"Chopping And Changing Isn't Ideal": KKR Star After 5th Straight Defeat In IPL 2022

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee spoke about Kolkata Knight Riders' struggles with their opening pair in batting, saying chopping and changing isn't ideal but the team is still trying to find the right combination in the ongoing IPL 2022. KKR have used four different opening combinations in this edition but it hasn't borne fruit as the team suffered its fifth loss on the trot on Thursday night to lie at the seventh position in the IPL points table. "It's hard when you haven't had the wins you wanted. After a big auction, we are still trying to find the right combinations," Southee said during the post-match press conference following KKR's four-wicket loss to Delhi Capitals.

"We've tried a few opening combinations and there are no bad players in the IPL, they're all class acts. The guys who've opened, have pure class as well. So, it's just about guys finding form and running with guys who've found form.

"The chopping and changing nature isn't ideal, but that happens when you aren't winning a lot of games."

Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer opened in their first five games, and then three different combinations with Sunil Narine, Aaron Finch and Sam Billings were used at the top in KKR's last four matches.

Meanwhile, West Indian all-rounder Rovman Powell said it was a tough start for him in IPL 2022 but he trusted the hard work he had put in before the competition.

Powell smashed an unbeaten 16-ball 33 on Thursday to help DC chase down a victory target of 147 in the 19th over.

"Yeah, it was a tough start, but I was in form. In the early part of the season, I was going out for like one ball, two balls and those kinds of stuff," said the 28 year old, who had managed just 31 runs in the first five matches this season.

"When you