Bitcointalk IPL Prediction Pool & Discussion

[teosanru]

Everyone should bow down to Lord Tewatia, he can do anything on his day. No one even expecting that they could win the game after losing Stokes-Buttler-Smith-Samon but Tewatia has other plans as he's one true demi god who could %$k up all your calculation anytime

Well man thanks to lord Tewatia I won a point after around 9 matches. I thought I am going to lose this one again but he really has some magical touch in his batting. He bats pretty cunningly with keeping field in mind. The way he batted to Rashid Khan was best example of this. Sharjah was a small ground so that win could have been called a lucky thing but this innings today was insane. And kudos to Riyan Parag also he too had equal contribution in this win. God knows on what basis RR decided to open up with Stokes. i think it's better if they try to open with Riyan Parag and Steve Smith.

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[AB de Royse777]

This can be the life-changing moment for Rajasthan Royals. Middle order was their sole issue. They have very strong top order (Samson, Smith, Buttler.etc) and good pace bowling lineup (Archer, Tyagi.etc). The addition of Stokes transform Rajasthan Royals to one of the most perfectly balanced teams in this IPL. On top of that, his addition to the team should lift the morale as well.

RR managed to win the match but it was again because of Tewatia and some contribution from Parag at the end. There were no other batsman even the presence of Stokes was not working. Yes, they have deep batting line-up, but they are lacking to play their batsmen in the right position. Too many experiments are costing them.

Everyone should bow down to Lord Tewatia, he can do anything on his day. No one even expecting that they could win the game after losing Stokes-Buttler-Smith-Samon but Tewatia has other plans as he's one true demi god who could %$k up all your calculation anytime

Well man thanks to lord Tewatia I won a point after around 9 matches. I thought I am going to lose this one again but he really has some magical touch in his batting. He bats pretty cunningly with keeping field in mind. The way he batted to Rashid Khan was best example of this. Sharjah was a small ground so that win could have been called a lucky thing but this innings today was insane. And kudos to Riyan Parag also he too had equal contribution in this win. God knows on what basis RR decided to open up with Stokes. i think it's better if they try to open with Riyan Parag and Steve Smith.

Tewatia seems to me a match winner at - least he was the key to win two matches out of their 3 wins they managed. But for some reason I did not like his attitude after the first match win where he had 4 six and 1 four in one over. I read an interview after the match and there he sounded like an over confident arrogant young man. He has a long way to go, and he really needs to act polite. No one likes an arrogant, disrespectful creature.

[JSRAW]

Tewatia seems to me a match winner at - least he was the key to win two matches out of their 3 wins they managed. But for some reason I did not like his attitude after the first match win where he had 4 six and 1 four in one over. I read an interview after the match and there he sounded like an over confident arrogant young man. He has a long way to go, and he really needs to act polite. No one likes an arrogant, disrespectful creature.

Not sure where you read that but I got the chance to watch post match presentation where he hit 5 sixes in an over against punjab. Seemed pretty straight forward statement to me, he was just talking about the first phase of inning and admitted that was the worst first 20 balls that he has ever played.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Not sure where you read that but I got the chance to watch post match presentation where he hit 5 sixes in an over against punjab. Seemed pretty straight forward statement to me, he was just talking about the first phase of inning and admitted that was the worst first 20 balls that he has ever played.

Even i did not find anything odd as it was a straight forward statement as he was struggling to connect the ball in that match and the pressure was mounting and watching the highlights it was golden and Tewatia looks like a soft spoken person from the highlights i have seen and even today he took the game till the end and won the game for them.

[teosanru]

This can be the life-changing moment for Rajasthan Royals. Middle order was their sole issue. They have very strong top order (Samson, Smith, Buttler.etc) and good pace bowling lineup (Archer, Tyagi.etc). The addition of Stokes transform Rajasthan Royals to one of the most perfectly balanced teams in this IPL. On top of that, his addition to the team should lift the morale as well.

RR managed to win the match but it was again because of Tewatia and some contribution from Parag at the end. There were no other batsman even the presence of Stokes was not working. Yes, they have deep batting line-up, but they are lacking to play their batsmen in the right position. Too many experiments are costing them.

Everyone should bow down to Lord Tewatia, he can do anything on his day. No one even expecting that they could win the game after losing Stokes-Buttler-Smith-Samon but Tewatia has other plans as he's one true demi god who could %$k up all your calculation anytime

Well man thanks to lord Tewatia I won a point after around 9 matches. I thought I am going to lose this one again but he really has some magical touch in his batting. He bats pretty cunningly with keeping field in mind. The way he batted to Rashid Khan was best example of this. Sharjah was a small ground so that win could have been called a lucky thing but this innings today was insane. And kudos to Riyan Parag also he too had equal contribution in this win. God knows on what basis RR decided to open up with Stokes. i think it's better if they try to open with Riyan Parag and Steve Smith.

Tewatia seems to me a match winner at - least he was the key to win two matches out of their 3 wins they managed. But for some reason I did not like his attitude after the first match win where he had 4 six and 1 four in one over. I read an interview after the match and there he sounded like an over confident arrogant young man. He has a long way to go, and he really needs to act polite. No one likes an arrogant, disrespectful creature.

Yeah even this match he had some sort of an argument but I don't exactly know who was at fault but I don't think he could play for team India. So on your point that he has a great career ahead. He might become a great IPL player but so far his stats Don't add up to make him play for India. Reason is simple he is roughly 28 now. Moreover so far I don't think he has either a developed batting or bowling. He is more like Vijay shankar. Can bat and can bowl but not great at both. He either has to come up the order once or twice and play dependable innings to be selected for national team because there is already too much competition in the National team.

Tewatia seems to me a match winner at - least he was the key to win two matches out of their 3 wins they managed. But for some reason I did not like his attitude after the first match win where he had 4 six and 1 four in one over. I read an interview after the match and there he sounded like an over confident arrogant young man. He has a long way to go, and he really needs to act polite. No one likes an arrogant, disrespectful creature.

Not sure where you read that but I got the chance to watch post match presentation where he hit 5 sixes in an over against punjab. Seemed pretty straight forward statement to me, he was just talking about the first phase of inning and admitted that was the worst first 20 balls that he has ever played.

That match is the reason why many people think IPL is fixed. A friend of mine had a heated argument with me saying how can a batsmen who wasn't even able to defend the ball in first 20 balls starts hitting sixes like Yuvraj Singh. It's fishy   

[Vishnu.Reang]

Yeah even this match he had some sort of an argument but I don't exactly know who was at fault but I don't think he could play for team India. So on your point that he has a great career ahead. He might become a great IPL player but so far his stats Don't add up to make him play for India. Reason is simple he is roughly 28 now. Moreover so far I don't think he has either a developed batting or bowling. He is more like Vijay shankar. Can bat and can bowl but not great at both. He either has to come up the order once or twice and play dependable innings to be selected for national team because there is already too much competition in the National team.

It was not Tewatia's fault. He is a soft-spoken and mild natured person, who normally ignore provocations. But yesterday Khaleel Ahmed sledged him during the 20th over and Tewatia was complaining to the umpire about the words that were used by the bowler. He was very upset that he took the issue with the SRH captain, even after the match was finished. Khaleel tried to downplay the issue and ignore it after the match.

[Little Mouse]

After losing points in 6 consecutive matches, managed to get 2 point yesterday from the Rajasthan and Mumbai match. It was really a point losing disaster for me. Credit goes to Tewatia of course.
What's wrong with superbru? Although I have picked tonight's match, I can't see the match in the list.

[AB de Royse777]

This can be the life-changing moment for Rajasthan Royals. Middle order was their sole issue. They have very strong top order (Samson, Smith, Buttler.etc) and good pace bowling lineup (Archer, Tyagi.etc). The addition of Stokes transform Rajasthan Royals to one of the most perfectly balanced teams in this IPL. On top of that, his addition to the team should lift the morale as well.

RR managed to win the match but it was again because of Tewatia and some contribution from Parag at the end. There were no other batsman even the presence of Stokes was not working. Yes, they have deep batting line-up, but they are lacking to play their batsmen in the right position. Too many experiments are costing them.

Everyone should bow down to Lord Tewatia, he can do anything on his day. No one even expecting that they could win the game after losing Stokes-Buttler-Smith-Samon but Tewatia has other plans as he's one true demi god who could %$k up all your calculation anytime

Well man thanks to lord Tewatia I won a point after around 9 matches. I thought I am going to lose this one again but he really has some magical touch in his batting. He bats pretty cunningly with keeping field in mind. The way he batted to Rashid Khan was best example of this. Sharjah was a small ground so that win could have been called a lucky thing but this innings today was insane. And kudos to Riyan Parag also he too had equal contribution in this win. God knows on what basis RR decided to open up with Stokes. i think it's better if they try to open with Riyan Parag and Steve Smith.

Tewatia seems to me a match winner at - least he was the key to win two matches out of their 3 wins they managed. But for some reason I did not like his attitude after the first match win where he had 4 six and 1 four in one over. I read an interview after the match and there he sounded like an over confident arrogant young man. He has a long way to go, and he really needs to act polite. No one likes an arrogant, disrespectful creature.

Yeah even this match he had some sort of an argument but I don't exactly know who was at fault but I don't think he could play for team India. So on your point that he has a great career ahead. He might become a great IPL player but so far his stats Don't add up to make him play for India. Reason is simple he is roughly 28 now. Moreover so far I don't think he has either a developed batting or bowling. He is more like Vijay shankar. Can bat and can bowl but not great at both. He either has to come up the order once or twice and play dependable innings to be selected for national team because there is already too much competition in the National team.

I did not know he is 28, he looked to me younger than this. Matter of fact that I have never heard of him before the match against KXIP. So my guess was he is in very early stage in his career.

About the arrogance, yes it was the post match interview. In one part he was saying something like this, "No one need to tell me my role, I have been with the team for one month and I know very well about my role". Not sure how you guys take it but to me that's over confidence and his attitude when he said was not looking normal to me. I could be wrong on observing him by the way.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I did not know he is 28, he looked to me younger than this. Matter of fact that I have never heard of him before the match against KXIP. So my guess was he is in very early stage in his career.

About the arrogance, yes it was the post match interview. In one part he was saying something like this, "No one need to tell me my role, I have been with the team for one month and I know very well about my role". Not sure how you guys take it but to me that's over confidence and his attitude when he said was not looking normal to me. I could be wrong on observing him by the way.

In Indian scenario, that statement was not really arrogant. He was probably implying that he was well aware of his role. A lot of cricketers land in trouble when they try to talk in English, by just translating the sentences directly from Hindi. All that said, the commentators, and even some of his team-mates were not very kind to him during the first part of his innings. After he missed a few deliveries, one Indian commentator was literally mocking him.

[Haunebu]

I have no idea why so many people refer to Tewatia as Lord Tewatia because of 2 match winning innings. I find it silly to be honest. He is clearly not a consistent player and there are far more consistent players when compared to him like Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav etc who deserve such a title.

Everybody seems to be forgetting that luck was on his side against SRH since the bails didn't fall when the ball hit the wicket. He is a decent middle order player who has a long way to go.

The best player in RR for me is Archer who is amazing with the ball and great with the bat too.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I have no idea why so many people refer to Tewatia as Lord Tewatia because of 2 match winning innings. I find it silly to be honest. He is clearly not a consistent player and there are far more consistent players when compared to him like Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav etc who deserve such a title.

He singlehandedly took his team to victory from situations where they were 99.99% certain to lose. He did it not once, but twice. His innings against KXIP was similar to what Kevin O'Brien did against England in 2011. I don't know how you are referring players such as Shubhman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav as consistent. Tewatia is a lower middle order batsmen with limited opportunities, while these players are top order batsmen. Even then, Gill and Yadav failed multiple times this season.

[JSRAW]

I have no idea why so many people refer to Tewatia as Lord Tewatia because of 2 match winning innings. I find it silly to be honest. He is clearly not a consistent player and there are far more consistent players when compared to him like Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav etc who deserve such a title.

Everybody seems to be forgetting that luck was on his side against SRH since the bails didn't fall when the ball hit the wicket. He is a decent middle order player who has a long way to go.

The best player in RR for me is Archer who is amazing with the ball and great with the bat too.

haha bhai you are taking this name calling too seriously, its for fun only.

Its more like when everyone refers Jadeja as "Sir Jadeja" and tewatia's blinder inning came when no one expecting anything from him and everybody were busy cursing him, he proved everyone wrong when he hit those 5 sixes in an over,hence Lord Tewatia There is a reason cricket is religion in India hehe

[teosanru]

Yeah even this match he had some sort of an argument but I don't exactly know who was at fault but I don't think he could play for team India. So on your point that he has a great career ahead. He might become a great IPL player but so far his stats Don't add up to make him play for India. Reason is simple he is roughly 28 now. Moreover so far I don't think he has either a developed batting or bowling. He is more like Vijay shankar. Can bat and can bowl but not great at both. He either has to come up the order once or twice and play dependable innings to be selected for national team because there is already too much competition in the National team.

It was not Tewatia's fault. He is a soft-spoken and mild natured person, who normally ignore provocations. But yesterday Khaleel Ahmed sledged him during the 20th over and Tewatia was complaining to the umpire about the words that were used by the bowler. He was very upset that he took the issue with the SRH captain, even after the match was finished. Khaleel tried to downplay the issue and ignore it after the match.

I still think that these things are just part of game and one shouldn't judge any player merely because he showed some aggression on the ground. Dubai is already pretty hot these days and then there is the heat of this IPL so these things happen. I still remember when Sreesanth was slapped by harbhajan singh. LOL so people must chill out not everyone is Rahul Dravid these days.

This can be the life-changing moment for Rajasthan Royals. Middle order was their sole issue. They have very strong top order (Samson, Smith, Buttler.etc) and good pace bowling lineup (Archer, Tyagi.etc). The addition of Stokes transform Rajasthan Royals to one of the most perfectly balanced teams in this IPL. On top of that, his addition to the team should lift the morale as well.

RR managed to win the match but it was again because of Tewatia and some contribution from Parag at the end. There were no other batsman even the presence of Stokes was not working. Yes, they have deep batting line-up, but they are lacking to play their batsmen in the right position. Too many experiments are costing them.

Everyone should bow down to Lord Tewatia, he can do anything on his day. No one even expecting that they could win the game after losing Stokes-Buttler-Smith-Samon but Tewatia has other plans as he's one true demi god who could %$k up all your calculation anytime

Well man thanks to lord Tewatia I won a point after around 9 matches. I thought I am going to lose this one again but he really has some magical touch in his batting. He bats pretty cunningly with keeping field in mind. The way he batted to Rashid Khan was best example of this. Sharjah was a small ground so that win could have been called a lucky thing but this innings today was insane. And kudos to Riyan Parag also he too had equal contribution in this win. God knows on what basis RR decided to open up with Stokes. i think it's better if they try to open with Riyan Parag and Steve Smith.

Tewatia seems to me a match winner at - least he was the key to win two matches out of their 3 wins they managed. But for some reason I did not like his attitude after the first match win where he had 4 six and 1 four in one over. I read an interview after the match and there he sounded like an over confident arrogant young man. He has a long way to go, and he really needs to act polite. No one likes an arrogant, disrespectful creature.

Yeah even this match he had some sort of an argument but I don't exactly know who was at fault but I don't think he could play for team India. So on your point that he has a great career ahead. He might become a great IPL player but so far his stats Don't add up to make him play for India. Reason is simple he is roughly 28 now. Moreover so far I don't think he has either a developed batting or bowling. He is more like Vijay shankar. Can bat and can bowl but not great at both. He either has to come up the order once or twice and play dependable innings to be selected for national team because there is already too much competition in the National team.

I did not know he is 28, he looked to me younger than this. Matter of fact that I have never heard of him before the match against KXIP. So my guess was he is in very early stage in his career.

About the arrogance, yes it was the post match interview. In one part he was saying something like this, "No one need to tell me my role, I have been with the team for one month and I know very well about my role". Not sure how you guys take it but to me that's over confidence and his attitude when he said was not looking normal to me. I could be wrong on observing him by the way.

Well he might have done something like Rashid Khan😂

[JSRAW]

Always fun to watch when AB delivers Mr 360 degree showed us again why he's still best in the business even after his early retirement, such a shame that he took early retirement from the international cricket. It was indeed sad day for every cricket lover.

Its sharjah but it seems pitch behaving differently from last couple of games. Its still below par score here in this venue but not sure if it would be easy ball park or KKR as pitch is getting slow for batters and ball are not coming easy.

[Haunebu]

Its more like when everyone refers Jadeja as "Sir Jadeja" and tewatia's blinder inning came when no one expecting anything from him and everybody were busy cursing him, he proved everyone wrong when he hit those 5 sixes in an over,hence Lord Tewatia There is a reason cricket is religion in India hehe

Makes complete sense. I heard that MSD and his family got cursed at due to CSK's bad performance in recent times which is absolutely messed up and which is why I truly believe that Cricket is a religion in India.

Always fun to watch when AB delivers Mr 360 degree showed us again why he's still best in the business even after his early retirement, such a shame that he took early retirement from the international cricket. It was indeed sad day for every cricket lover.

Agreed. It felt like I was watching the old ABD who basically showed off his raw power. Kohli was actually struggling in comparison.

[Pffrt]

He is clearly not a consistent player and there are far more consistent players when compared to him like Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav etc who deserve such a title.

Everyone remember the successful chase. Yesterday, Riyan Parag played a decent innings but still everyone is talking about Tewatia because Tewatia has got the fame by hitting Cottrel 5 sixes. Tewatia has successfully chased 2 times out of 7 matches may be. Siryakumar Yadav is a far better batsman than Tewatia and comparing both would be silly. Yadav has proven himself a lot of times. However, Gill in this season isn't that consistent and was not that successful.

[teosanru]

Always fun to watch when AB delivers Mr 360 degree showed us again why he's still best in the business even after his early retirement, such a shame that he took early retirement from the international cricket. It was indeed sad day for every cricket lover.

With ban on Cricket South Africa I think his decision looks correct. There aren't going to be any international matches for South Africa now for some time. He would play leagues around the world which would mint him some money. Because with regards to fitness he is fitter than most of the Indian 25 year old players.

Its sharjah but it seems pitch behaving differently from last couple of games. Its still below par score here in this venue but not sure if it would be easy ball park or KKR as pitch is getting slow for batters and ball are not coming easy.

I think this pitch is pretty slow today. They actually have tried to add something in it for bowlers because the ground is so small it was turning into a batsmen paradise so I think it's good that now bowlers giving some good fight at Sharjah too.

[Vishnu.Reang]

He is clearly not a consistent player and there are far more consistent players when compared to him like Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav etc who deserve such a title.

Everyone remember the successful chase. Yesterday, Riyan Parag played a decent innings but still everyone is talking about Tewatia because Tewatia has got the fame by hitting Cottrel 5 sixes. Tewatia has successfully chased 2 times out of 7 matches may be. Siryakumar Yadav is a far better batsman than Tewatia and comparing both would be silly. Yadav has proven himself a lot of times. However, Gill in this season isn't that consistent and was not that successful.

I disagree. Yadav is a top order batsman, and he always get a chance to bat. On the other hand, Tewatia bats at no.7, and in most of the cases either he doesn't get a chance to bat, or he gets only a few balls. However, Tewatia had made use of the few opportunities he got. Yadav scored 233 runs from 7 matches, which is good performance. But there is difference between a good performance and an exceptional performance.

[JSRAW]

^^ That i agree Vishnu... If any batsman coming at the lower order and winning the games for his team, i consider this as plus point and luxury.

Always fun to watch when AB delivers Mr 360 degree showed us again why he's still best in the business even after his early retirement, such a shame that he took early retirement from the international cricket. It was indeed sad day for every cricket lover.

With ban on Cricket South Africa I think his decision looks correct. There aren't going to be any international matches for South Africa now for some time. He would play leagues around the world which would mint him some money. Because with regards to fitness he is fitter than most of the Indian 25 year old players.

Is ban on CSA is confirmed? I was following the story when their Olympic sport committee took over them but didn't heard anything on this lately. Guess they clarified to ICC that Government is not taking over CSA under its wing.

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Was expecting slow pitch as well but not taking anything from RCB's bowlers, they literally murdered Kolkata last night.

[Haunebu]

I disagree. Yadav is a top order batsman, and he always get a chance to bat. On the other hand, Tewatia bats at no.7, and in most of the cases either he doesn't get a chance to bat, or he gets only a few balls. However, Tewatia had made use of the few opportunities he got. Yadav scored 233 runs from 7 matches, which is good performance. But there is difference between a good performance and an exceptional performance.

There are several reasons(Consistency, Strike rate etc) why players like Gill, Yadav etc are top order batsmen while someone like Tewatia(Never heard of him before this season) etc are lower order batsmen.

Tewatia has indeed made great use of the opportunities that he received this season and his future looks bright, but he needs to improve in many areas such as temperament, consistency etc.