IPL MEGA AUCTON 2022 SQUADS WITH COMMENTS AND IDEAL XIs
IDEAL XI –
COMMENTS AND RATING –
WITH NO EXPERIENCED INDIAN DEATH BOWLER IN THE SQUAD, PLAYING BRAVO AND JORDAN BECOMES A MUST WHICH OCCUPIES TWO OVERSEAS SPOTS IN THE XI. NO LEFT ARM SEAMERS IN THE SQUAD MAKES THEM ONLY ONE DIMENSIONAL WITH THEIR SEAM ATTACK WITH NO EXTRA VARIATION POSSIBLE IN THE SAME. OVERALL, A BALANCED SQUAD WITH SOME MISSING GAPS BUT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP OF MSD AND BALAJI, THIS SQUAD HAS A LOT OF YOUNG FUTURE PROSPECTS WHO COULD BE PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE FUTURE SEASONS.
TEAM RATING – 7/10
IDEAL XI –
COMMENTS AND RATING –
A SQUAD WITH ALL VARIATIONS AVAILABLE WITH THE BALL EXCEPT FOR A QUALITY OFF-BREAK BOWLER WHICH COULD PROVE COSTLY AGAINST TEAM WITH A LEFT-HANDED HEAVY TOP ORDER. IN CASE OF UNAVAILABILITY OF WARNER OR MARSH, THEY DON’T HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP PLAYER FOR THEIR ROLES WHICH MAKES THEM A BIT DEPENDENT ON THOSE TWO TO BE AVAILABLE FOR MAJORITY OF THE SEASON. IT’S A WELL-BALANCED SQUAD WITH ALMOST ALL DOMAINS COVERED AND INCLUDES MANY YOUNGSTERS TO BE GROOMED FOR THEIR FUTURE SEASONS AS WELL.
TEAM RATING – 8/10
IDEAL XI –
COMMENTS AND RATING –
LACK OF EXPERIENCE WILL BE THEIR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THIS SEASON. FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE SIDE BEING HARDIK PANDYA WHO HASN’T CAPTAINED A SIDE EVER, TO NOT HAVING EXPERIENCED INDIAN FINISHERS, TO HAVING NO EXPERIENCED LEFT ARM SEAMERS IN THEIR SQUAD. THEIR SQUAD HAS REVOLVED AROUND MAJORITY OF YOUNGSTERS WHICH COULD BRING REWARDS IN THE FORTHCOMING SEASONS BUT LACK OF EXPERIENCE COULD GET THEIR FIRST EVER IPL SEASON OFF TO A POOR START. HOWEVER, THE YOUNGSTERS PICKED ARE ALL QUALITATIVE AND HAVE PROVED THEIR WORTH IN THEIR DOMESTIC TOURNAMENTS AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR THEM TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT ON THE BIG STAGE, THE IPL, IF AND WHEN THEY GET A CHANCE TO DO SO.
TEAM RATING – 6.5/10
IDEAL XI –
COMMENTS AND RATING –
HAVING A PLAYING XI WITH 6 ALL ROUNDERS GIVES THEM THE BATTING AND THE BOWLING DEPTH BUT ALSO CHANGES THE DYNAMICS OF THEIR SQUAD SELECTION STRATEGIES. WITH TWO INEXPERIENCED INDIAN WICKET KEEPERS, BILLINGS HAS TO BE THEIR FRONTLINE CHOICE, WHICH WOULD MEAN HALES TO MISS OUT ON THE XI. WITH 4 OVERSEAS SLOTS OCCUPIED WITH EXACTLY SIMILAR TYPES OF PLAYERS, THEY’VE COVERED RUSSELL AND CUMMINS IN CASE OF THEIR UNAVAILABILITIES BUT DUE TO THE SAME, THEY ARE ANOTHER SIDE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE LEFT ARM SEAM OPTION IN THEIR SQUAD. THEY ALSO LACK EXPLOSIVE TOP ORDER HITTING IN THE BACKUP.
TEAM RATING – 7/10
IDEAL XI –
COMMENTS AND RATINGS –
THEY HAVE THE SMALLEST SQUAD AND WERE THE ONLY TEAM WITH NO BUDGET REMAINING BY THE END OF THE AUCTION, BUT THEY MANAGED A WELL-BALANCED SQUAD AND SOME REALLY EXCEPTIONAL OVERSEAS TALENT AS WELL. THEY HAVE ATLEAST ONE BOWLER IN EVERY VARIATION POSSIBLE WHICH HAS THEIR BOWLING BASES COVERED REALLY WELL. THE ONLY PLACE THEY LACK IS THEIR MIDDLE ORDER BACKUP WITH ALL BACKUPS IN THE SQUAD BEING EITHER OPENING BATSMEN OR BOWLERS. SO, TO REPLACE ANYONE AMONGST HOODA, KRUNAL OR STOINIS, THEY’D IDEALLY HAVE TO PLAY AN OPENER OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE IN THE MIDDLE ORDER OR HAVE AN EXTRA BOWLER IN THEIR SQUAD, WHICH COULD BE THE ONLY ISSUE FOR THIS NEW SIDE IN THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON IN THE IPL.
TEAM RATING – 8.5/10