*Official* IPL 2021

[honestbharani]

Some analysis on Virat's captaincy: He tries to be instinctive but he also has very set ideas. Its why tactically we get like the worst of both worlds.
For example, he sees Siraj is bowling well in PP and wants to give him a 3rd but also is so set in his ways that fast bowlers have to bowl with the new ball that he forgets he has one of the best PP new ball bowlers in the world in Sundar in his side. So he brings on Sundar for Warner but also messes up Siraj and bowls him from the other end, which makes no sense. Its just easier for him to be the leader than to be the captain.

He is an excellent leader. That is why its a toughie and why he needs a very strong tactically good vice captain to support him, you see how much more fun it was in the England series when he was very obviously relying on lots of inputs from Rahane and Rohit, in all formats.

 

[Niall]

Absolute braindead chase yet again from Sunrisers.

Pandey scored runs both times, but did not see it home so not good whatsoever.

They need to figure out what to do with this lower other every year its a panic stations once Bairstow and Warner go.

 

[honestbharani]

Teams choking when chasing in Chennai. Dunno what it is but it is nice to see batting first becoming a good thing for a bit in LO cricket.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Suryakumar Yadav's pick up shot against Cummins into the top tier was elite level batting. He is the real deal

 

[Starfighter]

Teams choking when chasing in Chennai. Dunno what it is but it is nice to see batting first becoming a good thing for a bit in LO cricket.

It feels like for the past couple of IPLs and BBLs everyone chooses to chase early in the season and almost everyone fails, whereas chasing becomes more successful later on, often when fewer teams choose to do it.

 

[JOJOXI]

Nice win for RCB - done well to get through a game that at one point was lost and probably makes the MI victory look better now in retrospect. KKR, RR and CSK the next 3 games - win 2 of those and RCB are well placed on 4 wins from 5.

 

[Noumenon]

Lalit Yadav debuts for the franchise. Offers a welcome break from the glut of SLA allrounders.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Sakariya....yaaaaa

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Just posting the venue to see part of it getting censored:

Wankhede Stadium

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I like Sakariya's action more than Unadkat's

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Sensational catch from Samson there.

 

[cnerd123]

We're still gonna lose this somehow

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We're still gonna lose this somehow

Who is 'we' in this comment?

 

[honestbharani]

3 left arm medium pacers for RR... Why do all IPL franchises hate variety?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Who impressed you more on their captaincy debut?

Come on Kerala. Vote!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We might have a sub-100 score tonight.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Rahane

Should've been in England with Vihari.

 

[honestbharani]

Rahane is hacking his own career playing T20s. Its no secret his fall as a test batsman has coincided with his attempts to establish himself as a ODI #4 and a T20 #3.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Rahane is hacking his own career playing T20s. Its no secret his fall as a test batsman has coincided with his attempts to establish himself as a ODI #4 and a T20 #3.

Does he have a county contract this year?

 

[honestbharani]

Does he have a county contract this year?

He will if he gave up his stupid IPL dreams.