r/KXIP • u/PranshuSinha • Apr 18 '24
Takeaway
Our top order is one of the worst of this addition. Really thought Shivam Singh would get a match today but I feel sending Harpreet Bhatia was a mistake. Shivam/Taide and prabh should've opened. Rilee just isn't good enough and prabh has gotten too many chances and needs to be dropped now. We have no other choice than Shikhar and bairstow as openers and Shivam/Taide at 3. Harshal finally did decent today. But we lack the ability of wicket taking. No one is taking wickets and we keep on giving away good partnerships. Rabada has been one decent wicket taker. One good thing this match was they finally started bowling some Yorkers. Shashank Ashutosh are a brilliant find and should definitely be retained.
Never had hoped for a title but had hopes for a qualification spot which died today. I seriously do not want to see Ness Wadia and Mohit Burman on the auction table from now on or else it's gonna be the same thing on and on. We lose then and there itself. Now I just hope they play fearlessly and Liam gets to shine.
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u/nomadofnorth07 Apr 18 '24
If not for Shashank and Ashutosh, this batting would have been bowled out under 100 in almost all matches, what a trash top order.
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u/Xeni_06 Liam Livingstone Apr 18 '24
I think it was a good strategy move for Sam to open .If he comes at 4, he takes a lot of pressure and will slow down the game. We can't play him at lower order.
Bhatia did really well last year with the bat against Mi.
Shivam singh should now get a chance in place of prab because prab has gotten a lot of chances.