The next three teams:
Kings XI Punjab:
Have been a consistent disappointment in the IPL, and do not seem to have done much in terms of rejigging their squad for this edition. And quite how did they trade Dinesh Karthik to Mumbai Indians in return for R Satish is beyond me.
Key Indian contingent: Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar,Abhishek Nayar, Romesh Powar, Paul Valthaty
Again, not many amongst the Indian names that inspire confidence. The batting looks especially vulnerable and will depend strongly on their 41-year old skipper Adam Gilchrist in addition to his fellow Aussies David Hussey and Shaun Marsh. Getting to play offs seems a road too long.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Finally achieved the play-offs last year (avoiding the ignomony of being the only team not to have made the play-offs/semi-finals in the 4 years). Have not made many changes to their Indian contingent in the recent auction, hence the core of their team will be the same.
Key Indians: Gambhir, Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Iqbal Adullah, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Shukla and Manoj Tiwary
Their foreign contingent is probably the strongest in the IPL, but only 4 out of Kallis, Brett Lee, McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Pattinson, Shakib Al Hasan and Ten Deoschate would be able to play. A lot will then depend on the local talent that they have, which is quite a decent bunch. Should be closely fighting for a spot in the play-offs.
Mumbai Indians:
Clearly seemed to have the best of the auction. They lost only Ali Murtaza, Sarul Kanwar and R Satish but they have added Dinesh karthik, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Gibbs, Mitchell Johnson, Thisara Perera, Richard Levi etc.
Key Indians: Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Dinesh Karthik, Dhaval Kulkarni, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf, Ambati Rayadu, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, T Suman
Extremely strong Indian line up. Can almost make a XI out of their own. Add to that Malinga, Pollard, Levi, Thisara Perera, Gibbs etc. Also seem to have fixed the wicket-keeper problem with Karthik added. Would be a real shock if they failed to make the play-offs.
Next post will have the final three teams.
Cheers
Amit
Kings XI Punjab:
Have been a consistent disappointment in the IPL, and do not seem to have done much in terms of rejigging their squad for this edition. And quite how did they trade Dinesh Karthik to Mumbai Indians in return for R Satish is beyond me.
Key Indian contingent: Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar,Abhishek Nayar, Romesh Powar, Paul Valthaty
Again, not many amongst the Indian names that inspire confidence. The batting looks especially vulnerable and will depend strongly on their 41-year old skipper Adam Gilchrist in addition to his fellow Aussies David Hussey and Shaun Marsh. Getting to play offs seems a road too long.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Finally achieved the play-offs last year (avoiding the ignomony of being the only team not to have made the play-offs/semi-finals in the 4 years). Have not made many changes to their Indian contingent in the recent auction, hence the core of their team will be the same.
Key Indians: Gambhir, Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Iqbal Adullah, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Shukla and Manoj Tiwary
Their foreign contingent is probably the strongest in the IPL, but only 4 out of Kallis, Brett Lee, McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Pattinson, Shakib Al Hasan and Ten Deoschate would be able to play. A lot will then depend on the local talent that they have, which is quite a decent bunch. Should be closely fighting for a spot in the play-offs.
Mumbai Indians:
Clearly seemed to have the best of the auction. They lost only Ali Murtaza, Sarul Kanwar and R Satish but they have added Dinesh karthik, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Gibbs, Mitchell Johnson, Thisara Perera, Richard Levi etc.
Key Indians: Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Dinesh Karthik, Dhaval Kulkarni, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf, Ambati Rayadu, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, T Suman
Extremely strong Indian line up. Can almost make a XI out of their own. Add to that Malinga, Pollard, Levi, Thisara Perera, Gibbs etc. Also seem to have fixed the wicket-keeper problem with Karthik added. Would be a real shock if they failed to make the play-offs.
Next post will have the final three teams.
Cheers
Amit
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