The mercurial Afghan pacer at all times “teases” Gurbaz for dismissing him throughout their observe matches and this time the wicketkeeper-batter desires to provide him again.
“In practice matches he (Naveen) got me out every time, and he always keeps telling me that ‘I got you out, I got you out’… But once the real time comes, I’m gonna hit him,” Gurbaz stated in a lighter vein in an interplay posted in KKR Knight Club.
Gurbaz additional stated he hopes to smash Naveen for sixes this time.
“I met him once in a T10 match and hit him for some boundaries. But this time, I hope I hit him for some sixes,” stated Gurbaz, who has 217 runs from 10 matches this season.
Naveen, who made headlines for his bust-up with star premier Indian batter Virat Kohli earlier this season, has performed six matches this season and bagged seven wickets.
He made a comeback of their final match in opposition to Mumbai Indians however solely to return wicketless with figures of 0/37 from his full quota.
Gurbaz, nevertheless, rated his 23-year-old teammate extremely.
“He’s one of the best bowlers in the T20 circuit. He’s a very smart and very skillful bowler,” Gurbaz stated.
Third positioned LSG, who’ve 15 factors from 13 matches, simply want a win to substantiate their playoff berth, whereas seventh positioned KKR are getting ready to elimination and solely have mathematical likelihood to make the minimize.
“LSG are a good team and have momentum. But we also won our last match. We will try our best to make it possible,” Gurbaz stated.
Summing up their season, he stated: “We have lost a few games by small margins which we could have won. Luck was not in our favour.
“But we’ll give our greatest to win with an excellent NRR and hope every little thing works in our favour.
“But (fans) please don’t be disappointed, if we fail to make it. We tried our best and will make it happen next year. Believe in ourselves,” he signed off with a message to KKR supporters.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com