Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach Chandrakant Pandit has voiced his confidence in his team's ability to make a formidable comeback in the second half of the IPL 2023, saying the team is looking forward to starting afresh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After a close defeat to Punjab Kings in the tournament opener, KKR returned to winning ways, with two back-to-back wins, including a last-over thriller against Gujarat Titans where Rinku Singh hit 5 sixes in the final over, before losing their next four fixtures on the bounce to be placed eighth in the 10-team points table with just 2 wins from 7 outings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"This is the beginning, I would say, this is the beginning again in the 2nd half. Winning the first game, we have beaten them earlier. That confidence we should have. I am sure that just one spark in our team that will take us forward," Chandrakant Pandit said in a video shared by KKR.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"One has to be very optimistic. I mean, how I look at this tournament now is that the tournament is starting for us from tomorrow. And that is a positive angle from which I look at it. Obviously, a different environment has been created and the confidence level which we had in the first-half, we shouldn't forget about that," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The head coach further highlighted that the team's overall performance was not poor and there were some exceptional individual displays during
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"It's not that we have not been playing good cricket. So, every individual player has raised his hand, and shown us that he is ready to take responsibility," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chandrakant also said that he got good vibes as soon as he stepped into the dressing room at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where Madhya Pradesh clinched their maiden Ranji Trophy title last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The head coach is optimistic that the venue could mark the turning point for his team in IPL 2023.<\/p>\r\n\r\n