"Destiny In Our Own Hands": KKR Star Rovman Powell's Candid Statement Amid Playoffs Race

Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Rovman Powell on Saturday said the team remains upbeat despite a challenging season so far, stressing that their fate is still in their own hands as they look to gain late momentum in the IPL. The defending champions have won just four of their 10 matches and must win all four remaining fixtures to make the playoffs. They face the already-ousted Rajasthan Royals in a crucial tie here on Saturday.

"At the start of the competition, it's a situation that we don't want to find ourselves in but our destiny is still in our own hands, it's a good place to be in. The team is gelling nicely. It's just for us to take it one game at a time," Powell said during the pre-match press conference.

Acknowledging their patchy campaign so far, Powell said the focus now is firmly on the present and future rather than the past.

"It's who at this point play the better cricket. Whatever happened before in the first half of the competition is history. We all know that IPL is one with a team that finds momentum at the back-end of the competition and if we can do that, we give ourselves the best chance of being champions again." Batting has been KKR's Achilles heel this season, with key players like Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Andre Russell struggling to find consistency.

However, Powell pointed to the team's ability to post three 200-plus totals despite the indifferent form was a positive sign.

"It's an exciting batting unit. To see we scored 200 on a few occasions and a lot of our batters haven't done what they want to do—you know, from a batting standpoint it's just for us each and every game to keep on getting better.

"The last game is a good testament to show that the hard work that they