The Kolkata Knight Riders are living a life in the second leg of the Indian Premier League, which could only be termed as a fairytale, given the kind of comeback they made in the tournament.
From tottering at the bottom of the table with two wins from the first seven games to playing the final is no mean achievement at all. This turnaround would not have been possible without a fiery personality in the dressing room and it not be wrong to say that it is the coach, Brendon McCullum, who is behind it all. The franchise has shared a glimpse of a motivational video on its social media handles ahead of the final clash against Chennai Super Kings, who have a comeback story of their own.
The 48-second clip is taken from the speech that coach Brendon McCullum made ahead of the start of the second leg in UAE. It was only then that McCullum said, “Imagine things work out and then five weeks from now and we are standing with the trophy after being two wins from seven games. Imagine that journey and the stories that you would get to tell.”
“The experiences that you get to share, that’s what in front of us, that should enthuse us, excite us. We have got nothing to lose lads and that makes us dangerous,” he adds.
The story has almost reached its climax, with the KKR team, led by Eoin Morgan and boosted by performances from Sunil Narine, young Venkatesh Iyer, Shubman Gill, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson and Shakib Al Hasan, making it to the final. But will the needing be the same as imagined by coach McCullum and his team? Only time will tell.