Scott Styris mocked Rajasthan Royals in a cheeky reply on Twitter.© Instagram
Rajasthan Royals (RR) started 2022 with a list of goals for the new year, but soon got a brutal reality check from none other than Scott Styris. Ahead of their “Targets for 2022”, the franchise expressed hopes to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) title this year, receive a pending rating and also rise in Styris’ prediction rankings. Prior to the 2021 UAE Leg of IPL, the former New Zealand cricketer had shared his power rankings for the season with fans and had placed RR at the bottom and the team even finished seventh out of eight franchises. So, upon seeing RR’s post, the 46-year-old former cricketer simply quipped, “At least make them realistic (wink emoji)”.
Here is Styris’s response to Rajasthan’s goals for 2022:
At least make them realistic https://t.co/plD5ORAqi2
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) January 2, 2022
Rajasthan, captained by Sanju Samson, could only win five games in IPL 2021, crashing to nine defeats. For most of the season, the team stayed in the bottom half of the table, finishing in seventh place ahead of SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Ahead of the upcoming IPL 2022 mega sale, RR has retained Samson, star wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler and youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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All eyes will be on Samson next season and the 27-year-old will be on the hunt for glory.
Despite a disappointing 2021 IPL campaign, Samson found himself between the runs, finishing in sixth place in the Orange Cap race. In 15 games, he managed to break 484 runs with a high score of 119. Outside of a century, he also took two half-centuries.
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