On Tuesday, the young Indian fast bowler Kartik Tyagi made his debut in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Rajasthan Royals (RR). The youngster was replacing Jaydev Unadkat, who wasn’t getting wickets and was leaking runs as well. Tyagi was drafted made his debut by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) for the match against the Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
On debut, Tyagi didn’t take time to prove his worth as in his first over itself, he managed to scalp the wicket of Quinton de Kock by inducing a false shot from the southpaw. Overall, Tyagi gave away 36 runs in his quota of four overs, conceding three fours and one six. The Young pacer also got in eight dot balls to show his class and accuracy.
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Meanwhile, Ben Stokes, who’s also a part of the Royals, made an observation about Kartik as he feels that the youngster has a run-up similar to Brett Lee and he releases the ball like the veteran Indian pacer, Ishant Sharma. He took to Twitter and write, “Tyagi has a run-up like Brett Lee and delivers like Ishant Sharma @rajasthanroyals.”
Replying to the same, New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan stated that Tyagi has mannerisms similar to Tom Curran, Lee, and West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph. McClenaghan ln tweeted, “Tom Curran to start Brett Lee middle Alzarri Joseph delivery.”
Here’s Stokes’ tweet:
Tyagi has a run up like Brett Lee and delivers like Ishant Sharma @rajasthanroyals
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) October 6, 2020
Lee, who’s in Star Sports’ commentary panel, took time out to reply on Stokes’ message and he agreed with the English cricketer. He replied to Stokes and wrote, “Yeh I can see that mate.”
Yeh I can see that mate 👍🏻 https://t.co/46qXw4b3QW
— @BrettLee_58 (@BrettLee_58) October 6, 2020
Tyagi had played a crucial role got the India U19 team in the World Cup earlier this year in South Africa. The team, under the captaincy of Priyam Garg, made the final where Akbar Ali’s Bangladesh beat them by three wickets. Tyagi was impressive as he had scalped as many as 11 wickets from six matches at an economy of 3.45. He was also India’s most successful pacer in the multi-nation.
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As far RR was concerned, they suffered three consecutive defeats of the season as MI defeated them by 57 runs. Placed seventh in the points table, Steve Smith and Co are next set to lock horns against Delhi Capitals (DC) on October 9.
