zen Posted April 20 Author Posted April 20 Maybe go with the following in remaining matches: Sundar - to take advantage of PP. Saha’s role. Gill Sai S Buttler Holder - showed form in the recent World Cup X Y Rashid Rabada Ashok Siraj Krishna May be use Banton if in good form in place of Rashid or Rabada, and get Sai K in.
Talkie Posted April 21 Posted April 21 Worst lower order since 2022. They are so over reliant on their top order, they can't even score 150 without them. Worst average and worst strike rate in death overs among all teams.
Ultimate_Game Posted April 22 Posted April 22 On 4/20/2026 at 1:30 PM, zen said: Maybe go with the following in remaining matches: Sundar - to take advantage of PP. Saha’s role. Gill Sai S Buttler Holder - showed form in the recent World Cup X Y Rashid Rabada Ashok Siraj Krishna May be use Banton if in good form in place of Rashid or Rabada, and get Sai K in. I couldn't go past the first sentence "Sundar - to take advantage of PP" and fell over laughing
Ultimate_Game Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Here's the state of GT Woves... Mariyam, cricspirit and zen 2 1
zen Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 Wolves have signed SA WK Conner Esterhuizen in place of Tom Banton (unavailable or injured?). Hope he brings good luck!
zen Posted April 23 Author Posted April 23 Conner should be used to open the batting, ideally with Buttler, rather than kept to warm the bench:
tapandrun Posted April 23 Posted April 23 (edited) 26 minutes ago, zen said: Conner should be used to open the batting, ideally with Buttler, rather than kept to warm the bench: Good top order batter can provide much needed impetus Edited April 23 by tapandrun zen 1
zen Posted April 24 Author Posted April 24 Another game (v RCB), another example of poor strategy and tactics: * No Esterhuizen (esp. if he joined the squad) * Sundar at 4 versus Holder and that too in the death phase. Sundar appeared to be playing for his place rather than pushing himself to get boundaries in Below should be the preferred 11-12 Esterhuizen Buttler Sai S Gill Holder Rawat X Rashid or Rabada or equivalent Sai K or equivalent Ashok Siraj Krishna
tapandrun Posted April 24 Posted April 24 1 hour ago, zen said: Another game (v RCB), another example of poor strategy and tactics: * No Esterhuizen (esp. if he joined the squad) * Sundar at 4 versus Holder and that too in the death phase. Sundar appeared to be playing for his place rather than pushing himself to get boundaries in Below should be the preferred 11-12 Esterhuizen Buttler Sai S Gill Holder Rawat X Rashid or Rabada or equivalent Sai K or equivalent Ashok Siraj Krishna This is better line-up more suited to t20s, but having sai and gill playing together after pp in middle order may create problems but GT does not have many options may be Sai to open and buttler comes at #3 rest remains as it.
zen Posted April 24 Author Posted April 24 (edited) 8 minutes ago, tapandrun said: This is better line-up more suited to t20s, but having sai and gill playing together after pp in middle order may create problems but GT does not have many options may be Sai to open and buttler comes at #3 rest remains as it. Middle overs can actually be a good spot for them considering the current squad dynamics as they can handle spinners, at least theoretically, better than Buttler and Esterhuizen esp. when the pitches get relatively tired. In middle overs, you can play yourself in a bit. Gill, if he strikes his best form, can take down bowling in the end too. Buttler is not at his best so can swing his bat around in PP. He is not going to hang around. Esterhuizen needs to be placed against pace bowling. Edited April 24 by zen tapandrun 1
Ultimate_Game Posted April 24 Posted April 24 3 hours ago, zen said: In middle overs, you can play yourself in a bit. Gill, if he strikes his best form, can take down bowling in the end too. Man you're too much! Gill taking down bowling at the end The only thing softies Gill has taken down is Indian selectors' common sense allowing him to be made captain for ODIs when he shouldn't even be in the team. Manucrick 1
JazzyB Posted April 25 Posted April 25 Like i said garbage team construction too many non players like tewatia and srk and washy gujju plays with 9 players
zen Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 Next 4 games are versus the current top 4, so a swim or sink situation for the Wolves: 04/30 v RCB at home 05/03 v PBKS at home 05/09 v RR at away 05/12 v SRH at home
zen Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 (edited) With the next 3 out of 4 games at NaMO, Wolves need to evaluate bringing in Esterhuizen esp. as an opener. He can replace the struggling Rashid or Rabada, who has found some form, as Wolves have relatively good Indian bowling options. Edited April 27 by zen
zen Posted May 3 Author Posted May 3 (edited) With 4 games to go, Wolves are just 1 point away from the team currently at #1 … a playoff place or even a top 2 finish likely @Mariyam @Chaos @kepler37b @maniac @velu @Ultimate_Game @Lord @Austin 3:!6 @JazzyB @tapandrun @Gollum and others Edited May 3 by zen Mariyam, JazzyB, maniac and 5 others 1 2 5
Ultimate_Game Posted May 3 Posted May 3 7 minutes ago, zen said: With 4 games to go, Wolves are just 1 point away from the team currently at #1 … a playoff place or even a top 2 finish likely @Mariyam @Chaos @kepler37b @maniac @velu @Ultimate_Game @Lord @Austin 3:!6 @JazzyB @tapandrun @Gollum and others Augurs well for IPL as we want more interesting matches and less dead rubbers zen 1
zen Posted May 3 Author Posted May 3 SRK was replaced with Sindhu, a positive move! Now probably need to replace Tewatia and Suthar Ultimate_Game 1
kepler37b Posted May 4 Posted May 4 8 hours ago, zen said: With 4 games to go, Wolves are just 1 point away from the team currently at #1 … a playoff place or even a top 2 finish likely @Mariyam @Chaos @kepler37b @maniac @velu @Ultimate_Game @Lord @Austin 3:!6 @JazzyB @tapandrun @Gollum and others Gujju money has corrupted the league .... . GT is re-incarnation of MI. Hey kalki avaataar, come early, liberate humanity from this scourge... Manucrick and zen 2
tapandrun Posted May 4 Posted May 4 Posted this previously too, gt is not a t20 batting side , the team has only 1 proper t20 batters i.e. buttler. The team relies on bowlers keeping opp under par scores all the times and may be 1-2 timely 15 ball 25ish innings by players like tewatia etc.. The trend and pattern is similar to pak team of 2020-21 . 2 batters are allowed to play all the balls and score at their own pace and then its bowlers job to put other teams below a certain total. hence couple of not so good games for pradish and ashok gets them out of the playing 11. as the batting line-up is playing on thin margins. And as this ia a 14 game per side tournament there will be couple of days where high but slow scoring batters are point of diff.
JazzyB Posted May 4 Posted May 4 23 hours ago, zen said: With 4 games to go, Wolves are just 1 point away from the team currently at #1 … a playoff place or even a top 2 finish likely @Mariyam @Chaos @kepler37b @maniac @velu @Ultimate_Game @Lord @Austin 3:!6 @JazzyB @tapandrun @Gollum and others Credit where due. Impressive comeback right after Jason Holder came in which i have advocated for from the beginning zen 1
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