Gujarat Titans (GT) ne IPL 2025 mein dhamaka kar diya tha – 11 matches mein 8 jeet ke saath pehli team bani jo playoffs ke liye qualify hui. Lekin mini-break ke baad unki bowling line-up ka haal tight ho gaya. 3 matches mein 664 run kha liye aur sirf 10 wicket mil paaye. Tom Moody jaise experts ne bhi bola ke GT ki bowling ab problem mein hai, khaaskar jab tournament ka business end aa gaya hai.
Lekin R Sai Kishore eklauta bright spot bane hue hain. Baaki bowlers ya to run le rahe hain ya line-length bhool gaye hain. Partnership bowling ka toh naam-o-nishaan nahi dikh raha.
GT ki Bowling Woes – Kya kya gadbad hui
Break ke baad GT ke bowlers ne discipline bhool diya. 3 matches mein do haar gaye, ek match toh CSK ke against Ahmedabad mein 83 run se haare – woh bhi table ke neeche wali team se! CSK ne 230/5 maar diya, aur sirf Prasidh Krishna (4-0-22-2) ne thoda fight dikhaya. Baaki sab bowlers ne double digit economy rate diya.
Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj jaise bade naam bhi fail ho gaye. Rashid ka form toh worst-of-his-career lag raha hai – economy 11.20, sirf 1 wicket. RCB ke against toh 4-0-54-0 ka jhatka laga diya. Kumble ne bola powerplay mein wicket nahi lena GT ke liye sabse badi dikkat hai – pressure baad mein aur badh jaata hai.
Sai Kishore – GT ka Asli Match Winner
Jab baaki sab bowlers pighal rahe hain, R Sai Kishore shine kar rahe hain. 13 matches mein 16 wicket le chuke hain. Har match mein control dikhaya hai – jaise RCB ke against 4-0-22-2 ka spell diya. Carrom ball bhi use karte hain, jo left-handers ke against bhi kaam kar raha hai.
Unka bowling style red-ball cricket se inspired hai – spin, dip, control pe bharosa karte hain. Match ke baad bole bhi, “Ball ko shape deke spin karna hai, jaise red-ball cricket mein karte hain.” Experts jaise Sanjay Bangar ne unki comparison Daniel Vettori aur Mitchell Santner se kar di.
Teammate Sai Sudharsan ne bola, “Woh off-field bhi itna mehnat karta hai – angles, pace variation pe kaam karta hai – isliye itna successful hai.”
Partnership Bowling Ka Absent hona – Real Issue
Tom Moody ne ekdum sahi point uthaya – GT ke bowlers ek dusre ka support nahi kar rahe. T20 mein ek bowler pressure banata hai, doosra wicket leta hai. Lekin GT mein sab alag-alag chal rahe hain.
CSK ke match mein bhi dekha – Krishna economical tha, lekin dusre sab leak kar gaye. Is wajah se pressure bana hi nahi. Rashid Khan ke form se aur bura ho gaya – unke wicket nahi milne se beech ke overs mein kaafi damage ho raha hai.
Mohammed Siraj bhi form mein nahi hain – Ahmedabad mein 8 overs mein 86 run de diye, bina wicket liye. Jab key bowlers fail hote hain, to team ka bowling setup hi hil jaata hai.
Tactical Suggestions – Kya kar sakte hain ab?
Tom Moody ne ek bold suggestion diya – Sai Kishore ko opening bowler banao. Subah ke matches mein pitch thoda grip deta hai, aur Kishore jaise spinner uska faida utha sakte hain. Ye thoda “out of the box” soch hai, lekin GT ke liye kaam aa sakta hai.
Ashish Nehra ka jo mantra hai – “length pe bowling karo, apne strengths pe tikke raho” – usko wapas reinforce karna padega. Siraj aur Rashid ko basics pe wapas le jaana padega.
Moody aur Kumble dono ne bola – panic mat karo. Confidence bana ke rakho. IPL lamba tournament hai – mental aur physical fatigue hota hai. Thoda tweak karke momentum wapas laa sakte hain.
Aage ka Rasta – Kya expect karein
GT abhi bhi title contender hai – unka batting combo Shubman Gill aur Sai Sudharsan ne 839 run maar diye hain. Lekin jaise Parthiv Patel ne bola, “Bowlers hi match jitwate hain.”
Rashid Khan aur Siraj agar wapas form mein aate hain toh GT unbeatable ho sakti hai. Sai Kishore aur Krishna already accha kar rahe hain, lekin unka support zaroori hai. GT ko ab har match full-strength ke saath khelna padega – rest ka time nahi hai.
Top-2 spot ke liye fight chal rahi hai – agar bowling partnerships fix ho gayi, toh GT final tak nikal sakti hai.
