Bitcointalk IPL Prediction Pool & Discussion

[Vishnu.Reang]

This round is disaster for me as well. For now only 2 wins and 2nd from bottom and previous round ended up being 2nd from top  . So, anything is possible, and I would not rule out Rajavu, roysesuper, RapTarX and deadley who are at 5 points. One match where they take 2 points and any of the top 3 miss that so it will be equal and will depend upon other matches. Since we have 3 matches, so we have good chance for them as well to make it to top.

Three matches are remaining, but apart from today's match the remaining two are more or less predictable. KKR vs CSK is going to be a lop-sided contest, despite the fact that CSK won their last match. I don't expect Watson and du Plessis to rescue them every time. Regarding the last match (SRH vs KXIP), since Bhuvneshwar Kumar is injured, I would assume that KXIP is having a fair amount of advantage.

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[Little Mouse]

Who are you taking? I'm probably going with MI to have easy win tonight. What do you think?
Who is hector on superbru? I can't see his name here but it seems like it's amishmanish here as he doesn't have a udername here.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Who are you taking? I'm probably going with MI to have easy win tonight. What do you think?
Who is hector on superbru? I can't see his name here but it seems like it's amishmanish here as he doesn't have a udername here.

Mumbai Indians have the momentum with them. They have won their last two matches, while the Rajasthan Royals lost their last two. MI had a disappointing start to this season, but now they are making up for it. On the other hand, RR had such an explosive start, but now their momentum seems to be waning. I will be going with MI, and as I can see almost 80% of those in the pool have picked Mumbai.

[JSRAW]

Who are you taking? I'm probably going with MI to have easy win tonight. What do you think?
Who is hector on superbru? I can't see his name here but it seems like it's amishmanish here as he doesn't have a udername here.

Mumbai Indians have the momentum with them. They have won their last two matches, while the Rajasthan Royals lost their last two. MI had a disappointing start to this season, but now they are making up for it. On the other hand, RR had such an explosive start, but now their momentum seems to be waning. I will be going with MI, and as I can see almost 80% of those in the pool have picked Mumbai.

Royal's fortune might change again, once Ben Stokes join the team, poor guy still stuck at the quarantine. For now MI seems favourite, question is what margin...  

[teosanru]

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Holy cow Siraj...... took a wicket

Hahah you are underestimating Siraj Man. He has bowled pretty nice in domestic bowling and even had some good matches while in SRH. But yes after coming into RCB his performance has been nightmare.

He surprised me with his bowling yesterday, he did pretty good job. Giving breakthrough to his team and taking Pant's wicket after getting hit for six was very good comeback but but one isolated performance is not going to change anything lol

Haha he is a talented bowler but obviously so far hasn't proved his worth. IPL this year is really harsh for bowlers. Types of grounds like sharjah especially are the main problem for the bowlers. I doubt one can find any good bowlers in this type of tournament. But yes Siraj has just bowled well in domestic cricket only not in IPL so far. Even Shivam Mavi is another great young pacer he has played well so far in this IPL let's see if he is able to perform his best or not.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Royal's fortune might change again, once Ben Stokes join the team, poor guy still stuck at the quarantine. For now MI seems favourite, question is what margin...  

Do you know when his quarantine period is going to end? This is going to be such a life changing moment for the Rajasthan Royals. I just hope that he doesn't get included in today's match, because I made a bet in favor of MI. If they include Stokes in the playing XI, then most probably Tom Curran will be dropped. I don't think that they are going to drop Jos Buttler/Steve Smith/Jofra Archer.

[JSRAW]

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Haha he is a talented bowler but obviously so far hasn't proved his worth. IPL this year is really harsh for bowlers. Types of grounds like sharjah especially are the main problem for the bowlers. I doubt one can find any good bowlers in this type of tournament. But yes Siraj has just bowled well in domestic cricket only not in IPL so far. Even Shivam Mavi is another great young pacer he has played well so far in this IPL let's see if he is able to perform his best or not.

SRH and MI bowlers did okay job in Sharjah in the last game. BCCI trying hard for Shiraj and Khaleel they are even regular member in India A team but as soon as they comes in international arena they fails and i feel Sandeep Saini is going to outplay both of them as far as selection is concern.

Shivam Mavi and other young bowlers like Nagarkoti are young and they should be fine as long as they are not facing more injury.

Royal's fortune might change again, once Ben Stokes join the team, poor guy still stuck at the quarantine. For now MI seems favourite, question is what margin...  

Do you know when his quarantine period is going to end? This is going to be such a life changing moment for the Rajasthan Royals. I just hope that he doesn't get included in today's match, because I made a bet in favor of MI. If they include Stokes in the playing XI, then most probably Tom Curran will be dropped. I don't think that they are going to drop Jos Buttler/Steve Smith/Jofra Archer.

6 days quarntine so 4-5 more days to go. Yeah Tom Curran was his replacement in the Squad so he might get dropped.

[Little Mouse]

Royal's fortune might change again, once Ben Stokes join the team, poor guy still stuck at the quarantine. For now MI seems favourite, question is what margin...  

I have changed my mind now. MI had lost their ground in this ground against CSK while batting first. I'm expecting that will repeat again. Moreover, MI don't have good records against RR within last few years. Let's see what happen tonight.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Royal's fortune might change again, once Ben Stokes join the team, poor guy still stuck at the quarantine. For now MI seems favourite, question is what margin...  

I have changed my mind now. MI had lost their ground in this ground against CSK while batting first. I'm expecting that will repeat again. Moreover, MI don't have good records against RR within last few years. Let's see what happen tonight.

Remember that this ground (Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi) has the longest boundaries out of all the IPL grounds. So if MI score somewhere around 170-180, then it is going to be a par score (even against Smith/Samson/Buttler). Right now they are 148/4, with 2.4 overs to go. So I guess they can achieve a score in excess of 170. I would still say that MI is having the advantage here. Anything above 180 would be a match winning total.

[Pffrt]

Remember that this ground (Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi) has the longest boundaries out of all the IPL grounds.

You are right, average batting first score is 165 in this ground and MI scored far above that. I doubt RR would win the match, they have lost Jaiswal. The guy got back to the team but failed to get impressed once again. Anyway, although I want MI to win, but would love to see a competition.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Rajasthan Royals 12/3 after 3 overs. Samson, Smith and Jaiswal back at pavilion. I would have written them off at this point, but you never know. They have Lord Tewatia at no.6. Jos Buttler and Mahipal Lomror at the crease right now, and they may try to build a partnership. But they need to remind that the required run rate has already climbed above the 10 runs per over level. Both these batsmen don't have much time to settle in.

[Pffrt]

They have Lord Tewatia at no.6. Jos Buttler and Mahipal Lomror at the crease right now, and they may try to build a partnership.

If you pick RR and Lord Tewatia had another successful chase, I would be sure that you are fixing matches  Such a bad batting from RR. Unless Butler get a ssignificant hit tonight, there's no chance for RR. RR is supposed to be the second best batting line uo in my opinion but they couldn't show great performance other than the fixed match.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

after a disaster first round, somehow I am managing good in this round and the last round too. I am happy.

Same here, was a real disaster during the initial stages but this round somehow i am picking good winning some but still not getting the margin right.

Rajasthan Royals batting is disappointing, i did not expect them to win but i expected it to be a close match but another one sided loss by Rajasthan Royals.

Tomorrow will see whether CSK to perform and be consistent and perform like they did in the last match.

[Haunebu]

Rajastan Royals batting is disappointing, i did not expect them to win but i expected it to be a close match but another one sided loss by Rajasthan Royals.

Tomorrow will see whether CSK to perform and be consistent and perform like they did in the last match.

The game changing moment in the RR vs MI match was the insane catch by Pollard which led to Buttler getting out who was pretty much set for a century. Their excellent fielding this season is what makes MI so strong when compared to other teams.

In the CSK vs KKR match, I bet on KKR since CSK is is still very inconsistent currently while KKR have been consistently playing well so far.

[Indymoney]

Rajastan Royals batting is disappointing, i did not expect them to win but i expected it to be a close match but another one sided loss by Rajasthan Royals.

Tomorrow will see whether CSK to perform and be consistent and perform like they did in the last match.

The game changing moment in the RR vs MI match was the insane catch by Pollard which led to Buttler getting out who was pretty much set for a century. Their excellent fielding this season is what makes MI so strong when compared to other teams.

In the CSK vs KKR match, I bet on KKR since CSK is is still very inconsistent currently while KKR have been consistently playing well so far.

In current Situation KKR is much better then CSK but still this could be very interesting match as CSK trying hard for fighting back in IPL but I am feeling KKR can win this match as they are in good shape instead of CSK which is really unpredictable side for this season.

[Vishnu.Reang]

In the CSK vs KKR match, I bet on KKR since CSK is is still very inconsistent currently while KKR have been consistently playing well so far.

Same here. CSK's last victory was a fluke and I don't expect them to repeat it today. Individual performances by Du Plessis and Watson was responsible for their victory against the KXIP. Apart from these two, the other batsmen look out of form. It is still not too late to include Suresh Raina to the squad. N Srinivasan needs to lower his ego and allow Raina to rejoin the CSK squad.

[Pffrt]

The game changing moment in the RR vs MI match was the insane catch by Pollard which led to Buttler getting out who was pretty much set for a century.

Not true really, run rate was so high that it was almost impossible to chase from that situation. However, if Butler could play till the end, may be it was possible. The catch by Pollard was not really a good one in my opinion. Pollard had enough time to go back and make the catch easy. Instead he didn't go back which made the catch a little bit harder for him.

[Pffrt]

And Raina is also may not ale to play as before due to the lack of practice in this year.

I doubt he would perform good anymore. He is outside of cricket for a long time now, not so fit as he was back in the day. Well Chennai now has balanced themselves. They may not be champion in this season but they will be in top 4 for sure.
I have picked CSK but seems like most of topper has gone with KKR tonight.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

~In the CSK vs KKR match, I bet on KKR since CSK is is still very inconsistent currently while KKR have been consistently playing well so far.

I was confused on picking the team but then i went with CSK, KKR started well but they fell short in the end as they were supposed to score above 180 runs and CSK pulled back perfectly and it is a score they can chase. The fielding was better and Bravo coming into the team is making a big difference and so is the reason they were able to pick up all their wickets.

Go CSK .

[Haunebu]

The catch by Pollard was not really a good one in my opinion. Pollard had enough time to go back and make the catch easy. Instead he didn't go back which made the catch a little bit harder for him.

How was that catch not a good one? It was amazing. Watching it in slow motion took the breath away of both the commentators and me. The way he juggled the ball and still caught it was impressive. Amazing indeed.

Karn came in the place of Chawla so bit more depth in the batting and also 6 bowling options for Dhoni again.

Karn did a good job. Tripathi literally scored 70% of the score by himself. The rest of the team was mostly pathetic, but I still feel that 167 is a decent total.