IPL Fantasy Faceoff

MI won and chose to bat. I was thinking of taking Sakib but without de Kock the next best batter for MI is SKY. Taking him means I can only afford Dubey and 3 SRH bowlers is TOO much if MI's batters get going. So AM Ghazanfar is back in, with Dubey and SKY. I think with SKY's immense talent he's due a big game any day and today could be it. Dubey is simply magic when he plays and AM has been elite is his games. 3 Transfers, 6 Players, and hopefully a lotta points. I already have Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma and Eshan Malinga making for a stacked and complete SRH side and will be looking for some MI players. I'll also nearly always make 3 transfers each game for now as I have 94 transfers for 30 matches. Last game went ok, pretty consistent 30+ run performances from all with a nice 59 from VC Singh and 43 from Cap Vaibhav.

Unfortunately my bowler Bishnoi was not played so I'll be dropping him first. The thing about bowlers is I don't really change them often and I keep them cheap as spending more on bowlers doesn't seem to lead to better results. Dropping Bishnoi I'd like to take someone from MI as I already have Malinga from SRH. Bumrah is too pricey and no one else really has results to show except two young stars Ashwani and AM Ghazanfar. I love Ashwani, he played really well last season and now he's returned to the team and taken 6 wickets in just 2 matches. But he's 8.5cr, Ghazanfar has taken 8 in 5 showing more consistency but he's also just 7cr. The main caveat is that he takes up an OS slot which is precious in this game. So Ashwani finds his way into my team, hopefully long term. Now I have just 17cr I have seat saved for de Kock. He started with a bang only to follow up with 2 blunders but I'll still back him one more time as he has a really high skill ceiling and is just 8cr. No other batter this game comes close for 8cr. I'll also decide my next pick before deciding who to remove as I think that will be easier. And my final pick is NKR. I'm not too happy about this one as if SRH gets going early he might not get to bat and his bowling it more of a bonus than any real point maker. However it's the only combo I can see. It also means unfortunately I have to drop Buttler despite him playing tomorrow as I need the funds.

So that makes my team Kishan, Abhishek, Malinga, de Kock, NKR and Ashwani. I would drop Buttler, Connolly and Bishnoi to make this team. The team I originally planned was to drop Arya, Connolly and Bishnoi as PBKS don't play for the longest and bring in AM Ghazanfar, Tilak and de Kock. What do you think is the better team? But for now I'll do with the first option and make Abhishek Cap and Ishan VC.Thanks for reading and I'll see you after the toss!