‘Spinners made it very difficult’ - Quinton de Kock on pitch during RR vs KKR game

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener Quinton de Kock expressed his thoughts on the pitch at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati after giving a top-notch batting performance against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on March 26 in Match No. 6 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

De Kock explained the pitch favoured the spinners, making it challenging to bat. He says, the style of cricket, that he plays the ball as it comes and hits it where he wants it to go. In a video posted by IPL, the Proteas cricketer responded that everyone has a different way of playing, but at the end, each player wishes to play a good brand of cricket. The 32-year-old expressed satisfaction on the victory over RR and insisted on focusing to play each ball on its merit.

“You know there were guys who suited this wicket bowling a lot of cutters especially the spinners made it very difficult so you have to play the bowl as you see it and play the bowl where you want to this is the way I like to play my cricket,” he said.

“Some guys are very different, we just want to play good cricket. The win was very convincing it's always nice to win, honest I was standing still and was trying to play the bowl on its merits,” the cricketer added.

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In the recently-concluded game, the KKR opener scored an unbeaten 97 off 61 balls with a blistering strike rate of 159.02, which comprised eight boundaries and six sixes, which earned him the Player of the Match title as well.

With the help of a brilliant batting performance on Wednesday, the wicketkeeper-batter led the defending champions to a win over Rajasthan by eight wickets in the ongoing tournament and opened their account on the points table. Moreover, the Royals have now lost both their matches they have played so far, and will be looking to come back stronger in their next game, which is against the Chennai Super Kings.