{"id":80375,"date":"2024-05-22T21:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ipl-2024-wasim-akram-supports-kkr-bowlers-ahead-of-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T21:06:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:06:58","slug":"ipl-2024-wasim-akram-supports-kkr-bowlers-ahead-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ipl-2024-wasim-akram-supports-kkr-bowlers-ahead-of-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2024: Wasim Akram supports KKR bowlers ahead of playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Wasim Akram supports KKR bowlers ahead of IPL Qualifier.<\/li>\n<li>KKR topped the points table due to strong performances.<\/li>\n<li>He believes KKR\u2019s controlled aggression has contributed to their success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wasim Akram, the renowned fast bowler from Pakistan, expressed his support for the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in anticipation of their Indian Premier League (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/05\/psl-offers-big-bucks-to-marquee-players-due-to-possible-clash-with-ipl-window\/\">IPL<\/a>) Qualifier match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), which is to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>KKR has shown remarkable performance in both batting and bowling, leading them to top the points table before the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Akram, in his conversation with Sportskeeda, stated, \u201cThis is [bowling] is one of the main factors [behind KKR finishing on top of the points table]. There are wicket-taking bowlers. The teams that will take wickets will win the matches. If you see Chakaravarthy has 18, Harshit Rana\u2019s 16, all-rounders Andre Russell and Sunil Narine have 15, and Mitchell Starc has 12. Starc single-handedly won them a game as well. They are going in the final as a calm, confident, and very dangerous side for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having been a part of KKR\u2019s coaching staff previously, Akram observed that the team led by Shreyas Iyer has benefited from controlled aggression.<\/p>\n<p>He further added, \u201cAlmost everyone performed, they played Manish Pandey in one game and he also delivered. So, that shows that everybody is happy and confident. They have aggression, but they have controlled aggression. They are not cocky or overconfident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/psl\/2024\/03\/abdullah-shafique-responds-to-wasim-akrams-criticism\/\">Akram<\/a> also mentioned that Phil Salt\u2019s departure for international duty might have an impact on KKR. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is expected to fill in for him in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by saying, \u201cNo doubt, Phil Salt\u2019s absence will affect them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">IPL 2024 playoffs schedule announced<\/h5>\n<p>IPL 2024 playoffs schedule set after KKR vs RR match was abandoned&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/05\/ipl-2024-playoffs-schedule-announced\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wasim Akram supports KKR bowlers ahead of IPL Qualifier. KKR topped the points table due to strong performances. He believes KKR\u2019s controlled aggression has contributed to their success. Wasim Akram, the renowned fast bowler from Pakistan, expressed his support for the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in anticipation of their Indian Premier League (IPL) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FotoJet-2024-05-21T151410.309.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}