IPL 2021: ‘The Kolkata Knight Riders should appoint Shubman Gill as their captain’
The 13th season of IPL was mixed for Kolkata Knight Riders. kkr’s team finished fifth with 7 wins and 7 defeats in 14 matches. Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan and Nitish Rana scored over 300 runs. Varun Chakraborty and Pat Cummins took more than 10 wickets. There was no consistency in the performance of any of these five players. Reviewing the performance of the team, the former India opener and the famous commentator said that before the next IPL, many players should be dropped and Shubman Gill should be handed the captaincy.
Akash has uploaded the video on his Instagram, in which he said, “When you win 4 out of the first 7 matches and perform like that then you definitely reach the playoffs.” You change the captain of the team in the middle. Dinesh Karthik is said to have relinquished the captaincy. Is Eoin Mornan the right captain? Assuming he is the World Cup-winning captain, but will he continue with the team? Did their planning prove to be right? His performance in the last matches was good. Varun Chakraborty bowled the best for the team. His name also appeared on the Indian team. ”
Talking about Shubman Gill, Akash said, “I expected more runs from him, but what he just did was not bad. He will prove to be important for the team in the coming time. Kolkata’s dependency on them will increase. Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagerkoti performed well. Famous Krishna can be given more opportunities. Nitish Rana lacked consistency.
His performance remained like this. Dinesh Karthik was the captain, but could not score runs. This was a matter of concern If 9 teams come next year, there may be a big auction. I think the next Kolkata should retain three players. Andre Russell, Varun Chakraborty and Shubman Gill. ”
Akash further said, “Shubman should first maintain. I am saying about them that you should make Shubman the captain. If you have to make a team for the next three years, you cannot make Morgan the captain. Retain Shubman and make him captain. Build teams around them. The way Delhi captained Shreyas Iyer and gave a strong coaching staff. Do not retain Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana and Eoin Morgan. You can use the Right to Match card for Nitish. ”