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Prediction on IPL retentions

admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:26:55 +0000

1. SRH

Kane Williamson
Manish Pandey
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Rashid Khan

2. MI

Rohit Sharma
Jasprit Bumrah
Hardik Pandya
Kieron Pollard

3. CSK

MS Dhoni
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Faf Du Plessis
Ravindra Jadeja

4. KKR

Andre Russell
Eoin Morgan
Shubhman Gill
Rahul Tripathi

5. RR

Sanju Samson
Evin Lewis
Ben Stokes
Rahul Tewatia

6. DC

Prithvi Shaw
Shikhar Dhawan
Rishabh Pant
Shimron Hetmyer

7. PBKS

KL Rahul
Mayank Agarwal
Mohammad Shami
Nicholas Pooran

8. RCB

Virat Kohli
AB De Villiers
Yuzvendra Chahal
Devdutt Padikkal

Important Conclusions:

Delhi can release Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Shreyas Iyer, Marcus Stoinis & Steve Smith

Hyderabad can release Warner, Nabi, Holder & Roy

Bangalore can release Maxwell, Jamieson & Siraj

Punjab can release Gayle, Markram, Arshpreet & Bishnoi

KKR can release Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib & Narine

CSK can release Bravo, Sam Curran, Hazlewood, Tahir, Rayudu & Raina

MI can release Krunal, Suryakumar, Ishan & Boult

RR can release Buttler, Morris & Mustafizur

Written by Harshit Aggarwal (@CricketChess29 / @harshitaggarwalofficial)

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Playing XI prediction of IPL teams

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:32:13 +0000

It seems that the time flew pretty soon and we are not far away to witness some amazing T20 cricket matches. The Indian Premier League 2021 is starting next week and we are back with our predicted Playing 11 for all the teams:

Rajasthan Royals

Jos Buttler (WK)
Ben Stokes
Sanju Samson (C)
Shivam Dube
Riyan Parag
Rahul Tewatia
Chris Morris
Shreyas Gopal / Mayank
Andrew Tye
Jaydev Unadkat
Kartik Tyagi

Kolkata Knight Riders

Shubhman Gill
Tim Siefert
Nitish Rana
Eoin Morgan (C)
Dinesh Karthik (WK)
Andre Russell
Pat Cummins
Harbhajan Singh
Shivam Mavi
Prasidh Krishna
Varun Chakravarthy

Delhi Capitals

Prithvi Shaw
Shikhar Dhawan
Ajinkya Rahane
Steven Smith
Rishabh Pant (C) (WK)
Marcus Stoinis
Axar Patel
Ravichandran Ashwin
Kagiso Rabada
Anrich Nortje
Ishant Sharma

Punjab Kings

KL Rahul (C) (WK)
Chris Gayle
Dawid Malan
Mayank Agrawal
Nicholas Pooran
Deepak Hooda
Jhye Richardson
Mohammad Shami
Murugan Ashwin
Ravi Bishnoi
Arshdeep Singh

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Devdutt Padikkal
Virat Kohli (C)
Glenn Maxwell
AB Devillers
Mohammad Azheruddin (WK)
Daniel Sams
Washington Sundar
Kyle Jamieson
Navdeep Saini
Mohammad Siraj
Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Jason Roy
Jonny Bairstow (WK)
David Warner (C)
Manish Pandey
Vijay Shankar
Kedar Jadhav
Rashid Khan
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Shahbaz Nadeem
Sandeep Sharma
T Natarajan

Mumbai Indians

Quinton De Kock / Lynn
Rohit Sharma (C)
Suryakumar Yadav
Ishan Kishan (WK)
Kieron Pollard
Hardik Panya
Krunal Pandya
Nathan Coulter Nile
Rahul Chahar
Trent Boult
Jasprit Bumrah

Chennai Super Kings

Cheteshwar Pujara / Ruturaj
Moeen Ali
Suresh Raina
Faf Du Plessis
MS Dhoni (C) (WK)
Ambati Rayudu
Ravindra Jadeja
Sam Curran
Shardul Thakur
Deepak Chahar
DJ Bravo / Tahir

Written by Harshit Aggarwal (@CricketChess29 / @harshitaggarwalofficial)

Note: The selection of Jaydev Unadkat in the predicted playing XI of Rajasthan Royals is the independent view or perspective of the author and the person posting is not endorsing or responsible for the opinion

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Rajasthan Royals IPL 2021 Auction Game Plan

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:32:18 +0000

Heading into IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals have made few shocking changes to their squad. They might be cursing themselves for releasing Ajinkya Rahane last season.

Right from the players to coaches, they are seeking a combination of both young and experienced teammates. The same thinking was reflected in their decision when they released the legendary Steve Smith and also, handed an important position to Kumar Sangakkara.

Analysis of released players from the squad:

1. Steve Smith

It has happened only for the 5th time that management decided to release their captain. To some extent, it was an expected and logical decision as Smith’s performance in Twenty20 on Asian Soil was not up to the mark. He started well in IPL 2020, but he turned down his fortunes by choosing to move down the order.

2. Tom Curran

This was a shocking decision as he was an ideal replacement of Ben Stokes (in case of his injury). Tom brings a lot of power down the order and also capable of completing his bowling quota of four overs.

3. Oshane Thomas

Oshane wasn’t given enough chances to play in IPL and might have done wonders for his team along with Jofra Archer.

4. Robin Uthappa

Traded to CSK this year; Royals didn’t provide him enough chances to build his confidence in IPL 2020. Rajasthan Royals traded him to Old Lions Club (CSK) where he might have to deliver under pressure for next two seasons to prove his capabilities.

Analysis of retained players in the squad:

Jaydev Unadkat

Jaydev hasn’t proved himself worth the IPL money since multiple seasons and was one of the predicted players expected to be released. But the management thought the other way.

The management might have retained him by looking at his potential in domestic season. We are hopeful that this might be the season for Jaydev Unadkat.

David Miller

Miller wasn’t given any chances in the last season. But this season, we might see David Miller as a permanent middle-order batsman. This year might be a do or die season for him in his IPL career.

Players to target in 2021 IPL Auction

Royals should be looking forward to target:

Indian Fast Bowlers:

Umesh Yadav
S. Sreesanth
Lukman Meriwala

Foreign Fast Bowlers:

James Pattinson
Nathan Coulter Nile

Indian Batsmen:

Karun Nair
Siddhesh Lad

Foreign Batsmen:

Alex Carey

Indian All Rounders:

Shivam Dube

Foreign All Rounders:

Chris Morris
Moeen Ali
James Neesham
Fabian Allen
Glenn Maxwell

Royals would be glad if they manage to buy at least three players from the above lot. These players will add the required strength and depth to their depleted side.

Our Playing 11 with Retained Players:

Manan Vohra

Jos Buttler

Sanju Samson

Ben Stokes

Riyan Parag

David Miller

Rahul Tewatia

Jofra Archer

Mayank Markande

Jaydev Unadkat

Kartik Tyagi

- Written by Harshit Aggarwal (@CricketChess29 )

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Once again, it’s Mumbai Indians as IPL champions!

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:08:40 +0000

How difficult it is for every non-Mumbai Indians fan to watch Indian Premier League final every year without grief and without raising a question if IPL is indeed fixed?

In the past 8 years, Mumbai Indians has won the IPL title 5 times when the winning probability of every team is 1/8. Of course, this team is the best team on paper but isn’t Twenty-20 format the most unpredictable format of cricket? We know that mostly the best team wins in a test or a fifty over format but the chances are less in a Twenty-20 format in which a single delivery can change the outcome of a game. So why it is that every time Mumbai Indians emerges as victorious?

This year, the path was easy as the Mumbai Indians performed exceptionally well and remained at top throughout the tournament but that is not the case every year. In past, the team has struggled to reach to the top 4 but still ended up winning the tournament coming from nowhere!

We can’t forget the last year’s final, a closed neck to neck game with Chennai Super Kings which CSK lost due to an erroneous third umpire decision that took the wicket of MS Dhoni by a run-out which was not out as per the viewers who saw the replay from the television screen. Many such games have favoured the Mumbai Indians team more often than any other Indian Premier League franchise.

The team Mumbai Indians has so far won 5*200 million (1000 million) as the prize money which is quite less as compared to their investment in this league. The brand value of Mumbai Indians in 2019 was estimated to be of 8090 million which is huge as compared to their return of investment. So, we are hopeful to see more IPL Trophies coming to the Mumbai Indians franchise in future IPL finals otherwise why would a team spend so much when the return of their investment is not worthy enough?

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RAJASTHAN ROYALS – Pre-tournament (IPL-2019) Analysis

admin — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:25:58 +0000

Rajasthan Royals, the winner of that era when teams were still figuring out the strategies and tactics to progress in the format of T20 cricket. During those days of T20 Cricket, a team having 160 runs to defend was considered as favourites. With the change in time, now the IPL teams are more developed and familiar with T20 format. During the time, there has also been a shift in fortune for Rajasthan Royals as well. From being the winner of season 1 to a team who finds it difficult to make into playoffs. Surely, there is something that went wrong especially with a settled team combination.

Let us get into the analysis of Rajasthan Royals and figure out the right team combination to survive the competition.

IPL 2019 SQUAD

1. Steven Smith

2. Ben Stokes

3. Jos Butler

4. Jofra Archer

5. Ish Sodhi

6. Ajinkya Rahane ©

7. K Gowtham

8. Sanju Samson

9. Shreyas Gopal

10. Aryaman Birla

11. S Midhun

12. Prashant Chopra

13.Stuart Binny

14. Rahul Tripathi

15. Dhawal Kulkarni

16. Mahipal Lomror

17. Jaydev Unadkat

18. Varun Aaron

19. Oshane Thomas

20. Shashank Singh

21. Liam Livingstone

22. Shubham Ranjane

23. Manan Vohra

24. Ashton Turner

25. Riyan Parag

Assuming that all the above players are available for 1st Leg of Indian Premier League.

Rajasthan Royals will play four matches in the 1st leg of Indian Premier League. It will be hard for them to choose a team of 11 players out of 25 contenders. We will try to figure out the best 11 according to the playing conditions and recent form of the players.

Recommended Team for Home Game (Jaipur)

1. Jos Butler (Foreign)

2. Liam Livingstone (Foreign)

3. Ajinkya Rahane ©

4. Sanju Samson (WK)

5. Ben Stokes (Foreign)

6. Mahipal Lomror

7. Krishnappa Gowtham

8. Shreyas Gopal

9. Jaydev Unadkat

10. Varun Aaron

11. Oshane Thomas (Foreign)

Notes:

-Use Oshane Thomas after 6 overs.

-Picked Oshane Thomas over Jofra Archer.

-No Steve Smith in team -Rahane at No 3 due to the top form of English openers.

-No Kulkarni as Jaydev is there for variations.

Recommended Team for Away games (Hyderabad)

Fresh Hyderabad wicket is expected to be in favor of bowlers with the ratio of 51:49

1. Jos Butler

2. Ajinkya Rahane ©

3. Steve Smith

4. Sanju Samson

5. Ben Stokes

6. Mahipal Lomror

7. Krishnappa Gowtham

8. Jofra Archer

9. Shreyas Gopal

10. Dhawal Kulkarni

11. Jaydev Unadkat

Notes:

-Smith over Liam Livingstone because experience is given preference over aggression in these conditions.

-Jofra over Thomas because bowler having experience must be preferred on this wicket.

-Kulkarni preferred over Aaron.

Recommended Team for Away Game (Chennai)

As we are in Lions (MSD) Den we must be very careful with our tactics and strategies.

1. Ajinkya Rahane

2. Sanju Samson

3. Jos Butler

4. Steve Smith

5. Ben Stokes

6. Rahul Tripathi

7. Riyan Parag

8. Jofra Archer

9. Krishnappa Gowtham

10. Dhawal Kulkarni

11. Jaydev Unadkat

Notes:

-This combination is preferred as we need more depth in batting and bowling at Chepauk.

-Riyan Parag will play as an all-rounder.

-Sanju Samson to open due to his experience in Southern pitches.

Note: We would prefer Ish Sodhi over Oshane Thomas at home if it is an Afternoon game.

That is all. If you want to give any suggestions or share us your combination, please comment below. You can also reach at our Twitter handle to share your teams.

- Written by Harshit Aggarwal (@HarshitChesser)

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Ish Sodhi- Performance in debut IPL match against Kings XI Punjab

admin — Tue, 08 May 2018 17:38:03 +0000

After losing three consecutive matches in IPL, Rajasthan Royals made three changes to bring back their team to winning track. Since the game against Kings XI Punjab was Rajasthan Royals last chance to stay in IPL tournament, they brought Ish Sodhi, leg-spinner from New Zealand by replacing Australian batsman D'Arcy Short.

Ish Sodhi who failed to attract any bids in IPL 2018 auction, was signed by Rajasthan Royals as an injury replacement to Afghanistan international Zahir Khan. Sodhi was picked up at his base price of INR 50 lakh. He reached the number one ranking for T20I bowlers in January 2018 and currently at number four position just after Rashid Khan, Shadab Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal.

On his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals, against Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur, Ish Sodhi impressed everyone with his phenomenal bowling. The Punjab bowlers failed to understand his bowling, and that was visible from the first ball that he delivered. In his four overs, he gave just 14 runs and took one wicket that brought Rajasthan Royals back on track after scoring a not-so-impressive 158 runs in their 20 overs.

Overall, Sodhi has picked up 102 wickets in 92 T20s at an average of 23.09 and economy of 7.66.

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Rashid Khan- The bowling sensation in IPL 2018

admin — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 09:00:06 +0000

Rashid Khan, the Afghanistan cricketer made his IPL debut in 2017 Indian Premier League for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He finished the tournament by becoming the sixth-highest wicket-taker and took 17 wickets from 14 matches. In January 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the Associate Cricketer of the Year. This year in February, he became the youngest player to top the ICC Player Rankings for bowlers in ODIs. Along with this, he also topped the ICC Player Rankings for bowlers in T20Is.

During the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, he captained Afghanistan for the first time in an ODI match. And he became the youngest player to captain an international side. Rashid Khan became the youngest bowler to take fastest 100 wickets in ODIs during the final of Cricket World Cup Qualifier against the West Indies. He accomplished this record by playing in just 44 matches to take his 100th dismissal and broke the previous record of 52 games, set by Mitchell Starc.

In IPL auction 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad used right to match to retain Rashid Khan when he was sold to Kings XI Punjab at a price of nine crores. He has so far taken nine wickets in just seven IPL matches and ranked behind Trent Boult and Mayank Markande who have 11 and ten wickets respectively. In a Twenty20 format that is mainly dominated by hard-hitting batsmen, Rashid Khan has bowled 72 dot balls in 28 overs with an economy of 7.17.

Former Australian batsman Dean Jones has also praised Afghanistan's Rashid Khan by saying that he is currently the best leg-spinner in the world and can spin the balls both ways.

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KL Rahul performance in IPL

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:36:03 +0000

No one would have expected that the record of fastest fifty in IPL would be so easy to be broken. The Kings XI Punjab opener KL Rahul broke this record in the just second match of IPL 2018. He took 14 balls to score a blistering half-century against Delhi Daredevils in a run-chase. Before that, Sunil Narine playing for Kolkata Knight Riders took 15 shots against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 IPL season to score a fifty. In 2014 IPL season, Yusuf Pathan playing for Kolkata Knight Riders also took 15 shots to score a fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

KL Rahul has started this IPL season with a bang after being the costliest buy of Kings XI Punjab (11 crores). Let's have a look at his past IPL performances against different opponents.

Team	Match	Innings	Not Out	50's	High Score	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Delhi Daredevils	5	3	0	0	38	74	24.67	132.14
Mumbai Indians	6	6	1	1	68*	197	39.40	115.20
Chennai Super Kings	2	2	0	0	25	30	15.00	85.71
Kolkata Knight Riders	5	3	1	1	52	66	33.00	132.00
Sunrisers Hyderabad	1	1	0	0	11	11	11.00	122.22
Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	2	1	0	44*	50	50.00	147.06
Rajasthan Royals	3	3	0	0	20	40	13.33	97.56

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Most Popular IPL team

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:19:27 +0000

Do you love an IPL team because it has your favourite player in the team? Alternatively, is it because it has your favourite player as captain? Or is it because it has your favourite players as the coach? Do you support an IPL team because it belongs to your city? Or do you support a team because the owner of that team is your inspiration?

There could be so many other reasons for supporting the IPL team of your choice.

The cricket fans generally prefer a team that has strongest international players in their team. Some of them chose their team because of their national cricket team captains. Let us have a look at social media to understand which team has the most number of fans on the internet. This will also give an idea to find out the most popular IPL team.

On Facebook, the two times IPL champion, Kolkata Knight Riders page has the most number of likes with more than 16 million people following the team. The second in the list is Mumbai Indians with more than 12 million likes on Facebook. Though Mumbai Indians have one extra IPL trophy as compared to Kolkata Knight Riders, they are behind KKR regarding popularity on Facebook. One of the reasons behind their popularity might be because of superstar Shah Rukh Khan who is famous globally. The third and fourth teams concerning most numbers of Facebook likes are Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore with more than 11 million and 9 million fans respectively.

The situation is bit twisted when it comes to Twitter. Here, Mumbai Indians has 4.59 million followers and is ahead of Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders who have 3.86 million and 3.72 million followers on this social media platform.

On Instagram, Mumbai Indians is again ahead of all other teams. MI has 1.5 million followers followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore who has 1.4 million followers.

The interesting thing to note here is that Mumbai has an estimated population of 18.41 million people and it is least if compared to any other IPL playing states. Whether it is because of the strong players in the team or because of the most number of IPL trophies or because of the owners that have the most money, this team is certainly the most popular team.

Below is the table depicting the overall impact of IPL teams on different social media platforms.

IPL Team	Facebook	Twitter	Instagram	Average
Mumbai Indians	12,771,571	4.59M	1.5M	6.29M
Kolkata Knight Riders	16,103,464	3.72M	476K	6.77M
Chennai Super Kings	11,817,044	3.86M	405K	5.36M
Royal Challengers Bangalore	9,226,694	2.92M	1.4M	4.52M
Kings XI Punjab	8,397,488	1.71M	515K	3.54M
Sunrisers Hyderabad	5,752,951	1.78 M	395K	2.64M
Delhi Daredevils	4,454,641	1.13M	318K	1.97M
Rajasthan Royals	3,683,632	963 K	184K	1.61M

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IPL 2018 Captains

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:09:39 +0000

The skippers of IPL (Indian Premier League) teams for 2018 season are announced.

Dinesh Karthik will lead the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018 season. He has been a part of IPL since 2008 and, he has played for Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions. This season will be his first with KKR.

Chennai Super Kings is making a comeback in this year IPL after being suspended from past two years. They retained MS Dhoni as their captain for 2018 IPL season who has been with the team since inception. In Dhoni's captaincy, CSK have won two trophies (2010 and 2011 season) and reached four finals.

Led by David Warner for the past three years, Sunrisers Hyderabad has retained their captain for 2018. Warner has been the star of the team ever since he joined SRH in 2014 and even helped his team to lift the IPL trophy in 2016 season.

Virat Kohli is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since the beginning of IPL and as a skipper; he led the team to its first IPL final in 2016 season. An exceptional batsman and captain Kohli is retained as the captain by RCB management for 2018 IPL season.

Gautam Gambhir was associated with Delhi Daredevils till 2010 IPL season, and then he joined Kolkata Knight Riders. He led IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders for seven years, and led them to win two IPL titles, in 2012 and 2014 season. He has been named as the skipper of Delhi Daredevils for the upcoming IPL season.

R Ashwin has been appointed as the captain of Kings XI Punjab IPL 2018 season. Ashwin will be the tenth player to captain KXIP after Glenn Maxwell, Murali Vijay, David Miller and George Bailey among those who have led the side. He played for Chennai Super Kings from 2009 to 2015 and helped the team to win two IPL titles, before spending the 2016 season with Rising Pune Supergiant.

After making a comeback in IPL this year, Rajasthan Royals retained only one player Steve Smith and announced him as the skipper for 2018 IPL season. Steve Smith had been part of the Rajasthan Royals team in 2014 and 2015. He replaced MS Dhoni as the captain of Rising Pune Supergiant last season and scored most runs in his side. He led the team to the final, where they finished second best to Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians has retained Rohit Sharma in IPL season 2018 who has been leading the team since 2013. So far, he is the only captain who has led his team to three IPL titles - 2013, 2015, 2017, which is an exceptional achievement as a captain. Even as a player, he has the third most runs in IPL.

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