“He is having a shoulder damage, so he’s more likely to be out for no less than a few days, I might say,” Bangar stated. “Having an skilled opener, anyone like Shikhar, who has expertise of taking part in on such wickets, turns into extraordinarily essential [for the team].
“We’ve to attend and see how he responds to the therapy. In the meanwhile, it appears that evidently he may very well be out of motion for no less than seven-ten days.”
“No, no, he [Jitesh] wasn’t the designated vice-captain,” Bangar clarified when requested the query. “The impression might have been as a result of he attended the captains’ seminar, or assembly, firstly of the IPL. However the thought was all the time that… as a result of Sam has led the staff within the earlier 12 months as effectively; he was late to reach from UK and he needed to have just a few [training] periods, that is the explanation we could not ship him to Chennai. Therefore Jitesh was despatched, as a result of the directive was {that a} participant has to attend.
“It wasn’t the case that Jitesh was the stand-in captain. We had been very clear in our thoughts that if in any respect there needed to be a gap, Sam Curran can be taking on and do the job because the captain.”
Dhawan hasn’t had a spectacular time of it with the bat in IPL 2024, however is Kings’ highest run-getter at this stage with 152 runs from 5 innings, scoring at a median of 30.40 and a strike charge of 125.61. In reality, Kings’ struggles with the bat on the high of the innings have contributed in a significant approach to their lack of wins – they’ve 4 losses from six video games to this point and are down at eighth place on the desk.
Jonny Bairstow, Dhawan’s opening accomplice, has had a tough time too, scoring simply 96 runs in six innings, whereas Prabhsimran Singh (119 runs in six innings) and Jitesh (106 runs in six innings) have struggled for consistency and affect additionally.
On Saturday, with Dhawan out, Kings tried Atharva Taide on the high. He scored 15 runs in 12 balls as Kings put up 38 for 1 within the powerplay on their approach to a complete of 147 for 8.
“Definitely is a trigger for concern that the highest order will not be making sufficient runs for us,” Bangar stated. “They’re making an attempt laborious – I’m not saying that they don’t seem to be making use of themselves – but it surely’s simply not coming. Low-scoring video games, particularly at Mullanpur, the best way the wicket is… that additionally has an element. As a result of if you happen to see, among the scores have been fairly low.
“All of the three video games that we’ve performed right here, within the first six overs, with the brand new ball, the wicket tends to simply jag just a little bit, and uneven bounce as effectively. So perhaps that can be a contributing issue as a result of, not solely us, the visiting groups and their high order are dealing with points.”
