Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[LiveLoveABD]

Anderson & Broad should put their names in the IPL. I think they are not great death bowlers but I could see a CSK picking a Jimmy Anderson and just bowling him 3/4 overs with the new ball.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

A lot of people had the idea of porting over the hugely popular Western concept of franchise league tournaments. Thats where the ICL was born. But somehow they had run-ins with the then BCCI establishment and Lalit Modi was an office bearer at that time, and so he was tasked to create the official version of the ICL, which then became the IPL. They tagged ICL as the 'rebel league' and ostracized it and then they created the BCCI version of it and called it 'IPL'.

The concept of franchise leagues is inherently very exciting. You have these private players own teams and hire players, trade players, win players, etc. Its a great form to watch the sport without all the morality aspect of supporting a country, etc (believe me, I am ever so slowly moving away from the passion of supporting/following Indian cricket, as I know these leagues exist and I get my fix of the sport from them). That's how it works in USA - the most popular tournament in USA is the Super Bowl, which is basically a city based franchise football league consortium. World Cups are not as popular in USA as the Super Bowl.

I think cricket is carrying a dead elephant on it's back with all these bilateral series and the culprits for it are the BCCI and the impotent ICC.

I feel the IPL is so huge now that it should basically fund cricket and be an all year round event minus the rains in India where the annual champions league in the 50 over format should happen (a bit like the IPL now)

There should be one World Cup every 4 years in the T20 format.

Test cricket should carry on as is with a two tier system where tier 1 teams play one another and tier 2 plays one another where every two years the last placed team in tier 1 goes to tier 2 and the winner of tier 2 goes to tier 1.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I read on Cricinfo that few players might be up for the auction through a secret bid. Well- that sounds a little interesting!

By the term secret bid I can understand that the teams are going to submit a list of players with the amount they are willing to spend on that player. Now if 2 teams come up with similar amounts for a certain player then there would be a second round bid where the team that comes up with a higher bid gets to retain the player.

Correct me if wrong

copying the format of the Social Distancing Shield's auction

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Is Muzarabani a part of the IPL auction? Boy I'd be lining up as a coach/owner to get him into my side.

 

[CooldiPargi]

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Another Thread for uncapped Indian spinners.

Vicky Otswal due to his recent U19 performances will be mostly preferred.

But I personally like the look of Amit Ali from Tripura got a nice rhythm with his action.

Sai Kishore has been a part of CSK set-up before.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Is Pravin Tambe in the draft? He's a good young upcoming bowler.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Is Pravin Tambe in the draft? He's a good young upcoming bowler.

Tambe.
Broad.
Anderson.

Can be a very good 11.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Sai Kishore has been a part of CSK set-up before

They will buy him again to warm the bench unless they don't get someone else too.

Spinners are a mix bag every few years a spinner or too get some extreme bids and they fizzle out.

 

[Bevab]

Another Thread for uncapped Indian spinners.

Vicky Otswal due to his recent U19 performances will be mostly preferred.

But I personally like the look of Amit Ali from Tripura got a nice rhythm with his action.

Sai Kishore has been a part of CSK set-up before.

Its criminal that Sai Kishore did not play a single game for CSK in three years. I know all of the praise the franchise gets and deserves for overachieving in the previous cycle but the mismanagement of him and to a lesser extent Gaikwad and Jagadeesan is really shameful.

Also it seems like Otswal has a suspect action. Not like it will stop franchises from going after him but it is something to look out for.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Most looking forward to KKR buying Eoin Morgan.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Its criminal that Sai Kishore did not play a single game for CSK in three years. I know all of the praise the franchise gets and deserves for overachieving in the previous cycle

I don't understand this. Why would you need to play a left arm spinner when you already have someone like Jadeja who represented India? Also Jadeja is more than capable with the bat so he would obviously be preferred. If you already have a better player then it's rather not criminal from the team but a little unfortunate for the player itself.

 

[Till Valhalla]

I don't understand this. Why would you need to play a left arm spinner when you already have someone like Jadeja who represented India? Also Jadeja is more than capable with the bat so he would obviously be preferred. If you already have a better player then it's rather not criminal from the team but a little unfortunate for the player itself.

Don't buy then.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[mohsin7827]

So sad One fun element gone from auction