IPL (2025) - Discussion Thread

[Bhaijaan]

Jos Butler a shell of a batsman he once was.

 

[Justcrazy]

34 off 9 balls , GT needs to do Rinku here

 

[Devadwal]

34 off 9 balls , GT needs to do Rinku here

Tewatia need to repeat his previous performance against Punjab. 5 six in a over

 

[Devadwal]

Look's no ball for me

 

[Bhaijaan]

Vyshak’s bowled a terrific spell here

Kudos

 

[Bhaijaan]

Tewatia has a history with Punjab

 

[Justcrazy]

27 runs required of final over

 

[Devadwal]

Rutherford lost the game for GT

Bahut sunane ka man h bus control kar rha hu

 

[Devadwal]

Idiot gone

 

[Devadwal]

Punjab win by 11 runs.

 

[Devadwal]

Nothing is worse than losing with 5 wickets in hand. There is no place for innings like the ones Buttler and Sherfane Rutherford played today. Both innings were too negative.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Nothing is worse than losing with 5 wickets in hand. There is no place for innings like the ones Buttler and Sherfane Rutherford played today. Both innings were too negative.

I think Punjab bowlers bowled really well.

 

[Justcrazy]

As I said before , Last over 23 runs proved to be important. Punjab started their journey with a win.

 

[Thanos]

Ignoring personal milestone (Iyer's century) and scoring runs in last over won the match for Punjab.

 

[jnaveen1980]

How not having milestone obsession can make a difference.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ignoring personal milestone (Iyer's century) and scoring runs in last over won the match for Punjab.

So true

There couldn’t be a better example than today’s match

 

[Kianig89]

@Bhaijaan was Preity Zinta in stands for the match :kami

 

[Bhaijaan]

@Bhaijaan was Preity Zinta in stands for the match :kami

She’s the greatest IPL owner ever and i hope she gets to pose with a trophy in her lifetime.

Didn’t see her today though

 

[RehanG]

Not following but what i have seen as totals being scored it is ridiculous , why even have bowlers then? Setup a few bowling machines and have a competition of who hits the most sixes.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Not following but what i have seen as totals being scored it is ridiculous , why even have bowlers then? Setup a few bowling machines and have a competition of who hits the most sixes.

This is T20. What do you expect? Today Vyshak, Sai sudarshan exhibited how to bowl on these roads. Yesterday Kuldeep did. 40 runs in 4 overs on these roads is a good spell.

 

[RehanG]

This is T20. What do you expect? Today Vyshak, Sai sudarshan exhibited how to bowl on these roads. Yesterday Kuldeep did. 40 runs in 4 overs on these roads is a good spell.

 

[jnaveen1980]

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Look at the bowlers that do well on these pitches. How are they doing well? Rabada's IPL ER is over 9. That is over several years.

 

[Vikram1989]

Look at the bowlers that do well on these pitches. How are they doing well? Rabada's IPL ER is over 9. That is over several years.

Even akram criticized rabada ( alongside arshdeep) last year.he said both are not using brain to understand the opposition , not mixing it up enough and simply going through emotions.

 

[Devadwal]

Parag is such a clean striker of the ball.

 

[Smbhayi]

Stupid stupid stupid from Parag..

 

[Smbhayi]

Parag is such a clean striker of the ball.

What a jinx that is

 

[Devadwal]

What a jinx that is

 

[shariqnoor]

Riyan Parag is one of the most obnoxious players I've seen. This guy is such an average player yet parades himself on the ground with an attitude like Viv Richards. Always gives off the vibe that cricket is something beneath him and he is somehow making a favor to cricket by playing it.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Riyan Parag is one of the most obnoxious players I've seen. This guy is such an average player yet parades himself on the ground with an attitude like Viv Richards. Always gives off the vibe that cricket is something beneath him and he is somehow making a favor to cricket by playing it.

He is known for making overconfident and self centered statements during interviews and is overly focused on himself as if nothing else matters in the world. He was trolled for struggling in the IPL, where he has had several poor seasons. And he said he was disliked because of his unconventional cricket style.

 

[Justcrazy]

This is not a good pitch to bat up on , RR should look to try and get 150 here at least.

 

[Justcrazy]

110 . 6

Run a ball will get them to 140 here , 150 is still on here.

 

[Justcrazy]

150 is still on here for RR.

 

[Justcrazy]

RR need to try to get at least 10 from the last six balls here .

 

[Justcrazy]

SIXXXX

Much needed strike by Archer.

 

[Justcrazy]

152 is the target for KKR , they need to try it win with good run rate , because the run rate will have heavy say in the end.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Moeen Ali fell pray to a horrible mixing

 

[Smbhayi]

Very poor captaincy by Parag, spinners easily milked by them yet he continues with spinners just bcs they've some assistance in the pitch..

 

[Bhaijaan]

KKR looking solid so far

 

[The Bald Eagle]

KKR thrashed RR by 8 wickets

Quinton de Kock slammed unbeaten 97 as KKR outplayed RR by 8 wickets in their IPL 2025 game on Wednesday. Earlier, Varun Chakaravarthy (2 for 17) and Moeen Ali (2 for 23) beautifully utilized the slowness of the surface at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium as KKR restricted RR to 151 for 9 in 20 overs after opting to bowl first. Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana also picked two wickets apiece. Dhruv Jurel was the top-scorer for RR with a 33-run knock off 28 balls. In the chase, KKR got off to a slow start but de Kock's innings always kept them ahead in the game. His 97 came off 61 balls with the help of 8 fours and 6 sixes.

Source: NDTV

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Debutants shining this season

 

[Vikram1989]

Looks jaiswal is completely burnt out. Rr is in for a long tough season. Not much x factors to bring them out of misery.

 

[BDfanforever]

Ultra Fast bowlers wont do well on these pitches especially with Impact player rule. Last year Nortje got absolutely tonked, this year looks like Archer is taking the beating.

 

[BDfanforever]

BTW how was this missing wickets? This was Maxwell wicket the other day. Thought it was interesting. Hawkeye is going crazy.

 

[BouncerGuy]

BTW how was this missing wickets? This was Maxwell wicket the other day. Thought it was interesting. Hawkeye is going crazy.

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Based on the flight of the ball, there must be an extra bounce... looks fine to me... Although Maxwell did not take the review...LOL

 

[ufcfan]

Looks jaiswal is completely burnt out. Rr is in for a long tough season. Not much x factors to bring them out of misery.

He wasnt there in CT squad
Didn't play between IPL and Eng odi series

 

[Vikram1989]

He wasnt there in CT squad
Didn't play between IPL and Eng odi series

He played in eng series for first match.then he got injured( ankle i think) while playing domestic cricket. but he seems like exhausted and struggling with shot making.on top of it , he is a sore loser to make it hard for himself.

 

[ufcfan]

he is a sore loser to make it hard for himself.

This is interesting observation

 

[Vikram1989]

This is interesting observation

Once in rr post match videos , someone was advising to jaiswal (as he was very happy after winning a match) to take a loss also graciously and he should accept it.as soon as the word of loss came jaiswal became irritated. As chess goat magnus carlsen said "U have to be a sore loser to win impossible ones and become a great player ".

 

[jnaveen1980]

BTW how was this missing wickets? This was Maxwell wicket the other day. Thought it was interesting. Hawkeye is going crazy.

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Sai Kishore is 6 ft 5 inches tall. He gets natural bounce.

 

[BDfanforever]

Sai Kishore is 6 ft 5 inches tall. He gets natural bounce.

That looked out to umpire, Shreyas, Maxwell and to me. Maybe the bounce on the pitch was high but it hit pretty low.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That looked out to umpire, Shreyas, Maxwell and to me. Maybe the bounce on the pitch was high but it hit pretty low.

Ya in real time looked stone dead as he went right across. Not sure how they calculate bounce here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Travishek in the house

 

[jnaveen1980]

Thakur is such a midas touch bowler

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pooran drops a sitter. You don't give life to Head. Bishnoi almost nailed him first ball

 

[Smbhayi]

Wow head is such a lucky guy.. I never seen Pooran drops a catch and he decided to drop a one..

 

[jnaveen1980]

Another drop for Head. Bishoni missed caught and bowled

 

[Devadwal]

This is how head scored runs .all the time lucky

 

[deltexas]

SRH on fire with their NRR ! No anchor roles here.

 

[Devadwal]

Dear God please give me the luck mr TRAVIS head atleast 20% of his luck please

 

[Kianig89]

Any upcoming phaast bowler so far in this season like we had in past , Umran Malik U Yadav , A Dinda , Mohit Sharma

 

[deltexas]

Fortune favors the brave - thats why Travis head is so dangerous..

 

[BDfanforever]

Lucknow badly need some fast bowlers. I heard Taskin was supposed to play for Lucknow. Not sure what happened? I guess he is busy preparing for some Zim series.

 

[jnaveen1980]

SRH is in dire straits

 

[BDfanforever]

Ah no big centuries from Head, Sharma, or Kishan today.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Prince is doing very well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Apart from drop catch fielding was superb today. This is the lesson you learn

 

[deltexas]

SRH is in dire straits

Still batting to come. And for LSG , its Pooran or bust. 190 total should be good

 

[jnaveen1980]

Still batting to come. And for LSG , its Pooran or bust. 190 total should be good

Miller is there as well. Mitch Marsh is there

 

[jnaveen1980]

Prince, Varun C, Rahane.. these three will be good casting for a movie about 3 friends who were dumped by their girlfriends.

 

[deltexas]

Miller is there as well. Mitch Marsh is there

Yeah marsh is there. Miller is always very unpredictable though.

 

[deltexas]

Prince, Varun C, Rahane.. these three will be good casting for a movie about 3 friends who were dumped by their girlfriends.

The leader of the gang will be Dinesh Karthik ! Sorry, that is so mean of me but just couldnt resist, all in good fun !

 

[jnaveen1980]

Another uncapped talent is destroying an international Indian spinner. Aniket has just 2 match experience.

 

[deltexas]

Still batting to come. And for LSG , its Pooran or bust. 190 total should be good

So, SRH score 190 as I predicted ! Should be defended comfortably I would say with the bowling attack SRH have.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Thakur went unsold. What a fairy tale come back for him

 

[BDfanforever]

I love seeing sad face of the SRH owner, haha. She was enjoying it the other day.

 

[BDfanforever]

Pooran enjoys IPL pitches. Smashing bowlers all over the park.

 

[deltexas]

Still batting to come. And for LSG , its Pooran or bust. 190 total should be good

Looks like it all Pooran and not a bust now !

 

[deltexas]

Time for MSD tactics now for the SRH , NRR optimization like in the 2019 WC game against England !

 

[BDfanforever]

I will tell you what's the most annoying thing in IPL: Timeout. Lanat Hai for the guy who came up with that.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Marsh 27 in 18 balls
Pooran 61 in 21 balls.