We have nothing to lose: David Hussey

KOLKATA: The path ahead for

Kolkata Knight Riders

is not easy as they languish at the seventh position on the points table before the resumption of IPL phase II in UAE on Sunday. In spite of finding them in a position where they need to win almost all their remaining seven matches,

KKR

chief mentor David Hussey is still hopeful of putting up a challenge.

"Our goal remains the same and that is to qualify for the final," he was quoted as saying in a pre-tournament interaction with the franchise media team on Saturday. However, he too accepted that it will require much work to achieve that. "We have to start winning and there’s nothing to lose," he stated. The Australian is looking to take confidence from history when in 2014, the team went on to win nine matches in a row to claim the title. "We have done it before and so we can do it again. I feel we have the squad to do it also," he said looking forward to a fairytale ending.

In spite of KKR opening duo of Subhman Gill and Nitin Rana not firing in the first phase of the tournament, Hussey is pinning hopes on them. "They both are quality players and they have a taste of international cricket now," he stated. Looking ahead Hussey feels the two are for the future. "They are the next generation of Indian players who are going to stay there not for one or two series but for perhaps a decade," he predicted.

The former KKR player was happy to see mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy make the India squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. "He is a nice fellow who loves to bowl. Actually you have to hide the cricket ball sometime from him so that he doesn’t end up bowling too much," he said laughing.