Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[NILAYSHAH60]

You want to know which team has a quality bowling lineup? It is SRH.

Completely agree to that but they aren't in form Bhuvneshwar Kumar hasn't done well since the injury he picked in England while Kaul has looked out of sorts since he made his debut for India and the bowler that was left is Rashid Khan who almost took the game away from KKR last time. And do you actually think Russell can smash bowlers like Bumrah, Tahir, etc ? As far as I remember Shami knocked his stumps with a Yorker which was the first ball he bowled to Russell unfortunately Ashwin's error cost him.

Rohit has never had an explosive IPL season.

If you are talking about last 3 yrs you are spot on the fact !!! But in 2015 Rohit was crucial to MI's success

Again I don't mind KKR winning the title and neither I say people ove here are wrong but currently KKR winning the IPL doesn't sit well with me. I will be happy to see DK lift the Cup though

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Loved how the commentators pulled up Ashwin for bowling the easy overs. Notice, he opens the bowling against weaker batters and then bowls just after the PP when it's easiest.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Loved how the commentators pulled up Ashwin for bowling the easy overs. Notice, he opens the bowling against weaker batters and then bowls just after the PP when it's easiest.

Lol whats wrong with that ? Definitely its smart strategy to bowl against the batters who are weaker against spin and vice versa isn't it? especially in t20 cricket where a lot of emphasis is on analyzing the weakness of the opposition.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Lol whats wrong with that ? Definitely its smart strategy to bowl against the batters who are weaker against spin and vice versa isn't it? especially in t20 cricket where a lot of emphasis is on analyzing the weakness of the opposition.

I was referring more to him bowling the easy overs. In the game against Kolkata, he was desperate to be done before Russell came.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Post WC Mayank Agarwal should replace Dhawan in ODIs as well. Will be tough though with the likes of Rahul,Shaw among the ranks for the opening slot.

 

[Velocity]

Completely agree to that but they aren't in form Bhuvneshwar Kumar hasn't done well since the injury he picked in England while Kaul has looked out of sorts since he made his debut for India and the bowler that was left is Rashid Khan who almost took the game away from KKR last time. And do you actually think Russell can smash bowlers like Bumrah, Tahir, etc ? As far as I remember Shami knocked his stumps with a Yorker which was the first ball he bowled to Russell unfortunately Ashwin's error cost him.

Bhuvi and Kaul have still done their job and picked up wickets while maintaining a decent economy. SRH have a well round bowling attack with good backups too. MI have a good bowling attack but even as an SRH fan, I don't think they are exactly on par with what SRH has at the moment.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

david Warner's game can be summed up on that last ball!

 

[abhi_jacko]

If RCB lose another couple of Games, VK should just drop himself for thr remaining games and get some rest[DOUBLEPOST=1554783670][/DOUBLEPOST]Not 'if RCB lose'. I meant after RCB lose another 2 games

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Post WC Mayank Agarwal should replace Dhawan in ODIs as well. Will be tough though with the likes of Rahul,Shaw among the ranks for the opening slot.

It's not going to happen until he retires or is given a rest. I think Dhawan has now become too great a player to be dropped right after the WC. I think he should be given a bit more time.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Bhuvi and Kaul have still done their job and picked up wickets while maintaining a decent economy. SRH have a well round bowling attack with good backups too. MI have a good bowling attack but even as an SRH fan, I don't think they are exactly on par with what SRH has at the moment.

I never said they are better I just said what exactly happened and what was the reason why Russell was able to smash the SRH bowling attack that day. Everyday you can't win matches like that. I think KKR still have to work hard to stay in top 4

 

[Bigby Wolf]

It's not going to happen until he retires or is given a rest. I think Dhawan has now become too great a player to be dropped right after the WC. I think he should be given a bit more time.

I can bet you this 5 to 7 players from the current squad won't make it past a year post the WC. Happens with every team and considering the age factor of our playing 11 the chances of this to happen is very large. Selectors and whoever incharge will look to give more chances to the young crop of players more chances post the wc and Dhawan is just one bad series away to be replaced in the squad just like he was in the tests.

 

[Master Bates]

This season Dhawan has been too slow. Not looking good for world cup. Rohit, Dhawan, Rayudu (if selected), Bhuvi, Kuldeep, all are out of form. Our X factor, Kuldeep has not been able to take wickets of late!

 

[LiveLoveABD]

This season Dhawan has been too slow. Not looking good for world cup. Rohit, Dhawan, Rayudu (if selected), Bhuvi, Kuldeep, all are out of form. Our X factor, Kuldeep has not been able to take wickets of late!

Like to see the number of catches dropped off Kuldeep or balls having landed in no man's land. His last over against DC was awesome. Stats don't always reveal the true picture.

The real real concern is Bhuvi.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I can bet you this 5 to 7 players from the current squad won't make it past a year post the WC. Happens with every team and considering the age factor of our playing 11 the chances of this to happen is very large. Selectors and whoever incharge will look to give more chances to the young crop of players more chances post the wc and Dhawan is just one bad series away to be replaced in the squad just like he was in the tests.

I think Dhawan will atleast play till 2020 WT20

I think these are the players who would retire before 2023 WC (from all formats)

Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma
Kedar Jadhav
Virat Kohli (not too sure though)
Mohammed Shami
Ravi Ashwin
Ishant Sharma
Umesh Yadav

Maybe our future line-up could look like

Prithvi Shaw (C)
KL Rahul
Shubman Gill
Mayank Agarwal
Nitish Rana
Rishabh Pant (Wk)
Hardik Pandya
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Kuldeep Yadav
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah

 

[Master Bates]

@NilayShah60 add Dhoni to the list. He is a certainty.