IPL 2018 | April 19 | Day 13 | Discussion Thread

[giri26]

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Date & Time: Apr 19, 08:00 PM LOCAL

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad (From): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, Alex Hales, Carlos Brathwaite, Ricky Bhui, T Natarajan, Mohammad Nabi, Basil Thampi, K Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan

Kings XI Punjab (From): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Axar Patel, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Ankit Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar

 

[DeadBall]

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (capt), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Chris Jordan


Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin (capt), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Kings XI to bat.

 

[Hasan123]

SRH bowling is very strong as I keep saying. I think they may struggle to chase big scores but if Kings XI Punjab get a big score. I think they will win. They have enough bowling and Ashwin is a smart operator.

I'll go with SRH for today's game but wouldn't be surprised if Punjab win.

 

[Hasan123]

Bhuvi vs KL. A good battle.

 

[Hasan123]

Decent start by Bhuvi. He should look to bring the ball back into Gayle.

 

[Hasan123]

Thought Jordan might be used as a death bowler only.

Since he is opening the bowling , he should use his yorker as a surprise delivery to Gayle.

 

[Sidilicious]

Watching my first IPL game ever on TV. Not at all a bad start in terms of quality.

 

[Hasan123]

Good start for SRH. They have stopped Gayle and KL so far.

 

[Protea Fan]

Any link to watch the match

 

[Sidilicious]

What a shot from KL. Beautiful use of wrists.

 

[Hasan123]

KL survives.

 

[Hasan123]

Why try a short ball when you don't have the pace LOL?

 

[Hasan123]

 

[Hasan123]

Gayle is back with a bang.

 

[Sidilicious]

2 sixes hit on Rashid Khan. Old or not, Gayle is still a T20 champ on his day.

 

[Hasan123]

Kaul into the attack

 

[Hasan123]

Love KLs drives.

 

[Savage]

Rahul batting is treat to watch.

 

[Hasan123]

Decent over by Hooda.

 

[Hasan123]

Clever bowling by Rashid Khan.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Poor by Rahul

 

[Send1983]

SRH has great bowling attack.

 

[Hasan123]

Punjab get off to good starts but then slow down as soon as they lose 1 wicket.

 

[troodon]

Karun Nair has a big belly. Looks unfit.

 

[troodon]

Poor by Rahul

His first failure in 4 innings. He should be in the LOI squad as a permanent fixture.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

His first failure in 4 innings. He should be in the LOI squad as a permanent fixture.

Yeah, true. But I am not sure how confident he is.

Selectors are truly blind, not to see his talent.

Our selectors have become like Pakistan's.

 

[Justcrazy]

104 / 2

13 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Gayle

 

[Hasan123]

 

[troodon]

Rashid Khan getting destroyed by Gayle Monster. Total destruction.

 

[Justcrazy]

what an over

Gayle Power !!!

 

[Hasan123]

Gayle just took apart 1 of the best LO bowlers in the world.

His performances in the PSL don't make him a rubbish player. He's a T20 legend.

 

[Savage]

That's why Gayle is still T20 GOAT

 

[Hasan123]

Kaurn is about placement. Gayle is about power!

 

[Justcrazy]

Runs flowing now , this will be a big total !

 

[Hasan123]

High quality shot. Nair has impressed me in the tournament so far.

 

[troodon]

Gayle just took apart 1 of the best LO bowlers in the world.

His performances in the PSL don't make him a rubbish player. He's a T20 legend.

Its the pitches. Gayle likes to bat on Indian roads. UAE pitches are not suitable for his style of batting. In fact all WI hacks struggle in UAE. Ball does not come on to the bat that well and there is always some turn on the offering for spinners. Not what WI batsmen prefer.

 

[Savage]

Surprisingly KXIP is one of the most exciting team in this year's IPL.

 

[Hasan123]

Don't often see Gayle make effort like this running between the wickets.

 

[Hasan123]

Kings XI Punjab look like they will have a good season.

 

[Ab Fan]

Gayle showing why he is a bakra in t20s

 

[Justcrazy]

de Villiers and Gayle are the only batsmen to hit four sixes in an over off Rashid in T20s. De Villiers had hit him in the 2016 WT20 match.

 

[Hasan123]

Good comeback by Bhuvi

 

[Justcrazy]

151 / 2

16 overs

 

[OoparCut]

Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu, Nitish Rana, Surya Yadav.


Pretty much every IPL team has at least one quality Indian batsman who is good enough to play today at the international level.

 

[Hasan123]

Gayle should get a 100 from here

 

[Justcrazy]

10th Six by Gayle

 

[Justcrazy]

164 . 2

17 overs

 

[Hasan123]

Kumar has bowled well.

 

[Hasan123]

Finch arrives at the crease.

 

[Justcrazy]

nair gone

 

[Hasan123]

1 away from a century.

 

[Hasan123]

200 should be enough for Punjab.

 

[Justcrazy]

Big hit by gayle

 

[Hasan123]

Century for Gayle. Universal boss is back.

 

[Justcrazy]

Gayle

what a player !!!!

 

[Justcrazy]

180 . 3

six balls to go

 

[MMHS]

CG is ultimate T20 player.

 

[Hasan123]

Going to be a difficult chase for SRH

 

[Justcrazy]

194 is the target

 

[MMHS]

Might be a close game; PCA ground is one of the best batting wickets & outfield with best lighting. Also, it dews heavy at night

 

[Justcrazy]

The chase begins !!

 

[troodon]

Without Dhawan, SRH will not chase this.

 

[troodon]

Kane better not be showing us his Master Class Test knock.

 

[Hasan123]

What does Yuvraj offer on the pitch at this stage ?

 

[troodon]

Mohit will ensure it will be a close game. He will better Rashid Khan's stats.

Already 20 runs given in 1.1 overs )

 

[Justcrazy]

37 / 2

5 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

52 . 2

7 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Good hhit

 

[troodon]

Pandey showing why he should not be part of Indian LOI set up. Struggles to score big shots.

The only thing he is great at is, his fielding.

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate closing on 12

 

[Justcrazy]

72 . 2

10 overs

 

[Hasan123]

Williamson has no acceleration gear.

 

[Justcrazy]

82 / 2

12 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

102 from 43 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

Williamson

 

[Smudger]

Baber azam is better t20 batter than kane

 

[Justcrazy]

76 from 30 balls

 

[Justcrazy]

53 from 16 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

pandey