The performance of Kolkata Knight Riders has not been good this season. This champion team of the last time also lost to Lucknow Supergiants at their home. This team got a target of 239 runs and defeated by just 4 runs. After this defeat from Lucknow, the owner of the team Shah Rukh Khan was very sad but sent a special message to boost his team’s morale. After losing the match from Lucknow, Shah Rukh Khan’s letter was read in Kolkata’s dressing room.
KKR’s team manager Venkatesh Mysore read the message of SRK, in which he asked the players not to lose courage and learn from this defeat. Shah Rukh wrote in the message, ‘This is a sad necklace because we were very close, but we have got many positive things from this match, we can fight and make a big score, sometimes our best is not enough. Today was the same day.
SRK reminded the players that, ‘We were just one ball, a hit away,’ and asked them to leave this necklace behind. He finished the message and wrote, ‘If you look at it wisely, then I think such heart breaks the team closer.’
The Kolkata Knight Riders team could win the match against Lucknow. At one time Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer had shown the hope of victory to the team, but then this team lost five wickets very quickly and in the end KKR was defeated. KKR is now to play the next match against Chennai Super Kings on 11 April. This match will be in Chepock.