Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), beneath the contemporary management of Shreyas Iyer, began nicely within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. However after a good begin to their marketing campaign, the Knight Riders appear to have misplaced the rhythm, ensuing of their 5 back-to-back losses within the competitors.
With too many doubts hovering across the probabilities of playoffs for the two-time champions, former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has questioned KKR’s strategy concerning the non-selection of their premium quick bowler Pat Cummins.
Notably, Cummins, who missed a number of video games at first of the fifteenth season as a result of worldwide commitments, started his journey with joint-fastest IPL fifty, smashing 50 off 14 balls to take KKR to a memorable victory over Mumbai Indians (MI).
However, the Aussie pacer has since then did not make an influence for KKR, particularly with the ball. And that could possibly be one of many the reason why Cummins was dropped from the taking part in XI within the final couple of matches.
Yuvraj, nevertheless, reckoned that Cummins is a world-class all-rounder and a positive shot match-winner. The Chandigarh-born noticed that the New South Wales speedster shouldn’t be dropped from the taking part in XI simply because he had a number of unhealthy video games.
“I’m so shocked to see @patcummins30 sit out until he’s injured ? World class all rounder. If somebody has had 2 3 powerful video games, does it imply u cease believing in your match winners? trigger they will win you 3 in a row aswell !! Simply my opinion #DCvKKR,” Yuvraj wrote on the micro-blogging web site Twitter.
I’m so shocked to see @patcummins30 sit out until he’s injured ? World class all rounder . If somebody has had 2 3 powerful video games does it imply u cease believing in your match winners? trigger they will win you 3 in a row aswell !!simply my opinion 🤷🏻♂️ #DCvKKR
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 28, 2022
After KKR’s recent loss against Delhi Capitals (DC), senior quick bowler Tim Southee admitted that ‘chopping and altering’ just isn’t supreme for a group, however they’ve been compelled to check out completely different mixtures as a result of consecutive defeats.
“We’ve tried a number of opening mixtures, and there aren’t any unhealthy gamers within the IPL, they’re all class acts. The fellows who’ve opened have pure class as nicely. So, it’s nearly guys discovering type and operating with guys who’ve discovered type. The chopping and altering nature isn’t supreme, however that occurs once you aren’t profitable numerous video games,” mentioned Southee after the match.
