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**Official* IPL 2016

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Ashwin is not in good form.. The real trouble is how useless Saurabh Tiwary seems to be right now... At one time he and Rayudu were the young guns propping up Mumbai after oldie marquee players kept doing **** all for them for a couple of seasons... :(
 

viriya

International Captain
What's wrong between Dhoni and Ravi Ashwin? Why doesn't Dhoni let him bowl 4 overs?
I feel like Dhoni not bowling him has sapped Ashwin's confidence in himself.. Or maybe he was losing confidence and Dhoni saw it and avoided bowling him which doesn't help either.
 

indiaholic

International Captain
Ashwin is not in good form.. The real trouble is how useless Saurabh Tiwary seems to be right now... At one time he and Rayudu were the young guns propping up Mumbai after oldie marquee players kept doing **** all for them for a couple of seasons... :(
But Saurabh Tiwary is a dire **** player. The fact that he succeded at all should be surprising, not that he is failing.
 

weldone

Hall of Fame Member
I feel like Dhoni not bowling him has sapped Ashwin's confidence in himself.. Or maybe he was losing confidence and Dhoni saw it and avoided bowling him which doesn't help either.
Ashwin was at the form of his life - he reached rank 1 in test cricket and bowled superbly against SA in the T20 series in India - before bowling ok in 1-2 ODIs on the hard decks on Australia...At that point itself, Dhoni started dumping him (Ashwin was dropped after just 1 or 2 ODIs in Australia for Gurkeerat !!! )...
 

viriya

International Captain
Ashwin has the talent to be a great all-rounder.. instead he doesn't even get to bowl more than 2 overs it's hilarious and sad.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Nah.. Ash is not in form and MS still has to use him in powerplays coz rest of his bowlers pretty much suck at that stage anyways. To add to it he has got a pretty ordinary fielding side and almost no hitters to come in the late order. Ideally he needs to bat 4 and Bhatia 5 at all times and let the rest bat around them.

Rahane
Faf
TPC
MSD
Bhatia
Perera
Marsh/Morkel
Irfan
Ashwin
M Ashwin
Ishant/Ankit
 

vcs

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Ashwin was at the form of his life - he reached rank 1 in test cricket and bowled superbly against SA in the T20 series in India - before bowling ok in 1-2 ODIs on the hard decks on Australia...At that point itself, Dhoni started dumping him (Ashwin was dropped after just 1 or 2 ODIs in Australia for Gurkeerat !!! )...
Yeah, I get the feeling all is not well between those two right now. It's baffling how he has treated him in recent times. Also, he was unreal against SL in that 3-match series, and very good in the following Asia Cup.
 

vcs

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So it seems this will be the first time MS Dhoni's team doesn't make the top 4 in IPL?
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Yeah, you can get away with one innings like that on some pitches because at least it sets foundation for hitters but you can't really get away with two. 91 off 80 between them. List A pace.
 

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