The number of poor replacements continue to grow. I have no clue how Jason Roy wasn't snapped up by one of the franchises. Personally, I'd have put him ahead of the likes of Bailey, Amla and a few others. As for Tait? What a poor selection! KKR have nowhere to go in the seam department. Morkel and Yadav can be expensive and blow hot and cold. Plus, I'd have thought Morkel and Yadav fit the 'outright pace' category well enough. What about a David Willey? I'm aghast he hasn't been called up after the World T20. As far as my memory goes, he was in the auction pool.
AUCTIONS are the real place where squad strength is built. Yes, team spirit is equally important but it will take you only as far as doing little things well. Sure, it's the difference in winning and losing cricket matches but just look at Royal Challengers Bangalore. 18.75 crores on two foreign batsmen. 34 crores if you put Kohli in it. Almost 44 if you include Watson. Gayle has 0 impact, the other three have put in 5 match winning performances in 11 matches. Mustafizur Rahman went for less than 2Cr. It's unbelievable how bad MI and RCB are at the auctions. MI manage to stay afloat for the simple reason that they have the balls to bench stars. ADAM MILNE! One game and out for RCB while Jordan is still in it. Amazing!
Someone from RCB- Play Milne AND Jordan!! AB and Watson the other two!
