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Steve "IPL flop" Smith


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Minting dollars for being ordinary. Great batsman for other formats but not T20 FFS. Rajasthan making him the captain was self inflicted damage. Royals should look at Samson as a captaincy option for next year, might help Samson as well. 

 

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Didn't he captain his side to IPL final recently only to lose narrowly?

 

An underwhelming season this time, 311 runs, avg 26, SR 131 but overall his numbers are good

 

SS 35+ avg, 129 SR, 1 100...Ben Stokes avg 26, SR 135 and is hailed as a God here

 

But understandable that some of our fans will be bitter after all the maulings he has given us in tests and big matches :laugh:

 

He isn't a Gayle/ABDV level batsman but flop, disaster, seriously? Those are words best used to describe someone like Maxwell. 

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12 hours ago, The Realist said:

Looks extremely poor in the T20 format. Dreadful captain as well. Cant score quickly or accumulate big runs. 

No intent or able to take it deep.

 

Took over from VC Rahane but no noticeable difference or improvement.

 

Another Aussie coining it in the IPL despite minimal achievement.

 

 

Played well in that Tewatia match and 1-2 decent innings, that's it. He is a beast in test cricket but in T20 he is not a batsman the opposition worry about too much. An Indian captain would have been roasted for dragging the team down despite having decent talent but Smithy gets a free pass thanks to his reputation. To me, the worst of the lot is Maxi, who is still coasting by on his 2014 exploits. His mental illness or fatigue or whatever it was, magically vanished when the IPL auction started. For that reason alone, he has to be the biggest fraud. Teams should stop hiring established international players and instead, look for talented Saf'ers like Nortje who have hunger and motivation to do well as their country is a mess and IPL money is a life changer for them. 

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1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Didn't he captain his side to IPL final recently only to lose narrowly?

 

An underwhelming season this time, 311 runs, avg 26, SR 131 but overall his numbers are good

 

SS 35+ avg, 129 SR, 1 100...Ben Stokes avg 26, SR 135 and is hailed as a God here

 

But understandable that some of our fans will be bitter after all the maulings he has given us in tests and big matches :laugh:

 

He isn't a Gayle/ABDV level batsman but flop, disaster, seriously? Those are words best used to describe someone like Maxwell. 

Stokes averages 40 at S/R 142 and Samson 29@ S/R 158 this season.

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11 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Declared T20 flop star

T20s are not his forte like Kohli both of them are getting exposed with each passing day of evolution in modern loi batting

Kohli is just a sidekick to AB. Take AB out cheaply and the match is as good as lost for RCB. 

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38 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Stokes averages 40 at S/R 142 and Samson 29@ S/R 158 this season.

One season does not a player maketh. Anyway I am not saying he is good in this format, just that doesn't deserve harsh tags like flop or dreadful. Who else was in that squad to replace him? Tye, Thomas, Miller, Tom Curran...SS better than all of them.  

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1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Kohli is T20 GOAT....proof is last 2 WT20s. 

He is fading ,GOAT doesn't mean he will remain

Im not disputing his past exploits

Problem is we in India have a stale mentality which can't differentiate between formats,we assume building an innings will work in flat beds in t20s ,that doesn't work anymore,it is not about purists

Bitter truth, in coming years you will see scoops switch hits even in tests just to stay relevant

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7 hours ago, Gollum said:

Didn't he captain his side to IPL final recently only to lose narrowly?

 

An underwhelming season this time, 311 runs, avg 26, SR 131 but overall his numbers are good

 

SS 35+ avg, 129 SR, 1 100...Ben Stokes avg 26, SR 135 and is hailed as a God here

 

But understandable that some of our fans will be bitter after all the maulings he has given us in tests and big matches :laugh:

 

He isn't a Gayle/ABDV level batsman but flop, disaster, seriously? Those are words best used to describe someone like Maxwell. 

He choked :giggle: I was watching that match yesterday. Man they screwed it so bad! 

 

He had 1 good IPL season that's it. Overall average T20 player lol

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He can play in the IPL, although he is not a world-beater, but he is not worth the money he is paid, 12.5 cr, and he shouldn't be the captain of the side. The Royals have weak bowling and would've been better off with another overseas fast bowler playing in the side. 

r/Cricket - RR Fast Bowlers Performace in IPL 2020

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