Among the best batters of their era, Virat Kohli and David Warner have made their bats do the speaking within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. However, regardless of being among the many top-scoring batters this season, the 2 discover themselves within the line of fireside over their strike charges. Both Kohli and Warner have been courting criticism over their poor scoring charges within the sixteenth version of the league. In an unique dialog with NDTV, former Australia and Chennai Super Kings batter Matthew Hayden gave his verdict on the ‘strike-rate debate’ that has had the cricketing fraternity and followers divided.

The metrics of a gamers’ efficiency have modified rather a lot whereas shifting from Test or ODI cricket to T20Is. While some imagine that strike charges are extra essential within the shortest format of the sport, others are of the opinion that averages and half-centuries nonetheless maintain the important thing. Hayden additionally share his piece of thoughts on the conundrum.

“It’s a real conundrum as to how former cricketers and commentators like myself try and work out what’s the metric that really counts. Ishan Kishan, for example, could be criticised for not going on and scoring a big score, but inside the powerplay, his strike rate is about 175. So, he’s doing his job. Because, when you look at the Mumbai Indians lineup, you’ve got, Tilak Varma who is coming in and smashing the ball,” Hayden mentioned.

When requested in regards to the strike charges of Warner and Kohli, Hayden gave a diplomatic reply however admitted that scoring charges do should be checked out.

“Both David Warner had Delhi Capitals have had a struggling start to the new season. A lot of wickets have been tumbling around him. The Delhi Capitals side has not been together with the bat.

“Virat Kohli is an attention-grabbing situation. He is performing actually properly on this IPL. He has acquired a wingman in Faf du Plessis who is actually hanging the ball fantastically. When you have a look at RCB and the way in which they’ve gone about their enterprise within the high 6, the opening partnership has been central to their runs. Hard to criticise that however the strike-rate remains to be one thing that must be checked out,” he said.