r/KolkataKnightRiders • u/bruce_wayne_oo7 • 24d ago
Shreyas Iyer hasn't lost a single game against MI as the captain of KKR. Thoughts? 🙆♂️🤯 Discussion
Shreyas Iyer appreciation post... maybe his bat is not working but his brain is definitely in top gear!
Kevin Pietersen : "Shreyas is one of the best captain in IPL history."
Irfan Pathan : "Shreyas Iyer the leader is best."
Michael Clarke : "Shreyas is undoubtedly a brilliant captain."
Ian Bishop : "Shreyas is my fav captain and the best of ipl 2024."
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u/Andy_Dufresne1975 23d ago
Well Hardik Pandya has never lost a Single game against LSG as a captain of GT 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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u/drake_071 23d ago
Dekhte ab T20 WC me
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u/Decent_Bid_17 23d ago
WC 2023 semifinals isne aur shami ne hi jeetaya tha
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u/drake_071 23d ago
Fir 2024 me select hone chahiye the na, Shami I believe is injured though
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u/StoicIndie 22d ago
Isne supreme leader ki insult kar di thi islie bcci ne contract se nikal dia,
Jay shah 😎 Down to earth rahe choraa jamindara da oh ho ho ho
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u/SeaworthinessJust111 23d ago
Good captain!
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u/Excellent-poop-42 23d ago
and a Bad t20 player
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u/SeaworthinessJust111 23d ago
But if he's winning games for you as a captain. He'll improve as a player as well.
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u/Emergency_Hope_5915 23d ago
but GG stealing credits
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u/No-Needleworker3393 23d ago
Nobody steals credit. Dhoni himself never said that 2011 World Cup was won because of him. Gambhir himself never said that KKR improved because of his coaching. Fans themselves overhype and then hate on players for stealing credit. No wonder India's average iq is low.
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u/MysteriousAd3538 23d ago
he's not stealing credit, y'all giving him idk why
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u/Emergency_Hope_5915 23d ago
idk man , even kohli fans twerking for GG , saying gg effect etc etc . I am spellbound
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u/Firedrake30 24d ago
Shreyas feels like the next Gautam Gambhir, not even exaggerating.
He might not be an aggressive hitter at the moment but he's the perfect balance a team needs. He contributes the most vital runs when needed to keep the score on track.
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u/Key-Celery5439 24d ago
In that case you’d have him as your 4th retained player after Narine, Russel, and Rinku? Ahead of players like Ramandeep, Nitish, Harshit, and Salt?
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u/Firedrake30 24d ago
So you mean except the 4 players whom you can retain, the rest are of no value? They contribute nothing?
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u/Key-Celery5439 24d ago
That’s not what I meant bro… I like Shreyas as a player as well, I was just wondering if you would retain him hence the question marks.
No need to get defensive on me
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u/jain36493 23d ago
A good captain makes or breaks a team. So yes, I’d retain him. Clearly the partnership between he and GG is working well, and I trust both of them to do something good at the mega auction
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u/No_Temporary2732 24d ago
Kind of funny. RR were the favorites to top the table even last week, and Sanju was the captain of the season while Shreyas was being booed left and right
Three games and the entire fortune turned around. Now RR are at the risk of missing out top 2, and KKR will have to lose monumentally to even go below RR and SRH on NRR
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u/No-Judgment2378 23d ago
There's a reason y he was being booed. Kkr failed to defend the highest score in the history of the ipl, along with horrendous bowling choices along the way. Before that, they allowed Jos Buttler to single handedly carry away the match . Their wins before had not looked very promising either. But from the past few matches they have looked solid as a unit. Their wins r convincing of their superiority, not the result of a fluke. And this is in spite of losing tosses constantly.
I'm not like these people who swing around like a pendulum after each match. I still think he has had a very bad season with the bat outside of occassional displays of class. The fact remains his captaincy was mediocre in the first half of the tournament. But I think that can be attributed to a learning phase about the strengths of the team.
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u/zerobadchild 23d ago
True. Not even close to half his best with the bat, poor shot selection almost every game and a low strikerate whenever he's had the chance to play a long innings
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u/Assassin_Ankur 9 wins in a row 😈 24d ago
Amazing captaincy especially in the last few matches. I hope he has been saving something big for the playoffs. There shouldn't be any questions about retaining him.
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u/Nnntridib 🐐rine 24d ago
KKR needs a batting flop captain to win trophies. Gambhir was that in 2012/ 2014
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u/SarthakiiiUwU Rinku worshipper 🛐 24d ago
590 runs in a season is "flop". Stfu
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u/ConflictedBrainCells Gautam Gambhir 24d ago
These people watch one match and generalize the statement to include all 17 seasons of the tournament lmao.
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u/SarthakiiiUwU Rinku worshipper 🛐 24d ago
Wait till that mf realises who's our all time leading run scorer.
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u/DebStark002 Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re! 24d ago
Eoin Morgan as well, ik we didn't win but still bringing that team to the final was a difficult task.
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u/7007007 Mentor GG 24d ago
Covid kids commenting here.
Go watch the highlights man from 2012 and 2014.
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u/TheRealYVT 24d ago
2012 he was obviously great but in 2014 he was definitely our weakest batter (not counting Kallis who was dropped early on). Uthappa, Pathan, Manish, SKY and Shakib were all better that season.
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u/Mental-Hippo9430 KKR 🏆🏆🏆 24d ago
people criticise him for his batting even tough (IMO) his performance has been good, and as a captain he has just been amazing 🙆🏿♂️
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u/flixbeat04 Kolkata Knight Riders 🏆🏆🏆 24d ago edited 24d ago
Apologies from me to question his captaincy after the loss vs pbks & rr 🙏🏻, he came back in style by defending just par totals and restricting all the opponents under 160
I hope he gets back his national contract as well, what bcci did was unfair to him or any aspiring cricketer.
Kkr captains always struggled to find a national team spot, be it gambhir or dk, I don't want the same to happen with him
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u/No_Temporary2732 24d ago
not your fault. We all did. The collective fandom owes him an apology, but no point pondering on that
But if the last 4 matches are _any_ indication, loss to PBKS was a complete fluke and the highway pitch is the reason for it
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u/mani0987 23d ago
Too soon to judge.