Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Chandrakant Pandit desires his players to focus on their very own sport in the occasion of the spectators rooting for visiting Chennai Super Kings and its iconic skipper M.S. Dhoni of their IPL match at the Eden Gardens right here on Wednesday.
“During these kinds of matches (when the support is for a star cricketer of the opposition), every player and every team always focuses on their own game,” mentioned Pandit on Tuesday.
“There is so much noise around. If you ask that batter, he will probably say that he didn’t hear anything. Sometimes, we just ignore that noise automatically.”
Pandit mentioned his staff, which is far more assured now after two consecutive wins, should take it one match at a time as an alternative of worrying about the future.
Optimistic
“You always have to be optimistic. We always believe that we have the best batting line-up. It is unfortunate it didn’t click in the initial matches,” mentioned Pandit.
Even although Dhoni skipped CSK’s apply session for the second consecutive day, the visiting staff’s bowling coach Eric Simons mentioned the captain is anticipated to play on Wednesday.
Simons mentioned his facet, although already out of the play-offs race, was not simply going by way of the motions and was working on completely different areas of the sport whereas finishing its remaining engagements.
Published – May 06, 2025 08:55 pm IST
