IPL 2016

[The Professor]

My top tips to fixing Hyderabad : Drop Morgan for Williamson & Henriques for Boult. Maybe try & maybe draft an all-rounder like Mohammed Nabi

[Red Devil]

My top tips to fixing Hyderabad : Drop Morgan for Williamson & Henriques for Boult. Maybe try & maybe draft an all-rounder like Mohammed Nabi

I'm not sure how effective Boult would be but I'd agree with the rest

[Red Devil]

How do you fix Punjab though?

[mikesiva]

Dwayne Smith out for 53 from just 30 balls. That partnership with McCollum was devastating. Two players missing from the world t20 champs. Is Johnson Charles really better than Smith? I think that if McCollum had played for new Zealand they could have won the whole thing. They missed his firepower. His retirement before the world t20 champs made no sense. That would have been the perfect place to retire.

[sussexpob]

Dwayne Smith out for 53 from just 30 balls. That partnership with McCollum was devastating. Two players missing from the world t20 champs. Is Johnson Charles really better than Smith?

Ask Somerset fans which they rather have faced in that T20 final he ripped up for Sussex a few years back.

You have to take the rough with the smooth with a guy like him. When he turns up he wins you a game on his own...... always an exciting guy to watch too. But there were games even in successful seasons you watched him and thought he literally couldnt be arsed.

I believe before we had him he was known as a bit of a hot character

[dan08]

Don't think i've ever seen a game as dodgy as this. Gujarat still hold on though by 1 run.

[The Professor]

The problem with Delhi is that if they lose Quinton de Kock early they are in bother.

[mikesiva]

"Mumbai Indians have signed West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor as a replacement for the injured Lasith Malinga for the remainder of IPL 2016. Taylor trained with Mumbai on Wednesday, and will be available for selection for their game against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-prem ... 04329.html

[mikesiva]

Pollard 51 not out from just 17 balls with two boundaries and six sixes...not bad.

[mikesiva]

Dwayne Smith 63 from just 37 balls, with nine boundaries and one six....

[backfootpunch]

Looks like Billings had a good debut

[The Professor]

Seems very odd that Kolkata dropped Shakib Al Hassan. Think would have had a big effect on this game.

Another disappointing performance for Bangalore, only saving grace is form of Rahul.

[dan08]

Shakib has been dreadful.

[mikesiva]

A decent all-round performance from Carlos...34 from just 11 balls, with three sixes and three boundaries, and three wickets too, though he bowled a few no-balls and was expensive.

[The Professor]

M. Vijay's start as captain of Punjab couldn't have gone much better.

Dhoni needs to realise that his ploy of only bowling Ashwin to left handed batters is inherently flawed.