Mani's 11
Write up..
1.Opening batsmen's
(S.Jayasurya / G.Gambhir )
This team got the complimentary opening partnership with ( S.Jayasurya & G.Gambhir ) Sanath would be more attacking while Gambhir would provide the support Jayasurya requires.Notable thing about these two openers is that they figured in the WC winning squad who had made tremoundous contributed to their success in the WC leading from the front.
2.MIddle and lower middle order
( Viv Richards / MS.Dhoni /A.Symonds / S.Raina / Imran Khan )
With Sir Viv Richards joint the squad, this team had got the much needed boost in the upper Middle order. Viv Richards would provide the much needed stability in case of any early wickets at the same time keep the run rate at premium which will also help the batsmen lower down to go for aggressive approach in death overs.All 5 got perfect nerve to pace the innings in such a way to chase it while batting second or put together a mammoth total when batting first.A.Symonds/ S.Raina/ Imran coming at 5, 6 & 7 shows the depth in the batting order, all three batsmen are hard hitter of cricket ball and can clear boundaries at ease.Dhoni /Symonds /S.Raina all three with the strike rate close to 100 is arguable the best LMO combination you can see in this draft.
3.Bowling : 5 Premium bowlers + 3 part timers.
( M.Marshall / Imran Khan / S.Warne / S.Bond / M.Morkel ) + Viv Richards + S.Jayasurya & A.Symonds
Team will be feilded with 5 bowlers, led by
M.Marshall & Imran Khan supported by
S.Bond and M.Morkel all four can swing the ball either ways which would be difficult to get away in those early overs,their pace would trouble any top batsmen these bowlers can bowl those Yorkers or slow balls at will during end overs which would be difficult to dislodge. Middle overs will be handled by S.Warne,(best spin bowler the world had ever seen) will help in providing the team with his usual breaks in those middle overs which that team requires also would be supported by
Viv Richards , A.Symonds and S.Jayasurya.
Team is well balanced with pacers and spinners (S.Warne) along with part time bowlers and remains confident of bowling in any type of pitches, team would remains same for all three pitches.
4.
MS.Dhoni -Captain / WK
Team marshalled by more efficient captain
MS.Dhoni, he's not just the explosive batsmen, he improves batsmen's around him gives them much needed confident, which obviously translates to much better batting side while team decides to chase.Staying behind wickets helps him in set perfect fielding.Man had led country to two World Cup success.
5. Leaders in team:
( Jayasurya / Viv Richards / Imran Khan / MS.Dhoni / S.Warne ) who will be valuable to the team in team of assisting for successful chase as well their inputs during team in fielding which can't be matched by any teams in this draft.
World Cup winners in the squad
1.S.Jayasurya - (Player of the tournament 1996 WC)
2.G.Gambhir - (Winner of WC 2011) Crucial 90 in final gave perfect platform to chase.
3.Viv Richards ( Part of 2 World Cup winning squad and influential in 79 Wc win)
4.Imran Khan- ( Lead Pakistan to their first World Cup, contributed with both bat and ball)
5.MS.Dhoni -Winner of 2011 WC, captains knock in final coming lower down the order.
6.A.Symonds - Part of two World Cup winning squad (2003 & 2007) contributed with both bat and ball.
7.S.Warne- Winner of 1999 WC, perfect bowling finger in SF and Final.
Team 2mufc0 Stats & Write up
| Matches | Runs | Bat Avg | Bat S/R | Wickets | Bowl Avg | Bowl S/R | Econ |
B. McCullum | 260 | 6083 | 30.41 | 96.37 | | | | |
C. Gayle | 301 | 10480 | 37.83 | 87.19 | 167 | 35.48 | 44.4 | 4.78 |
S. Smith | 125 | 4162 | 42.46 | 86.67 | | | | |
AB. De Villiers | 228 | 9577 | 53.50 | 101.09 | | | | |
K. Pietersen | 136 | 4440 | 40.73 | 86.58 | | | | |
E. Morgan | 236 | 7368 | 39.40 | 91.13 | | | | |
A. Flintoff | 141 | 3394 | 32.01 | 88.82 | 169 | 24.38 | 33.2 | 4.39 |
S. Pollock | 303 | 3519 | 26.45 | 86.69 | 393 | 24.50 | 39.9 | 3.67 |
R. Hadlee | 115 | 1751 | 21.61 | 75.50 | 158 | 21.56 | 39.1 | 3.30 |
M. Holding | 102 | | | | 142 | 21.36 | 38.5 | 3.38 |
M. Muralitharan | 350 | | | | 534 | 23.08 | 35.2 | 3.93 |
I have aimed to create a dynamic team that is flexible and has a wide variety. In terms of batting i have an explosive lineup with all batsmen upto 8 having a s/r of 85+. The batsmen can score big and at a fast rate which is what is required in ODI cricket. The two openers are devastating and followed by an accumulator in Smith who can also play as an anchor, although not as explosive as the others he scores at a very good rate. ODI GOAT AB de Villiers comes into the team, one of the best limited overs batsman of all time, he's everything you want in a batsmen, can play all types of innings and scores big at fast rates and is followed by similar profile player in KP (although not as good as AB, he was a superb ODI batsman).
The power hitters come in later waiting to finish off the innings, Morgan, Flintoff, Pollock and Hadleee can smash the ball around the park. Another feature of this lineup is that the batting is very deep going all the way down to no.9.
With regards to the bowlers i have 5 out and out wicket takers in Holding, Hadlee, Pollock, Flintoff and Murali, all of these bowlers were not only great wicket takers they had a great economy rate. The attack has been pretty much completed with the addition of Murali who is the best spinner of all time. With this attack there is no respite in terms of economy as well as wicket taking,
It should also be noted Gayle was also a proficient ODI bowler with 167 wickets @35 avg, he also has a decent economy and provides an extra spin option in the bowling and adds some variation into the bowling unit.