IPL 2022 – Saba Karim reveals why FAB FOUR failed in IPL: Former Indian selector Saba Karim, who has seen Indian cricket’s biggest names made an interesting revelation ahead of IPL 2022. Former stalwarts like Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman despite being the best in the craft were not suited for the shortest format of the game. Follow IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
IPL 2022 – Saba Karim reveals why FAB FOUR of Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly: The IPL started in 2008 with all the players nearing the end of their international careers. In its first season, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman were the marquee players and appointed captains of Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers respectively.
IPL 2022: Former Indian selector Saba Karim reveals why FAB FOUR of Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman FAILED to perform in IPL
Speaking in an interview, Karim revealed on the YouTube show ‘Khelneeti’, “IPL came 2-3 years late in the careers of icon players. The track record of players like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly has been brilliant in white-ball cricket. So, for them, it would have been easier for them to adjust to T20 cricket. I think they tried a lot, but since it was the last leg of their careers, it took time to adjust to T20s,”
Tendulkar so far has the most superior T20 stats. In 78 IPL matches across six seasons for Mumbai Indians, Sachin has scored 2334 runs at an average of 34.83 including 13 half-centuries and one century. At the age of 36, Tendulkar won the Orange Cap for scoring 618 runs at an average of over 47 in the third edition of the IPL in 2010.
IPL 2022: Former Indian selector Saba Karim reveals why FAB FOUR of Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman FAILED to perform in IPL
The next best was Dravid. He played 89 matches, also across six seasons and tallied 2174 runs including 11 half-centuries. Starting off with RCB, Dravid moved to Rajasthan Royals in 2011 before finishing his career two years later. Ganguly played for KKR and Pune Warriors India and featured in 59 IPL matches, in which he scored 1349 runs with six half-centuries. Laxman featured in just 20 games and scored 282 runs.
IPL 2022: Former Indian selector Saba Karim reveals why FAB FOUR of Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman FAILED to perform in IPL
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