Another question for mailbag since auction already happened. Would love to hear your thoughts on the relative importance of low economy in the PP compared to wickets in the PP in t20. A guy like Trent Boult, for example, has taken surprisingly few PP wickets when you look at the numbers, but has always maintained low PP economy. As batting strategy further prioritizes going bonkers in the PP, would not having bowlers who can keep the run rate down in that phase become more important in lockstep?
1.Do you think WPL's rule of playing 5 OS players in playing XI provided that 5th OS player is from an associate nation will turn out good if implemented in IPL?
2. Is there a way where you can say whether or not a franchise/ national team is using analytics to come to a particular decision from a lay person's POV?
1. I've been left absolutely shocked at how little attention RCB dumping Hasaranga has gotten. Yeah OK I get it overseas spin = not ideal. But this guy is 26, was among the top handful of players in the tournament in 2022, and his form prior to this recent injury was best of his career with both bat and ball. I rate Hasaranga as by far the top OS prize of this auction and a serious OS retention candidate ahead of mega auction. What am I missing? And which teams should target him in the auction?
2. If you could drop any presumptive starting OS player from an IPL team ahead of the auction, who would you choose and how would you plan to reconfigure the lineup without them? I think the top candidates would have to be: Dre Russ, Faf, Stoinis, Dave Miller.
Another question for mailbag since auction already happened. Would love to hear your thoughts on the relative importance of low economy in the PP compared to wickets in the PP in t20. A guy like Trent Boult, for example, has taken surprisingly few PP wickets when you look at the numbers, but has always maintained low PP economy. As batting strategy further prioritizes going bonkers in the PP, would not having bowlers who can keep the run rate down in that phase become more important in lockstep?
1.Do you think WPL's rule of playing 5 OS players in playing XI provided that 5th OS player is from an associate nation will turn out good if implemented in IPL?
2. Is there a way where you can say whether or not a franchise/ national team is using analytics to come to a particular decision from a lay person's POV?
1. I've been left absolutely shocked at how little attention RCB dumping Hasaranga has gotten. Yeah OK I get it overseas spin = not ideal. But this guy is 26, was among the top handful of players in the tournament in 2022, and his form prior to this recent injury was best of his career with both bat and ball. I rate Hasaranga as by far the top OS prize of this auction and a serious OS retention candidate ahead of mega auction. What am I missing? And which teams should target him in the auction?
2. If you could drop any presumptive starting OS player from an IPL team ahead of the auction, who would you choose and how would you plan to reconfigure the lineup without them? I think the top candidates would have to be: Dre Russ, Faf, Stoinis, Dave Miller.
Do England need to undergo another revolution for their white ball cricket teams or are just tweaks enough to get them back up?
For KKR, which Indian players would be a great fit for the team, considering their open spots? Any particular youngsters to keep an eye out for?