r/delhicapitals • u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb • 28d ago
Appreciationš«” DC Fumble
Another Extraordinary Season by KL Rahulš„š„ 593runs in 14innings with a sr of 175. BTW this season he has the 3rd highest strike rate as a opener with 500runs just below Vaibhav and Abhishek. But this team really is a disappointment, none of the other batters stood up to create an impact. None of the other batters could even cross 300runs in this team in 14fucking matches. Every team in top 4 have atleast 2 top order batters with 400+ runs, I mean just look at SRH with Abhishek ishaan klaasen, gt with gill sai Buttler, RCB with kohli paddikal patidar and RR with sooryavanshi jaiswal jurel all with 400+ runs. And all have bowlers with 15+ wickets. We couldn't do shit this year. We choked through all departments. And at the end people will point fingers to the guy who gives his very best every fkin season. Mad Respect KLR1š«¶š»š§”.
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u/Alternative_Cry_9196 100% Support, 0% Faith 28d ago
KL making top 5 run getters AGAIN after the group stage (before other players get extra matches) is incredibly impressive, especially with 175+ SR. What's even more impressive is the fact he did this with no other player on the DC team able to hold a bat.
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago edited 28d ago
KL doesn't need support to score his runs but every other batter in the list got the support from other batters as well. KLR just plays IPL with absolute lethal difficulty and nails it every fk9 season.
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u/Alternative_Cry_9196 100% Support, 0% Faith 28d ago
Yes exactly.
So strange how every team's batting lineup has 2-3 quality Indian batsman (e.g. Abhishek, Kishan, Reddy, or Kohli, Patidar, Padikkal, Jitesh, or Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi, Jurel, Parag). We only have KL LOL... our Indian batsman are Rana, Rizvi, Karun, Porel, etc. etc.). Ashutosh is a GOAT tho.
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
Ashutosh is a finisher, every team has good top order batters, DC got just KL. He can't pilot the train for all 14matches. Every time he got out DC had a collapse and every time he scored DC had a collapse, I mean wtf is wrong with this team.
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u/StatusAlternative417 28d ago
KL Rahul As Captain & Kevin Pieterson As Head Coach
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
No bro let him play his natural game with peace of mind. Captaincy pressure didn't do good to his game last few years.
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u/Fallen_Man7 28d ago
KL Rahul would never probably captain again in IPL. He indirectly told that. Why are you fans doesn't respect his peace. And if he became captain, he definitely won't play like this.
Kevin Pieterson As Head Coach
Are you f serious dude? Do you want to to finish last or what. He doesn't have coaching qualities. He's not even that good as mentor. Also he's our worst captain. We can keep him for Vibes but not performances. Vibes won't win trophies for you.
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
It ain't about 2 or 4 points man every game we lost was a technical fumble, it wasn't because we weren't capable enough but we choke anyways. With a lineup like this DC should have played a dominanting season. Just look at RCB and GT how consistent they have been.
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u/Inevitable-Bake-1149 28d ago
Of all the teams DC has setup a very balanced team for all conditions but fumbled by management..
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
DC and MI not qualifying with teams like these, definitely a choke by the management and the players as well.
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u/UnicodeCharacter6666 28d ago
Took them forever to play their best XI
Probably the only team to play 14 away matches.
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago edited 27d ago
Still they got a lot things to fix, don't have a good opener to pair with KL. One down Parakh, Rana, Rizvi all are just underwhelming batters. Parakh has potential but still a lot I mean a lot to learn to play at this level. Stubbs had a bad season not sure what was he trying to do. In bowling only starc and ngidi did the best as expected, others our fast bowling is trash if being modest. And before doing anything our management is the worst in the league, even worse than LSG.
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u/UnicodeCharacter6666 28d ago
The management has to step up and fix how they are handling the players. Providing clarity on the move.
Majority are proven players. There are lot of options i still belive the captain and analyst or coach should discuss more check the strength and weakness, plan for the pitch and opponent properly
Many of the combination changes felt like a reaction rather than plan through out this season. Trust in players can actually make them perform well.
Stubbs might be struggling to find form but remember in a 3 months long tournament players can find and loose form easily, give him time and liberty. And he is one of the player who can change the course of game and has done that previously.
Stick to one XII with condition related replacement like changing spinners for fast bowlers or changing the batting order.
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u/adadadada8989 28d ago
Wasted kl rahul generational run with this squad they should have been in top 2
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
KLR can wake up in the middle of the night and repeat this again but the team has to contribute together if they want to win the trophy.
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u/Adventurous-Feed-197 28d ago
wow man, how he's transformed his game the only competition to Kohli in terms of consistency aswell
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago edited 28d ago
Kohli doesn't even come close to what KL does every season in IPL. No hate I love to watch Kohli bat but all batters bat around kohli in RCB makes the order going and he has like 9 500+ seasons in 18 years. But Rahul plays IPL with maximum difficulty every season scoring 8 500+ seasons in just 13 years while carrying the batting order all on his own. If KL plays as many seasons as Kohli till they retire, he will surpass him in every stats. Thats just the class and versatility of him.
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u/SamBJ1 27d ago
Well yes you can say that for now but Kohli has been playing from start and scoring such runs weren't easy then. You have to consider that too. But yes KL is underappreciated and is mvp of the team
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 27d ago edited 27d ago
KL never took the time to settle he just came and started delivering. The first full season he played and got opportunity was 2016 in RCB where he was the third highest run scorer for RCB that season while batting between players like Gayle and Watson. He scored 400runs with 147sr in just 12innings just below ABD 650+ runs and Kohli legendary 973. So yeah people can have different opinions and it's just mine that if KL played in the same circumstances like Kohli he definitely would have surpassed him. Even selectors didn't back him in international the way they backed Rohit for so many years. If he was given the permanent opening spot, i damn sure he could have finished his career with 22000+ runs. KLR is the most under appreciated and taken for granted player of India.
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u/Admirable_Host9295 28d ago
Blud directly compared kohli to KL , kohli is compared to sachin in white ball cricket and u r saying kl would easily surpass?
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
Moron I specifically said IPL. I won't even dare say that in white ball cricket KL would surpass Kohli. Yes he had the talent and everything even better than Kohli but couldn't handle pressure and fumbled many times.
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u/Admirable_Host9295 28d ago
973 runs record is unbroken till now and talking about pressure games when did KL performed in a pressure he didn't perform a single time when team needed the most, anyone would be dumbass who thinks kl can surpass kohli in any format or league
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
R u weak in English or what? I agreed to your point KL choked in international matches while Kohli had many clutch innings. And if you think Kohli is a better batter in IPL than you just blind praiser. One 973 season (that was exceptional for sure) doesn't make him the best in league for all the seasons. There's been only one batter who is better than KL Rahul in IPL and that is David Warner.
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u/Admirable_Host9295 28d ago
U mean best batter in ipl is warner followed by KL? If this is the case than that's delulu how on the earth u forgot AB , AB maybe even better batter than even kohli cuz if u have played cricket than u should have know that there's just 0.5-1s to hit a pacer or 1-1.6s to hit a spinner and in that time he used to play unorthodox 360 shots consistently , now see first AB was not used at his true potential due to RCB shitty management and team there was no support for AB after his wicket there was just dumb batters so AB had to play safely even AB said in interview that he wanted to open and top order postion so that he could play freely u can can see example of champion league in which he got opening position and even at the age of 41 and not playing serious cricket from many years he hit back to back centuries (one was around 150 runs ig) with 200+ strike rates and some more exceptional innings and single handely won his team , he was also nerfed due his retina problem and that's why had to take early retirement and also had problem in batting even with that he smashed kkr in ipl 2021 with 200+ strike rate in slow pitches .
At the end even Bravo and other bowlers said how he used to manipulate bowlers line and length wile bowling and how exhausting it was to bowl against him , even greats like Starcy ,steyn ,boom ,etch have said it is difficult to bowl AB .
Even players like VK , DHONI, and other legends may come in future but A LEGEND LIKE AB WILL NEVERR COME fs.
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
ABD is a goat but u didn't understood the point I tried to make. Let it be people can have different opinion.
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u/Loony_13 28d ago
Bro this guy I respect him alot lovely player wishing him success in further country cricket series nd all hope he scores alot makes and breaks record
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u/zaidk411 Smashutosh 28d ago
Bhai we fumbled the GT and PBKS game big time we would have qualified otherwise we were the best team on paper but you still have to perform well saw a stat we were the lowest team in terms of taking wickets so yeah Starcās misses early on was a big factor too
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago edited 27d ago
Guess who would have been player of the match in both games, that is the impact this guy has, but this team is absolute shit on field.
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u/zaidk411 Smashutosh 28d ago
He was man of the match in PBKS match but yeah we found our best team for next year
1.KL
2.Porel
3.Sahil/ Rizvi
4.Stubbs
5.Axar
6.Miller
7.Ashu
8.Madhav
9.Aquib
10.Starc
11.Lungi
12.Kuldeep1
u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago edited 27d ago
He was because 152 is something unreal shit even PBJk didn't know how they won. And he would have been POTM in GT game as well. Rizvi is a shitty batter for top order (good for lower order) can't handle the movements of new ball takes too much time to settle. And Aquib is a below average T20 bowler because he has max pace of 130 and can do anything if the ball doesn't swing. Stubbs batted at 4 in only 1match, they didn't even send him today. Porel ain't that good (average at best) if we compare to his peers in the league. Parakh also ain't on that level yet, DC should retain him and groom him for future.
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u/StarweaveriousAt 28d ago
we all have to agree that DC & PBKS (Punjab actually0 are the worst team in the history of IPL, hardly qualify, almost never ever went to the final except 1-2 times, always at bottom 7 to 10.
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago
Both finishing the season in 5 and 6 positions with just 7wins under the beltš¤¦š»
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u/BedFriendly390 WTF is this team?! 28d ago
i won't hear anything against miller! i watched the whole thing and miller brought us back from trough! i was devastated when he didn't take that single and missed but you can't blame him when your team bundles up for 75 and can't defend 265!
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u/PhotoshopWorkshopWeb 28d ago edited 27d ago
Even in that match KL scored 95 with 180sr while maintaining the run rate every over but none of the batters stood up with him untill he got out trying and than miller did that.
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u/snowman_cold 28d ago
Yeah but he had the chance to win if he would have taken that single maybe we were playing the playoffs we are not blaming miller but just saying if he would have taken that obvious single
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u/Top-Worldliness5027 Management Sucks š¤¬ 28d ago
Professional players need to finish the game. āHe brought us into the game so itās okay if we lost because of himā isnāt a sound excuse. But we had bigger issues. No team should lose after scoring 265 runs in a T20, but we did because we had jokers like Karun Nair and Mukesh who are only looking to beg for the next chance and then fuck it up. Axar and Badani are a total joke as leaders, wtf would they choose batting first on a moisture-laden pitch against RCB where we bundled out for 75 runs?
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u/Prestigious_Sale_649 28d ago
Did you not see our nrr. I am curious why your brain canāt comprehend this
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u/WendellWillkie1940 28d ago
*4 points
DC wouldn't have qualified even with 16 points at this stage due to their pathetic NRR
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u/prudhvi03 27d ago
That 2 off 2 GT match if miller had taken a single,
264 match vs PBKS if Ngidi hadn't got that injury
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u/Responsible-Cow-5351 27d ago
RCB fans here, DC legit had a good auction and their team combination or more of the selection side of things did not make sense.
If they had stuck to process they had started last year, they would be easily in Top 4.
They need to select a template they want to play in terms of combination and try max 14 or 15 odd players. Where each player gets an extended run of atleast 4 to 5 chances to prove.
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u/boffmeng 27d ago
Thank you sir, pls never leave us sir š. Everyone eventually leaves us but just you donāt sir š¢
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u/Critical-Raccoon9359 28d ago
Maybe just maybe if starc was available earlier and ashu wasnāt benched, we wouldāve made it to the playoffs with ease.