Kolkata Knight Riders must win home matches, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 – Cricket News Update
After losing three out of the initial five matches of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Rider’s bowling coach, Wasim Akram is still hopeful that his team will deliver the goods in this season.
The Knight Riders are considered to be one of the most high-profile teams of the competition but they seem to be struggling at the moment to find the right combination. The likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 are considered
match-winners in the world of cricket but they have not been consistent for the Knight Riders.
The young off-spinner from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833. However, his efforts went in vain in that fixture as the batsmen could not chase down a mediocre
total.
Akram, who is considered to be the greatest left-arm fast bowler to have played the game, feels that there is a lot of cricket still to be played in the tournament and his team will come back stronger in the coming matches. However, he wants his team to
put in more efforts in the home-matches so that the Knight Riders do not lose the advantage.
The former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 captain said, “This is a marathon league. We still have a long way to go. Every team will want to gain an early momentum in the tournament and bag crucial points. The best way to amass these points is to win your home matches, where you
have a good knowledge of the conditions."
Akram feels that it is always difficult for any team to acclimatize in different conditions and this is the reason why home-matches are extremely important.
“We also want to make the best use of our home conditions and win as many matches as we can. Winning our home matches will help us in a big way in the latter stages of the tournament,” Akram added.
Kolkata has some extra-ordinary players and all of them are potential game-changers. It remains to be seen that the Knight Riders are able to get the best out of their players in the remainder of the season or not.
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