After the defeat of Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the match against Delhi Capitals (DC), former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has made a scathing attack on the batting of wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel. Pathan believes that Jurel could have scored runs with a better strike rate, which would have helped Rajasthan team cross the psychological mark of 200 runs.

In this match, even the half-centuries of Ryan Parag and Dhruv Jurel could not help Rajasthan Royals win. At one time, the Rajasthan team, which was looking in a very strong position after scoring 160 runs for 2 wickets, fell apart in front of Mitchell Starc’s brilliant four-wicket haul and could only score 193/8 in 20 overs. Delhi Capitals achieved this target very easily thanks to the brilliant half-centuries of KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel. With this, Delhi ended this leg with a win on home ground, breaking the streak of five consecutive defeats at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Jurel’s style was different from Riyan Parag

Dhruv Jurel faced 40 balls in the match and played an inning of 53 runs with the help of five fours and two sixes. Amidst the continuous fall of wickets at the other end, he finally became the victim of Lungi Ngidi as the eighth wicket. This inning of Jurel was in complete contrast to the innings of captain Riyan Parag, who scored 51 runs in just 26 balls with three fours and five sixes at a stormy strike rate of almost 200.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Irfan Pathan criticized Jurel’s strategy. Pathan said, “Rajasthan added only 33 runs in the last six overs. Dhruv Jurel is undoubtedly a great batsman, but when you have played 40 balls, a better strike rate is expected from you. This was a big mistake and that is why Rajasthan team could not touch the 200-run mark.” However, Jurel has been in great form in the current IPL season and has scored 367 runs in 12 matches at an average of 33.36 and a strike rate of over 151, including four half-centuries. But his slow play in some matches remains a matter of concern.

match account

Rajasthan Royals, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a bad start and Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to the pavilion early. After this there was a partnership of 70 runs between Vaibhav Suryavanshi (46 runs in 21 balls) and Jurel. Later Jurel led the innings with Riyan Parag (51). But the team suddenly faltered from a strong position. Mitchell Starc (4/39), Lungi Ngidi (2/24) and Madhav Tiwari (2/27) bowled lethally for Delhi.

In reply, for Delhi Capitals, Abhishek Porel (51 runs in 31 balls) and KL Rahul (56 runs in 42 balls) laid the foundation of victory by making a quick partnership of 105 runs for the first wicket. In the end, captain Akshar Patel (34 not out in 18 balls) and Ashutosh Sharma (18 not out) led the team to victory by 5 wickets with 4 balls remaining. With this win, Delhi is at seventh position with 12 points, while Rajasthan also remains at fifth position with 12 points.

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