{"id":167823,"date":"2026-05-15T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=167823"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:34:15","slug":"vikram-solanki-bit-of-generalisation-to-suggest-that-gts-middle-order-not-playing-its-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=167823","title":{"rendered":"Vikram Solanki: Bit of generalisation to suggest that GT\u2019s middle order not playing its part"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70984014\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Even while waiting for just one win to seal its place in the play-offs, Gujarat Titans (GT) is not taking Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lightly ahead of their Saturday\u2019s Indian Premier League (IPL) engagement at the Eden Gardens here.<\/p>\n<p>GT\u2019s Director of Cricket, Vikram Solanki, said his team had a lot of respect for the host. \u201cKKR have had their injury issues. The fact is that out of the last five matches they have won four, so they are obviously playing good cricket. We must respect that,\u201d Solanki said at the pre-match press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ<\/b>  |          <b><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/washington-sundar-ipl-2026-batting-rise-father-interview\/article70977370.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Washington Sundar\u2019s batting boom should not surprise anyone who watched him grow up<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question about GT middle order batters\u2019 contributions, Solanki said, \u201cOur bowlers have bowled well and the top order has played well at times. Washington Sundar has played exceptional innings. In the last match, he made a valuable contribution as did Nishant Sindhu. Rahul Tewatia has shown signs of finding boundaries towards the end. It\u2019s a bit of generalisation to suggest that the middle order is not playing its part. Of course, not all members of the team will be contributing at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About Jason Holder\u2019s role, Solanki said, \u201cJason has done a great job, particularly with the ball. He has maintained that sort of pressure&#8230;very skilfully but also with a lot of experience in a calm sense. Jason understands his game very well. He\u2019s somebody who brings all that experience whether it be with the ball, whether it be just his presence and speaking to people around the team or if he gets the opportunity to bat as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to KKR pacer Kartik Tyagi, his team has been focusing on playing its remaining three matches well without thinking about its slim chances of qualification. \u201cWe are focusing on how we have to play against which opponent,\u201d said Tyagi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/vikram-solanki-gt-vs-kkr-ipl-2026-shubman-gill-washington-sundar-news\/article70984014.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even while waiting for just one win to seal its place in the play-offs, Gujarat Titans (GT) is not taking Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lightly ahead of their Saturday\u2019s Indian Premier League (IPL) engagement at the Eden Gardens here. GT\u2019s Director of Cricket, Vikram Solanki, said his team had a lot of respect for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PTI05_12_2026_000414B.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-HEP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/167824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}