<p>Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer was dejected that he couldn't bat till the end despite taking his team close with a 51-ball-85 as Rajasthan Royals won by seven runs in a high-scoring IPL thriller on Monday.</p>.<p>KKR were all-out for 210 in reply to Royals' 217 for 5 but Iyer along with Australian white ball skipper Aaron Finch (58 off 28 balls) did make a match of it before things went downhill in the 17th over by Yuzvendra Chahal.</p>.<p>"We went in line with the run-rate from the start thanks to Finch. We could not continue which was bad but it is a part of the game. My plan was to bat till the end," Iyer said.</p>.<p>Asked if Nitish Rana's dismissal by Chahal actually became the turning point, Iyer felt that the leg-spinner's better record in match-ups with Delhi southpaw went his way.</p>.<p>"Yuzi had a favourable matchup against him. Jos started slow but he took off, he manoeuvred the ball well and continued really well."</p>.<p>Iyer didn't find dew to be a factor on the day despite 400 plus runs being scored across two innings.</p>.<p>"Conditions-wise, there was not much dew and the wicket was amazing to bat on. The ground has not been good for us but we will look to come back positively."</p>.<p>For Iyer, pressure of scoreboard gets the best out of him.</p>.<p>"I love pressure. I did not think of what the teammates thought of the score, I wanted to go all in. I thought if they can get it, so can I."</p>.<p>Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson was all praise for Obed McCoy for bowling a brilliant last over for the Royals.</p>.<p>"The guy doesn't speak much but gives an impression that he is under control. It was very impressive considering he was making his debut," Samson said.</p>.<p>While he was effusive in his praise for Yuzvendra Chahal, Samson didn't forget to praise Ravichandran Ashwin for his doosra that cleaned up the dangerous Andre Russell.</p>.<p><strong>Yuzvendra Chahal wanted to bowl full and wide</strong></p>.<p>Yuzvendra Chahal's relaxed hattrick celebration pose was inspired from a meme that went viral during the 2019 World Cup in a game where he was seen relaxing in the sidelines.</p>.<p>"I had to take wickets in this match to change the result. I worked on my bowling. I spoke to the coaches and the skipper. I was planning to bowl full and wide," Chahal said on his match-turning 17th over that fetched him four wickets.</p>.<p>The googly to get Venkatesh Iyer stumped was certainly the most well-planned delivery out of the five.</p>.<p>"My googly was coming out well and sent it down to Venkatesh Iyer as he would have played my leg-break well."</p>.<p>On the hattrick delivery, a classical leg break to Pat Cummins, he said that he didn't want to take chances.</p>.<p>"I was thinking of a googly but then I didn't want to take a chance. Would have been a happy with a dot ball as well on my hat-trick ball."</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer was dejected that he couldn't bat till the end despite taking his team close with a 51-ball-85 as Rajasthan Royals won by seven runs in a high-scoring IPL thriller on Monday.</p>.<p>KKR were all-out for 210 in reply to Royals' 217 for 5 but Iyer along with Australian white ball skipper Aaron Finch (58 off 28 balls) did make a match of it before things went downhill in the 17th over by Yuzvendra Chahal.</p>.<p>"We went in line with the run-rate from the start thanks to Finch. We could not continue which was bad but it is a part of the game. My plan was to bat till the end," Iyer said.</p>.<p>Asked if Nitish Rana's dismissal by Chahal actually became the turning point, Iyer felt that the leg-spinner's better record in match-ups with Delhi southpaw went his way.</p>.<p>"Yuzi had a favourable matchup against him. Jos started slow but he took off, he manoeuvred the ball well and continued really well."</p>.<p>Iyer didn't find dew to be a factor on the day despite 400 plus runs being scored across two innings.</p>.<p>"Conditions-wise, there was not much dew and the wicket was amazing to bat on. The ground has not been good for us but we will look to come back positively."</p>.<p>For Iyer, pressure of scoreboard gets the best out of him.</p>.<p>"I love pressure. I did not think of what the teammates thought of the score, I wanted to go all in. I thought if they can get it, so can I."</p>.<p>Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson was all praise for Obed McCoy for bowling a brilliant last over for the Royals.</p>.<p>"The guy doesn't speak much but gives an impression that he is under control. It was very impressive considering he was making his debut," Samson said.</p>.<p>While he was effusive in his praise for Yuzvendra Chahal, Samson didn't forget to praise Ravichandran Ashwin for his doosra that cleaned up the dangerous Andre Russell.</p>.<p><strong>Yuzvendra Chahal wanted to bowl full and wide</strong></p>.<p>Yuzvendra Chahal's relaxed hattrick celebration pose was inspired from a meme that went viral during the 2019 World Cup in a game where he was seen relaxing in the sidelines.</p>.<p>"I had to take wickets in this match to change the result. I worked on my bowling. I spoke to the coaches and the skipper. I was planning to bowl full and wide," Chahal said on his match-turning 17th over that fetched him four wickets.</p>.<p>The googly to get Venkatesh Iyer stumped was certainly the most well-planned delivery out of the five.</p>.<p>"My googly was coming out well and sent it down to Venkatesh Iyer as he would have played my leg-break well."</p>.<p>On the hattrick delivery, a classical leg break to Pat Cummins, he said that he didn't want to take chances.</p>.<p>"I was thinking of a googly but then I didn't want to take a chance. Would have been a happy with a dot ball as well on my hat-trick ball."</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>