Indian captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli Playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 had a tough time in the last few months. He has done wonders with bat in hand in previous editions but this year did not treat him well. He lacked consistency throughout the season and struggled to score at a better strike rate.
While Rohit ended the season with 268 runs in 14 matches, Kohli scored 341 runs in 16 matches; With strike rates of 120 and 116 respectively. What became the talk of the town is his method of scoring runs in the first six overs – the powerplay. Being a top-order batsman, he has the responsibility of providing good starts to the innings which he could not do in most of the games. IPL 2022.
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However, the Indian team management will expect their senior batsmen to come out of their bad patch before the much-awaited take off for Australia. T20 World Cup later this year. As of now, both have been rested for the South Africa T20I at home, starting in Delhi from Thursday.
Ahead of the series opener, head coach Rahul Dravid on Tuesday addressed the media and highlighted the need for scoring runs in crucial T20Is. While the coach did not take names, he mentioned the need for a better strike rate.
“If it’s a high-scoring game, obviously you want your players to maintain the strike rate. If the wicket is more challenging, they will have to react to that as well,” Dravid said in a virtual press conference.
the former India The captain believes that role clarity will be paramount and it may differ from what players are used to in their respective IPL franchises.
“In general, in T20s you want people to play positively and these people do that. As I said their roles may be a little different from what we expected. We will give them a lot of clarity as to what their role is. And I am confident that any of the top three will be able to play the role as per the match situation,” he said.
This is not the first time that the approach of India’s top 3 batsmen in the Powerplay is being talked about so many times. Cricket pundits had pointed this out during the last T20 World Cup as well. But Dravid gave clear indications that he is in no mood to tinker with the top three in any case.
“We know the quality of our top three. They are top-class. The top three in this series will be a little different but what we (in general) are seeing is a good positive start and play according to the situation,” Dravid said.
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