Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane described his team's 16-run loss against Punjab Kings as a "collective batting failure" after a spectacular collapse on Tuesday.
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00:00Questions please go ahead, sir.
00:02Bad luck?
00:03So, we want to know about this wicket.
00:06The first token total rise.
00:09The main thing is that you can win.
00:12All others have done a lot of your work.
00:15But the batting unit is so happy.
00:19What do you want to say?
00:21Wicket was good.
00:26Unplayable wicket.
00:28Wicket was very good.
00:30There was a little bit of a ball.
00:32But half the ball was not done.
00:34Like you said,
00:36All out was 111.
00:38It was easy to chase on this wicket.
00:40It was comparatively easy.
00:42And it was a good start.
00:44In power play we had 6,
00:4650 and 70.
00:48I think we had 3 wickets.
00:50But again, a collective failure
00:52is a batting unit.
00:54There are many times that
00:56it's not only about hitting sixes
00:58or playing big shots.
01:00Strike rotation is very important.
01:02And I am sure
01:04that's not happened in our batting unit.
01:06It's not like that
01:08Punjab 11 has done a lot of good balling.
01:10I think we are playing bad cricket as a batting unit.
01:12And I have this responsibility as a captain.
01:16Which has not been chased by us.
01:18But I am sure
01:20that all players, especially batters,
01:24will think about the game themselves.
01:26And in the next matches,
01:28will improve.
01:29Half the tournament has been finished.
01:30There are 7 matches.
01:31And now there are half left.
01:34But it's always about
01:36coming back
01:38with good intent
01:40but still look to learn and improve
01:42as a batter.
01:44And take it on in the next game.
01:46Do you understand this
01:48about whether
01:49the balling unit
01:51and the balling unit
01:53and the balling unit
01:55has been played?
01:56No.
01:57Look, we thought
01:58that there will be three spinners
01:59that will not be needed.
02:00Fastballers
02:02can help
02:03get the help
02:04and the history
02:05on the ground
02:06the two spinners
02:07are not played.
02:08So
02:09this was
02:10a tactical call
02:12that
02:13Mohina Ali
02:14had two
02:15in the last game
02:16good balling
02:17but we thought
02:18that Nokia
02:19will be better
02:20on this wicket
02:21which has also done
02:22good balling
02:23too.
02:24And if you look
02:25then the fastballers
02:26took off the wicket
02:27and kept the pressure
02:28on the continue
02:29on the ground.
02:30So
02:31I don't think
02:32that Mohina
02:33will play
02:35on this wicket
02:37but
02:38we thought
02:39that
02:40maybe
02:41three fastballers
02:42and two spinners
02:43will be better.
02:44better.
02:45Yes, Mal.
02:46Ajinkya, hello.
02:47This is our owner
02:48from your side, please.
02:49Mal.
02:50Hello.
02:51I'm Shushmita
02:52from the wrong
02:53Shambhar newspaper
02:54Polkar.
02:55I think
02:56that
02:57what you think
02:58that
02:59you didn't take
03:00the review
03:01when you were around.
03:02It was a wrong decision.
03:03Yeah, it happened.
03:05You know,
03:06I thought
03:07as a batter
03:08I thought
03:09probably
03:10the review
03:11will be better.
03:12Because
03:13it should not happen
03:14that if I take a review
03:15and the missed
03:16one review
03:17then it should not happen.
03:18And the communication
03:19between the two batchmen
03:20was not clear.
03:21If someone comes to you
03:23clearly
03:24that there is no impact
03:25or missing
03:26then
03:27as a batter
03:28you can take a review.
03:29But generally
03:30the batchmen
03:31who are non-stackers
03:32are
03:33what you say
03:34and think
03:35so
03:36that communication
03:37was not clear
03:38that
03:39maybe
03:40umpires call
03:41or hitting
03:42so
03:43that's why
03:44I didn't get a review
03:45but again
03:46no complaints.
03:47We also lost
03:48as a batting unit
03:49and that's the result
03:50that we are getting
03:51today.
03:52Hi Ajit,
03:53this is Nitya Pongayor.
03:54For your answer
03:55quite a few questions here.
03:57More importantly
03:58two points dropped.
03:59Going into the halftime
04:00you must have seen
04:01these are
04:02two points
04:03that we should be
04:04pocketing
04:05and the race
04:06for the playoffs as well.
04:07are these two points dropped
04:08considering
04:09in the position
04:10that you were?
04:11Definitely
04:12we were thinking about
04:13two points you know.
04:14First,
04:15what comes first
04:16is two points
04:17and then net run rate.
04:18Till I was batting
04:19it was sure
04:20that we will
04:21two points are important
04:22it's not about
04:23a net run rate.
04:24We'll see
04:25once we are close
04:26to the target
04:27or wickets in hand.
04:28Every time
04:29it's not
04:30as I said
04:31it's not about
04:32hitting sixes
04:33or getting
04:34that net run rate up.
04:35a flat wicket
04:36it was something
04:37for the ballers.
04:38We had to grind it out.
04:40Even though sometimes
04:41you will have to play
04:42a Madden over in T20
04:43that's okay.
04:44Play the strike rate
04:45of 70 or 80
04:46that's fine.
04:47But I think
04:48just grind it out.
04:49It's all about
04:50rotating the strike
04:51as a batting unit.
04:52T20 I believe
04:53personally
04:54it's not only
04:55about hitting sixes.
04:56Though we are seeing
04:57at this moment
04:58most of the players
04:59are going for big shots
05:00they want to look good
05:02on the field
05:03while batting.
05:04It's not about that.
05:05It's all about
05:06reading the situation
05:07having that game awareness
05:08as a batter
05:09as an individual
05:10and then take the game
05:11forward.
05:12That's what I thought
05:13we lacked today.
05:14Following up,
05:15can you expect Moina
05:16to be part of the game
05:17in this time?
05:18Depending on the wicket
05:19we can only play
05:22four foreigners
05:23four overseas players
05:24and Moin has been
05:25fantastic for us
05:26so far.
05:27It's very hard
05:29for me
05:30to tell him
05:31Moin you are not
05:32playing today.
05:33Though he did really
05:34well in the last game
05:35but he has been
05:36understanding
05:37he has played cricket
05:38enough
05:39everywhere.
05:40He understands the situation
05:41he understands the
05:42team dynamics as well.
05:43Good on him.
05:44He has always been
05:45a team man.
05:46So,
05:47I would love to have Moin
05:48in the team
05:49but again,
05:50depending on the situation
05:51and on the wicket
05:52we will take the call.
05:53Last one.
05:54I think
05:55last match
05:56you won
05:57against CSK
05:58and after that
05:59in this match
06:00also
06:01Punjab
06:02was
06:03your owner
06:04winded up
06:05then
06:061-1-1.
06:07Was there
06:08somehow
06:09some complicity
06:10over there
06:11in the battle side?
06:13Not really.
06:14Not really.
06:15All the boys
06:16all the players
06:17they are confident.
06:18They are confident enough.
06:19They are pretty
06:20experienced enough
06:21to handle all the situations.
06:22I wouldn't say
06:23we were
06:24complacent
06:25or overconfident.
06:26It's always about
06:27we didn't
06:28bat well.
06:29That was the
06:30truth.
06:31That's the truth
06:32and honest answer.
06:33It's not only about
06:34being complacent
06:35or taking things
06:36for granted.
06:37I don't think
06:38we are doing that.
06:39we didn't bat well
06:40and
06:41we didn't have
06:42that game awareness.
06:43The situation
06:44what demanded
06:45on that wicket
06:46to play on.
06:47When we lost
06:48those 3-4 wickets
06:49it was only about
06:50taking your time
06:52even singles
06:53rotating the side
06:54that was important.