Another match. Same story. In one more batting collapse – their third in six matches – Punjab Kings have been restricted to 123 for 9 by the Kolkata Knight Riders and succumbed to a five-wicket defeat on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It has been a see-saw efficiency by the batting line-up of the KL-Rahul led franchise within the match which implies that they now discover themselves within the backside half with simply two wins from six matches. One of the main causes for his or her detached present with the bat to date within the match has been the poor efficiency of the 2 West Indians of their beginning XI – Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran.
Chris Gayle – the Universe Boss is one of the best batsmen within the historical past of the IPL. He is one of the one three in IPL historical past to have a batting common in extra of 40 and strike fee of greater than 140. Gayle was in fantastic kind within the earlier three editions of the match. He aggregated 368 runs in 11 matches at a median of 40.88 and strike fee of 146.03 in 2018, 490 runs in 13 matches at 40.83 and 153.6 in 2019 and 288 runs in 7 matches at a median of 41.14 and strike fee of 137.14 in 2020.
But the story has been considerably completely different in 2021. Gayle has simply managed to attain 119 runs in 6 matches for the Punjab Kings this season. Neither is he registering the massive runs nor producing the cameos as his batting common of 23.8 and strike fee of 119 point out. Apart from the 2 40s towards the Royals and Mumbai Indians – Punjab Kings received each these matches, the harmful left-hander has scores of 10, 11, 15 and 0 in his different 4 innings of the competitors. Significantly, his crew has misplaced all these 4 encounters.
If Rahul is the anchor on the prime of the order, then Gayle is the playmaker within the center order for Punjab Kings and his success or failure has a direct impression on the fortunes of the crew.
Gayle often consumes just a few deliveries earlier than launching into the opposition assault. But as a result of he’s getting out simply after reaching double-digits it’s having a two-pronged destructive impression on the Punjab Kings. One, he’s not contributing considerably. Also, by wasting your deliveries and never scoring at a excessive fee he’s placing strain on the batsmen on the different finish and those to observe. A telling statistic which suggests that he’s not at his normal finest simply but within the match is the quantity of occasions he has cleared the ropes this season – Gayle has solely hit 5 sixes in 6 matches in IPL 2021. Compare this to his general sixes per match ratio of 2.58 within the IPL and it tells you that each one is just not nicely with the Universe Boss!
The efficiency of the opposite West Indian within the center order has been stunning to say the least. The proficient Nicholas Pooran has seemed all at sea and simply managed to combination a paltry 28 runs in 5 innings at a strike fee of 93.33 in IPL 2021. It is amongst the worst performances for a prime six batsman for any crew this season. Pooran has failed to offer any impetus on the dying in any of the matches he has performed within the competitors. He got here into bat within the 18th over towards the Royals and was dismissed for a golden duck. He had lots of overs to make a giant rating to get his crew out of hassle towards CSK however failed registering his second consecutive duck.
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Pooran once more had the chance to offer the acceleration on the dying within the conflict towards the Delhi Capitals however was dismissed for 9 off 8 deliveries. He was run out with out dealing with a supply for his third duck of the season towards the Sunrisers. The left-hander lastly managed to get to double-digits towards KKR however exited simply when he needed to shoulder accountability and get a giant rating for his franchise – 19 off 19 deliveries and carelessly freely giving his wicket to a reckless heave when his crew wanted him to remain there on the crease.
Pooran has seemed a patch of the batsman who smashed 353 runs in 14 matches at a median of 35.3 and strike fee of virtually 170 for the Punjab Kings final season. He was very constant and produced as many as 6 cameos within the competitors. His finest knock although was a wide ranging 77 off simply 37 deliveries – together with 7 sixes – towards the Sunrisers in Dubai.
Gayle and Pooran are getting an prolonged run within the XI based mostly on their potential, previous report and repute. They each have the prowess to single-handedly win the Punjab Kings match after match, annihilating any opposition assault within the IPL. Also, there aren’t many batsmen who can substitute the Universe Boss and his team-mate from the Caribbean and replicate what they will probably do with the bat.
But the time has come for them to ship. They have to dwell as much as their names and billing and hold the Calypso flag flying excessive within the IPL.
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