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Soon be time, so get your thinking caps, your sorting hats and your fantasy league heads on


Rules

Pick 11 players. No substitutes are allowed. No restrictions on who you can pick

Scoring

Batting
1pt for every run scored
Players scoring at least 25 runs will receive a 10pt bonus for every 25 runs scored
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 10pt bonus for a s/r 125-174
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 20pt bonus for a s/r 175-224
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 30pt bonus for a s/r 225+

Bowling
25 pts per wicket plus
5 points bonus for maiden over
10 pt bonus for a 2fer
20 pt bonus for a 4fer
Bowler with an economy rate of <=4.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 50 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=5.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 40 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=6.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 30 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=7.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 20 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=8.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 10 point bonus

Fielding
10 points for each catch taken and stumping.
20 points for sole run out (10 each if shared)
10 pt bonus for being involved in 3 catches / run-outs / stumpings

Squads
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ind ... 038/squads
the squads were last updated back in November, so don't take them as gospel. There has been a lot of time for players to get injured, so make sure your picks are actually available to play first.

first match begins 31st March. Teams to be in before the first toss. Be there or be square

Buttler
SKY
Brook
Curran
Gill
Gurbaz
Iyer
Kishan
Kohli
Mayers
Shakib

any chance you could put some teams to those names, Prof?

saves me having to trawl through the squads for the names I don't know

cheers

Will do......but am going to change my team so please disregard and will do it again properly tomorrow

RR

Buttler
Zampa
Ashwin

MI

SKY

SRH

Brook
Markram

GT

Shami

RCB

Du Plessis
Kohli

CSK

Conway

KKR

Shakib

1) Rovman Powell (Delhi)
2) Akeal Hosein (Hyderbad)
3) Alzarri Joseph (Gujarat)
4) Odean Smith (Gujarat)
5) Sunil Narine (Kolkata)
6) Andre Russell (Kolkata)
7) Kyle Mayers (Lucknow)
8) Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow)
9) Romario Shepherd (Lucknow)
10) Shimron Hetmyer (Rajasthan)
11) Jason Holder (Rajasthan)

IPL will be introducing a BBL style 'impact player' substitution.

For clarity, as with the BBL FL, both the impact player and the player he replaces will score any points they earn

Kuldeep DC
Hardik GT
Rashid Khan GT
Rahul LSG
QDK LSG
Archer MI
Rabada PK
Hasaranga RCB
Buttler RR
Yuzi RR
Ashwin RR

My side

1.Mayank Agarwal (srh)
2.David Warner (Delhi)
3.Kane Williamson (guj)
4.Nitish Rana (KKR)
5.Tristan Stubbs (MI)
6.Liam Livingstone (pun)
7.Washington Sundar (srh)
8.Marco Jansen (srh)
9.Adam Zampa (rr)
10.Mohammed Siraj (rcb)
11.Umran Malik (srh)

welcome back, andy.... good luck

1. Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
2. Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
3. Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
4. Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)
5. Cameron Green (Mumbai Indians)
6. Sam Curran (Punjab Kings)
7. Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
8. Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
9. Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
11. Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

5 very diverse teams in so far

less than 3 days to go

Tentatively ...(in case I forget)

Hardik Pandya (GT)
Rashid Khan (GT)
Q de Kock (LSG)
Sam Curran (PK)
Jos Buttler (RR)
Virat Kohli (RCB)
Marco Jansen (SH)
Mitchell Marsh (DC)
Rohit Sharma (MI)
Shardul Thakur (KKR)
Ravinda Jadeja (CSK)

day and a half to go...... only!

don't be the dullard who misses out