Strategy break

So after a dismal showing by the Mumbai Indians, i spent a couple of hours doing an 'in hindsight' on the Mumbai Indians Team selection. Mostly because like every other citizen of the cricket nation i have strong views but also because i am genuinely not inspired by my home team. The key issue is that it doesn’t have have the 'X' factor and relies heavily on the aging openers. (Don't get me wrong, I am Tendulkar's biggest fan. However there's a reason why he's opted out of the T20 India team and why a youthful team won the world cup.
So keeping the following assumptions in mind, i am proposing my picks.
1. The max cap budget for the auction was 5M + 2M $ for this year.
2. Max 8 foreign players, 4 in playing 11 (no point having too many therefore)
3. Min 16 players to be chosen with a Min 4 to be under the age of 22.
4. Constraints of icons/captains unavailability + need to keep some local players
5. Player prices based on internet research - some scope for error here.


















Name
Price $
Skill
Tendulkar
750000
Bat
Hayden
375000
Bat
Raina
650000
ARounder
Dilshan
250000
ARounder
Y Pathan
475000
ARounder
Bravo
220000
ARounder
A Nayar(22)
100000
ARounder
Ojha
50000
Bowl
Zaheer
450000
Bowl
Mailnga
350000
Bowl
P Shah (22)
100000
WK
Abdulla
300000
Bowl
D Kulkarni (22)
100000
ARounder
A Rahane (22)
100000
Bat
Warner
200000
Bat





Backup



De Villiers
300000
Bat
I pathan
925000
Arounder
Boucher
450000
WK
Harbhajan
750000
Bowl
RP Singh
875000
Bowl








The red is the playing 11. And the back up list is invoked if budget is 7M. This will likely be Harbhajan & Boucher and maybe one from RP Singh/Irfan (who are very expensive).


My controversial deletions are Jayasurya (past reliable sell by date) and Duminy (a million bucks!!! - don't tell me he's better than Pathan + Hayden + Dilshan). Just not worth it. Removing them also reduces Tendulkar's price (the icon's price is 15% higher than next highest player).

I think this team allows for a nice blend of experience (Tendu, Hayden, Zaheer, Dilshan), T20 expertiste (Raina, Yusuf, Nayar) and the X factor (Mailinga, YPathan, Warner, Abdulla)

What think?

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