Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer credited their head coach Chandrakant Pandit for his influence and tactics in the team and asserted that the two-time champions are playing as a unit in IPL 2023. The 28-year-old played an astonishing knock of 83 runs off just 40 balls setting up the perfect platform for Rinku Singh’s heroics in the last over.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, Venkatesh Iyer lauded their head coach for the initial success in the league stage and said that the team is sticking together as a family in wins and losses and reckoned that the coach is constantly working to build the unit that plays together in any kind of situations.
“I am very happy for Chandrakant Pandit sir, he is a stalwart in the modern game. And using his tactics at the international level, I can bet my life on the fact that KKR is playing there as a unit. Everyone in the KKR team is sticking together as a family. That is something that he is constantly working on, to build a unit, to build a family and that is very satisfying to see that work,” Venkatesh Iyer said.
With Kolkata Knight Riders losing both openers inside the power play, Impact player Venkatesh Iyer joined hands with the skipper Nitish Rana to put on a dominating 100-run partnership for the third wicket which bought the two-time champions in the game.
With Alzarri Joseph picking up the important wickets of Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer, the team was once again in trouble as they gave hat-trick wickets to Gujarat Titans stand-in skipper Rashid Khan losing the dangerous Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Shardul Thakur before Rinku Singh stunned everyone smashing 40 runs off his last 7 balls to gift two-time champions their second straight victory in the league stage.
We Are Very Disciplined Side On And Off The Field – Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer worked with domestic legend Chandrakant Pandit during his playing days for Madhya Pradesh revealed the main motto of the coach as fitness and discipline are the two important things in playing the game.
“He is my domestic coach. I know a lot of things that he does not just on the field, but off the field as well. He believes in two things, fitness, and discipline, which are very important in playing cricket. He is ethically very strong as well. We are a very disciplined side on and off the field, that is the culture he has built in the team,” Venkatesh Iyer said.
Kolkata Knight Riders had a massive change in the coaching setup as they brought in domestic coaching legend Chandrakant Pandit as their head coach for IPL 2023 replacing Brendon McCullum. He has done wonders for them so far in the tournament, with many players expressing their gratitude to work under him.