Ultimate_Game Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Jaiswal has been one of the most consistent opener this IPL. He only has two scores in single digits and except for these two, his lowest score is 34! And he has scored these runs quickly at a high SR. He has probably been the best opener and owns the Orange cap while averaging 47 at a SR of 158! Suryavanshi OTOH has been a perfect foil to Jaiswal, giving RR a quick start and hitting a 6 every 4 deliveries! He's averaging 32.5 with a SR of 215! These numbers are mind-blowing as Suryavanshi has only played 6 matches and this is the debut season for the 14 year old! Despite such a prolific opening contributions - both in terms of average & runs scored and SR, RR middle order hasn't been able to finish off games. A middle order of Parag, Jurel and Hetmeyer has been found wanting time and again. At least Parag has contributed with the ball and has been able to make a couple of match-winning contributions with the bat but Jurel and Hetmeyer have been disappointing. If RR middle order had supported their openers, RR would be in the playoffs with at least 4 winnable games lost by their incompetent middle order. rollingstoned and crictime 2
rkt.india Posted May 18 Posted May 18 (edited) Jurel has a strike rate of 150 this year. It's their bowling which has consistently conceded too many runs. Like today, despite 89 in 6 they still had to chase close to 10 rpo which is huge on a big ground. Edited May 18 by rkt.india Chakdephatte and rollingstoned 2
Nikhil_cric Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Let down by the bowling more than anything rollingstoned and Manucrick 2
Chakdephatte Posted May 18 Posted May 18 1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said: Bowling+ Hetmeyer Hetmyer has been an Emerging Young Talent for 10 years. He was touted as a finisher after playing cameos for three seasons and is now getting exposed. rollingstoned and BacktoCricaddict 2
crictime Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Middle order is definetely not in good form as the top 2 are. The pace bowling and spinners have been below par. Fazalhaq is wicketless in 5 innings. Yudhvir Singh 1 in 3 innings. Their top wicket taker is Theeksana who has 11 in 11 innings. Hasaranga has 10 in 10. The main Lankan spin attack on which RR were banking have not done anything special. Manucrick 1
Ultimate_Game Posted May 18 Author Posted May 18 1 hour ago, Lone Wolf said: Bowling+ Hetmeyer 2 hours ago, Lord said: they have been throwing away good starts too. 2 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said: Let down by the bowling more than anything Agree that bowling has been poor. But in this case I'm talking about openers putting RR in a winning position despite their bowling. The middle order's messed up chases like scoring 23 off 3 overs, 18 off 2 overs, 9 off 1 over, and today openers giving them a total of 89 off 6 overs! And every time they had wkts in hand. Bowling needs improvement but surely middle order should've chased most of these totals. Occasional hiccup is acceptable but not messing every single chase. rollingstoned, Texan and Gollum 3
vvvslaxman Posted May 18 Posted May 18 They failed to manage asking rate of 7, 8, 9 in the backend. You can't blame anyone but themselves. If Hetty had done what Rutherford had done RR woudl have been in top 4. cricspirit, Ultimate_Game, rollingstoned and 2 others 5
Ultimate_Game Posted May 18 Author Posted May 18 2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: They failed to manage asking rate of 7, 8, 9 in the backend. You can't blame anyone but themselves. If Hetty had done what Rutherford had done RR woudl have been in top 4. They lost 4 matches with a manageable RR off the last 2-3 overs with 6-7 wkts in hand. Those matches are a gimme in T20s and somehow RR found a way to lose. Give these openers or the stats of their openers to any other franchise, and any other team makes it to the playoffs. Gollum 1
bowl_out Posted May 18 Posted May 18 They let go of Butler for Hetmyer. Most brain dead decision of all time Gollum and Chakdephatte 2
tapandrun Posted May 18 Posted May 18 (edited) 7 hours ago, crictime said: Middle order is definetely not in good form as the top 2 are. The pace bowling and spinners have been below par. Fazalhaq is wicketless in 5 innings. Yudhvir Singh 1 in 3 innings. Their top wicket taker is Theeksana who has 11 in 11 innings. Hasaranga has 10 in 10. The main Lankan spin attack on which RR were banking have not done anything special. Apart from 2 openers and Archer, everything else have been garbage from rr. They clearly lost 2-3 games which were easily set-up because of their mo, Jurel and Parag has themselves have messed-up 2-3 matches, plus in their batting they have only 1 overseas batter , do not think this is a good tactic They have played with 3 overseas bowlers, because they do not have another overseas batter to pick from, in auction they got just 1 overseas batter that too a lower middle order batter who is not as proven as pollard or Russell and not be moved up the order. Edited May 18 by tapandrun crictime 1
Ultimate_Game Posted May 19 Author Posted May 19 4 hours ago, tapandrun said: Apart from 2 openers and Archer, everything else have been garbage from rr. They clearly lost 2-3 games which were easily set-up because of their mo, Jurel and Parag has themselves have messed-up 2-3 matches, plus in their batting they have only 1 overseas batter , do not think this is a good tactic They have played with 3 overseas bowlers, because they do not have another overseas batter to pick from, in auction they got just 1 overseas batter that too a lower middle order batter who is not as proven as pollard or Russell and not be moved up the order. Even Archer has been cr@p. Gets hit around every match and hasn't made much of a difference.
tapandrun Posted May 19 Posted May 19 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said: Even Archer has been cr@p. Gets hit around every match and hasn't made much of a difference. Archer's recent performance is decent, he is getting wkts and being eco. Its other bowler who are expensive and not taking wkts not making use of pressure created by archer. In last 10 ipl games he has gone over 40 only 2 times, and only 2 times he has been wkt less Edited May 19 by tapandrun
rkt.india Posted May 19 Posted May 19 12 hours ago, Lord said: GT's middle order is also not great but top 3 are doing the job Because they don't concede big runs regularly.
rkt.india Posted May 19 Posted May 19 6 hours ago, tapandrun said: Apart from 2 openers and Archer, everything else have been garbage from rr. They clearly lost 2-3 games which were easily set-up because of their mo, Jurel and Parag has themselves have messed-up 2-3 matches, plus in their batting they have only 1 overseas batter , do not think this is a good tactic They have played with 3 overseas bowlers, because they do not have another overseas batter to pick from, in auction they got just 1 overseas batter that too a lower middle order batter who is not as proven as pollard or Russell and not be moved up the order. How? Parag strike rate 168, jurel 150. Their batting has been decent but they have to chase big scores most of the times. Chakdephatte 1
Gollum Posted May 19 Posted May 19 How does Jaiswal switch between tests and T20s so easily? At such a young age....... Ultimate_Game and cricspirit 2
rollingstoned Posted May 19 Posted May 19 52 minutes ago, Gollum said: How does Jaiswal switch between tests and T20s so easily? At such a young age....... You need a technique with not many moving parts to do it. Still there will be some impact initially at least when switching formats. Gollum 1
Lord Posted May 19 Posted May 19 4 hours ago, rkt.india said: Because they don't concede big runs regularly. yesterday they chased down 200 without leaving it to middle order
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