Draft: IPL Draft - Completed!

[Akshay.]

@Aislabie you're next.

He is still 2 picks away
First is @CerealKiller then VC

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

He is still 2 picks away
First is @CerealKiller then VC

Crap, missed out on the fact that it was a leftover pick from VC. I thought he picked and then forgot to tag the next person.

My apologies.

 

[CerealKiller]

Sanju Samson will keep wickets and open for me. He has over 2000 runs at a decent average of 27, and a good SR of 130.

CerealKiller's XI
1. Sanju Samson
2.
3.
4.
5. Albie Morkel
6.
7. Shreyas Gopal
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Brett Lee
10. Ashley Noffke
11. Abdur Razzak

@VC the slogger

 

[Bevab]

With @VC the slogger missing his deadline, @Aislabie can now make his pick.

 

[Aislabie]

Krunal Pandya (MI, 55 matches)
891 runs @ 26.20 (SR: 146.06, best 86, b/6: 17.4)
40 wickets @ 28.20 (econ: 7.16, best 3/14)

It would have been rude not to really. Two Pandyas now at five and six, and that also gives us five of our six bowling options. Krunal is less explosive than his brother, but he also has one of the highest strike-rates of all time in the IPL, as well as one of the best economy rates.

Ascending @Aislabie Asteroids
(That's basically how IPL team names work right?)
1.
2. KL Rahul
3.
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Krunal Pandya
7. Shahid Afridi
8.
9. Sohail Tanvir
10. Michael Neser
11.

@Bigby Wolf

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Krunal Pandya (MI, 55 matches)
891 runs @ 26.20 (SR: 146.06, best 86, b/6: 17.4)
40 wickets @ 28.20 (econ: 7.16, best 3/14)

It would have been rude not to really. Two Pandyas now at five and six, and that also gives us five of our six bowling options. Krunal is less explosive than his brother, but he also has one of the highest strike-rates of all time in the IPL, as well as one of the best economy rates.

Ascending @Aislabie Asteroids
(That's basically how IPL team names work right?)
1.
2. KL Rahul
3.
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Krunal Pandya
7. Shahid Afridi
8.
9. Sohail Tanvir
10. Michael Neser
11.

@Bigby Wolf

Why do you do this to us ?
Well you pick out your players at very right moments in almost all drafts. The luck favours you as well.

 

[Aislabie]

Why do you do this to us ?
Well you pick out your players at very right moments in almost all drafts. The luck favours you as well

I just try to pick out whoever I think would be hardest to replace at any given time. Like right now I've no idea who I'm going to pick for the rest of the team

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Ambati Rayudu

M - 147 R - 3300 Runs Avg - 28.69 18 50s and 1 100s.

Played 7 years for MI and 2 years for CSK the two best teams in the history of IPL having different roles altogether - For MI some of his heroic finishes always goes unnoticed batting lower down the order (In 2011 vs KKR scoring 21 in final over against Balaji with a last ball six or scoring 14 in the final over vs RCB in 2012) there are many such instances over the years where Rayudu kept his composure and finished matches for MI in crunch situations.

For CSK he thrived as an opener scoring his maiden ton averaging 43 in 2018 scoring 402 runs which makes him a versatile t20 player to have him in the side unlike a certain selector who was looking for some 3D thing .

Lynn
Quiney
Taibu
Rayudu (position undecided)


Pollock
Kumble
Bumrah

@Nilay_60

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Abhishek Sharma
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Is he comparable to a young Jadeja or a Krunal Pandya ? Maybe he probably needs more time to establish himself in this arena. But, this 19-year old have proved to be more than a valuable asset for Delhi Cricket Team in T20s in the renowned Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has a batting strike rate of over 150 in T20s at an impressive average of 26. Is 26 really that impressive ? Maybe not really but it is still a lot better considering he is just 19 and mostly bats in the lower order. Abhishek Sharma announced himself by scoring an aggressive 19-ball 46 against RCB at the Feroz Shah Kotla for the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) back in 2018 IPL. Even the opposition captain who also happens to be the Captain of Indian Cricket team, Virat Kohli aprreciated his knock that day. Sharma like Jadeja and Krunal bowls left-arm spin and is as quick as them. When it comes to finishing his overs he is eerily similar to Jadeja. He probably becomes a very useful option in my side both with the bat and ball. Sharma also Captained India in the U19 Asia Cup 2016.

Spoiler: Stats

Stats| Matches| Innings| Runs| Average| Bat SR| Highest Score| Balls Bowled| Wickets| Bowling Average| Economy| BBI
IPL| 6| 6| 72| 24.00| 171.00| 46*| 12| 1| 21.00| 10.50| 1/10
T20s| 15| 15| 286| 26.00| 151.32| 72| 66| 5| 15.00| 6.81| 2/10

Spoiler: Nilay_60's Razors

Adam Gilchrist
Sachin Tendulkar
Colin Ingram
Nitish Rana
Peter Handscomb

Abhishek Sharma
Lasith Malinga

@Akshay.

 

[Akshay.]

Harbhajan Singh

A spinner for me next, with 150 wickets and 4 IPL titles, Harbhajan Singh is one of the legends of IPL having played in all seasons since the beginning. Also he has conceded runs at an economy of 7.05 which is very good in t20s. He can also hit the ball pretty well having a strike rate of 138.

Statistics
150 wickets in 157 inns @26.44, Economy 7.05, 1 5WI, BBI 5/18

1. Virender Sehwag
   
2. Rilee Rossouw
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. ?
5. Andre Russell
6. ?
7. ?
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Kevon Cooper
10. Jason Holder
    
11. ?

@Bevab you are next

 

[Bevab]

And yet again, @Akshay. takes my next pick.

 

[Akshay.]

And yet again, @Akshay. takes my next pick.

You already have Chahal as spinner

 

[Bevab]

I shall pick Suryakumar Yadav. Write-up later.

@Na Maloom Afraad

 

[Neptune]

I shall pick Suryakumar Yadav. Write-up later.

@Na Maloom Afraad

I like that pick. He definitely should get an India cap. He is so versatile, can play as an opener, finisher and can bowl

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

My pick is Rahul Dravid - writeup later.

@ahmedleo414 I believe.