*Official* IPL 2022

[honestbharani]

hmm it's almost like Conway is good

That was never in doubt. If you follow the CSK social media handles, almost every practice game and session they had Conway and Rutu opening. I just think the captaincy change, Chahar's injury being worse than anticipated and the younger bowlers taking time to be any good all made it difficult for them to fit him into the lineup after the first game.

Ideally, I think CSK planned it this way - Conway to replace Faf, Hangergekar to maybe replace Shardul, and Milne to replace Hazlewood. They do not have enough bowlers who can hit to play their same strategy otherwise. Dube being good is a real bonus for them and as is Theekshana as they are ****ed in the powerplay without those options but this also means they have to go away from their preferred type of lineup and one of the casualties has been Conway.

It is amazing that inspite of so many injuries, esp. 2 first XI players having season ending ones, they may have well made the playoffs had they actually taken their catches. Shows how important that little 1 percernter is, I guess.

 

[ataraxia]

I just find it rather ludicrous because Conway is arguably the best bat in the world rn (maybe bar Babar in T20s)

 

[honestbharani]

I just find it rather ludicrous because Conway is arguably the best bat in the world rn (maybe bar Babar in T20s)

Well, other formats dont matter as much and in T20s, while he is still world class, the other batsmen CSK had could do the job, but they badly needed at least some quality in bowling. I suppose having to play 3 overseas seamers + Moeen meant they could not quite fit him in. They also did not play Theekshana for a while and he has had arguably a bigger impact since coming in.

 

[artvandalay]

That was never in doubt. If you follow the CSK social media handles, almost every practice game and session they had Conway and Rutu opening. I just think the captaincy change, Chahar's injury being worse than anticipated and the younger bowlers taking time to be any good all made it difficult for them to fit him into the lineup after the first game.

Ideally, I think CSK planned it this way - Conway to replace Faf, Hangergekar to maybe replace Shardul, and Milne to replace Hazlewood. They do not have enough bowlers who can hit to play their same strategy otherwise. Dube being good is a real bonus for them and as is Theekshana as they are ****ed in the powerplay without those options but this also means they have to go away from their preferred type of lineup and one of the casualties has been Conway.

It is amazing that inspite of so many injuries, esp. 2 first XI players having season ending ones, they may have well made the playoffs had they actually taken their catches. Shows how important that little 1 percernter is, I guess.

Csk have scored 200 + multiple times which tells me that their batting is working well. It's the bowling in some close games that has let them down. They're missing both Chahar and Hazelwood.

 

[honestbharani]

Csk have scored 200 + multiple times which tells me that their batting is working well. It's the bowling in some close games that has let them down. They're missing both Chahar and Hazelwood.

And Lord.

 

[Zinzan]

Cricket's seemingly pretty easy for Conway who now averages >50 in Tests, ODIs, T20Is, & IPL.

*Admittedly a small sample size, but still.

 

[CricAddict]

Cricket's seemingly pretty easy for Conway who now averages >50 in Tests, ODIs, T20Is, & IPL.

*Admittedly a small sample size, but still.

I think Kohli is the only other person to do this.

 

[Daemon]

I think Kohli is the only other person to do this.

Babar was there in his 3rd Test after the 1st innings but by the end of it his average had fallen to 46.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Wade is out here on a mission…maybe to keep his spot in the team

 

[Niall]

I have supported Samson for the India international team, but hugely unimpressed with him as captain hiding down the order and sending in Ashwin ahead of him constantly.

 

[cnerd123]

RR playoff hopes dashed

I like Ashwin batting in case of an early wicket to length the lineup, but Sanju should have come in ahead of Devdutt.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The Bison can get a century today

 

[TheBrand]

Never really wanted Sanjay Manjrekar to shut up more than his nonsense yarns about bails being redundant.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Stubbs has a solid T20 record after a handful of games played.

An SR near 160 is eye-catching

 

[Nintendo]

That's defs going down leg, cant wait for ipl umpiring to hit BBL teirs without drs.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yes, that's not hitting the leg stump at all.

Shocking that he raised his finger up really quick.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Oh my, another one goes.

Mooen can't play the short ball?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bumrah bowling it like it's a new red cherry.

Test cricket boiiii!

 

[Nintendo]

Umpire definitely had sams in his fantasy team.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Umpire definitely had sams in his fantasy team.

Sams gets another lol

Gaikwad's looked so timid tonight