Analyzing the most eminent franchise in history | PGE T20 League

welcome to another video when we talk about the PGE Cricket gaming Series this yearly franchise League can't be missed out and that's none other than the PG T20 League speaking of this competition there have currently been nine editions held at different times of the year but if we think of a top side in this league so far it would definitely be this team which has been the most successful in history and arguably the best one ever you guessed it let's have a look at the two-time Champions and three-time finalists Southern leopards [Music] just like how the Z sloggers dominated in the Don Bradman Cricket era the leopards established themselves in the time of Ash's Cricket the team also holds other records such as the only one to play three consecutive additions and the second to play three times overall after King crushes had done it in these years they had some luck in the these runs too but it looked totally deserving with the way their team was managed now we'll go further and discover the interesting details which I found in the unit the team was formed by Ahmed AZ in the year 2020 for the sixth edition of the league in which it first played it was led by the former England Captain Owen Morgan throughout their three-year run with left arm seamers shaheena fredi and Josh little also featuring in their squads of all years the captain continued his legacy in the league already having LED teams to the final in 2015 and 17 as well as the semi-finals in 2018 but he got one step further as he went on to claim the title the team is also well known for bringing up the standards of quite a few players from the associate Nations which include Josh little Callum McLoud Mark Watt and blessing muzarabani they had special jerseys for Home and Away matches being the first team to introduce such an idea however this concept was later adopted by the newer Team LA dragons in the very next year but what could really beat all of those is something different they were also the founders of a highly useful strategy used in warm-up matches which were firstly introduced in the same year too its effect was indeed visible from the word go they had rested a few top International Players such as Rohit Sharma shaheena Frei and Loy Ferguson and played all their five players from the Underdog category for their warm-up and straight into their first official game these three made instant impact being instrumental in their Victory they were also in form for at least a couple of more matches in the tournament in result they had adopted the same for the next two years a few other teams could have also got inspired by this technique and hence made use of them however the recent Glory was somehow achieved by a team who did not use it the leopards had an unbeaten run in their first year winning all their six matches it was on the back of some effective performances with the bat roit sha and the skipper Owen himself contributed the most and with the ball the pace Trio of shahena Frei Loy Ferguson and Josh little had picked up crucial wickets and assisted well in their Journey as a result they were retained for the next year along with Callum McLoud but unlike last time it was the Spinners who were really effective there especially the three left armers Shakib alhassan Kip yadav and Mark watt speaking of the Pacers shaheena Frei was the most prominent but the couldn't have an incredible run after Josh little delivered a stellar performance against our team in the warm-up he couldn't continue that performance in the league stage and was eventually dropped there were questions of Shaheen not being in the 11 initially but came back after little was out and began delivering the goods for them among the Batters we could see some impressive scores from Jos Butler and Rohit Sharma although there was actually a lot of teamwork involved too for example the skipper couldn't fire initially but contributed in their most crucial crucial knockout games which included making an extensive partnership with Calla McLoud in the final that made them earn their second title for their second consecutive title defense campaign they retained six players again just like in 2021 but it did not have some of their players from the last two years we saw improved batting performances from Jos Butler and David Warner along with the new entrant verat Coy but the team did not have much of spinning options apart from shadab Khan and was having quite a lot of seamers among them two were the most effective blessing muzarabani became their star performer from the initial games itself but Jason holder broke into the light after he had impressed with a six-wicket hall against GK Blazers who were the eventual Champions he continued his form from there until their last game but their remaining Bowlers were not showing a lot of consistency and hence had to be shuffled in and out of the team between matches there were some other potential strategies implemented in their addition such as choosing the best three underdogs out of the five they played in the warm-ups and also opening their bowling with two left arm Bowlers in each match of their editions they won but that was not seen in their next run possibly due to having limited options to mention about their consistency in team selection they have selected two players from England India and Pakistan from the main teams in all additions for the first two the underdog players were all from the European Trio of Ireland Netherlands and Scotland which seemed unique but that touch got ended when they included Zimbabwean players for 2022 it is also notable that they qualified for the semi-finals with a different number of points each time the first being eight second being four and third being six along with the warm-up match they had also planned to rest some important players for their last League games in 2020 and 2022 where they had already qualified for the semifinals they played Four underdogs in both of them and their opponent was coincidentally the same too the ready Super Kings however in 2022 they made use of the option of resting their main Skipper which may have proved to bring difference in their result from 2020 nonetheless these achievements Pro to be useful for rmad as it could be a reason for him eventually being appointed as the manager for the Australian gaming Series team which he has been doing for a year as of now it was a comprehensive display from this special team and we can certainly learn a lot from their tactics and Implement something similar in future not only just in this aspect but in our own life as well that brings us to the conclusion of this coverage thank you very much for watching and hope to see you later