IPL 2022: Rating performances of all teams in the first week of the season
Only eight games have been played as of now but we have seen targets in excess of 200 being chased down two times.
2. Kolkata Knight Riders – 8/10
The Kolkata Knight Riders have looked good but they also have some areas of concern. KKR started their season with a good win against CSK in the season opener, chasing down the target of 132 with nine balls to spare. The good news for KKR is the contribution of Ajinkya Rahane at the top of the batting order.
Sam Billings also looked in good touch as he was very confident while playing his shots in the middle-order. Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, and the skipper Shreyas Iyer are yet to make their mark in the season. Andre Russell played a quickfire knock of 70 runs off 31 balls in their third game. Russell coming back to form is a piece of great news for them.
KKR’s bowling has been brilliant in all three of the games. Umesh Yadav has been spitting fire with the new ball. He picked a couple of wickets in the first two games and a four-wicket haul in the third game. The spin duo of KKR – Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy – has performed the same way they were expected to do. They will form a great bowling line-up with the arrival of Pat Cummins in the upcoming games.
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