Kolkata Knight Riders mentor David Hussey feels new skipper Shreyas Iyer has a good cricketing brain and has proved his skills as a leader during his stint as Delhi Capitals captain. Iyer, who led Delhi Capitals to the final in 2020, was bought by KKR for Rs 12.25 crore at the mega auction last month. (More Cricket News)
He was named captain by KKR team management ahead of pacer Pat Cummins, who leads the Australian Test side. 바카라Shreyas is a born leader, just the way he walks around, he commands respect. Knowing Pat (Cummins) really well, he would be a good deputy and would also lead from the front,바카라 Hussey said during a virtual press conference on Wednesday.
바카라But the way Shreyas has captained in the past for Delhi, he has a very good cricket brain and a nice vision of how to play the game and I think he will express himself really well. I think it's a smart move from Brendon (McCullum) and KKR management.바카라
Iyer has been in sensational form recently for India. Asked Hussey how he would go about coaching the 27-year-old, he replied: 바카라The best coaching is to just leave the good players alone, let them go where they work.
바카라He is in rare form at the moment. I don바카라t know him, I바카라m getting to know him but he comes across as true leader and a person who knows his game really really well.바카라 KKR were dealt a blow after T20 specialist Alex Hales withdrew from the tournament citing bubble fatigue.
Adding to KKR's misery is that the Australian duo of Cummins and Aaron Finch, who was roped in as Hales바카라 replacement, are expected to miss the team's first few games as they are touring Pakistan.
바카라It is a concern to not have your best players available but saying that international cricket is paramount. They miss the first five games but they'll hit the ground running, match fit. Both are quality players. Hopefully they can perform as per the game plan,바카라 Hussey said.
KKR also picked up out-of-favour Ajinkya Rahane and Hussey is confident the former India Test vice-captain will come good. 바카라He's been a class player for over a decade, he's dominated for Rajasthan Royals and I believe he has at least 5-10 years of international cricket left in him.
바카라He might not be scoring the runs he wants recently but the way he is training he's going to dominate in the IPL and also he's a leader amongst the group as well.바카라 The former Australia all-rounder feels KKR have been able to build a 바카라well-balanced바카라 bowling attack.
바카라Good to have Umesh Yadav back in the side. He works hard on his game and he's an absolute beast and hopefully he charges in and bowls exceptionally quick. We got good fast bowlers in Umesh, (Tim) Southee, (Shivam) Mavi and Cummins and good spin in Varun (Chakravarthy) and (Sunil) Narine,바카라 he said.
Asked if KKR are missing a quality wicketkeeper, Hussey said, 바카라No, I think we are happy after the auction. 바카라We got Sheldon Jackson, who is a wonderful wicketkeeper, good striker of the cricket ball and dominates in the Ranji Trophy, also he been the part of our team for long time now and I think he's going to set the tournament alight.Â
바카라Then we also have Sam Billings. He's also a quality wicketkeeper who has played Test cricket for England and kept wickets in the shorter format so I think we are pretty well versed in the keeping department and we are well balanced in all departments of our squad.바카라
