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Joe Root laments IPL rejection and calls for playing schedule overhaul [Update Post #108]

CanadianG00se said:
I have a feeling his base price of Rs 2 crore was way too high considering he have no IPL experience
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it looks like Teams don't want similar steady players.Joe root can play as a opener or no.3 at best similar to amla who also got unsold.
 
Root is better than many foreign players sold

Hopefully he is picked later
 
Looks like he went unsold in the end?
 
The worst possible outcome for Root. First he sells his "soul" for the IPL and then remains unsold!

Those old fogeys of the MCC and YCCC won't like this one bit. First he tries to cross the line to join the devils, but the devils don't want him.

What's he gonna do?!
 
English August said:
The worst possible outcome for Root. First he sells his "soul" for the IPL and then remains unsold!

Those old fogeys of the MCC and YCCC won't like this one bit. First he tries to cross the line to join the devils, but the devils don't want him.

What's he gonna do?!
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Play in friends t20
 
All the blame should go to ECB. Everyone knows he will be pulled prematurely from IPL many times. So spending lot of money and a oversees spot on him was unwise. He could have been a prime buy as a captaincy candidate.
 
Serves Root right. He ditches national duties for the sake of a mercenary league, and then is unsold.

Even if Root decides to play Tri-series, his own decision will undermine him and he will forever be known as captain U-Turn.
 
R3verse Swing said:
Serves Root right. He ditches national duties for the sake of a mercenary league, and then is unsold.

Even if Root decides to play Tri-series, his own decision will undermine him and he will forever be known as captain U-Turn.
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Even without the IPL he still has a pretty crazy schedule and it would make sense for him to take a break like any other all formats player is.
 
HitWicket said:
Even without the IPL he still has a pretty crazy schedule and it would make sense for him to take a break like any other all formats player is.
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Joe Root needs to take a leaf out of Pakistan's book.

You don't need IPL experience to be #1 in T20s.

In hindsight, he should've played the Tri Series, then rested, ready for Pakistan in England - but no, he went for money instead.
 
R3verse Swing said:
Joe Root needs to take a leaf out of Pakistan's book.

You don't need IPL experience to be #1 in T20s.

In hindsight, he should've played the Tri Series, then rested, ready for Pakistan in England - but no, he went for money instead.
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We have an ODI series and a test series against New Zealand after the tri series. He needs a break somewhere in there and the t20 makes the most sense.
 
CadPakFan said:
Is it official that he's unsold or is the auction still going on?
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Its official now, the auctions is over. Now, his only chance of making an IPL is if some overseas player pulls out and he get signed as an replacement. More than Root, im surprised no one picked Morgan
 
CanadianG00se said:
Its official now, the auctions is over. Now, his only chance of making an IPL is if some overseas player pulls out and he get signed as an replacement. More than Root, im surprised no one picked Morgan
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Morgan never did justice to his talent and hardly played any match winning innings in his ipl career.
 
In Hindi there is Muhaavraa that completely describes this Joe root thing :
Dhobi ka kutta, na ghar ka na ghaat ka
 
Joe Root should have been picked but imo his base price is what set back the owners.

Unless you are a Stokes or Starc, you cant set the base price as 2 crore because you are a high profile player in international arena.

A lot of 30L player went onto to be sold at 2+ crore. Many overseas players did the same mistake.

Also Root doesn't have to be embarrassed. England's LOI captain Morgan also didn't get a buyer, he's supposed to be a T20 specialist lol.
 
Don't be a nice guy...it's bad marketing. And the IPL is just one big billboard.
 
Feel sorry for him but just goes to show don’t mouth off until it’s a certainty or preferably don’t mouth off at all.
 
Joe Root laments IPL rejection and calls for playing schedule overhaul

Joe Root has spoken for the first time about his disappointment after going unsold in the Indian Premier League auction in January.

Five days after announcing he would miss the Trans-Tasman Twenty20 tri-series owing to the insistence of England’s head coach, Trevor Bayliss, that he rest, he was one of only two marquee players not to be purchased by IPL franchises – South Africa’s Hashim Amla was the other.

The rejection hurt the England Test captain and, while pragmatic, he realises it comes at the detriment of his improvement as a T20 player, given he is unrelenting in his desire to turn out in all three formats of the game.

“I was disappointed,” Root said. “The reason I wanted to go out there was to play more Twenty20 cricket; it wasn’t to go and earn as much money as possible. I’m not in that position.

“For me, I wasn’t going to fit into any one of those [IPL] teams. There’s not really much you can do. It was disappointing but it’s also very understandable. Sides have a clear idea of what they want their makeup of their team to look like and they build around that.

“You’ve just got to get on with the rest of the cricket I can play. It gives me a really good period to make sure everything is set for the start of the Test season back at home but it would have been really nice to have had the experience and everything that the IPL brings to the table.”

When asked what he could do to make himself more appealing to franchises, he said: “It’s hard to do that without playing.” Since the 2016 World T20 he has played only five of England’s 13 T20 internationals: four of those were defeats. Even his time with the Yorkshire Vikings has been scarce, making three T20 Blast appearances in the past two summers.

“It’s completely out of my control. The amount of Twenty20 cricket I’m available to play at the moment is minimal and there’s a World T20 in a couple of years’ time. I thought it would be a great opportunity to get some good experience in a fantastic tournament.”

His situation is different to that of Alex Hales and Adil Rashid, who have taken short-term moves to focus solely on limited-overs cricket. But he empathises with their decisions as he also rages against a schedule that is asking too much of players. The decision to miss the Trans-Tasman tri-series was taken in light of a schedule that includes nine Tests between now and the end of September, then tours to Sri Lanka and West Indies and a 2019 summer featuring the 50-over World Cup and an Ashes series

“There’s a deeper issue that needs sorting out in terms of making it easier to play all three formats and making sure there is an opportunity for guys to go and play in tournaments around the world and still be able to play red‑ball cricket. To criticise the players is wrong. You’ve got to make it more attractive to go and play red-ball cricket somehow.”

England are likely to be unchanged for the fourth ODI, trusting the XI that earned the four-run win in Wellington to try to secure the series in Dunedin. New Zealand, though, will fancy their chances of bringing it back to 2-2, with Ross Taylor, who hit a century in the first ODI against England, expected to return from his quadriceps injury to bolster an inexperienced middle order. The Black Caps will also be looking to make full use of home advantage. They have won all of their six ODIs at University Oval.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/05/joe-root-laments-ipl-rejection-england-new-zealand
 
Sounds like someone is tired of not being able to convert his starts into tons and just wants to hide his inability of doing so by playing T20s.:stokes
 
What a gentle soul he is. It's disappointing to see this rejection. Root should have been picked. He has all the shots and was great in the T20I WC in India
 
Root is a good T20 player, better than Williamson. So surprised that teams did not pick him up.
 
rhony said:
What a gentle soul he is. It's disappointing to see this rejection. Root should have been picked. He has all the shots and was great in the T20I WC in India
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giri26 said:
Root is a good T20 player, better than Williamson. So surprised that teams did not pick him up.
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Dont think his skill levels are the reason for his exclusion. ECB still are stubborn and are scheduling matches which clash with IPL and he is England's captain and first choice player in all formats.
 
JattMaula said:
Dont think his skill levels are the reason for his exclusion. ECB still are stubborn and are scheduling matches which clash with IPL and he is England's captain and first choice player in all formats.
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Maybe but Stokes got picked. Root is clearly better than a lot of players in IPL. It's his response after not getting picked shows how classy he is. Being one of the best batsmen in the world should have hurt his ego but look at his poise
 
JattMaula said:
Dont think his skill levels are the reason for his exclusion. ECB still are stubborn and are scheduling matches which clash with IPL and he is England's captain and first choice player in all formats.
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Stokes is an all-format first choice player as well for England. So the scheduling is not the problem. The franchises just did not go for him which is sad as he is a very good T20 player.
 
Because of Heavy Base price.. Root got Unsold.. Otherwise i dont think their any other reason behind him being Remain Unsold.

He can Accelarate his innings at will.. And would add good value performances for his teams.
 
Bada keera tha isko IPL mai khelne ka. Khel lo ab.
This is what should happen to people who skip their own national duties to become mercenaries.
 
Misleading thread title, Root just just dissapointed for not attracting any buyer.

:root is not lamenting IPL as wrong title suggests, may get picked next year :facepalm:
 
rhony said:
Maybe but Stokes got picked. Root is clearly better than a lot of players in IPL. It's his response after not getting picked shows how classy he is. Being one of the best batsmen in the world should have hurt his ego but look at his poise
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giri26 said:
Stokes is an all-format first choice player as well for England. So the scheduling is not the problem. The franchises just did not go for him which is sad as he is a very good T20 player.
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Yes stokes got picked but he is clearly worth taking risk for. He is without a doubt the best pace bowling allrounder in the world.

Picking a expensive pure overseas bat who can abandon IPL anytime may be more risky than teams are ready to take.
 
He definitely should have been picked. Although he's a bit overrated he still is a better T20 player than many of the foreign players in the IPL. His inclusion would have made it more interesting too. I can understand Amla not getting picked but Root should have been picked. A loss for the IPL.
 
It was really surprising to know he went unsold in the IPL. If he played, he would have been the integral part of that team.
 
If Root was Australian or Indian then he would've been picked for atleast 1 million dollar.
 
I find this whole situation absolutely hilarious. :91:
 
I think the reason is that since root doesn't play much t20 cricket he is not visible in the eyes of franchises & his availability is also concern.
amla despite scoring 2 brilliant hundreds in last ipl remain unsold this year.
Ipl teams generally favors explosive players more over steady players.
Williamson was the only similar player to root who got picked in auction by the same team for which he played last year.
 
BreadPakoda said:
IMO he should settle with whatever he can get. If getting T20 practice and not the money is all he wants then he should make himself available for CPL, PSL, BPL etc.
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Elite players like Root etc. should not devalue themselves by playing in third rate stuff like the PSL, BPL etc. These competitions are beneath them.
 
Savage said:
If Root was Australian or Indian then he would've been picked for atleast 1 million dollar.
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If he was Indian then he wouldn't be the Root we know him today. He would be getting wasted in domestics like KL Rahul and co. Root is very good test player but he is nowhere near KL Rahul, or other upcoming Indian talent. He just doesn't give you confidence as a player who would take the game away from opposition kinda like Kohli, Gayle, ABD, etc does. He is probably tier 3 batsman in T20s.
 
Ab Fan said:
It was really surprising to know he went unsold in the IPL. If he played, he would have been the integral part of that team.
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Apart from Williamson, which other intl foreign players that got picked in IPL are inferior to Root? I mean not in avg but overall strokeplay and ability to accelerate?

Players with ability to hit big and play a cameo are often picked in IPL compared to ones who can anchor. Why waste 200K on a player who at best will play anchoring when you can buy someone upcoming who can play aggressively at same price or even cheaper. Beside, for anchoring they can always replace with domestic player which are in huge numbers.

I even predicted before the auctions that there is high chances of Root going unsold and it did came true.
 
Mamoon said:
Elite players like Root etc. should not devalue themselves by playing in third rate stuff like the PSL, BPL etc. These competitions are beneath them.
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Yes when a good player plays in the PSL he loses respect in the cricket circuit all over the world. Players like B.mac, Sanga, KP, Imran Tahir amongst others are 3rd class cricketers who have achieved nothing in their careers and are naive for playing in a good cricketing league which pays them well for participating.

God knows what fuels your desire to defame anything pakistan-related on these forums.
 
CanadianG00se said:
Apart from Williamson, which other intl foreign players that got picked in IPL are inferior to Root? I mean not in avg but overall strokeplay and ability to accelerate?

Players with ability to hit big and play a cameo are often picked in IPL compared to ones who can anchor. Why waste 200K on a player who at best will play anchoring when you can buy someone upcoming who can play aggressively at same price or even cheaper. Beside, for anchoring they can always replace with domestic player which are in huge numbers.

I even predicted before the auctions that there is high chances of Root going unsold and it did came true.
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It is true that Root doesn't have aggressiveness and acceleration of runs like ABD, Gayle, Kohli, Warner or BMac but I still think he is atleast better than Rahane, Smith or Kane in that aspect and not to forget he is a highly consistent performer.

He scored a very quickfire inning vs SA (80 odd of 40-45 balls)while chasing 200 odd in WT20 in India. I think given that he is at his peak days, he could have definitely made difference atleast in terms of consistency to any team. Someone like Kallis was picked in IPL not because he was flashy but he would get the runs flowing from one end most of the times.
 
Ab Fan said:
It is true that Root doesn't have aggressiveness and acceleration of runs like ABD, Gayle, Kohli, Warner or BMac but I still think he is atleast better than Rahane, Smith or Kane in that aspect and not to forget he is a highly consistent performer.

He scored a very quickfire inning vs SA (80 odd of 40-45 balls)while chasing 200 odd in WT20 in India. I think given that he is at his peak days, he could have definitely made difference atleast in terms of consistency to any team. Someone like Kallis was picked in IPL not because he was flashy but he would get the runs flowing from one end most of the times.
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Need to blame ECB for this, until Strauss took charge ECB was against IPL for Eng players.

Strauss made sure Eng players participate and learn the trade in IPL.
Also, KKR ex coach Bayliss appointment as Eng coach helped to change ECB perception..but it was too late for Root :root who missed few seasons of IPL earlier due to stubbornness of ECB :facepalm:

:kp was right about IPL from the beginning ...but ECB ignored him!
 
Ab Fan said:
It is true that Root doesn't have aggressiveness and acceleration of runs like ABD, Gayle, Kohli, Warner or BMac but I still think he is atleast better than Rahane, Smith or Kane in that aspect and not to forget he is a highly consistent performer.

He scored a very quickfire inning vs SA (80 odd of 40-45 balls)while chasing 200 odd in WT20 in India. I think given that he is at his peak days, he could have definitely made difference atleast in terms of consistency to any team. Someone like Kallis was picked in IPL not because he was flashy but he would get the runs flowing from one end most of the times.
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That one inning against SA was fluke. I watched the match and some of his shots were edge flying over keeper. He was basically throwing everything at the ball and hoping some connects. So in his entire career, is that the only inning worth disucssion?

He maybe better than Smith and Kane, but former is captain and almost won the IPL trophy last season if not for a choke, and Kane was part of winning squad in 2016, which is why he is being retained. As far as Rahane goes, he is Indian and would not need to fight for the spot as foreigner would. So, again I dont see how Root is better than the players that have been selected?

Lastly, Root doesnt even have much of experience playing T20 cricket. I dont think he have been playing any T20 league which is why franchise owners were reluctant to buy him specially for that high price.
 
CanadianG00se said:
My point exactly while watching Root bat in T20s :broad:root:uak
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"Joe Root isn't a good choice because he's not aggressive enough".

"Oh yeah that incredible innings was a fluke because he played aggressively, even if he middled it 98% of the time".

Right...
 
HitWicket said:
"Joe Root isn't a good choice because he's not aggressive enough".

"Oh yeah that incredible innings was a fluke because he played aggressively, even if he middled it 98% of the time".

Right...
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So in his entire career that one inning is all you could speak of?
And if he is so good im sure he would have been roped in by franchise owner, but wasnt the case, so something tells me that Root isn’t worthy of the price he set for himself or good enough to get into IPL or both.
 
AssassinatedDevil said:
Yes when a good player plays in the PSL he loses respect in the cricket circuit all over the world. Players like B.mac, Sanga, KP, Imran Tahir amongst others are 3rd class cricketers who have achieved nothing in their careers and are naive for playing in a good cricketing league which pays them well for participating.

God knows what fuels your desire to defame anything pakistan-related on these forums.
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McCullum, Sangakkara and Pietersen are dead cricketers. Their international careers are over and they are participating in the PSL to collect a final paycheck. Tahir is a special case who has been a journeyman cricketer for more than a decade and has played for numerous teams all over the world.

However, apart from 2-3 at best, no contemporary world class players play in the PSL, and certainly no one of the stature of Joe Root, who is one of the few elite players in the world - probably among the top 5 active cricketers in the game, and whose best years are ahead of him.

In his desperation to improve his T20 game, he should not be devaluing himself by getting involved in rubbish like the PSL. The overall product is too poor for someone of his stature - mediocre pool of players, no crowd and poor pitches.

The IPL franchises erred by not picking him up. He is as good as most of the world class players who play in the IPL, and he is clearly better than someone like Williamson. He will get an IPL contract eventually, but he should stay clear of substandard stuff like the PSL.

PSL certainly needs players of his stature to improve its image, but players like him should not be playing in the PSL.
 
IPL 2018: Joe Root Holds No Grudge Over Auction Snub

England test captain Joe Root is not bitter about his exclusion from this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) and believes his team mates playing in the Twenty20 tournament will hugely benefit from the experience.

The 27-year-old led England on their gruelling tour of Australia, where they suffered a 4-0 Ashes defeat, followed by another test series loss in New Zealand in March.

Root went unsold in the IPL players' auction in February but does not grudge several England players who are in India to showcase their talents in the ongoing tournament.

"It's not frustration watching the other guys," Root told Sky Sports Cricket.

"... I went into the IPL auction to get a bit more exposure to T20 cricket, it didn't materialise, it would have been nice to be involved in that but I've got no bitter feelings towards the other guys, I think it's great."

Root is instead watching his England team mates, including all-rounder Ben Stokes and wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler, play in the eight-team league and believes their experience would only strengthen the team.

"They'll benefit hugely from it and we, as a side, will benefit hugely from it. Look at the way Jos and Ben and a few guys came back from it last year and what it has brought to their games..." Root said.

"Hopefully that can happen on a wider scale with more and more players going out there from English cricket, playing under scrutiny and in the high-pressure situations that that tournament brings, it can only be a good thing for us in the long term."

Root has completed a little over a year in his captaincy role and following the underwhelming results over the last few months, the skipper is predicting significant changes to his team.

"Looking forward, there will be changes, especially long-term and then it is up to guys to come in and take the opportunities," Root said.

"... I want us to keep searching for ways to be a really effective side in a number of different conditions."

England take on Pakistan in a two-match test series beginning next month.

https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/...olds-no-grudge-over-auction-snub-1728089.html
 
Root should have been picked up, they are so many mediocre players who are playing IPL and it is a pity that a superstar like him is not afforded a chance to play.

Did he over price himself, I don't follow IPL at all.
 
India doesn't rate English players very highly, as England isn't seen as a rival to India. On top of that, Root is the least aggressive batsman for England in LOIs ( Bairstow, Hales, Morgan, Stoles, Roy, Ali are all more aggressive than him).

With that being sad, he's very unlucky.
 
Root is an incredibly underrated T20 and ODI player. His conversion issues are not as relevant in the format as well.

He's got a better average and similar strike rate to Steve Smith, who somehow has a reputation that allowed him to captain IPL sides.
 
Root has scored just 1 100 and a 91* score in his last 36 innings across all formats. He definitely needs to play IPL to improve his pressure game like Buttler.
 
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