New Delhi. A specialist bowler is playing in IPL 2024, who has played 6 matches so far. He has bowled in all these six matches. But except that he has flopped in every match. This specialist off-spinner has taken wicket only once in the 6 IPL matches played so far. We are talking about Ravichandran Ashwin. Ashwin plays for Rajasthan Royals.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has bowled in all the 6 matches played so far in IPL 2024. Leaving aside the match against Lucknow Supergiants, Ashwin has not taken a wicket even once. Ashwin took one wicket for 35 runs in a spell of 4 overs against Lucknow in the match played on March 24. Ashwin had Marcus Stoinis caught by wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel.
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37 year old Ashwin has played 5 more matches after this but he has not got a wicket in any of them. Ashwin has bowled a total of 23 overs so far in the tournament. Ashwin has spent 209 runs in these 23 overs. His bowling average is 209.00 and strike rate is 138.00.
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So far, 79 bowlers have taken one or more wickets in IPL 2024. Ashwin’s name is currently registered at the bottom among these 79 bowlers. Ashwin’s fans must be hoping that this bowler will soon return to form and take wickets. Ashwin has played both the last World Cups (T20 and ODI) for India. Ravichandran Ashwin is being considered a contender for selection in the Indian team in the T20 World Cup to be held in June.
Rajasthan Royals won 6 out of 7 matches
It is a matter of relief for Ashwin that his poor performance has had no impact on the performance of Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals have won 6 out of 7 matches played so far and are at number one in the points table. Ashwin has batted in 3 matches so far and has scored 53 runs. His highest score has been 29 runs. Ashwin is promoted in the batting order many times.
5 bowlers gave away 100+ runs, got only one wicket
Apart from Ashwin, there are three bowlers in IPL who have given away more than 100 runs for taking one wicket in the tournament. These include Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Romario Shepherd and Quena Mafaka. Mayank Dagar of RCB has played 5 matches. He bowled 11.5 overs in these 5 matches and could take only one wicket. For this he spent 120 runs. Similarly, to take one wicket, Alzarri Joseph spent 115 runs, Shepherd spent 109 runs and Mafaka spent 103 runs.
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Tags: IPL 2024, Rashwin, Ravichandran Ashwin
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 18, 2024, 06:46 IST