***Official*** IPL 2024

[Niall]

They don’t develop Indian batters . Next highest scorer for RCB after Kohli is Rahul Dravid ( Read on Twitter, Indian batsmen only)

CSK : Raina, Rituraj, Dhoni
MI: Rohit , SKY , Hardik , Bumrah( very good find )
RCB : Kohli , DK ( lol) , Siraj ( non reliable)

Yeah even in their "glory days" when Kohli was at his peak and ABDV & Gayle were playing some insane knocks the team had way to many passengers and won absolutely nothing.

So currently the team is a mess, batting wise very weak, Kohli while still good is not the freak he was back in the day Faf might be done, Maxwell is very inconsistent (he has had some horror seasons here) and then bowling wise its a bit meh. Siraj and Joseph are decent but that's it.

Topley is inconsistent and Lockie is also probably washed.

Then to compound the misery regarding the "allrounders" Green hasn't really delivered, Tom Curran is mediocre and again the Indian contingent rubbish.

Its a side that if they were dissolved tomorrow I don't think many of their players bar Virat and maybe Siraj would get a game for any of the other teams.

 

[centurymaker]

Likely India T20 Squad

Rohit
Jaiswal
Kohli
Sky
Pant
Pandya
Dube
Axar
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Siraj

Mayank
Arshdeep / Gill
Rinku
Jadeja

 

[honestbharani]

The fact that Mumbai scouted both Bumrah and Hardik, two of India's most important players in this format, speaks volumes. Wright was really good at scouting talent, be for MI or India before that.

Bumrah was already around in the MRF pace foundation and playing for Gujarat.

Hardik (and to a lesser extent, Krunal) though were absolute finds of the scouting system.

 

[honestbharani]

Likely India T20 Squad

Rohit
Jaiswal
Kohli
Sky
Pant
Pandya
Dube
Axar
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Siraj

Mayank
Arshdeep / Gill
Rinku
Jadeja

If that is the balance I would rather get Lord there for Dube.

 

[honestbharani]

@HouHsiaoHsien - The thing about RCB this year is they have sucked from the auctions and trades itself. There was absolutely no reason to get Green from MI, it almost seems like the Ambanis pressured them into the trade. Once they got Green, the obvious thing would have been to let him and Faf open and bat Virat at 3. If anything, they should have looked to get Padikkal in a trade. Maybe gone after one more good spinner in the auction. And gone with something like -

Faf
DDP
Virat
Maxi
Pattidar
Rawat (wk)
DK/Topley
Manav
Gowtham/decent spinner
Joseph
Siraj


Instead they shored up areas they did not need to. Even with Green, they should at least try this line up-

Faf
Green
Virat
Maxi
Pattidar
Rawat (wk)
DK/Topley
Lomror
Manav
Joseph
Siraj

 

[GirthQuake]

Jaiswal
Shaw
SKY
Pant
Parag
Rinku

vs

Kohli
Rohit
Gill (harsh to club him with this bunch but he's temperamentally closer to this group)
KL

Would Agarkar and Co go with the latter bunch, again?

 

[Socerer 01]

Rohit’s playing so the discussion is pointless

and since its in USA they’ll include Kohli too

 

[capt_Luffy]

Rohit’s playing so the discussion is pointless

and since its in USA they’ll include Kohli too

Kohli is currently holding the Orange Cap, I can't see even the biggest crackhead selector asking to drop him.

 

[honestbharani]

Rohit
Jaiswal
Virat
SKY (pending fitness)
Pant (pending fitness)
Hardik
Rinku/Rahul
Axar/Jaddu
Shardul/Chahar
Bumrah/Mayank
Arshdeep/Siraj

would be my 16.

 

[Shri]

lord is not getting into the squad

hope we get rid of kohli and rahul and go in with young squad

kohli has orange cap but is weirdly not accelerating how the newer guys can at the death

 

[centurymaker]

Rohit
Jaiswal
Virat
SKY (pending fitness)
Pant (pending fitness)
Hardik
Rinku/Rahul
Axar/Jaddu
Shardul/Chahar
Bumrah/Mayank
Arshdeep/Siraj

would be my 16.

No Kuldeep?

Shradul and Chahar won't get picked tbh unless they have a wonderful ipl.

And unfortunately only 15 players are allowed so it gets hard to decide who to leave out.

 

[centurymaker]

Rohit’s playing so the discussion is pointless

and since its in USA they’ll include Kohli too

Yeah thats why I have included both Rohit and Kohli in my squad as they are certain to be there. Selectors don't have the guts to drop a big name player.

 

[capt_Luffy]

lord is not getting into the squad

hope we get rid of kohli and rahul and go in with young squad

kohli has orange cap but is weirdly not accelerating how the newer guys can at the death

Kohli is scoring consistently in the IPL, what more do you want him to do to deserve a place??

 

[centurymaker]

Its not runs, its the SR especially his SR in 1st innings -where he is usually more risk-averse.

For instance even this season, when he batted through the entire innings vs KKR, he only got 83* off almost 60 balls so his team only managed 180 odd which was easily chased by KKR in 16.5 overs.

 

[Nintendo]

Its not runs, its the SR especially his SR in 1st innings -where he is usually more risk-averse.

For instance even this season, when he batted through the entire innings vs KKR, he only got 83* off almost 60 balls so his team only managed 180 odd which was easily chased by KKR in 16.5 overs.

That KKR game is a terrible example, FYI. Noene in the RCB line-up could time the back of a length cutters/slower balls in the middle overs, and RCB didn't have anyone to exploit the pitch conditions except the Indian pacer who they subbed it that went at run a ball and got a wicket.

 

[GirthQuake]

You want an illustration of Stockholm Syndrome, look no further than India fans relation to Rohit/KL/Kohli.

 

[Shri]

mayank yadav is vegetarian apparently

siddle haters in shambles

 

[Burgey]

Is this still going?

 

[honestbharani]

It always is.

 

[Arachnodouche]

You want an illustration of Stockholm Syndrome, look no further than India fans relation to Rohit/KL/Kohli.

Early morning so head still cloudy but do walk us through this analogy.