Gambhir blames batting for KKR's loss

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Jaipur: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir on Sunday blamed batting failure for his side's 22-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here and said that they did not deserve to win the tie

"We lost three quick wickets and thereafter we could not recover. It was good job by the bowlers to restrict Rajasthan to 164 but with this kind of batting we don't deserve to win," Gambhir said at the post-match press conference.

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (T20)

Rajasthan Royals innings164/5(20.0)

R/R: 8.20

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Rahul Dravid (C)	run out (Iqbal Abdulla)	26	24	2	2	108.33
Ajinkya Rahane	run out (Gautam Gambhir)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Shreevats Goswami (W)	b Rajat Bhatia	23	18	2	0	127.78
Ashok Menaria	b Brett Lee	40	30	4	1	133.33
Brad Hodge	c Brendon McCullum b Brett Lee	44	29	3	2	151.72
Owais Shah	not out	23	11	2	1	209.09
Kevon Cooper	not out	5	5	0	0	100.00
Johan Botha
Ankeet Chavan
Amit Singh
Siddharth Trivedi

Extras: 3 (b - 0, w - 2, no - 0, lb - 1, penalty - 0)
Fall of Wickets	1/1 (Ajinkya Rahane 1.3ov.) 2/44 (Rahul Dravid 6.4ov.) 3/61 (Shreevats Goswami 8.4ov.) 4/125 (Brad Hodge 16.1ov.) 5/152 (Ashok Menaria 18.4ov.)