Chakdephatte Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Below is my analysis of all teams- @Austin 3:!6, @Malcolm Merlyn, @Trichromatic, I think this belongs to IPL forum. Edited April 11, 2022 by Chakdephatte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakdephatte Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Delhi Capitals- Has a solid and consistent batting core. Shaw+Warner+Marsh+Pant is a dream top order. Perfect mix of flamboyance and temperament. Mustafizur and Kuldeep at 2cr each are steals. Bowling maybe weaker than last year but better than most other teams. Bench strength is too good with Khaleel and Nagarkoti CSK- Definitely better and younger than last year. Inclusion of Maheesh Theekshana may strengthen the bowling. No X-factor players apart from him. I hope they use Hari Nishanth, Jagdeeshan etc, rather than washed up oldies. Otherwise not going to do well. Ahmedabad (Gujarat Titans)- Have the best bowling in my opinion. They have a leg spinner, and off-spinner, a left armer, and three good pace options. Batting is inexperienced + captain's own form is a question. Good all-rounders but where are batsman? SRH- Lacks a big hitter at death. Samad is still a new commodity. Needed one firestarter at top. Abhishek/Markram+Williamson is too old style. For the first time though, they employed two real quick pacers rather than slow or medium pacers. Mumbai- Solid top four+Pollard and Tim for slog overs. Targeted only specific players as always. Have only specialist T20 pace bowlers and not the hyped ones. As dominating as always. But does not have backups for their great batsmen. Lucknow Supergaints- Had some inexplicably bad buys. Krunal Pandya for 8cr+, retaining Stoinis for 11. Who plays Holder in T20s? Batting, apart from openers and Stoinis, is weak. Bowling is weak as well with just Bishnoi standing out. Avesh will be good only if he gets good support from others. KKR- Overpayed for every player but still couldn't find required combination. Who will be their second opener, Rana? They tried to find solution in Iyer when Iyer himself was the problem with Delhi. Better than last year but that's not saying much. Alex Hales(late inclusion) may add some value. Punjab- Has a fearsome batting lineup. Unless they play on dust bowls or big boundaries they are going to have a blast. Odean+Livingstone+Shahrukh is scary combo. Bowling is not great or particularly scary but will be able to defend if their clicks. Rajasthan Royals- They didn't need Paddikal at all. If Buttler does'nt open, they are doomed. One of Yashasvi/Paddikal has to sit out for the sake of team combination. Bowling apart from Boult and Saini, is weak. Needed a speacialist T20 bowler. Edit: Made some good picks towards the end. Don't think those players will be starting though. RCB- Same story every year. Top 3 and then burst. Need specialist batsmen than Karthik and Wanindu. They will not start with Allen and Rutherford going by their past record. Bowlers are good for sure. Hazlewood in powerplay, Wanindu in middle overs and Siraj at death will choke many teams. Edited February 13, 2022 by Chakdephatte Sunil_narine024 and nevada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunil_narine024 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Surprisingly, every teams look better than last year. Except for DC and MI which were strong last year as well. I expect stronger competition unlike last season when CSK was only deserving team to reach play-offs. Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilliboy Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Sunil_narine024 said: Surprisingly, every teams look better than last year. Except for DC and MI which were strong last year as well. I expect stronger competition unlike last season when CSK was only deserving team to reach play-offs. For me among the old teams barring Punjab and Rajasthan, all teams look weaker on paper. Mumbai's brain dead strategy of spending 8 cr on a non playing player will come back to haunt them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoonyaSifar Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, dilliboy said: For me among the old teams barring Punjab and Rajasthan, all teams look weaker on paper. Mumbai's brain dead strategy of spending 8 cr on a non playing player will come back to haunt them I think they will be allowed to replace him this year. Potential options: Kane Richardson, Lahiru Kumara, who knows even Starc may be interested to get a pay check of 8.5 cr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakdephatte Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 5 hours ago, dilliboy said: For me among the old teams barring Punjab and Rajasthan, all teams look weaker on paper. RCB- definitely better. Still have loopholes though. SRH- Was unwatchable last year. Bowling attack a lot better, I mean a lot. Batting still poor. Overall a watchable team. Mumbai - Weaker KKR - Equally trash. But have more variety in bowling. Delhi - Equally good. Bowling was better last year, batting is better (on paper) now. CSK - Brought relatively young foriegn opener, bought new quicks, less trundlers in attack. Definitely improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_pace Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 6 hours ago, dilliboy said: For me among the old teams barring Punjab and Rajasthan, all teams look weaker on paper. Mumbai's brain dead strategy of spending 8 cr on a non playing player will come back to haunt them On the contrary I would say its a good strategy and they got Archer locked for next 3 years at such cheap contract whereas if he registered himself for next year he would have gone for much more than 8.5 cr. They have picked him for future. Archer+Bumrah+Mills solid combo. Suhaan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 7 hours ago, dilliboy said: For me among the old teams barring Punjab and Rajasthan, all teams look weaker on paper. Mumbai's brain dead strategy of spending 8 cr on a non playing player will come back to haunt them the auction is not for one season only,Its a mega auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 MI - Very smart to save for Archer and buyback Kishan. The core is too strong and others will perform due to it.Got Meredith and Mills to backup Archer this year CSK- Improved certain areas specially fast bowling.Theekshana can be their MVP DC - Very smart picks of Warner,Marsh,Fizz. Bowling looks weak without Rabada and Avesh but they have LSG - Balanced side though lacking a power hitter down the order. GT - Powerful bowling attack. Lot of ARs so while no big inning player,lot of impact players RR - Another good bowling lineup except death bowling.But good balance RCB - Batting poor v spin. decent bowling but not threatening. PBK - Once again bet on big names too much. Livingstone can be like Maxwell or Pooran for them. SRK isn't a 9 cr player yet.This wiped their purse so bench is very poor. No offie too. SRH- No big Indian batsman. Good pace attack if they play Umran and Tyagi. KKR. Worst. But their retentions were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilliboy Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Chakdephatte said: RCB- definitely better. Still have loopholes though. SRH- Was unwatchable last year. Bowling attack a lot better, I mean a lot. Batting still poor. Overall a watchable team. Mumbai - Weaker KKR - Equally trash. But have more variety in bowling. Delhi - Equally good. Bowling was better last year, batting is better (on paper) now. CSK - Brought relatively young foriegn opener, bought new quicks, less trundlers in attack. Definitely improved. Delhi is definitely weaker.. Batting probably par with last year but bowling essentially you have replaced Nortje, Rabada and Avesh with Nortje, Fizz and Sakariya. Not to mention losing Ashwin. MI - Definitely weaker RCB - bowling better but losing Chahal is a big blow for them. Batting lacks proper finishers and a quality LHB. Chennai - lost their best bowler Hazlewood and still reliant on getting another year from Dhoni, bravo, uthappa and Rayudu who will continue to decline by age. Definitely weaker KKR - although had an average team last year, this year's is definitely worse. Probably will need to play Rahane as an opener SRH - trash last year, trash this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 My categories for squads Super exciting SRH Punjab MI Entertaining and quality RCB RR DC Boring Gujarat Titans CSK KKR undecided but will check out Lucknow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, maniac said: Super exciting SRH Punjab But you support SRH & MI, so you are likely to find them interesting … Edited February 14, 2022 by zen Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, zen said: But you support SRH & MI, so you are likely to find them interesting … They have exciting youngsters I am curious to follow. That’s why I picked Punjab too. Usually not a fan of their ownership and management but this time I am excited. SRH- bowling, MI- upcoming allround talent and Punjab- explosive middle order. Obviously I support all youngsters and exciting players from all teams. It is Indian premier league at the end of the day. I just feel there is more to look forward to in these teams. However they might end up screwing it up with their dumb decisions but let’s see. Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakdephatte Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) So far so accurate. Except LSG, I predicted every team's strength well. That's because Deepak Hooda improved massively which I didn't expect and Badoni came out of nowhere. Edited April 11, 2022 by Chakdephatte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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