The debate on playing conditions, especially in the business cordon of 22 yards, will always end up as a batter vs. bowler arguments with no constructive result.
The stadium at Hyderabad yesterday produced a wicket yesterday only favouring the batters whilst the poor bowlers ended up being the whipping boys of a sadistic stepmother.
Rajasthan Royals indicated being defensive from the coin toss onwards , when they asked their opponents to bat first on a pitch that was a batters gift from God, whilst for the bowlers the wrath of satan against human.
Just imagine the fate of a bowling team that gets cartered and experiences a leather carnage of 20 miserable overs, conceding 286 runs for 6 wickets only with 34 boundaries and 12 sixes being scored in a 120 ball innings with a few extra deliveriesy being bowled for unforseen errors for no balls and wides.
The pitch was a bowlers nightmare. The crowd wants a fair contest, not a six – and boundary scoring exhibition at the expense of the poor bowlers.
Ishan Kishan must have sung snow flakes , only changing the lyrics from change in weather has made it better for me to change from the rich Mumbai Indians franchise to Sunrise Hydrabad franchise made him a overnight sensation when he cartered 106 unbeaten runs in 47 deliveries with a strike rate of 225 to guide his Franchise to a mammoth 286 for 6 wickets.
Travis Head, who needs no introduction to make hay when the Sun shines opportunity, strokes 67 in 31 deliveries with Henrich Klassan 34 in just 14 balls..
It’s great to watch for spectators and an ongoing never-ending leather hunt for the boundary riders of the fielding side.
Joffra Archer purchased at a massive cost by Rajasthan Royals, emulated a white elephant cartered for 76 runs, and wicket less . Mahees Theekshana looked most impressive despite his 2 no balls on a placid track with 2 wides as well scalped 2 for 52, whilst Despande, the man with a wicket taking arm took 3 for 44 , the rest of the bowlers have nothing to pen down.
287 in 20 overs, and that too chasing? It is no kiddies’ birthday party cricket target .
Rajasthan Royals made 242 for 6 wickets and lost the game by 44 runs, but bowlers on both sides ended up with sore backs and a hidden unconfessed reality Is it worth being a bowler ?
Sanju Samson made 66 , Dinrul Jurel 70 , Hetmyyer 42 , with Shubman Dube 34.
Harshal Patel 2 for 34 and Simjarat Singh 2 for 46 got amongst the wickets.
In Chennai, the game between the Nita Ambani owned Mumbai Indians was beaten by Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets, a gane in which sanity prevailed between bat and ball. Mumbai Indians were put to bat by Gaikwad the Tamil Nadu skipper, and Maharashtra boys made 151 for 9 wickets. The Mumbai Indians who have not won a lung opener since 2012 fell victim yet again due to a lack of consistency by the top order. They lost wickets in clusters to be 6 wickets for 96 runs by the 12th over. Mumbai Indians huffed puffed and reached 151 for 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Suriyakuma Yadev, the stand-in skipper for Hardik Pandya, made 20 Thilak Varna 31 and Deepak Char a late burst of 28 in the death overs helped5 Mumbai Indians to a reasonable defendable total.
Chennai Super Kings with Noor Ahmad scalping 4 for 18 kept the big boys of India quiet despite not having the services of Matheesha Pathirana.
Chennai Super Kings reached the target with 4 wickets to spare with Man of the match Rachin Ravindra unbeaten on 65 and skipper Gaikward with a stroke filled 53.
Young spinner Vignesh puthur took 3 for 32 , which gave a smile on the faded face of team owner Nita biAmbani, who looked disappointed with her teams performance.
