Bitcointalk IPL Prediction Pool & Discussion

[Haunebu]

Not really, their batting is so poor (you can say off formed though). Just recently Manish Pandey is back with form. Warner wasn’t so good. Only Saha had a good performance although he played very few matches. They don't have a batsman who can take innings if they lose early wickets. Imagine, Williamson was gone yesterday and SRH wouldn’t be able to win the match.

Poor batting? Nonsense. This is the same team that whooped MI by 10 wickets recently. They don't have the best batsmen, but they have several batsmen who are capable of finishing games on their own.

Vijay Shankar and Pandey helped them defeat RR recently quite comfortably. SRH batsmen aren't as consistent as MI batsmen, but they aren't bad either.

Their in-form batsmen and bowlers helped them reach the semi-finals and they have the potential to win the cup this season primarily due to the inclusion of Holder who is an excellent all-rounder.

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[JSRAW]

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Not really, their batting is so poor (you can say off formed though). Just recently Manish Pandey is back with form. Warner wasn’t so good. Only Saha had a good performance although he played very few matches. They don't have a batsman who can take innings if they lose early wickets. Imagine, Williamson was gone yesterday and SRH wouldn’t be able to win the match.

I would put it this way...

SRH is playing like a team, every player doing their bits for the team on different occasion, check their MOM data.

David Warner scored 546 runs so far in 2020 edition (only KL is ahead of him 670 runs), he's yet to get MOM award
Jason Holder gave good performance with the bat on the lower order and bowled exceptionally well so far, no MOM award yet.


https://twitter.com/bhaleraosarang/status/1324772499968589825

[RapTarX]

SRH had a great comeback; at the beginning, we didn’t count them as qualified as they were losing match at a streak and was standing below of the table almost. KKR was the 4th team but thanks to MI last match against SRH.
In the last match, Warner won the 8th toss (11 I guess) in this season and only Rohit and Dhoni had same winnings of toss and surprisingly both of the team won IPL in respective years.
Are you thinking the same as of me?

[Vishnu.Reang]

So guys, whom are you favoring in today's match? I would go with Sunrisers Hyderabad, as they are having a good momentum. During the initial phases of the tournament, I was thinking that Delhi Capitals may end up as champions. But they performed in an appalling manner during the late stages. I expect an one-sided match today, in which SRH will thrash the Delhi Capitals.

[JSRAW]

So guys, whom are you favoring in today's match? I would go with Sunrisers Hyderabad, as they are having a good momentum. During the initial phases of the tournament, I was thinking that Delhi Capitals may end up as champions. But they performed in an appalling manner during the late stages. I expect an one-sided match today, in which SRH will thrash the Delhi Capitals.

SRH.... DC yet to win any game against SRH in this season.

Not even against Capitals but now i want them to win this season as well. Tough task against the Mumbai but it would be really nice ending.

[Vishnu.Reang]

SRH.... DC yet to win any game against SRH in this season.
Not even against Capitals but now i want them to win this season as well. Tough task against the Mumbai but it would be really nice ending.

Right now Mumbai Indians looks like they are miles ahead of the other teams. They have only one vulnerability, and that is in their spin bowling (I think they need to get a quality spinner for the next season). Their batsmen have performed better than expected and the bowlers (in particular Bumrah, but also Boult and Pattinson as well) have also performed splendidly. To be frank, it is very difficult to imagine SRH defeating MI.

[JSRAW]

SRH.... DC yet to win any game against SRH in this season.
Not even against Capitals but now i want them to win this season as well. Tough task against the Mumbai but it would be really nice ending.

Right now Mumbai Indians looks like they are miles ahead of the other teams. They have only one vulnerability, and that is in their spin bowling (I think they need to get a quality spinner for the next season). Their batsmen have performed better than expected and the bowlers (in particular Bumrah, but also Boult and Pattinson as well) have also performed splendidly. To be frank, it is very difficult to imagine SRH defeating MI.

MI relies only on their Pacer, earlier it used to Malinga-Bumrah, now its came down to Bumrah-Boult. I thing they are going to retain Chahar once again but it doesn't hurt if they buy another leg spinner in next auction.

My fingers are crossed for tonight, got bet on SRH and tbh its freaking unpredictable despite SRH looking strong.... so would focus on one thing at a time, will discuss MI vs SRH later if SRH manage to win the game.

Iyer surprised me by choosing bat first tho.

[Pffrt]

I had risked my 3rd place in last match and so does today. Have picked DC to have a comfortable win as they had really bad performance in the last few matches and I believe they will get back to their old form. Tough call but had to pick.
Surprisingly, Stoinis has started today and having good performance.

[eaLiTy]

I had risked my 3rd place in last match and so does today. Have picked DC to have a comfortable win as they had really bad performance in the last few matches and I believe they will get back to their old form. Tough call but had to pick.
Surprisingly, Stoinis has started today and having good performance.

Looking at the match and the surprising changes DC made in this match, it is possible they will put a huge total on the board and they had a dream start and SRH was leaking runs in the field in the form of miss fielding and over throws and missed the catch of Stoinis. The middle order worries of SRH are exposed in the last match and i am surprised to see that they are in a position fighting to be in the final even though 4 or 5 players are injured like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marsh and Wriddhiman Saha that i remember.

Finally DC lost their first wicket courtesy of a wonderful delivery from Rashid Khan.

[Pffrt]

DC couldn't score as expected from the beginning. It was expected to have 200+ scores the way they were playing but the last two overs were shit to be honest. Well, the score is good enough to defend and road DC toward the final. I won a lot of bets but lost 3 at once in the last over.
DC to score 195+
DC to have 5+ sixes
DC to have 17+ fours

[JSRAW]

^^ You happy now @Pffrt 

At first i thought the same that DC were 15-20 runs short as SRH made a good comeback in last 2 overs, momentum was shifting towards SRH but Rabada and Stonis were too good for them. Now its safe to say Stonis going to open in the Finals that means no Shaw or Rahane at the top order.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Did you picked RCB because Wriddhiman Saha was not there in the SRH playing XI? I would say that SRH was a more balanced side, even without Saha. Among all the teams, SRH seems to be having the most balanced bowling attack, in both the pace and spin departments. Rashid Khan is so economical, even if he hasn't picked a lot many wickets. And even without Saha, their batting is quite strong with the inclusion of Warner, Pandey and Williamson.

The reason for picking RCB was exactly the reason i knew will happen and it was evident against DC, put a good total on the board and they will struggle as they failed to chase games that were fairly easy to chase and i understand they have many injury issues but they had a bad day in the field and lost the match.

The moment Marcus Stoinis came out to open the innings i knew i made the wrong pick and on top of that SRH had a bad day in the field giving away runs that could have stopped considering the level of cricket they were playing and i have seen them giving away free 20 runs in the form of spinners bowling no balls and ball going under the fielder and you cannot win match in a situation like that.

[Vishnu.Reang]

IPL will end with the final match tomorrow. Congratulations to SaShiRaJaVu, for winning the pool!!! Since he is having a 4 point difference with the second placed player, it is confirmed that he will win the pool. It was a really splendid performance, after performing badly in the initial rounds. I am happy with my two wins in the initial rounds. Thanks to everyone for their support and cooperation!!

[AB de Royse777]

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[Haunebu]

Had a blast in this pool playing against you guys. Initially, I thought I would end up in the bottom of the rankings due to so many wrong picks, but am happy to see that I might make into the top 5.

Am also happy to have won a round. Congratulations to all the winners and am looking forward to the next pool.

And all winners will need to give me their addresses. You can PM me if you want or just post it here.

Thanks for organizing this pool Royse. My BTC address: 3NHVD2aUvDqSz1ZU8HhFUjBV8TdDHtCXPA

[teosanru]

So guys whom do you think would win IPL this year? Just one last day of discussions before we finally get to know the winner this year. Mumbai vs Delhi has always been a pretty interesting rivalry. Both the teams are in their best forms so it's just going to be about the team the plays the best tomorrow. Another major fight tomorrow would be of Purple Cap.

Kagiso Ranada has 29 wickets
Jasprit Bumrah has 27 wickets

So let's see who takes the purple cap too. While the orange cap could most certainly go to KL Rahul unless Shikhar Dhawan can score around 68 runs.

[Vishnu.Reang]

So guys whom do you think would win IPL this year? Just one last day of discussions before we finally get to know the winner this year. Mumbai vs Delhi has always been a pretty interesting rivalry. Both the teams are in their best forms so it's just going to be about the team the plays the best tomorrow. Another major fight tomorrow would be of Purple Cap.

Kagiso Ranada has 29 wickets
Jasprit Bumrah has 27 wickets

So let's see who takes the purple cap too. While the orange cap could most certainly go to KL Rahul unless Shikhar Dhawan can score around 68 runs.

What is the point in having purple cap and the top spot, if the team is not winning? Bumrah may be having less number of wickets, but that is because the other bowlers such as Boult are also taking frequent wickets. On the other hand, apart from Anrich Nortje, the other Delhi bowlers are not in form. So it doesn't surprise me that Rabada is taking a higher proportion of wickets. 

[Haunebu]

So guys whom do you think would win IPL this year? Just one last day of discussions before we finally get to know the winner this year. Mumbai vs Delhi has always been a pretty interesting rivalry. Both the teams are in their best forms so it's just going to be about the team the plays the best tomorrow.

This season has been the season of underdogs. Most matches were won by the underdogs which is why I am pretty confident that DC who is the clear underdog will win the cup this year.

Bumrah retained his form at the correct time luckily for MI though Ranada might end up winning the purple cap while Rahul could win the orange cap. These are my predictions at this point.

[Indymoney]

So guys whom do you think would win IPL this year? Just one last day of discussions before we finally get to know the winner this year. Mumbai vs Delhi has always been a pretty interesting rivalry. Both the teams are in their best forms so it's just going to be about the team the plays the best tomorrow.

This season has been the season of underdogs. Most matches were won by the underdogs which is why I am pretty confident that DC who is the clear underdog will win the cup this year.

Bumrah retained his form at the correct time luckily for MI though Ranada might end up winning the purple cap while Rahul could win the orange cap. These are my predictions at this point.

Currently no one can predict about result because still some good drama can happen in final and any team can give good fight on his day both already play very good and entertaining cricket so for me any one can win for purple and orange cap still we have some close fight as well because Shakhar is also doing good in recent matches and his some good score for his team can give him cap as well for Bumrah.

[teosanru]

So guys whom do you think would win IPL this year? Just one last day of discussions before we finally get to know the winner this year. Mumbai vs Delhi has always been a pretty interesting rivalry. Both the teams are in their best forms so it's just going to be about the team the plays the best tomorrow. Another major fight tomorrow would be of Purple Cap.

Kagiso Ranada has 29 wickets
Jasprit Bumrah has 27 wickets

So let's see who takes the purple cap too. While the orange cap could most certainly go to KL Rahul unless Shikhar Dhawan can score around 68 runs.

What is the point in having purple cap and the top spot, if the team is not winning? Bumrah may be having less number of wickets, but that is because the other bowlers such as Boult are also taking frequent wickets. On the other hand, apart from Anrich Nortje, the other Delhi bowlers are not in form. So it doesn't surprise me that Rabada is taking a higher proportion of wickets. 

I think the aim of purple cap was this only it's about the bowler who can maintain consistency of taking wickets throughout the IPL. Nevertheless losing IPL and winning Purple Cap won't give you that much happiness but trust me there is nothing like there is "no point" in it. At the end every player plays towards development of his personal career too. They are channelizing their personal efforts towards team's goal and requirements but This is not international cricket where players are playing patriotically, it's commercial cricket and you don't mind any money coming towards you be it from any achievement.

So guys whom do you think would win IPL this year? Just one last day of discussions before we finally get to know the winner this year. Mumbai vs Delhi has always been a pretty interesting rivalry. Both the teams are in their best forms so it's just going to be about the team the plays the best tomorrow.

This season has been the season of underdogs. Most matches were won by the underdogs which is why I am pretty confident that DC who is the clear underdog will win the cup this year.

Bumrah retained his form at the correct time luckily for MI though Ranada might end up winning the purple cap while Rahul could win the orange cap. These are my predictions at this point.

Currently no one can predict about result because still some good drama can happen in final and any team can give good fight on his day both already play very good and entertaining cricket so for me any one can win for purple and orange cap still we have some close fight as well because Shakhar is also doing good in recent matches and his some good score for his team can give him cap as well for Bumrah.

Rabada does carry advantage of two wickets so for example if he takes couple of wickets in first innings then Bumrah can't match him that easily. While for Dhawan it's much easier. He has that target for himself and has to score just 60 runs. But obviously he would have to play according to situation and total otherwise 60 runs isn't that big a score for him.