Bitcointalk IPL Prediction Pool & Discussion

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

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WTF!
6/6! LOL
I am yet to earn my first point. I was hoping a point today but it seems I am very consistent in losing. Shall I say that I am number 1 in losing? 😉

Yesterday my team were winning easily but at the end they messed up and today we saw the same. The no ball in the last over gave some hope but that batsman was too annoying that he could not hit the free ball and then in the next ball he did not cross the bat. This guy was a joke!

[Vishnu.Reang]

Damn.. this IPL is turning out to be a horror fest for me. At the same time, I am not sure how Rapter got 6 out of 6 results correctly. I have serious doubt that he is involved with some fixers.  What is the possibility of someone predicting 6 out of 6 results correctly? First round is about to end, and the last match of this round will be played tomorrow (Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals). I have opted for DC. Let's see how it goes.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I have serious doubt that he is involved with some fixers. 

Send some tip on my way.

Here is an insight for all of you. After the match start if you see that other guy had a pick and I had the opposite pick then you know for sure the result of the match. Use this tip and take revenge on the bookies LOL

[Haunebu]

Bet on SRH and they screwed me over just like KKR screwed me over yesterday. MI and RCB narrowly won both their games and my favorites(KKR and SRH) handed the wins on a platter.

The no ball in the last over gave some hope but that batsman was too annoying that he could not hit the free ball and then in the next ball he did not cross the bat. This guy was a joke!

What the heck are you expecting from a bowler under such a pressure situation? The player that you are talking about is Rashid Khan who is a fantastic bowler. He played better than several batsmen in the team.

What is the possibility of someone predicting 6 out of 6 results correctly?

Totally possible. I got all the picks correct in one of the ending rounds in the last pool(10/10 or 11/11). It all comes down to luck basically.

[Vishnu.Reang]

What is the possibility of someone predicting 6 out of 6 results correctly?

Totally possible. I got all the picks correct in one of the ending rounds in the last pool(10/10 or 11/11). It all comes down to luck basically.

LOL.. I was just joking.. anyway congratulations to RapTarX.

Perhaps I can make a comeback during the remaining rounds. The first round was a disaster for me. I don't have much hope for tomorrow's match as well (but the fact that Stokes is out of the IPL should give advantage to the Delhi Capitals). The second round will start from 16th April onward, and I am hopeful that I will be able to reverse the losing trend.

[Little Mouse]

Should I day typical SRH? Last year, we had also seen the same case. It was an easy win but they ruined it. I got 2 point although I forgot to pick today.

Perhaps I can make a comeback during the remaining rounds. The first round was a disaster for me.

I haven’t done so good so far. But I'm still hopeful. You know there a re a huge long way still we have. Anything can happen by then. Look at the last year pool. All the winners weren’t in the top list in the beginning.

[JSRAW]

^^ @Mahdirakib sorry bro but thread is open for Pool participants only.

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@Royse777 if possible then add "Pool Participants Only" in subject.
Guess now SRH should give some chance to Kane Williamson as their middle order looking shit so far. 3d dude Vijay Shankar disappointing everyone and Pandey ji not finishing game for his team despite his start.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Guess now SRH should give some chance to Kane Williamson as their middle order looking shit so far. 3d dude Vijay Shankar disappointing everyone and Pandey ji not finishing game for his team despite his start.

Pandey is OK, but Vijay Shankar has been wasting his opportunities for some time now. Neither his batting, nor his bowling seems to be of any use for SRH. I would suggest bringing in Kane Williamson in place of Vijay Shankar. But now another question arises. Williamson being an overseas player can't directly replace Shankar. Another overseas player needs to be dropped. So who will be that? For the last game they went with Warner, Rashid, Holder and Bairstow. It is going to be an extremely tough decision.   

[AB de Royse777]

@Royse777 if possible then add "Pool Participants Only" in subject.

Just did. Thanks for this suggestion which never came in my mind LOL

So, two other guys just left me behind, and they are leading the pool. Yesterday the match was moving very fast. When Patel bowled the no ball, SRH were pretty sure that they had the match. But Patel held his nerves. A slow short ball, Rashid is not a specialist batsman, so he swung his bat, but it was too early ball just left him and in the keepers hand. The free hit was a wast and then in the next ball Rashid gone. 8 from 2 balls and no recognize batsman in the pitch.

Another close match, worth watching. It's good for me that I am not gambling in this season.

[Vishnu.Reang]

@Royse777 if possible then add "Pool Participants Only" in subject.

Just did. Thanks for this suggestion which never came in my mind LOL

So, two other guys just left me behind, and they are leading the pool. Yesterday the match was moving very fast. When Patel bowled the no ball, SRH were pretty sure that they had the match. But Patel held his nerves. A slow short ball, Rashid is not a specialist batsman, so he swung his bat, but it was too early ball just left him and in the keepers hand. The free hit was a wast and then in the next ball Rashid gone. 8 from 2 balls and no recognize batsman in the pitch.

Another close match, worth watching. It's good for me that I am not gambling in this season.

During the last over, SRH needed a total of 16 runs to win, and at this point Bhuvneshwar Kumar was at strike with Rashid Khan at the other end. Bhuvneshwar took a single to give the strike to Rashid. So the equation was 15 from 5. The next ball went for two runs. The equation again changed to 13 from 4. Now the turning point came. Harshal Patel bowled the no-ball, which was hit for a boundary by Rashid. At this point, SRH needed 8 runs from 4 balls, which I thought was perfectly achievable.

[Swordsoffreedom]

In today's match. I want to bet for Delhi Capital. Because I like this team. I chose this team because they have a strong batting lineup. Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant and Hetmayer, these player are like T20 specialist batsmen. I hope Delhi Capital will beat Rajasthan Royals today.

[JSRAW]

Guess now SRH should give some chance to Kane Williamson as their middle order looking shit so far. 3d dude Vijay Shankar disappointing everyone and Pandey ji not finishing game for his team despite his start.

Pandey is OK, but Vijay Shankar has been wasting his opportunities for some time now. Neither his batting, nor his bowling seems to be of any use for SRH. I would suggest bringing in Kane Williamson in place of Vijay Shankar. But now another question arises. Williamson being an overseas player can't directly replace Shankar. Another overseas player needs to be dropped. So who will be that? For the last game they went with Warner, Rashid, Holder and Bairstow. It is going to be an extremely tough decision.  

They lost their first 2 games on similar fashion because of batting so they should fix this one, they need stability on middle order. Bowling seems okay so they could compromise with 1 foreign allrounder. Pick 3 pure foreign batsmen (Warner, Bairstow and Williamson) + 1 bowler (Rashid).

And may be pick Sidhart kaul if they think their bowling is weak because of 1 less bowling allrounder and let Shankar sit out for few game, he's failing on both department batting and bowling.

[Vishnu.Reang]

They lost their first 2 games on similar fashion because of batting so they should fix this one, they need stability on middle order. Bowling seems okay so they could compromise with 1 foreign allrounder. Pick 3 pure foreign batsmen (Warner, Bairstow and Williamson) + 1 bowler (Rashid).

And may be pick Sidhart kaul if they think their bowling is weak because of 1 less bowling allrounder and let Shankar sit out for few game, he's failing on both department batting and bowling.

I am OK with the suggested changes, but it looks as if David Warner and the rest of the SRH management don't want to drop Jason Holder. And I can't blame them because he has bowled really well during the depth overs. And although he wasn't much impressive with the bat, he can be quite handy in crucial circumstances. BTW, what about replacing Williamson with Bairstow? I would say that the former is a much more useful batsmen when compared to Bairstow.

[JSRAW]

They lost their first 2 games on similar fashion because of batting so they should fix this one, they need stability on middle order. Bowling seems okay so they could compromise with 1 foreign allrounder. Pick 3 pure foreign batsmen (Warner, Bairstow and Williamson) + 1 bowler (Rashid).

And may be pick Sidhart kaul if they think their bowling is weak because of 1 less bowling allrounder and let Shankar sit out for few game, he's failing on both department batting and bowling.

I am OK with the suggested changes, but it looks as if David Warner and the rest of the SRH management don't want to drop Jason Holder. And I can't blame them because he has bowled really well during the depth overs. And although he wasn't much impressive with the bat, he can be quite handy in crucial circumstances. BTW, what about replacing Williamson with Bairstow? I would say that the former is a much more useful batsmen when compared to Bairstow.

They still have 3 more game in Chennai and Chepuk pitch clearly indicating that its tough outing for batters so i think they should take this risk. Don't know but  Bairstow is excellent t-20 player and no team can't afford to keep such batsman out of the game.

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It looks like some of us becoming panuti. Opt for strong team and they start losing their marbles and today DC struggled really bad. I don't remember when Unadkat bowled such a excellent 4 overs spell.

[Haunebu]

Bet on DC today and looks like I might get screwed thanks to an abysmal batting performance by majority of the DC batsmen. So many batsmen fell prey to slow balls which surprised me completely.

This IPL season is turning out to be one of the most unpredictable seasons so far and this is the reason why I feel that MI won't win the cup this year.

[teosanru]

Am I leading the pool combine? It’s nice to get 2 points 
I have really been impressed with KKR batting tonight; specially Nitish Rana and Tripathi. Did Rana play any t20 international from team India? I guess no. He is very consistent most times and deserves chance in team India.

Congratulations. You predicted all the three games correctly. I can see that Royse and Teosanru are also having 4 points, but they predicted only two out of the three matches correctly. Maintain the lead for another four matches, and you will be left with the reward for winning the first round!!! BTW, best of luck for today's match. I can see that we have made opposing choices for Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals.

With a narrow win by Rajasthan Royals today I can happily say that I have predicted all the matches correctly until now. Only lost one point and that too because I missed the initial match because I joined late. RR did a great job today. Especially Chris Morris, people had almost forgotten him as a pinch hitter but today he proved his huge price tag. But I think Delhi really had the best bowling lineup to defend such a total, but their execution was hopeless. I couldn't believe Rabada going for two sixes at very bad length balls. When you have the yorker in your armoury why are you even experimenting with different things? Even the last ball by Tom Curran was so lose as if it just left his hands by mistake.

[Little Mouse]

What a finishing by Chris Moris!!
I haven’t thought this could be achieved by RR as it was a bowling pitch. But the 2nd last over from Rabada was totally unexpected. This IPL have been so bad for me so far. Have lost few mBTC already 

[AB de Royse777]

Especially Chris Morris

I loved this part.  Chris Morris was clearly sending a message to Sanju Samson. Next time Sanju Samson will not send him back.

[JSRAW]

Rapter and teosanru doing pretty good, royse is also doing okay. Some of us just glad that we're not at the bottom like BitcoinGirl.Club and Haunebu .
Guess time has come to take break from betting, if i continue to pick wrong horse in 2nd round then will stop. 

[Haunebu]

Rapter and teosanru doing pretty good, royse is also doing okay. Some of us just glad that we're not at the bottom like BitcoinGirl.Club and Haunebu .
Guess time has come to take break from betting, if i continue to pick wrong horse in 2nd round then will stop. 

This is easily my worst performance in a single round among all pools so far. So many close matches recently and only one of them ended in my favour.

Yesterday's DC vs RR match was one of the wackiest matches so far. I thought DC won it after removing Miller and Tewatia, but it's not over until it's actually over. Bet on CSK today against Punjab.