Here’s a fantasy 15 Members Squad which can beat any IPL team
Every side has their ups and downs. The positive points will add the much-needed intent to the game’s play while the weaknesses will help the team the areas where they need to get better. It also helps them know where they stand.
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Here are the strength and weakness of IPL teams:
– by James Kuanal
Strength: The main strength is the captain himself MS Dhoni. Besides, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, and Sam Billings are regarded as marquee players. All round department could be well handled by Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav while Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner could easily help CSK defeat any other team of the IPL.
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Weakness: There is not much dependency in the middle order and the lower middle order. Shane Watson, Ambayati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav are not among consistent players so in occasions when the wickets of Raina, Du Plessis, fall the middle order performance is not guaranteed. Harbhajan is also looking off-color these days.
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Strength: The biggest positive is Gautam Gambhir. Though the side looks young, he is well capable of handling the squad. Chris Morris, Risabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell and Jason Roy could help them win single-handedly on any given day. Kagiso Rabada, Dan Christian, and Trent Boult can break the backbone of any IPL batting side.
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Weakness: They are very much dependent on players like Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer as others are youngsters and could not be guaranteed as consistent players so the middle order will be tested. There is also a question if Mohd. Shami will play or not.
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Strength: R Ashwin who will captain the squad has amorous experience playing under quality captains like Dhoni and Kohli. He will use it to his advantage. David Miller, KL Rahul, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle can do the much-needed damage against any team throughout the season.
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Weakness: The bowling department will revolve around Ashwin, Zadran, and Andrew Tye while other players cannot be guaranteed of quality bowling.
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4) Kolkata Knight Riders
Strength: Dinesh Karthik will feel confident of leading the squad after his heroics ahead of the IPL. He will be more than happy to lead the side for the first time. He has top players like Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Robin Uthappa and Kuldeep Yadav in his squad.
Weakness: Sunil Narine presence is not guaranteed someone on whom the KKR has depended on for a long time. There are a lot of inexperienced players who need to play better following the rule of playing only 4 overseas players in the playing eleven.
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Strength: The four times IPL champions have retained their top players. Rohit will continue to lead the side with other players such as Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard and Evin Lewis who have established themselves as top T20 players.
Weakness: The middle order will again be tested this season as the Saurabh Tiwary, JP Duminy, Ben Cutting, need to step up when their opportunity arises. Else the batting order can easily collapse. Note: Last season Pandya brothers saved MI from many such collapses.
Strength: The team focuses on quality. Yet again this season after its comeback, they have invested in top players like the skipper Steve Smith while others players include Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane and recent Big Bash league sensation D Archy Short, and Jofra Archer. These players will be the main difference this season.
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Weakness: They are known for grooming young payers. However, it will be interesting to see how they handle raw talent this time around. Among bowling, they only have three specialist bowlers Ben Laughlin, Dushmantha Chameera and Ben Stokes. They have to rotate players very well in the ratio 4:7 throughout the season.
7) Royal Challengers Bangalore
Strength: With the presence of Virat Kohli, the winning mentality cannot change. That comes as the biggest positive. Besides this, they also have the players: AB De Villiers, Brendan McCullum, de Grandhome, Chris Woakes and Yuzvendra Chahal who are top players of the game.
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Weakness: Despite having top players, RCB chokes in the later stages of the tournament. They have never won an IPL title. The team also has quality top 3 players but the middle order is questionable. Youngsters will have to perform very well.
8) Sunrisers Hyderabad
Strength: The team has some cool heads that include the Captain David Warner while others are Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan. They play tactically well. Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, and Carlos Braithwaite add stability to the middle order while Rashid will do the much-needed damage to the bowl.
Weakness: The lower middle order is questionable. Yusuf Pathan might not even win you 2 in 10 games when required. Saha is not as good in the same position. Bowling is heavily dependent on Rashid, Shakib and Mehdi Hasan apart from Bhuvneshwar others are an overseas player. The rule allows only 4/11 foreign players.
– by James Kuanal