u/Former_Fisherman4078

A lot of people want guys like Duffy, Bethell, Cox, Venky in instead but that leaves us with an inflexible bowling lineup or weaker batting depth.

We all saw how good Madhav Tiwari was for Delhi yesterday. We all saw how good Urvil was for Chennai on the weekend. Why are we the only team that can’t trust our prospects.

Management failed to have an experienced all rounder backup in the squad & the only one left now is Mangesh Yadav.

Mangesh adds a lot of quality to the squad.

-left arm seamer (angles)
-can bowl both in PP & Death
-very good finisher with a great variation of shots in his bag
-gun fielder

He excels in three phases of play whilst Romario struggles in all three. There is not a better moment to try him than now. He won’t be fully used as the 6th bowler & 8th Batsman, so we can test his skills without much risk. From what I have seen, no chance he is worse than Romario.

The Management really needs to trust the youth. Every team in the IPL apart from us have done so and reaped the benefits. We need to stop being stubborn idiots.

Also allows Hazlewood to bowl in more comfortable phases and bring out the best of his game. Our fielding will become elite & we can add an extra overseas player to the squad.

It is a NO BRAINER.

I love Bethell & he’s a fantastic player but the ECB have nurtured him into more of a middle over batter & him opening these days doesn’t suit him well.

DDP on the other hand is on fire & is really good at maximizing the powerplay. Since he has timing and length, even the balls he can’t power through will end up going for 4s in the PP which is perfect.

This will also stabilize our middle overs with Bethell’s ability to build innings & him being a threat against Spin. A Bethell-Patidar combo is one to watch out for.

I do think DDP should take Kohli’s place as an opener once Kohli retires so best to start now and nurture him in that role.

RCB funny enough went for Shubham Dubey in the auction and today he comes in and imposes himself in a dire Punjab middle order.

RCB have had a lot of gems they’ve bid on but didn’t get. Most of those players have gone on to perform really well in the cycle.

Shows how good our scouting has been & fills me with hope for the mega auction. We’ll need that Indian scouting this upcoming auction, a lot of our players are on the final lap of their career.

Ravi Singh is another, possibly the next cycle replacement for Jitesh👀