Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) Assistant Coach Ottis Gibson Regarding whether the franchise will make any changes in the next game against the Lucknow Super Giants. He mentioned that they would not be bothered by the form of Sunil Narine and that the opening ceremony would not change anything.

The Kolkata Cavaliers have been opening in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 along with Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock. But they didn’t look like Their final version of the game, they won the game under Shreyas Iyer.

Sunil Narine is not at its best with bats in IPL 2025’s Kolkata Knight Riders

Quinton de Kock has spent a moment in the league so far, but Sunil Narine simply can’t move on. The all-rounder started the league with a decent fight against Royal Challenger Bengaluru, but it wasn’t as fluent as we played in the league.

Sunil Narine failed in the next three games. The batsman scored very low and his not shooting at the top has been one of the main reasons why the Kolkata Cavaliers tried to score big. He is within the scope of the scanner and calls for him to be sent to the low order.

We all know his day, and he can take the game away from the opposition – Ottis Gibson on Sunil Narine

But Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) assistant coach Ottis Gibson is not worried about Sunil Narine’s condition. He said the all-rounders are working hard and they are not considering changing the opening pair. He said, he said (cited by Revsportz):

“Sunil Narine’s state doesn’t care at all. It’s still an early stage of the game, he’s working hard on the Nets. We all know that he can take the game away from the opposition. The opening match isn’t changing.”

Ottis Gibson also talked about the conditions for tomorrow’s game and said: “It’s an afternoon game and we all know the Heat will have an impact, but all of these players have played IPL and they know the strictness of the IPL evening game and afternoon game.”

We know Vaibhav works with Bravo and Arun to get everything right – how hard Ottis Gibson is

Ottis Gibson also praised Kolkata rider Vaibhav Arora, who said Indian pacemakers were huge and it allowed them to give up Spencer Johnson. In further discussion, he said:

“Vaibhav is huge for us. That’s why we were able to give up international bowler Spencer Johnson to accommodate an extra spinner. Both Harshit and Vaibhav are really good for us. We know Hard Vaibhav works with Bravo and Bravo and Arun to get everything right.”

KKR has had a great time in IPL 2025. So far, they have won 2 games and are eager to win the third one.

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