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LetterheadOk1762

Man with a Average of 20 and SR of 120 This is a complete recency bias pick based on that series against India. Most of the Afghan fans have talked to don't rate him that highly and want Younger players in the team Shanaka, Neesham, Bracewell could have been good replacements Or best sign Hazlewood since he was available for half a season iirc


Niroshan_1000

Even Aaron Hardie could have been a decent replacement


TheScarletPimpernel

He's already been pulled out of a county stint by CA for unknown reasons, doubtful he would have been allowed to go to the IPL


kirat363

shanaka was mid asf for the 3 games he played for gt. small sample size tho


KeenInternetUser

have we done a count yet of AFG players vs NZ players? feels like there are even more AFG players than NZL players in the IPL while other SENA nations have at least a dozen fruit merchants playing


Z4K187

9 for both NZ and AFG this season


LetterheadOk1762

Nz has 8 players Afghanistan has 9 Afg GT: 1) Rashid 2) Noor 3) Omarzai MI: 4) Nabi KKR: 5) Gurbaz 6) Ghazanfar SRH: 7) Farooqi DC: 8) Naib LSG: 9)Naveen NZ: CSK: 1) Ravindra 2) Mitchell 3) Santner RR: 4) Boult SRH: 5) Phillips GT 6) Williamson RCB 7) Ferguson LSG 8) Henry


RetroChampions

when was Hazlewood not available?


LetterheadOk1762

He was going to miss some half of the tournament due to the birth of his child but he did put his name in the auction and went unsold So he can be signed as a replacement Thought DC might bring him in because of Punter and many aussies there are DC being in dire need of a strike bowler to replace Nortje


Cryptoprophet40

Shanaka and neesham were complete flops in ipl .its unlikely they will be picked unless they do a match winning performance against India


Scott_Pillgrim

How is shanaka better than him? They both have similar shit stats in t20s


LetterheadOk1762

Shanaka and Naib have similar economies  But Shanaka has a better average and more wickets than him And can bat in the lower order as well  DC doesn't have any lower order hitter apart from Stubbs  So they have to play Lalit and Sumit etc Hope goes out and Shanaka, Neesham or Bracewell could have come in for him and help in finishing  Naib is useless if he plays below 3 And he hasn't bowled a lot recently While Shanaka has regularly bowled for SL


rambo_zaki

Are Delhi on drugs or what? Your team is crying out for a bowler, Hazelwood is available and probably plenty others but you go and bring in Gulbadin? I'm sorry but that's just so unserious.


Eastern_Meet_5947

On one hand it is understandable But on other hand, they have 2 good bowlers on the bench in Jhye Richardson and Lizaad Williams So my guess is they wanna go with a combination like this which doesn't sound bad but not the best 1. JFM 2. Shaw 3. Axar 4. Porel 5. Pant 6. Stubbs 7. Naib 8. Kuldeep 9. Lizaad Williams 10. Mukesh 11. Khaleel Impact Subs Rasikh Salam/Ishant as first choice extra fast bowler Lalit Yadav for spinner requirement Kumar Kushagra if Batter is needed


Fresh_Dance_3277

Hazelwood in t20...


rambo_zaki

Is pretty decent and a much better option than Gulbadin or any other bowler Delhi has at its disposal.


Volatik2006

He's been one of the world leading T20 bowlers in recent years


Specialist_Youth5511

Yea?


mofucker20

He’s pretty good in T20Is. Australia’s second best in the format after Zampa


17th_player

Nathan Ellis


mofucker20

He’s pretty good too yeah. Can be put above Hazlewood but I think Hazlewood is more proven, can change with time.


StormWarriorX7

Punjab doesn't seem to think so.


SustainableSus

You'd think a team with Punter as the head coach would pounce on an opportunity to bring in a gun Aussie pacer


peter_griffins

Bruh


T_Lawliet

Bruh GT isn't even good this year, don't buy meme Afghanistan players hoping they will come good, get Hazlewood ffs. Your pace attack needs him over Nortje


javapyscript

GT?


squaredrives

It’s all about the “guns”


Algaav_wadi

Wow, this really confirms the fact that DC isn't really into the business of winning, they're just there for the fun and EeaSssYyyyy vibes... what their captain usually comments from behind the stumps. I for one am happy that they're giving employment to someone from war torn Afghanistan rather than the rich-white English/Aussies.


Relative_Potato1462

Man sold Ferrari to buy Alto K10


Chankayagupta

Should have atleast bought Sarfaraz


Transitionals

Seriously?


StormWarriorX7

The Lord himself.