Failure of Glenn Maxwell
Whether or not the team admits, Maxwell’s failure with the bat did hurt Kings XI badly. In 13 matches he played this season, he could only manage 108 runs which came at a strike rate of 101.88. Such was his struggle with the bat that he managed to hit just nine boundaries (all 4s and no 6s).
Not Starting With Chris Gayle
Gayle, for whom coach Anil Kumble had envisaged a mentor’s role, featured for Kings XI in the second half of the tournament. In the first seven matches of IPL, they managed to win just two matches, meaning they were forced to play the catching game in the next half. Even though Mayank Agarwal and Rahul, along with Nicholas Pooran, did score plenty of runs, those runs couldn’t win matches for Kings XI.
Contrary to that, out of the seven matches…