IPL Afridi should be open?

Question

IPL Afridi should be open?

Answer 1

considering you would have gilchrist opening with laxman, i would bat afridi at 3 in most games, with the idea being for him to be with a guy like laxman who is a bit more steady and can give him most of the strike (like he did when gilchrist made the 109no & they put on 155, laxman did a great job of getting the singles to get him the strike)

however if they are chasing a good total around 190+ and need a rapid fire start the sure i would put afridi in to open and laxman at 3

Answer 2

q

Answer 3

What he has done lalely in bating for his Ipl team?

He is not in form.

Answer 4

afridi, the beast should open with gilly with laxman at three. that would be some fireworks from the beast

Answer 5

no its better to send afridy 2 down.... since both gilcrist and afridy both where good strikers... one should be there to increase score even if the wickets starts falling....

source http://www.ipl.co.in

Answer 6

if i would be the captain i would sent Gilchrist and Afridi to open as they can take ball out of the ground and they can fire from the beggining which can put opposition in trouble.

Answer 7

That's really a good idea, this way two hard hitting opening pair will come on the ground and moreover this way Afridi's moral will be boosted.

Answer 8

no

Answer 9

In bang bang cricket Gilly and Afridi could be a dream opening pair but VVS Laxman in 20-20 cricket is reality bites.

He is lost his place in one dayers long time ago and the Q of him playing 20-20 does not arise but BCCI has made him a ICON in IPL.

A strong team like Deccan Chargers is at the bottom B'coz VVS wants to play safe cricket [loose ball to be dispatched to the fence and wait for 20 overs to get one]

Fast game aggressive players can lead the team to victory.