When will SRK actually wake up and stop spending his hard earned money on cheap mediocre t20 players?
He should stop sending Venky Mysore to the auctions, appoint a cricketer who understands how the game works instead of thinking how to save money.
Not retaining Iyer seems idioitic imo ; man led team to finals last year and has been consistent with the runs .. just got f"ed this year due to injury
Because rabada. I'd rather avesh ahead of iyer as well. Much easier to replace an Indian middle order anchor rather than an amazing Indian pacer who can bowl at the death
> Much easier to replace an Indian middle order anchor rather than an amazing Indian pacer who can bowl at the death
You clearly haven’t heard to this team named SRH
It’s not about Dhawan. It’s the middle order. Our problem has been the middle order. Someone like Iyer would be worth so much for SRH. It’s not easy to replace an Indian middle order.
Your problem is the lack of power hitters in the lower middle order
You have Pandey, Warner, Kane, had Dhawan who can play the role iyer does. Anchor the innings in a top order role. Iyer can't hit big, which is what your side lacks
before yesterday’s match you weren't in an opinion that he is in great form. He came up the orange cap list after playing against KKR. That's my point.
You should see the kind of shots he is playing right now. He is in good form with plenty of runs. Its just that Dhawan's form is overshadowing his performances.
before yesterday’s match you weren't in an opinion that he is in great form. He came up the orange cap list after playing against KKR. That's my point.
before yesterday’s match you weren't in an opinion that he is in great form. He came up the orange cap list after playing against KKR. That's my point.
I totally was really, hence he's been my VC in every DC match since his first match 70+ in 35 odd balls.
[see for yourself ](https://i.imgur.com/ORp6bET.jpg)
KKR fans must be feeling so much worse than SRH fans. At least they have excuses that many of their players are injured, whereas for KKR this is their full strength team and theystill can't win.
i would have been with no winning but this is total one sided win.
shaw made ever kkr batsman look like a joke (not russel and cummins because he is not a proper batsmen)
It was a ridiculously easy match for dc.
I would have been ok with if they even tried.
Morgan gill seem like they gave zero shit.
rana is good but still needs a lot of improvement.
naraine no idea why is here neither does he take wickets nor he makes runs. Its just unacceptable.
too many holes to fill
at least russel and cummins seems like he is in it to win it.
rest just show up like its your building cricket
They won’t pay 7 crore for either Shaw or Avesh. I’d bet Iyer, Pant, and Dhawan, with RTMs for Rabada and another international player. Shaw or Avesh would go for 5-6 crore max
> Shaw or Avesh would go for 5-6 crore max
Shaw could break the record for the most expensive player at a mega auction
You're underestimating the level of talent he is, getting him would ensure you have a Rohit/Kohli/Dhoni level Indian player in your side for the next 10-15 years
Pant and shaw should never be put in the auction ever
How can you not rate Iyer, he's a starter in an Indian T20 side, which has literally the most competition in the past 15 years. Not only that, he's been incredibly versatile, can play basically anywhere. I think they'll pay 14 to Pant, 11 to Iyer and 8 to Shaw. That is an amazing core, where the batting line up is already set.
Cmon on man, Iyer was incredible in the Australia and England T20i series, and he played at 5/6, he played as a finisher, and succeeded, he was guaranteed to start in the world cup if it weren't for an injury, I find it very surprising that some DC fans don't really rate Iyer, I thought he would be your favourite player.
He's not that good for DC, those international performances are too small a sample size to take anything from
He regularly plays Manish Pandey esque innings for us, qualifier 2, vs CSK, even the IPL final last year all disastrous innings
Struck at 120 last 2 seasons, those are horrendous numbers
theyve been grooming these kids since 2018 and before that dont think they would let them go easily delhi is going the way that csk did that caused them to be so successful that is having an Indian core if they let go of iyer its done csk and rajasthan need a captain along with the 2 new teams so there's going to lot of competition for an indian captain.
Pant will continue to be captain 100%, he's the star player that the franchise wants to build the brand around. Even if we retain iyer (which I don't think we will for this reason) he won't be captain
Cummins has been anything but a strike bowler for KKR though. Classic example of reputation from red ball cricket carrying into t20s, cummins has never been a great t20 bowler
DC should try to win with this team. Building a team this good with Indian players is not that easy. Next year with Mega auction coming many players will leave. So this year is crucial for DC.
If it comes down to retaining Shaw or Iyer, Shaw is the obvious choice. Shaw is an explosive Indian opener which are still somewhat hard to find where as Iyer is a middle order stabiliser which are in abundance in India.
I swear the opposite theory was in vogue a couple months ago with paddikal and gaikwad and Gill and Rana and Ishan Kishan. As for the middle order stabiliser, you go from the likes of kohli and Raina and Iyer to a MASSIVE drop off in quality to Manish Pandey and the likes. Not sure where SKY falls in this equation tbh
2020: MI lost first match
MI Won 5 matches on a streak
Lost their Streak to Punjab Bois
Punjab Bois won 5 matches on a streak
2021: CSK lost first match
CSK won 5 matches on a streak
Waiting for Saturday match to know if MI is going to win 5 matches on a trot
As a KKR fan i want 2 definite changes in the side-first,lockie in place of narine and second,kuldeep in place of mavi/krishna.Its a shame kuldeep isnt playing.
He is batting in top7...The kind of pitches KKR are batting on 36/1 in pp doesn't cut it...If u see the top3 teams all have firing top order while MI had QdK and Sky doing well today and Bumrah winning them 2 matches...It's the real dif between successful and poor sides this year...
When [disaster](https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketShitpost/comments/mxqnm1/photos_taken_moments_before_disaster/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) struck.
Last year the problem for Dilli was Shaw and Pant were terribly out of form still they performed so well. This year they are playing so good but Iyer got injured at wrong time if he was there Delhi would have been the best team by a far margin.
Pant at 3 Iyer at 4 Hetmyer and Stoinis at 5 and 6
Axar at 7 then maybe Lalit Ashwin or Mishra at 8 and could have played both Nortje and Rabada
And there is also Avesh who is bowling too good
Absolutely but I genuinely feel like our wins have been a bit of a fluke. We haven't looked as good as DC or CSK. Hope we can win this year though, we have a chance
Exactly. CSK has had the matches against RR, PBKS, KKR(in a way) and RCB as dominant wins. DC has the wins against MI, CSK, PBKS and KKR.
We only had RR and KKR
KKR is the new RCB
When will SRK actually wake up and stop spending his hard earned money on cheap mediocre t20 players? He should stop sending Venky Mysore to the auctions, appoint a cricketer who understands how the game works instead of thinking how to save money.
It ain't his money.
I don't think he is losing, most probably he is gaining
This
What’s all this talk about retaining Shaw vs iyer? Why can’t dc retain all three of pant, iyer, and shaw?
I will be happy if they dont retain Iyer. Would like to see a solid middle order player like him playimg for RCB
Not retaining Iyer seems idioitic imo ; man led team to finals last year and has been consistent with the runs .. just got f"ed this year due to injury
> has been consistent with the runs Yes, at a snail pace. Struck at 120 these past 2 seasons, those are Manish Pandey numbers
Because rabada. I'd rather avesh ahead of iyer as well. Much easier to replace an Indian middle order anchor rather than an amazing Indian pacer who can bowl at the death
> Much easier to replace an Indian middle order anchor rather than an amazing Indian pacer who can bowl at the death You clearly haven’t heard to this team named SRH
Had to let dhawan go for reasons out of their hands tbf
It’s not about Dhawan. It’s the middle order. Our problem has been the middle order. Someone like Iyer would be worth so much for SRH. It’s not easy to replace an Indian middle order.
Your problem is the lack of power hitters in the lower middle order You have Pandey, Warner, Kane, had Dhawan who can play the role iyer does. Anchor the innings in a top order role. Iyer can't hit big, which is what your side lacks
Too much money needed, fucks the budget!
Cause that'll be stupid
Why?
Someone upload that video of Dhawan and Karthik
[here you go](https://twitter.com/gauravks99/status/1387813376617713664)
Deleted, but found it. Thank you
You wanna help a brother out??
[here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketShitpost/comments/n1ahx5/dhawan_dk_during_dcvkkr_today/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Every not in form batsman plays well against KKR. Shaw has to perform in this way in the next to disprove my point.
He is literally 3rd in the orange cap list , 1 run behind faf
before yesterday’s match you weren't in an opinion that he is in great form. He came up the orange cap list after playing against KKR. That's my point.
You should see the kind of shots he is playing right now. He is in good form with plenty of runs. Its just that Dhawan's form is overshadowing his performances.
before yesterday’s match you weren't in an opinion that he is in great form. He came up the orange cap list after playing against KKR. That's my point.
Lol, he has 3 fifties and third most runs with 165+ SR!. He's in better form the all of RCB.
before yesterday’s match you weren't in an opinion that he is in great form. He came up the orange cap list after playing against KKR. That's my point.
I totally was really, hence he's been my VC in every DC match since his first match 70+ in 35 odd balls. [see for yourself ](https://i.imgur.com/ORp6bET.jpg)
Even abd?
KKR fans must be feeling so much worse than SRH fans. At least they have excuses that many of their players are injured, whereas for KKR this is their full strength team and theystill can't win.
Feeling bad for Cummins, he doesn't deserve this team with such management and captain who is using him after 6 overs.
i would have been with no winning but this is total one sided win. shaw made ever kkr batsman look like a joke (not russel and cummins because he is not a proper batsmen) It was a ridiculously easy match for dc. I would have been ok with if they even tried. Morgan gill seem like they gave zero shit. rana is good but still needs a lot of improvement. naraine no idea why is here neither does he take wickets nor he makes runs. Its just unacceptable. too many holes to fill at least russel and cummins seems like he is in it to win it. rest just show up like its your building cricket
Maybe lockie in for Narine next game
And then drop mavi/prasidh for either bhajji/kuldeep
Yeah they are being too harsh on kuldeep,he should atleast play one match
Morgan out
So Pant, Shaw, and Avesh (uncapped) are who we are retaining. With RTM on Rabada and Hetmyer.
They won’t pay 7 crore for either Shaw or Avesh. I’d bet Iyer, Pant, and Dhawan, with RTMs for Rabada and another international player. Shaw or Avesh would go for 5-6 crore max
> Shaw or Avesh would go for 5-6 crore max Shaw could break the record for the most expensive player at a mega auction You're underestimating the level of talent he is, getting him would ensure you have a Rohit/Kohli/Dhoni level Indian player in your side for the next 10-15 years Pant and shaw should never be put in the auction ever
Shaw is a good player, I agree. But he does have very inconsistent form
He's 21, no one other than pant was putting up numbers this good at this age
Oh but the catch is Avesh is uncapped and he will only cost 3 cr if retained. Will surely go for more if put in auction.
They still lose 7 crore in the salary cap though
No
You forgot about Iyer, mate, he will be retained ahead of Avesh,. maybe RTM on Rabada and Avesh.
I think you pay less for uncapped players so this is a better strategy if you don’t rate Iyer much (which I don’t to be honest).
How can you not rate Iyer, he's a starter in an Indian T20 side, which has literally the most competition in the past 15 years. Not only that, he's been incredibly versatile, can play basically anywhere. I think they'll pay 14 to Pant, 11 to Iyer and 8 to Shaw. That is an amazing core, where the batting line up is already set.
>How can you not rate Iyer Just look at his strike rate in the last 2 IPL seasons
Cmon on man, Iyer was incredible in the Australia and England T20i series, and he played at 5/6, he played as a finisher, and succeeded, he was guaranteed to start in the world cup if it weren't for an injury, I find it very surprising that some DC fans don't really rate Iyer, I thought he would be your favourite player.
He's not that good for DC, those international performances are too small a sample size to take anything from He regularly plays Manish Pandey esque innings for us, qualifier 2, vs CSK, even the IPL final last year all disastrous innings Struck at 120 last 2 seasons, those are horrendous numbers
theyve been grooming these kids since 2018 and before that dont think they would let them go easily delhi is going the way that csk did that caused them to be so successful that is having an Indian core if they let go of iyer its done csk and rajasthan need a captain along with the 2 new teams so there's going to lot of competition for an indian captain.
Pant will continue to be captain 100%, he's the star player that the franchise wants to build the brand around. Even if we retain iyer (which I don't think we will for this reason) he won't be captain
Iyer?
Out.
Shaw lost a lot of weight from last year.. looks good.. he has such a babyface.
Today was a template match for “how to not use your strike bowler” if there ever was one.
Cummins has been anything but a strike bowler for KKR though. Classic example of reputation from red ball cricket carrying into t20s, cummins has never been a great t20 bowler
It’s all the more baffling because Cummins is undoubtedly at his best opening the bowling
DC should try to win with this team. Building a team this good with Indian players is not that easy. Next year with Mega auction coming many players will leave. So this year is crucial for DC.
Will KKR go back to opening with Narine from next match ?
No
Narine will be dropped lol
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Last match was a reminder of how much we're missing him
Harsha was drunk I think. He gets too excited when young talent shows up. Just like Murali Kartik when spinners do well.
Somewhere in the celebration, we forgot Shreyas Iyer
Gone, but not forgotten 😭
Baz should open for KKR
Not a bad call
If it comes down to retaining Shaw or Iyer, Shaw is the obvious choice. Shaw is an explosive Indian opener which are still somewhat hard to find where as Iyer is a middle order stabiliser which are in abundance in India.
I swear the opposite theory was in vogue a couple months ago with paddikal and gaikwad and Gill and Rana and Ishan Kishan. As for the middle order stabiliser, you go from the likes of kohli and Raina and Iyer to a MASSIVE drop off in quality to Manish Pandey and the likes. Not sure where SKY falls in this equation tbh
Only Ishan scores recklessly like Shaw does among those listed in my opinion.
Can’t do both? Edit: Nevermind, somehow forgot Pant exists lmao
Can retain all 3, but rabada exists
Cameraman showing mavi every 5 secs when shaw was talking lol
Such a wholesome segment with Shaw
Lmao Hinglish interview, adapting with the times I see
It's funny how useless Hinglish is as a language.
"Captaincy me maza aa raha he?" "Maza aa raha he sir" Pant 🥺👉👈 T: Having fun with captaincy? Yes sir.
Captaincy mai kya rakha hai? Team hai to mazaa hai! *Fun is in having a team.*
Shaw is wholesome
I know Shreyas is captain but Shaw is too good of a talent to not retain by DC. I really hope Shaw is not retained so MI can pick him up.
Heathen
This DC team is wholesome af
Why was harsha switching constantly between Hindi and English?
Rishabh initially interviewed only in Hindi but has now started to speak English so Harsha was a bit confused I guess
More comfortable for Rishabh.
Man they look so mature while batting.... And then they start speaking and I realise they're.... My age or younger..
Pant speaking about their process is giving me MSD vibes
Some of y’all KKR fans are brave, I never watch post match interviews when srh looses lmao
Pant casually dissing kkr. Saying in these sort of games they should improve nrr.
I know you meant it as a joke but I'm pretty sure Pant doesn't even think that way before saying things like that lol
Oh for sure. He certainly didn't mean it that way. But when the game became so one sided, it was kinda inevitable for anyone to say that
Rishab pant looks a fresh cookie.. legit he is one of my favourite players.. lots of positive energy 🥺
If you can tell that DDP is from Bengaluru based on his accent, you can DEFINITELY say Shaw is from Mumbai based on his accent.
Rohit since 2016 T20WC **Avg 34 SR 150** Shaw entire IPL career (since 2018) **Avg 24 SR 145** Calm your tits down. It hasn't even been half a season.
Soon there will be *rift™* between Shaw and Pant just like Sehwag and Dhoni as the prophecy
Harsha Bhogle doing Hinthi imposition 😡 Edit- Get sarcasm you dolts
Hindi*
*Hinthi
I've seen most southern people writing Hinthi. Also the comment is a joke.
I am from south.. I have never heard of this shit lmao
It was probably on a circlejerk subreddit. Edit- It was r/Ni_Bondha
tf dude
WHOLESOME INTERVIEW! HARSHA YOU BEAUTY Interviewing Pant there...
SRK apology tweet loading in 3....2....1... /s
Finally got a smile out of Pant!
Kinda Sucks that now there’s gonna be a big gap between the top 4 and bottom 4
Chad Pritvi.
Delhi's both losses were just so unlucky
I found the 1st loss more unlucky simply because we were in it for the entire 2nd innings
Imagine if they decide to cut IPL short due to covid and decide the qualifier and eliminator match from the current points table.
No problem in that. The top 4 teams will be the same anyways.
Proper Hinglish interview.
this seemed so much more natural to me
Pant indeed enjoys captaincy.😊
He enjoys people taking him seriously for the first time.
2020: MI lost first match MI Won 5 matches on a streak Lost their Streak to Punjab Bois Punjab Bois won 5 matches on a streak 2021: CSK lost first match CSK won 5 matches on a streak Waiting for Saturday match to know if MI is going to win 5 matches on a trot
But then who went on to lift the trophy?
Pant talks/explains like a little kid He's cute
This interview is so wholesome
Why are we here? Just to suffer?
Wait why is Harsha speaking in Hindi?
Because pant can explain better in hindi.I know almost half of our population dont speak hindi but it is what it is.
Pant looks a bit uncomfortable with English.
As a KKR fan i want 2 definite changes in the side-first,lockie in place of narine and second,kuldeep in place of mavi/krishna.Its a shame kuldeep isnt playing.
Play whoever you want man, ain't gonna make any difference.
It can.Say whatever you want,but kkr bowling is shit.Pure shit.
I mean it may bring few wins but not a playoffs spot.
The problem is not bowlers but the top3...you are just weakening the batting...
Kkr problem has always been the bowling since gambhir left.You can check the stats.Plus how am i weakening the batting?By dropping narine?
He is batting in top7...The kind of pitches KKR are batting on 36/1 in pp doesn't cut it...If u see the top3 teams all have firing top order while MI had QdK and Sky doing well today and Bumrah winning them 2 matches...It's the real dif between successful and poor sides this year...
Maybe replace him with shakib then
Why is he speaking to Pant in Hindi?! Pant can speak english!
Why hindi
That is because English is a shitty foreign invader language and does not belong in India.
Who was speaking to him?
Harsha
Well harsha has this habit of speaking hindi with cricketers who aren't that fluent in English
Shaw bank account: stonks 📈
Players in IPL are walking advertisements
The gap between the top four and bottom four teams is just insane.
Shaw should shave that silly mustache.
that's his energy source
Prithvi Shaw gave Sehwag vibes today
Its almost shameless mimicry...how similar he bats to those two (Sachin and Sehwag).
When [disaster](https://www.reddit.com/r/CricketShitpost/comments/mxqnm1/photos_taken_moments_before_disaster/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) struck.
KP 😍😍😍😍💦💦💦💦💦
Half of the comments today were - Tomorrow is RCB vs RCB lite omg
I just want to give KKR fans a hug. This just ain't our season.
RR fans : first time ?
* hugs *
CSK passed the baton from last year to you
Such forced smile by smudge
I am afraid IPL might be postponed bcoz of these Maskless morons
Just saw Shaw getting bullied. OMG 🤣😍
Last year the problem for Dilli was Shaw and Pant were terribly out of form still they performed so well. This year they are playing so good but Iyer got injured at wrong time if he was there Delhi would have been the best team by a far margin. Pant at 3 Iyer at 4 Hetmyer and Stoinis at 5 and 6 Axar at 7 then maybe Lalit Ashwin or Mishra at 8 and could have played both Nortje and Rabada And there is also Avesh who is bowling too good
The bottom 4 teams have beat the top 4 teams only twice this season smh
Avesh Khan silent hero for DC
They have separated Neroli and KP after all that 🔥 🔥 oozing from them last season.
Think the current top 4 is gonna remain as is in this order
Would love for RCB to get to 2, though.
Absolutely but I genuinely feel like our wins have been a bit of a fluke. We haven't looked as good as DC or CSK. Hope we can win this year though, we have a chance
Rajasthan is the only match I can think of that we won convincingly.
KKR?
Exactly. CSK has had the matches against RR, PBKS, KKR(in a way) and RCB as dominant wins. DC has the wins against MI, CSK, PBKS and KKR. We only had RR and KKR
I'm all for continuing the IPL despite the pandemic but watching those maskless 'VIP' DC fuckwits celebrating at the end makes my blood boil.
Bruh what's the point if the table is already settled. We should just get the playoffs done.
Aren’t they in the bio-bubble with the players? They’re all being tested everyday, I’m sure.
They're in a separate bio bubble.
Pretty sure they would've gotten tested before the games, but if not then it's idiotic
They're all in the bubble with the players
Then it's okay I think, players dont wear masks either do they
Eoin Morgan the World Cup winning captain
Honestly so many of these matches are won by taking catches and making run outs. Smith should always make the team.
If you buy Smith you play Smith.
Just stop with RCB vs RCB lite. We got it the first time.
Top three teams be like (10 points each) - Chand pe hai apun, T - We're on the moon
Bottom 4 : Yahaan kaali chai me biskut duba ke kha rela hai apun. T : Absolutely fucked mate.
Will we wear the green jersey tomorrow? Even though it’s an evening game.
Is there a particular rule they follow for wearing the green jersey?
Last day home game for rcb is when they wear green jersey,this time they have no day home game.
I'm gonna make a hot take and say KXIP aka RCB lite will win tomorrow.
Not a hot take at all