If you think Sanjay Manjrekar is annoying in the commentary box, you just have to wait and listen to Kevin Pietersen. He trumps them all.
IPL 2017 | MI Champions. Win by 1 run
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Wicket maiden for Bumrah, KKR 25/3 after 6
KKR collapse to 106/9. MI's game unless they have an even worse collapse.
Bangalore pitch is embarrassing.
@NinjaFletch - Cricinfo's opinion below
The bad
While the top order covered up for the lack of power lower down, it came at a cost. Narine, originally a replacement for the injured Lynn, retained the opening slot even when the Australian returned. This created imbalance in the middle order. Robin Uthappa, who scored three fifties in a row at No. 3 before picking up an injury, returned to the squad at No. 4 and made scores of 0, 2 and 1 in the position. In between, he opened the innings in the rain-hit Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad and scored 1.
Gambhir also dropped down the order, and made only one 30-plus score in his last five innings. This meant that in a lot of games in the second half of the league, Knight Riders either lost momentum after a good start or began with a collapse. In either case, it forced the lower-middle order to be more watchful.
I don't think it's proof of anything -- there's no randomized testing in cricket, but interested in your views on how the Narine pinch hitter thing went.
The bad
While the top order covered up for the lack of power lower down, it came at a cost. Narine, originally a replacement for the injured Lynn, retained the opening slot even when the Australian returned. This created imbalance in the middle order. Robin Uthappa, who scored three fifties in a row at No. 3 before picking up an injury, returned to the squad at No. 4 and made scores of 0, 2 and 1 in the position. In between, he opened the innings in the rain-hit Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad and scored 1.
Gambhir also dropped down the order, and made only one 30-plus score in his last five innings. This meant that in a lot of games in the second half of the league, Knight Riders either lost momentum after a good start or began with a collapse. In either case, it forced the lower-middle order to be more watchful.
I don't think it's proof of anything -- there's no randomized testing in cricket, but interested in your views on how the Narine pinch hitter thing went.
To be fair, that's got nothing to do with narine. It's just poor batting. Manish Pandey played well a few times iirc.
In fact narine had been the more consistent batsman of late. Thing is pinch hitter works if its unexpected. If you know narine is going to open then you plan for him and it wouldn't be as effective. Tha main advantage should be unpredictability
In fact narine had been the more consistent batsman of late. Thing is pinch hitter works if its unexpected. If you know narine is going to open then you plan for him and it wouldn't be as effective. Tha main advantage should be unpredictability
RPS lose Tripathi in chase of 130.
Some excellent bowling by MI. Close game
Wtf are Pune doing
Very poor execution by Pune
Hope Pune win this. Mumbai are full of insufferable wankers
Mitchell's got the big one!!
Decent catch in the end.
Decent catch in the end.
Great end tbh
Should have sent Tiwary instead of Dhoni. Also should have started a bit aggressively.
Indian commentators are so biased. At least try to be neutral. Jesus
Good game that. Pune should've won it, poor batting.
Mumbai win by 1 run. After posting 129.
He has been sidelined to Hindi commentary this season. Worst decision on the face of the earth.
Manjrekar is a fecking cheerleader in every MI game. Embarrassing.
What a bottle job by Pune. SA would be proud of that effort. Smith's main culprit I am afraid. When you consume so many balls in T20 and barely score at 100SR, you have to finish the job, anything less is not good enough.
IPL yet again ensures a "thrilling" end.
Sanjay Manjrekar to Mahela Jayawardena (coach of MI) who's played 4 WC Finals: "is this the toughest game you've been part of?"
Thala returns!