‘Then we should not have come out for the toss’: Sanjay Manjrekar’s cheeky response for Shreyas Iyer | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Successful the toss and opting to bowl is a typical phenomenon within the IPL. Nevertheless, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer discovered himself lucky regardless of dropping the coin toss to Delhi Capitals.
DC skipper Rishabh Pant‘s choice to bat first towards KKR at Eden Gardens introduced a smile to Iyer’s face as he had most popular to bowl first.
When presenter and former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar requested Iyer what he would have carried out if he had gained the toss, Iyer responded cheerfully that they’d have chosen to bowl first regardless.

Manjrekar playfully remarked, “Then we should not have come out for the toss,” acknowledging that each captains had achieved their desired outcomes.
“We’ll bat first. The best way our group is poised, would look to place a rating on the board. Wicket appears to be like barely on the slower aspect,” Pant stated.
“We had been trying to bowl first. Rishabh and I had been having a chat – he stated ‘we’re trying to bat’ and I stated we’re trying to bowl. We’re attempting to maintain issues so simple as doable. Once you lose a recreation like that, scoring 260, it is simple for folks to go away from one another and backbite. However we’re retaining everybody collectively,” stated Iyer.
DC introduced in Prithvi Shaw instead of Kumar Kushagra, whereas right-arm pacer Rasikh Salam Dar can be a part of their taking part in XI.
KKR too made two modifications within the line-up, bringing in Australian fast Mitchell Starc and right-arm pacer Vaibhav Arora.