The exit of Vinay Kumar, A. Mithun and S. Arvind, a feared tempo trio, had left an enormous gap within the Karnataka staff.
It shouldn’t be simple to exchange these confirmed performers, who’ve again and again gained matches for the facet.
In Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, V. Koushik and Ronit More, Karnataka now has a quick bowling assault which might step into their footwear. Vyshak and Kaverappa high the charts for Karnataka on this Ranji Trophy, with 25 and 19 wickets respectively.
More picked up 11 wickets in three matches earlier than an damage minimize his marketing campaign. Koushik, his alternative, has taken 11 wickets in two video games.
The speedsters have performed an enormous function in Karnataka’s ascent to the highest of the Elite Group ‘C’ factors desk. The conventional powerhouse, which has two extra group video games to go, is all however assured a spot within the knockout rounds.
“As a bowling unit, we are right up there. Earlier, we felt that that the pace attack was the weak link. But now, it is our big strength. In the last game (against Chhattisgarh), the pacers took 17 wickets. Against Rajasthan, they took 16 of the 19 wickets to fall. It speaks volumes about the fire power that we have,” Karnataka head coach P. V. Shashikanth mentioned.
The batting line-up appears to be like settled as effectively. Opener R. Samarth has three a whole bunch and a fifty, whereas his companion Mayank Agarwal has 100 and 4 fifties. Manish Pandey got here to life with an unbeaten double century towards Goa, and adopted this up with 100 towards Rajasthan.
“The return of Devdutt has bolstered our chances. Our batting looks settled. Having Shreyas at six augurs well for us. Nikin is another promising lad. I’m sure he will soon convert into big scores. We are expecting bigger challenges in forthcoming matches,” Shashikanth mentioned.
On the restricted success of spinner Okay. Gowtham and Shreyas, Shashikanth mentioned, “The pitches used at home was more conducive for fast blowing. The value of overs bowled by spinners was less. In the coming games, they will play a bigger role.”