IPL 2017 Fantasy Guide: Fantasy Tips for Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lions

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Transfer out: Jos Buttler, ABD, Krunal Pandya, Nitish Rana

Transfer in: Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Rishab Pant, Rahul Tripathi

Now, I don’t have any player from this game in my side.

With RPS playing twice in 3 days, it only makes sense to get in at least 2 RPS players for this game.

The first RPS player that I get in is Steve Smith. His brilliance with the bat is unparalleled at this stage, and he has looked assured as ever this season, quietly accumulating the runs at the start, accelerating during the middle overs, and going berserk during the end. Get him in, he is the most assured player in this RPS line up.

The second player that I get in for this game is Ben Stokes. He has reportedly recovered from his little shoulder mishap and should be part of the team for the rest of tournament. His all round abilities, and especially the fact that he has been successful in the death overs off late has forced me to get him ahead of Tahir. Tahir has been taken to the cleaners in the past few games and with dew playing a huge role during May, his threat could be further reduced.

I can’t draft in any other overseas players for this game, as all my overseas players feature either today or tomorrow. So, McCullum and co. stay out. At this stage of the tournament, Smith seems a much safer choice than McCullum/Finch.

Now, as I transfer out both of overseas wicketkeeper batsmen, I’ll need to somehow get a wicketkeeper into my team. For that I get in a wicketkeeper either from the next game or from this one. Sanju Samson, Rishab Pant and Dinesh Karthik are the choices available. All of them play 2 quick games, so there is no way you can take a call keeping the schedule in mind.

I rule put Samson, despite him being a top order batsman, as he’ll be up against Bhuvi in his first game and thus his inclusion doesn’t really serve the double game purpose. Also, Samson doesn’t keep wickets and thus wouldn’t be able to get those cheap 20 wickets.

Between Pant and Karthik, I opt for Pant because of the fragile DD top order. Karthik might not even get to bat(like against Mumbai).

For the uncapped player I get in the in form Tripathi. In order to resolve the wicketkeeper issue, you could maybe leave out Tripathi and get in Ishan Kishan and not get either of Karthik or Pant.

Captain: Ben Stokes(if RPS bowl first)/Steve Smith(if RPS bat first)

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