With Nitish Rana emerging as one of the biggest gains of the new-look Kolkata Knight Riders, chief coach Jacques Kallis today said they always backed the Delhi youngster fully and it is paying off. We are backing him 100 per cent and certainly it has paid off," Kallis said of Rana who has got two Man of the Match awards this season. It was during their first leg match against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai last year when KKR spotted Rana. He certainly has got a bright future with KKR," Kallis said. Having lost to Kings XI Punjab by DLS method here on April 21, KKR have slipped to third place, two points behind leaders Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in the league standings.

Source: dna April 23, 2018 10:07 UTC