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Kolkata Knight Riders were 62/2 in the eighth over at one stage and looking in cruise control of the chase, but Yuzvendra Chahal had different plans. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has said that he was very disappointed with the batting effort of his team while admitting that he played a wrong shot and not taking a DRS made matters worse, as they slumped to an embarrassing 16-run defeat while chasing a paltry 112. Kolkata crumbled in the 112-run chase as their former captain Shreyas Iyer ‘s team defended the lowest total in IPL history.
Rahane admitted that his batters didn’t take responsibility in the chase and are responsible for what happened during the chase after the Harshit Rana-led bowling attack did a brilliant job. “Nothing to explain; we all saw what happened there. Pretty disappointed with the effort.
I’ll take the blame; I played the wrong shot, although it (the ball) was missing," Rahane said while speaking at the post-match presentation. “We batted badly as a batting unit, we take full responsibility. Bowlers did well on this surface, restricting a strong Punjab batting lineup to 111," Rahane added.
The Kolkata skipper got out while trying to play a sweep shot, which hit his back leg. The umpire signalled out, and Rahane walked off, only for the replays to show that it was pitching outside the off stump..
