IPL 2018: 4 Captains, 4 Mistakes
With each passing day, the heat of IPL is adding more and more to the already hot weather in India. The most iconic T20 League has produced excitement and contest like never before.
This year too, IPL has delivered the same to its fans. Explosive innings, nail-biting last overs, scintillating individual performances and what not.
Now that the competition is getting more and more intense, the fight for the top four spots has reached another level. So, here, let us go back to the roots and talk about something interesting.
Yes, take a look at 4 captains and their mistakes so far in this season, which if not committed, might have put them and their teams at a better place.
#1 Ajinkya Rahane (RR): Jos Buttler's batting order
Well, of course, you saw that coming. I mean we are talking about Jos Buttler here who have gone all guns blazing after being promoted as an opener.
For the first seven matches, the English wicket-keeper was sent to bat at 5th or 6th place. As it could be seen, failure of top-order batsmen in D'Arcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Ajinkya Rahane, built pressure on Buttler and hence he couldn't open up to his natural style of play. However, he still managed to score 20 or 30+ on most of the occasions but look at the change of the scenario since his promotion.
Jos Buttler has been opening for the Royals since last four matches and he has scored 67, 51, 82 & 95* from those. Impressive, isn't it?
Ajinkya Rahane might be blaming himself for the late realization and at the same time sighing, "better late than never."
But Jinks, you could have used an asset like him right from the start of the campaign to open the innings for your team. Maybe then the story would have been different for you.