IPL 2020 saw a lot of youngsters proving their mettle in both batting and bowling departments.
IPL 2020 saw a lot of youngsters proving their mettle in both batting and bowling departments. The likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tewatia, and Shubman Gill garnered praises for their impactful showing during the tournament.
There was, however, another player who caught the attention of cricket pundits. Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer Kartik Tyagi impressed one and all with his raw pace and precise line and length.
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In 10 matches this season, Tyagi claimed 9 wickets and former India speedster Ajit Agarkar feels the 20-year-old could play for Team India soon.
“I think the one guy I quite loved watching in this IPL was Kartik Tyagi for Rajasthan Royals. I think there is something about him for someone who is so young and inexperienced,” Agarkar said during Star Sports show Cricket Connected.
“His attitude was great and it is never easy for a young raw Indian fast bowler to come and have a big IPL but you learn from these experiences.”
“The hope is that you get better as you go forward because he seems to have the goods, he seems to have the skillsets to bowl at various stages of a T20 game, which is probably the hardest thing to do,” he added.
According to Agarkar, there were things not right within KKR camp which affected their performance this season.
“I think there are couple of teams, CSK certainly need a little bit of restructuring,” he said on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected. “But the one team I hope plays better or plays a bit more consistently is KKR. I think they certainly have a lot of match-winners in them or T20 specialists if you like, they should be doing a lot better,” Agarkar remarked.
“They were in better positions, changed the captain for some reason midway through. You could see that there was something not right in the camp.
“I think it has happened before as well and somehow they scraped through to the playoffs but this time it didn’t happen. It came back to bite them,” he further said.