Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Eoin Morgan while talking about taking over captaincy from Dinesh Karthik in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 said that it has been a seamless transition for the team.
Dinesh Karthik handed over captaincy to World Cup winning skipper Eoin Morgan midway during IPL 2020. He however, announced his decision to quit after four wins and three losses to focus more on his batting and contribute more towards the team’s cause.
While talking about the same, Eoin Morgan said that he was delighted to take over the captaincy of KKR and it has been a seamless transition for the team.
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“I was delighted to be taken on board, but given that I have captained a lot over the years, it’s been indeed a seamless transition,” Eoin Morgan said in a video posted on KKR website.
Morgan lauded Brendon McCullum and Abhishek Nayar for doing an incredible job, ensuring that there was no communication gap among the players.
“Baz (McCullum) and Abhishek Nayar had done such an incredible job of communicating to the players. Their relationship with DK and myself and peven the senior players was so good that the transition was quite seamless and I actually didn’t give it a great deal of thought,” he said.
Morgan further said that Dinesh Karthik quitting the captaincy wasn’t an emotional decision but was very logical and selfless from his point of view.
“It wasn’t an emotional decision. He (Karthik) was actually very logical and selfless from his point of view and to show the courage to step down in the middle of the competition based on (what) you think is better for the team, is incredibly courageous,” he said.
Dinesh Karthik has had a mixed IPL 2021 so far as the veteran wicket-keeper batsman hit a cameo of 22 not out from nine balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) that helped KKR claim victory by 10 runs.
While in the match against Mumbai Indians (MI), Karthik failed to get going in the chase as defending champions beat KKR by 10 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders will next face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on 18th April.
(PTI inputs)
