In the 2020 IPL, Rahul Teotia's bat, who came into the limelight by hitting a six in five consecutive balls against the Punjab Kings, off Sheldon Cott
In the 2020 IPL, Rahul Teotia's bat, who came into the limelight by hitting a six in five consecutive balls against the Punjab Kings, off Sheldon Cottrell, remained silent in the 2021 IPL. At the same time, due to not passing the fitness test, he could not get a chance in playing XI despite being in the team in the home T20 series against England in early 2021.
His childhood
coach Vijay Yadav says that runs will come out of his bat once again in IPL 2022. He said that a little change has been done in his back lift. His backlift has been raised. So that he can play the shot by applying power. The secret of his success in 2020 was also that his backlift was high, but if seen in 2021, he was shooting down the back lift. Worked on this for a few months. Its effect will definitely be seen in the 15th season of IPL.
practiced in open ground
Vijay Yadav said that instead of net practice, the practice has been done in the open ground. So that there can be practice to play the shot freely.
Also paid attention to fitness
Vijay Yadav said that Rahul Teotia has also focused a lot on fitness. Apart from the gym, he has worked very hard on the ground as well. This time in IPL you will see that agile.
Poor performance in 2021 as compared to 2020
If we talk about Rahul Tewatia, then the last season was very bad. Prior to that, he scored 255 runs at an average of 42.50 in 14 matches played for Rajasthan Royals in 2020. Also, his strike rate was 139.34. Took 10 wickets. One can hardly forget the innings of 53 runs in 31 balls against Punjab Kings. In this innings, he hit 5 sixes in 5 consecutive balls in Sheldon Cottrell's over.
In the last season, he played for Rajasthan in 14 matches, scoring 155 runs at an average of 15.50 and taking 8 wickets. At the same time, his strike rate was 105.44. Scored only 86 runs in 7 matches played in the first phase of IPL. At the same time, he could not do anything special in bowling and took 2 wickets. At the same time, in the 7 matches played in the second phase in UAE, Rahul Tewatia could only score 12, 2, 0, 9, 2 runs. And once his batting did not come. However, during this time Rahul Tewatia took five wickets.
Gujarat Titans added to
IPL 2022 Mega Auction for 9 crores New team Gujarat Titans bought Rahul Teotia for 9 crores. There was a competition between the teams to get Teotia to join them.
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