Gautam Gambhir stepped down as captain after the failure of Delhi Daredevils’ batting unit in the ongoing Indian Premier League season, but his leadership was not an issue, feels former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar.
Daredevils, yet to win an IPL crown, are in the last spot in the points table after losing five of the six games they played, with their sole win coming against defending champions Mumbai Indians.
“I don’t think Gambhir’s leadership was a problem, it was just about the batsmen not getting runs, notable failure like (Glenn) Maxwell hurting them. Gambhir, the batsman, thereby had to get runs because the others were failing around him. Gambhir was picked more for his captaincy than his batting, but because the batting group was not clicking, Gambhir the batsman came under scrutiny,” Manjrekar told.
“I don’t think the leadership was an issue but (they needed to) do something to reboot. You expected something like this after their last result and being at the bottom of the table. This was the time to change something,” he added.
Manjrekar also feels that wrist-spinners are successful in the T20 league because they are able to deceive the big-hitters with their variations and deceptions even though they don’t turn it big.
“These wrist-spinners have leg-spin, top spin, quicker delivery and googly which are very similar to each other. They just sort of have different angles after the ball pitches” he said.
