“I think before I came on board, they recognized, after the last season, that they needed someone to finish the innings off and our tactic at the auction was to get an all-rounder who could bat towards the end of a batting innings but is also able to bowl,” Bayliss informed the media in Mohali on Friday.
“The idea was to get an international all-rounder and we are hoping that Sam Curran will be that player for us. He has done pretty well in international cricket and in the last (T20) World Cup. We are quite happy that we got him on board,” Bayliss said.
Punjab Kings will hope for a better show than last year under their new captain Shikhar Dhawan. However, the team will be without some key overseas players to begin with.
While Kagiso Rabada is on national duty and Jonny Bairstow is ruled out for the entire season due to an injury, Livingstone will join the squad after a delay since he could not get a fitness clearance from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Bayliss is also hopeful that along with Curran, Liam Livingstone and India’s Shahrukh Khan will fire in unison for his side.
“Shahrukh seems to be in excellent shape, he’s hitting the ball smartly and tough. Livingstone is a kind of avid gamers who isn’t with us right here simply this present day however we hope to have him with us very in a while,” Bayliss added.
Bayliss, who coached England to 50-over World Cup win in 2019, hoped that the young players in the PBKS squad would be able to deliver in the absence of key players Rabada, Livingstone and Bairstow.
“We’ve were given about 3 guys who’re unavailable from the unique squad this present day who could be arduous to switch and those are excellent world avid gamers. But it is a chance for different avid gamers to make a reputation for themselves,” Bayliss said.
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What the IPL’s new and exciting Impact Player rule is all about
The Australian coach said his side would wait and watch others on the new rule of impact player being implemented with this IPL. “We have had a couple of conferences about it. At the start we need to stay it easy, now not attempt to complicate it. Yes, this can be a new rule and I believe we will make it so simple as conceivable,” he said.
“The major factor is that you wish to have avid gamers to be targeting what they do. And that isn’t (with the) XI this is in the market however the 5 reserves as smartly, targeting how they may play as a result of lets name them at any time.
“We have just been trying to organize it or prepare an XI and (approach it) with a degree of flexibility with how the game is going.
“It will undoubtedly be fascinating to peer how the opposite groups use it as smartly. I wish to assume that when you’ve got an affect participant, he will have to be within the XI to start with. It will likely be fascinating to peer what number of groups with the toss and bat first. I believe lots of the groups successful the toss will bowl first.”
Talking about the new rule of players now being allowed to challenge some on-field calls such as wide balls, Bayliss said, “With DRS, one of the simplest ways to make use of it’s to bear in mind why it used to be introduced in for. get rid of the unhealthy selections or shockers.
“In any DRS appeal the best idea is not to use it unless you think it is a bad one (decision). I think that is the way we will be going about it.”
(With inputs from PTI)