Former India selector Kris Srikkanth called Tristan Stubbs an overrated player after his poor run of form continued in the IPL 2026. Delhi Capitals completely collapsed after the powerplay in their latest loss to KKR.
Stubbs once again failed with the bat, scoring just two off four balls before being castled by Anukul Roy. This meant that the South African’s poor string of performances continued as he has scored 259 runs in 11 matches. After a good start to the season. Stubbs has faded away with scores of 5,18, 38 and 2 in his last four games.
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Speaking on his YouTube channel, Srikkanth slammed DC for their batting and questioned the contributions from the likes of Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi and Nitish Rana during the match.
“What was this batting from DC? Horrible batting.”
“I keep saying it. Tristan Stubbs is an overrated player. Rizvi played well at the start but should have contributed. For Nitish Rana, it was a crucial game,” said Srikkanth.
‘SCORE ATLEAST 180’
DC scored just 11 runs during overs 12 to 16 and mustered up only 142 runs in their innings. KKR chased it down with 5.4 overs left to spare with Finn Allen scoring a fine hundred.
Srikkanth said that DC should have scored at least 180 runs on that training track after winning the toss and opting to bat first. The former Indian opener said that the Delhi middle-order is finished, and labelled Axar Patel as a total failure with the bat.
“And on a turning and spinning track like this, after winning the toss and batting first, you need to score at least 180. This is not a ground where you can casually think runs will come easily.”
“In all fairness, if someone gets going, they can bat brilliantly here. However, the reality is that their middle order is gone. KL Rahul’s shot was very surprising. That ball completely stopped on him, and it was a very, very poor shot from KL Rahul.
“And honestly, for that Anukul Roy ball, there was no answer at all from Stubbs.”
“Axar Patel has been a total failure with the bat. Only Ashutosh Sharma somehow kept fighting, scoring 20, 30, 40 runs every game. Poor guy, he is batting really well. That is the only reason they reached this total. Otherwise, they would have been all out for 120 maybe even 110 or 115,” said Srikkanth.
DC will face PBKS in their next match in Dharamsala on May 11.
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