Australia and India to start with.
Here the honorable mention goes to @
Simon. Although the team didn't make the playoffs - mostly because the Kiwi top order was too fragile and they couldn't perform well on Dusty pitches which were apparently the most favourite pitches this season, and maybe not playing Rob Nicol much also harmed - Simon wins the accolades for compiling one of the best teams from a country where the only excellent performers were Corey Anderson, Colin Munro and Mitchell McClenaghan. What was a remarkable move though, was selecting Wasim Akram as the coach. With over half of the bowling attack left handed, it gave them a huge boost.
Also, I'm slightly disappointed with @
Vivek7 for dropping Rahul Sharma at the crucial stages and @
VC the slogger for playing Moises Henriques till the end. Rahul Sharma clearly was the best player on the team, and would probably we contesting in the leading wicket takers category if not for all the games missed. As for Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh was clearly the better batting option. Aaron Finch getting out of form later in the season was another reason for their failures, although Klinger did more than enough to make up.
Another honorable mention to @
Dipakand @
Aggz for playing their games on a Wet pitch and utilizing their bowlers to a greater extent than they were being. Clearly worked. @
The Author did as good a job as he could, which shows in the West Indies bowling attack and the occasional wins, but the batting lineup was weakest in the league and it was not even close. Jason Mohammed could've helped, but then that wouldn't have been enough to make the playoffs. Narsingh Deonarine was amazing though. Also, @
Umair2000 had an amazing, well researched squad, though surprisingly it was Jeevan Mendis who led all the bowlers in wickets, despite having a base bowling rating of just 30. That spin bowling lineup was too great, even though they weren't all rated extremely good. More feedback as we go.
It's no wonder that eventually the league was dominated by the batting teams, since both the finalists were actually just average in bowling.
EDIT: Vivek7 also didn't select a whole lot of good batsmen, with the exception of Pujara who was underwhelming by his standards while Murali Vijay wasn't being played. Someone like Abhinav Mukund or Saurabh Tiwary would have been great, but he went with Parvez Rasool and Jiwanjot Singh. Vijay Zol actually was alright.
Meanwhile, I'm planning on adding some story-like elements to the story in preparation of the inevitable career diary when DBC comes out.
