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five takeaways from
iPl 2021
PL 2021 has unfortunately world t20 in danger?
been suspended ‘indefinite-
Ily’. Seemed inevitable— After a successful IPL 2020,
here are five takeaways from the way this edition ended was
bit of a shame. IPL 2021 was
this tournament. supposed to be testing grounds
india’s problem of plenty to see if India can host the
at the top, Questions World T20 later this year. India
elsewhere failed.
Virat Kohli announced
during the India-England series uae is the top contender
that he & Rohit Sharma would to host the tournament,
open for the T20I World Cup.
Ishan Kishan & Suryakumar but multiple issues still
Yadav also had stunning de- to think about. ipl 2020
buts, but IPL 2021 has changed BroKen cricKet dreams
the narrative. was in a strict bio-bub-
Dhawan, Shaw, & KL Rahul NITESH MATHUR ble with 8 teams involved.
are back in the reckoning with
dominating performances while www.brokencricketdreams.com the world cup will host
Agarwal signed off with a blaz- with the bat. Apart from centu- nings, Hetmyer & Russell dis- 16 teams, and each team
ing 99*. Forms of Rohit-Kohli,
Gill, Kishan, and SKY on the ry in the final game, Buttler flat- played their finishing potential, is allowed an extended
other hand? Concerning. tered to deceive, Currans were and Gayle produced a couple
Woakes-Malan of match-winning performanc- squad of 23 players.
inconsistent,
While India has plenty of barely played, & Roy-Living- es as well. Yet much-hyped
options at the top, lower order stone-Billings did not even get Pooran had one of the all-time Man proposes COVID dis-
looks unstable. Pandyas are a chance. Only Moeen Ali & worst IPL seasons—4 ducks & poses.
horridly out of touch, Tewatia
was a one-season wonder, and Bairstow had positive seasons. an average of 4.66. Not much humanity prevails
Karthik’s form is hot and cold. With a busy home Test sum- of note from Allen, Holder, &
On the bowling front, Natara- mer around the corner, En- Narine either. The most unfortunate crick-
gland need to manage their
jan is injured, Varun and Bhu- players carefully. A case of se- loyalty is temporary, class eting story of IPL 2021 was of
vneshwar Kumar have fitness vere burnout. is permanent Jason Behrendorff’s.
issues, Kuldeep-Chahal are South Africans, on the oth- Not picked in initial auc-
in the worst phases of their David Warner might only be tion, called as a replacement for
careers, and Sundar-Ashwin er hand, endured a resurgent considered a great modern-day CSK, quarantined, and when he
failed to make a mark. Only campaign. Genius of AB De Australian opener, but he is an finally became eligible to play,
positives were the Chahar cous- Villiers aside, forms of du Ples- absolute legend in the Indian the IPL was called off.
ins, Harshal Patel, & Jadeja. sis, Morris, Miller, and even Premier League. What’s worse? Australian
Good finds in Sakariya & Avesh 42-year-old Tahir provides Most fifties (50), third on government is not accepting
as well. South Africa much needed list of centuries (4), and fifth their citizens (even jail threat),
hope. With Janneman Malan & highest run-scorer (5447), best so the Australian contingent
england Burnt out, hope Nortje in brilliant touch during for any foreign player. More from the IPL must fly to Sri
for south africa, doubts for the Pakistan series, the Proteas importantly, he led Sunrisers Lanka & Maldives until the
west indies have a decent core of youth & Hyderabad to their only title in travel ban ends.
England arrived in India with experience. 2016 along with four qualifiers. Regardless, kudos to Beh-
the goal of experiencing condi- Ngidi, Rabada, and QDK It took just 6 games, couple rendorff & earlier to Cum-
tions that will help them lift the were not in top gear, but we all of unfortunate run-outs, a 110 mins for contributing to the
World T20 trophy. Fast forward know what damage they can do. strike-rate, and miscommunica- COVID-19 emergency in India
two months, Stokes-Archer are Finally, West Indians wit- tion with management to axe him. that set off a series of players
injured & Morgan’s magic is nessed high highs and low lows. Doubt that he will be retained. donating to the cause.
missing—both as captain and Pollard played his best IPL in- Loyalty is fickle. Get well soon, world
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