That's it from another brilliant game in the Indian Premier League 2023. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and AkshayaKrishna Polya and scorer Paras Yadav. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Varun Chakravarthy (Player of the Match):"That's how the game of cricket is. Last match I went for 49 and today I got 3 wickets. That is life. More focused on my accuracy rather than variations. I don't want to add more variations but I want to be accurate.
I want to like to credit AC Pratibhan and Abhishek Nayar as they have worked really hard with me. I would like to credit this to my new born son. I haven't seen him yet but I want to thank him and my wife. I will go and meet him after the IPL."
Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders Captain): "Yes sir, I have been talking in the last few games' tosses that if we do well in all the three phases- batting, bowling and fielding we will cross the line. Absolutely sir, the scenes around the dressing room have been good. We are in a good phase now. We have a lot of character in the dressing room now and you need the courage to bounce back from those losses. Ahhh... Sir until my team is winning I don't think much about my batting. Felt that once we put the runs on the board, our spinners might come into play as there was no much dew on the ground as well.
Yeah, Suyash Sharma is a new guy for the big league. He is playing his 4th or 5th game in his first-ever season of the IPL. He has done well so far and is full of confidence. Whenever a tougher situation turns up, he lifts his hand up and says I will do the job for you captain. He has been brilliant. We also tell him to keep on bowling to his strengths and not worry about the players or batters he is bowling to. If he can keep bowling on hard lengths, he will trouble the batters irrespective of the stature of the batter."
Active Catch of the Match: Venkatesh Iyer
Longest Six Hit in the Match: David Wiese (93 m)
Most Fours Hit in the Match: Virat Kohli
Most Valuable Asset of the Match: Jason Roy
Game Changer of the Match: Jason Roy
Electric Striker of the Match: Nitish Rana
11:26 PM IST: Time for the post-match presentation.