IPL 2018 - Team Ratings

Based on the final 11 and their alternatives/backups let's give points for all teams.

Parameters used:

Batting: 0.4
A. Top three(Top class): 0.45: 0-10
B. Middle order(Stability, depth): 0.25: 0-10
C. Lower orders(Power hitting, depth): 0.3: 0-10
(Depends on team reliance on A, B and C points will be given. If a team doesn't rely on A much and is weak still can get 6 or more. If a team relies on A but is weak it might not even get 4)

Bowling: 0.35
D. Pace: 0.6: 0-10
E. Spin: 0.4: 0-10

Fielding: 0.1
F. Fielding, Keeping: 1: 0-10

X-Factor: 0.15
G. Staff history, Franchise past record, Players' injury history etc.: 1: 0-10

Final score = (A*0.45+B*0.25+C*0.3)*0.4 + (D+E)*0.35 + F*0.1 + G*0.15

Points criteria:
Min = 4
Max = 10
A: Consistency, Past record, Ability to give a blazing start.
B: Depth, consistency, Ability to finish.
C: Depth, Power hitting, Playing under pressure.
D: Power play bowling, Death bowling.
E: Economy bowling, Wicket taking bowling.
F: Catching, Fielding, Keeping.
G: Mentioned above.


Team 1: MI 

Evan Lewis
Ishan Kishan
Rohit
Surya Kumar Yadav/Tiwary
Cutting/Duminy
Pollard
H Pandya
K Pandya
Rahul Chahar
Cummins/Fizz/Behrendorff
Bumrah
(Or)
Ishan
Rohit
Duminy
Surya/Tiwary 
Pollard
Cutting
Hardik
Krunal
Cummins/Fizz 
Chahar
Bumrah

Bench:
Dananjaya
Tare

A - 8
Power hitting not so reliable Lewis, Young Ishan Kishan, but there is Rohit.
B - 7
Duminy is fine if he actually plays. Can't depend on Surya Kumar Yadav, Tiwary! Are you kidding?  Weak middle order but they don't rely on middle order so it's okay to have weak middle order.
C - 8.5
Pollard, Pandya bros and Cutting in case he plays. Terrific hitting with depth and relies on lower order.

D - 8.5
Boom boom Bumrah is there. Cummins is not a t20 bowler but is okay, Fizz is good but not as good as 2 years back. Hardik, Cutting and Pollard can chip in. Both Cummins and Fizz may not play all the matches.
E - 7
Chahar for leg spin, Krunal for off-spin. But they surely miss Bhajji in middle overs. They have to rely on Pandya, Cutting/Pollard medium pace there.

F - 8.5 
Pollard, Hardik, Rohit but Fizz and Ishan Kishan 
G - 9 
3-time champion, Home fans, Support staff. 

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Final score:  (A*0.5+B*0.2+C*0.3)*0.4+(D*0.6+E*0.4)*0.35+F*0.1+G*0.15


Team 2: KKR

Lynn
Narine
Uthappa
Nitish Rana
Karthik
Russel/Delport/Searless
Ishan Jaggi/Gill
Vinay Kumar
Starc/Johnson
Chawla/Kuldeep
Nagarkoti


Bench:
Mavi
Wankade
Rinku Singh

A - 8
Dashing opening and not reliable. But they have Uthappa.
B - 7
Just Rana, Karthik. Besides they don't have the depth to depend on lower order.
C - 5.5
Only Russel!

D - 7.5
Get ready for swinging injury prone Starc yorkers, Vinay is fine, Russel is okay. U19 sensation Nagarkoti has to deal with pressure.
E - 9
Run controlling Narine and Wicket taking Kuldeep. Workhorse Chawala is as usually fine. 

F - 7
Lynn and Starc are vulnerable on the field. Narine and Chawla are just okay. No gun fielder for them. 
G - 8
2-time champion but unpredictable this time 

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Team 3: KXIP
Finch/Gayle
Rahul/Mayank  
Nair/Rahul
Yuvi
Miller
M Tiwary 
Stoinis/Ben Dwarshuis
Axar 
R Ashwin
Tye
Mohit/ Sran/ Rajpoot 


A: 8.5
All combinations are solid. Gayle!
B: 8
Yuvi has the license to go, Miller will become killer at least twice but not more than trice :P, Manoj Tiwary is good.  
C: 7.5
Stoinis is in red-hot form, Axar is fine. Tiwary and Stoinis are the real finishers.

D: 7.5 
Tye is excellent in T20's, Mohit has become so-called IPL veteran. Sran is okay. Stoinis is not bad.  
E: 8
Ashwin and Axar. No leggie for them.  

F: 7
Yuvi, Miller, Finch are good but Rahul keeping!
G: 7.5
Bad past record but Shewag may be! 

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Team 4: SRH 
Warner*
Dhawan 
Saha/Kane*
M Pandey 
Shakib*/Saha
Brathwaite*/Nabi*
Yusuf/Hooda
Rashid*/Stanlake*/Jordan*
Bhuvi
Kaul/Sandeep Sharma
Natarajan/Thampi/Khaleel

A: 9
Top Opening with excellent past record, If Kane plays he is reliable.
B: 8
Pandey and Shakib are good.
C: 8
Brathwaite/Nabi and Hooda/Yusuf. All are diverse hitters. A little inconsistency may be. They mostly depend on opening so even above average lower order is good for them.

D: 8.5
All round Bhuvi, Power play Sandeep, Yorking Thami and MRF pace academy :P.
E: 8.5
Afghani sensation Rashid!, 4 economical overs guarantee from Shakib. 
F: 8
Warner, Pandey, Saha but Rashid, Yusuf.
G: 8
Great Staff and Captain Warner.

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Team 5: CSK 

Watson
S Billings/Faf
Raina
K Jadhav
Dhoni
Rayudu
Bravo
Jadeja
Bhajji/Karn Sharma
Shardul Thakur
Tahir/Santner/Ngidi/Wood

A: 9
Watson form and exp, Raina the name is enough. Billings is fine. Faf is reliable in case he plays.
B: 8.5
Jadhav, Dhoni, Rayudu. Reliable and hard-hitting, especially Indian players.
C: 7.5
Bravo, Jadeja. Not so reliant on lower order hitting.
D: 7.5
Bravo might be past his time or not. Thakur is fine. Watson is handy. But no gun bowler in the powerplay. Weak foreign bowlers.
E: 8.5
Bajji is economical. Tahir is wicket taker. Karn is not bad sometimes. Jadeja is okay.
F: 9
Raina, Jadeja, Dhoni keeping, Bravo catching but Watson ageing.
G: 9
Past record and Dhoni!

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Team 6: DD

Gambhir
Roy/Munro
Iyer
Pant
Maxi
Naman Ojha/Vijay Shankar/Gurkeerat
Morris
Shami/Harshal patel/Jayant yadav
Boult/Rabada
Amit Sharma
Nadeem

A: 8.5
Veteran Gambhir, 3 centurion Munro, Roy is a great opener. Iyer is in great form.
B: 7.5
Maxi, Pant. Both are not reliable.
C: 6
No hard hitter except Morris. Maxi has to do this job too.

D: 8
Rabada can be good. Boult is fine. Morris has been good. Shami is not bad.
E: 7.5
Legendary Amit Mishra :P, IPL fav Nadeem. But nothing new and these are ageing. Jayanth Yadav spin is okay but may not find a place in the team.

F: 7
Just Average. With Gambhir, Amit and Nadeem.
G: 7.5
Bad past record but Ricky is there.

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Team 7: RCB

McCullum/Dekock
Mandeep Singh/Parthiv
Kohli
ABD
Vohra
Sarfraz
Chris Woakes/Grandomme/Moin Ali
Negi/Washington Sundar/M Ashwin
Southee/Coulter-Nile
Umesh Yadav/Navdeep Saini/Siraj/Aniket/Khejroliya.
Chahal

A: 9.5
Just Kohli things, good opening pairs.
B: 8
Just ABD!, It's better if Vohra plays in the middle.
C: 7.5
Unsure Negi, Waokes/Grandomme/Moin Ali can hit big, Mighty Sarfraz.

D: 8
Southee, Woakes, Coulter-Nile are good for powerplays. Yadav is good. 2nd MRF academy is here :P.  But no gun death bowler.
E: 8.5
Excellent Chahal, One more powerplay boy Sundar!.

F: 8.5
With Kohli, Brendon, ABD but keeping is unreliable.
G: 8
If Kohli and ABD play! What if they don't.

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Team 8: RR

Rahane
Tripati/D Short
Smith
Stokes
Samson
Butler
Binny
Archer/Ben Laughlin/Shreyas Gopal
Unadkat
Kulkarni
Krishnappa Gautham/Ankit Sharma

A: 8
Rahane and Smith is a formidable pair. Tripati is unpredictable this time.
B: 9
Last year MOS Stokes, England's most reliable middle-order batsman Butler. Samson is fine.
C: 7
Binny and Archer and not good. But they don't rely on these as they already have stokes and Butler to finish.

D: 8
Million dollar baby Unadkat! Kulkarni is for powerplays. Stokes is not good all the times. Debutant  Archer. Ben Laughlin is okay was okay in BBL.   
E: 5.5
Remember Ankit Sharma! Never tested Krishnappa Gautham.

F: 8.5
Rahane, Smith, Stokes are good. Butler and Samson are good keepers too. 
G: 8
If D short and Archer click it would be great. That a big if!

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Final scores:

MI: 8 7 8.5 8.5 7 8.5 9 = 8.125
KKR: 8 7 5.5 7.5 9 7 8 = 7.535 
KXIP: 8.5 8 7.5 7.5 8 7 7.5 = 7.75
SRH: 9 8 8 8.5 8.5 8 8 = 8.335
CSK: 9 8.5 7.5 7.5 8.5 9 9 = 8.385
DD: 8.5 7.5 6 8 7.5 7 7.5 = 7.555
RCB: 9.5 8 7.5 8 8.5 8.5 8 = 8.330
RR: 8 9 7 8 5.5 8.5 8 = 7.68

Rankings: Bat/Bowl scores
1. CSK
2. SRH
3. RCB
4. MI
5. KXIP
5. RR
6. DD
7. KKR


Batting Rankings:
1. RCB - 8.525
2. SRH - 8.45
3. CSK - 8.425
4. KXIP - 8.075
5. RR - 7.95
6. MI - 7.9
7. DD - 7.5
8. KKR - 7

Bowling Rankings:
1. SRH - 8.5
2. RCB - 8.2
3. KKR - 8.2
4. MI - 7.9
5. CSK - 7.9
6. DD - 7.8
7. KXIP - 7.7
8. RR - 7












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