IPL 2025 ka maidan garam hai aur Virender Sehwag ne apne khulaase se aur bhi aag laga di! CSK ke experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja ke strike rate aur unki approach par Sehwag ne teekhe teer chhode.
Jadeja ko batting order mein no.4 par promote kiya gaya tha, jahan unhone 17 balls mein sirf 21 runs banaye. Sehwag ko unki batting dekh ke aisa laga jaise CSK ke players ab bas season khatam hone ka intezaar kar rahe hain.
“Main pehle bhi keh raha tha ki mujhe lag raha hai jaise main tournament ke beech mein ghar chale jaun. CSK ke batters bhi shayad waise hi soch rahe hain. Unko lag raha hai kab ghar wapas jaayenge,” Sehwag ne Cricbuzz par innings break ke dauraan bola.
Sehwag ne yeh bhi kaha ki kisi ek player ko toh zimmedaari uthani chahiye thi.
“Kab khatam hoga yeh tournament? Kam se kam ek aadmi toh responsibility leta! Jadeja ka strike rate bekaar hai, par kam se kam 15th ya 18th over tak toh tik jaate,” Sehwag ne aur jodte hue kaha.
Jadeja ko Sri Lanka ke Kamindu Mendis ne clean bowled kiya. Jadeja ne iss season mein ab tak 9 innings mein 166 runs banaye hain, average 27.67 aur strike rate 125.75 ka hai – jo modern T20 standards ke hisaab se kaafi disappointing hai.
Curran ko no.3 bhejne par bhi Sehwag ne uthaye sawal
Sirf Jadeja hi nahi, batting order ke badlavon se bhi Sehwag pareshaan nazar aaye. Sam Curran ko no.3 par bhejne ka faisla unko samajh nahi aaya.
“Sam Curran ka is line-up mein No.3 pe kya kaam? Haan, ILT20 mein woh No.4 pe khela hai par jab aapke paas Brevis jaisa player hai, usko No.3 pe bhejna chahiye tha,” Sehwag ne kaha.
“Phir Dube aa sakte the, uske baad Jadeja, Curran aur Deepak Hooda. Ruturaj Gaikwad ki kami bhi clearly mehsoos ho rahi hai, jo consistently Chennai mein runs banate the,” Sehwag ne add kiya.
CSK debutant Dewald Brevis ne apne pehle hi match mein dhamaka kiya, 25 balls mein 42 runs (1 four, 4 sixes) banaye. Lekin unka innings bhi Mendis ke ek zabardast catch ke saath khatam hua. Shivam Dube ne 9 balls mein 12 aur Deepak Hooda ne 21 balls mein 22 runs ka yogdan diya.
CSK poori team 154 runs par all-out ho gayi aur SRH ne 5 wickets se match jeet liya. Iss haar ke saath CSK ki playoffs mein jaane ki umeedein lagbhag khatam ho gayi hain.
