Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[Velocity]

Its just a few tweaks they need. They should most likely promote Pandey to open the batting, seeing the way he struggles to have good S/R's. Move Shankar up and have him play when the pressure to slog is not as high (he struggles when he has to go slam bang). And bring Williamson in and get him in at 5 (since he can bat anywhere and can turn the dial on when chasing big scores). And to compensate for the loss of Nabi, play Suchith who is a pretty useful batsman too along with good numbers in T20 cricket for off spin (ECO of 7.2 and 50+ wkts)

Warner
Pandey
Bairstow
Shankar
Williamson
Samad
Rashid
Suchith
Bhuvi
Sandeep
Natarajan

Pretty unorthodox batting lineup, I'll say that. Long tail, and Williamson at 5 is bizarre. Williamson will take his time at the start of his innings and he cannot bat anywhere below #4. Problem is if you bat Pandey anywhere other than 3 he will struggle. SRH need to make the big call of dropping Bairstow in the next few games for team balance. Play Bairstow on Mumbai and Kolkata wickets, he'll make a truckload of runs. Kane could have easily done the same job as Bairstow did today with a strike rate just under 150 and hold up one end for the majority of the innings. Nabi/Holder is needed to cover that fifth bowling spot and bat lower down the order. Agree that the only way Shankar will be decent is if he bats in the top four. Would go with:

Warner
Saha
Pandey
Williamson
Samad
Holder/Nabi
Abhishek
Rashid
Bhuvi
Nattu
Sandeep

I wouldn't underestimate Abhishek's batting ability, guy's made a couple of fifties and a hundred opening the batting in domestic cricket. If SRH really want Bairstow, or need Williamson to stabilize and have more bowling options, an even more interesting lineup could be:

Warner
Abhishek
Pandey
Williamson
Bairstow
Samad
Jadhav/Shankar
Rashid
Bhuvi
Nattu
Sandeep

 

[CerealKiller]

Hard decision to make between KW and Nabi. Both offer very valuable skillsets.

 

[CerealKiller]

Warner
Abhishek
Pandey
Williamson
Bairstow
Samad
Jadhav/Shankar
Rashid
Bhuvi
Nattu
Sandeep

Open with Bairstow, and swap KW and Pandey. Isn’t Abhishek Sharma a middle order batsman as well?

 

[Velocity]

Open with Bairstow, and swap KW and Pandey. Isn’t Abhishek Sharma a middle order batsman as well?

Well in an ideal world it'd be that order, but Pandey has been poor at 4 so the management's ruled him out batting anywhere else. Abhishek opens for Punjab for both T20's and OD's and he made a hundred and a few fifties this season, making him a left field option to open given SRH have got so many openers. But he's an allrounder which could give some balance to the side.

 

[Aalay]

Check the line up that won SRH a top 4 spot last year. Nabi/Holder have to play and Warner and Rashid cannot be touched. There is 0 comparison between Bairstow and Williamson. The difference in class is mind numbing. Bairstow is a flat track bully and yes he's an outstanding white ball bat but as I said, Williamson can bat against any sort of bowling and on any track. When given a proper run, Williamson has amassed 700-800 run seasons. I just hope that next year he lands up somewhere worthwhile. A franchise with such a poor middle order keeping one of the best batters in the world out of the side. Unbelievable.

No one is comparing Williamson with Bairstow, but Bairstow is likely to make more impact in a T20 game than Williamson. Bairstow is a flat track bully, and that is the type of pitches he will get in most of the IPL matches. Of course, as they play more games, the wickets will wear down and start turning more, but it is highly unlikely they will get anything other than a road at this point in the tournament.

I don't think they have a bad middle order, maybe a couple of players batting in the wrong positions? Pandey has to bat at 3 with the way he plays. Even though I would like to see Bairstow open the inning, I think they are playing him at 4 because of how destructive he can be against spinners, and that provides them with the middle overs boost, which is not a bad ploy. Even though not many people are fans of Vijay Shankar, he is still a pretty good batsman and can be good enough to bat at number 5, especially if they have lost a couple of early wickets. They also have Kedar Jadhav on the bench, who can also be pretty handy at that position. Someone like Samad is ideal at number 6 because he can get going from ball one.

Even though I like Williamson in SRH, I won't mind seeing him move to some other franchise where he is a sure-shot stater and I defiantly agree that he has the capability to score 600-700 a season if that happens. As I have mentioned many times before though, he has to bat in the top 3 because I don't see any value in playing Williamson if you are sending him to bat number 4 or below.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Happy Tewatia Day

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Happy Tewatia Day

Elaboration

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Elaboration

He's playing today.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

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The treadmill does too

 

[Ashutosh.]

Open with Bairstow, and swap KW and Pandey. Isn’t Abhishek Sharma a middle order batsman as well?

Saha's performance as an opener last season.

Mat​	No​	Runs​	HS​	Ave​	BF​	SR​	100​	50​	4s​	6s​	CT​	ST​
4​	1​	214​	87​	71.33​	153​	139.86​	0​	2​	24​	5​	2​	1​

 

[Ashutosh.]

Happy Tewatia Day

Cottrell will not play today.

 

[CooldiPargi]

Happy Tewatia Day

No Sharjah No Cottrell

 

[Khan Sahab54]

No Cottrell no Party

 

[Mijurkat]

No Cottrell, No Salute!

 

[Khan Sahab54]

Dhoni 0(2) vs Delhi in 2010 , Chennai won IPL 2010
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