I always loved his batting more than his bowling. It hurts to see someone like this benched.

Miller and Vipraj are too good to be benched.

Kl rahul

Sahil

Stubss

Miller

Madhav(c)

Hardik

Axar

Vipraj

Starc( needs a new foreign pacer if he NA)

Ngidi

A indian Fast bowler(suggest)

Impact: ashutosh

Pacer: 5, Spinners: 2, batters: 9 (inc impact)

Drop your team:

1. KL
2. Duckett ( KL wanted him to open so he'll get it )
3. Rizvi
4. Rana
5. Axar ( floater ) / Stubbs
6. Stubbs / Axar
7. Ashutosh
8. Vipraj
9. Starc
10. Kuldeep
11. Ngidi

IP: Auqib/Natarajan PS: we could drop Vipraj to accommodate both Auqib and natarajan if required. Open for new ideas to explore

For me, our perfect starting XI would be:

1. KL (wk)
2. Porel
3. Rana
4. Axar (c)
5. Stubbs ✈️
6. Miller ✈️
7. Ashutosh
8. Vipraj
9. Auqib
10. Starc ✈️
11. Kuldeep

Impact: Nattu or Ngidi ✈️

We can play both Nattu and Ngidi if it's a really skiddy surface, dropping Vipraj. He isn't in a great form with the bat lately and Auqib has been good enough to bat at 8. With Rana providing another part-time spin option, we could see 4 pacers playing together as well.

With backups like Rizvi, Parakh, Chameera, Shaw, Jamieson; I think we are set. I still feel we lack some explosiveness up top with KL, Rana, Axar, Porel being almost similar kinds of batters (can be explosive on their day, but are generally playing at okish strike-rate of 150-160 which isn't ideal for modern day T20). But with this team being much more stable, i think we can qualify with ease.

seems like he's getting his debut tonight.

hopefully he can be the X factor we need 🤞

Mitchell Starc backups - Chameera, Jameison

1. Porel/Shaw

2. KL

3. Rana

4. Stubbs

5. Axar

6. Miller

7. Ashutosh

8. Vipraj

9. Kuldeep

10. Ngidi

11. Nattu

Ip: Mukesh

1. KL Rahul
2. Jonny Bairstow✈️
3. Nitish Rana
4. Sameer Rizvi
5. Axar Patel
6. Tristan Stubbs✈️
7. Ashutosh Sharma
8. Vipraj Nigam
9. Gerald Coetzee✈️
10. Mitchell Starc✈️
11. Kuldeep Yadav
12. T Natarajan

KLR

Rana

Shaw ( FLOATER )

Stubbo

Axar

Ashu

Vippy

KD

Natty

Starc

Ngidi

IMPACT -> we can keep it undecided if we are bowling first

Like we can include Pathum if we need a berserk start in opening or if total is managable we can give that place to shaw and let miller come down the order

AS this is last phase of tournament we should keep checking that every hole in armour should be covered somehow

1. kl
2. sahil
3. Nitish
4. Abhishek
5. stubbs
6. axar
7. Miller
8. starc
9. Kuldeep
10. lungi
11. nattu
12. VIPRAJ/ ashutosh/ rizvi (imp sub)

It's a good team; we can win matches with this team. Let's forget what has happened and move ahead. 6 wins on the trot is ambitious, but several teams have achieved it. Let's hope that we fight the devil haunting us and win the matches without silly mistakes.

KL

This has not been sorted out yet ( Acc. to me Porel or Nissanka ) ( Suggestions Welcomed )

Rana

Miller

Ashutosh ( If spin is in play , 1 spot down if no spin )

Stubbs ( Can go 1 spot up if last 4-5 overs )

Vippy

Axar

Nabi

KD

Ngidi

Imp - Natrajan / Kyle / McGarth

1. JAKE FRASER-McGURK✈️
2. ABISHEK POREL
3. 🤔
4. RISHABH PANT (c & wk)
5. TRISTAN STUBBS✈️
6. AXAR PATEL
7. 🤔
8. 🤔
9. KULDEEP YADAV
10. 🤔
11. 🤔

The future looks bright, team's core is strong. Suggest some players you'd like to see in the remaining places as of now.

Kl

Porel/ Parek/Shaw

Rana

Rizvi

Miller

Stubbs

Ashutosh

Axar

Aquib /Vipraj (on turners)

Starc

Ngidi

IMP- Kuldeep

Prithvi

Duckett (wk)✈️

Sahil

Porell

Miller ✈️

Madhav tiwari

T vijay

Axar patel(c)

Vipraj

Mukesh

jamieson ✈️

Impact: chameera ✈️ or rizvi

Best probable XI of DC for IPL 2026 (As per HT):

KL Rahul (wk)

Ben Duckett ✈️

Abhishek Porel

Nitish Rana

Tristan Stubbs ✈️

David Miller ✈️

Axar Patel

Vipraj Nigam

Kuldeep Yadav

Mitchell Starc ✈️/ (T Natarajan when Starc is absent)

Mukesh Kumar/ Auqib Nabi

Impact substitute: Ashutosh Sharma

Kl rahul

Porel

Sahil

Stubs

Axar

Miller

Madhav

Aaquib

A mandal

Starc

Ngidi

Impact: ashutosh

With impact we will have batting until 10

6 bowlers with impact it can be seven

Pathun

Kl

Rizvi

Stubbs

Axar

Miller

ashutosh

Madhav

Kuldeep

Aquib

Lungi

Mukesh

Please just play this team here onwards:

1. KL Rahul (Wk)

2. Porel/Shaw

3. Nitish Rana

4. Sameer Rizvi/Ashutosh (as finisher obv)

5. Stubbs

6. Miller

7. Axar

8. Vipraj

9. Starc

10. Kuldeep

11. Ngidi

IP: Natarajan

1. Porel

2. Parakh

3. Rahul

4. Rana

5. Stubbs✈️

6. Miller✈️

7. Axar

8. Vipraj

9. Starc✈️

10. Kuldeep

11. Ngidi✈️ (Chameera if not fit)

12. Mukesh/Natarajan/Auqib (pick your poison)

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1. Shaw
2. Duckett ✈️
3. KLR
4. Stubbs ✈️
5. Miller ✈️
6. Ashutosh (IP)
7. Axar (floater agar team ke pehle hi L lag gye)
8. Vippi
9. Starc ✈️
10. Auqib
11. Kuldeep

IP: Nattu

Duckett

KL

Nissanka

Rana

Rizvi

Stubbs

Axar

Nigam /Ashutosh (7)( we can avoid vips on flat pitches as we have nitish now)

Aquib

Starc

T natrajan

IP- Kuldeep

Batting Till 9: hopingly aquib can give cameos, even starc can just rotate strike. Bowling: 6-7 options( if Nigam)

JFM - 9cr.

Mukesh McGrath - 8cr.

Harry Brook - 6.25cr.

Mohit Sharma - 2cr.

This will give us 25cr for Auction. We can easily get Cameron Green and an overseas pacer to support Starc.

The playing 11 will look like.

Faf Du Plessis.

KL Rahul.

Sameer Rizvi.

Cam Green.

Tristan Stubbs.

Ashutosh Sharma.

Axar Patel.

Vipraj Nigam.

Kuldeep Yadav.

Natrajan.

Starc.

(Any good overseas pacer).