sarcastic Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) I just cannot (CANNOT) believe it that a KKR batsman did not get a century for 15 years since that memorable knock that started off IPL back in 2008 until today's knock by Venkatesh Iyer. What do you think could be the reason in this drought of 100s by one of the most successful franchises of IPL. Discuss! Edited April 16, 2023 by sarcastic Mariyam and velu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Gambhir, Uthappa didn't hit a 100 for KkR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin 3:!6 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 What a knock that 158 was...still feels like yesterday. Ooof how time flies sage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigg Brother Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 True..Was surprised to know that. KKR has been a medicore unit though. 2008-2011, they were trash. Gambhir changed their fortune in 2012 and the squad in 2014 was really good. Apart from that they have been pretty pathetic. Worst along with RCB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 KKR is a cameo team. Even when they won they relied largely on series of cameos from several players. It kinda worked for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 You don't necessarily need 100s in T20s (unless a team is over-reliant on particular players). A team needs a system where 4-5 batsmen chip in at a high strike rate more often than not in a game. nevada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, zen said: You don't necessarily need 100s in T20s (unless a team is over-reliant on particular players). A team needs a system where 4-5 batsmen chip in at a high strike rate more often than not in a game. While selfish 100’s should be called out and in principle I agree with you , if someone gets to a milestone of 100 With sustained hitting, that should be respected too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, maniac said: While selfish 100’s should be called out and in principle I agree with you , if someone gets to a milestone of 100 With sustained hitting, that should be respected too. My point is not wrt milestones (as I don't care for it) but that 100s can be unnecessary for strong teams. One cannot judge a team based on how many 100s its batsmen have scored and so on. LSG (along with PK, RCB, etc.) probably has more 100s (IIRC KL scored 2 in the last season) than many teams. Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Just now, zen said: My point is not wrt milestones (as I don't care for it) but that 100s can be unnecessary for strong teams. One cannot judge a team based on how many 100s its batsmen have scored and so on. LSG (along with PK, RCB, etc.) probably has more 100s (IIRC KL scored 2 in the last season) than many teams. fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 17 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: KKR is a cameo team. Even when they won they relied largely on series of cameos from several players. It kinda worked for them. Bisla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijy Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, zen said: You don't necessarily need 100s in T20s (unless a team is over-reliant on particular players). A team needs a system where 4-5 batsmen chip in at a high strike rate more often than not in a game. having, say, 4-5 players who can score 30s-40s at 150-160+ SR would be great. just 1 or 2 need to come off and score quickly. this notion of anchoring is very passé in T20s except for India. zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijy Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 11 hours ago, Majestic said: Gambhir, Uthappa didn't hit a 100 for KkR? gambhir never quite had that acceleration. uthappam not scoring the 100 is more surprising though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 12 hours ago, sarcastic said: I just cannot (CANNOT) believe it that a KKR batsman did not get a century for 15 years since that memorable knock that started off IPL back in 2008 until today's knock by Venkatesh Iyer. What do you think could be the reason in this drought of 100s by one of the most successful franchises of IPL. Discuss! KKR managed to win the IPL twice between the two times their players have scored centuries. 100+ is just an arbitrary number. Why is 70 not a land mark? or 80? Especially in T20s, I don't look at scoring/ not scoring centuries as a predictor of win/loss. Just a peculiar stat. Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikhil_cric Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Tons are overrated. KKR won the bloody thing twice without any tons. Its about making an impact both individually and collectively. That said Venky's knock was a high impact knock no doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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