Multiverse of Madness - CHAMPIONS OF THE MULTIVERSE

[Mijurkat]

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Don't be sad...

 

[TSPrathik]

lucky to get both Warner and Williamson in the same team

 

[Pinch hitter]

I got a good team, but some also had really good team too... So that games will be tight to bet on...

 

[CerealKiller]

2016 - the year of 12 leagues, most I've run in a single year. Naman7 and Manish. have drawn and Amjad Sabri Memorial One-Day game and Royal London One-Day Cup.
Jeez, Naman7 came looking for a pot of gold and struck down a sewer. He has drawn (Pakistani) Showbiz Stars XI whereas Manish. has drawn Leeds Vikings.

@Naman7 is going to manage Showbiz Stars XI from Amjad Sabri Memorial One-Day Game and @Manish. is going to manage Leeds Vikings from Royal London One-Day Cup.

If this match doesn’t break all records i'll be disappointed.

 

[Neo 7]

If this match doesn’t break all records i'll be disappointed.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

THE DRAW - part two
powered entirely by RANDOM.ORG​

Spoiler: Seeding

FIRST COME, FIRST SEED

2014 - Seed 1 - @ahmedleo414 - Hong Kong
2014 - Seed 2 - @VC the slogger - Karachi Dolphins

2015 - Seed 1 - @Pinch hitter - Tottenham Hotspur
2015 - Seed 2 - @TSPrathik - Punjab Lions

2016 - Seed 1 - @Naman7 - Showbiz Stars XI
2016 - Seed 2 - @Manish. - Leeds Vikings

2017 - Seed 1 - @Till Valhalla - Highveld Lions
2017 - Seed 2 - @Khan Sahab54 - Faisalabad Wolves

2018 - Seed 1 - @RUDI
2018 - Seed 2 - @mohsin7827 (random)

2019 - Seed 1 - @Mijurkat
2019 - Seed 2 - @NILAYSHAH60

2020 - Seed 1 - @Neptune
2020 - Seed 2 - @ddrap14 (random)

2021 - Seed 1 - @CerealKiller
2021 - Seed 2 - @AsadRM/@CooldiPargi

...right then, where were we?

2018 is up next - only four leagues this year. RUDI and mohsin7827 BOTH draw IndoPak Premier League - first time the same league has been regurgitated by RANDOM.org.
RUDI draws Kolkata Exemplars and mohsin7827 draws Delhi Dynamos - Kolkata Exemplars finished 5th and Delhi Dynamos finished 8th in the IndoPak Premier League.

RUDI will be managing Kolkata Exemplars and mohsin7827 will be managing Delhi Dyanmos. Both teams are chosen from the inaugural IndoPak Premier League.

Spoiler: RUDI

KOLKATA EXEMPLARS - IndoPak Premier League

SEED - 2018-S1

I've got no clue how this squad finished fifth in IndoPak Premier League.

Shikhar Dhawan
Murali Vijay

Kane Williamson - Right-arm offbreak
Faf du Plessis
Asad Shafiq

Sarfraz Ahmed
Sohaib Maqsood - Right-arm offbreak
Angelo Mathews

Kedar Jadhav
Ravindra Jadeja
Faheem Ashraf

Tim Southee
Liam Plunkett
Wahab Riaz
Sohail Tanvir
Umesh Yadav

Adil Rashid
Ravichandran Ashwin

Spoiler: mohsin7827

DELHI DYNAMOS - IndoPak Premier League

SEED - 2018-S2

There's definitely a brilliant XI hidden somewhere in this squad. But maybe that XI is more suited to T20 cricket than List-A cricket.

Fakhar Zaman - Slow left-arm orthodox
Prithvi Shaw
Luke Ronchi

Parthiv Patel
Sami Aslam
Chris Lynn

Umar Amin
Suresh Raina
Mohammad Zaid
Dwayne Bravo
Sunil Narine

Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Shardul Thakur
Basil Thampi
Umaid Asif
Dale Steyn

Hasan Khan
Rashid Khan

2019! Talk about slim pickings, one league less than last time. Mijurkat and NILAYSHAH60 get 2009 Champions League Twenty20 and 2019 Indian One-Day Championship.
Champions have been drawn from EACH league - New South Wales Blues and Rajasthan Royals. Eerie considering how NILAYSHAH60 jokingly pitched to manage the latter.

Mijurkat gets New South Wales Blues from 2009 Champions League Twenty20 and NILAYSHAH60 gets Rajasthan Royals from 2019 Indian One-Day Championship.

Spoiler: Mijurkat

NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES - 2009 Champions League Twenty20

SEED - 2019-S1

Right then, McCullum, Hughes, Warner, Katich, Smith, Lee, Bollinger, Bracken, Hauritz... finalists, easily? But remember though, this is 2009.

Brendon McCullum
Phillip Hughes
David Warner

Simon Katich
Steven Smith

Moises Henriques
Dominic Thornely - Right-arm medium; offbreak
Ben Rohrer

Brad Haddin
Daniel Smith
Steve O'Keefe

Brett Lee
Stuart Clark
Doug Bollinger
Nathan Bracken

Nathan Hauritz

Spoiler: NILAYSHAH60

RAJASTHAN ROYALS - 2019 Indian One-Day Championship

SEED - 2019-S2

Imagine my shock when RANDOM.org spat out Rajasthan Royals for you. Crazy mad, IMO.

David Warner
Martin Guptill

Ambati Rayudu
Nitish Rana - Right-arm offbreak
Dhruv Shorey

Ankit Bawne
Suryakumar Yadav - Right-arm medium
Alex Carey

MS Dhoni
Ravindra Jadeja

Shreyas Gopal
Irfan Pathan
Washington Sundar

Kagiso Rabada
Navdeep Saini
Prasidh Krishna
Ankit Rajpoot
Shaheen Afridi

Imran Tahir

Second last pot of the draw - it's the pandemic year, 2020! Neptune and ddrap14 have drawn PC Champions League X8 and 2011 Champions League Twenty20, respectively.
Neptune draws Durban Lions and ddrap14 draws Southern Redbacks. Two really well-composed squads on-paper, but do they have what it takes to go the distance?

So, Neptune will be managing Durban Lions from PC Champions League X8 and ddrap14 will be managing Southern Redbacks from 2011 Champions League Twenty20.

Spoiler: Neptune

DURBAN LIONS - PC Champions League X8

SEED - 2020-S1

This squad definitely has all the tools to go the distance just on the basis of their local talent. Diverse pitches might make a difference though.

Quinton De Kock
Aiden Markram

Kane Williamson
Faf Du Plessis
AB de Villiers

Tom Cooper
Rahmat Shah

Carlos Brathwaite
Dwaine Pretorius

Chris Morris
Kagiso Rabada
Morne Morkel
Hamid Hassan

Tapiwa Mufudza
Imran Tahir

Spoiler: ddrap14

SOUTHERN REDBACKS - 2011 Champions League Twenty20

SEED - 2020-S1

The transition from T20 to List-A shouldn't be that difficult considering how it's more or less the same squad Southern Redbacks had in the One-Day Cup (2010/11).

Aiden Blizzard
Daniel Harris
Michael Klinger

Tom Cooper
Callum Ferguson
Tim Ludeman
Kieron Pollard

Daniel Christian
Cameron Borgas
Graham Manou
Aaron O'Brien

Shaun Tait
Kane Richardson
Ben Edmondson

Nathan Lyon
Adil Rashid

Final pot, final year. 2021. Three completed leagues, one ongoing league and to throw a monkey wrench in the works - Multiverse of Madness (since it qualifies for 2021).
Look at that! First outcome - Multiverse of Madness. I have to switch the order of the last two teams to make sure all teams from this league are put into the randomizer.

The second outcome of the draw is the famed The PlanetCricket League 3.0 - Kumar Vishal Trophy - for AsadRM/CooldiPargi. Which means, they can potentially draw...
...The Avengers from TPCL3.0 - KVT! Poetic considering how many Marvel/MCU references I've jammed into this thread (and they were also team members of said team).

CerealKiller has also drawn The Avengers, but from Multiverse of Madness (this league) and not TPCL3.0, as all 15 outcomes before this one were put into the randomizer.

AsadRM/CooldiPargi will have the satisfaction of managing The Avengers from KVT. CerealKiller will also be managing The Avengers, but from Multiverse of Madness.

Spoiler: AsadRM/CooldiPargi

THE AVENGERS - Kumar Vishal Trophy

SEED - 2021-S2

Pro - you guys get to manage The Avengers in Multiverse of Madness. Con - you guys have to face The Avengers in Multiverse of Madness.

Sod Anderson
Ahmed Leo

Asad Raza
Talha Hayat
Barry Stock

Appu Kiran
Sanjeev Patil
Kuldip Pargi
Harry Brookes

X Æ A - 12 Musk
Donald Trump
Momin Schawonn

Mohsin 7827
Nilay Shah
Waqar Ali

Dylan Smith
Neptune Gaming

Spoiler: CerealKiller

THE AVENGERS - Multiverse of Madness

SEED - 2021-S1

Pro - you get to manage The Avengers in Multiverse of Madness. Con - you have to face The Avengers in Multiverse of Madness.

Sod Anderson
Ahmed Leo

Asad Raza
Talha Hayat
Barry Stock

Appu Kiran
Sanjeev Patil
Kuldip Pargi
Harry Brookes

X Æ A - 12 Musk
Donald Trump
Momin Schawonn

Mohsin 7827
Nilay Shah
Waqar Ali

Dylan Smith
Neptune Gaming

...and that brings The Draw for Multiverse of Madness to a close! See you all very, very soon! Until then, peace out. ​

Spoiler: RANDOM.org screenshots for transparency (click to enlarge)

 

[CerealKiller]

I am so confused. My squad's name is Showbiz Stars XI, but the team is The Avengers? And where the hell did a mirror match come from and what does it mean

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

I am so confused. My squad's name is Showbiz Stars XI, but the team is The Avengers? And where the hell did a mirror match come from and what does it mean

Did you not read the description in the spoiler? You drew The Avengers. I wrote Showbiz XI to fool you.

Guess it didn't work.

 

[CerealKiller]

Did you not read the description in the spoiler? You drew The Avengers. I wrote Showbiz XI to fool you.

Guess it didn't work.

You did fool me, i panicked so much that I didn’t even understand what you wrote

 

[RUDI]

I've got no clue how this squad finished fifth in IndoPak Premier League.

Decent squad. Who managed them back then?

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Decent squad. Who managed them back then?

Mijurkat, IIRC.

 

[CerealKiller]

By the way, the players will be rated according to their performance in their year of origin, right?
And Avengers batsmen won’t have their rating affected by their batting position?

 

[Neptune]

Honestly that's a pretty decent squad. The overseas options are a bit meh but the local players are as good as you could hope to get

 

[AsadRM]

So I and @CooldiPargi have the same team as CK? MCU at its finest

 

[CerealKiller]

So I and @CooldiPargi have the same team as CK? MCU at its finest

It would only be perfect if we had the exact same lineup too, what do you say