Tiwari is very likely to be traded to KKR, and yeah Vettori is part of DD and so is Maharoof and Geeves (who has really improved since his stint at the IPL).
An international bowler bowls more than 4 overs a day on average through trainings etc. I wouldn't expect the IPL to take any physical toll on them.
Haha, Warnie would surely be feeling like an idiot now, i don't think he would be enjoying the prospect of bowling to Warner either.
No way Warner should bat anywhere else then no.1 or 2, there is just no merit in having him in the middle-order, a bloke like Warner is a game-breaker, if he gets going the opposition is all but blown away, Gambhir can move down to three, he has shown he is flexible enough to adjust to batting at 3.
would probably back himself to get Warner out.
If the flash in the pan youngster shows he can whack 150+ Ks bowlers into the midwicket stands with normal, improvised strokes than complete slogs at 85 yard boundary grounds, I think he will be shoe in for IPL with the 6 yard ridiculous boundaries and roads that pass off for pitches... Gambhir is not Jayasuriya.. He will be fine at 3.
A combination of Sehwag and Gambhir has worked, and you wouldn't want to disturb that. It's worked time and again in the IPL, Tests and one-dayers. Warner just has had one good match and shouldn't immediately make it ahead of a proven success like this. If he's a game-breaker at one or two, he can be one at three as well. There's no reason why someone like Gambhir, who's done well as an opener, should drop down the order while a nobody should open and not bat any lower. What Warner did in one innings, Sehwag and Gambhir have done repeatedly, so there's no need to split that- rather, the relatively light middle-order could use him.
There is, however, a temptation to open the batting with Ronchi- a move that's failed repeatedly. Haddin is a decent wicketkeeper, the last Test series in India notwithstanding, but there's no such temptation with him. Takawale is doing very well behind the stumps, can do just as well at seven or eight, and he should stay in the XI.
Warner is likely to do severe damage in the power-play overs while opening the batting, but there is also merit in sticking with Gambhir-Sehwag opening combination, and in that case Warner shouldn't be picked in the side at all, because Warner batting in the middle-order especially against good spin bowling, might not find it too easy to get things going.
Ronchi shouldn't open the batting at all, he should be used as a floater imo, a bloke like him could be used to provide the innings some impetus with his aggressive style of batting, but given Ronchi' form this season its highly unlikely he would do any good with the bat, anyways Haddin' wicket-keeping aside, he is an awesome striker of the cricket ball and is worth his place in the side as batsman only and his wicket-keeping is only an added bonus, so any franchise would do well to acquire a player like him.
Heard this going around a bit, but ask any spinner who has bowled to Warner whether he can play spin, and you'll get a resounding answer.
Good to see that whereas Australia have some very good spinners (North, Heal, Docherty, Cullen and McGain) they have no geniuses.
Just not giving their genius a chance for Victoria imoGood to see that whereas Australia have some very good spinners (North, Heal, Docherty, Cullen and McGain) they have no geniuses.
And Warner is not Gilchrist. He hasn't done enough to tamper with the Sehwag-Gambhir combination.