IPL 2025 mein players ki strike rate pe charcha garam hai, aur is baar former cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar spotlight mein hain — lekin kisi tareef ke liye nahi!
Manjrekar ne kuch naye players jaise Priyansh Arya aur Prabhsimran Singh ki tareef ki aur veteran players — jisme Virat Kohli bhi shaamil hain — ko apni top 10 list se bahar rakh diya. Strike rate par unke is nazariye se fans toh khair naraaz the hi, lekin Kohli ke bhai Vikas Kohli ne to seedha unki ODI strike rate ka reference de daala!
“Mr Sanjay Manjrekar; Career ODI strike rate: 64.31. Easy to talk about 200 plus strike rates,”
– Vikas Kohli on Threads
Waqt ki baat karein to Manjrekar ne apne career mein 70 ODI innings mein 1,994 runs banaye with an average of 33.23. Strike rate? Sirf 64.30 — jo aaj ke zamane ke T20 benchmarks se kaafi peeche hai.
“Priyansh Arya 69(35), Prabhsimran 83(49) v KKR. Yet another instance of new age batters outperforming earlier generation big name batters. T20s is their game!”
– Sanjay Manjrekar on X
Lekin baat sirf stats ki nahi hai. Kohli abhi bhi form mein hain. IPL 2025 mein unhone 10 innings mein 443 runs banaye hain, average hai 63.29 with 6 half-centuries. Strike rate thoda lower hai — 138.87 — lekin Kohli ka approach strategic hai, na ki sirf flashy.
“(I focus on) Total on the board, conditions, who are bowlers due to bowl… The game never gets stagnant. That’s always been my focus – rotating strike, singles and doubles. People are forgetting the importance of partnerships and going deep into the innings in T20 cricket.”
– Virat Kohli in post-match presentation
Kohli ne pichhle match mein Delhi Capitals ke khilaf 47 balls mein 51 banaye. Last season ka unka strike rate tha 154.69, aur woh clearly apne game ko conditions ke hisaab se adapt kar rahe hain.
Agla match hai May 3 ko Chennai Super Kings ke khilaf Bengaluru ke M.Chinnaswamy Stadium mein. Kohli ka CSK ke khilaf record bhi lajawab hai — 1,084 runs from 33 innings at an average of 37.37 with 9 fifties and a strike rate of 125.46.
Bottom Line: T20 cricket mein strike rate important hai, lekin consistency aur smart gameplay bhi utna hi zaroori hai. Kohli ne wahi dikhaya hai — aur unke bhai Vikas ne Manjrekar ko yaad dila diya ke pehle apni ODI numbers dekh lo, phir kisi aur par comment karo!
