“It was Gambhir’s plan and he bad the right idea” - Phil Salt makes huge statement on KKR’s IPL 2024 win

× England opener Phil Salt hailed Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir for his crucial tactic as Team Mentor for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2024. KKR enjoyed one of the most dominant IPL seasons in league history, winning 9 of 12 completed group-stage games. Ad They then dominated the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Qualifier 1 and the final to capture a third IPL title.

Among several other factors, Sunil Narine opening the batting with Salt was instrumental in KKR's success that season. Two years later, Salt, in an interview with the Super Over Podcast, opened up on Gambhir's role in making a hesitant Nairne open the batting. "When I was with KKR and opened the batting with Sunil Narine for the entire season, it was Gambhir's plan and he had the right idea.

And he made it completely certain that everybody knew the road that we are going down and that the partnership won't click everytime. But when it does happen, we win." Ad Trending He continued: "Gambhir must have sat in Sunny's (Narine) room for hours, trying to convince him to open because Sunny didn't want to at first.

But he came around to the idea and he became the MVP by a long way that year. The distance between Narine and myself in the MVP race, and we were 1 and 2 mid-competition, was the same as the distance between myself and MS Dhoni at 82." (27:25) Ad The move worked wonders for KKR, with Narine and Salt providing the side with explosive starts in the powerplay.

While Salt finished with 435 runs at a strike rate of 182, Narine amassed an incredible 488 runs at a strike rate of almost 181. "He let everybody know what we were doing" - Phil Salt on Gautam Gambhir's masterplan Phil Salt also credited Gautam Gambhir for convincing the rest of the KKR team to have Sunil Narine open the batting in IPL 2024. The West Indian great was adjudged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the season as he picked up 17 wickets at an economy of 6.

69, along with his 488 runs. Ad "Sunny (Narine) just changed the whole competition for KKR and it was GG that drove it. He let everybody know what we were doing and how we were going to do it," said Salt (via the aforementioned source).

Gambhir was KKR's captain when Narine first played in the IPL in 2012, and the duo combined to win the title in two of the first three years, in 2012 and 2014. × Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Get real-time updates on IPL 2025, live scores, IPL Prediction, match schedule, points table,Result & squad -CSK, MI, RCB, KKR, SRH, LSG, DC, GT, PBKS Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Venkatesh Ravichandran England opener Phil Salt hailed Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir for his crucial tactic as Team Mentor for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2024.

KKR enjoyed one of the most dominant IPL seasons in league history, winning 9 of 12 completed group-stage games. Ad They then dominated the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Qualifier 1 and the final to capture a third IPL title. Among several other factors, Sunil Narine opening the batting with Salt was instrumental in KKR's success that season.

Two years later, Salt, in an interview with the Super Over Podcast, opened up on Gambhir's role in making a hesitant Nairne open the batting. "When I was with KKR and opened the batting with Sunil Narine for the entire season, it was Gambhir's plan and he had the right idea. And he made it completely certain that everybody knew the road that we are going down and that the partnership won't click everytime.

But when it does happen, we win." Ad Trending He continued: "Gambhir must have sat in Sunny's (Narine) room for hours, trying to convince him to open because Sunny didn't want to at first. But he came around to the idea and he became the MVP by a long way that year.

The distance between Narine and myself in the MVP race, and we were 1 and 2 mid-competition, was the same as the distance between myself and MS Dhoni at 82." (27:25) Ad The move worked wonders for KKR, with Narine and Salt providing the side with explosive starts in the powerplay. While Salt finished with 435 runs at a strike rate of 182, Narine amassed an incredible 488 runs at a strike rate of almost 181.

"He let everybody know what we were doing" - Phil Salt on Gautam Gambhir's masterplan Phil Salt also credited Gautam Gambhir for convincing the rest of the KKR team to have Sunil Narine open the batting in IPL 2024. The West Indian great was adjudged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the season as he picked up 17 wickets at an economy of 6.69, along with his 488 runs.

Ad "Sunny (Narine) just changed the whole competition for KKR and it was GG that drove it. He let everybody know what we were doing and how we were going to do it," said Salt (via the aforementioned source).Gambhir was KKR's captain when Narine first played in the IPL in 2012, and the duo combined to win the title in two of the first three years, in 2012 and 2014.

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