Mumbai needs to get rid of Pollard. Once a top T20 player, he has struggled in IPL in last couple of seasons for us. Now he can win the rare match with the bat. Does not bowls as well in last few seasons. Evin Lewis is a much better batsman than Pollard even though he is made to bat in middle order. We are wasting a spot there. Poor captaincy and team selection by MI management and coaches. International batsmen bench / backup for MI in batting is weak.
Quinton has done well for Mumbai this year as opener. We needed a more consistent international opener than Evin Lewis has been for us and he has done well so far. Rohit opening innings this full IPL season is a very good move.
The positive though is that we have won 1 out of 3 matches. Usually we start poorly and lose all 3,4,5 initial matches.A better start this time.
2011 (Champions League), 2013 (IPL win) , 2015 (IPL win) , 2017 (IPL win). Given that, will 2019 be our time again.
The controversy of mankading of Jos Buttler is doing rounds on social media and Ashwin has taken lot of stick by all fans. Personally ICC should allow:
1. The runner to stand near the batsman.
2. The Mankading rule to be scrapped.
3. Give a longer bat to runner so that the batsmen can run 2 instead of 1 and 3 instead of 2's.
When bowler oversteps by even 1 cm he is give no-ball. But a batsman is allowed to take advantage of 1 metre following up at runners end.
A free hit for no-ball. Next would be allow runner to stand near batsman or half way of the wicket so the singles are taken easily.
Test FL's - 8 , ODI and Tests Combo FL's - 1, ODI World Cup - 1, ODI FL's - 7, ODI and T20i combo FL's - 1 ,
T20 Franchisee FL's - 7, T20i Cup FL's- 1, T20 FL's- 5 , 50 Overs Domestic FL's - 1, 40 Overs Domestic FL's- 1