Cupcake Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pbks-vs-rcb-ipl-2021-kl-rahul-ploughing-a-lone-furrow-for-punjab-kings-1261943 "There is a reason Rahul bats the way he does. You cannot blame him for not trusting his other batters. Rahul understands if he does not drop the anchor, his team could very easily lose the situation. Agarwal, Gayle and Pooran would need to play according to the situation. Rahul cannot be ploughing a lone furrow for the Kings." Edited April 30, 2021 by Cupcake coffee_rules, sorak, chewy and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) He has won orange caps so obviously his "%" is higher. The issue is the SR. David Warner, if he wanted, can score a higher % of his team's runs but he has to balance SR too. Below was posted last time: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2020-kl-rahul-has-got-the-orange-cap-but-it-s-hurting-kings-xi-punjab-1235558 PS https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kxip-vs-srh-kl-rahul-links-his-tempered-approach-to-captaincy-says-strike-rates-are-very-very-overrated-1235078 Edited April 30, 2021 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 This is the most Solid, Compact i have seen KL bat in white ball cricket. No fidgetiness which irks me most about him. Now i really hope he plays more aggressively which he is perfectly capable off but if his team keeps collapsing it wont happen Cupcake and Cricspin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkutfan Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Cupcake said: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pbks-vs-rcb-ipl-2021-kl-rahul-ploughing-a-lone-furrow-for-punjab-kings-1261943 "There is a reason Rahul bats the way he does. You cannot blame him for not trusting his other batters. Rahul understands if he does not drop the anchor, his team could very easily lose the situation. Agarwal, Gayle and Pooran would need to play according to the situation. Rahul cannot be ploughing a lone furrow for the Kings." Exactly. He is not only the anchor. He has brains. He doesn’t buy into some new wave philosophy of feeling forced to swing away from ball one. He evaluates. He ensures security for his team first and then gets aggressive when appropriate. If Punjab had a more reliable batting line up, he would have been willing to take more chances earlier in his innings. Now, if he can just get more consistent when he plays for India. He either has a string of good scores or he can go thru a horrible period where he has a long string of single digit dismissals. Cupcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkutfan Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, zen said: He has won orange caps so obviously his "%" is higher. The issue is the SR. David Warner, if he wanted, can score a higher % of his team's runs but he has to balance SR too. Below was posted last time: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2020-kl-rahul-has-got-the-orange-cap-but-it-s-hurting-kings-xi-punjab-1235558 PS https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kxip-vs-srh-kl-rahul-links-his-tempered-approach-to-captaincy-says-strike-rates-are-very-very-overrated-1235078 Not this year. “Slow”Rahul has a SR of 136 versus “fast” Warner’s 110. And Rahul has a lot more runs too. Cupcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK_IH Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Bhai team ka pata nahi but for a fantasy team he is definitely worth his weight in gold. He has overtaken Warner in that regard. Yesterday was a brilliant innings in the end but that was again a mediocre start. Gayle made up for Punjab's slow start. The issue still remains for Indian T20 cricket, all of Kohli, Rahul & Rohit want to do the same thing. I hope Kohli remember's what he said about intent prior to T20 series against England. raki05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianCapitals Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 So Punjab have used 7 out of their 8 international players . Only one not used is the world number 1 T20 batsman in malan if Mayank is injured, I would drop poor and bring in Malan and let Gayle open KL Gayle Malan Hooda someone SRk top heavy but it’s not like Pooran has done anything if Mayank is back, he opens and Malan moves to 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 KL has got this completely wrong. Even if Punjabs batting is weak, a better approach would have been to make maximum out of power plays . Punjab needs 7-8 wins to make playoffs and all KL needed to target is 3 match winning innings on his own and 3-4 decent contributions, instead of trying to be consistent chewy and Jimmy Cliff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 5 hours ago, SK_IH said: Bhai team ka pata nahi but for a fantasy team he is definitely worth his weight in gold. He has overtaken Warner in that regard. absolutely and keeping just adds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) Interesting that the OP pegs "woe is me" KL Rahul to gold. Gold prices are at a near one year low and falling. Edited May 1, 2021 by Mariyam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, jusarrived said: KL has got this completely wrong. Even if Punjabs batting is weak, a better approach would have been to make maximum out of power plays . Punjab needs 7-8 wins to make playoffs and all KL needed to target is 3 match winning innings on his own and 3-4 decent contributions, instead of trying to be consistent For guys like KL Rahul, Rohit power play overs mean very little. Both can be equally or more destructive outside of powerplay. But the problem is KL Rahul tries to be steady all the way till 18th over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said: For guys like KL Rahul, Rohit power play overs mean very little. Both can be equally or more destructive outside of powerplay. But the problem is KL Rahul tries to be steady all the way till 18th over. The issue is more often than not they will not play through the innings to make up for slow starts ..had KL got out around the 6-7 overs mark, he would have cost Punjab the match .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcake Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, jusarrived said: The issue is more often than not they will not play through the innings to make up for slow starts ..had KL got out around the 6-7 overs mark, he would have cost Punjab the match .. He is caught between the devil and deep blue sea. Why blame KL when rest of the team isn't stepping up. He has no choice but to play the way he does due to the weight of captaincy. Cricspin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neel roy Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Issue with Rahul is he gets stuck like Gill. Rohit and kohli and for example Gambhir always used to look for singles. 3 dot balls and a six gives 6 in 4 balls. 3 singles followed by a 6 gives you 9 off 4. If Gill Rahul can start rotating strike it ll Immediately open up new avenues and increase their strike rate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGaw Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 When KLR gets out early, PBKS get obliterated like they did against CSK. When he bats deep even if it's at a slow rate they still at least have a chance. Due to the lack of depth behind him, he doesn't have a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 No wonder Punjab will be contesting the wooden spoon again with this loser mentality. KL is perfectly capable of playing aggressively, if needs someone reliable late in innings then he should come down at number 4/5 and let Gayle/Simran/Mayank/Malan open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raki05 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 India should poach Rashid Khan and win 2-3 w T20 before Rashid reaches 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 30% of runs but what % of balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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