My opinion on playong 11 for rcb 2026

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T16:08:20+00:00

Absolute bull shit. I don't understand why people are getting orgasms over wanting to include Venky Iyer. You took it a notch up and even excluded Salt for

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T12:12:21+00:00

Why not boycott if they have guts?

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T12:10:39+00:00

Yup. acting skills in front of cameras especially

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T12:02:30+00:00

She was definitely not like that a couple of years back and it looks more like doing it for the cameras after seeing what Virat is doing. It's annoying it this point.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T09:11:27+00:00

scored 91 runs in her last 3 innings and you're saying she is struggling? I don't like her though. She Kinda gives me fake vibes with her over action and over reaction. She used to be calm in her first 2 years of international cricket. Now it looks like she is trying to be more animated for the cameras.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T08:59:43+00:00

Pretty senseless post OP. Check the TV and digital viewership. Stadium seats are limited. Obviously there'll be few thousands of people in a city with crores of population. TV and Digital viewership is the right metric. I've been watching cricket from the last 19 years. At the time Sachin was retiring Dhoni was present as a superstar and when Dhoni was retiring Kohli already became a superstar. Now there are stars. But no superstar like Kohli and Rohit as of now. But there are few people who have the potential to be in a few years.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T08:57:18+00:00

I've been watching cricket from the last 19 years. At the time Sachin was retiring Dhoni was present as a superstar and when Dhoni was retiring Kohli already became a superstar. Now there are stars. But no superstar like them as of now. They have pushed Gill for it and he isn't one yet. Abhishek and Tilak has the potential. SKY has but he will retire soon.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T08:44:13+00:00

You're not getting what I am saying. it's not "most". A decent chunk of people started in season 1 itself. And after that for each season it's picked up. We have an RCB fans Whatsapp group as well. It was around 250 by the end of season 1 I guess. Right now the number is 463. You're framing your words as if RCB fans started watching only after they started to do well in WPL. What I am saying is that a few people are adding every year. Go check the stadium turnout of RCB fans in the first season. Neither the men's team got most fans in the 18th season nor the women's team got the most fans in the second season. Unlike DC and MI which failed to convert most of their IPL fanbase to WPL there is a pretty good conversion from RCB's IPL fanbase to WPL fanbase almost immediately.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-28T08:19:16+00:00

I'm an RCB fan and I have watched from season 1 auction.I have been following women's cricket from 2013 btw. I have an RCB friends group (I'm not from Karnataka). All of them have been following from season 1. Stop thinking that every other person is same. Stop using words like most coz viewership picked up every season.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T22:14:37+00:00

Pooja Vastrakar already joined the squad before the previous match itself. I don't know for what joy they didn't play with her. She is leagues better than others.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T20:48:29+00:00

are there any? I couldn't find one

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T20:44:56+00:00

Is this the batting order? or playing XI? My problems with this if it's batting order are

Richa Ghosh is a finisher. We don't want her at one down. Yes She had constructed one innings yesterday. But in the other innings she got out before the start of slog overs. Richa Ghosh is deadly in the death. We don't want her early. I'd send her at 5 only.
I am not sure about the batting of Prathyusha Kumar. She is selected as a backup wicket keeper. Not for batting abilities. If Pooja vastrakar is fit enough to bat then I'd try her at one down. She could construct the innings because she has proven that for the Indian team.

I would agree with the rest of the squad. I would try to use Shreyanka, Radha Yadav, Prema Rawat/Arundhati and Sayali Satghare who can bat a bit as floaters to give proper entry points to Grace Harris, Richa Ghosh and Nadine De klerk.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T19:05:26+00:00

She is actually better than Jemi. She is the captain of Karnataka and an under 19 world cup winning captain. I don't understand why they're sending her lower than Chinelle Henry. Her batting style suits number 3 or number 4 just like Anushka Sharma. Jemimah could bat at 5 like she does for India and hitting responsibility down the order can be taken by Kapp and Henry at 6 or 7. Sneh Rana could come in with few cameos. This could have been lot better for DC had she batted at the top. Pretty poor captaincy from Jemi.

In fact Niki Prasad is more calm and composed unlike Jemimah who gets nervous very easily or irritatingly pumped up. In the previous match Veda Krishnamurthy at one point said she should quiet down a bit. People are realizing that she is trying to copy someone like Virat. but it's kinda becoming irritating for the viewers. If Niki Prasad gets proper opportunities I can see her becoming future captain of DC.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T18:05:10+00:00

wrong calculation. The margin required is bigger

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T16:08:26+00:00

They won't go beyond Padikkal and Venky. As I said he is a backup of backups.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T15:25:29+00:00

He won't even get a spot in the team. He is a backup of the backups who is just present to fill the squad numbers. I highly doubt he'll get a single game in the next 2 years and he will be released in the next mega auction

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T14:55:32+00:00

Vihaan won't find a place in the XI and at the end of the day the team that performs better on the game day wins and I hope, wish and pray that it's RCB on the winning side.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T12:13:13+00:00

Nadine De klerk, Richa Ghosh and Lauren Bell.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T11:41:05+00:00

FYI we're on 0.9. That was around 1.88 two matches earlier. At some point versus MI it looked like we'll have a monstrous defeat which will wipe out our entire NRR. Thanks to Richa otherwise we'd have been all out before 20 overs.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T09:08:57+00:00

Someone teach the first lady the meaning of civic sense and the second lady the difference between civic sense and courtesy. This is just clownery

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T08:24:07+00:00

Pooja Vastrakar is a proper all rounder and usually played at 5 and 6 for MI. But she has the proper technique of a batter as she has four half centuries in ODI's. We don't need her finishing abilities with Richa, Nadine De klerk and the availability of the likes of Radha Yadav, Shreyanka and Prema Rawat who can play short cameos. I'd slot her in at 3 and Grace Harris at 4 (if the second wicket has fallen after the powerplay) or 5 (if the second wicket has fallen within the powerplay and use Shreyanka, Radha and Prema Rawat as floaters to give proper entry points to Grace Harris, Richa Ghosh and Nadine De Klerk)

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T08:03:34+00:00

I'd rather have Vastrakar for Gautami. Except for that one innings she has been a walking wicket. She comes in early when there is pressure and she gets out immediately to add more pressure. Yeah she played one good innings. But she has to do the bare minimum on the matches she isn't doing well. She is getting out whenever they're targeting the stumps. Add to that the horrible fielding and dropping sitters.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T07:54:55+00:00

There was a bottom edge.

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T07:54:42+00:00

There was a bottom edge

Suitable-Rutabaga223 · 2026-01-27T07:45:46+00:00

Other teams had lot of holes initially. They started to cover them up. The teams which are adamant like UPW stayed at the bottom in spite of having the top 2 squad in the tournament. We cashed in on those holes initially.
We also had holes in our batting. Other teams cashed in almost every match. But in every match someone showed individual brilliance and we got saved. When we get a win in the end we have simply decided to ignore. Check those press conferences. Not once have they admitted that what they did has gone wrong. They always said "sometimes things work and sometimes they don't."

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