IPL Players & 2018 league discussion (& 2019!!)

Inquitus · 25-04-2019 3:39pm

Early wicket for RR who are fielding first, Lynn chopped on.

Inquitus · 25-04-2019 4:19pm

Half way point in the innings KKR are 49-3, so RR doing a great job thus far keeping them under control.

Inquitus · 25-04-2019 4:22pm

Posters curse again, Gopal hit for a 6 and 3 4's of the start of the 11th! Strike rate getting a much needed boost with 25 from that 2nd Gopal over.

Inquitus · 25-04-2019 4:26pm

81-4 Narine run out by a country mile.

Inquitus · 25-04-2019 4:42pm

Karthik doing a good job carrying the team 96-4 after 14, not sure what a good par score is on this ground but if they don't drop any more wickets they should be able to post something competitive enough. Decent bowling effort from the Royals so far!

Inquitus · 26-04-2019 4:02pm

CSK v MI for our Friday afternoon game, important match this for the top of the table. MI off to a relatively slow start but only one wicket down, and this isn't a high scoring ground to date. Avg round the mid 130's-140's it seems. 51-1 off 7 so far for the MI.

Inquitus · 26-04-2019 4:30pm

99-1 off 11, pitch seems to have a bit more pace tonight, looking like MI will post a decent total for CSK to chase.

Inquitus · 26-04-2019 4:37pm

101-3 off 13.1, couple of mishíts holed out in the deep, puts CSK back in a modicum of control, Rohit still in though.

Inquitus · 26-04-2019 5:17pm

155 is a decent total at this ground, CSK very slight favourites in running with the bookies but its pretty close to 50/50,

Inquitus · 26-04-2019 6:50pm

All over for CSK now you'd think, need 15 an over, off the last 4, with 3 wickets in hand on a very tough batting pitch. Loss there of Bravo is probably the game.

Inquitus · 01-05-2019 6:48pm

CSK dominate DC inflicting their lowest score this season while chasing a respectable 180 setup by Dhoni cutting loose towards the end of the CSK innings while batting first.

Inquitus · 02-05-2019 6:23pm

MI v SRH at the Wankhede Stadium, reasonably poised midway through the 2nd innings, SRH chasing 160 odd and well in the hunt, but have dropped a few wickets to date. Important game in different ways for both, MI need the win to secure top 2 and having 2 bites at the cherry of the final while SRH need the win to keep in the hunt for the 4th spot and final playoff spot.

Inquitus · 02-05-2019 6:45pm

Another couple of SHR wickets down, it's certainly not impossible they are right up there with the run rate, just losing a wicket or two too many at this juncture. 106-5, 5 overs remaining, chasing 163 to win. RR required touching 12 now.

Inquitus · 02-05-2019 7:09pm

Down to the wire, 17 required off the last over!

16 off 5, Pandey back on strike.
15 off 4, Nabi back on strike.
9 off 3, Nabi hits a Six.
9 off 2, wicket, Nabi holes out.
7 off 1, Six will tie it, Pandey on strike.
Pandey hits the Six to tie it up.

Super Over!

Inquitus · 02-05-2019 7:34pm

SRH lose their 2 wickets to a run out and a clean bowled, set a target of 9.

Rashid to bowl to Pollard and Pandya in the second over.

First ball goes for 6, 3 left.

All over MI win easy in the Super Over at the end of a thrilling contest, MI now look likely to finish in the Top 2, SRH's qualification is defo well up in the air.

Inquitus · 07-05-2019 5:31pm

MI one of the few teams to win in the regular season in Chennai, CSK won the toss, opted to bat and lost both openers early. They then toiled on the slow surface to 131/4 which is imminently gettable for a decent MI side, currently moving along nicely at 33-2 off of 5.

Winner goes straight through to the Final, loser plays the winner of DC v SRH in another match to determine the 2nd finalist, so effectively 2 bites of the cherry for both teams today wrt to lifting the cup.

Edit: Bit of Trivia, SRH set the record for the lowest points scored to reach the playoffs, a mere 12 out of a possible maximum of 28

Inquitus · 07-05-2019 6:14pm

2 quick wickets 101-4 overs left with 31 required off 36, and a Team hat trick ball is dropped, hard chance, still heavily in MI's favour but might slow them down a bit, we shall see, defo a bit more interesting than the straight forward march to victory I was expecting moments ago!

Inquitus · 10-05-2019 3:45pm

CSK get a little bit on top early in the first, DC 57/3 off 9. Still not quite half way through the first innings mind, so a long way to go. Pant probably the key wicket here now!

Inquitus · 10-05-2019 4:05pm

80-5 off 13, looking good for CSK, Pant still at the crease, he is def the dangerman for DC to get this to a decent total hat can perhaps be defended.

Inquitus · 10-05-2019 4:38pm

119-7 off 18. looks very gettable for CSK unless DC can really hit these last 2 overs hard,

Inquitus · 10-05-2019 4:56pm

150 for CSK to win, imminently chasable, but can be defended you'd think, we'll see how it goes.

Prediction CSK chase it down and we have CSK v MI round 4 in the final, current score 3-0 to MI this IPL.

Inquitus · 10-05-2019 6:03pm

CSK 108-1 off 12, asking rate is under a run a ball, take something truly momentous to mess this up now.

Edit: Posters curse as Watson holes out next ball after getting his 50! 109-2

Inquitus · 10-05-2019 6:28pm

CSK win it handy in the end, MI v CSK on Sunday as I said above MI have a 3-0 record over CSK this season, twice beating them in Chennai, final will be in Hyderebad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

Inquitus · 12-05-2019 4:21pm

MI 110-5 off 16, need to have a good final 4 to post a decent target here. CSK haven't beaten MI in 3 attempts this season, will they do so when it matters most?

Inquitus · 12-05-2019 5:01pm

150 for CSK to win off their 20 overs, bookies give a significant edge to CSK in the in running betting @ 1/2 on versus 2/1 for MI, so I assume 150 is a bit below par for this pitch. Should be an interesting finish to this years IPL!

12-05-2019 7:04pm

Wow, what a final.

Inquitus · 12-05-2019 7:10pm

Aegir wrote: »

Wow, what a final.

Aye, great final, have to conclude that the ridiculous Watson run out probably decided the match. I thought a super over was likely on the cards, but what an excellent yorker from Malinga to finish the job, especially after he got carted all round the ground by Watson on his previous over, an over that brought CSK back into the match. Great tournament!

IPL Players & 2018 league discussion (& 2019!!)

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