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That was hopeless batting from Nagarkoti.

Wtf would you walk ?

Even if we bat reasonably , should get 270 minimum. Just need these two to stay there for next 4-5 overs.

The only left field call that worked was batting first on this wicket. Shami was consistently picking up wickets in 2nd innings .You can even check his career record , he is lethal in 2nd innings.So backing him or giving him ball in 4th innings was no left field call.

This Parag looks useless.

:lmao: RCB are properly fcked if NCN is ruled out of IPL.None of their other seamers can bowl at the death. Umesh Woakes CDG Southee are all terrible at death. Same old RCB LOL

Santner is a great buy for 50 lakhs as well. He is the no.1 bowler in T20s and bat at 7 as well.Was amazing in the T20 world cup in 2016 in India.Great fielder too With Santner and Tahir we can rotate Jadeja and Karn depending on their form .

We will be super dumb if Kuldeep doesn't play in England or Australia in particular.

Most kiwi commentators are.

Great effort for the thread and very good analysis

No there is no such rule

The amount of moronic suggestions and absurd logic in this thread is Joe Root , Morgan etc were ignored because they won't be available for full season. Before the star of the auction , BCCI sent a mail to all franchises stating that any English player selected should be released on May 17 (For their tests against Pakistan ) this season and on May 1st next season to prepare for world cup . So both seasons their established players will be missing a big chunk of the tournament .He IPL teams decide to ignore them.No point spending big money on Joe Root if he won't be even available for the majority of the tournament. The most bizzare omission was Hashim Amla not English players.

There is no Indian channel seperate broadcast.We are also getting the same supersport commentary

And the funny thing it was not by any strategy but sheer luck. We went for Unadkat for 11 crores and saved by Punjab .Then went and bought Thakur. We wanted Mohit Sharma and luckily Punjab again (Prety rocks ) plugged him from us .So we went for Asif and Chahar . Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk

Have to say though we(CSK) did good in the auction ultimately ,that was by sheer luck.We were absolutely moronic is terms of bidding. Bidding for Chawla and Mohit fking Sharma (Can't thank Punjab enough for that ) only to be saved by RTMs.I didn't even understand Pujab strategy using RTM for Mohit but not Sandeep .Not complaining though.And then nearly bidding 11 crores for Unadkat . It was sheer luck that Wood ( and Vijay) was available till that late in the auction.Some messed up thinging today by Fleming and co.

Watson will probably start but I actually went for Billings because he was better power hitter and great fielder. I think Watson will play as a floater depending on the conditions.

You said last season and Iast season IPL stats where he averaged 40+ with strike rate 145+ and the best no.3 in IPL.How recent a form you want ? His SMA stats from this year where he smacked a 50 ball 100 and had a great tournament.Or his India form in last 12 months recent? Where he scored 63 at a SR of 140 in only one of the 2 games he played ? There is nothing to agree to disagree there.You just were ignorant about Raina's form that's all.Raina is still the second best T20 batsman for India behind Kohli.

Wood can easily hit 145+ regularly

Well we will play one local seamer for certain.And there aren't any Gonys or Mohits (Thank you Punjab for that) to block. It's between Thakur , Charar and Asif.If he bowls well don't think it will be hard to get ahead of the other two.Though Thkar might be first choice purely on experience.

The line up most likely would be Vijay Billings Raina Faf / Rayadu Dhoni Jadhav Bravo Jadeja Bhajji / Thakur Karn Wood

I can check 9 seasons of IPL , Matches for India and his recent form in SMA.Yeah Raina is big hitter from get go.And just for the fact Raina averaged 40 at a Strike rate of 145 in last IPL .Best average and Strike rate among all no.3 s Just because you don't rate don't change the facts.

3 players from Mumbai .Bhajji Rayadu and Karn Sharma.

As injury replacement in case Cummins gets injured.

Sundar at no.7 is tricky because he has struggled with big hitting .Become more of accumulator.So would play Woakes at 7 (instead of NCN ) and Sundar at 8.

Er Jaydev Unadkat went for more than any Indian batsman in the auction. Fast bowlers always go big in IPL because good ones are so rare in Indian cricket.