SuperCoach Plus: 5 things you need to know from T20 World Cup ahead of KFC SuperCoach BBL season

Didn’t follow the World Cup closely? We've got you covered with five nuggets for your KFC SuperCoach BBL side in our first SC Plus article of the summer.

Didn’t tune in to the T20 World Cup?

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with all the relevant KFC SuperCoach BBL relevant stats and intel from the tournament in this article brought to you by SuperCoach Plus.

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Here’s five things you need to know ahead of the KFC SuperCoach BBL season.

Glenn Maxwell will need to be traded out of KFC SuperCoach sides. Picture: Getty Images

NO MORE MAXI

While it wasn’t from the World Cup proper, we were alerted hours before the final to the unfortunate news that Glenn Maxwell broke his leg in a freak accident at a 50th birthday party. From a KFC SuperCoach standpoint, it means Maxwell won’t be there for the Stars’ round 1 double and could miss most of the Big Bash, with 42 per cent of players needing to look elsewhere. The silver lining is that he is one of the most expensive players in the game, who averaged 63.6 points per game last season, with no shortage of double game round options with his $184,600 price tag.

SHADAB SHINES

Shadab Khan looks an inspired selection for the Hurricanes after leading his country to the final with his all-round exploits. Khan recorded the fifth best strike rate – a blistering 169 – of any batter who scored 50 runs or more at the World Cup while claiming 11 wickets (ranked seventh) and conceding just 6.34 runs per over. The Pakistani sensation has been used up the order for his country and it could be the same at the Hurricanes, where he comes in at a mouth-watering price of $125k. His World Cup final display — where he claimed 1/20 from four overs and hit 20 from 14 deliveries — would have netted 85 KFC SuperCoach points. Even without a double until round 13, you’ve just got to start him.

Shadab Khan looms as a bargain. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

LOAD UP ON THUNDER DUO

Alex Hales and Rilee Rossouw had been out of their respective international sides for very different reasons, but their destructive batting at the World Cup makes them hard to ignore for the Thunder’s double-double to start the season. Hales hit three successive totals of 47 or more, and he sent India’s world class T20 bowling attack to the cleaners in the last of those, clubbing seven sixes in his 86 run innings from 47 deliveries. Rossouw was more hit and miss, but his brutal 109 from 56 balls against Bangladesh was his second T20I century in the space of a month. Hales ($130k) and Rossouw ($105k) are at bargain basement price given they are both expected to bat four times inside the first two rounds.

Alex Hales was at his destructive best. Picture: AFP

STARS BOULTER

Don’t let the $180k price tag put you off – Boult should be worth every penny if he continues his T20 World Cup form. The Kiwi quick bagged multiple wickets in three of his five matches, including a phenomenal 4/13 against Sri Lanka and 2/24 in the opening match against the Aussies. Put simply, Boult is a class above the Big Bash and he has a double-game round first up. If you don’t already have him locked in, he shapes as a perfect sideways trade from the injured Maxwell.

KFC SuperCoaches when they see Marcus Stoinis is $83k with a round 1 double. Picture: Getty Images

HOW AUSSIES FARED

As Mike Hussey put it, Marcus Stoinis ($83k) may be the biggest bargain in KFC SuperCoach history – regardless of whether he bowls or not. Stoinis finished the tournament as Australia’s leading run scorer with hitting 126 runs, including an absurd 59 at a lightning 327 strike rate which resembled a Stick Cricket innings. With the ball he took just one wicket from his nine overs but any points with the ball for the Stars will be an added bonus at that price. His Stars teammate Adam Zampa has an interrupted tournament after contracting Covid but still managed to take five wickets in three matches. And while Tim David ($89.7k) failed to fire in his two innings with scores of 11 and 12, he may be worth sticking on your bench given how cheap he is. Remember, he struck at 216.2 in this year’s IPL, which is good going even if he bats down the order.

Originally published as SuperCoach Plus: 5 things you need to know from T20 World Cup ahead of KFC SuperCoach BBL season