Riding
upon
Nitish
Rana’s
unbeaten
36
and
Sunil
Narine’s
quickfire
21,
Kolkata
Knight
Riders
overhauled
the
target
of
128
in
18.2
overs.
The
Delhi
franchise
posted
a
total
of
127/9
in
their
20
overs.
However,
pacer
Avesh
Khan
left
everyone
impressed
with
his
bowling
performance
as
the
youngster
gave
big
blows
to
KKR
in
the
run
chase.

Delhi
Capitals’ assistant
coach
Pravin
Amre,
termed
the
youngster’s
bowling
effort
of
3-0-13-3,
as
‘extraordinary’
and
said
it
was
one
of
the
positives
from
the
lost
game.

“Avesh
Khan
put
up
an
extraordinary
performance
and
Axar
Patel
bowled
very
well.
The
latter
conceded
only
7
runs
in
17
balls
apart
from
being
hit
for
a
six
off
his
second
delivery
in
the
innings.
These
are
the
positives
from
the
game.
We
could
see
that
the
players
can
perform
under
pressure,”
Amre
said.

Amre
also
claimed
that
the
team’s
coaching
group
was
happy
with
the
effort
put
in
by
the
players
in
the
match.

“We
know
that
there
will
be
ups
and
downs
in
the
IPL
and
we
know
that
we
are
going
to
have
matches
like
this
one,
however,
the
coaching
group
was
very
happy
with
the
effort
put
in
by
the
entire
team
in
this
match.
After
being
in
a
difficult
situation,
Rishabh
Pant
played
till
the
last
over
of
the
innings,
which
helped
us
get
a
fighting
total
on
the
board.
And
even
while
bowling,
the
players
fought
very
well
and
ensured
that
the
chase
wasn’t
a
cakewalk
for
KKR,”
said
Amre.

The
bowling
coach
stressed
the
loss
against
KKR
will
motivate
the
Delhi
Capitals
players
to
put
in
even
more
effort
in
the
upcoming
games,
“When
you
lose,
you
pull
your
socks
up
for
the
upcoming
games
and
that’s
what
our
mindset
is
going
to
be.
Every
game
is
important
and
we
will
give
our
100
per
cent
for
each
and
every
game.”

The
Delhi
Capitals
–
who
are
placed
at
the
second
spot
in
the
points
table
–
will
take
on
Mumbai
Indians
in
their
next
match
at
the
Sharjah
Cricket
Stadium
in
Sharjah
on
Saturday
(October
2).