Kolkata Knight Riders

Apr 19: After the match

It was a tough night to be in the dressing room. The 15 days of very hard preparation in South Africa did not seem to show. But given the nature of the tournament , Matthew and John emphasized that there was no time to look back, one just had to plan forward for the next game.

When a team loses it spends even more time together, as only fellow players or staff feel the same hurt. The boys in KKR have a lot of character - and are fortunate to have owners who only expect the team to fight their hardest, what ever the result.

So what did we do after the game. Shahrukh came over - and the boys sat quietly around drinking coffee and chatting. As all players know, it is impossible to sleep within 3, 4 hours of a game as the andrenalin pumps you too high during the match.

There is a blog spot which a team member showed me this morning which purports to be from a member of the KKR entourage. Poison pen writing of the dirtiest variety, but far too many factual errors. Who ever it is out there is obviously very sick, perverted and has far too little information or insight to successfully pretend to be a part of us.

Yashpal has joined us yesterday, and while he will start training - he will need at least 3 or 4 days to get his feel for the local wickets.

The gloomy weather has followed us to Durban - with rain predicted for tonight.

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    soumyajit, 1 year ago | Flag
  • we want masrafee in kkr 11. he is great cricketer. we want want masrafee in next match.IF MASRAFEE NOT IN NEXT MATCH.....WE WILL CHANGE OUR TEAM.............................


     

    hazari, 1 year ago | Flag

  • Hello Shahrukh sir,


     


                               How are you doing ?? hws your shoulder .. ??


     


                               Well .. I am a Bengali and a Kolkata Knight Rider fan ...Well in the beginning I was also very 


    upset with the decision of removing Sourav Ganguly from the helm of captaincy ... Well i do not want any clearification


     about it since its ur team.. but as a die-hard fan of yours and Dada ... can u gimme just a reason which backed this 


    decision ..


     


                                Well the other day u said u wanted positive energy for your team .. trust me Sir .. i always 


    pray for the success of ur team and you .. I really want you and the Kolkata Knight Riders to do well.Sir .. I can 


    understand wat u wanted to say in that interveiw with Mandira Bedi ... but you know the Bengali people ... jo bhi 


    karte hai .. dil se karte hai ... pyar bhi aur nafrat bhi .. thoda emotional hai ... i hope .. u would understand 


    our side as well .. and take it from me .. watever be the outcome of the tournament i am always with and ur knights


     ... Sir ... i love you very much .. hopefully you would bring glory to Kolkata ...


     


                                 Hows Gauri mam ?? And also how is Aryan and Suhana .. hopefully all are doing well ... 


     


    Sir,I wanted to meet you and let myself be known to you .. and I am sure .. you would like me .. cos I am a lot 


    of your type .. I know you have got a lot mails like this from your fans .. but trust me Sir .. I am different ..


     I have always liked ur thought regarding the young generation ....


     


    Neways Sir .. have a nice day ... hopefully KKR would rock .. and so will you as always .. and hopefully your 


    shoulder would heal up soon ... so that we can see u dance to the tunes of Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re .. !!


     


    Sir and a request at the end .. please send me a photograph of yours signed by you and Sir would you


     kindly please mention that its for me ... !!


     


    Loads of Love for you ... 


    May GOD bless you and your family ... and also the Knights ..


     


    SwarnadipSmile


    swarna619, 1 year ago | Flag
  • Hi,


    Three cheers for KKR.


    Iam in Botswana, just a small country above south Africa.


    Today morning when i saw SRK talking negatively about his critics.. i felt like talking to him.


    At this time.. he should not waste his energy in making negative comments.. just leave it s he will go into a vicious cycle of these negativities.


    One particular point I wanted to stress that the team should visualize only win... there should be no space for loss..


    SRK in previous interviews, while defending his coach theory.. made a very negatively impacting statement... that we might lose  but we want to try new things and then lose.. which is very wrong..if I analyse that being the leading person.. if he gives place to negative thoughts.. what about the team... their spirits are dampened already.


    Focus all the energy and channalise it for winning.. thats it. KKR will win.. if we focus our energy and visualise ourselves taking trophy.


    SRK... please do not get into these negative cycle of retorting and getting more negative vibes.


    REGARDS


    AnamikaSmile

    annasoni, 1 year ago | Flag
  • Mr Bhattacharya,


     


                        I just have a few questions regarding the team composition of KKR, and I sincerely hope that you will be able to give me adequate answers. Firstly, I would like to express my joy over our maiden victory in IPL Season II. This is pretty much what we as a team stand for. We get rid of all our nasty hang-ups and come hard at the opponent even at the face of adversity.


                        Now , coming back to the questions, why do you insist on persisting with Akash Chopra in the final squad of the matches? He never even  featured in any of the major one-day teams, let alone t20. Dont you think that young players like Anureet Singh, Arindam Ghosh should get an opportunity to sharpen their skills by playing on these bouncy wickets which pretty much seperate the boys from the men.  If you can recall, that was a very critical aspect of the Rajasthan Royals team plan last year.We saw in the DC match, that Chopra simply got stuck and could not even rotate the strike. Its not that he is lightning quick on the field. Then his inclusion in the team is simply beyond any logical justification , according to me. So what I want to ask is that, what role exactly does the KKR team management expect him to play in this version of the game? If its stability that KKR wants to attain, then I think Brad Hodge is doing a stellar job much like Rahul Dravid in BRC and Sachin Tendulkar in MI.


                        Is Wriddhiman Saha going to make a comeback any time soon in this team. I truly believe that he is one of the strongest contenders for making the Indian team as a keeper-batsmen. He was simply sublime while keeping to the likes of Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul last year.  It is  a real pity that Pujara wont be able to play at all in this tournament . Is there any chance at all of him recovering in time to play at least some of the matches?? Also, are you planning to exchange Henriques for Mendis or Mortaza  in some of the matches depending on the nature of the pitches.


     


                 I would like to conclude this passage by saying that I have no intention of questioning the authority or prowess of my team. I love KKR for what it represents rather than what it does on and off the field. I just have a few pressing issues which I think you may able to  explain clearly. I wish you the best of luck for the rest of the tournament. I sincerely  hope to see the IPL Trophy in Kolkata , the next time I visit India.


    Korbo Lorbo Jitbo !!!CoolCool

    debanik, 1 year ago | Flag

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