Kolkata Knight Riders may be struggling at the moment with just three wins in eight matches, but spin-bowling all-bowling all-rounder moeen ali believes the defending champions has been taken Make the playoffs of IPL 2025. With Six Games Left, they must win at least five to stand a chance of making the playoffs. “Yes definitely (we can make playoffs). If you look at history, even Mumbai had a bad start and now they’ve won in a row and they’re frying. We need to have that Sammet. We have to win most of our games, “Moeen said on the Eve of his Clash Against Punjab Kings Here.
“This squad has shown it can go on a run. Kkr’s batting failures have hurt the team with venkatesh iyer, rinku singh, andre russell, and ramandeep singh struggling to finish games.
In their last match against pbks in mullanpur, they were cruising at 62/2 in a 112-r chase but collapsed, losing eight wickets for just 33 runs.
Before that, Chasing 239 Against Lucknow Super Giats, Kkr Fell Just Four Runs Short after a Dramaatic Collapse from a Strong Position.
“It was not so long ago Where we almost chased 240, so we did play well in
“Because the way we batted in the last two games, we’re not going to win many. We need to go out there, express orselves, and just have a bit more fun. Much on players, but it’s about taking that off and showing your skills. ” Despite the inconsistencies, moeen is optimistic about the team’s potential.
“The real strength is we have guys who can go ultra -gressive like sunil narration, and also classical players like ajinkya (rahane), who in red-hot form. Brilliantly, and then there’s venky (venkatesh iyer), rinku (singh), myself, (andre) russell – everything is there.
“We genuinely have one of the stronger batting lineups in the competition. Around. ” Having been in and out of the side, moeen admitted that he has a better percent percent at this stage of his career.
“To be honest, if I was younger and still playing international cricket regularly, it would have been a lot harder. But now, it’s about mindset. I prepare like i’m play I’mm playing everything I Get the Call, I’m ready. Reflecting on their previous loss to pbks, moeen said the collapse boiled down to one bad phase.
“It was literally a bad half an hour or 40 minutes.” Yuzvendra chahal was the match-winner in that game with a four-windet haul, triggering a kkr collops as they were all out for 95 in a chase of 112.
“The guys have played chahal many times and don well. He had a brilliant day, and we didn’t Play Play Him Well at All. But you either go in thought
“Hopefully, we do the latter. He’s a very, very good bowler, but before that game, he was also struggling a bit. Confidence can turn in one’s innings, so maybe it’ll Turn OUR WAME WAME WAME WATE.”
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