Steve Smith-led Rajasthan Royals has done well in the opening matches of the tournament so far. The team might have lost in the match played against Kolkata, but still in the past few games their batters have come up with some heroic performances.
The Royals are still missing its star all-rounder Ben Stokes. RR team mentor Shane Warne has given an update on Stokes participation in the tournament.
Shane Warne told PTI that he wanted all-rounder Ben Stokes to join the team as quickly as possible but the England batting hero has not been able to play in the team tournament so far due to his father’s illness.
Stokes is one of the important players of Rajasthan Royals. Warne said that his arrival will strengthen the batting line-up with players like Jose Butler, Steve Smith and Sanju Samson already present in the team.
Giving his opinion on what changes can be made to improve the T20 format, Warne suggested that a pitch for a T20 game should be similar to that of a fourth day of a Test match so that the bowlers also get some help. His tweet comes after 200 plus score has been chased in the tournament several times.
The Australian legend also suggested to have longer boundaries and allowing bowlers to bowl a maximum of five overs, instead of the allotted four overs.
“I would improve T20 cricket by 1. boundaries as big as poss at each venue & on small grounds keep grass on the outfield long, 2. bowlers a max of 5 overs not four, 3. pitch must = day 4 Test match pitch & not be a flat rd as we all want a contest between bat & ball not just 6’s,” Warne tweeted on Friday.
On Thursday, Mumbai Indians batters went all guns blazing in the last six overs to add a mammoth 104 runs, that helped them score 191/4 against Kings XI Punjab. Following this, Rajasthan Royals mentor Shane Warne took to social media to say that “tiny boundaries” are not helping the bowlers.
“Batsman are getting better and have been awesome yes – but the bowling really needs to improve at the same rate! The mindset is defence & not attack. Sure these tiny boundaries don’t help – but they can still get better at executing their skills (sic),” tweeted Warne.
“Batsman are getting better and have been awesome yes – but the bowling really needs to improve at the same rate! The mindset is defence & not attack. Sure these tiny boundaries don’t help – but they can still get better at executing their skills (sic),” tweeted Warne.
