Indian Premier League | Day 12 | Rajkot | Apr 21, 2016 | Match thread

[MenInG]

Apr 21, 2016

15th match at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot (night)

Gujarat Lions v Sunrisers Hyderabad

Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT | 17:30 AST)

 

[carrom_ball]

I want hyderabad to win but the fizz to get smashed so that his economy is ruined

 

[JaDed]

Gujarat Lions are on a roar!

 

[#GreenRoars]

I want hyderabad to win but the fizz to get smashed so that his economy is ruined

I would like to claim my copyrights on this

 

[JaDed]

Beautiful delivery and Finch ,hopefully next time in England we have Bhuvi and Shami fit.

 

[JaDed]

Beautiful ball by Fizz,Baz has no answer lol

 

[rhony]

Fizz doing what only he can- Bowl cutters on a swinging pitch!!!

 

[JaDed]

Sran needs to use his mind ,this is not boxing.

 

[JaDed]

Gl's jersey's being ridiculed

 

[Dios]

Mustafiz owns McCullum and what does Warner do? Takes him off the attack. Presumably he's going to carry on using Fizz defensively and give him three overs at the death by which time match could swing decisively in favour of the opposition.

 

[MenInG]

instead of copying pasting from other sites, try and put in your own thoughts

 

[imteaz]

Bmac was clueless against Fizz but Hold on Sir Jadeja ythere to smash him out of the park

 

[carrom_ball]

Beautiful delivery and Finch ,hopefully next time in England we have Bhuvi and Shami fit.

Kohli won't play bhuvi in tests, he doesn't have the aggression or the jazba that kohli likes

 

[rhony]

Kohli won't play bhuvi in tests, he doesn't have the aggression or the jazba that kohli likes

Bhuvi was Ok in the Eng tour last time. He bowled and batted well.

 

[Dios]

India's LOI pacers for the time-being should be Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Yadav and Sran in my opinion.

 

[Justcrazy]

For Gujrat Raina is the key , he needs to bat as long as possible.

 

[Justcrazy]

83 / 3

8 overs left.

 

[rhony]

For Gujrat Raina is the key , he needs to bat as long as possible.

Yep. Jadeja's next and that's a huge tail starting with him

 

[JaDed]

Bhuvi was Ok in the Eng tour last time. He bowled and batted well.

Bhuvi was brilliant in that tour of England our best bowler.

 

[JaDed]

India's LOI pacers for the time-being should be Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Yadav and Sran in my opinion.

Nah Shami if fit is our best and Ishant for tests.

 

[JaDed]

Kohli won't play bhuvi in tests, he doesn't have the aggression or the jazba that kohli likes

Will be his mistake,Bhuvi swings it best after Shami.

 

[Dios]

Nah Shami if fit is our best.

Forgot about Shami. Shami instead of Sran then.

 

[JaDed]

What an ugly shot by Bravo and Sran gets a wicket lol

 

[Justcrazy]

Raina gone , big blow

 

[JaDed]

Raina gone , big blow

Bravo bro.If Raina played such a shitty shot he should had been thrown out of the national team.

 

[JaDed]

Sran needs to utilize his height ,Raina still struggles with certain bounce.

 

[Justcrazy]

Gujrat need to go after the bowling here

 

[JaDed]

Warner needs to do better than that. Sun risers are probably the worst fielding unit there.

 

[Dios]

Again misfielding off Mustafiz's bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

104 . 4

30 balls left

Gujrat need to get at least another 40 here

 

[Justcrazy]

Runs are tough to come on this pitch here

 

[JaDed]

Jadeja had no clue lol,fizz gets one.

 

[rhony]

Time for Musta to pick up a couple of sloggers and bloat his numbers. C'mon now

 

[Justcrazy]

jadeja gone

 

[Dios]

Jadeja goes to Fizz again lol. Fourth time I think.

 

[rhony]

Yep...There it is!!!

 

[street cricketer]

Will be his mistake,Bhuvi swings it best after Shami.

BK swings it better than Shami with the new ball.

Shami is better with the old ball and reverses it.

 

[JaDed]

BK swings it better than Shami with the new ball.

Shami is better with the old ball and reverses it.

Bhuvi doesn't do much with the old ball,whereas Shami is pretty decent with new ball, overall I would say Shami over Bhuvi because of pace and overall swing.

 

[rhony]

BK swings it better than Shami with the new ball.

Shami is better with the old ball and reverses it.

Did they ever play together?

 

[JaDed]

87 kmph? Is he kidding himself?I don't like the look of Sran at all.

 

[dauntless]

BK swings it better than Shami with the new ball.

Shami is better with the old ball and reverses it.

Shami is your best bowler but I feel yadav is more talented and he has skills too he should use his brain

 

[Justcrazy]

125 / 5

Gujrat need big shots here

 

[Dios]

Sran trying to copy Mustafiz but the problem is when your slower balls are so obvious (86 kph) it's too easy for the batsmen to negotiate. The subtlety and the difficulty in picking them is what makes Mustafiz's slower balls the best in the world.

 

[JaDed]

Very good bowling by Fizz lol Nath almost got destructed.

 

[Justcrazy]

Shami is your best bowler but I feel yadav is more talented and he has skills too he should use his brain

He has improved , I think he will became better bowler in next few years.

 

[street cricketer]

Did they ever play together?

Yeah.

 

[JaDed]

Fizz looks faster than 139 at times i guess its the line which is very good.

 

[rhony]

Yeah.

And both in form at the same time? I don't recall them being effective together.

 

[JaDed]

Good bowl, Fizz and Bumrah have these full toss balls which are very hard to put away.

Fizz 4 over 19-1 wicket.

 

[Lords]

Musta has been best fast bowler so far this IPL

 

[Justcrazy]

129 / 5

6 balls left

 

[street cricketer]

Shami is your best bowler but I feel yadav is more talented and he has skills too he should use his brain

Yadav is kinda like wahab. Produces some great spells then and there but most often sprays it around. Though agree, he has great potential but lacks the control.

 

[JaDed]

Fizz is poor fielder too,Sunrisers are useless fielding unit!

 

[Justcrazy]

good start to the over

 

[Dios]

Mustafiz: 1-19 (10 dot balls)

Happy with that. Could've easily had a few more wickets. Whenever he bowls you feel like a wicket could fall any time. Like I said if SRH persists with him he'll be somewhere near the top of the wicket-takers list.

 

[Imran Hasan]

If Dhawan gets his form back or local batters can give some support then SRH will have the best chance to reach in the qualifier.

 

[Dios]

Fizz is poor fielder too,Sunrisers are useless fielding unit!

Fast bowler shouldn't be fielding at point especially after bowling three overs in a row. Warner is a poor captain.

 

[rhony]

Fizz needs to improve his fielding if not batting to be the next 'Bravo'

 

[Dios]

I want hyderabad to win but the fizz to get smashed so that his economy is ruined

Sorry you didn't get your wish but Hyderabad could still win bro.

 

[Justcrazy]

two wickets in two balls.

 

[JaDed]

Fast bowler shouldn't be fielding at point especially after bowling three overs in a row. Warner is a poor captain.

Yeah but that was basic ,just find Sun Risers a below par fielding unit as such.

 

[JaDed]

Lets see how Steyn bowls here this is chaseable.

 

[rhony]

Sran in the last game and Bhuvi now taking the mantle of picking up the wickets. Somebody's got to do it after Fizz is just a container.

 

[JaDed]

atleast 8 run went extra because fielding if not GL had a below 130 total.Good effort nevertheless - Fizz Bhuvi is a good combination, Sran is still weird.

 

[Justcrazy]

136 is the target

 

[Justcrazy]

atleast 8 run went extra because fielding if not GL had a below 130 total.Good effort nevertheless - Fizz Bhuvi is a good combination, Sran is still weird.

It does not matter , looks like Sunrisers have this in pocket

 

[JaDed]

Bhuvi has finally learnt English but lot of "I mean ,I mean", Bhuvi on Fizz= "He is a fun loving boy" lol

 

[JaDed]

It does not matter , looks like Sunrisers have this in pocket

Will make the league very interesting if SRH win it.

 

[rhony]

Bhuvi's swing is back in the opening overs but his death bowling is a bit hit and miss. He can be back to Indian team if he can bowl consistently well at death

 

[street cricketer]

Sran trying to copy Mustafiz but the problem is when your slower balls are so obvious (86 kph) it's too easy for the batsmen to negotiate. The subtlety and the difficulty in picking them is what makes Mustafiz's slower balls the best in the world.

Sran bowls conventional back of the hand slower balls, kinda like Faulkner or Dernbach. You just have to wait for the ball to get to you. He bowls only a few cutters but they aren't as effective.

The reason it's difficult to put away Mustafiz's and Bravo's slow balls is because Rahman bowls cutters (which aren't the same as normal slow balls as they will hold up more on the pitch and more often than not jag back as well) with a subtle change of pace as you said, while Bravo bowls slow yorkers and slow balls with a lot of loop which is very difficult to time and generate power against.

 

[Executioner]

Sran in the last game and Bhuvi now taking the mantle of picking up the wickets. Somebody's got to do it after Fizz is just a container.

Goes to show how little you know about cricket.

Mustafiz is in charge of bowling the crucial overs a pacemen needs to bowl. He bowls overs late in the powerplay and in the death, and has figures of 19-1 in his quota of 4 overs in which 3 alone were bowled at the fag end of the innings.

Now container is when someone bowls and economical spell in the middle of the innings to keep a batsman quiet. At the death, bowling 3 overs for 17 runs is not just "containing". A perfect container was Hafeez before he was banned.

Mustafiz is capable of bowling in the beginning or the middle overs and has already done that and broken the backbone of a few batting lineups. Like he did in the WT20, against India, SA, Zim and a bit in the Asia Cup.

Also, if a bowler is giving away less than 5 RPO in the death then he is winning you a lot of matches. Usually teams score 40-50 at the last 4-5 overs. SRH gave away like 30-35 runs in the last 2 matches at the death.

 

[rhony]

Goes to show how little you know about cricket.

Mustafiz is in charge of bowling the crucial overs a pacemen needs to bowl. He bowls overs late in the powerplay and in the death, and has figures of 19-1 in his quota of 4 overs in which 3 alone were bowled at the fag end of the innings.

Now container is when someone bowls and economical spell in the middle of the innings to keep a batsman quiet. At the death, bowling 3 overs for 17 runs is not just "containing". A perfect container was Hafeez before he was banned.

Mustafiz is capable of bowling in the beginning or the middle overs and has already done that and broken the backbone of a few batting lineups. Like he did in the WT20, against India, SA, Zim and a bit in the Asia Cup.

Also, if a bowler is giving away less than 5 RPO in the death then he is winning you a lot of matches. Usually teams score 40-50 at the last 4-5 overs. SRH gave away like 30-35 runs in the last 2 matches at the death.

Amir was criticized for precisely doing the same in PSL. He was very economical with not many wickets. Bowling at the death is actually favorable for Mustafiz. He can't swing the ball much and will not be allowed to open the bowling. He should be picking up tailenders and sloggers but he's averaging about a wicket a game. Is that his role or is he not the 5fer bowler anymore? I maintain my position that the batsmen who've played him before are able to read his cutters and are also playing him cautiously. He can pick wickets only if the opposition is trying to slog. That has been the pattern.

 

[Executioner]

Amir was criticized for precisely doing the same in PSL. He was very economical with not many wickets. Bowling at the death is actually favorable for Mustafiz. He can't swing the ball much and will not be allowed to open the bowling. He should be picking up tailenders and sloggers but he's averaging about a wicket a game. Is that his role or is he not the 5fer bowler anymore? I maintain my position that the batsmen who've played him before are able to read his cutters and are also playing him cautiously. He can pick wickets only if the opposition is trying to slog. That has been the pattern.

You do realize that the reason why Mustafiz isn't getting too many wickets is because batsman are trying not to open up against him? These are not minefields where any bowler can bag 3-fers 4-fers with conventional bowling.

About him getting wickets only when batsman attack him. Well isn't that the case with all bowlers bowling in the middle and death overs? And some of his dismissals were from yorkers where the batsman couldn't even put bat on ball.

Also, Jadeja and Raina have played plenty of Mustafiz, yet they couldn't do much about Mustafiz.

And as far as his roles are concerned, he has a different role for SRH as opposed to BD team. We have some decent death bowling options like Al Amin, Taskin and Shakib. SRH has only Bhuvi to partner him, ofcourse Mustafiz will have to do the bulk of the bowling in the death. If you are bowling in the death and giving away less than 6 runs an over then you are winning more matches than a random bowler who takes two-three wickets in the death but gives away 20-30 runs.

You play according to the match situation and what your pre-defined role is.

So in his 4 matches he has the folllowing stats

26-2 in 4 overs when the opposition socred 229
28-1 in 4 overs, not a great performances, didn't get support either from the batsman
32-1 in 4 overs, a good number of the runs came from misfields. Regardless, went for 10 runs in his last 2 overs.
19-1 in 4 overs, 3 overs were bowled in the death and 1 in the middle of the powerplay with Baz and Raina.

However, if you put on your hatred glasses you will try to scrutinize him.

Even if he takes 4 wickets but gives away 35 runs you will say the exact opposite: He took wickets but gave away lot of runs, hence his spell was useless.

 

[Dios]

Goes to show how little you know about cricket.

Mustafiz is in charge of bowling the crucial overs a pacemen needs to bowl. He bowls overs late in the powerplay and in the death, and has figures of 19-1 in his quota of 4 overs in which 3 alone were bowled at the fag end of the innings.

Now container is when someone bowls and economical spell in the middle of the innings to keep a batsman quiet. At the death, bowling 3 overs for 17 runs is not just "containing". A perfect container was Hafeez before he was banned.

Mustafiz is capable of bowling in the beginning or the middle overs and has already done that and broken the backbone of a few batting lineups. Like he did in the WT20, against India, SA, Zim and a bit in the Asia Cup.

Also, if a bowler is giving away less than 5 RPO in the death then he is winning you a lot of matches. Usually teams score 40-50 at the last 4-5 overs. SRH gave away like 30-35 runs in the last 2 matches at the death.

Do you really want to waste your time? McCullum was lucky to survive against Fizz in his first over. The highest wicket-takers so far Bhuvneshwar and McClenaghan have seven wickets from four and five matches respectively. Three of Bhuvneshwar's wickets were basically gifted to him tonight. Mustafiz has five wickets from four matches and isn't far behind the pack. No bowler averages more than one something wickets per game yet. As I said don't waste your time with people fishing for attention.

 

[Executioner]

Do you really want to waste your time? McCullum was lucky to survive against Fizz in his first over. The highest wicket-takers so far Bhuvneshwar and McClenaghan have seven wickets from four and five matches respectively. Three of Bhuvneshwar's wickets were basically gifted to him tonight. Mustafiz has five wickets from four matches and isn't far behind the pack. No bowler averages more than one something wickets per game yet. As I said don't waste your time with people fishing for attention.

Got to agree with you.

But i guess i got some time to kill

 

[JaDed]

Another one sided match but good that SRH is winning opens the league more and RCB doesn't look to make playoffs this year [MENTION=139664]street cricketer[/MENTION]

 

[Dios]

I'll reiterate again that if Mustafiz plays around 10 matches or more he'll be among the top wicket-takers in the tournament and he'll run through the opposition (take three wickets or more) on at least a couple of occasions. So far he has looked threatening and looked liked picking up wickets every time he bowls in every match except the last one (v Mumbai I think). It's just a matter of time before he picks up a big haul.

 

[carrom_ball]

Another one sided match but good that SRH is winning opens the league more and RCB doesn't look to make playoffs this year [MENTION=139664]street cricketer[/MENTION]

Csk 2 is also losing today

 

[street cricketer]

So Gujarat too can't break the IPL start record of CSK [MENTION=137142]JaDed[/MENTION]

 

[JaDed]

So Gujarat too can't break the IPL start record of CSK [MENTION=137142]JaDed[/MENTION]

0.5 CSK is obviously not reaching there