IPL 2025: Johnny Bairstow’s Vernder Sehwag-Nock Neutralis Gujarat Titans “Trump Card” Prasad Krishna | Cricket news
New Delhi: As the English wicket-keeper Batter Johnny Bairstow went out to bat in his 100th Test in 2024, Rohit Sharma was heard commenting, ‘Isco Kuch Bhi Dal’ (any delivery for him). Rohit did not clearly think much about the capabilities of Bairstow. Even the IPL franchise expressed a lack of confidence as the English cricketer was unusable in the IPL 2025 auction.However, an unexpected turn of fate saw Bairstow soon wandering in the middle of the IPL 2025 eliminator against Gujarat Titans (GT) with Rohit Sharma. The English cricketer remembered this after scoring 525 runs in 12 innings for Yorkshire at an average of 52.50 in the 2025 County Championship. The 35 -year -old cricketer was not included in England’s squads for his ODI and T20I series against the West Indies, which desires to impress even more.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!However, there was a tough challenge for Bairstow in the store as Prasad Krishna (25 dismissal), who took the key wicket of IPL 2025, fled to bowl in the second over. Krishna helped GT take two wickets and score just 18 runs in dominating a league match against MI in Ahmedabad. Paper was able to give similar heroines if allowed to settle in the eliminator.Who is that IPL player?However, Bairstow put Krishna himself on the back leg from the first delivery, cutting the ball at the point for a limit. In Pesar’s second over, English cricketer dominated, scored 26 runs after three sixes and two fours. Bairstow’s hammer shook the confidence of Pesar badly, causing him to become ineffective in a one-or-death encounter. Typically, one of GT’s most affordable bowlers, Krishna scored 53 runs during his spell, finished as the team’s second most expensive bowler.
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26 runs of the English cricketer against Krishna reminded in many ways that Versende Sehwag destroyed Omar Gula’s faith during the World Cup 2011 semi -finals, causing him a blast in an over for 21 runs. Gul failed to overcome Sehwag’s encounter with Blow, scoring 69 runs in 8 overs without a wicket.Bairstow and Rohit broke the ball into all corners of the ground, recording MI’s highest power-play score in IPL 2025, with 79 runs on the board. While the English cricketer was eventually rejected for 47 off 22 balls in a four fours and three sixes knocks, Bairstow set a solid platform for MI, making them capable of posting a total of 228 to win the match.
However, under pressure, the heroines of the English cricketer are not surprised as it is revealed by the power-touch coach Julian Wood, who worked with Bairstow representing the Punjab Kings (PBK) as well as the national team.“People said, ‘He is at the end of his career’. But, Bairstow is a fighter and when his back is against the wall and he has to prove people wrong. He can kill any length. He makes him very dangerous in the powerplay. Barasto is very cruel, which makes him stand out very much.”
“One thing that I had especially noted during my knock against MI, was the way in which he handled the delivery of back-off-length. I discussed with Birsto during my PBKS, which with such delivery instead of a straight bat inste Ki and scoring 60 runs, which became finely scoring 60 runs, the leg, “the wood pair.While Bairstow’s fanbase in Mumbai will definitely get up after this knock, he may have earned more respect in the eyes of ‘The Hitman’.
