At the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, the Delhi Capitals suffered their second straight defeat at the hands of the Kolkata Knight Riders. The Capitals and one of their main players, Karun Nair, have come under heavy fire because he hasn’t exactly been as consistent as he has been in the domestic circuit.
However, several experts, including cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra, have also questioned Karun Nair’s form, even if the Axar Patel-led team may have used a number of dubious techniques.
Notably, Chopra has pointed out that the Vidarbha batsman has not been able to get the most out of his second chance in cricket during his time with DC in the 2025 Indian Premier League. The former cricket player also believed that the 33-year-old must score regularly because one big knock during the season is insufficient.
It wasn’t a good start. For Faf du Plessis, you (KKR) played Anukul Roy. Instead of trapping Faf, he fired Abishek Porel. Karun Nair was removed by Vaibhav Arora, and I have a question. You’ve been given another chance by cricket, but you’re not taking full advantage of it,” Chopra stated on his YouTube channel.
“You are batting at the top of the order and have played one good knock and caused one or two good run-outs. You have also shown a few glimpses that you can go on, but big knocks are not coming.” You will have the opportunity to bat at number three. Rahul’s run-out followed. That, in my opinion, was the pivotal moment. I felt this game was done when Faf and Stubbs left,” Chopra continued.
Although it was a bit too late, you managed to get wickets: Chopra
Chopra also pointed to DC’s complete lack of use of spinners in the opening six overs as a tactical blunder. The 47-year-old believes that given the pacers were initially going for runs, the spinners ought to have been used during the powerplay overs.
“You won the toss and chose to bowl. You showed no spin at all in the opening six overs as Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine began to pummelled you. I think it was a mistake that you didn’t bring the spinners. There would have been opportunities to take wickets if you had brought spinners. The former KKR opener remarked, “You got wickets, but it was a little too late.”
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