Fizzled momentum costs KKR record third title

Kolkata Knight Riders drew an incredible parallel with the story of the 'hare' from the hare and tortoise story of Panchatantra, the ancient Indian anthology of fables. KKR hared their way to the top of the points table, lost much of their steam towards the second half of the tournament and in the end, looked exasperated in their Qualifier 2 clash against the eventual champions, Mumbai Indians. To say they peaked at the wrong time would be unfair, because that is what carried them into the playoffs but when they look back now at their campaign, they would know things could have been a lot better than what it ended up being. They had long been a