Unfair to criticise Prithvi and Sarfaraz: Ajit Agarkar

The struggles of Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan against top quality pace attack has been the talking point in Delhi Capitals crushing defeats so far but bowling coach Ajit Agarkar finds it unfair to single out any player when the failure has been a collective oneLucknow Super Giants beat DC by 50 runs in their first game before Gujarat Titans on Tuesday comfortably romped home by six wickets with 11 balls to spareIn both the games the two Mumbaikars who have been prolific batters at the domestic level seemed to have struggled against likes of Mark Wood LSG Mohammed Shami and Alzarri Joseph GT all of whom can bowl at 145 plus clicks and get movement and bounce at good speedI mean they Shaw and Sarfaraz have got runs against fast bowling I dont think we batted well so why point out one or two guys Agarkar saidFor Agarkar the entire top order needs to step upNone of our top order players really got going in both the games We havent had big runs at the top which some of the other teams haveAfter being in a tangle against short ball by Wood in the first game Sarfaraz was hit on the head by Alzarri and umpires called for a concussion check as he struggled to get to 30 off 33 ballsNo point picking individuals collectively we havent been good on both nights and we need to improve as we are playing against some good teams So lot of credit to Gujarat but we need to bat collectively as a unit to get results he reasonedAsked if the problem is because of the standard of bowling these two face at the domestic level with average speed of 130 to 132 kmph Agarkar reminded that Shaw has a Test hundred on debutAlso readIPL 2023 Lack of quality in pace attack could hurt Delhi CapitalsWe are talking about Prithvi Shaw who has got a Test hundred on debut He is not playing IPL for the first time So again why pick on peopleWhen you lose its not because of one or two people I think you have to accept collective effort hasnt been good tonight Tuesday and you have to accept itWe have got personnel to do it We just need to apply ourselves better he saidAgarkar insisted that Sarfarazs runs in domestic cricket cannot be viewed in isolationWe are talking about two people who have got heaps of runs There are no doubts that its different standard when you play domestic cricket and then come to IPL But because you have scored heaps of runs in domestic cricket and have done that before Its all about adjustmentsBoth have played multiple editions of IPL and even got runsNot like they are playing IPL for the first time Then you could ask the question of not measuring up They have done it before and they will get right At the moment we havent but they will improve Agarkar saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever