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Finally we have some dates.

Starts 28th March

Get your thinking caps on

I’ll post the rules etc when I get back from holiday

Here we go.... the T20 Blast's little brother... the baby boy who wants to be just like its big cousin the Centiball when it grows up


Rules

Pick 11 players. No substitutes are allowed. No restrictions on who you can pick

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
Bowler with an economy rate of <=4.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 50 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=5.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 40 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=6.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 30 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=7.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 20 point bonus
Bowler 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

Squads
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl ... 719/squads

first match starts 28th March at 2pm GMT until it quickly changes to BST the next day. Teams to be in before the first toss. Be there or be square

Are squads technically finalised now?

MY SIDE

1.Virat Kohli (RCB)
2.Ajinkya Rahane (KKR)
3.KL Rahul (DC)
4.Nicholas Pooran (LSG)
5.Rinku Singh (KKR)
6.Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)
7.Romario Shepherd (RCB)
8.Harshal Patel (SRH)
9.Nathan Ellis (CSK)
10.Kuldeep Yadav (DC)
11.Sandeep Sharma (RR)

andy wrote:Are squads technically finalised now?

I don't know.... keep checking, I guess

Ishan Kishan - SRH

Fin Allen - KKR
Blessing Muzarabani - KKR

Tom Banton - GT

Jacob Bethell - RCB
Phil Salt - RCB

Corbin Bosch - MI
Sherfane Rutherford - MI

Shivam Dube - CSK
Sanju Samson - CSK

Aiden Markram - LSG

Definitely gonna be at least one change to my side....Nathan Ellis ruled out of the tournament

andy wrote:MY SIDE

1.Virat Kohli (RCB)
2.Ajinkya Rahane (KKR)
3.KL Rahul (DC)
4.Nicholas Pooran (LSG)
5.Rinku Singh (KKR)
6.Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)
7.Romario Shepherd (RCB)
8.Harshal Patel (SRH)
9.Nathan Ellis (CSK)
10.Kuldeep Yadav (DC)
11.Sandeep Sharma (RR)

Already injuries around so will go with this new side please

1.Aidan Markram (LSG)
2.Prabhsimran Singh (wk) (Punjab)
3.Riyan Parag (RR)
4.Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
5.Tristan Stubbs (DC)
6.Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)
7.Shivam Dube (CSK)
8.Marco Jansen (Punjab)
9.Kuldeep Yadav (DC)
10.Prasidh Krishna (GT)
11.Arshdeep Singh (Punjab)

IPL 2026

I'm in

Samson CSK
Rahul DC
Gill GT
Pant LSG
SKY MI
Hardik MI
Iyer PK
Kohli RCB
Jaiswal RR
Jadeja RR
Abhishek SRH

Starts Saturday

it lasts for 10 months, so if you forget to get a team in, you'll be able to enjoy regretting it for a very long time

1. Sanju Samson (Chennai Super Kings)
2. Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
3. Rachin Ravindra (Kolkata Knight Riders)
4. Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
5. Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)
6. Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians)
7. Marco Jansen (Punjab Kings)
8. Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
9. Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
10. Jacob Bethell (Royal Challengers Banglalore)
11. Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Durhamfootman wrote:I'm in

Samson CSK
Rahul DC
Gill GT
Pant LSG
SKY MI
Hardik MI
Iyer PK
Kohli RCB
Jaiswal RR
Jadeja RR
Sooryavanshi RR
Abhishek SRH

I'm going to take a punt on the boy wonder

The kid says ...

Kohli - RCB
Bethell - RCB
Rachin ravindra - KKR
Finn Allen - KKR
Jadeja - RR
Ishan kishan - SRH
Abhishekh - SRH
Markram - LSG
Samson - CSK
Sky - MI
Hardik - MI

My side is ...

KL Rahul, Axar - Delhi
Ishan Kishan, Abhishek - SH
Kohli - RCB
Jaiswal, Jadeja - RR
Shreyas - PS
Hardik - MI
Gill - GT
Narine - KKR