IPL ka ghamasan jaari hai aur Gujarat Titans ke liye khatre ki ghanti baj chuki hai. Monday ko Mumbai Indians ke khilaaf jo hua, wo kisi bure sapne se kam nahi tha. Poori team sirf 100 runs par dher ho gayi aur MI ne 99 runs se ek badi jeet darj ki. Lekin asli drama match ke baad shuru hua jab batting coach Matthew Hayden ne team ke middle order ko lekar ek kadwa sach bol diya. Kya GT sirf apne top three ke bharose zinda hai? Chaliye karte hain iska post-mortem.
The Inner Story: Asli Maajra Kya Hai?
Jab scoreboard par 100 all out dikhe, to ungliyan middle order par uthna laazmi hai. Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia aur Shahrukh Khan ne milkar sirf 57 runs banaye. Sabse hairani ki baat ye rahi ki Tewatia aur Phillips ne milkar 19 balls kheli aur sirf 14 runs banaye. Coach Matthew Hayden ka maanna hai ki in players ko itni zyada balls milna hi nahi chahiye thi. Unka kehna hai ki agar Shahrukh Khan ya Tewatia ko zyada balls khelne ko mil rahi hain, iska matlab hai ki top order ne apna kaam nahi kiya.
IPL 2025 mein Gujarat Titans table par teesre number par thi, lekin uski wajah middle order nahi, balki B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill aur Jos Buttler ki tabaahi thi. Is season mein Sai Sudharsan ki form gayab hai aur Gill aur Buttler pichle saal jaise prolific nazar nahi aa rahe. Jab top order 4.4 overs mein hi pavillion laut gaya, to middle order ki 'depth' ki asliyat samne aa gayi.
Analysis & Numbers: Statistics Ka Sach
- Shahrukh Khan ne is season ab tak sirf 35 runs banaye hain 25 balls mein, jo unke finisher tag ko suit nahi karta.
- Rahul Tewatia ne 42 balls face karke sirf 49 runs banaye hain, jahan unhe match finish karna tha wahan wo struggle kar rahe hain.
- Glenn Phillips ka record T20 mein zabardast hai, lekin unhone ab tak 54 balls mein sirf 67 runs jode hain.
- Pichle saal Sai Sudharsan ke 759 runs ne middle order ki kamzoriyon ko chhupa liya tha, jo is baar beparda ho gayi hain.
Faf du Plessis ne ESPNcricinfo par baat karte hue seedha sawaal pucha: "Kaun hai jo Tilak Varma jaisi innings khel sake? Is middle order mein mujhe koi aisa player nahi dikhta jo aisi mushkil situation se team ko nikaal kar 100 bana sake." Wahin Abhinav Mukund ne suggestion diya hai ki GT ko ab bench par baithe young talent jaise Nishant Sindhu aur Kumar Kushagra ko mauka dena chahiye.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Gujarat Titans ko ye samajhna hoga ki har baar top order miracles nahi karega. Tewatia aur Shahrukh ko 'Impact Players' ke naam par back karna tab tak theek hai jab unhe sirf 10 balls khelne ko milein, lekin agar wo zimmedari nahi le sakte, to bench par baithe Kumar Kushagra jaise youngsters ko aazmana ab waqt ki zaroorat hai. Hayden ka ye kehna ki 'The boat was sinking' ye dikhata hai ki management ke andar darr baith chuka hai. GT ko conservative approach chhod kar adaptive banna hoga, warna ye season unke liye bahut jaldi khatam ho sakta hai.
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