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Ravichandran Ashwin’s strange stance towards Kuldeep Yadav has sparked a meme-fest on Twitter.
The Delhi Capitals won their sixth game of the season on Wednesday, defeating Rajasthan Royals in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The DC chased down the target with 11 balls to spare after restricting the RR to 160/6 in 20 overs, losing only two wickets as Mitchell Marsh (89) and David Warner (52*) put on a 144-run stand for the second wicket to take the Capitals home.
Earlier in the batting innings, RR lost the early wicket of Jos Buttler, who was dismissed for 7 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin was promoted to no. 3 as expected, as had been the case this season whenever the RR lost an early wicket in the innings. This time, however, Ashwin had a productive stay at the crease, scoring a half-century off 38 balls and assisting Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal in stabilising the side’s innings.
The veteran Indian off-spinner is known for his innovations in the game, and during his 50-run knock against Chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin didn’t shy away from practising a rather strange-looking stance.
As he attempted to clear the long-off boundary against Mitchell Marsh in the 15th over of the match, Ashwin was eventually dismissed.
Mitchell Marsh had earlier taken the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (19) and Ravichandran Ashwin with the ball (50). Ashwin went along nicely and brought up his half-century in 38 balls, looking confident after hitting a few boundaries, including two maximums and a ramp shot over keeper Pant.
However, the premier off-spinner was taken out soon after reaching the milestone, and Marsh returned to the attack to give DC the victory.
Marsh was the night’s hero with the bat, smashing seven sixes and five fours.
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Gambhir acknowledges that his “sole regret in seven years of captaincy” is Suryakumar Yadav: “KKR failed to recognise his potential.”
Throughout his incredible career with the Mumbai Indians since 2018, Suryakumar Yadav has become a household name. He has established himself as a vital member of the batting lineup and is seen as the team’s future leader. He was able to establish himself in the Indian white-ball team and get to the top of the IC batting rankings in the format because to his valiant efforts at MI. But before he was let away, Suryakumar was a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders lineup from 2014 to 2017. When former captain Gautam Gambhir reflects on the two IPL titles won by KKR during that time, he named the star player from India his greatest regret.
KKR featured Suryakumar Yadav from 2014 to 2017.
In 2012, Suryakumar began his IPL career with the Mumbai Indians, appearing in just one match before being cut loose the following year. He was signed by KKR in 2014, and he won the championship in his first campaign there. The right-handed batter scored 608 runs in 54 games during his four-year tenure with the team, although the majority of those runs were scored as a lower middle order hitter.
In an interview with Sportskeeda on Monday, Gambhir said that his biggest regret as KKR captain is that he failed to recognise Suryakumar’s ability or his ideal batting position in the lineup.
Finding and showcasing the greatest potential is the responsibility of a leader. If there’s one thing I regret from my seven years as captain, it’s that neither I nor the squad were able to fully utilise Suryakumar Yadav. And combinations were the key to the cause. At No. 3, you may only play one person. As a leader, you also need to consider the other ten players in the starting lineup. Although he was just as excellent at No. 7, he would have been far more effective at No. 3, he said.
Gambhir went on to praise Suruyakumar for being a team player, citing the reason behind his appointment as the team’s vice-captain in 2015.
He was a team player as well. A good player may be anyone, but becoming a team player takes skill. Playing him at No. 6 or 7 or benching him, he was constantly grinning and eager to contribute to the squad. He went on, “That’s why we named him vice captain.”
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