zaheer Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 even KXIP' date=' they came just for fun[/quote'] Priety Zinta: "I was almost falling asleep"
Lord Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 time will tell my friend Yep, don't talk too early
beetle Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 :srh:Good buys. :dd:The biggest suckers!!!!They just make it so difficult for themselves.
zakk Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 :srh:Good buys. :dd:The biggest suckers!!!!They just make it so difficult for themselves. :dd: wale :srh: ko peetege tab bolna ye :giggle:
zakk Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Yep' date=' don't talk too early[/quote'] :poink:
Yadavanator Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Can Gurinder Sandhu play as an Indian/local player given his Indian heritage?
beetle Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Can Gurinder Sandhu play as an Indian/local player given his Indian heritage? No.Half the West Indian team...some Saffers and Englishmen could also play as Indians then.
CoverDrive Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 so what is the verdict on this auction. SRH seems to have strengthened their lineup after KXIP and RR did it last year. Not so sure about DD spending 20 crores on Yuvi+ zaheer
The Realist Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 The list of domestic unsold players is rather interesting/amusing: RP Singh Munaf Patel Paul Valthaty Pankaj Singh L Balaji Venugopal Rao C Pujara
_Triple_H_ Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Who is KC Cariappa? That was the first question nearly everyone would have asked once Cariappa was bought by defending IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders for an astonishing sum of Rs 2.4 crore ($400,000), 24 times his base price. Konganda Charamanna Cariappa is a 20-year-old legspinner from Coorg in Karnataka. Curiously both the BCCI and the Karnataka State Cricket Association had him listed as an off-break bowler. However, Cariappa, known as Carri to his team-mates, confirmed he is primarily a legspinner with a grip that allows him to bowl off breaks and leg breaks. At 5 feet 11 inches, Cariappa is tall for a spinner and bowls with an orthodox round-arm action. The leg break is his stock ball, and he has variations like the googly and the faster one. His other strength, that could make it difficult for batsmen to read him, is his ability to bowl off-spinners without changing the grip. Like many keen and talented cricketers in India, Cariappa started performing in tennis-ball cricket. "I was a Sachin fan. But in my bowling I did not copy anyone. I would bowl with my three-finger grip. My coaches found that interesting and asked me to focus on my bowling," Cariappa said. Knight Riders have always shown an interest in spinners with unusual actions, picking West Indies offspinner Sunil Narine, Sri Lanka offspinner Sachithra Senanayake and Indian chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav. For Cariappa, the breakthrough with Knight Riders came through an association with AR Srikkanth, who is the team analyst for Knight Riders and Bijapur Bulls, the franchise Cariappa represents in the Karnataka Premier League, which is a state-level, franchise-based Twenty20 league. In his first KPL season last year, Cariappa bowled impressively and finished as the third-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 11 dismissals. His performances attracted attention from a few IPL team scouts. Cariappa was asked to give a trial during the Knight Riders camp in Hyderabad last September before the Champions League Twenty20. "I was very nervous because it was the first time I was asked to bowl against an IPL team," Cariappa told ESPNcricinfo. The spinner said he did not bowl anything special: "Nothing like that, I just bowled well." His bowling must have impressed Knight Riders who asked him to enter the auction. Gautam Gambhir, the team captain and a good player of spin, had failed to read Cariappa consistently and told the team management about this, helping the legspinner's case. The dramatic rise in his bidding, as Knight Riders contested fiercely with Delhi Daredevils, was not lost on Cariappa who was following the auction, but he never expected the price for which he was eventually bought. "I am very excited. But how this kind of thing suddenly happened I have no idea," he said. "I thought they were interested in me so I would go for my base price of Rs 10 lakhs. I was not sure about Delhi also bidding." The last six months have opened up a lot of options for Cariappa. Immediately after the KPL, the Karnataka selectors decided to include him in the 30 probables for the Ranji Trophy. According to one of the selectors, when the panel saw him bowl in the local league tournaments, they failed to read his hand. "Even we thought he was an offspinner to begin with. He is very much in the Sunil Narine league in terms of his action. He has the carrom ball, too which is deceptive. It was this X-factor that prompted us to pick him in the probables," the selector said.
Sidhoni Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 I am happy we bought Hussey and Pathan. Who else did we get except these 2, Sharma and Abott?
rajmarie Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 What is this. Unreadable picture. You can do better.
rajmarie Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Got Vijay' date=' that's still better than buying Cariappa and Rawal lol[/quote'] Only time will tell....but yes KKR looking very light in their squad. Even kalu mamu retired and will not play this year
Lord Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Only time will tell....but yes KKR looking very light in their squad. Even kalu mamu retired and will not play this year That's a positive
rajmarie Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Hoping they don't call him for chucking when he starts getting success
rajmarie Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 That's a positive Imo it's a ploy by IPL against KKR. They don't want KKR to win again
BeautifulGame Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 I am happy we bought Hussey and Pathan. Who else did we get except these 2' date=' Sharma and Abott?[/quote'] Andrew Tye
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