IPL 2022: Trying to perform anchor's role after 7-8 years in IPL, says KKR's Nitish Rana

Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) batter Nitish Rana said having plied his trade in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for considerable number of years, he is now trying to adapt to the role of an anchor, which was on full display against Rajasthan Royals (RR) here. Rana, who hit an unbeaten 48, anchored the 153-run chase on a slow-paced Wankhede wicket to help KKR beat RR by seven wickets on Monday and snap their five-match losing streak. "A lot of things depend on factors like opponent team and what total we are chasing and what number I am batting. I have been playing IPL for seven-eight years now and trying to perform the anchor or main player," Rana said at the virtual post-match press conference.

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Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh combined for an unbeaten 66 to lead Kolkata Knight Riders as they chased down Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the Indian Premier League on Monday. Rana was 48 not out off 37 balls and Singh made 42 not out off 23 balls for Kolkata to reach 158/3 with five balls to

"I have been successful till date and hope that in the coming matches, I play such innings for the team ... The role which the team is giving me according to match situation, I am trying to bat like that. Today, I had to play the anchor's role. "I knew that if I was there at one end, then things would become easy for us with players like Rinku, Andre Russell, and Anukul (Roy) waiting in the wings. So we had depth in batting but my role was to play from one end so that we could easily chase the target," he added. Rana also heaped praise on young Rinku Singh, who played an unbeaten 42-run cameo of 23 balls. He said his efforts to calm down