T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[mersal]

But only 4 overseas players are allowed to play so Faf, Curran, Bravo can be considered as permanent players so there is only one spot left which means this year also Tahir has fewer chances if CSK planned to buy a specialist's fast bowler or opening batsman. IPL 2021 is not too far away from now because it is expected to begin in the last week of March 2021.

Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran are like guaranteed slots in the playing XI and the only question is regarding who will be the other two overseas players. Dwayne Bravo played only 6 matches for CSK in 2020, and his performance was unimpressive. And after the IPL, he is yet to figure in a competitive cricket match. Same goes for Tahir as well. He also had fitness issues and played only a few matches during the the last IPL.

Bravo got injured in the early stages of last IPL season that is why he got ruled out for few weeks but later in the stage, he was included and at that time CSK already lost their hope of getting into the qualifiers. I don't think he was injured after that so he will be completely fit to play for CSK.

[bryant.coleman]

Bravo got injured in the early stages of last IPL season that is why he got ruled out for few weeks but later in the stage, he was included and at that time CSK already lost their hope of getting into the qualifiers. I don't think he was injured after that so he will be completely fit to play for CSK.

Right now it will be premature to say whether Bravo will be a permanent fixture or not. CSK is already playing with so many players over the age of 37-38, and Bravo is another addition to that list. I am sure that during the upcoming auctions they will try hard to purchase some of the younger emerging players. Once we know the team roster for 2021, it will be possible to calculate the chances of players such as Bravo and Tahir.

[aysg76]

Right now it will be premature to say whether Bravo will be a permanent fixture or not. CSK is already playing with so many players over the age of 37-38, and Bravo is another addition to that list. I am sure that during the upcoming auctions they will try hard to purchase some of the younger emerging players. Once we know the team roster for 2021, it will be possible to calculate the chances of players such as Bravo and Tahir.

Exactly, but even retaining Bravo was not a good idea I guess. He has not performed well in 2 seasons in a row now. CSK has Jadeja and Curran who fulfils the role of all-rounders. They could have targeted a good seam option in place of Bravo.

[mersal]

Right now it will be premature to say whether Bravo will be a permanent fixture or not. CSK is already playing with so many players over the age of 37-38, and Bravo is another addition to that list. I am sure that during the upcoming auctions they will try hard to purchase some of the younger emerging players. Once we know the team roster for 2021, it will be possible to calculate the chances of players such as Bravo and Tahir.

Exactly, but even retaining Bravo was not a good idea I guess. He has not performed well in 2 seasons in a row now. CSK has Jadeja and Curran who fulfils the role of all-rounders. They could have targeted a good seam option in place of Bravo.

Bravo was doing exceptionally well in the death overs and if the last season laid in the Chepauk then it could be a different story because CSK got the players to bowl in that slow conditions so I don't think CSK will remove the Bravo from their playing XI in this season.

Bravo is more of a bowling all-rounder and hit big sixes in the last few balls and he was match-winner for CSK on many occasions.

[bryant.coleman]

Bravo was doing exceptionally well in the death overs and if the last season laid in the Chepauk then it could be a different story because CSK got the players to bowl in that slow conditions so I don't think CSK will remove the Bravo from their playing XI in this season.

Bravo is more of a bowling all-rounder and hit big sixes in the last few balls and he was match-winner for CSK on many occasions.

There is no doubt that Dwayne Bravo is one of the legends of T20 cricket. But similar to what happened with other West Indies players such as Chris Gayle and Andre Fletcher, age seems to have taken its toll on him. Now it is the turn of younger players such as Nicholas Pooran Shimron Hetmyer and Evin Lewis to take the legacy forward. 36-37 year olds may perform well in test cricket. But in T20 cricket, it gets tough for them. Even Indian players such as Dhoni, Kathik and Uthappa struggled in last year's IPL.

[mersal]

Bravo was doing exceptionally well in the death overs and if the last season laid in the Chepauk then it could be a different story because CSK got the players to bowl in that slow conditions so I don't think CSK will remove the Bravo from their playing XI in this season.

Bravo is more of a bowling all-rounder and hit big sixes in the last few balls and he was match-winner for CSK on many occasions.

There is no doubt that Dwayne Bravo is one of the legends of T20 cricket. But similar to what happened with other West Indies players such as Chris Gayle and Andre Fletcher, age seems to have taken its toll on him. Now it is the turn of younger players such as Nicholas Pooran Shimron Hetmyer and Evin Lewis to take the legacy forward. 36-37 year olds may perform well in test cricket. But in T20 cricket, it gets tough for them. Even Indian players such as Dhoni, Kathik and Uthappa struggled in last year's IPL.

CSK known for playing with the oldest squad among all the franchise which is also one of the reason why they were consistent because they know each other well so they can play accordingly. We know that this year CSK is going to make some changes in their squad so they will keep players like Bravo in the playing XI to maintain the dressing room to be familiar, making too much shuffle also can cause more damage to the team when they were playing.

[JSRAW]

To all IPL nerds...

CSK drawing all the attention here in this thread. Please do think about Virat Koolli too   You guys should give some footage to his team too  . Star players, 13 IPL seasons still no Trophy for RCB.

[Sithara007]

To all IPL nerds...

CSK drawing all the attention here in this thread. Please do think about Virat Koolli too   You guys should give some footage to his team too  . Star players, 13 IPL seasons still no Trophy for RCB.

At least in the case of RCB, the emerging players are having a better chance to get the national team selection (thanks to Kohli/Shastri). RCB used to be one of my favorite teams when the IPL started in 2008. But a combination of various factors, including bullying from Kohli at the field and poor sportsman spirit from the players made sure that I no longer support them. As long as Kohli remains the captain, I don't expect them to win the trophy.

[JSRAW]

To all IPL nerds...

CSK drawing all the attention here in this thread. Please do think about Virat Koolli too  You guys should give some footage to his team too  . Star players, 13 IPL seasons still no Trophy for RCB.

At least in the case of RCB, the emerging players are having a better chance to get the national team selection (thanks to Kohli/Shastri). RCB used to be one of my favorite teams when the IPL started in 2008. But a combination of various factors, including bullying from Kohli at the field and poor sportsman spirit from the players made sure that I no longer support them. As long as Kohli remains the captain, I don't expect them to win the trophy.

One should never expect good thing from any franchise if there is no accountability from the Captain and management. He's fail every time as captain still his ego is so big that he's not even thinking of stepping down as captain and management doesn't have a spine either.  

Gambhir, Ashwin, Sehwag, Smith, DK, Rahane etc we have countless examples but no rules for Kohli.

[bryant.coleman]

One should never expect good thing from any franchise if there is no accountability from the Captain and management. He's fail every time as captain still his ego is so big that he's not even thinking of stepping down as captain and management doesn't have a spine either.  

Gambhir, Ashwin, Sehwag, Smith, DK, Rahane etc we have countless examples but no rules for Kohli.

LOL.. what do you expect from RCB? Even the BCCI doesn't have enough courage to replace Kohli with Rahane as the test captain for the national side. And here you are talking about the possibility of such an action coming from the RCB management? The chances are very remote. In all probability Kohli will be the captain of the RCB squad for the next 5 years and he will handpick the playing XI.

[mersal]

To all IPL nerds...

CSK drawing all the attention here in this thread. Please do think about Virat Koolli too   You guys should give some footage to his team too  . Star players, 13 IPL seasons still no Trophy for RCB.

He is kind of cursed when it comes to captaincy I think especially in IPL, nothing goes in his way even if he is giving his 100%!

They got the star players and also bought T20 specialist batsmen in the past but they were wrong most of the time.

RCB swapped too much players from season to season so there is not much of chemistry between the new players so they end up badly.

[ene1980]

CSK drawing all the attention here in this thread. Please do think about Virat Koolli too   You guys should give some footage to his team too  . Star players, 13 IPL seasons still no Trophy for RCB.

If you are leading the team and never won the title, you need to change the captain and let AB de Villiers lead the team, they already released Aaron Finch, Chris Morris and Moeen Ali which i think is a big blunder and i am not sure who they will be picking, may be they might look for Glenn Maxwell, but he never performed well in the IPL.
They need a quality spinner and a new ball bowler that could contain the runs.

[JSRAW]

In parallel world Kohli would never utter the words like Behan Chod aka Ben Stokes but he's product of Delhi and if i am being completely honest then its ingrained in majority of Delhiites, men and women. The ones living in foreign land crave for something, which is related to their land and when its comes to cricket then its common word which unites everyone. Even Dravidian who hates Hindi due to political reasons love the word Behan chod in the cricketing field, i witnessed this every now n then on daily basis.

Having said that Kohli is panuti for RCB and Indian team, no doubt but give some credit to this spoil brat for uniting us. 

[aysg76]

CSK drawing all the attention here in this thread. Please do think about Virat Koolli too   You guys should give some footage to his team too  . Star players, 13 IPL seasons still no Trophy for RCB.

If you are leading the team and never won the title, you need to change the captain and let AB de Villiers lead the team, they already released Aaron Finch, Chris Morris and Moeen Ali which i think is a big blunder and i am not sure who they will be picking, may be they might look for Glenn Maxwell, but he never performed well in the IPL.
They need a quality spinner and a new ball bowler that could contain the runs.

They have one quality spinner Chahal and in Banglore's ground, they won't need the second spinner. So they must invest in quality fast bowler.

[mersal]

They have one quality spinner Chahal and in Banglore's ground, they won't need the second spinner. So they must invest in quality fast bowler.

They even had Starc in their squad but it didn't change any changes in their history. Currently, RCB is loaded with young Indian talents like Sundar, Chahal, Siraj, Saini,etc but the one pace bowler is certainly missing who can clock 150kmph but due to the small ground it also end up bad for RCB. I think this year they need to invest on a good opening player which is the one lacking for them and Kohli and ABD come to the crease too early which shattered their entire plan.

[7788bitcoin]

They even had Starc in their squad but it didn't change any changes in their history. Currently, RCB is loaded with young Indian talents like Sundar, Chahal, Siraj, Saini,etc but the one pace bowler is certainly missing who can clock 150kmph but due to the small ground it also end up bad for RCB. I think this year they need to invest on a good opening player which is the one lacking for them and Kohli and ABD come to the crease too early which shattered their entire plan.

RCB plays in small grounds, i have no idea about that. If that is the case they need to acquire spinners like Ashwin who have variety in their arsenal and having pace bowlers who can hit 150 kmph will not help them if the ground is small as any miss hit will go above the boundary, they need a bowler who could hit the yorkers and mix up the pace and their weakest link is quality bowlers.

[eaLiTy]

Even Dravidian who hates Hindi due to political reasons love the word Behan chod in the cricketing field, i witnessed this every now n then on daily basis.

I speak Dravidian languages and i do not hate Hindi and i do speak Hindi and other languages as well but the hate begins when someone forces these languages, and these forces happens due to political reasons. Tamil is considered to be the oldest language in the world and if anyone is forcing Hindi then going by that standard then you need to speak Tamil as well, no one is forcing Tamil and no one dictates what we speak as well .
By the way Tamil is not my mother tongue but i do speak the language and just want to point out the reason and it is not about hate.

Having said that Kohli is panuti for RCB and Indian team, no doubt but give some credit to this spoil brat for uniting us. 

RCB will not replace Kohli as the captain and he needs to learn about picking his team as well. All these years he is not too much focused to picking the right team with the perfect bowlers to win the cup but only focus on batting and so is the reason they never won the tournament.

[mersal]

They even had Starc in their squad but it didn't change any changes in their history. Currently, RCB is loaded with young Indian talents like Sundar, Chahal, Siraj, Saini,etc but the one pace bowler is certainly missing who can clock 150kmph but due to the small ground it also end up bad for RCB. I think this year they need to invest on a good opening player which is the one lacking for them and Kohli and ABD come to the crease too early which shattered their entire plan.

RCB plays in small grounds, i have no idea about that. If that is the case they need to acquire spinners like Ashwin who have variety in their arsenal and having pace bowlers who can hit 150 kmph will not help them if the ground is small as any miss hit will go above the boundary, they need a bowler who could hit the yorkers and mix up the pace and their weakest link is quality bowlers.

RCB is having Chahal and Sundar so they won't be buying any spinners but they need a pace bowler who can bowl at the death and take wickets when it's needed for their team to win which is missing in my opinion. Also, there are some articles on social media about an RCB wish list for the 2021 auction and Steve Smith and maxwell in it, don't know about the Maxwell but they might target Smother for sure and they also have 35 crores to spend.

[Sithara007]

They have one quality spinner Chahal and in Banglore's ground, they won't need the second spinner. So they must invest in quality fast bowler.

They even had Starc in their squad but it didn't change any changes in their history. Currently, RCB is loaded with young Indian talents like Sundar, Chahal, Siraj, Saini,etc but the one pace bowler is certainly missing who can clock 150kmph but due to the small ground it also end up bad for RCB. I think this year they need to invest on a good opening player which is the one lacking for them and Kohli and ABD come to the crease too early which shattered their entire plan.

Apart from Sundar, all of the other players listed here are known for their arrogance. Saini got away with two intentional beamers during last year's IPL (against Marcus Stoinis of Delhi Capitals and then against Rahul Tewatia of Rajasthan Royals). In any other country, this would have resulted in a life ban. On both the occasions, rather than apologizing, Kohli was encouraging this sort of disgusting behavior.

[eaLiTy]

Saini got away with two intentional beamers during last year's IPL (against Marcus Stoinis of Delhi Capitals and then against Rahul Tewatia of Rajasthan Royals). In any other country, this would have resulted in a life ban. On both the occasions, rather than apologizing, Kohli was encouraging this sort of disgusting behavior.

There is a correction here, bowling beamers will not attract a life ban according to the laws of cricket. In an innings you will get a warning for the first beamer and if you ball another beamer in the same innings you will be banned to bowl in that innings.

MCC tried to change this rule to one beamer and you are out of the innings from bowling but there were many critics against that change and hence they are still continuing with the old rule.