Gautam Gamhir, former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian Premier League winning captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, said KKR captain Dinesh Karthik made a miscalculation by giving Varun Chakravarthy the penultimate against Delhi Capitals. Gambhir’s comments came after KKR suffered an 18-run loss to DC in Sharjah on Saturday, after scoring 210/8 in 20 overs, in response to DC’s 228/4. (Total IPL coverage 2020)
Chakravarthy, who was quite inexpensive in his first outings for KKR, was crushed by 20 runs in 19, which turned out to be the difference between the two teams. ‘
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Speaking on the ESPNCricinfo chat show, Gambhir said: “Your best bowlers need to pass the 18th, 19th and 20th, unfortunately it didn’t happen. Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine: If a roulette has to go bowling. Even Mavi did a fabulous job in the previous games and so did Andre Russell. You have to give your best bowlers. “
“Yes, Varun Chakravarty bowled well in the first overs, but you can’t expect a young spinner to play on the 19th and that in Sharjah too, it was probably a miscalculation,” he added.
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Gambhir also suggested that Karthik should alter the batting order and replace Rahul Tripathi with Sunil Narine as KKR’s starter.
“Rahul Tripathi goes up in the order, Dinesh Karthik plays at number 6, not before Morgan and not before Russell. Sunil Narine will probably hit 8 or 9. If Morgan is hitting the number 4 and Russell is hitting the 5 and Dinesh Karthik follows, “Gambhir said.
KKR will face Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday in the IPL 2020 match.
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