IPL (2025) - Discussion Thread

[RyanRyan10]

Teams:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun

Bhuvi dropped. Very good. He is finished.

 

[Devadwal]

Bhuvi dropped. Very good. He is finished.

Starc is also not playing. This is first match so we are not sure about fitness of the players .

 

[jnaveen1980]

My focus is on youngsters. 20 year old Raghuvanshi. Then the fielding of Indian Glen philips, Ramandeep singh.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Happy that RCB have got rid of the blue on their kit

 

[Rajdeep]

So finally the much anticipated league starting

 

[jnaveen1980]

Josh opening the IPL 2025

 

[RamLakhan]

KKR is not the ideal team for RCB to start with, they have some nightmarish memories with them...

 

[Devadwal]

2nd ball boundary by the De kock against Hazlewood

And next ball a sitter dropped by suyash

 

[jnaveen1980]

Suyash sharma drops a dolly lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

Almost all the mystery spinners are crap with fielding. Theekshana, Varun, Suyash.

 

[RamLakhan]

Why didn't they run on the drop catch?

 

[Devadwal]

De kock is gone.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hazlewood is bowling amazingly.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Even in world T20 Rohit paid respect only to Hazlewood. Not starc or cummins

 

[Devadwal]

Hazlewood is bowling amazingly.

He has saving the energy for The IPL by rested from the champion trophy

 

[jnaveen1980]

He has saving the energy for The IPL by rested from the champion trophy

Great white ball bowler when it comes to choking opposition and prizing out wicket due to that

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think that is pad. Not bat

 

[jnaveen1980]

18th season. Will Kohli finally win one. They have a pretty good team this season.

 

[Devadwal]

IPL is adults now after completing the 18 years

 

[RamLakhan]

Yash Dayal seems to have hair transplant from what we saw last time...

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yash Dhayal is on the fringe now. This season will decide whether he will join the squad or not in place of Siraj

 

[Devadwal]

Narine bhai is struggling but can attack at any time

 

[jnaveen1980]

Narine bhai is struggling but can attack at any time

Extra bounce is not letting him. Hazlewood has one of the best natural bounce on a good length.

 

[Devadwal]

Extra bounce is not letting him. Hazlewood has one of the best natural bounce on a good length.

Fresh pitches so bowler's will get extra bounce

Good bowling so far by RCB

KKR 9/1 (3 )

 

[jnaveen1980]

This KKR is a little clueless right now about how to go about it.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahshik is also a fringe player especially death bowling

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahane for several seasons was nto able to achieve high strike rate. After more than 10 season MSD converted him into a six hitting beast.

 

[OldWarHorse]

This is trundler heaven

 

[Devadwal]

Rahane has arrived.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Jinx is putting on a show !!! New and improved Rahane thanks to CSK.

 

[RamLakhan]

Why did CSK let Rahane go?

 

[Devadwal]

Wow Rahane wow

Whataa shots for

Not a good change by RCB as Dayal was bowling Very well

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahane after IPL brought back to test side played WTC final. Even made 88 runs in the WTC final. Will he use it to come back into test side again? I hope not.

 

[Smbhayi]

Woah Rahana

 

[Vikram1989]

My focus is on youngsters. 20 year old Raghuvanshi. Then the fielding of Indian Glen philips, Ramandeep singh.

Am interested to see vaibhav suryavamshi , aniket verma ( srh is promoting him heavily), varun's effectiveness now after more intense scrutiny .

 

[Rajdeep]

Surely Rahane still walks into international side of many teams?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why did CSK let Rahane go?

Too many players to retain. He was more an utility player there. Last season he didn't work out well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Am interested to see vaibhav suryavamshi , aniket verma ( srh is promoting him heavily), varun's effectiveness now after more intense scrutiny .

Varun has been around for a while in the IPL. He was already scrutinized. He changed his bowling action after scrutiny.

 

[Devadwal]

Now Narine joined the party.

 

[Smbhayi]

Kkr so far, 3 four 3 six 1 single.. all others are dot ball..

 

[Kianig89]

Teams:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun

Teams:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun

Narine & Russell, cricket's answer to Pirlo & Gattuso

 

[Vikram1989]

Varun has been around for a while in the IPL. He was already scrutinized. He changed his bowling action after scrutiny.

Now his threat level is increased from franchise to international level. So someone should do something before next t20 wc

 

[Kianig89]

Oh chal oye

Recommended 4u

 

[Smbhayi]

Rahane putting a show..

 

[Bhaijaan]

Rahane is such a great batter to watch when he’s playing like that.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Now his threat level is increased from franchise to international level. So someone should do something before next t20 wc

He is bowling over arm. He started his career as fast bowler. He is still able to slip in 115 kph deliveries in between. That is his key variation.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Rahane after IPL brought back to test side played WTC final. Even made 88 runs in the WTC final. Will he use it to come back into test side again? I hope not.

He’s not finished.
People tend to forget contributions by Rahane and Pujara. RoKo get all the hype

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahane is such a great batter to watch when he’s playing like that.

He is a classic player.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Beautiful shots galore when Rahane is on song.

 

[RamLakhan]

Rajat Patidar looks clueless as captain at the moment...

 

[jnaveen1980]

One of the most attractive batsman to watch

 

[Bhaijaan]

Wow Rahane playing like a dream.

 

[Vikram1989]

He is bowling over arm. He started his career as fast bowler. He is still able to slip in 115 kph deliveries in between. That is his key variation.

I hope he stays unsolvable or gets better till next wc for our sake.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Rahane 38* (15)

Is he going to be the Hitman this year?

 

[Smbhayi]

KKR 1st 3 over 9-1.. next 3 over 51-0

 

[Bhaijaan]

This is a nice looking pitch.

180 is chaseable here

 

[Kianig89]

Hazlewood freshned up after skipping CT

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahane is the testament to how you can modify your game to suit modern needs. Best franchise to achieve this is CSK. Murali Vijay did long back. He used to be a slow batsman. Then became a six hitting machine. Almost everyone imroved in CSK. Dube recently. Rahane, Rayudu. Their style of play changed dramatically

 

[Bhaijaan]

KKR 1st 3 over 9-1.. next 3 over 51-0

Rahane beast mode

 

[Vikram1989]

Don't know how patidar was selected as captain. Guy is total clueless and does not speak to bowlers .looking all the time with one fake smile like anil kapoor. he is far worse than kl as captain.

 

[Devadwal]

This is a nice looking pitch.

180 is chaseable here

259 has been chased in the Last session

 

[Champ_Pal]

Trash RCB bowling again.

Hazlewood is a decent T20 bowler.
Salam is below average.
Dayal is a joke.
Krunal will be cannon fodder on these small grounds.
Suyash Sharma will be the same. Spinners have no chance on these small grounds.

Something never change with RCB. They never address their bowling incompetency.

 

[Smbhayi]

Rahane is the testament to how you can modify your game to suit modern needs. Best franchise to achieve this is CSK. Murali Vijay did long back. He used to be a slow batsman. Then became a six hitting machine. Almost everyone imroved in CSK. Dube recently. Rahane, Rayudu. Their style of play changed dramatically

In CSK they don't drop a player after a couple of failures, they give enough chances to everyone.

 

[Bhaijaan]

259 has been chased in the Last session

By Punjabis

 

[Devadwal]

RCB bowling is hasn't improve since last 18 year's . same story in every session

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rahane gorgeous shot.

 

[Bhaijaan]

This Suyash guy has a weird action.

Mystery spinner ?

 

[Champ_Pal]

Don't know how patidar was selected as captain. Guy is total clueless and does not speak to bowlers .looking all the time with one fake smile like anil kapoor. he is far worse than kl as captain.

He is a good T20 batsman. Probably forced to take up the captaincy.

 

[Devadwal]

By Punjabis

At the Eden Garden

 

[Champ_Pal]

This Suyash guy has a weird action.

Mystery spinner ?

In other words average at best.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Rahane 43* (18)

 

[Vikram1989]

Rahane is the testament to how you can modify your game to suit modern needs. Best franchise to achieve this is CSK. Murali Vijay did long back. He used to be a slow batsman. Then became a six hitting machine. Almost everyone imroved in CSK. Dube recently. Rahane, Rayudu. Their style of play changed dramatically

Even Moeen ali finally understood what he is good at (little aggressive cameos in the mo) and extended his career for 2 years after playing there.he always credited Dhoni for understanding his role.

 

[Devadwal]

Rahane already a signing of the season contender. CSK truly changed his approach

 

[RamLakhan]

RCB bowling is hasn't improve since last 18 year's . same story in every session

Reason why they will never will...

 

[Bhaijaan]

In other words average at best.

Let’s see.
Something different

 

[Champ_Pal]

All non-Kannada speaking RCB players must be kicked out until they learn the language

 

[OldWarHorse]

Outside of Hazlewood, this is a club level bowling attack.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Eventually 5 off the over

Bro made a decent recovery

 

[Bhaijaan]

Outside of Hazlewood, this is a club level bowling attack.

This is club level cricket.

 

[Vikram1989]

All non-Kannada speaking RCB players must be kicked out until they learn the language

Foreign players too