Gautam Gambhir reveals ex-Dream11 IPL team Kolkata's biggest mistake of all-time

Kolkata franchise had an abysmal Dream11 IPL 2020 campaign as y failed to make it to playoffs and finished at  fifth spot with seven wins and as many losses. Men in Purple, who were among top-performing IPL franchises in first half of last decade, haven't been same in latter half. After winning IPL titles in 2012 and 2014, Kolkata have failed to get going in tournament.

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Gautam Gambhir reveals Kolkata's biggest loss in 13 years of Dream111 IPL

w, former Kolkata captain Gautam Gambhir who led franchise to two Dream11 IPL titles, hjas revealed biggest mistake that two-time champions have made in last 13 years. While speaking to ESPNCricinfo, Gambhir said that Suryakumar Yadav was t easily earned by Mumbai and added that letting right-hander is Kolkata's biggest mistake in last 13 years.

Gambhir furr said that as a youngster Yadav came to Kolkata and played for four years but couldn’t get number where he should have batted at because of batting line up y had at that time. former Indian cricketer reckoned that Kolkata team could have easily built around Yadav, who was vice-captain when he was leading side.

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Gambhir opined that for  easy transition after his retirement, he made Yadav vice-captain of franchise because he could see leadership qualities in him. He furr called Yadav a 'selfless' player who can bat any number and reckoned that is kind of players you want. Gambhir went on to say that biggest loss Kolkata have ever had is probably letting go Yadav because you don’t get Indian players with that kind of talent.

former Kolkata captain said that we still haven’t seen his leadership quality. However, he added that Yadav has got a great head on his shoulder and right-hander kws how to lead a side. Gambhir was sure that going forward, Yadav will take charge of Mumbai if he stays with m.

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Meanwhile, Mumbai franchise successfully mand to defend ir Dream11 IPL title as y beat Delhi in final by five wickets on Tuesday in Dubai. With ir win over Shreyas Iyer's men, Mumbai continued ir supremacy in cash-rich league.  Mumbai IPL title wins count has w gone up to five, which is most for a single franchise. In doing so, y also became second IPL team to defend ir title after Chennai who did it in 2011.

Suryakumar Yadav Dream11 IPL stats

Suryakumar Yadav Dream11 IPL stats for 2020 have been spectacular. Mumbai batsman scored 480 runs in 16 matches at a stunning aver of 40.00 and strike-rate of 145.01. He also ended as third-highest run-scorer for his side behind Ishan Kishan (516) and Quinton de Kock (503). right-hander's contribution was immense in making Mumbai  IPL 2020 winners.

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SOURCE: KOLKATA IPL TEAM TWITTER