Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[LiveLoveABD]

No Dhoni, no clue how to captain. Been saying this forever!

 

[Ahmad94]

Kieron Pollard has become the most pointless and overrated T20 player in the world at the moment!!! Why do MI keep persisting with him?

He is literally just a fielder at this point.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Kieron Pollard has become the most pointless and overrated T20 player in the world at the moment!!! Why do MI keep persisting with him?

He is literally just a fielder at this point.

Cannot agree more, he is living off his past reputation. Also he might be a good fielder but he looks way too lethargic. There are quite a few players in this IPL who are way past their prime.

 

[SaiSrini]

Many teams are carrying around players purely based on reputation. Pollard is the biggest of them all.

Another game where a team is going to defend their total. For a tournament that started off with a flurry of hugely successful chases, we are seeing an equal amount of games where defending is working. Teams need to revise their strategies and not just blindly chase every game (CSK - are you hearing this?).

How does RCB flounder like this in every season of the IPL despite always cherry picking a mega star studded batting lineup, is beyond me!!

 

[Ashutosh.]

What is Virat doing?
The required run rate is over 16 but he has scored only 40 runs in 36 balls.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

What is Virat doing?
The required run rate is over 16 but he has scored only 40 runs in 36 balls.

Some brilliant MI bowling. Krunal Pandya has bowled brilliantly and Markande has supported just perfectly.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Many teams are carrying around players purely based on reputation. Pollard is the biggest of them all.

Another game where a team is going to defend their total. For a tournament that started off with a flurry of hugely successful chases, we are seeing an equal amount of games where defending is working. Teams need to revise their strategies and not just blindly chase every game (CSK - are you hearing this?).

How does RCB flounder like this in every season of the IPL despite always cherry picking a mega star studded batting lineup, is beyond me!!

A clueless captain helps! From Corey Anderson being unsold and only being a replacement player he walked into the side ahead of Southee, De Grandhomme and Ali.. [HASHTAG]#KohliLogic[/HASHTAG]

 

[Ahmad94]

Honestly, RCB seems to have the same formula India had before they developed Bumrah and Bhuv. Bat the opposition out of the game. It's clearly not going to work with them.

Their bowling is so weak and so poor that the batting isn't standing a challenge. Falling short of a quality Indian domestic bowler and batsmen. Filling a side with big names won't win you the big games!!!

 

[zwarrior]

What is Virat doing?
The required run rate is over 16 but he has scored only 40 runs in 36 balls.

There is no way we could win it. He was trying to get us close so that NRR won't affect much

 

[Ashutosh.]

I never expected this from Virat. This proves that he is a human and he can also do mistakes.

 

[Targaryen]

I never expected this from Virat. This proves that he is a human and he can also do mistakes.

You can't expect a player to score 200 runs alone, can you? When you don't have a partner in the other end, its always advisible to not take any risk and try the best possible way to overcome that situation in the field. I completely acknowledge his game today. This was the match to lose for RCB.

Any of the players' 50 runs knock would've been an easy win. An anchor role is what Virat was expecting. This was similar to the game in the last season where Virat had scored 50 runs and team total was 97. RCB had lost that match.

 

[Ashutosh.]

You can't expect a player to score 200 runs alone, can you? When you don't have a partner in the other end, its always advisible to not take any risk and try the best possible way to overcome that situation in the field. I completely acknowledge his game today. This was the match to lose for RCB.

Any of the players' 50 runs knock would've been an easy win. An anchor role is what Virat was expecting. This was similar to the game in the last season where Virat had scored 50 runs and team total was 97. RCB had lost that match.

Until their bowling will not improve, they will never be the champion.

 

[SaiSrini]

Mumbai were in a similarly commanding position against CSK too in the tournament opener. It took a Bravo miracle to get them home. Its high time Mumbai start winning because they have been so damn close on 80% or above of the games they've played.

I am going to take a calculated pick here and say that Mumbai and Hyderabad will be playing the first Qualifier. Kolkata will play the Eliminator. The 4th spot will be a shootout. Rajasthan, Punjab and Chennai will be fighting tooth and nail for it. Don't be surprised if the last league game of this season (between KXIP vs CSK) becomes a virtual quarterfinal.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

I hope that Ishan Kishan is fine that looked serious in real time.

 

[Jalen]

Anderson is a joke, with de grandhomme in the squad Anderson is a waste. Daniel vettori believes that all kiwis are good. Why replace a strike bowler who consistently bowls 140 and swings the ball with a useless 120kph bowler than can score a few runs