Yeah it's like having Messi, Ronaldo, Kane and Neymar all in your starting lineup, but the rest of your team is filled with a ton of average. You'll still outscore most teams, but against the very best, you'll fall short.
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RR need something ridiculous from Buttler here.
...And out
...And out
Another solid game shaping up. Batting has become so easy nowadays or maybe the quality of bowlers has gone down. Wont be surprised if csk chase down 202.
Andre Russell wtf
1 four 11 sixes
1 four 11 sixes
Whistle Podu!
Another classic match. Csk surely knows how to finish the things. Vinay Kumar can go home and retire, shocking last over from such a experienced bloke.
I hope crappy's gotten his money ready
Just a few more tweaks to the team and ready to win this thing
Billings was incredible.
Just a few more tweaks to the team and ready to win this thing
Billings was incredible.
Vijay and Faf plus Willey joins in, we'd be more balanced.
Disagree.
Why would you drop any of Bravo, Watson or Billings?
Billings, Watson, Rayudu, Raina, Dhoni, Bravo, Jadeja, Chahar, Karan Sharma, Wood, Harbhajan/Thakur(based on pitch).
This is what I wanted pre-season and I hope we lineup like that.
Wood seems good pre death overs. He was bowled in the death last match and that went terribly.
EDIT: Well, I wanted Jadhav in place of Rayudu pre-season but given Jadhav is out now..
Dhoni alone would make sure CSK doesn’t win this.
Long way to go still
Long way to go still
That's probably right but they will still make the playoffs IMO.
Think it’s a batsman short frankly with both bravo and Jadeja simply bowlers who can bat a bit at this point
CSK got 205 and Narine had bowling figures of 4-0-17-1. Brilliant.
Not really. KKR lost because of bad captaincy. No way Vinay should have bowled that last over. Horrible decision by DK which cost them the match. I think Dhoni will come good. A last hurrah of sorts.
Easy to say but DK had no other options. Tom Curran had a terrible 3 overs himself and was the only other realistic option. I really think moving forward that Vinay Kumar should be replaced with either Nagarkoti or Mavi, the future 1-2 fast bowling tandem for Indian cricket.
No DK absolutely made some very bad decisions on bowling front.
- For starters Narine should have bowled in PP itself. Gambhir used to bring him on early if needed.
- Bowled 3 overs of Russell up front. Should have saved at least one for the death overs.
- Did not give an over at least to Rana when Dhoni and Raina were on the crease. Heck, he could have tried to get rid of an over of Vinay Kumar then only.
Lack of bowling options is a problem for them, more the reason he needs to be smart with bowling changes.
Agree with all of that. They still need to feck Vinay Kumar off though.
He is from my place, so don't talk bad about Sir Vinay Kumar.
Sunil Narine must be the best or most important T20 players. Opens the batting, scoring at superb rate. His bowling is superb too.
Still don't understand how all of a sudden he became good with the bat. Year or 2 ago, he didn't even hold the bat properly.
He has pretty much pulled a Jayasuriya.
This
Think Buttler should be opening for RR, he did great in that role last year for MI, surprised they didn’t do more to keep him
Sanju Samson has looked incredible in the first two matches. Hopefully that's the start of something special for him.
Ishan Kishan, Pant and him are all excellent contenders to replace Dhoni. Ideally Dhoni should retire now but he won't and keep costing matches.
Ishan Kishan, Pant and him are all excellent contenders to replace Dhoni. Ideally Dhoni should retire now but he won't and keep costing matches.
Yeah we have decent wicket keeper batsman. Sanju Samson looks like same player when he was 18-19. When started his IPL career, was sort of excited to see young player playing so well, now he is 23 and hasn't kicked on from that first or second IPL season.
My favourite is Pant, he is also inconsistent but very aggressive. Hopefully he will be our Gilchrist.
Mumbai doing a Chelsea one more time. Champions one season and then perform crap. Yes still a long way to go but their squad doesnt inspire me much. Bowling looks weak and they are overly dependent on rohit.
So far no team looks that convincing. Csk have rode their luck in both the matches, srh (looking to win 2out of 2) always are poor in away matches. I feel it's still anyone's tournament.
So far no team looks that convincing. Csk have rode their luck in both the matches, srh (looking to win 2out of 2) always are poor in away matches. I feel it's still anyone's tournament.
MI always seem to be slow starters, but saying that I don’t rate the side they have put together at all
I think of all the teams, KKR has the most promising combination for me. I think once they build up the courage to replace Vinay Kumar permanently with 1 or both of Mavi and Nagarkoti they will start to look a dominant side. Narine is in very good form and Russell provides so much value in all departments.
Yes mumbai have always been slow starters but I still feel they will somehow miss the playoffs. As a DD fan hope we can add more misery to mumbai today but knowing DD they will add more misery on themselves.MI always seem to be slow starters, but saying that I don’t rate the side they have put together at all
Just heard nagarkoti also ruled out of this edition.
This won't age well.
I made the post towards the end of the previous game. Not sure what’s wrong
Savor the loss, Mumbai!
Loving Rohit Sharma and Mumbai's misery
Gayle on fire
Also, Sanju Samson
Really tired and bored of United, IPL providing some real excitement. Another cracking csk match. Dhoni is a beast, a champion guy. But a huge win for punjab. Ashwin so far is proving to be a classy leader. Each teams have played 3 matches each but still difficult to tell who look the best.
Dhoni deserved the win!