ECB must reach a compromise on IPL: Lloyd
When the Delhi Daredevils succumbed to Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Ferozeshah Kotla, Kedar Jadhav’s 29-ball 33 was the highest score for the hosts. Pitted against an attack comprising Mitchell Starc and Varun Aaron among others, the batting line-up crumbled for a meagre 95, not batting their entire quota of overs. Left gasping at 39 for four in the seventh over and forced to play catch up, the Daredevils couldn’t revive the innings as wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
Analysing the loss while speaking to iplt20.com, Jadhav said that the hosts hadn’t read the pitch too well at the beginning. Excerpts from the interview:How difficult was it to recover from the situation that your team was in when you came in to bat?I think we didn’t analyse the wicket well at the beginning.
It wasn’t a 180 runs kind of wicket, 140 would have been a good total here because the ball was stopping and coming. Because we had lost wickets upfront I too couldn’t play freely when I came in to bat. And then wickets kept falling at the other end and we were forced to attempt the big hits so we could get a few quick runs on the board.
What are the things that you have to bear in mind while batting with the lower-order?If there is a bowler like Mitchell Starc, who can take two wickets in an over, you have to protect the tail-enders. You have to keep the strike and if you succeed in hitting a boundary or a six (in an over) then you can see off his two-three overs. But when the tail-ender gets the strike there are chances of losing a wicket.
So you have to work with them that way. What did Mayank Agarwal say to you when you came in to bat?He was saying since we were the last specialist batting pair we had to play as long as possible, until the 15th over or so and then we could see (go for it). But I guess his shot came at the wrong time.
We were getting runs. We could have carried on. What was the brief given by the coach and captain during the Timeout?I was told “Until (Shahbaz) Nadeem is there you can back him, you can take a run and give him the strike”.
But then when Imran Tahir came, I had to play more balls and score runs and the effort was to take a run off the last ball. I could have played a couple of overs more. What would you attribute the batting collapse to?I think we could have been more technically solid, especially against a bowling line-up like Mitchell Starc and the others.
We still have half the tournament left. Every team has one wicket-taking fast bowler; so if we show a good defensive technique against him, then you can score off the other bowlers. But if lose three or so wickets to the main bowlers it becomes difficult.
How do you prepare for bowlers like Starc?You have an idea that he will go for the wickets. So I feel batsmen have to tighten their technique and respect the bowler if he is bowling a good ball. You will get a boundary any way because you can use his pace to get it.
But if you are losing wickets even while defending it will be difficult.How do you regroup and move forward from here?It’s a good thing that there is a break (next match on 1st of May) and the mindset will be fresh again. It is important that we are in a positive frame of mind.
You have two good coaches like Gary Kirsten and Pravin Amre. Where batting is concerned what has been their advice in times like these?They obviously do what they can during practice. But at the end of the day when a batsman comes to the crease he has to assess the conditions and situation.
And I feel that on a wicket like this even if you leave a couple of deliveries it is alright especially if the bowler is bowling well. .
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