Kolkata Knight Riders #MorganOut

[NILAYSHAH60]

They haven't thrown out their coach have they? McCullum's approach with NZ was what influenced Morgan in England's transformation.

Maybe fans protested against Captain Morgan.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Maybe fans protested against Captain Morgan.

I give it three games before they want Shreyas sacked.

 

[CooldiPargi]

Rahane opening when Alex Hales is in the squad?

Sunil Narine

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Sunil Narine

I don't like Narine as an opener but I'd still pick him ahead of Rahane.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Maybe they haven't got anyone apart from their openers.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Rahane opening when Alex Hales is in the squad?

Ideally Alex Hales will give us the start we always wanted, positive brand of cricket kinda start. However that would mean we cannot play Southee and Cummins together as I think we Nabi might play all games.

Ideal XI would be

1. Alex Hales
2. Venky Iyer
3. Nitish Rana
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Dre Russ
6. Sheldon Jackson
7. Shivam Mavi
8. Pat Cummins
9. Tim Southee
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Varun C

However KKR is obsessed with Narine and if Dre Russ is fit, they could fit him for Southee or Cummins.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Nabi might play all games.

I love Nabi but I don't think that will happen.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

I love Nabi but I don't think that will happen.

It depends on where IPL will be. If international cricket can happen all around, I do not see why they cannot just open IPL to be home and away. Nabi might play at Edens, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi. Might not play at Mumbai, Gujarat, Lucknow, Punjab, Rajasthan.

So it all depends where they decide to host the IPL.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Ideally Alex Hales will give us the start we always wanted, positive brand of cricket kinda start. However that would mean we cannot play Southee and Cummins together as I think we Nabi might play all games.

Ideal XI would be

1. Alex Hales
2. Venky Iyer
3. Nitish Rana
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Dre Russ
6. Sheldon Jackson
7. Shivam Mavi
8. Pat Cummins
9. Tim Southee
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Varun C

However KKR is obsessed with Narine and if Dre Russ is fit, they could fit him for Southee or Cummins.

This would be my XI.

1 Hales
2 Venky
3 Rana
4 Shreyas
5 Russell
6 Jackson
7 Narine
8 Southee (but I think Cummins will be first choice)
9 Mavi
10 Varun
11 Umesh

Umesh is the one where I'm not sure, you could easily get another batter in the top order. Rahane if they want a pinch blocker or one of the lesser known names. Rinku has a decent T20 strike rate but he never seems to get a chance in IPL. Anukul Roy has a good strike rate and scores as many sixes as fours. It'd be quite a fluid middle order then and he's another bowling option.

Indrajith seems like a strange pick (104.59 strike rate), so I'm assuming he won't be picked ahead of Jackson. Billings would be great but that's one more overseas spot you don't have and I think they are unlikely to play him ahead of Hales, at first, if they go with an overseas batter.

 

[AliB]

Varun C

I'm sorry, I read it the wrong way...

 

[wasteyouryouth]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/stwlgd

 

[icyman]

Shreyas is officially the captain now!

I think this was expected given that they got him in the auction. Hopefully, he can do a Gautam Gambhir with him and lead them to a couple of titles.

Shreyas Iyer named Kolkata Knight Riders' new captain

He was the most expensive player the franchise bought in the IPL 2022 auctions, at INR 12.25 crore

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[AliB]

Very hard to hate KKR from now on, I really like Shreyas as a player and a captain!

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Very hard to hate KKR from now on, I really like Shreyas as a player and a captain!

I also really liked DK (both as player & as Captain). But never felt like supporting KKR even during the 2018-21 period.

I feel like Shreyas Iyer going to KKR won't make a difference to you in the long run. I hope it's not the case but this is from my personal experience of DK-era.

 

[AliB]

I also really liked DK (both as player & as Captain). But never felt like supporting KKR even during the 2018-21 period.

I feel like Shreyas Iyer going to KKR won't make a difference to you in the long run. I hope it's not the case but this is from my personal experience of DK-era.

Nah, supporting is some next level thing, I don't wanna see Shreyas lose, tbh. I still want them to struggle but a soft corner for the guy... Can't really say what to do.