![]() Jagadeesan was scratching around but with Roy plundering 48 runs in 20 balls of the Powerplay, KKR had finally ticked the box they were longing for an eternity. The next ball was again tossed up to seek an lbw in the hope that Roy wouldn’t connect his sweep again, but this time he came up with a reverse sweep for a boundary.Īgainst Shahbaz Ahmed however, Roy really came into his own, levelling his slow left-arm bowling with four sixes. When Wanindu Hasaranga checked in, RCB was finally looking to get a measure of Roy after two failed sweeps in the fifth over. Roy, however, took the attack to RCB’s pacers, thumping Mohammed Siraj for three boundaries before clipping David Willey for a six over square-leg. So when he opened the innings on Wednesday, RCB had no plausible reason to resort to spin any time soon. In fact, out of the five sixes and five fours Roy had hit against CSK, only one boundary was scored off Matheesha Pathirana, CSK’s newest slog overs wonder pacer. Roy isn’t the archetypal English batter-fluent against fast bowling but suspect against spin. But when he did come out to bat-at No 5 no less-Roy stoked a glimmer of hope, blasting 61 off 26 balls. But against Delhi Capitals where the rest of the KKR batting imploded without trying to play out the difficult overs, the English opener at least tried to dig in.Īgainst Chennai Super Kings, Roy had to come lower down the order after he was injured while fielding. But Roy is a finished product, and more memorably, one half of the opening partnership-with Jonny Bairstow-that had churned four consecutive century stands during England’s 2019 World Cup winning run.Ī 39-ball 43 wasn’t exactly the first impression Roy was looking for after being signed by KKR when Shakib Al Hasan chose his country over the franchise. Jagadeesan, coming on the back of a prolific domestic season, possibly is being given a long run in the hope of a breakthrough innings. In Roy and Narayan Jagadeesan, KKR were experimenting with their sixth opening combination in eight innings-the most among all IPL teams this season. ![]() Kolkata Knight Riders' Jason Roy plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match vs Royal Challengers Bangalore(AFP) That seems to have changed since the arrival of Jason Roy. But KKR looked resigned to the idea of stuttering starts, putting more pressure on their middle order even before the middle overs would start. Every T20 franchise aspires to plough through the first six overs of field restrictions, ideally without losing any wicket. But on Wednesday, they finally got their act right and added 66 for the opening stand. ![]() Kolkata Knight Riders’ Powerplay scores before their win in Bangalore were 46/3, 47/2, 43/2, 62/3, 57/2, 35/3 and 38/2.
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