Retentions for newly formed Ahmedabad and Lucknow
franchisees are to be out soon. Mega auction will be held in February 2022.
There are lot of speculations going on regarding players. Opening batsmen are having
high importance in T20 format. Destructive opening pair is crucial during power
play overs and overall performance of teams.
Most successful IPL teams are having best opening
pairs. For example, Chennai Super Kings had Faf Du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad
or Delhi Capitals had Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan or Kolkata Knight Riders
had V. Iyer and Shubman Gill or Punjab Kings had KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal.
Most of retentions by franchisees are for openers like Sanju Samson, Jos
Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prithvi Shaw, V Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mayank
Agarwal.
Due to retention rules, almost all teams need to
figure out new opening pairs. Based on various scenarios, following is possible
best destructive opening pair list.
1. Virat Kohli – Shikhar Dhawan
Total IPL runs – 12067, Total IPL matches – 399,
Total 50s – 86, Total 100s - 7
Strike Rate – Virat Kohli-130 & Shikhar
Dhawan-127
2. Virat Kohli – David Warner
Total IPL runs – 11732, Total IPL matches – 357,
Total 50s – 92, Total 100s - 9
Strike Rate – Virat Kohli-130 & David Warner-140
3. Rohit Sharma – Shikhar Dhawan
Total IPL runs – 11395, Total IPL matches – 405,
Total 50s – 84, Total 100s - 3
Strike Rate – Rohit Sharma-130 & Shikhar
Dhawan-127
4. Rohit Sharma – David Warner
Total IPL runs – 11060, Total IPL matches – 363,
Total 50s – 90, Total 100s - 5
Strike Rate – Rohit Sharma-130 & David Warner-140
5. KL Rahul – Shikhar Dhawan
Total IPL runs – 9057, Total IPL matches – 286,
Total 50s – 71, Total 100s - 4
Strike Rate – KL Rahul-136 & Shikhar Dhawan-127
6. David Warner – Faf Du Plessis
Total IPL runs – 8384, Total IPL matches – 250,
Total 50s – 72, Total 100s - 4
Strike Rate – David Warner-140 & Faf Du
Plessis-131
7. KL Rahul – David Warner
Total IPL runs – 8722, Total IPL matches – 244,
Total 50s – 77, Total 100s - 6
Strike Rate – David Warner-140 & KL Rahul-136
8. Shikhar Dhawan – Faf Du Plessis
Total IPL runs – 8719, Total IPL matches – 292,
Total 50s – 66, Total 100s - 2
Strike Rate – Shikhar Dhawan-127 & Faf Du
Plessis-131
9. Mayank Agarwal – Shikhar Dhawan
Total IPL runs – 7915, Total IPL matches – 292,
Total 50s – 55, Total 100s - 3
Strike Rate – Shikhar Dhawan-127 & Mayank
Agarwal-135
10. Aaron Finch – Shikhar Dhawan
Total IPL runs – 7789, Total IPL matches – 279,
Total 50s – 58, Total 100s - 2
Strike Rate – Aaron Finch-128 & Shikhar
Dhawan-127
For above opening pairs list, we assumed left-hand
and right-hand combination. Also, Quinton De Kock availability in IPL is not
sure after his retirement from test cricket so he is not considered in opening
pair list. Retention list for Ahmedabad and Lucknow franchisees are not out. Above
opening pair list can be changed depending on this retention by Ahmedabad and
Lucknow franchisees.
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