IPL 2018 | April 16 | Day 10 | Discussion Thread

[giri26]

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date & Time: Apr 16, 08:00 PM LOCAL

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders (From): Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Tom Curran, Ishank Jaggi, Prasidh Krishna, Apoorv Wankhade, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles

Delhi Daredevils (From): Jason Roy, Gautam Gambhir(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer, Vijay Shankar, Daniel Christian, Rahul Tewatia, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult, Chris Morris, Colin Munro, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett

[troodon]

Only interested in seeing how Gill, Mavi and Shaw does.

Shaw will not get a chance unfortunately.

[troodon]

DD must drop Vijay Shankar and play a proper batsman in his place.

[WengerOut]

DD must drop Vijay Shankar and play a proper batsman in his place.

They should give Prithvi Shaw a chance.

[IndianFan2018]

GG vs KKR interesting contest

[Sami92]

KKR must play Tom Curran over Mitchell Johnson. Johnson isn't bowling as well as he would have liked to warrant selection as a pace spearhead in KKR. Curran is in the groove playing international cricket and hungry for wickets.

KKR XI:
1 LYNN
2 NARINE
3 Uthappa
4 Rana
5 Karthik
6 RUSSELL
7 Gill
8 T CURRAN
9 Mavi
10 Chawla
11 Kuldeep

DD should drop Shankar from the lineup. I would play Jayant in place of Nadeem as Jayant can bat as well.

DD XI:
1 ROY
2 Gambhir
3 Pant
4 MAXWELL
5 Iyer
6 Shaw
7 MORRIS
8 Jayant
9 Tewatia
10 Shami
11 BOULT

[JattMaula]

KKR must play Tom Curran over Mitchell Johnson. Johnson isn't bowling as well as he would have liked to warrant selection as a pace spearhead in KKR. Curran is in the groove playing international cricket and hungry for wickets.

KKR XI:
1 LYNN
2 NARINE
3 Uthappa
4 Rana
5 Karthik
6 RUSSELL
7 Gill
8 T CURRAN
9 Mavi
10 Chawla
11 Kuldeep

DD should drop Shankar from the lineup. I would play Jayant in place of Nadeem as Jayant can bat as well.

DD XI:
1 ROY
2 Gambhir
3 Pant
4 MAXWELL
5 Iyer
6 Shaw
7 MORRIS
8 Jayant
9 Tewatia
10 Shami
11 BOULT

Gill and Shaw are wasted at 7 and 6. They are yet to acquire requisite skills for those positions in T20.

[troodon]

Gill again playing at No.7.

What a joke. He is not a finisher.

[dauntless]

Not interested in match but hopefully Jason Roy does well again.He is my favorite batsman after umar akmal

[UN talkz]

Not interested in match but hopefully Jason Roy does well again.He is my favorite batsman after umar akmal

Wth UMAR AKMAL

[troodon]

Lynn is a hack.

[UN talkz]

Lynn-ul-Haq

[Protea Fan]

Always love watching boult bowls.....such a great rhythm and action he has got

[troodon]

Boult is bowling beautifully again here. One of the best pacers going around.

[troodon]

Lynn can breathe easy now. He can smack a few of Shabaz Nadeem.

[troodon]

Nadeem is such a poor bowler. A total cannon fodder this guy is. Gives a lot of flight like its a Test match and gets smacked for sixes.

[WengerOut]

Nadeem is such a poor bowler. A total cannon fodder this guy is. Gives a lot of flight like its a Test match and gets smacked for sixes.

Oops

[UN talkz]

Oops

Haha; but he is still a poor bowler

[troodon]

Oops

He came back well, but he is still a poor bowler. He is old school who relies on traditional flight and turn. Never a big spinner of the ball to begin with.

[King Kong]

Nadeem is such a poor bowler. A total cannon fodder this guy is. Gives a lot of flight like its a Test match and gets smacked for sixes.

Umm..no...he has always been decent in IPL. An economy of 7 is GOLD for a spinner especially on these roads.

[King Kong]

Nitish Rana is good talent. Not sure whether he can make it at the top level but a perfect player for IPL. Always maintains a good strike rate.

[rhony]

Gill again playing at No.7.

What a joke. He is not a finisher.

Sure is a joke. On a positive note, he can maybe improve his power game

[rhony]

Nitish Rana is good talent. Not sure whether he can make it at the top level but a perfect player for IPL. Always maintains a good strike rate.

Looks good. Stanlake made him look like a fool the other day. Don't know if he can't face good pace or if it was a one off.

[troodon]

Really poor bowling from DD.

Just serving pies to Russell and Rana.

[King Kong]

Looks good. Stanlake made him look like a fool the other day. Don't know if he can't face good pace or if it was a one off.

Stanlake is an awkward bowler to face even for the best of batsmen at the start. He did play well against pace last season, now watch how Morris is being taken to cleaners by him.

[rhony]

Looks like SHami didn't read the memo about not bowling full length to Russell

[troodon]

Shami getting destroyed by Russell. All length balls or slower balls.

Where are the Yorkers Shami? I know he bowls them well. Looks like his brain is not working.

[Hasan123]

No score is safe with DK captaincy.

[troodon]

Chawla looks like a RoshoGolla himself.

[Tyler Durden]

India's next Kohli is gone for a poor shot again. This kid has to understand that it's not some U 19 game against Pakistan lil boys.

[WengerOut]

KKR shud stop this Narine crap . Move Uthappa and Rana one place up each. And accomodate Gill in place of current position of Rana.

[Sam99]

Shami should just quit ipl and t20 format. Should work hard for test cricket and also 2019 world cup. He is destroying his little legacy he has in test and odi format.

[troodon]

India's next Kohli is gone for a poor shot again. This kid has to understand that it's not some U 19 game against Pakistan lil boys.

What is he supposed to do? He came in 18th over with less than 12 balls to go. He had to throw his bat at every ball.

Promote Gill up the order and he will shine. He is not a power hitter at this point of his career. Does not seem to have enough muscle to clear the boundary against big boys.

I will still take someone like Samson over MS "Over the Hill" Dhoni.

[WengerOut]

What is he supposed to do? He came in 18th over with less than 12 balls to go. He had to throw his bat at every ball.

Promote Gill up the order and he will shine. He is not a power hitter at this point of his career. Does not seem to have enough muscle to clear the boundary against big boys.

I will still take someone like Samson over MS "Over the Hill" Dhoni.

Dont bother dude. He still thinks Dhoni is a cricketer

[Ab Fan]

India's next Kohli is gone for a poor shot again. This kid has to understand that it's not some U 19 game against Pakistan lil boys.

Many legends have thrown their wicket with poor shot after becoming legends. Gill is a kid only now.

He can take his time to establish himself in international arena. There is no hurry as such.

[Tyler Durden]

What is he supposed to do? He came in 18th over with less than 12 balls to go. He had to throw his bat at every ball.

Promote Gill up the order and he will shine. He is not a power hitter at this point of his career. Does not seem to have enough muscle to clear the boundary against big boys.

I will still take someone like Samson over MS "Over the Hill" Dhoni.

Mate! You lost this argument the moment you brought up Samson vs Dhoni when the post was about Gill. If you had to really argue about Dhoni, I would have respected your counter post if you had posted it under relevant Dhoni's thread. why bring that topic here?

[Tyler Durden]

Dont bother dude. He still thinks Dhoni is a cricketer

Yes! That's because I have better Cricketing knowledge than you!

[WengerOut]

Yes! That's because I have better Cricketing knowledge than you!

Mate, you're wrong again !! You're Dhoni fan not cricket.

[King Kong]

Seems like the trend is changing now. Lose the toss - win the game.

[Tyler Durden]

Mate, you're wrong again !! You're Dhoni fan not cricket.

If I'm a Dhoni's fan, am I not supposed to talk about Gill? What logic is this?

[WengerOut]

If I'm a Dhoni's fan, am I not supposed to talk about Gill? What logic is this?

Who told that you can't?

[troodon]

Chawla gets Roy.

Lot resides on Pant and his hacking abilities now.

[Justcrazy]

two down

[rhony]

Shooper Star Iyer clueless again

[Justcrazy]

If Kolkata had either Yusuf or manish Pandey they would have been much more strong side.

[Justcrazy]

15 / 2

2 overs

[troodon]

Lets see what Pant is made of.

Lots of overs to play and lots of runs to score.

[rhony]

Impressed with this kid Mavi. Touching 145 and smooth repeatable action.

[troodon]

Wish Nagarkoti was also bowling today.

Mavi is sharp. Bowling 140+ with ease.

[troodon]

Impressed with this kid Mavi. Touching 145 and smooth repeatable action.

His run up is easy and bowls relaxedly. Yet the speed gun shows 140+.

Nagarkoti looks like an athlete. Sprite on his feet and skinny. If nagarkoti was bowling today, it would have given is a good idea of both youngsters pace.

[Justcrazy]

KKR only weakness is little fragile middle order, otherwise a well balanced team , maybe try opening with Gill and narine , give them license to go after bowlers . Even small cameos will be effective. Then Lynn , Uthappa and Kartik at 3 , 4 and 5 would be more compact

[Justcrazy]

38 . 3

4 overs

[Justcrazy]

45 / 3

5 overs

[Justcrazy]

One over of Power Play left

[troodon]

Good bowling by Mavi so far.

[big_gamer007]

Mavi is a good bowler hopefully can only improve from here..

Seems like we are back to our losing ways after a fluke win..

[Justcrazy]

56. 3

6 overs

[Justcrazy]

Pant looking dangerous here

[Send1983]

Pant is really good. amazing player.

[Justcrazy]

132 from 13 overs required

[Justcrazy]

Pant

[WengerOut]

Attendance: 51693

[saeed5646]

His run up is easy and bowls relaxedly. Yet the speed gun shows 140+.

Nagarkoti looks like an athlete. Sprite on his feet and skinny. If nagarkoti was bowling today, it would have given is a good idea of both youngsters pace.

Finally common sense prevail
No watching how is mavi bowling?

India will be team to beat if they have exciting young express bowler and seems like nogarkoti or mavi can be the man

[Justcrazy]

Delhi still in the game.

[Justcrazy]

4 overs from Kuldeep would be critical here

[WengerOut]

What a way to get out !! Seems like long hops are the fashion this year. Kohli ,ABD and now Pant

[Justcrazy]

Kuldeep strikes

[gani999]

So if the performance in the IPL is anything to go by, we have excellent middle order batsmen in Pant, Samson, Ishan Krishan and potentially, Deepak Hooda.

Can we now kiss a final goodbye to Raina and Jadhav?

[Justcrazy]

Good hit

[Justcrazy]

5 down

[troodon]

Pant throws it away yet again. He needs to learn from Samson who can score big 50's.

As of now, Pant huffs and puffs his way to 30's and 40's at 150 S/R. Not bad, but if he wants to make it big, he needs to do a bit more than that.

Pant and Ishan Kishan are in the same boat. Aggressive talented batsmen, but neither have a good head on their shoulders. They can only play in top gear or get out.

[Justcrazy]

99 / 5

10 overs

[Justcrazy]

Maxi Power

[Justcrazy]

maxwell plays one shot two many.

[WengerOut]

Another long Hop. Another dismissal. Whats happening !!

[Justcrazy]

narine strikes

[Justcrazy]

Its all over for Delhi now.

[Justcrazy]

wickets falling like nine pins.

[Justcrazy]

Delhi had lots of overs , they played a lot of rash shots.

[JattMaula]

Delhi back to their aukaat.