked two wickets apiece and conceded just 33 runs in the 6 overs they bowled among themselves. After the match, speaking to captain Karthik, Mavi thanked the KKR management for showing faith in him and Nagarkoti as they went through a tough phase in the last two years due to injuries.
“It felt really good to dismiss both Samson and Buttler. I bowled the ball as I had planned to do. It feels really nice to spend time with the likes of Russell and Cummins. We have mixed up with them, they are always around with us. It feels really good when Venky Mysore sir and Shah Rukh Khan sir come to watch us play. We were injured but the management showed faith in us and we are grateful for that,” Mavi told Dinesh Karthik and Nagarkoti in a video posted on iplt20.com.
For Karthik, while the victory wasn’t a perfect one, he lauded the youngsters for their excellent catching and bowling in the match.
“I wouldn’t call it perfect. There was a lot of areas we could improve. It was a good game,” Karthik said after the match.
“A lot of things pleased me – the way Gill started, Mavi bowled, the way Russell batted, the way Morgan kept his head. The beautiful sight of the youngsters going for the catch no matter how high it is.”
Talking further about the youngsters in his team, he said, “It’s a very special thing – these boys, the journey they’ve gone through when not playing, and for them to just come out and express themselves with the ball and ball.”
