IPL Kings XI Punjab

[SciD]

This team has Jerome Taylor, partnering Brett Lee. Talk about pace upfront

This team has Shaun Marsh & Simon Katich up the order, with Sanga and Mahela in the middle-order, spice it up with James Hopes, Irfan Pathan, Ravi Bopara and Piyush Chawla.

But the KEY PLAYER in this team is the wounded (literally and otherwise) is Yuvraj Singh. Getting dumped from captaincy from his own team of his own state & the frustration of having 2 poor seasons is going to heat things up in the middle. And we all know he has the tendency to come back with a bang, the moment he is written off. This IPL is going to be exactly that :hpraise.

If I have to pick a Dark Horse to win this tournament, it will be YUVI's Kings XI Punjab.

Unfortunately only 4 foreigners are allowed.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

^ And the four would be - Katto, Binga, Sana & Mahela.

But I would really like Marshy to play in place of Katto after he comes back from the NZ tour

 

[SciD]

Yuvi and Pritey rumors going around now.

Seeing a lot of ICL players playing domestic games, we should have got either Binny or Sodhi to add to power hitting and 2 occasional overs.

 

[SciD]

Seeing a lot of ICL players playing domestic games, we should have got either Binny or Sodhi to add to power hitting and 2 occasional overs.

Love Abhlish, Salabh Srivastav and Maninder Bisla.

Way to go guys.

 

[Dare]

Adrian Barath in Kings XI?? WTF

 

[rahuldravidfan]

^ Didn't you know? He was bought even before the auction began.

 

[Dare]

^ Didn't you know? He was bought even before the auction began.

Last time I read about him it said that he withdrew his name from the auctions so I thought that he wasn't being bought.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

^ He was hired a day before the IPL auctions. Seems like a good buy to me

 

[SciD]

Good news guys. Ravi Bopara is not coming. Now we do not have to worry about leaving someone to play him as opener.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

He's coming, according to KXIP, who say he has confirmed his arrival. Seems like the English media was faking Bopara's quotes.

He's playing or if he's not, its good for KXIP.

And btw, Yuvi is expected to be fit in time for KXIPs 2nd game

 

[Mike23]

He's coming, according to KXIP, who say he has confirmed his arrival. Seems like the English media was faking Bopara's quotes.

He's playing or if he's not, its good for KXIP.

And btw, Yuvi is expected to be fit in time for KXIPs 2nd game

I thought yuvraj said he'd be fit to play in the first game.

 

[Mike23]

Good news guys. Ravi Bopara is not coming. Now we do not have to worry about leaving someone to play him as opener.

Nope he is definitely going to play in this years IPL check this out:
Ravi Bopara arrives in India for IPL

 

[SciD]

Insane prices for IPL games. Rs. 300 for crap stands and that too for 3 hours.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

I don't think yuvraj was dumped as captain, I think he, like the team management, recognised that in sanga and mahela they had two of the best captains in world cricket and it was silly to have an inexperienced guy captaining in light of this.

I remember in the first season yuvraj even admitted he was delegating most of the decisions to them and felt fine about that.

 

[SciD]

Look at super Sanga strike rate since he has become captain.