SecondSlip Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) Every season, there are always some young talented prospects wasted on the bench of their respective franchises. According to many of us posters on this forum, we believe the biggest talent that has been wasted this season is Kulwant Khejroliya from Mumbai Indians! A lot of us were very excited when he got bought in the auction by MI because we thought that we could finally witness another fast bowling prospect live on TV! But unfortunately, he hasn't been given any matches this season and it doesn't look like that he will get any at all for the remainder of the season. Which other talented Indian players do you believe have been wasted this season? Here are a few more of my picks: 1. Another talent which I believe that has been wasted this season is Gurkeerat Mann from KXIP. It is well known to most IPL followers both who post and don't post on this forum that Kings XI Punjab is light on domestic Indian batsmen, yet they don't give a chance to Mann who has done well in domestic cricket and knows how to bat well on Indian pitches. Even when he did get chances, he was wasted down the order behind the likes of Axar Patel and Saha. 2. Kulwant isn't the only fast bowler that has been wasted, there is another one in the name of Ankit Rajpoot from KKR! A lot of us in this group rate Rajpoot very highly and believe that he should be close to a India call-up in the ODI format. But he has been wasted by Kolkata Knight Riders and has played only 3 matches for them so far this season! With Woakes being unavailable for the playoffs, there is a chance that we might get to see more of Rajpoot in this tournament. Let's see what happens! 3. When your main opener is failing, it's time for his replacement to get some chances. However, that hasn't happened with Mayank Agarwal from RPS. Anyone who is following IPL this year can see that Rahane has been failing every game yet keeps getting selected. Even his uncapped opening partner Tripathi is looking like a million dollars compared to him which tells you how bad Rahane's form/ability has been so far. Agarwal is considered one of the biggest hitters in our domestic scene who can take the game away from the opposition in quick time just like his idol Sehwag. Yet h has been dropped after 3 chances while Rahane keeps getting a free ride. 4. When you are knocked out of the tournament, it wouldn't hurt to give some youngsters a chance to play. But Avesh Khan from RCB hasn't gotten any. Despite Bangalore being eliminated from this year's tournament, Avesh hasn't gotten any dead rubber matches to show case his talent to the audience. Kohli has been stubborn in his selection and keeps giving Arvind matches while Avesh warms the bench and witnesses RCB losing match after match. Anyone who hhas watched the U19 World Cup last year will see that Avesh has got the right talent to be a decent pace bowling prospect but we will never know since he never gotten any chances. This is one thing which I appreciate about Gujarat Lions, they have given chances to Thampi even when they got eliminated because they identified that he is the future and not the 2 grandfathers Praveen & Munaf. 5. Many of us believe that Vijay Shankar from SRH has got what it takes to play for India in the 2 main formats of the game; ODI & Test cricket. But he hasn't been given chances by SRH either this season and even last season as well. For those of you who don't know, Shankar is a batsman that can bowl decent medium pace as well, which makes him a batting allrounder. Both Shankar and Pandya can rival each other in who becomes India's first choice batting allrounder which excites many of us fans because we finally have 2 talented pace bowling allrounders while in the past we didn't have even 1. Also, we can finally move on from that failure Binny who never deserved to play for the national team in the first place. Hopefully Shankar plays more for India "A" and performs really well so that he can press his claim for the national team, because I don't see him getting consistent chances with this IPL season almost over! Fellow ICFers, if you guys want to add more names, you are more than welcome to do so! A brief description of the wasted talent would be greatly appreciated as well! Edited May 14, 2017 by SecondSlip sscomp32, Laaloo, Mosher and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowl_out Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Mayank Agarwal and Gurkeerat have failed match over match.. Glad Pune dropped Mayank, otherwise we wouldn't have found Rahul Tripathi Kejroliya and Vijay Shankar should have got more chances.. Vijay Shankar particularly given that Hooda failed almost every match sscomp32 and beetle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Khejroliya and Avesh. RCB have played crap throughout this season and it would have done no harm to try Avesh in a game. At the other end MI are on top and could have given Khejroliya a game. express bowling, beetle, Laaloo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Rcb has one last game. Let us see how much Kohli cares about emerging Indian bowlers. New guy and sscomp32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Even if rcb tries all the bench strength..what do they have to lose? They are not even playing for pride now. Pollack and sscomp32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannister Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 IPL is not some playground to test out new players as per one's wish. The players who are paid huge salary will obviously be front runners and are selected to prove their value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Next year is going to bring some harsh truth for some established players in the next big draft, especially if they keep their starting price high The emergence of Delhi's young brigade of Samson, Iyer and Pant and along with Tripathi, Ishan is going to attract big bids. Then you have the young bowlers who have emerged; Basil, Kuldeep, Anikeet, Thakur. The reliability of likes of Axar, Krunal, Negi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollack Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Lannister said: IPL is not some playground to test out new players as per one's wish. The players who are paid huge salary will obviously be front runners and are selected to prove their value. True. But RCB have absolutely nothing to play for now. Not even pride. They should have tried Avesh. Mosher and sscomp32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollack Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Khejrolia, Ankit, Vijay, Avesh,Vishnu Vinod and Nathu(injury) are the wasted one this IPL. Mosher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Lannister said: IPL is not some playground to test out new players as per one's wish. The players who are paid huge salary will obviously be front runners and are selected to prove their value. True...but in case of rcb ,the big buck players have not performed.Ab to banta hai benchers to khilana. sscomp32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Kulwant Rajpoot avesh m ashwin Harpreet Mayank Vijay shankar Ishan n pant at wrong batting positions Nathu on bench for long K gowtham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscomp32 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Natarajan by kxip. Never given the security which Gujarat gave basil thampi. Ishan kishan. Probably the 2nd best indian talent after pant but wasted by gl. Should have opened whole season. Murugan ashwin and chama milind were wasted by the so called academy DD. Others mentioned already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscomp32 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Lannister said: IPL is not some playground to test out new players as per one's wish. The players who are paid huge salary will obviously be front runners and are selected to prove their value. If thats the case then no young would have ever shined and we would have known the worth of the player. There are many examples of youngsters shining when given chances. If your team is not a playground to test young players then dont pick them. Pick a all star team and play with them. Some other team will do better with them. And case in point RCB also had some great talent in manish pandey, yuzvendra chahal, sarfaraz Khan. IPL motto is "where talent meets opportunity" . beetle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscomp32 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 On topic: Don't agree with Mayank. He bottles starts in bulk. Some of my twitter friends from karnataka have been following him from start and they get frustrated with him in ranji too. Rest is OK. I also would like to add aniket to the list. People say he is kohli's favourite and some people even called him better than bhuvi but he wasn't given proper chance, instead you had aravind being smashed to all parts. Lord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Pollack said: Khejrolia, Ankit, Vijay, Avesh,Vishnu Vinod and Nathu(injury) are the wasted one this IPL. Forgot about Vishnu. He should have got more chances. Cant say Nathu was wasted as he got to play and did well. He would have played more had he not got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
express bowling Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) Excellent thread @SecondSlip Kulwant Khejroliya Nathu Singh Vijay Shankar Ankit Rajpoot Shreyas Gopal Navdeep Saini Avesh Khan Vishnu Vinod Nikhil Naik Edited May 13, 2017 by express bowling SecondSlip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, express bowling said: Excellent thread @ Secondslip Kulwant Khejroliya Nathu Singh Vijay Shankar Shreyas Gopal Navdeep Saini Avesh Khan Vishnu Vinod Nikhil Naik Nikhil Naik was poor last time I saw him.Gopal is in MI right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Baba Aparajith is another one that comes to mind Sandeep Warrier maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 1 minute ago, Lord said: Baba Aparajith is another one that comes to mind Sandeep Warrier maybe I thought Sandeep Warrier didn't get picked. Which team is he in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
express bowling Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 39 minutes ago, Mosher said: I thought Sandeep Warrier didn't get picked. Which team is he in? He was not picked Mosher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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