IPL 2020: Can't come up the order, says KKR's Eoin Morgan

Englands World Cupwinning captain Eoin Morgan who is playing the role of a finisher for Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing IPL said it is difficult to get a spot higher up the order in a team which boasts of so many matchwinnersComing in to bat at No6 Morgan hit an 18ball 44 to conjure up hopes of a successful runchase before KKR fell short by 18 runs against Delhi Capitals total of 228 on Saturday For England Morgan has mostly appeared at No5 and 4 Andre Russell 13 and skipper Dinesh Karthik 6 batted ahead of him in the matchAsked if he came out late to bat Morgan said No I dont think so When you look at our batting lineup we have a number of matchwinners so its very difficult to go up the order Particularly when you have a worldclass allrounder in Andre Russell He is an incredible striker and when he comes up the order obviously everybody else has to shift down a little bit he reasoned at the postmatch online press conference Opening the innings Sunil Narine has not been able to deliver any performance of note so farAsked about his place in the batting order Morgan said Sunil is the type of player who can produce matchwinning innings Its never been a string of scores over the years but more about his impact in a game He always takes the positive option which summarises how we want to play our cricket he said Morgan said his team played fantastic cricket and there were a lot of positives to consider despite the lossDelhi bowled well to a position of strength and looked like winning it It just wasnt meant to be he said We move on we played some fantastic cricket throughout so far but Delhi have looked more promising early in the tournament so to come out and produce a fantastic game but not getting over the line there are huge positives to take Put in to bat Shreyas Iyer 88 and Prithvi Shaw 66 powered the Capitals to 228 for 4 DC then returned to restrict KKR to 210 for eight with Anrich Nortje taking three wicketsI dont think a lot went wrong To come to Sharjah you expect a 200plus in a game and potentially they got a couple of boundaries too many but we were still in the game till the 20th over Morgan said T20 can be overcomplicated at times I think when you play at a small ground you can delve into peoples mistake too much So going back and looking at the execution of our yorkers length balls and bouncers and honest about how to move forward is important Delhi Capitals assistant coach Mohammad Kaif attributed the win to the intensity shown by the batters in the powerplaySharjah has been a highscoring game So we had to come back stronger We had spoken to our batters to show more intensity in the Powerplay he said Prithvi Shaw played a fantastic knock we have seen Shaw how dangerous he can be in the Powerplay But we had the intent we spoke about it right from the first ball and we saw that from the batters First Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan started and then Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant knockoverall it was a team performance and the batters had the intention to play their shotsThe former India batsman praised veteran legspinner Amit Mishra for dismissing Shubman Gill before being forced to leave the field due to an arm injury Amit Mishra got injured I think He would have played a major role He was a bit different compared to other bowlers a bit slower in the airShubman Gills wicket was very important because he is someone who likes to play till the end he said Rabada probably had a bad day but the way Mishra bowled to Gill was great to seeKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever