It’s three games into the Indian Premier League (IPL), for Shamar Joseph’s Lucknow Super Giants and if one is surprised he’s not yet played, unless things change today in game four, it is a justifiable reaction.
Although the IPL T20 is not Test cricket and pitches in India are generally not as suitable to fast bowling as the Australian strips where the star Guyanese paceman burst onto the scene with a phenomenal Test debut series earlier this year, his omission can be questioned, given Lucknow’s average bowling attack.
It can be assumed Lucknow’s head coach Justin Langer is keeping Joseph back due to his almost non-existent T20 record, having only played one career T20 List A game, but the Guyanese’s track record should suggest otherwise.
