IPL 2018 | April 14 | Day 8 | Discussion Thread

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Two Games!


9th match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (day/night) Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils

Match scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT | 13:30 AST)


Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Krunal Pandya, 6 Hardik Pandya/Ben Cutting, 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Mitchell McClenaghan/Pradeep Sangwan, 9 Mayank Markande, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Delhi Daredevils: 1 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 2 Colin Munro, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Chris Morris, 7 Vijay Shankar, 8 Rahul Tewatia, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Trent Boult



10th match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (night) : Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad

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


Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Chris Lynn, 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Dinesh Karthik (capt, wk), 6 Rinku Singh/Shubman Gill, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Shivam Mavi/Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Deepak Hooda, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Siddarth Kaul, 10 Sandeep Sharma/Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Billy Stanlake

 

[WengerOut]

Dearly like DD to go for Prithvi Shaw instead of Vijay Shankar

 

[jagatk]

Great start from MI this.

 

[Sam99]

This was going to happen. Mumbai's batting was going to explode this way. They have very strong batting for these kind of pitches.

 

[big_gamer007]

FML we might end up conceding 250 runs the way MI going..

DD has been an embarrassment to the city and fans, should just dissolve the franchise and let a smaller city take up and let their fans face the yearly embarrassment of sucking at the game..

 

[jagatk]

I wouldn't count Delhi out just yet. Because of the side we have picked we are going to have hardik either bowling in the pp or in death overs and that ain't a pretty sight.

 

[jagatk]

This Lewis guy is a complete hack isn't he.

 

[Send1983]

We need to score 210+ here.

 

[introvert]

Lot depends on how delhi batsman tackles Markande and akila dhananjaya.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Just cant get into IPL, tried but cant......

 

[troodon]

MI are a boring team. The worst are CSK.

 

[troodon]

ONE more failure for Rohit.

Such an inconsistent batsman. String of good innings followed by a string of failures. Can never trust this guy to win you anything. You just have to accept anything he gives and hope that he has one of those brilliant days where he can win the match by himself.

 

[English August]

We need to score 210+ here.

Losing momentum here.

 

[troodon]

I am more interested in the next match. Hoping to see Gill or Nagarkoti to debut for KKR I’m place of Vinay and some other dud batsman.

 

[jagatk]

Dreadful, just went out for something and mumbai have managed to undo all the good work in matter of 15 mins.

 

[WengerOut]

I am more interested in the next match. Hoping to see Gill or Nagarkoti to debut for KKR I’m place of Vinay and some other dud batsman.

Heard Nagarkoti is out for the season. Foot injury.

 

[Srtfan]

Mavi will play today,nagarkoti is out from ipl.

 

[babajee]

Someone can’t hit pace [MENTION=141520]troodon[/MENTION]

 

[WengerOut]

Someone can’t hit pace [MENTION=141520]troodon[/MENTION]

There must surely be a Fakhar Zaman thread.

 

[babajee]

There must surely be a Fakhar Zaman thread.

Whattttt

 

[introvert]

Gambhir wasting power play overs just give Jason roy strike against pacers.

 

[JattMaula]

What the duck!!!

Mumbai are playing afternoon game? What are we a freaking Punjab?

 

[LastManstanding]

Roy will win it for Delhi.

 

[LastManstanding]

And pandya, stop bowling slower balls. You are a fast bowler.

 

[troodon]

Time to introduce Markande. He will take care of Roy.

Foolish to bowl pacers at Roy on this highway.

 

[Savage]

MI should've scored 220+

 

[jagatk]

Said this before our bowling started pandya is a rubbish bowler who is believing his own hype.

 

[MMHS]

2 bowlers went for 6 in 2’1 overs, still RR is 10 ....

Pandeya, batting well MashAllah.

 

[Savage]

Gambhir GONE!

Sad to see him struggling.

 

[babajee]

Does Pandya even count as an all rounder?

 

[jagatk]

Time to introduce Markande. He will take care of Roy.

Foolish to bowl pacers at Roy on this highway.

Not in first 6, he is still a kid.

 

[jagatk]

Does Pandya even count as an all rounder?

Yes, he is bad at both. Most manage to be bad at just 1 on their bad days.

 

[JattMaula]

bowling fizz!! Saved the pp.

 

[Savage]

Mustafizur is such a fine T20 bowler.Don't know why he gets so much hate here.

Easily my favourite BD player.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Hardik Pandya again showing what he's capable of..

 

[Sam99]

Hardik Pandya again showing what he's capable of..

IDK what i hate more Pandya's bowling or his hair cut.

 

[MMHS]

Wankhede is harsh on bowlers, smalish ground with lightning outfield and a true surface.

 

[JattMaula]

Wankhede is harsh on bowlers, smalish ground with lightning outfield and a true surface.

Both spinners bowling trash

 

[MMHS]

Both spinners bowling trash

True, 3'2 overs from 2 main bowlers went for 1/12

 

[rhony]

That's why Hardik is in the team. He can impact with fielding, bowling or batting

 

[jagatk]

First decent thing pandya's done today. We need to make a decision on Polly though if he can't bowl and still bats the way he does he should be dropped for Duminy can't have 2 players who can just Field and do nothing else.

 

[Send1983]

Good come back. Come on guys. Get this Roy guy out.

 

[jagatk]

Is this dananajaya guy usually this bad or us it down to wankhade?

 

[Send1983]

Both spinners bowling trash

Pant played very well. It was a great knock.

 

[jagatk]

MI asking too much off fizz and bumrah, needed 20 more runs.

 

[JattMaula]

Pant played very well. It was a great knock.

It was good hitting but calling it great is a stretch.

 

[troodon]

Is this dananajaya guy usually this bad or us it down to wankhade?

It’s a flat road. Bowlers are just sitting ducks.

 

[jagatk]

It’s a flat road. Bowlers are just sitting ducks.

Yet we somehow managed to mess up even on this pitch. Can't still fathom what Kishan and Pollard were thinking not to mention the blind 3rd umpire giving yadav lbw when there is a clear edge and glove involved.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Fizz is killing all the confidence of Bumrah with his terrible fielding.

 

[JattMaula]

Fizz!!! Please catch the ball.

 

[OneTip-OneHand]

Apart from Levis all the foreign picks have been disastrous for MI.

Cummins and Beherendoff injured, pollard doing nothing.Fizz might bowling ok in this match but overall I have no confidence in cutters of Fizz. He has such buttery fingers, lost us this match with his fielding. Rest all are duds.

 

[Protea Fan]

Fizz generally bowl back of length deliveries so i think he can't defend 11 runs against two top order well set batsmans

 

[Protea Fan]

Roy did it with ease,top inngs from the lad his hand are super fast

 

[OneTip-OneHand]

I want this Fizz guy dropped for entire season. Good for nothing. We already have a west indian baggage in the squad.

 

[OneTip-OneHand]

Same situation for MI for 3rd consecutive match. Last ball 1 run.

 

[OneTip-OneHand]

And same result

 

[jagatk]

I want this Fizz guy dropped for entire season. Good for nothing. We already have a west indian baggage in the squad.

He and bumrah are our only decent pacers and both have performed barring the first game need to give them more to defend. This was a 210-220 wicket we got 190, last one was 165-170 wicket we got 150. Can't expect them to pull rabbit out of the hat can we?

 

[Savage]

Now I know what Shankar must've felt in Nidahas trophy final.

 

[Kashmirilion]

Mustafiz cost Mumbai today two catches dropped in 3 balls

 

[sohailmm]

MI were 20-30 runs short which they were expected to make, this has cost them dearly .

 

[JattMaula]

Mustafiz cost Mumbai today two catches dropped in 3 balls

Match was lost already

 

[jagatk]

Mustafiz cost Mumbai today two catches dropped in 3 balls

Nope it was the dreadful batting, you cannot afford to score less than 210-215 once you get 100+ in first 10 overs, we didn't even get 200.

 

[Savage]

MI should've scored 220+

 

[Send1983]

What a chocker. With all the talent. Why didn’t he bowl that first two balls.

 

[JattMaula]

Gill making his IPL debut

 

[jagatk]

Polly needs to go. Should have spent his money on someone like a buttler.

 

[Savage]

gill making his ipl debut

yes!

 

[Send1983]

Man I like the way pant speaks. Just a line for every question.

 

[jagatk]

What a chocker. With all the talent. Why didn’t he bowl that first two balls.

Over thinking, still don't understand what the 2 pandya's or Pollard were doing in the discussion between Rohit and fizz.

 

[Kashmirilion]

Nope it was the dreadful batting, you cannot afford to score less than 210-215 once you get 100+ in first 10 overs, we didn't even get 200.

I agree but at that stage you had what was on board to defend and taking one of those two catches of iyer might have changed the game. You just have to defend what you got total was below par but wasn't a walk in the park either chasing almost 10 an over especially with the bowling Mumbai have.

 

[JattMaula]

yes!

And Mavi

 

[Kashmirilion]

And Mavi

no nagarkoti?

 

[jagatk]

Hey Vinay CHILL!!!

 

[cricket.mad]

All matches till now have been won by team which has won the toss and all the teams which have won the toss have opted to bowl first....

What’s the point in watching this league ,when toss blatantly decides the winner *

 

[JattMaula]

no nagarkoti?

Injured

 

[jagatk]

I agree but at that stage you had what was on board to defend and taking one of those two catches of iyer might have changed the game. You just have to defend what you got total was below par but wasn't a walk in the park either chasing almost 10 an over especially with the bowling Mumbai have.

He should be improving his catching but he isn't the one I would blame for the loss, that is on Rohit and his criminal misuse of sr. Pandya and our dreadful batting once Kishan got out.

 

[Savage]

And Mavi

Was cursing Kkr before.But good to see Gill and Mavi are playing todayy

 

[OneTip-OneHand]

Over thinking, still don't understand what the 2 pandya's or Pollard were doing in the discussion between Rohit and fizz.

Lol, you expect anything sane coming out of any of them? Krunal is inexperienced. Pollard is brainless. And Hardik, well you can talk to him about fashion and swag!!! Don’t this its wise to expect any strategy from him.

 

[jagatk]

All matches till now have been won by team which has won the toss and all the teams which have won the toss have opted to bowl first....

What’s the point in watching this league ,when toss blatantly decides the winner *

MI had no business losing to CSK, against SRH cutting messed up the last over we should have won that. Today it was our dreadful death over bowling, toss has had no effect on any of those matches. There is a thing called spurious correlation.

 

[OneTip-OneHand]

Was disappointed to know about Naharkoti’s injury but at least Mavi and Gill making debut today. Looking forward to it.