India TV cricket expert Murali Kartik questions PBKS why Chris Gayle is not asked to open when KL Rahul is unavailable as Mayank and Prabhsimran Singh opened vs Delhi.
Former Indian women's team captain and India TV expert Anjum Chopra believes that these two points were necessary for KKR.
India TV expert and former batsman Sanjay Manrjekar feels KKR openers' failure to score quickly in the powerplay pushed the side on the backfoot in a one-sided loss to Rajasthan.
Manjrekar also opined that the Punjab outfit will have to tweak its top-order if it wants to utilize players like Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran.
Since scoring 119 against PBKS, only seven more runs came off the Rajasthan Royals' bat while the team is reeling in the bottom half of the table.
Rajasthan Royals endured their second consecutive loss on Monday when Chennai Super Kings handed them a crushing 45-run defeat.
She further said that it was disheartening for KL Rahul to see his team lose the match despite scoring 195 runs
Manish Pandey was also dropped from the Annual Player Contracts for Team India when the BCCI announced the list on Thursday.
In the match against Delhi Capitals, Dhoni was bowled off an inside edge off the bowling of Avesh, as he tried to pull a delivery to the mid-wicket boundary.
Against Punjab Kings, Samson hammered 119 off 63 balls but his heroics were not enough to seal the win for the Royals.
Royals put up a stiff fight in their first match against Punjab Kings with skipper Samson's ton taking them to within four runs of Punjab's 221-run total.
Rana bolstered KKR's top-order against SRH with his quick-fire 56-ball 80, laced with 9 fours and 4 maximums.
Samson hit a six in the 4th ball of the over and brought the equation down to 5 from 2 balls. However, he denied the strike to Morris on the penultimate delivery.
The former India spinner says Sanju's intention was to end the match by hitting a six but you cannot hit a six every time under pressure.
The former Indian pacer feels Manish finding form early in the season will solve Sunrisers’ middle-order instability issues.
The Morgan-led side would look to ensure that they get a winning combination, something that eluded them last time as they would be desperate to make the cut.
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