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Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Super Kings by one run to win IPL title

This Sarfaraz kid has improved leaps and bounds after his terrible last season! He's playing spin and pace better than current Rohits, Dhawans and Rayudus!
 
Don’t know how he does it, but MSD has sold a dummy to KXI again!!! 8 wickets at hand they have taken asking to 15 for a target of 160!!!!!
 
MMHS said:
Don’t know how he does it, but MSD has sold a dummy to KXI again!!! 8 wickets at hand they have taken asking to 15 for a target of 160!!!!!
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KL and Sarfaraz kid didn't go against Harbhajan and Tahir in the middle overs and followed the Dhoni formula of taking it deep! That's where they lost it!
 
Finally yuvi is "rested".

Excited to see Alzarri. Hope he does well. We really need a good third pace option after bumrah and Behrendorff.
 
JattMaula said:
Finally yuvi is "rested".

Excited to see Alzarri. Hope he does well. We really need a good third pace option after bumrah and Behrendorff.
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:aag by Alzarri.

Best ever bowling performance of IPL on the mfing DEBUT!!!!

and we won.
 
CHENNAI 160/3 (20.0)
PUNJAB 138/5 (20.0)

Chennai won by 22 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Harbhajan Singh
 
MUMBAI 136/7 (20.0)
HYDERABAD 96-all out (17.4) CRR: 5.43
Mumbai won by 40 runs
 
This lPL is turning out to be a Carribean PL! They are on fire. The Indian contingent has been a dud so far. Most of them are just going thru the motion it seems. Most of WC probables look burnt out already, and zero time to recover for the WC. 🤦*♂️
 
Kohli is going through a period of almost like a curse - whatever guy does, his team RCB can’t win. Might need a stone from Prem Jotish ......
 
JattMaula said:
Such disrespect to MI. :(

And mmhs listed teams he follows/supports.
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I dislike MI but I just don't see them making the play offs this year. Their bowling is a little weak and lower middle order will cost them imo.
 
RR is doing well here , this pitch is really slow . 140 would be a match winning target
 
This bails dislodging rules should be changed. Stump light is enough to declare batsman out in this situations. This is unfair for bowlers.
 
Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper, said that he has no more excuses to give after his team slumped to a record-equalling sixth straight defeat in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets as they chased down the target of 150 with seven balls to spare. Kohli's side, who are yet to win the coveted Indian Premier League title, are rock bottom in the eight-team league and the captain has become increasingly frustrated with his side's performances. "We need to grab those chances, can't give excuses every day. We weren't good on the day again. That's the whole story of RCB this season," Kohli said after the loss in Bengaluru.

RCB now share the dubious record of a team's worst IPL start along with Delhi Capitals (previously Delhi Daredevils), who suffered six losses in a row in 2013.

"When the mind is cluttered, you wouldn't be able to focus on the chances that come your way. Clarity of mind is very important in the game especially if you want to convert the half chances and pull the game back.

"Shreyas (Iyer) got 67, he was dropped (on four)...you never know, you can come back in the game at any time," Kohli, who made 41 in his team's 149-8, said.

Iyer was dropped by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel early into his knock and got another lifeline on 42.

RCB have dropped 15 catches so far in their six outings and Kohli is of the view that he cannot control these things beyond a point.

"There's nothing more you can tell the team. We've asked the boys to take responsibility. It hasn't happened so far, and that's the reality," said Kohli, who leads the IPL batting chart with 5,151 runs.

"Personally, not trying to control. After a while, it's about the skill. Key is to relax, whatever's in front of us. We want to enjoy as a team, otherwise we won't be able to play any good cricket," he added.

Kohli has been leading the team for past six seasons but the star-studded unit has massively underachieved.

RCB ended the last two IPL seasons in sixth and eighth spot.

https://sports.ndtv.com/ipl-2019/vi...ter-rcbs-sixth-straight-ipl-2019-loss-2019397
 
Everyone goes on about Kohli being a rubbish captain but Rahane is just as bad. Has a excellent squad and his team only has 1 win and he has been in awful form throughout. At least Kohli has done decent as a captain in international cricket.

Can remember posters saying Rahane should be the captain for India. :))
 
Hasan123 said:
Everyone goes on about Kohli being a rubbish captain but Rahane is just as bad. Has a excellent squad and his team only has 1 win and he has been in awful form throughout. At least Kohli has done decent as a captain in international cricket.

Can remember posters saying Rahane should be the captain for India. :))
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Kohli is not bad captain , he is impatient . He expects all players to be like him , which is not possible.
 
Hasan123 said:
Everyone goes on about Kohli being a rubbish captain but Rahane is just as bad. Has a excellent squad and his team only has 1 win and he has been in awful form throughout. At least Kohli has done decent as a captain in international cricket.

Can remember posters saying Rahane should be the captain for India. :))
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Rahane was being discussed as a test captain but since then his batting has deteriorated.

And team Rajasthan has worst Indian players amongst the IPL teams. Still they fought valiantly last year.
 
JattMaula said:
Rahane was being discussed as a test captain but since then his batting has deteriorated.

And team Rajasthan has worst Indian players amongst the IPL teams. Still they fought valiantly last year.
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RR got to playoffs only due to Butler last year. He single handedly scored consecutive 50s and lead team to victory.

Rahane is no different than Pujara, he is a liability in T20s, and as a captain, he offers nothing.
 
someone21 said:
RR got to playoffs only due to Butler last year. He single handedly scored consecutive 50s and lead team to victory.

Rahane is no different than Pujara, he is a liability in T20s, and as a captain, he offers nothing.
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Of course Rahane is a bad t20 player. But he is better captain than rcb kaptaan. Results matter and he delivered above expectations last year.

If he continues to lose he will be replaced/dropped. But rcb will not replace their kaptaan for non cricketing reasons. And they will suffer many more defears because of that.
 
JattMaula said:
Rahane was being discussed as a test captain but since then his batting has deteriorated.

And team Rajasthan has worst Indian players amongst the IPL teams. Still they fought valiantly last year.
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He can't be a captain when he barely makes the team on merit. He is also a soft character.

I don't think RR got to the play offs due to Rahane captaincy.

Steve Smith is by far the best man for the RR captaincy in the squad. The last time he was captain for a team in the IPL, they reached the final.
 
Justcrazy said:
Kohli is not bad captain , he is impatient . He expects all players to be like him , which is not possible.
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Kohli is a good captain. His results at international level back that up.

The issues with RCB are how they recruit players.
 
Hasan123 said:
He can't be a captain when he barely makes the team on merit. He is also a soft character.

I don't think RR got to the play offs due to Rahane captaincy.

Steve Smith is by far the best man for the RR captaincy in the squad. The last time he was captain for a team in the IPL, they reached the final.
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Steve Smith can't be given captaincy. He was part of organized cheating gang in Aussie dressing room. Already RR were suspended for two years.
 
JattMaula said:
Steve Smith can't be given captaincy. He was part of organized cheating gang in Aussie dressing room. Already RR were suspended for two years.
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It was Warners idea. Smith just did nothing to stop it. He made a mistake. He's much better than Rahane as a batter and can handle the pressure as a leader.
 
Hasan123 said:
It was Warners idea. Smith just did nothing to stop it. He made a mistake. He's much better than Rahane as a batter and can handle the pressure as a leader.
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He is better tactician no doubt but captain should also possess little integrity.
 
Hasan123 said:
Everyone goes on about Kohli being a rubbish captain but Rahane is just as bad. Has a excellent squad and his team only has 1 win and he has been in awful form throughout. At least Kohli has done decent as a captain in international cricket.

Can remember posters saying Rahane should be the captain for India. :))
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excellent squad..? their bowling is joke... only Archer and Shreyas Gopal is good.. all others are easy to hit.. at least for RCB they've couple of bowlers who can bowl pace.. it's just bit unlucky that their home ground is batting paradise and they keep missing the toss..
 
Hasan123 said:
It was Warners idea. Smith just did nothing to stop it. He made a mistake. He's much better than Rahane as a batter and can handle the pressure as a leader.
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Smith is actually is badder than Rahane (in T20s).. I don't know what people seeing in him.. he can't hit sixes especially after elbow injury.. he already cost them couple of matches due to unable to hit out..
 
Hasan123 said:
Kohli is a good captain. His results at international level back that up.

The issues with RCB are how they recruit players.
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Very much disagree with this. He is a good motivator, which is why his captaincy works in tests as much of the tactical aspects are handled by the coaching staff and you normally don't need to change them on the go.

In LoI's he is worse than useless, in shorter formats there is only so much any coach can do. You need a captain who thinks on the feet, so kohli is normally blundering about. He is very lucky that he inherited a world class bowling attack and a keeper who does the captaincy for him. Unlucky for him he has neither at RCB so his failings are badly exposed in the ipl.
 
jagatk said:
Very much disagree with this. He is a good motivator, which is why his captaincy works in tests as much of the tactical aspects are handled by the coaching staff and you normally don't need to change them on the go.

In LoI's he is worse than useless, in shorter formats there is only so much any coach can do. You need a captain who thinks on the feet, so kohli is normally blundering about. He is very lucky that he inherited a world class bowling attack and a keeper who does the captaincy for him. Unlucky for him he has neither at RCB so his failings are badly exposed in the ipl.
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Those same bowlers are the 1s who Kohli backed and gave a chance. He needs to improve as a captain but he isn’t as bad as PP make out. India have won a majority of their LO games under him.
 
Smbhayi said:
Smith is actually is badder than Rahane (in T20s).. I don't know what people seeing in him.. he can't hit sixes especially after elbow injury.. he already cost them couple of matches due to unable to hit out..
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Rahane is much worse. He can’t play spin and struggles to rotate stroke, Smith can accelerate better than Rahane.
 
Smbhayi said:
excellent squad..? their bowling is joke... only Archer and Shreyas Gopal is good.. all others are easy to hit.. at least for RCB they've couple of bowlers who can bowl pace.. it's just bit unlucky that their home ground is batting paradise and they keep missing the toss..
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They also have Sohdi in their squad who they haven’t used. RR should not be in the position they are. Rahane deserves as much stick as Kohli.
 
Hyderabad need a strong finish here , they have seven wickets in hand and still just 135 , they should have taken a few more chances.
 
so 150 is the score... good finish by Hooda, it's a fighting score.. need to get both openers early though...
 
Warner really struggled this match.. but Shankar Shouldn't have comes to one down.. he's not a top order batsman for a t20 cricket..
 
David Warner should be the captain of SRH if Kane Williamson isn't going to play. I understand franchises like promoting Indian talent but when your elite overseas players are better than your Indian players , it's a no brainer .
 
Hasan123 said:
David Warner should be the captain of SRH if Kane Williamson isn't going to play. I understand franchises like promoting Indian talent but when your elite overseas players are better than your Indian players , it's a no brainer .
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Why are you promoting cheaters?
 
Hasan123 said:
Those same bowlers are the 1s who Kohli backed and gave a chance. He needs to improve as a captain but he isn’t as bad as PP make out. India have won a majority of their LO games under him.
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Which again proves my point, he is a great motivator. He is full intensity all the time, unlike dhoni he actually tries trusting the pacers and they have responded well. But motivation gets you zilch in LoI's, there you need tactics and a thinking quickly both of which he can't do. If you watch most of india's games, it's dhoni setting the field in crunch situation, it's dhoni continously advising bowlers where to bowl. Kohli is a very poor captain his wins are down to the team he has, take that away and RCB results is what you get.
 
Hasan123 said:
They have been punished. So now they are available to play cricket we should stick to cricket. Plenty of players ball tamper. It's not something new.
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Yes. But Aussie team has banned them from leadership roles and there must be a reason.
 
Hasan123 said:
They have been punished. So now they are available to play cricket we should stick to cricket. Plenty of players ball tamper. It's not something new.
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Yes but these were the only idiots who got caught not only tampering but premeditating a tampering, neither is going to get a captiancy gig anywhere IPL or any other tournament. It's just bad publicity for the team.
 
JattMaula said:
Yes. But Aussie team has banned them from leadership roles and there must be a reason.
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They aren't allowed to captain Australia,(Smith can in 1 year though).

There could be a reason but in their current teams they are the best for the roles. Although with SRH, I have no issues with Williamson leading.
 
jagatk said:
Yes but these were the only idiots who got caught not only tampering but premeditating a tampering, neither is going to get a captiancy gig anywhere IPL or any other tournament. It's just bad publicity for the team.
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Faf has been caught more than once and he is captaning his country.

CA have taken it more seriously.
 
Punjab should win this game. Although they did have acceleration issues in the last game against CSK.
 
Hasan123 said:
Faf has been caught more than once and he is captaning his country.

CA have taken it more seriously.
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Faf is smart, it's not the tampering it's the way you do it. His tampering is basic, use the zipper, use the sweet. There is no sinister plotting element to it. These 2 sort of ruined it for everyone.
 
jagatk said:
Faf is smart, it's not the tampering it's the way you do it. His tampering is basic, use the zipper, use the sweet. There is no sinister plotting element to it. These 2 sort of ruined it for everyone.
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Tampering is tampering. Faf is a serial offender as well.

I think CA took it more seriously than SA board did hence the bans .
 
Hasan123 said:
Tampering is tampering. Faf is a serial offender as well.

I think CA took it more seriously than SA board did hence the bans .
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Have to disagree tampering is common, ball shining that everyone does is a form of tampering. Just don't make it sinister and that is what aussies did. SA board don't take it so seriously because they didn't have to deal with the mess the aussies made nor do the go around their high horse with that hard but fair propoganda, you can't claim not to cheat every chance you get and then get caught cheating so clearly.
 
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Punjab have RR and RCB to come at home. If the could win those 2 , they will fancy themselves to get to the semis.
 
Good innings by Rahul. These sort of innings where he takes the team home consistently and bats till the end can give him more confidence than occasional easy flamboyant 100s! (Those easy 100s will also come later once he gets settled in the team)
 
Imagine if Harbhajan was bought by RCB, he would have been an easy 60-0 (4) target for the opposition! That doesn't mean that players play differently for different teams! It is just about the strategy and ploy! On Chennai slow pitches you need such spinners that's why they bought him! If CSK had Chinnaswamy kind of home pitches, then they would have stacked their team full of aggressive batsmen & skillful pacers!

Dhoni is a master of exploiting average teams! And IPL is full of it, because you can't have 7X8=56 quality Indian players and 4X8 foreign players being restricted & rotated! He will work out plans when there are weaknesses. That's why he didn't miss the opportunity of winning WC at home! If you give him tougher oppositions (current TOP LOI & Test teams and even older overseas Tests) he will be found out!

At the same time he is aptly aided by Quality Franchisee who work hell in compiling the players & devising strategies (similar to how he was aided by a Quality Indian side in his prime captaincy tenure!)
 
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As a dejected RCB fan I request Mr.Russel to hit 70 consecutive sixes of next 70 balls and make a new record as he is a superhuman :))
 
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