zen Posted May 25 Posted May 25 IPL 2025 GT has looked superb when it plays to its potential but in the last few games, the team hasn’t looked sharp - compounded by probably complacency and playing knocked out teams who play in a nothing to lose fashion esp. when batting first without pressure. On top of that, the fielding has been casual too at times. Overall, it in the last few games, it appears as if GT takes a step forward and then a step backward, not building momentum. Heading into the playoff, GT needs to pull up its socks and recapture its intensity that sets it apart from other teams. Other major issue is the unavailability of Jos Buttler for the playoff but it also serves as an opportunity for Kusal Mendis to make his mark in IPL. Preferred team for playoff: Gill Sai S Mendis Rutherford SRK Tewatia Shanaka or Coetzee Rashid Arshad Sai K Siraj Krishna Depending on form and pitch, there could be a case to play Sundar as well. Go Wolves … let’s get the 2nd title in 2025 Let the howl rock the town
tweaker Posted May 25 Posted May 25 GT is too dependent on their top 3,If the top 3 goes early they may loose easily
zen Posted May 25 Author Posted May 25 55 minutes ago, tweaker said: GT is too dependent on their top 3,If the top 3 goes early they may loose easily Unfortunately, there is no perfect team in IPL esp. considering playing in various conditions. A majority of teams have 4-6 key players (batsmen + bowlers) whose performances determine the outcome.
Bigg Brother Posted May 25 Posted May 25 Rashid will have do well for GT to win KO. Sai-Gill cant keep carrying you whole tournament.
vvvslaxman Posted May 25 Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Bigg Brother said: Rashid will have do well for GT to win KO. Sai-Gill cant keep carrying you whole tournament. Those 4 bankable overs have become bankable for opposition. That is where they have a massive leak. Not sure how they can fix it. They can't drop him for sure. Sai Kishore against left handers is a sitting duck. So Rashid khan has to step up. They should have used Sharukh as a bowler. He was decent in TNPL. Bigg Brother 1
bowl_out Posted May 25 Posted May 25 They should hope RCB lose against LSG. If RCB win, GT will finish third irrespective of how the MI vs PBKS game goes. If they finish in the top two, I'm confident they'll get to the finals. zen 1
zen Posted May 31 Author Posted May 31 (edited) Overall, a good learning season. Need better planning to optimize the performance. * If Buttler was leaving, Mendis should have been asked to at least play the game against CSK as on his IPL debut, he looked nervous. * If Coetzee was not bowling in PP in place of Arshad, Arshad should have played. There was no point in disturbing Krishna’s middle overs. * Horrendous fielding and catching - Coetzee and Mendis were nervous. Coetzee struggled in the final over, not knowing what to do. Consider letting go of: * Tewatia and SRK. They have not been relatively consistent with the bat and do not bowl regularly as well. Their fielding can be on and off. Many times, they take singles when big hits are needed displaying a lack of confidence. Maybe should have been asked to bat up the order in one of the games * Coetzee and Rabada - appear to be going through the motions in the IPL on many occasions * Karim Janat - more or less a passenger at the moment unless he shows improvement in his game Retain: Buttler, Rashid, Glen Philips, Mendis (can be played as a batsman too), Rutherford (if in good form), Shanaka (for lower order hitting), and get 2 good overseas bowlers, the ones that can execute a plan (not necessarily big names) Retaining Tewatia and SRK while letting go of Noor Ahmed (hoping to buy him back cheap in the auction) proved a costly gamble as the bowling looked relatively weak without him esp. with Rashid not clicking. Anyways, come back stronger and smarter in 2026! Edited May 31 by zen
Chakdephatte Posted May 31 Posted May 31 As far as I know, Mendis was a temporary substitute, meaning he can't be retained. @zen I may be wrong. zen 1
tapandrun Posted May 31 Posted May 31 (edited) GT punched way above their weight same as what PK is doing. With a Mo/lower mo of rutherford, sharuk, sundar, tewatia you do not expect to go long add additional low SR openers but they did their openers were consistent at their pace and their top 3 performed, then rutherford had a good season for an unproven intnl player playing in mo. Now add bowlers like krishna and Siraj who are know to leak runs but this season they bowled well and Krishna is Purple cap holder, and regressing rashid. Would say GT did v.well with what they had, is it repeatable with same bunch not sure about it, they need to change the tactics in PP need to bring in Some1 who can really bat a good SR. And batters who could end/finish the innings well. Edited May 31 by tapandrun
Chakdephatte Posted June 1 Posted June 1 21 hours ago, tapandrun said: GT punched way above their weight same as what PK is doing. With a Mo/lower mo of rutherford, sharuk, sundar, tewatia you do not expect to go long add additional low SR openers They are not slow. Way above league average. Their average partnership is above 10 run per over.
tapandrun Posted June 1 Posted June 1 30 minutes ago, Chakdephatte said: They are not slow. Way above league average. Their average partnership is above 10 run per over. here is the list complied and shared by other poster on other thread :: strike rate of openers this IPL: Jonny Bairstow : 213 Vaibhav Suryavanshi : 206 Abhishek Sharma : 193 Ayush Mhatre : 188 Priyansh Arya : 182 Sunil Narine: 170 Prabhsimran Singh : 166 Mitchell Marsh : 163 Travis Head : 162 Yashasvi Jaiswal : 159 Sai Sudarshan : 156 Shubman Gill: 155 Ryan Rickleton: 150 Ruturaj Gaikwad : 150 Rohit Sharma : 150 both sai and gill are at bottom rack of openers for sr and historically too gill sr is below 140 and sai is 145, way behind the newer openers coming in
Mariyam Posted June 1 Posted June 1 Now GT can keep pulling their socks till the next season . Laaloo 1
Teengunalagaan Posted June 1 Posted June 1 3 hours ago, Mariyam said: Now GT can keep pulling their socks till the next season . MI can join them too Chakdephatte, zen and Ultimate_Game 3
Ultimate_Game Posted June 1 Posted June 1 6 minutes ago, Teengunalagaan said: MI can join them too And not just socks... probably underwear too which Iyer anna pulled down in front of everyone Teengunalagaan, Lone Wolf and zen 3
Chakdephatte Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) 23 hours ago, tapandrun said: here is the list complied and shared by other poster on other thread :: strike rate of openers this IPL: Jonny Bairstow : 213 Vaibhav Suryavanshi : 206 Abhishek Sharma : 193 Ayush Mhatre : 188 Priyansh Arya : 182 Sunil Narine: 170 Prabhsimran Singh : 166 Mitchell Marsh : 163 Travis Head : 162 Yashasvi Jaiswal : 159 Sai Sudarshan : 156 Shubman Gill: 155 Ryan Rickleton: 150 Ruturaj Gaikwad : 150 Rohit Sharma : 150 both sai and gill are at bottom rack of openers for sr and historically too gill sr is below 140 and sai is 145, way behind the newer openers coming in That's an odd season with many players going at such strike rates. But they aren't bottom tier. There Markram, Kohli, Decock, Duplessis, Rahul and maybe other openers you didn't mention. But rather than calling them slow, you can say others have been faster. Edited June 2 by Chakdephatte
Throwaib_Chuckter Posted June 3 Posted June 3 On 6/2/2025 at 2:43 AM, Mariyam said: Now GT can keep pulling their socks till the next season . Like so....
zen Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 On 6/1/2025 at 10:13 PM, Mariyam said: Now GT can keep pulling their socks till the next season . MI spoiled GT’s chances based on law of averages. After losing so many games to GT, it was going to have a good game and that came in the eliminator maniac 1
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