Competitions 2024 IPL RDT Fantasy- RD1: Saturday 23rd March-12:30am AEST
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It depends on the situation, but assuming the scores I can see aren’t totally misleading:
- You (and Herbie) have c. 400 points to make up in two rounds
- The round has started pretty well for you, but it looks like scores are closely bunched, so no one has likely gained or lost a huge amount at this stage.
That indicates to me that you probably need to make up 250+ in the remainder of the season. It might even be 400+ if the leader has performed well so far.
That is definitely achievable, but is close to - potentially at - a point where I think the POD element is the key aspect, rather than choosing players for expected points. 250 points is roughly equivalent to four of his 60-average players all scoring 0, or four of your 60-average players averaging 120.
I would be very wary about trading in someone the leader already has, even if you think he’s the best expected scorer … the POD element is more important as I see it. [If you need three sixes off the last three balls, no point in playing a forward defensive, even if that’s what the textbook suggests for a particular delivery! You may not be quite at that point just yet, but equally some controlled/smart aggression before that might reduce the requirement and give you more options.]
In terms of particular names, I don’t have as strong a view on that, but based on the above I’d order the options 3, 2, daylight, then 1.
Opening up a further POD with your outs is a smart thing to consider. It may just be me but it seems like Klaasen is more miss than hit recently, and Sharma seems like a player that could go big if he gets more of a bowl. Head’s form looks very good.
I quite like Pooran as a player, and he does seem like someone with a ceiling, which you may need. Interestingly, his stats indicate he averages the same number of runs per match whether batting first or second. Batting at 5 seems like it’s also around that switch point where it’s unclear whether batting first or second is better in terms of opportunity. Maybe you could wait for the toss and assess that alongside the playing side and conditions? Rahul and Stoinis seem to be going well, but Hooda and Kulkarni less so. Maybe if there was a change to the XI he looks better?
I would be thinking a fair bit about toss/matchup/other changes to the XI on any picks from here, to see if you can get an edge. Is there more rain to come? Are pitches slowing down?
The leader should and probably will play defensively, so if you do go with a Pooran or Prabsimhran, you should be opening up an extra opportunity to catch him.
Good luck … you’ve done it all before!
- You (and Herbie) have c. 400 points to make up in two rounds
- The round has started pretty well for you, but it looks like scores are closely bunched, so no one has likely gained or lost a huge amount at this stage.
That indicates to me that you probably need to make up 250+ in the remainder of the season. It might even be 400+ if the leader has performed well so far.
That is definitely achievable, but is close to - potentially at - a point where I think the POD element is the key aspect, rather than choosing players for expected points. 250 points is roughly equivalent to four of his 60-average players all scoring 0, or four of your 60-average players averaging 120.
I would be very wary about trading in someone the leader already has, even if you think he’s the best expected scorer … the POD element is more important as I see it. [If you need three sixes off the last three balls, no point in playing a forward defensive, even if that’s what the textbook suggests for a particular delivery! You may not be quite at that point just yet, but equally some controlled/smart aggression before that might reduce the requirement and give you more options.]
In terms of particular names, I don’t have as strong a view on that, but based on the above I’d order the options 3, 2, daylight, then 1.
Opening up a further POD with your outs is a smart thing to consider. It may just be me but it seems like Klaasen is more miss than hit recently, and Sharma seems like a player that could go big if he gets more of a bowl. Head’s form looks very good.
I quite like Pooran as a player, and he does seem like someone with a ceiling, which you may need. Interestingly, his stats indicate he averages the same number of runs per match whether batting first or second. Batting at 5 seems like it’s also around that switch point where it’s unclear whether batting first or second is better in terms of opportunity. Maybe you could wait for the toss and assess that alongside the playing side and conditions? Rahul and Stoinis seem to be going well, but Hooda and Kulkarni less so. Maybe if there was a change to the XI he looks better?
I would be thinking a fair bit about toss/matchup/other changes to the XI on any picks from here, to see if you can get an edge. Is there more rain to come? Are pitches slowing down?
The leader should and probably will play defensively, so if you do go with a Pooran or Prabsimhran, you should be opening up an extra opportunity to catch him.
Good luck … you’ve done it all before!
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Ishant Sharma, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Swastik Chikara, Lalit Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Ishant Sharma, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Swastik Chikara, Lalit Yadav
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Decisions, decisions. Have the option of trading Klaasen over Pooran (yes, reversing Pooran back in again!!!) to not cop Buttler’s 21 and I can potentially chuck the C on him over Narine’s 52.
Think I’ll leave it as is. Should beat Buttler’s 21, but you have to weigh up how it affects next round with Klaasen on a double. If LSG were batting first I’d be mighty tempted (even tempted to C), but I’m going to keep Klaasen I think.
Think I’ll leave it as is. Should beat Buttler’s 21, but you have to weigh up how it affects next round with Klaasen on a double. If LSG were batting first I’d be mighty tempted (even tempted to C), but I’m going to keep Klaasen I think.
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Looks like Pooran was the answer to my problem!
Scores messed up but I think I am 9/863 Narine or 9/811 with C to come. I need to nut out and second guess what first may have done before I decide what to do.
The best that the leader could have got from his four fielded SGR players is 193. So with his 3 KKR, his best would be 7/408 plus whoever he captained plus his four trade ins. If he looped Salt off with Rahul he would be 21 points worse off. If he nailed the top four scoring Delhi players and made Axar captain he would be 1,097 all out but he probably grabbed a couple of RAJ players.
Scores messed up but I think I am 9/863 Narine or 9/811 with C to come. I need to nut out and second guess what first may have done before I decide what to do.
The best that the leader could have got from his four fielded SGR players is 193. So with his 3 KKR, his best would be 7/408 plus whoever he captained plus his four trade ins. If he looped Salt off with Rahul he would be 21 points worse off. If he nailed the top four scoring Delhi players and made Axar captain he would be 1,097 all out but he probably grabbed a couple of RAJ players.
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