What are the vacancies that Mumbai will look to fill come this Mega Auction?
Analysing the Vacant Slots One by One!
1. Opening Partner for Rohit - We have analyzed multiple options who Mumbai should look at
A. Ishan Kishan
B. QDK
C. Shikhar Dhawan
D. David Warner
But we also feel that there is an under the radar pick at position 351 in the auction who might interest the Mumbai Management. Any guesses who he could be?
2. Now Looking at the next vacant slot i.e. LHB middle order spin power hitter
A. Shimron Hetmyer
B. Nitish Rana
C. Nicholas Pooran
3. The third potential hire could be a Pace Power Hitter and we feel it could be any of the below
A. Shahrukh Khan
B. Rovman Powell
C. David Miller
D. Fabian Allen
4. Off Spin Bowler or Off Spin All Rounder is the fourth potential vacancy that the Mumbai franchisee will look to fill in. Prime Candidates are:
A. Ravichandran Ashwin
B. Washington Sundar
C. Krishnappa Gowtham
D. Jalaj Saxena
5. On to the wrist spinners as the fifth potential slot that Mumbai will be keen to have on their roster. Options include:
A. Wanindu Hasaranga
B. Yuzi Chahal
C. Rahul Chahar
D. Rahul Tewatia
6. Sixth Vacancy is a New Ball specialist to partner Bumrah and what better if he happens to be a left arm seamer. Candidates who could get a look in are:
A. Trent Boult
B. Deepak Chahar
C. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
D. David Willey
E. Marco Jansen
7. The final potential vacant slot that needs attention from Mumbai is Hit the deck bowler, preferably one competent at the death as well:
A. Lockie Ferguson
B. Avesh Khan
C. Tymal Mills
D. M Shami
E. Mark Wood
F. Blessing Muzarabani
G. Kagiso Rabada
H. Pat Cummins
Our analysis for Mumbai ends here and we would love to hear your views on the same.
Do let us know who your picks would be if you were at the auction table and battling with the problems we mentioned above
It's going to be an important auction this one as it is often tipped to be that one final time that the teams will be allowed a pool so large to look at!
@IndianMourinho will lead this segment as we look to break down possible strategy team wise!
In a mini auction, it is easier to predict what teams will go for, as they would usually have 7-8 locked spots and hence are looking for very specific player types.
In a mega auction, however, with a max of 4 locked spots, every team needs pretty much everything.
So the only way to predict what a team will be going for in an auction like this is by basing it on what it has done historically & on what type of players the captain/coach of the team believes in
We will begin this analysis with Mumbai & the thread will go live at 8pm tonight!