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<strong>12</strong> - <strong>18</strong> <strong>February</strong>, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
I<br />
Sports<br />
NEW DELHI TIMES<br />
How do the IPL teams stack up after the auction?<br />
Part II - Review of Kings XI Punjab, Sun Risers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils and<br />
Rajasthan Royals<br />
◆◆By NDT Bureau<br />
@NewDelhiTimes<br />
info@newdelhitimes.com<br />
n the second and concluding part of the<br />
article, New Delhi Times looks at how<br />
the 4 IPL Franchisees - Kings XI Punjab,<br />
Sun Risers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils<br />
and Rajasthan Royals - have built their<br />
squad after the 20<strong>18</strong> auctions.<br />
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): KXIP were the<br />
most aggressive bidders in the auction. They<br />
cards. The team has acquired impact players<br />
like KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin,<br />
Yuvraj Singh and Karun Nair. Aaron Finch<br />
too can de destructive in T20.<br />
Towards the end of the auction KXIP bought<br />
the destructive Chris Gayle which might<br />
well prove to be a masterstroke. It would<br />
however be interesting to see whether the<br />
team opts for Gayle and Finch in the same<br />
starting XI. The team also looks somewhat<br />
short in the fast bowling department<br />
KXIP squad: Axar Patel, Ashwin, Yuvraj,<br />
Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar,<br />
Manzoor Dar<br />
Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH): SRH have<br />
made some smart buys this season. The team<br />
retained David Warner and Bhuvaneshwar<br />
Kumar and used RTN card to buy back<br />
Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Hooda and Rashid<br />
Khan. Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha,<br />
Carlos Braithwaite provide depth in batting<br />
while Yusuf Pathan, Chris Jordan and Shakib<br />
ul Hasan provide excellent all round options.<br />
The team has depth in both the pace and spin<br />
department.<br />
SRH squad: David Warner, Bhuvneshwar<br />
Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan<br />
Arman, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman<br />
Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed<br />
Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane<br />
Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al<br />
Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami,<br />
Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil<br />
Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul<br />
Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui,<br />
Tanmay Agarwal<br />
Rabada, and Trent Boult, DD have quality in<br />
the pace bowling department. Delhi though<br />
lacks a quality spinner.<br />
DD squad: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer,<br />
Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso<br />
Rabada, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem,<br />
Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad<br />
Shami, Gautam Gambhir, Trent Boult,<br />
Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy,<br />
Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh<br />
Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma,<br />
Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra,<br />
Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh<br />
Rajasthan Royals(RR) : RR bought allrounder<br />
Ben Stokes for a whopping Rs <strong>12</strong>.5<br />
crore and Indian pacer Jaydev Unadkat for<br />
11.50 crore. The team has made 2 interesting<br />
buys in the form of hard hitting D ‘Arcy Short<br />
and Jofra Archer who can set the innings on<br />
fire. Steven Smith has was retained by the<br />
side and RTM card was used to buy back<br />
Ajinkya Rahane. Another interesting buy is<br />
the all-rounder K. Goutham. Another good<br />
buy is Jos Butler.<br />
went for a squad overhaul and have gone for<br />
experience. KXIP retained Axar Patel while<br />
got David Miller, Marcus Stoinis and Mohit<br />
Sharma through Right To Match (RTM)<br />
Nadal expects<br />
to be fit to play<br />
in Acapulco this<br />
R<br />
month<br />
afael Nadal says he is on track to<br />
returning to the ATP Tour in Acapulco<br />
this month.<br />
The top-ranked Nadal says he is recovering<br />
well from the left leg muscle injury that<br />
forced him to retire in the Australian Open<br />
quarterfinals last month. He was in the fifth<br />
set against Marin Cilic.<br />
Nadal says he is undergoing intensive<br />
treatment to make sure he is fit to play in the<br />
Mexico tournament which starts on Feb. 26.<br />
Nadal was in Madrid to inaugurate a sports<br />
medicine clinic dedicated to tennis.<br />
Credit : Associated Press (AP)<br />
Photo Credit : AP Photo<br />
“G<br />
in Formula 1<br />
rid kids” are replacing “grid girls”<br />
in Formula One as the motorsport<br />
series makes changes ahead of the new<br />
season.<br />
F1 says youngsters from motorsport clubs,<br />
who are already competing in karting, will<br />
stand alongside drivers on the grid before<br />
races this season.<br />
The announcement comes after the series<br />
last week ended the long-standing practice<br />
of using women on the grid, and on the<br />
podium with the top three drivers, because it<br />
no longer fits in with Formula One’s values<br />
and societal norms.<br />
The latest initiative is a joint venture by the<br />
FIA — motorsport’s governing body — and<br />
F1’s owners.<br />
FIA President Jean Todt says “Grid Kids”<br />
gives “future champions of our sport the<br />
opportunity to stand alongside their heroes.”<br />
Sean Bratches, F1’s managing director<br />
of commercial operations, adds: “What<br />
better way to inspire the next generation of<br />
Formula 1 heroes.”<br />
Delhi Daredevils(DD): Over the years,<br />
DD have been one of the most inconsistent<br />
sides in the IPL. One of the major reasons<br />
for this is their bizarre team selection and<br />
consistently making inform players sit out<br />
in crunch matches. Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi<br />
Shaw and Rishabh Pant are a promising set<br />
of young Indian batsmen. Gautam Gambhir,<br />
Glenn Maxwell, Jason Roy, and Colin<br />
Munro were key buys this season. In Shami,<br />
Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Gayle, Miller,<br />
Finch, Stoinis, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit<br />
Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Mohit Sharma,<br />
Mujeeb Zadran, Sran, Tye, Akshdeep Nath,<br />
‘Grid kids’ replace ‘grid girls’<br />
F1 is owned by Liberty<br />
Media, which has been<br />
changing how the sport is<br />
run since taking over from<br />
former commercial rights<br />
holder Bernie Ecclestone<br />
in January 2017.<br />
The season starts on<br />
March 25 at the Australian<br />
Grand Prix.<br />
Credit : Associated Press (AP)<br />
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RR Squad: Steve Smith, Benja<strong>min</strong><br />
Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson,<br />
Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jos<br />
Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane, Darcy Short,<br />
Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir<br />
Khan Pakteen, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny,<br />
Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh,<br />
Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas<br />
Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit<br />
Sharma, Mahipal Lomror<br />
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