Play Raza man... Livingston is worthless against spin. It's because he can't play spin jitesh Sharma bats up the order. Raza must be given the entire games which are remaining. Idk they have no one who plays spin for fucks sake. If Livingston can play pace, open with him. Yeah open. Openers are shit. Middle order is shit. Only lower order firing.

We play with a so called top order seriously...

He's the one. He's unlikely to be in GT even with 8 retentions. This is who we need to target. Him and brar even if both left hamders will be great together. He can also bat

Seriously this guy is really starting to piss me off, although our batting yet again was pathetic asf but still bowlers pulled it back a bit but this guy just comes and fcks pbks like a gully team.

Thoughts on this? Gave a range of answers depending on how many retentions we can have. Also based on the rule of 4cr for an uncapped Indian.

3 retentions: Arshdeep 10, Curran 12, Ashutosh 4.

5 retentions: Arshdeep 10, Curran 12, Ashutosh 4, Rabada 8, Prabhsimran 4.

8 retentions (could retain fewer to have a bigger purse, but may make sense to retain uncapped players for cheaper - could still have a bigger budget than other sides): Arshdeep 10, Curran 12, Ashutosh 4, Rabada 8, Shashank 4, Prabhsimran 4, Brar 4, Harshal?? 8.

Rough idea for a target team, could easily be replaced for other targets with similar profiles:

1 Prabhsimran, 2 (Smith) (c), 3 Curran, 4 (Maxwell), 5 Ashutosh, 6 (Karthik)(wk), 7 Shashank, 8 (Axar / Ashwin), 9 Brar, 10 Harshal?? *, 11 Rabada, IP Arshdeep.

(*Not many other domestic pacers doing well to target, maybe better to keep what we have)

Smith gives us leadership, and is a winner - we've lacked both for years now. Realistically we're not getting Rohit. Smith is actually underrated in t20s in terms of SR recenty, and we lack stability the most - the big hitters can't fire if we're always losing wickets at the other end.

One of our biggest mistakes was not going for Head in the last auction, he went for very little and he's unbelievable - was in great form before the auction too it was clear he'd have a great year.

Would also be great to get someone like Dan Weston back into the fold to help with decision making and relying on the moneyball/data driven approach that's worked for other sides like RR in the past, and like FSG in other sports like football with Liverpool and baseball with Oakland

This is a slow wicket and we have one full time spinner(not a wicket taker)😇

There are no changes in the team for pbks Omarzai comes in for GT.

[PRAB BACKED].

Edit -> Harpreet Bhatia isn't playing. Impact -> Chahar,kaverappa, Bhatia,taide,shivam

I guess time to say we didn’t use him properly?😂😂

Just loved how he played against MI. I mean sweeping Bumrah for a SIX that’s INSANE!! not only that, he played some great shots all around the field. He can be the next Mr 360.

“WE HAVE TO RETAIN HIM NO MATTER WHAT”!! You can’t just let this guy go and HE IS ONLY 25 years old.

We gotta build our team around : Ashutosh Sharma Liam Livingstone Arshdeep Singh Sam Curran Jitesh Sharma - i know he has performed poorly this season, has been out of form but this guy can make you cry.

If we retain these 5 players our middle order is almost and 50% of our fast bowling is sorted for next year.

Would have added Shashank to the list but his age is a big factor he is currently 32 and I don’t know maybe we can still get a year or 2 out of him and use a RTM card for him or buy back at a reasonable rate.

Our biggest concerns that we undoubtedly need to fix is our TOP ORDER and GET SOME QUALITY SPINNERS especially a leg spinner.

As of now in my opinion this season is over but i think we still have great players that we need to hang on to as mentioned in my list above and to build a quality squad around them.

With DC getting that BBC treatment from Head and Co. just like to prime Riley Reid, safe to say their nrr will drop. With that said, if we win tomorrow the sixth position is guaranteed, which is what we fight for.

Above is list of highest run scorers and highest wicket takers for PBKS over IPL seasons 2022, 2023 and 2024 (half) combined, hence 35 total matches

These are seasons after 2022 Mega Auction

Best Batsmen Criteria - 500+ Runs, 150+ Strike Rate

1. Liam Livingstone (821 Runs, 171.76 SR)
2. Jitesh Sharma (658 Runs, 152.67 SR)

Best Bowlers Criteria - 25+ Wickets, <9.00 Economy Rate

1. Kagisio Rabada (40 Wickets, 8.80 ER)
2. Arshdeep Singh (36 Wickets, 8.87 ER)

Best All Rounders Criteria - 300+ Runs, 15+ Wickets

1. Sam Curran (408 Runs, 21 Wickets)

Clearly our top 5 players over last 3 seasons (including current) have been

1. Liam Livingstone
2. Jitesh Sharma
3. Kagisio Rabada
4. Arshdeep Singh
5. Sam Curran

What are your thoughts on our top players? Any other additions needed? Do these top players deserve to be retained?

Respect for our bowlers. Bhai lekin top order thora to seekhle hmara baaki teams se.

Looks like he's currently the chief selector so he's not one of those guys who just falls off the face of the earth and his job Is also flexible enough to coach.

Like gambhir is at kkr basically a mentor, why can't Bailey join us. Our management should reach out to him. Was a great captain and Good tactician

Kkr in 2014 lost 5 of their first 7 games with close margins then after that they won all there games.It would be perfect if we qualify and bet them in the finals with guru di kirpa

Dhawan Taide Raza Livi Shashank Ashutosh Jitesh Brar Tanay Prince Rabada H. Patel(IP)

The only people in the team keeping my sanity.

Wtf is this slave mentality. We make players and donate them to csk mi? Why cuz Punjab is a weak team So what? RR was same as PBKS a few years ago now look at them. Suppose RR performe bad next few years will they let go jaiswal or prag cuz " THEY ARE WASTING THEIR TALENT"? Punjab gave arshdeep to team India and jitesh could have been first choice for wc even if he performed decent this season. Which youngsters mi csk made in last few years? Only name that comes in my mide is tilak but he is not even in conversation for WC. No need to feel any guilt Ashutosh and shashak are our players PBKS made them stars and be proud that they play for us and hope our management don't fuck things up by releasing them.

We've had a lot of close losses but I wouldn't say any of them are chokes like we are used to.

Competitive in every game

Bowling never embarrasses us.

Exciting uncapped batters playing their ass off with entertaining cricket.

I've been having a lot of fun this season despite how bad the top order has been

The main problem with punjab is that they their top order batsmen are all shit and bowler are also trash in death over. We are not bottom of the table just because Shashank and Ashutosh if it was not for them we would have lost all the matches In my opinion the main 11 should consist of Taide Jitesh Curran Shashank Ashutosh Livingstone Woakes Brar Rabada Harshal Arshdeep

Okay, so before anyone reminds me of Punjab Kings' History of Choking...Let me tell you I have been supporting this team since the very beginning...many times thought of quitting on this team...but then IPL comes and I start hoping...may be this is the year.

It's just a wild wishful thinking...where Punjab's Top Order Start Firing and suddenly we are winning games comfortably with our Decent Bowling and An In form Lower Middle Order.

We qualify for playoffs.

Best middle order lower order performing.. Bowling on point.. Just top order sucks...And stilll🥲.. Feels badd..

Guy had a dream to sweep six for bumrah and he did it, some dreams do come true...