We may want to back our pace bowlers more over the spin: GT’s Glenn Phillips | Cricket News
3 min readApr 17, 2026 12:03 AM IST Gujarat Titans batter Glenn Phillips said his side, back on track after early setbacks this IPL season, is banking on its pacers to deliver at home as it targets a third successive win, against struggling Kolkata Knight Riders, here on Friday. Gujarat Titans made a poor start, losing their first two games, but have since found their rhythm with back-to-back wins and will be eyeing a third against KKR, who are languishing at the bottom with four defeats. “We’ve got a very fast pace attack and maybe KKR, for example, have an incredible spin attack with (Sunil) Narine and (Varun) Chakravarthy and obviously (Anukul) Roy is bombing very well,” said Phillips during a media interaction on Thursday. “We may want to back our pace bowlers more over the spin and let our batters who are really good at playing pace face their (KKR) pace bowlers,” said the New Zealander. With most matches this season turning into a high-scoring affair, with totals regularly crossing 200 and even 250, …
