Key takeaways from IPL 2022 league stage

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A look at key takeaways from the league stage of IPL 2022 where bowlers ruled the roost and youngsters performed exceptionally | Photo: BCCI/IPL

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • IPL 2022 league stage has come to an end with Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore making it to the playoffs
  • The four best bowling sides have qualified for the next round
  • The youngsters had their time in the sun in IPL 2022

Batters win you games, bowlers win you tournaments – never before this saying has been proved to be true than in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). If not from the performances, the points table is clear evidence of the same as four best bowling sides have qualified for the playoffs.

On great batting surfaces, it’s the better bowling side that makes a difference when batters from both sides score huge runs while on slow tracks, the bowling side, which is able to use the surface better according to their attack more often than not ends up on the winning side.

Bowlers doing the talking

The tracks at Wankhede, Brabourne, DY Patil and MCA Stadium, especially offered seam and swing to the bowlers in first few overs and the team who were able to exploit those conditions dented the opponents early in the powerplay which helped in restricting them to chaseable scores .

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Gujarat Titans (GT) have the most number of wickets in the powerplay and most of it is because of the experienced pacer Mohammed Shami, who with his exceptional seam position has ran riot in the powerplay. Similarly, Mohsin Khan and Dushmantha Chameera for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna for Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Josh Hazlewood for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have been able to trouble the opposition batters in the powerplay, which has gone a long way in their teams winning the game.
In the middle overs too, the bowlers may have gone for runs but their comeback is important and has been a crucial factor. Even after going for 15-20 runs in first five balls, the bowler getting the wicket of a set batter has proved to be a turning point in a few games. Royals, with the most rounded bowling attack, have the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal, two of India’s most skilled T20 spin bowlers on the side while Wanindu Hasaranga for RCB and Rashid Khan for GT have constantly pegged the opponents back with wickets consistently.

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Youngsters having their time in the sun

Amongst the bowlers, Umran Malik has been a find for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Indian cricket. Umran, who has won the fastest delivery of the match in all of SRH’s 14 games, has impressed one and all with his express pace and the ability to rush the batsman and most times they are late into the shot, hence he gets those wickets.

Not just Umran, but the likes of Mohsin, Abhishek Sharma, Mukesh Choudhary, Jitesh Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, and Rinku Singh among many other young stars have made everyone sit up and take notice of their performances in the season.

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Middle over intent machines

Another key trend noticed in the season was how batting teams were making the middle-over count. Most times, the powerplay and the death overs are considered the high scoring points in the match, however, this time more than ever, the teams utilizing the period of 7-15 overs were winning the game.

Take into consideration the likes of Mitchell Marsh, Liam Livingstone, Glenn Maxwell, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi and Suryakumar Yadav, who did not let spinner get away with quiet overs in the middle and maximized their ability to find the gaps and hit over the fielders quite often while helping their respective sides keep the momentum of the innings going.

The venues have changed for the playoffs and toss might become a huge factor, especially at Eden Gardens where the ball comes to the bat nicely and on a fresh surface, the ball is likely to fly all over the place and eventually the team who bowl better in crunch situations might go through to the final.

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