A Partnership becomes key in a long tournament. It is not easy for teams to keep the same playing XI, or batting order for such long period of time with gap of 2/3 days between games!.
In this IPL we saw even the best opening pair of the tournament having a lean patch.
SRH’s opening pair of Travis Head/Abhishek Sharma have put on 13, 0 and 4 runs since their epic unbeaten 167 stand v LSG. However now they both are going through lean patch…
Interestingly even KKR opening stand have hit a speed breaker. Their last 4 stands are 45,7,61 and 7. This was after they had strings of decent scores.
However partnerships is one the key factors in winning a match, even something like 20 runs becomes vital for teams to have an edge over their opponent.
As we conclude 2024 IPL today here is a look at partnerships of two finalists, SRH and KKR