Bevab
Staff Member
I have been wanting to do this for quite sometime and as they say, better late than never.
This draft is based almost entirely on the layer cake draft that @Aislabie ran quite successfully a few weeks ago with the theme being the IPL. Why IPL? It was obvious that the novel concept would quite successfully apply itself to the theme of IPL as two of the central ideas were easily applicable to the league. The draft will proceed in four layers which are
Layer One: Icon Player
You nominate one Indian player as your franchise's icon player. This player will be yours to keep no matter what unless someone else happens to nominate him too, in which case he becomes ineligible for the remainder of this draft and neither of you gets him. This will replicate the original idea of franchises choosing an icon player in the inaugural season from the state that they were based in.
Layer Two: Rejected Players
This is where you nominate eight players who will not be available in the remaining rounds. You could reject both Indian and overseas players. Do you reject overseas players who were duds in the IPL or Indians similar to your icon player? But most importantly, these players will not be available to you in...
Yusuf Pathan - @Aislabie / @VC the slogger
Shikhar Dhawan - @ahmedleo414
Rohit Sharma - @ahmedleo414 / @Na Maloom Afraad
Mayank Agarwal - @ahmedleo414
Virat Kohli - @Na Maloom Afraad
Ravindra Jadeja - @Na Maloom Afraad
Ravichandran Ashwin - @Na Maloom Afraad
Ashoke Dinda - @Nilay_60 / @CerealKiller / @Bigby Wolf
Santhakumar Sreesanth - @Nilay_60
Amit Mishra - @VC the slogger / @Nilay_60
Munaf Patel - @CerealKiller
Parwinder Awana - @CerealKiller
Ramesh Powar - @CerealKiller
Stuart Binny - @CerealKiller
Vinay Kumar - @CerealKiller
Ishant Sharma - @CerealKiller
Varun Aaron - @Bigby Wolf
Mohammad Kaif - @Bigby Wolf
Cheteshwar Pujara - @Bigby Wolf
KC Cariappa - @Bigby Wolf
VVS Laxman - @Bigby Wolf
Ajinkya Rahane - @VC the slogger
Suresh Raina - @VC the slogger
Irfan Pathan - @VC the slogger
Layer Three: The Auction
This is the part where you nominate four overseas players to go into the lottery that is the auction. You cannot nominate anyone who you rejected previously which means that pulling a Panesar is not possible. Any player that is nominated by two or more people will be unavailable to those who nominated him. Do you take the risk and nominate a bunch of flops believing that they will not be back to haunt you? Or do you nominate a star even if there is a risk that he might not end up in your side as others have done the same?
More detailed analysis here.
Layer Four: The Recovery Draft
This is where you will receive the chance to fix the mess that your owners in the auction have left you with. No one from the rejected list is eligible to be picked here and it will be a regular, ordered draft from worst to best. You will only select Indian players in accordance with the overseas rule of the league.
Signups:
Despite being a fairly niche theme I am hoping for around eight signups due to the interesting concept, although a number on either side of that target might not hurt either. Given that the theme is the IPL, only stats from the IPL will count as to the strengths of your teams so someone like Maxwell who is a renowned T20 star but has flattered to deceive in the IPL barring one season may not be the wisest choice. 563 players have played a game in the IPL until now and all of them will be eligible.
This draft is based almost entirely on the layer cake draft that @Aislabie ran quite successfully a few weeks ago with the theme being the IPL. Why IPL? It was obvious that the novel concept would quite successfully apply itself to the theme of IPL as two of the central ideas were easily applicable to the league. The draft will proceed in four layers which are
Layer One: Icon Player
You nominate one Indian player as your franchise's icon player. This player will be yours to keep no matter what unless someone else happens to nominate him too, in which case he becomes ineligible for the remainder of this draft and neither of you gets him. This will replicate the original idea of franchises choosing an icon player in the inaugural season from the state that they were based in.
- @Bevab - MS Dhoni
- @Aislabie - KL Rahul
- @Na Maloom Afraad - Sourav Ganguly
- @Akshay. - Virender Sehwag
- @CerealKiller - Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- @ahmedleo414 - Manish Pandey
- @Nilay_60 - Sachin Tendulkar
- @Bigby Wolf - Jasprit Bumrah
- @VC the slogger - Rishabh Pant
Layer Two: Rejected Players
This is where you nominate eight players who will not be available in the remaining rounds. You could reject both Indian and overseas players. Do you reject overseas players who were duds in the IPL or Indians similar to your icon player? But most importantly, these players will not be available to you in...
Yusuf Pathan - @Aislabie / @VC the sloggerShikhar Dhawan - @ahmedleo414Rohit Sharma - @ahmedleo414 / @Na Maloom AfraadMayank Agarwal - @ahmedleo414Virat Kohli - @Na Maloom AfraadRavindra Jadeja - @Na Maloom AfraadRavichandran Ashwin - @Na Maloom AfraadAshoke Dinda - @Nilay_60 / @CerealKiller / @Bigby WolfSanthakumar Sreesanth - @Nilay_60Amit Mishra - @VC the slogger / @Nilay_60Munaf Patel - @CerealKillerParwinder Awana - @CerealKillerRamesh Powar - @CerealKillerStuart Binny - @CerealKillerVinay Kumar - @CerealKillerIshant Sharma - @CerealKillerVarun Aaron - @Bigby WolfMohammad Kaif - @Bigby WolfCheteshwar Pujara - @Bigby WolfKC Cariappa - @Bigby WolfVVS Laxman - @Bigby WolfAjinkya Rahane - @VC the sloggerSuresh Raina - @VC the sloggerIrfan Pathan - @VC the sloggerLayer Three: The Auction
This is the part where you nominate four overseas players to go into the lottery that is the auction. You cannot nominate anyone who you rejected previously which means that pulling a Panesar is not possible. Any player that is nominated by two or more people will be unavailable to those who nominated him. Do you take the risk and nominate a bunch of flops believing that they will not be back to haunt you? Or do you nominate a star even if there is a risk that he might not end up in your side as others have done the same?
More detailed analysis here.
@Bevab - Lot #1
Paul Collingwood
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Rimmington
@Aislabie - Lot #2
Eoin Morgan
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Michael Neser
@Na Maloom Afraad - Lot #3
Matthew Hayden
Roelof van der Merwe
Shoaib Akhtar
Umar Gul
@Akshay. - Lot #4
Andre Russell
Rilee Rossouw
Kevon Cooper
Jason Holder
@CerealKiller - Lot #5
Albie Morkel
Brett Lee
Ashley Noffke
Abdur Razzak
@ahmedleo414 - Lot #6
Nuwan Zoysa
Akila Dananjaya
Tim Southee
Yusuf Abdulla
@Nilay_60 - Lot #7
Adam Gilchrist
Colin Ingram
Peter Handscomb
Lasith Malinga
@Bigby Wolf - Lot #8
Chris Lynn
Rob Quiney
Tatenda Taibu
Shaun Pollock
@VC the slogger - Lot #9
Sunil Narine
Owais Shah
Sam Billings
Ray Price
Paul CollingwoodShakib Al HasanMitchell JohnsonNathan Rimmington@Aislabie - Lot #2
Eoin MorganShahid AfridiSohail TanvirMichael Neser@Na Maloom Afraad - Lot #3
Matthew HaydenRoelof van der MerweShoaib AkhtarUmar Gul@Akshay. - Lot #4
Andre RussellRilee RossouwKevon CooperJason Holder@CerealKiller - Lot #5
Albie MorkelBrett LeeAshley NoffkeAbdur Razzak@ahmedleo414 - Lot #6
Nuwan ZoysaAkila DananjayaTim SoutheeYusuf Abdulla@Nilay_60 - Lot #7
Adam GilchristColin IngramPeter HandscombLasith Malinga@Bigby Wolf - Lot #8
Chris LynnRob QuineyTatenda TaibuShaun Pollock@VC the slogger - Lot #9
Sunil NarineOwais ShahSam BillingsRay PriceLayer Four: The Recovery Draft
This is where you will receive the chance to fix the mess that your owners in the auction have left you with. No one from the rejected list is eligible to be picked here and it will be a regular, ordered draft from worst to best. You will only select Indian players in accordance with the overseas rule of the league.
- @ahmedleo414 - Gautam Gambhir
- @CerealKiller- Shreyas Gopal
- @VC the slogger - Shubman Gill
- @Aislabie - Hardik Pandya
- @Bigby Wolf - Anil Kumble
- @Nilay_60 - Nitish Rana
- @Akshay. - Shreyas Iyer
- @Bevab - Yuzvendra Chahal
- @Na Maloom Afraad - Dinesh Karthik
- @ahmedleo414 - Robin Uthappa
- @CerealKiller - Sanju Samson
- @VC the slogger - Piyush Chawla
- @Aislabie - Krunal Pandya
- @Bigby Wolf - Ambati Rayudu
- @Nilay_60 - Abhishek Sharma
- @Akshay. - Harbhajan Singh
- @Bevab - Suryakumar Yadav
- @Na Maloom Afraad - Rahul Dravid
- @ahmedleo414 - Yuvraj Singh
- @CerealKiller - Prithvi Shaw
- @VC the slogger - LATE
- @Aislabie - Wriddhiman Saha
- @Bigby Wolf - Ashish Nehra
- @Nilay_60 - Zaheer Khan
- @Akshay. - Deepak Chahar
- @Bevab - Sandeep Sharma
- @Na Maloom Afraad - Vijay Shankar
- @ahmedleo414 - Axar Patel
- @CerealKiller - Karun Nair
- @VC the slogger - LATE
- @Aislabie - Manan Vohra
- @Bigby Wolf - Murali Vijay
- @Nilay_60 - Bipul Sharma
- @Akshay. - Ishan Kishan
- @Bevab - Rahul Tripathi
- @Na Maloom Afraad - Mohammad Shami
- @ahmedleo414 - Washington Sundar
- @CerealKiller - Manoj Tiwary
- @VC the slogger - LATE
- @Aislabie - Amit Singh
- @Bigby Wolf - Rajat Bhatia
- @Nilay_60 - Rahul Chahar
- @Akshay. - Sarfaraz Khan
- @Bevab - Saurabh Tiwary
- @Na Maloom Afraad - Subramaniam Badrinath
- @ahmedleo414 - Pawan Negi
- @CerealKiller - Shivam Dube
- @VC the slogger - LATE
- @Aislabie - Mandeep Singh
- @Bigby Wolf - Kedar Jadhav
- @Nilay_60 - RP Singh
- @Akshay. - Rahul Sharma
- @Bevab - Riyan Parag
- @Na Maloom Afraad
Signups:
Despite being a fairly niche theme I am hoping for around eight signups due to the interesting concept, although a number on either side of that target might not hurt either. Given that the theme is the IPL, only stats from the IPL will count as to the strengths of your teams so someone like Maxwell who is a renowned T20 star but has flattered to deceive in the IPL barring one season may not be the wisest choice. 563 players have played a game in the IPL until now and all of them will be eligible.
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