"I personally feel we fell short in terms of assessing the wicket": Iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders under Shreyas Iyers captaincy faced their first loss of the IPL 2024 which came against fivetime champions Chennai Super Kings on MondayStar allrounder Ravindra Jadejas show with the ball and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwads unbeaten knock helped CSK secure a sevenwicket victory against KKR at the MA Chidambaram StadiumAfter losing the wicket of opener Phil Salt on the first ball of the innings KKR somehow managed to reach the score of 56 in the powerplay Later on KKR struggled to score on the Chidambaram track and put on 137 runs on boardAlso ReadIPL 2024 Just want to keep the team culture going Gaikwad after win vs KKRKolkata Knight Riders under Shreyas Iyers captaincy faced their first loss of the IPL 2024 which came against fivetime champions Chennai Super Kings on MondayStar allrounder Ravindra Jadejas show with the ball and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwads unbeaten knock helped CSK secure a sevenwicket victory against KKR at the MA Chidambaram StadiumAfter losing the wicket of opener Phil Salt on the first ball of the innings KKR somehow managed to reach the score of 56 in the powerplay Later on KKR struggled to score on the Chidambaram track and put on 137 runs on boardI personally feel we fell short in terms of assessing the wicket We were phenomenal in the powerplay but after that we couldnt capitalise we lost consecutive wickets We werent able to assess the conditions as quickly as possible It completely changed after the powerplay and scoring runs off this wicket wasnt easy Iyer said after the matchAlso ReadItrsquos Hyd and ShikhOn the pitch where Jadeja abgged three wickets for 18 runs KKR bowlers found it difficelt to find the rhythm The visitors conceded 74 runs in 94 overs Obviously they know conditions pretty well and they bowled according to their plan It was a bit tacky especially even when the hardhitters came in it wasnt easy for them to go big right from the first ball It changed tremendously after the powerplay We were trying to construct our innings didnt go to plan We take those learnings and move forward he addedChennais spin troika Jadeja Maheesh Theekshana and Rachin Ravindra together bowled nine overs by conceding just 50 overs and registered four wickets They restricted KKR to 137 for the loss of nine wicketsWe were in a comfortable place at the beginning we thought 160170 would be a great score on this wicket Even when they played against RCB the conditions were fairly similar So that was our plan but when you lose consecutive wickets its difficult to carry forward momentum Iyer saidDuring the runchase Ruturaj Gaikwad scored unbetean 67 helping CSK to defeat Kolkata by seven wickets in their IPL 2024 fixture at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai will play tjeir next IPL 2024 match against Mumbai Indians on Sunday April 14I personally feel we fell short in terms of assessing the wicket We were phenomenal in the powerplay but after that we couldnt capitalise we lost consecutive wickets We werent able to assess the conditions as quickly as possible It completely changed after the powerplay and scoring runs off this wicket wasnt easy Iyer said after the matchOn the pitch where Jadeja bagged three wickets for 18 runs KKR bowlers found it difficult to find the rhythm The visitors conceded 74 runs in 94 overs Obviously they know conditions pretty well and they bowled according to their plan It was a bit tacky especially even when the hardhitters came in it wasnt easy for them to go big right from the first ball It changed tremendously after the powerplay We were trying to construct our innings didnt go to plan We take those learnings and move forward he addedChennais spin troika Jadeja Maheesh Theekshana and Rachin Ravindra together bowled nine overs by conceding just 50 overs and registered four wickets They restricted KKR to 137 for the loss of nine wicketsWe were in a comfortable place at the beginning we thought 160170 would be a great score on this wicket Even when they played against RCB the conditions were fairly similar So that was our plan but when you lose consecutive wickets its difficult to carry forward momentum Iyer saidDuring the runchase Ruturaj Gaikwad scored unbeaten 67 helping CSK to defeat Kolkata by seven wickets in their IPL 2024 fixture at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai will play their next IPL 2024 match against Mumbai Indians on Sunday April 14With ANI Inputs