Former India captain and 1983 World Cup winner Kris Srikkanth took to his YouTube channel and doled out extreme tongue lashings to Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag for his poor present with the bat in IPL 2026.
Whereas the Royals are sitting third on the factors desk after profitable every of their first 4 matches however dropping the subsequent two, Parag’s personal kind with the bat has left a lot to be desired. He has made simply 61 runs in 6 matches at a strike price of 122 and has not been in a position to make a big impression with the bat.
‘In race to be worst batter’ – Kris Srikkanth on Parag and Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane has up to now made 152 runs in 7 matches at a strike price of virtually 145, however the staff he’s main – Kolkata Knight Riders – are useless final on the factors desk with just one win in seven matches.
As Srikkanth was meting out his criticism of Riyan Parag, Rahane too bought drawn into the controversy.
“Parag, as traditional, is match just for his trendy walks after doing nothing with bat and ball. There’s a competitors between him and Rahane as to who’s the worst batter. Parag did nicely one season, and that is it,” Srikkanth stated.
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‘They are going to solely combat for ninth vs tenth’ – Kris Srikkanth on KKR and LSG
Whereas the Rahane-led KKR are useless final on the factors desk, the Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Tremendous Giants are at present in ninth place with simply two wins in six matches and a three-match dropping streak.
Kris Srikkanth stated that he would not consider both staff may climb up the factors desk and these two groups can be locked in a battle to keep away from tenth place. Then again, he backed seventh-placed Mumbai Indians to stage a comeback and even qualify for the playoffs.
“MI have the flexibility to do nicely in large matches, which may immediately vault them to the playoffs. After this match, there is no such thing as a means anybody can write MI off. KKR and LSG, in fact, are already knocked out. They’re going to solely combat for ninth vs tenth.” He added.
‘He is a Take a look at match participant taking part in T20’ – Kris Srikkanth on DC batter
Kris Srikkanth additionally weighed in on Tuesday’s conflict between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals and picked the previous to be the favourites.
He opined that DC’s present No. 3, Karun Nair, was not an sufficient batter for the T20 format and that will give SRH the sting on this contest.
“SRH can be favourites. DC have a No.3 drawback. They’re taking part in Karun Nair there. He is a Take a look at match participant taking part in T20.” He concluded
Upcoming fixtures of all groups
Rajasthan Royals’ subsequent fixture can be towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants in Lucknow on April 22. Kolkata Knight Riders may even be dealing with LSG in Lucknow for his or her subsequent fixture, however on April 26.
The Mumbai Indians can be dealing with the Chennai Tremendous Kings on the Wankhede Stadium on April 23 of their subsequent match.
