2012 CLT20: Jacques Kallis blames weather gods for KKR’s early exit – Cricket News Update
Kolkata Knight Riders’ South African import, veteran all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 on Monday lamented the washed out game against Perth Scorchers in Durban, following the IPL side’s group stage ouster from the ongoing Champions League T20 tournament.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 led reigning IPL champions thrashed in-form local outfit, Nashua Titans, by a whopping 99-run margin in their fourth and final CLT20 Group A fixture, here at Newlands in Cape Town, on Sunday.
While speaking to media reporters after his side managed to sign off on a triumphant note, senior all-rounder Jacques Kallis said that the Knight Riders could have made the tournament semi-finals had there not been a washout at Kingsmead last Wednesday.
“It's a pity we didn't start of the tournament like this,” Kallis said after the comprehensive win over the local favourites, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Titans-c856.
“I felt that we started playing some good cricket in Durban (against the Perth Scorchers) but unfortunately the weather stopped us from getting through to the next round. That was disappointing,” the prolific all-rounder added further.
The Kolkata Knight Riders’ Champions League T20 campaign got off to a tumultuous start with the IPL outfit losing both its opening matches – to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 Aces by seven wickets. The rain-ruined fixture against the Australian side, Perth Scorchers, knocked Gambhir and men out of the tournament.
With one foot already out of the tournament, the reigning IPL champs played aggressive cricket against Titans last night, outclassing the tournament favourites in every department. An impressive show from KKR’s top order helped them set an intimidating 188 for 5 on the board, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lakshmipathy-Balaji-c72130 led attack bundled the opposition batting line-up out for just 89 in 16.4 overs.
Happy with his side’s performance against the Titans, Kallis said that it was a nice way to bid adieu to the esteemed Twenty20 league, featuring domestic champions from around the world.
“This was almost a perfect game for us,” said Kallis, a veteran of 143 Twenty20 games. “We came out and batted really well and paced the innings nicely. There were some fantastic individual knocks and then we bowled with the intensity we needed to bowl with. This was a nice way to end this campaign," the veteran Proteas all-rounder concluded.
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