***Official*** Indian Premier League 2018

[Athlai]

Russel has now hit more sixes than fours in T20s lol. Don't think anyone else who's played a significant amount of games can claim that one.

Pollard 523 6s vs. 521 4s

 

[_Ed_]

Good to see Boult back in some sort of bowling form in T20s. He was dreadful during the Tri Series.

 

[Shri]

Mavi's pretty muscular for a 19 year old kid. Hope he gets stronger and sustains the pace in the future.

 

[Daemon]

Pollard 523 6s vs. 521 4s

****s sake

 

[Athlai]

Any other IPL stats people want to get wrong?

 

[Borges]

All IPLs are designed to give the spectators a feeling of rich gratification: the poor sods are expected to count the the number of sixes that have been hit and feel that they got much more than their moneys worth.


Wait till the English IPL starts; that has forty five meter boundaries.


The Kiwis are the visionaries. They saw all this long ago: with the grounds that they have, they have been playing IPL even before there was any IPL.

 

[Athlai]

All IPLs are designed to give the spectators a feeling of rich gratification: the poor sods are expected to count the the number of sixes that have been hit and feel that they got much more than their moneys worth.


Wait till the English IPL starts; that has forty five meter boundaries.


The Kiwis are the visionaries. They saw all this long ago: with the grounds that they have, they have been playing IPL even before there was any IPL.

k

 

[cnerd123]

What balls are they using in this IPL? These same cricketers don't hit as big as frequently in T20Is or in Australia/England. These bowlers don't usually get hit around these badly. Sure the pitches are flat, but I suspect there is something with these balls that is enabling this.

 

[Borges]

I think they use the same ball as everyone else - kookaburra turf

 

[cnerd123]

I think they use the same ball as everyone else - kookaburra turf

A) That's disgusting
B) Why on earth will they use Kookaburra in the IPL if the use the SG for all other Indian cricket?

 

[Zinzan]

Zinzan coming in to kick a man while he's down thx m8

Don't think of it as a kick old chap, think of it as an education

 

[cnerd123]

Turns out they do use Kookaburra Turf balls

At the BCCI conclave held in March, most teams were happy with the use of the SG Test balls in the Ranji Trophy but a majority of them expressed reservations on the use of SG Glace for white-ball tournaments.

The BCCI had introduced the Kookaburra Turf balls in domestic limited-overs tournament two years back with the aim of helping the domestic players get accustomed to the ball that was being used at the highest level, including the Indian Premier League (IPL).

But earlier this year, the board reverted back to using white SG balls for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament -- a decision that did not go down well with some of the teams.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/bcci-to-stick-to-sg-balls-for-domestic-tourneys-1838415

 

[Daemon]

As Australia moves away from the Kookaburra other countries start to adopt it. Dumb.

 

[TheJediBrah]

As Australia moves away from the Kookaburra other countries start to adopt it. Dumb.

Like the opposite of ball tampering

 

[Zinzan]

Jeez Boult's been let down by some ordinary fielding off his bowling this tournament.

 

[Shri]

Good.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nostrils is so good now.

Once again **** that SL home series. Umesh and Rahane had bad series, Rohit minnow bashed and our selections for the SA tour got ****ed in the arse. Worst series ever.

 

[Daemon]

Lewis SR 91 against spin and 196 against pace lol

 

[Borges]

Everything that Umesh had given them, these guys have gone and lost in a hurry.
This is getting interesting: watching Kohli when his tail is on fire is always interesting.

 

[weldone]

Everything that Umesh had given them, these guys have gone and lost in a hurry.
This is getting interesting: watching Kohli when his tail is on fire is always interesting.

Kohli is the 2nd worst limited-overs captain in this competition imo - just above Dinesh Karthik.