Nitish Rana insisted they have no reason to feel defeated after Friday’s loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad. At the post-match press conference on Friday night, the KKR skipper pointed to the team’s response in the face of the mammoth target.

“Chasing 229 is very tough on any track, and when you lose three wickets inside the Powerplay, you are always behind. Yet, we did make a match of it,” said Rana, who himself helped raise visions of victory at a packed Eden Gardens with a 41-ball 75 that had six sixes and five boundaries. “Yes, we can do better as a bowling unit and we’ll discuss that.”