KKR CEO Tells His Team to Embrace Gautam Gambhir’s Grit from 2014 Title Triumph.
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Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore has backed the team despite its stuttering campaign this season. Calling it a "resilient" unit, Mysore urged his players to draw inspiration from the side's dramatic turnaround in the title-winning 2014 season under Gautam Gambhir.
The defending champions lost their fifth match in eight on Sunday, losing by 39 runs to Gujarat Titans at Eden Gardens.
With only six points on the board, KKR now faces an uphill task in their bid to reach the playoffs. To stay in contention, they need to win at least five of their remaining six matches.
"This is a very resilient team, the Knight Riders. This is our 18th season, we've always been in top-three," Mysore said on Tuesday.
"There are two instances that come to my mind that I always share with new people who come into the setup...
"In 2014, at the halfway stage we won only two and lost five, but you know what happened in 2014, we set an IPL record and won nine games on the trot and won the IPL.
"After that we played the Champions League, and we won five in a row. So there's a record of 14 wins in a row. That was not a flash in the pan. In 2021, we again had two wins and five losses, we went on to play the final.
"So anything can happen in this format. There's still plenty of games left and it's a matter of somebody showing that inspiration to get us across the line. The inspiration can come from anywhere."
"Sometimes you get caught up with the IPL, we see the table, wins and losses... then you put things in perspective -- there's a life way beyond table, wins and losses -- and you can draw inspiration from anywhere. The kind of experience we have, certainly something can spark," he further added.
(With PTI inputs)
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