Former South African captain Shaun Pollock has lashed out at the continuous selection of Kedar Jadhav in the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) playing XI despite his poor form. According to him, given the experience he has and the salary that he earns, Jadhav has hardly delivered in recent times.
So far, in six matches for SRH this season, he has totalled 55 runs at a below-par strike rate of 105.76. While talking about that, Pollock opined that the he hasn’t been able to justify his selection at all.
“In the battting, David Warner was out of the side, he’s come back in. You can get into bad form. Manish Pandey tried to regroup given the situation but Kedar Jadhav, over all these years… He gets a decent salary to come out and play. We really are still asking – when is his performance coming to justify his continuous selection in the side? It is difficult to pick out one individual but over a space of eight games, surely people need to be producing more than what we’ve seen,” the former South African speedster opined in a video interaction on Cricbuzz.
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“It is hard for the coaching staff to say anything because the environment you live in, it is supposed to be a family environment. It is difficult to have a go at players at times. But there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. (Trevor) Bayliss is supposed to be a fantastic guy, everyone loves him and talks about what a good coach he is,” Shaun Pollock said.
He also questioned the attitude of the players and after their poor show in the tournament so far. However, their five-run defeat to Punjab Kings on Saturday was their eighth loss in nine matches so far as well.
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“What are the players actually doing to try and help them perform? You have a relaxed environment, you give them everything that they require. They are paid good money and, at some stage, players have got to start producing the goods. I feel for them, in their environment and the coaching staff. I know Tom Moody well, I know VVS (Laxman) and Murali (Muralitharan) will be trying his best. He will be coming up with plenty of ideas on how they can perform,” Shaun Pollock concluded.
