IPL 2017 Fantasy Guide: Fantasy Tips for Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Fandromeda

Transfer out: Jos Buttler, Krunal Pandya

Transfer in: Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey

Fandromeda has been kind enough to help us revert back to our previous squads, as yesterday’s game had been abandoned. If only the BCCI was so accommodating.

Now, I already have Ajinkya Rahane, Imran Tahir, Kuldeep Yadav and Steve Smith in my side for this game.

With KKR playing twice in 3 days, it only makes sense to draft in at least two players from their team into my side.

The first player that I get into my side is Sunil Narine. While most would argue that his bowling skills are on the wane, he has been extremely efficient with the ball, picking up the odd wicket and bowling extremely miserly. His batting skills though have been unleashed big time this year and that is what makes him an indispensable part of KKRs as well as my unit. Get him in.

The second player that I’ll be getting in Manish Pandey. He has been in excellent touch this season and has looked the most assured amongst all KKR batsman. I pick him over Gautam Gambhir as Pandey plays at a much quicker pace is able to launch big during the middle and death overs.

I wanted to draft Gambhir into my side as well but my team combination does not allow me to do that. Now, you could argue that Pandey would be operating when Tahir is into the attack, something that might limit his scoring chances, but with the form that he is in, I would still prefer Pandey over Gambhir. It’s more or less a 50-50 call, it could come to haunt you back, but you need to make these brave calls.

Batting Star: Steve Smith/Manish Pandey(whoever bats first)

Bowling Star: Imran Tahir/Kuldeep Yadav(whoever bowls first)

Happy team picking

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Utkarsh Bhatla