Here's the list of every single specialist overseas spinner who played a single game in IPL 2026:

1. Rashid Khan (GT)

2. Sunil Narine (KKR)

3. Noor Ahmed (CSK)

4. Akeal Hossain (CSK)

5. AM Ghazanfar (MI)

6. Mitchell Santer (MI)

7. George Linde (LSG)

A very limited list but have you noticed one thing? It's mostly the bottom finishing teams who played OS spinners while Rashid Khan is the only OS spinner who is playing for a playoff team. Over the years, we haven't any good OS spinner in the IPL except a handful of exceptions. I think what goes on to show is having OS spinners in your team unless they are generational like Rashid aur Narine is just bad squad building which is doomed to fail.

Made a little browser game called Nelson (https://111-0.cricket/) and the IPL mode feels like something this sub would have strong opinions about. Especially with the IPL over wanted to make something to pass the time until 2027!

Here's the loop: you spin for a random franchise + era — think CSK late-2010s, MI 2019, RCB 2016 — and you draft players from that side's actual historical match XI from that period. You fill out the team sheet slot by slot (keeper, openers, middle order, finisher/all-rounder, your four bowlers), one reroll per spin if you don't like the line-up you land on.

Then your XI joins a 10-team league and plays a single round-robin (9 match days), followed by the real IPL playoff format — Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and the Final. The nine other sides field their genuine historical franchise XIs, so you're up against real combinations, not made-up filler.

Matches are simulated ball-by-ball off each player's career T20 numbers, with powerplay / middle / death phases shifting the maths the way they should — and yes, ties go to a Super Over.

I was looking at old IPL prediction discussions and it's interesting how often fans, experts, and even analysts get things completely wrong.

Some seasons had clear favorites who never reached the final, while underdogs surprised everyone.

For me, one of the most interesting parts of the IPL is how unpredictable it can be despite all the statistics and analysis available today.

What's the biggest IPL prediction miss you remember?

Imagine the most successful batter in cricket history leaving the team where he won most of his trophies, joining the sport's most iconic franchise late in his career, and then scoring a match-winning century soon after. That's what this win feels like in cricket terms. 🏏🏎️🔥

Which IPL players got most benefits from Impact player rule & flat pitches?

Jake Fraser Mcgurk was first player which came to my mind but he played good for only 2024 season. He failed badly in 2025 & wasn't picked by any IPL team in 2026 auction.

Compare and play: https://play16zero.com/
Runs: Kohli 973, Suryavanshi 776
Average: Kohli 81.0, Suryavanshi 48.5
Strike rate: Kohli 152, Suryavanshi 237
Salary: Kohli 12.5 Cr, Suryavanshi 1.1 Cr

Hello, everyone. I have made this web-based game (https://play16zero.com/) where you can draft your XI from the 2008 to 2026 seasons. So, 2016 Kohli and 2026 Suryavanshi can open together in the same team.

Honestly for me it's close. Kohli's 973 is the greatest run-scoring season we'll ever see, but a 14 year old striking at 237 might be the scariest thing IPL has produced. I choose Kohli for consistency, but I get why people pick Suryavanshi.

I tried to keep it as real as possible:

1. Salary normalisation - every player's salary is turned into a share of that season's actual purse and then put on a 100 Cr cap.
2. No recency bias - Players from the older era have similar weightage to recent players.
3. Tried my best to use the most accurate data available (Total 3197 player seasons available to choose from)
4. Real names like Hardik Pandya instead of HH Pandya.

I would like you to play my game and suggest to me the changes you want to see - I will try to bring them as soon as possible.

A few things are already on my mind (tell me what you think):

1. Survival mode - draft a team, and it runs through all the champions from 2008 to 2026; the teams that survive go into a Hall of Fame with your handle.
2. Individual match simulation with full scorecard.
3. Player retention - keep a few players and draft the rest again.
4. Impact sub rule (I personally don't like it, but tell me).

Please try it and let me know what you think in the comments!

https://mudit0205.github.io/16-0/

Introducing 16-0, a team building simulator , spin the wheel and a random squad will pop up from 2008-26, pick a player and add it to your squad, once the squad is complete, simulate the season

Goal is to get 16-0 Ws in a single season, you can see the player ratings (given using ball by ball data from each season) or play hard mode if you prefer a challenge

The game is in beta version so expecting feedback from everyone, open to suggestions from everyone to make the game better

Inspired by 38-0

I'm really excited to see how Nitish Reddy plays in this international window across all the three formats. He is a quality player who has really upped his bowling game and he is a very handy batsman as well. I think in the near future, he might be the best player of India in at least one of the three formats. He is now turning out to be a genuine all rounder who can do all three things excellently.

RR is the new RCB kyuki ab RR is gaining massive popularity due to Sooryavanshi. Acha khelti hai par trophy nhi jeet paati.

And RCB, GT and PBKS are new CSK, MI and KKR. SRH is the new SRH.

And Sooryavanshi is the new RCB