World Twenty20 XI

[Cricketman]

Nah Sreesanth is awesome. He's one of our best T20 bowlers as well and was just brilliant in the IPL.

 

[.Mob]

Take out Sreesanth, because he sucks, then i'll give you 9/10

That's what I thought, then in the second part of the IPL, he blew everyone away.

 

[manee]

Here's an Indian XI going mainly by performances in the IPL and a little bit of current form -

Gautam Gambhir (Delhi Daredevils)
Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)
Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Daredevils)
Suresh Raina (Chennai Superkings)
Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
MS Dhoni (Chennai Superkings)
Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils)
Sreesanth (Punjab Kings XI)
AB Dinda (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Manpreet Gony (Chennai Superkings)

Other possible people include:

Venugopal Rao (Deccan Chargers)
Yo Mahesh (Delhi Daredevils)
Piyush Chawla (Punjab Kings XI)
RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
Rahul Dravid (Bangalore Royal Challengers)
SA Asnodkar (Rajasthan Royals)
Abhishekh Nayar (Mumbai Indians)
Wriddhiman Saha (Kolkata Knight Riders)

I think my side could take on most on any day. Please rate!

Where is Irfan Pathan? In T20Is, he has 12 wickets at 19.25 going for just 7.00 runs per over.

 

[Cricketman]

Irfan has lost it, though.

 

[manee]

Irfan has lost it, though.

He achieved that record after he'd 'lost it' though.

 

[Cricketman]

I thought he was back then. He's lost it again, it seems.

 

[manee]

I thought he was back then. He's lost it again, it seems.

I disagree. As recently as the IPL, he was bowling well in T20s.

 

[Cricketman]

Yeah I thought he was in full flow in the IPL, but his recent ODI performances have been trash.

in the year 2008, Pathan has averaged 41 with the ball in ODI cricket.

Filtering it to more recent performances (April 1st, 2008 - Today) Pathan averages 52 with the ball.

I guess he could make it into the 'other' list, but I wouldn't have him in my team.

 

[manee]

Yeah I thought he was in full flow in the IPL, but his recent ODI performances have been trash.

in the year 2008, Pathan has averaged 41 with the ball in ODI cricket.

Filtering it to more recent performances (April 1st, 2008 - Today) Pathan averages 52 with the ball.

Was he ever any good in ODIs since returning to ODI cricket in 2007?

 

[Cricketman]

He had a semi-decent/good run in the CB series in which he took 11 wickets at 34, which included a 4-fer.

 

[manee]

Merely due to the massively swinging conditions and some seaming pitches - either side of that series, he has been poor in ODIs since his comeback.

 

[Cricketman]

Here's a Indian 2nd XI -

Swapnil Asnodkar (Rajasthan Royals)
Rahul Dravid (Bangalore Royal Challengers) - Captain
Robin Uthappa (Mumbai Indians)
Venugopal Rao (Deccan Chargers)
Subramanium Badrinath (Chennai Superkings)
WP Saha (Kolkata Knight Riders) - Wicket Keeper
Irfan Pathan (Punjab Kings XI)
Yo Mahesh (Delhi Daredevils)
Piyush Chawla (Punjab Kings XI) / Praghyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
SK Trivedi (Rajasthan Royals)
RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)

A bit unsure about that one but it looks solid. Rate!

 

[khalek]

Take Robin Uthappa out 8/10

 

[Cricketman]

Uthappa averaged like 37 in the IPL

 

[evertonfan]

Samit Patel > The rest.

He can take on any XI on his own. And then eat the remains.