**Official* IPL 2016

[theegyptian]

Plunkett was the guy after he played in the UAE against Pakistan last year that I thought might get a gig this year - and kinda surprised he hasn't. Tall and Bowls quick and straight and can hit down the order. Seems to be the prototype of bowler that the Indian teams love to import from SA and Aus because they have none with similar qualities. Not really in the test reckoning so presumably should have been available.

 

[Niall]

Jordan is already in IPL, will be interesting to see how it goes. IPL sides seem to like seam bowling all rounders so Stokes and Willey probably be in ahead of Ali/Rashid.

Roy vs Hales is an interesting one. You could well be right.

Its cool that the likes of Willey wants to focus on 4 day cricket thus not putting himself up for auction but when you consider some of the mugs who got picked up, he must be kicking himself as pretty sure he would have got picked up, no disrespect to the lad but I don't see him playing test cricket anytime soon. Rashid would have got a gig if a mug like Behardien got picked up as well.

 

[weldone]

oi pews don't blame ganguly - dhoni is also preferring dinda over ishant today

 

[honestbharani]

lol... its sad times for the captain who has to choose between Ishant and Dinda to bowl the first over for their team, hey?

 

[Prince EWS]

oi pews don't blame ganguly - dhoni is also preferring dinda over ishant today

Ganguly prefers Dinda over everyone though.

 

[Prince EWS]

I also think it's funny that me posting about Ganguly loving Dinda has become an even bigger meme than Ganguly loving Dinda itself.

Jono should add it to the list he has of posters and things that will always make them post.

 

[Pratters]

Dinda bowled well for Bengal last season. Shoildndo just fine.

 

[weldone]

Ganguly prefers Dinda over everyone though.

except Agarkar...Ganguly had a man-love for Agarkar - never dropped him when he was the India captain...then brought him to KKR (and then the Pune IPL team also?)

 

[Pratters]

Agarkar was a good odi bowler, tbf.

 

[Pratters]

Every captain has their man loves. Azhar - Raju. Dravid - Dinesh Karthik yada yada.

 

[weldone]

Agarkar was a good odi bowler, tbf.

yes but Ganguly loved him regardless of format

 

[Pratters]

Agarkar had a terrible first class record. So I always thought he should never have been picked for tests. However, at least in his last 6-7 years, he was terrific in the longer format for Mumbai. However, he shouldn't have been selected for tests when he was.

 

[weldone]

Every captain has their man loves. Azhar - Raju. Dravid - Dinesh Karthik yada yada.

That absolutely destroyed what could have been a good test career of Utpal Chatterjee.

 

[Pratters]

Yeah, true.

 

[vcs]

Every captain has their man loves. Azhar - Raju. Dravid - Dinesh Karthik yada yada.

Raju lol. Still remember the '93 series when we destroyed England at home with the holy Kumble-Raju-Rajesh Chauhan trifecta.

 

[91Jmay]

That absolutely destroyed what could have been a good test career of Utpal Chatterjee.

Second time you've mentioned him in a week. The other a bizarre reference to Ashley Giles. Are you Utpal Chatterjee?

 

[weldone]

Second time you've mentioned him in a week. The other a bizarre reference to Ashley Giles. Are you Utpal Chatterjee?

I know him personally and I loved his bowling. #oneofthosechildhoodheroes

 

[Pratters]

Raju lol. Still remember the '93 series when we destroyed England at home with the holy Kumble-Raju-Rajesh Chauhan trifecta.

Epic series. Gatting showed a bit of mettle. Clean sweep.

 

[Pratters]

Second time you've mentioned him in a week. The other a bizarre reference to Ashley Giles. Are you Utpal Chatterjee?

Was a big hero for every one of us growing up in Bengal.

 

[91Jmay]

Not quite the King of Spain though was he.