IPL Rajasthan Royals

[Cricketman]

I hope Dravid does really, really well. Too many critics of him off late, and how dare does Mr. Bangalore get dropped from the Bangalore team?! Cmon Rahul, show them what your made of!

 

[AbhishekS]

I have a strange feeling that Dravid will be in the top 3 run scores in this edition of IPL!

 

[crazyrahul]

In bowling department, Indian selectors will have any eye on Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar and Amit Singh. All the best guys.

 

[riz7khan12]

Oram to replace Collingwood in the team

IPL 2011: Jacob Oram takes injured Paul Collingwood's IPL place | Cricket News | Indian Premier League 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

smart move, their bowling will be boosted now while oram's late order hitting will be handy.

 

[Dravid_Fan]

I have a strange feeling that Dravid will be in the top 3 run scores in this edition of IPL!

Definitely, this time he will actually bat high up in the order. You don't need to be a slogger to succeed in T20 and Dravid will prove that this time.

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Oram to replace Collingwood in the team

IPL 2011: Jacob Oram takes injured Paul Collingwood's IPL place | Cricket News | Indian Premier League 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

smart move, their bowling will be boosted now while oram's late order hitting will be handy.

Yep, that is a cracking move. Not to mention their fielding will be boosted as well.

 

[Haarithan]

Taking into consideration the national duties of all players , my XI going into their first game would be :

Asnodkar
Rahane
Dravid +
Taylor
Fazal
Oram (replacement for the injured Collingwood) (4)
Binny (6)
Warne (3)
Doshi (5)
Tait (1)
Trivedi (2)

 

[Dravid_Fan]

Taking into consideration the national duties of all players , my XI going into their first game would be :

Asnodkar
Rahane
Dravid +
Taylor
Fazal
Oram (replacement for the injured Collingwood) (4)
Binny (6)
Warne (3)
Doshi (5)
Tait (1)
Trivedi (2)

Dravid hasn't kept in years and he's not gonna re-start now. He's gonna play purely as a batsman and a senior player.

 

[-D-S-B-]

Is it fair to say these guys are the weakest team? Out of Haarithan's XI I've only hear of 5 of those guys, 4 of them being the overseas players Seem to have pretty good overseas players but no big name locals.

 

[Dravid_Fan]

Is it fair to say these guys are the weakest team? Out of Haarithan's XI I've only hear of 5 of those guys, 4 of them being the overseas players Seem to have pretty good overseas players but no big name locals.

On paper, they look the weakest team. But that was the situation in Season 1 and they managed to win that. Warne seems confident he's unearthed some unknown gems (he could be playing mind games of course) but his leadership has been outstanding so far.

 

[crazyrahul]

Is it fair to say these guys are the weakest team? Out of Haarithan's XI I've only hear of 5 of those guys, 4 of them being the overseas players Seem to have pretty good overseas players but no big name locals.

Swpanil Asnodkar was star in the 1st season, Stuary Binny is the son of former Indian fast-bowler Roger Binny where as Nayan Doshi is son of former-leg spinner Dilip Doshi. Ajinkya Rahane is upcoming talent from Mumbai, now playing for Rajasthan Royals. Faiz Fazal and Siddharth Trivedi had shown their talent in last 2 seasons. So don't take anyone for granted.

 

[AbhishekS]

Seem to have pretty good overseas players but no big name locals.

You are highly mistaken. Just because they haven't made it to the national side they aren't well known. Guys like Asnodkar, Rahane, Fazal, Trivedi, Chahar are immensely talented.

 

[Haarithan]

Guys like Asnodkar, Rahane, Fazal, Trivedi, Chahar are immensely talented.

Say what ?? Fazal , Asnodkar , Rahane are not good for the game of t20 . Rahane is a classy talent in the longer formats of the game but definitely not one to look upon for t20s . Asnodkar & Fazal suck no matter what the format is !

 

[AbhishekS]

Asnodkar & Fazal suck no matter what the format is !

Asnodkar is seriously good and Faiz Fazal certainly has been instrumental in many victories of Rajasthan. He has been a silent star.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Say what ?? Fazal , Asnodkar , Rahane are not good for the game of t20 . Rahane is a classy talent in the longer formats of the game but definitely not one to look upon for t20s . Asnodkar & Fazal suck no matter what the format is !

Class is what matters in any form. Rahane surely can step up here, Asnodkar can go bang bang (hit and miss), Fazal looked good in whatever he played last time round. They surely don't suck.

 

[sifter132]

Nice win for the RR last night and it was Botha with bat Interesting idea having him at #3, but it worked really well. Shane Watson still to come back into the side in a week, will come in for Oram I guess and I'm not sure you want to get rid of Taylor who is a gun player in this format. And they've still got Shaun Tait in hand too.