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roll up, roll up, come one, come all.

none of your wishy washy, namby pamby, hoity toity, arty farty nonsense here.... this is it....

the greatest show on earth...... major drum roll/opening bars of the theme tune to Rocky (delete as appropriate)

The return of the IPL fantasy league

The big one

so big that even SRT had to think for a moment before declining to enter

The rules

pick 11 players, no substitutes are allowed but, unlike the competition itself, there are no restrictions on who you can pick

The scoring

Batting
1pt for every run scored
Players scoring at least 25 runs will receive a 10pt bonus for every 25 runs scored
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 10pt bonus for a s/r 125-174
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 20pt bonus for a s/r 175-224
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 30pt bonus for a s/r 225+

Bowling
25 pts per wicket plus
5 points bonus for maiden over
10 pt bonus for a 2fer
20 pt bonus for a 4fer
Bowlers with an economy rate of <=4.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 50 point bonus
Bowlers with an economy rate of <=5.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 40 point bonus
Bowlers with an economy rate of <=6.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 30 point bonus
Bowlers with an economy rate of <=7.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 20 point bonus
Bowlers with an economy rate of <=8.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 10 point bonus

Fielding
10 points for each catch taken and stumping.
20 points for sole run out (10 each if shared)
10 pt bonus for being involved in 3 catches / run-outs / stumpings

The squads

Dehli Daredevils
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 83985.html
Gujarat Lions
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 83987.html
Kings XI Punjab
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 83989.html
Kolkata Knight Riders
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 83995.html
Mumbai Indians
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 83996.html
Rising Pune Supergiants
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 83999.html
Royal Challengers Bangalore
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 84021.html
Sunrisers Hyderabad
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 84024.html

The Place

India

The date

5th April


Be there or be square and may the best footman win

I'm not so familiar with the squads for this one, so it would be much appreciated if posters could include the name of the team with each player

teams to be in before the toss on the 5th April

1) Carlos Braithwaite - Delhi
2) chris gayle - bangalore
3) Samuel Badree - bangalore
4) Darren Bravo - kolkata
5) Dwayne Smith - gujarat
6) darren Sammy - punjab
7) Kieron Pollard - Mumbai
8) Lendl Simmons - Mumbai
9) Sunil Narine - kolkata
10) rovman Powell - kolkata
11) Nicholas pooran - Mumbai

Shreyas Iyer - Dehli Daredevils
Brendon McCullum - Gujarat Lions
Aaron Finch - Gujarat lions
Glenn Maxwell - Kings XI Punjab
Chris Lynn - Kolkata Knight Riders
Rohit Sharma - Mumbai Indians
Jos Buttler - Mumbai Indians
Ben Stokes - Pune Super Kings
Viart Kohli - Royal Challengers Bangalore
AB de Villiers - Royal Challengers Bangalore
David Warner - Sunrisers Hyderabad

MY SIDE

1.Gautam Gambhir (kkr)
2.Martin Guptill (PunJ)
3.Parthiv Patel (wk) (MI)
4.Faf Du Plessis (Pune)
5.Suresh Raina (Lion)
6.Glenn Maxwell (Kings)
7.Shakib Al-Hasan (KKR)
8.Harbajhan Singh (MI)
9.Ashok Dinda (Pune)
10.Pat Cummins (Delhi)
11.Dhawal Kulkarni (Lion)

my first tentative selection... as defending champion I need to get this right

Big Mac (GL)
Big Bravo (GL)
Axar Patel (KIXP)
Uthappa (KKR)
Rohit (MI)
ABV (RCB)
Kohli (RCB)
Watson (RCB)
Rahane (RPS)
Warner (SH)
Bhuvneshwar (SH)

Rohit Sharma (Mumbai)
David Warner (Hyderabad)
Virat Kohli (Bangalore)
Ajinkya Rahane (Pune)
ABDV (Bangalore)
Shane Watson (Bangalore)
Hardik Pandya (Mumbai)
Mitchell McClenaghan (Mumbai)
Dwayne Smith (Gujarat)
Mustafizur Rahman (Hyderabad)
Bhuvenshwar Kumar (Hyderabad)

B. McCullun DD
ABDV RC
Buttler MUM
Woakes KK
Morgan K XI
Rohit Sharma RC
Dwayne Bravo GL
Watson BANG
Billings DD
Q. de Kock DD
Jadeja GL

Adi wrote:Quinton - http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ipl-201 ... 49470.html

Bravo - http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/380763-D ... f-IPL-2017

Good info adi, who do you recommend I replace them with.

hopeforthebest wrote:

Adi wrote:Quinton - http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ipl-201 ... 49470.html

Bravo - http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/380763-D ... f-IPL-2017

Good info adi, who do you recommend I replace them with.

kevin pietersen

hopeforthebest wrote:

Adi wrote:Quinton - http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ipl-201 ... 49470.html

Bravo - http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/380763-D ... f-IPL-2017

Good info adi, who do you recommend I replace them with.

Welcome, Hope. Here is my working file. Will suggest you two players as soon as my anticipated playing 11 are done.

Meanwhile you can have a look at this.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dXpo1F5Gx2ztx1fvKye1zvYcOgFCsbxaRJSxRfZAX8I/edit?usp=sharing

Durhamfootman wrote:

hopeforthebest wrote:

Adi wrote:Quinton - http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ipl-201 ... 49470.html

Bravo - http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/380763-D ... f-IPL-2017

Good info adi, who do you recommend I replace them with.

kevin pietersen

KP will be in commentary box i suppose as well as analyze during break shows.

Hope, as you already have Morgan, who imo will be in playing 11 for just few matches it is better to select both certain starters to replace your injured players.

Bhuv and Virat who may not miss more than 2 matches.

If you dont Virat you can pick Steven Smith.