IPL 2017 | MI Champions. Win by 1 run

zing said:
Clueless as usual. Morris' value is in the incremental runs he scores(which is less valuable given the top order has already collapsed) and the wickets he takes(which is incremental over a fairly reasonable bowling attack, he's not going to get replaced by someone who bowls 4 overs for 40 runs). Given that Delhi's big problem has been solidity in the top order around which batsmen can play, it is certainly worth testing a solid top order batsman around whom they can make big scores and see what they lose in the form of bowling potency. The other question to answer is Morris vs Rabada/Cummins, the latter duo being strike bowlers perhaps ruling in their favour. This must be the logic Delhi went through and it is worth testing. It's not a game in which you pick the combination from the squad which gives the maximum aggregate batting average and the minimum aggregate bowling average for any 5 chosen bowlers. Not something I'd expect you to understand.
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What?
 
zing said:
Shreyas Iyer is a fairly accomplished first class batsman. He has good technique. Pant has had one good season and the jury's out on technique. Iyer was called up to replace Kohli in the last test squad -- he is a much better prospect from what I have seen.
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Iyer had an average second season in Ranji and only got in the Aussie squad cos he destroyed Lyon and Co in an Aussie tour match. Fairly bizzare that you seem to have decided a 19yr old is a flat track bully inspite of the fact that he's got a much, much better first class year than Iyer in the Ranjis last season.
 
zing said:
Clueless as usual. Morris' value is in the incremental runs he scores(which is less valuable given the top order has already collapsed) and the wickets he takes(which is incremental over a fairly reasonable bowling attack, he's not going to get replaced by someone who bowls 4 overs for 40 runs). Given that Delhi's big problem has been solidity in the top order around which batsmen can play, it is certainly worth testing a solid top order batsman around whom they can make big scores and see what they lose in the form of bowling potency. The other question to answer is Morris vs Rabada/Cummins, the latter duo being strike bowlers perhaps ruling in their favour. This must be the logic Delhi went through and it is worth testing. It's not a game in which you pick the combination from the squad which gives the maximum aggregate batting average and the minimum aggregate bowling average for any 5 chosen bowlers. Not something I'd expect you to understand.



Shreyas Iyer is a fairly accomplished first class batsman. He has good technique. Pant has had one good season and the jury's out on technique. Iyer was called up to replace Kohli in the last test squad -- he is a much better prospect from what I have seen.
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It's a fairly sensible thing to do only if you've got a better batsmen than Marlon Samuels as a replacement. Even if Samuels he's not gonna play above Pant or Iyer which means he'll bat at five. I'd rather see Morris at five then Samuels who takes a while to get in and is fairly inconsistent himself.
 
Excellent by Ben Stokes once more. Making a difference every game. SRH beaten at home for the first time

Jaidev Unadkat 4-1-30-5 including a maiden over in the last over defending 13 and taking a hattrick
 
Ideally pant Samson and Tripathi in the team by the next World Cup. Thampi Krunal too.

Pant Tripathi Kohli Rahane Jadhav Krunal Hardik Ashwin* Bumrah Bhuvaneshwar Thampi

could be a decent team


*or another spinner

Of course Thampi and Tripathi have a lot to prove they aren't one season wonders.
 
In other news, Brendon Mccullum is out of the IPL with a hamstring injury.

That's their top scorer and top wicket taker out of the IPL.

GL have 4 foreign players left in the squad. Finch, Chirag Suri, dwayne smith and Faulkner.
 
Moby said:
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zing said:
Clueless as usual. Morris' value is in the incremental runs he scores(which is less valuable given the top order has already collapsed) and the wickets he takes(which is incremental over a fairly reasonable bowling attack, he's not going to get replaced by someone who bowls 4 overs for 40 runs). Given that Delhi's big problem has been solidity in the top order around which batsmen can play, it is certainly worth testing a solid top order batsman around whom they can make big scores and see what they lose in the form of bowling potency. The other question to answer is Morris vs Rabada/Cummins, the latter duo being strike bowlers perhaps ruling in their favour. This must be the logic Delhi went through and it is worth testing. It's not a game in which you pick the combination from the squad which gives the maximum aggregate batting average and the minimum aggregate bowling average for any 5 chosen bowlers. Not something I'd expect you to understand.
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He did warn you. lolzy, couldn't resist.
 
Don't worry DD fans, Samuels will give you solidity as he is more valuable than Morris.
 
Clearly Delhi daredevils are fans of 50 cent. Get rich or die tryin
 
And this is why I wanted Head to play every game. Guy is a such a top talent.
 
Does anyone else think cheerleaders at cricket is tacky? Too American for my liking.
 
What the feck is going on? Lynn and Narine absolutely destroying Bangalore.
 
lol Narine giving no respect to the fact that Lynn is standung at SR of 200 on the opp end
 
Holy feck! RCB should abstain from playing. This is embarrassing.
 
RCB find new and newer ways to get embarrassed match after match.
 
Have to get Sunil opening for West Indies now. The new Chris gayle :D
 
The knockout game between KXIP and RPS going on. Punjab all out for 73. Surprisingly stokes goes wicketless
 
Akash said:
I was hoping Punjab would win. Pune are even more boring than CSK
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How are they boring? They have won games thanks to guys like Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi etc. Their so called big players in Dhoni smith and Rahane have been underwhelming
 
prath92 said:
How are they boring? They have won games thanks to guys like Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi etc. Their so called big players in Dhoni smith and Rahane have been underwhelming
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They bore me to death. Easily the least entertaining team in the league.
 
First qualifier at the wankhede today between RPS and MI.

Have to be seen how RPS deals with the absence of Ben Stokes.
 
Smith after tht first game has been underwhelming. So has rahane. Time for rahane to step up.
 
Excellent bowling by the giants. Especially by the 17 year old Washington sundar.
 
England arent right
Pull players like Stokes and Butler back from this game to go to a training camp, benefit so much more from playing in this
 
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