Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) Just to compare the standard of cricket. MI is the GOAT franchise T20 side but how will it fare against the standout white ball international team of this era? Picking Eng because it is a scary side and no Pom in MI T20 setup. Who do you reckon will win? MI side we more or less know: Kock Ro SKY Kishan Pollard Smarter Pandya Other Pandya Jayant/Chahar NCN/Pattinson Boult Bumrah Pick English XI from this squad: Hales, Roy, Bairstow, Buttler, Morgan(c), Stokes, Malan, Banton, Billings, Root, Moeen, Archer, Currans, Rashid, Jordan, Wood, Woakes, Willey, Plunkett I think Eng will steamroll this MI side in SENA, maybe drop one match cos of off day. In SC a 3-2 win for Poms, mainly cos MI batsmen will do better in these (relatively) low bouncing and slower/sluggish conditions. Not a single dept where MI is better than Eng national side: top order, middle order, hard hitters, batting depth, spinners, fielding, fitness, bench strength....closest will be pace bowling unit but Archer makes it equal. Ro is a great captain but Poms have Morgan. MI has attack attack attack philosophy, Poms have attack attack attack on steroids. Edited November 10, 2020 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 steam rolls. This was an easy one. Next question please? OpeningBatsman, Swag and Cricketics 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGaw Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Where they playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 minute ago, GeeGaw said: Where they playing? On @Gollum's XBOX Texan, Cricketics, Rasgulla and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, GeeGaw said: Where they playing? 24 minutes ago, Mariyam said: On @Gollum's XBOX Ok added another poll (previous one removed)....5 match series in SENA and 5 match series in SC Standardized T20 pitches (but won't change inherent nature, WACA suddenly won't play slow like Chepauk)...ok assume Aus (SENA) and Ind (SC), next 2 T20 WC venues. Edited November 10, 2020 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 What is SENA? OpeningBatsman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Mariyam said: What is SENA? South Africa England New Zealand Australia Edited November 10, 2020 by Gollum Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Why confused @Mariyam? SENA is an oft-used term, by experts, online commentary, over here..... nitinbwj and Mariyam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Just now, Gollum said: Why confused @Mariyam? SENA is an oft-used term, by experts, online commentary, over here..... You want to play England (for example) in New Zealand? Whatever for? Ignore, if a stupid question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Mariyam said: You want to play England (for example) in New Zealand? Whatever for? Ignore, if a stupid question. Australia as I wrote in an earlier post. Just want to see different conditions....Aus will be like polar opposite of Ind conditions. Steep bounce, quick deck, not much assistance for finger spin, large ground dimensions (more 1s/2s since not that easy to clear boundary, more emphasis on running between wickets, fitness, fielding).... will be fun to see how MI adapts outside comfort zone. OpeningBatsman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) Pitches in T20s remain more or less batting friendly so not much advantage there Eng has a relatively stronger batting, while MI has a relatively stronger bowling esp with Bumrah & Boult, along with Malinga (injured in this tournament iirc), who are T20 ATG. Eng has mainly Archer Pollard and SDP are/on their way to being among ATG finishers. MI openers are world class too with QdK and Rohit Overall, I would say it will be a tie 5-5. Edited November 10, 2020 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, zen said: Pitches in T20s remain more or less batting friendly so not much advantage there True that but teams will have to adapt. Both Mohali and Brisbane will see 160-170 scores but in one case spinners will be more of a threat, ball will come slower, bounce less. Krunal will be useful with the bat in Mohali, not in Brisbane. Likewise some Pom batters who like pace on the ball will find Mohali on the tougher side. All about adaptability and I see Poms doing it better since those guys are exposed to more variety of conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) Malinga is quite old and slow now. Pollard doesn't find it easy in T20Is, one of the weak links in WI. But if MI gets hold of Starc next season I will say the contest will be very close to equal. Bumrah/Boult/Starc wow. Edited November 10, 2020 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Haven't watched last couple of T20 series of Poms closely, don't follow their domestic T20 competition. Feel free to suggest names if I missed some player(s) in my OP squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Gollum said: True that but teams will have to adapt. Both Mohali and Brisbane will see 160-170 scores but in one case spinners will be more of a threat, ball will come slower, bounce less. Krunal will be useful with the bat in Mohali, not in Brisbane. Likewise some Pom batters who like pace on the ball will find Mohali on the tougher side. All about adaptability and I see Poms doing it better since those guys are exposed to more variety of conditions. MI has experienced players like QdK, Rohit, Pollard, SDP, Boult, Bumrah & Malinga, who can adjust to the conditions. MI’s ATG bowlers can be deadly in bowler friendly conditions, while its batsmen deadly in batting friendly ones. SKY, Kishan, Krunal, Chahar and Jayant are good enough to get into various national teams too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 There should be an all-star match. England vs Mumbai. I think Mumbai will narrowly win but it will be entertaining. Far better competition to Mumbai champs than the puny IPL teams. Make it happen Dada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) England will win - Archer, Butler, Stokes loves bashing MI (thats why RR in recent yrs have done well against them ) The indian player who nullifies archer is KL rahul Also England has lefties MI biggest problem England tail batting is way way way ahead of MI They cud trump RR coz no one was aside Archer, there wud be wood , woakes, jordan who becomes better in each other company Edited November 10, 2020 by Ankit_sharma03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gollum said: Haven't watched last couple of T20 series of Poms closely, don't follow their domestic T20 competition. Feel free to suggest names if I missed some player(s) in my OP squad. england opens with Butler in t20 and have david malan whose record is as good as KL rahul in t20 , hales isnt in consideration now Butler Roy Malan bairtstrow Stokes Morgan Moeen/ Willey/ Sam Woakes Archer Rashid Wood/Jordan / Tom curran England batting depth is crazy...both tom n jordan can bat Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 MI can beat most international side even Aus coz rohit plays starc n cummins both pretty well but not england Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 On paper England should have dominated every team in worldcup 2019 but it wasn't same story. They were almost out of worldcup but special thanks to thala's knock which almost saved them and even in final they required luck to tie the match. No need to over hype England players they just won it marginally at home and haven't won any t20 worldcup (with this team) to be compared with MI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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