KKR vs GT: Tim Southee optimistic ahead of Gujarat Titans’ game - It's not panic stations just yet
India Today
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost their last three matches and are placed at seventh in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 points table.
Fast bowler Tim Southee reckoned Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have no reasons to panic just yet in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Knights started their campaign with a six-wicket win over defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but have strained since then. Having lost four out of their last six games, KKR are languishing at seventh in the points table.
The Men in Gold and Purple have lost three matches in a row and have gone down the pecking order. Ahead of their game against the Gujarat Titans on Saturday, April 23, at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai, Southee sounded positive about KKR returning to winning ways.
“Feeling good, had a couple of games early on in the tournament, practice sessions, as a bowler, plenty of opportunities to continue to work on your game. You got so many class overseas players, and also working out the balance of local Indian players as well and as much as you want to play, understanding what's the best for the team and the best opportunity to win games of cricket,” Southee said.
“We got ourselves into a position to win that game (last game), but we didn't. We know it's a long tournament and it's not panic stations just yet hopefully we will cross the line tonight,” he added.
Southee, himself, has had a decent enough campaign in the ongoing IPL edition. The New Zealand speedster has picked up five wickets from two matches at an economy of seven and a strike rate of 9.6. His best figures of 3/20 came against Faf du Plessis’ Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 30. Southee was also a part of the KKR franchise last year.
