Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Eoin Morgan isn’t too concerned about his low scores in the ongoing IPL as he feels it's a "matter of time" before he fires.
In four games this season, Morgan has registered scores of 2, 7, 29 and 7 while KKR have lost three out of their four games so far.
"Everything is about the process. The way I'm going about things at the moment is extremely positive. I've been here for a long time now and I've been practising well. It's a matter of time before something comes together," Morgan said at the post-match press conference after KKR’s 18-run loss to CSK on Wednesday (April 21).
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Chasing 221 to win against CSK, KKR were reeling at 31/5 inside the powerplay but Andre Russell (54 off 22 balls), Pat Cummins (66* off 34 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (40 off 24 balls) produced an incredible fightback to take the team to 202 all-out in 19.1 overs.
"We have a very deep batting line-up, and it's one of our strengths and we are very experienced in that middle and lower middle-order, and today we saw that," Morgan said.
"We have to be proud of getting so close, and actually putting ourselves in a winning position. Particularly, Pat Cummins towards the end played beautiful. It really did flip things right in our favour, but obviously having made those five mistakes earlier did cost us," he further remarked.
Earlier, CSK piled up a massive 220/3 in 20 overs on the back of Faf du Plessis’ unbeaten 95 off 60 balls and Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 42-ball 64.
Apart from Varun Chakravarthy (1-27) and Sunil Narine (1-34), all the KKR bowlers conceded runs with an economy rate of more than 10.
However, Morgan defended his bowlers, saying it was a reflection of how both sides batted at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
"I think today, upon reflection after both sides have batted, they did a reasonable job when you look at the position that we were in from the powerplay onwards, and only falling 20 runs short.
"You don't have to be an optimist to think that we would have been in a good position if we had batted better at the top of the order," he concluded.
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals in their next game on Saturday (April 24).
(With PTI inputs)
