IPL 2018 Fantasy Guru: What your team should look like for RR vs MI
Subs used – 2; Subs remaining – 49
Virat Kohli out – Evin Lewis in
Siddarth Kaul out – Jasprit Bumrah in
(Uncapped) Deepak Chahar out – Krunal Pandya in
Uncapped player preference order: Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Ishan Kishan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal
Captain – Evin Lewis
Captaincy preference order – Evin Lewis, Ben Stokes, Jasprit Bumrah
Differential – Ben Stokes
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Guru’s team ahead of RR vs MI: E Lewis, S Samson, C Gayle, S Dhawan, R Pant, KL Rahul, S Watson, K Pandya, J Bumrah, M Markande, B Kumar
Mumbai Indians play twice in three games, so Evin Lewis - in good batting form and batting right at the very top - becomes a no-brainer. Jofra Archer is the only bowler in the opposition who is capable of stopping the West Indian power hitter, and he might not even play the match.
The other Mumbai capped slot open in my team is a straight shootout between Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma. With Rohit, his batting position in the MI setup will always be an issue, but if you can hold on to him and carry him over to at least a couple of matches, you should more often than not get the desired results. And it is possible in this round of fixtures.
My combination, however, doesn’t allow me to bring in a batsman, so it has to be Bumrah. If he gets a couple of wickets each match, I would be more than happy with it, as he also gives me a second captaincy option, which, in this year’s fantasy, is a very important factor.
Moving on to Rajasthan Royals, Ben Stokes is still the best player available. I took him out after his last match, as doing that gave me more space to work with the vacant slot, with RR playing only once between match number 18 and 27.
Considering it helped me bring in Chris Gayle, I would say that it has already been rewarded. If you are merely looking at this match, you should be getting Stokes in, but if it is for the season fantasy, then I would advise against it.
I have held on to Sanju Samson just to give me more captaincy options, and if he doesn't fall for the short ball trap again, we should see him back amongst the runs
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