IPL 2018 | April 30 | Day 24 | Discussion Thread

[giri26]

Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Date & Time: Apr 30, 08:00 PM LOCAL

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings (From): Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Sam Billings, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Mark Wood, Lungi Ngidi, David Willey, Faf du Plessis, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, N Jagadeesan

Delhi Daredevils (From): Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Glenn Maxwell, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Nadeem, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Junior Dala

 

[giri26]

CSK lost their previous home game to MI but are still in the second spot on the points table. They would like to get back to the top spot with a win here. For DD though they would like to create some sort of winning momentum after their huge win in their previous outing.

 

[JattMaula]

Any PPer going to Gahunje today? I'm going in to support DD against granddad army.

 

[Noman]

Getting sick of Ipl. I do like Ipl, but the charm of international cricket is special. Was watching highlight of Asia cup and World cup. Can not wait for international.

 

[Send1983]

Want DD to beat these grandpas.

 

[WengerOut]

Getting sick of Ipl. I do like Ipl, but the charm of international cricket is special. Was watching highlight of Asia cup and World cup. Can not wait for international.

Maybe this is not the thread. There is a plethora of IPL bashing threads available.

 

[RamLakhan]

Ngidi is selected for CSK I guess for Lungi connections

 

[WengerOut]

IPL has its own clothing brand. Lungi , Pant , Short , Tye etc

 

[Justcrazy]

watto

 

[Smbhayi]

Watson on fire. Good comeback by openers after a slow start

 

[Justcrazy]

71 for no loss after 7 overs

Very good start by Chennai

 

[Justcrazy]

Good hit , Chennai batting really well now.

 

[Justcrazy]

96 after 10 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

CSK on top here .

 

[Justcrazy]

DElhi need to pull things back

 

[Justcrazy]

Good shot

 

[Smbhayi]

back to back four by Watto. time out.

 

[WengerOut]

DD have used 7 bowlers already and of those , 4 of them have combined to bowl 7 overs for 41 runs and 1 wkt. Weird.

 

[Justcrazy]

123 . 2

7 overs left

 

[Justcrazy]

Watto Gone

 

[Send1983]

in comes my man.. want his usual 4 of 10 here..
hope he doesnt disappoint me.

 

[WengerOut]

in comes my man.. want his usual 4 of 10 here..
hope he doesnt disappoint me.

I am disappointed at the performance of Rayudu , Dhoni , Kaul etc. Dhoni now will be secured and other two might come in the reckoning for national duties. I am pretty sure that they will be useless.

 

[Send1983]

I am disappointed at the performance of Rayudu , Dhoni , Kaul etc. Dhoni now will be secured and other two might come in the reckoning for national duties. I am pretty sure that they will be useless.

No. I like both Rayudu and Kaul. both are super good in this IPL. I want Rayudu in our Indian team.. I dont mind if Kaul gets a chance.

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni exploding here

 

[Harshu814]

Knowing dhoni isnt going anywhere be4 wc19 ,it feels good to see him playing good in ipl ,hoping this will improve his batting in ODIs too ,afterall we all love dhoni if he plays well .....Or am i wrong?

 

[Justcrazy]

170 . 3

17 overs

 

[Savage]

LOL Dhoni strike rate is around 240 after 12 balls.Usually it's around 60

 

[JaDed]

Why is faf playing every game, not giving us any starts uses up so many deliveries as well.

 

[Harshu814]

LOL Dhoni strike rate is around 240 after 12 balls.Usually it's around 60

Even dhoni knows hatred is surrounding him lately ,he must try to win hearts for sake of his lagecy but all of it will depend on how he will do in ODIs after ipl

 

[King Kong]

Why is faf playing every game, not giving us any starts uses up so many deliveries as well.

This is his second game of the season.

 

[Savage]

Even dhoni knows hatred is surrounding him lately ,he must try to win hearts for sake of his lagecy but all of it will depend on how he will do in ODIs after ipl

I hope you are not calling me Dhoni hater.I already know his place in ODI side is safe as of now.

 

[Harshu814]

Does anyone agree ,if not ODIs atleast in T20s we must give rayadu a chance at #4? He is in form of his life

 

[Harshu814]

Droped dhoni....lets see if it costs DD

 

[Savage]

Does anyone agree ,if not ODIs atleast in T20s we must give rayadu a chance at #4? He is in form of his life

Yep.

I think he deserves to get chance after brilliant IPL season

 

[Harshu814]

I hope you are not calling me Dhoni hater.I already know his place in ODI side is safe as of now.

Ofc his place is safe , but i think him playing can justify him staying a little

Anyways everyone hates a batsman that doesnt bat ...no haters here

 

[King Kong]

Impressed with Avesh Khan. The one young Indian bowler who looks international class this season. Mavi and Nagarkoti are too raw and need more first class matches. And the likes of Kaul, Sandeep Sharma can make a living in the IPL.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Thala DHONI owning the world's best bowler here. #WHISTLEPODU

 

[jaywcric]

Liam Plunkett making sure IPL is not missing lord dinda and ishant sharma.

 

[Justcrazy]

212 is the Target

 

[Harshu814]

Selfish stuff from dhoni ,clearly was a run ,rayadu even went back after allmost reaching the crease...its not like other batsman was tailender

 

[Send1983]

Selfish stuff from dhoni ,clearly was a run ,rayadu even went back after allmost reaching the crease...its not like other batsman was tailender

Amazing he wanted to face last ball as if other one is a s tailender. But It was a great innings. I am a big Dhoni hater. But today he batted the way I wanted him to play in the last few years when he plays for Indian team.

 

[rhony]

Selfish stuff from dhoni ,clearly was a run ,rayadu even went back after allmost reaching the crease...its not like other batsman was tailender

Dhoni has a better chance of hitting a six off the last ball than Rayudu

 

[rhony]

Dhoni answering his critics the only way he knows. I've never seen him consistently destroying attacks in IPL in one season before.

 

[Justcrazy]

Munro and Shaw to start proceedings

 

[Justcrazy]

shaw

 

[Justcrazy]

shaw gone

 

[WengerOut]

Dhoni answering his critics the only way he knows. I've never seen him consistently destroying attacks in IPL in one season before.

Remember any international innings by him recently??

 

[WengerOut]

Good that my state is well represented in IPL. Well done Asif

 

[Joginder_Sharma]

Vintage Dhoni stuff today. The way he took on Boult reminded me of his knock against KKR some years back when he destroyed Bond.

 

[rhony]

Remember any international innings by him recently??

There was one T20 in SA where he smoked the bowlers. I think that was his last International series. Don't remember an IPL season where he dominated on a consistent basis like this one.

 

[Justcrazy]

17 / 1

3 overs

 

[WengerOut]

Is there any clause in an IPL contract that you should bowl slow balls atleast thrice in an over ? Even if a bowler can bowl fast , he is resorting to that.

 

[Hasan123]

Munro gone. Should be an easy win from here.

 

[Hasan123]

Run out. Poor running.

 

[Justcrazy]

Delhi Daredevils require another 148 runs with 7 wickets and 13.0 overs remaining

 

[Hasan123]

Pant is an exciting talent.

 

[Hasan123]

Jadeja has hardly bowled in the tournament which is a surprise.

 

[WengerOut]

Jadeja has hardly bowled in the tournament which is a surprise.

Not a surprise if you go through his figures .

 

[Justcrazy]

Delhi Daredevils require another 118 runs with 6 wickets and 52 balls remaining

 

[Hasan123]

Not a surprise if you go through his figures .

If he's not going to bowl, His batting isn't enough to keep him in the team but he won't be dropped.

 

[Justcrazy]

Delhi need a miracle to win from here

 

[Hasan123]

As a CSK fan, seeing Ashwin in a Kings XI Punjab does hurt.

 

[WengerOut]

If he's not going to bowl, His batting isn't enough to keep him in the team but he won't be dropped.

He is a pretty ordinary LOI player

 

[Hasan123]

Would like a big win to increase NRR.

 

[Hasan123]

RCB and DD are unlikely to qualify. Embarrassing that they haven't been competitive this year.

 

[WengerOut]

Fact of the day : Vijay Shankar is Pathetic

 

[Justcrazy]

shankar

 

[Justcrazy]

65 from 22 balls.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Asif guys looks like another Trundler from India's Trundler factory. Absolutely No brains and no tactics.

 

[Justcrazy]

50 from 16 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

49 from 12 balls.

 

[another drop catch]

back 2 back sixes from shanker

 

[Justcrazy]

19 from 4 balls.

 

[WengerOut]

Fact of the day : Vijay Shankar is Pathetic

Oh dear !!

 

[Harshu814]

So many indian batsmen performing in this ipl, good for us....hoping we will nail it in england tour and asia cup

 

[Justcrazy]

Super Kings won by 13 runs

 

[Tyler Durden]

Thala Dhoni's CSK ku Whistle Podu.

 

[Harshu814]

Oh dear !!

He didnt get to play for india coz he is pathetic ...yeh he was horrible in that one match but so are many batsmen when they get out for duck ...give this guy 10-20 matches befoer we judge

 

[Hasan123]

Another win for my boys. Heading to the play offs