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IPL Teams with Supersubs

by Mahek

Dale Steyn might think the IPL was a paid holiday but it's time the IPL franchises found a way to earn the return on their overseas investments. It's time to bring back the supersub so that the owners don't throw money at cricketers who do nothing but carry drinks and give interviews during games. The crowds will get to see better cricket and that's always good for the game, isn't it?.

Imagine this: The Delhi Daredevils are bowling first. They have Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori and Dirk Nannes in the XI. Nannes takes 3/13 off his 4 overs. His night is over and in comes David Warner who scores a 50 off 34 balls. You've given a chance to Warner to display his ability. The crowd has seen some savage batting and goes home happy while the pseudo-nationalists are happy you've adhered to the 4 overseas players in the XI rule.

Similarly, you could have Ricky Ponting replacing Ajantha Mendis for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Matthew Hayden can beat the opposition bowlers to a pulp before Muttiah Muralitharan spins a web around them. The Deccan Chargers would unleash Castro on those capitalists from Mumbai before Gibbs thrashes the "Indians" all over the park. Talk about innovation.

2 comments:

straight point said...

one thinh which this supersub suggetion overlooks is that ipl is basically domestic league with sole purpose to internationalize desi players... not to stuff your team with international ones... had that being the case ipl organisers would have acceded to the demands of franchisees who wanted more international players in final xi...

the challenge is to make the most of the import stock while cultivating the domestic players in the team...

Mahek said...

Yeah...and Microsoft sells computers for charity.