Sanjay Manjrekar ne IPL 2025 ke apne top 10 batters ki list announce karte hue sabko chokka diya. Is list mein unhone jo ek cheez sabse zyada highlight ki, wo thi strike-rate. Haan, aapne sahi suna, is baar unhone apni choices mein strike-rate ko sabse zyada importance di. Lekin sabse bada shock unke list ke omissions se mila. Unhone RCB ke stalwart Virat Kohli ko apne top 10 mein jagah nahi di, aur na hi MS Dhoni ko. Kohli ke is season ke form ko dekhte hue, ye bahut bada surprise hai. Kohli ne ab tak IPL 2025 mein 6 matches mein 248 runs banaye hain aur unka strike-rate hai 143.35, jo unke performance ko aur bhi impressive banata hai.
Despite Kohli’s solid performance, Manjrekar ne unhe apne list mein shamil nahi kiya. Kohli IPL ke sabse bade run-scorers mein se ek hain, lekin Manjrekar ka maanna hai ki T20 cricket mein sirf runs se zyada strike-rate ki importance hai. Aise mein, Nicholas Pooran, jo is waqt IPL mein sabse zyada runs bana chuke hain (357 runs in 7 matches), unhone Manjrekar ki list mein top spot hasil kiya hai. Unke saath 4 Indian players bhi top 10 mein hain, jo interesting hai.
T20 cricket is as much about SR as runs. Here is the list that really matters. Top 10 batters this IPL with over 200 runs at great SR.
Priyansh Arya, Nicholas Pooran, Shreyas Iyer, Abhishek Sharma, Phil Salt, Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Heinrich Klassen, Jos Buttler, K L Rahul.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 18, 2025
Virat Kohli ka IPL ke recent seasons mein jo consistency rahi hai, wo bhi unko is list se out karne ka ek bade point ban gayi thi. Kohli ne IPL 2023 se consistently achha perform kiya hai, khaas kar jab unhe target chase karna hota hai. Unka average 72.8 hai run-chases mein, jo IPL ke har player mein sabse best hai. Aur jab Kohli successful run-chase karte hain, to unka average 164.0 tak pahuch jaata hai, jo unki finishing ability ko dikhata hai.
RCB aur PBKS ke beech Bengaluru mein ek match mein, Kohli ne ek aur bada milestone achieve karne ka chance chhoda. Agar wo 15 aur runs bana lete, to wo T20 cricket ke kisi bhi venue pe 3500 runs banane wale pehle player ban jaate. Kohli IPL history mein sabse zyada runs bana chuke hain, aur unke naam 259 matches mein 8253 runs hain, jisme 8 centuries aur 58 half-centuries shamil hain.
