*Official* IPL 2023

[halba]

Green $3mil but the most overpaid cricketer in this IPL. He's just not white ball material

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Easy for MS… 2 balls 2 sixes

And out

He also completed 5000 IPL Runs during his 12 run innings.

Virat 6706,Dhawan 6284,warner 5937,rohit 5880,Raina 5528,ABD Villers 5162, MSD 5004.

 

[Molehill]

Mo's played a blinder.

I thought the days had gone when Moeen would get the MOTM award for his bowling, but that was a superb spell yesterday. Figures were even better when you remember the first ball went for 4 ridiculous overthrows. CSK won because they stemmed the powerplay momentum far faster than LSG did earlier.

Stokes bowling an over was about as painful to watch as it appeared on his knee. It's hard to see how he bowls much in the Ashes.

 

[Brook's side]

I thought the days had gone when Moeen would get the MOTM award for his bowling, but that was a superb spell yesterday. Figures were even better when you remember the first ball went for 4 ridiculous overthrows. CSK won because they stemmed the powerplay momentum far faster than LSG did earlier.

Stokes bowling an over was about as painful to watch as it appeared on his knee. It's hard to see how he bowls much in the Ashes.

I'm sure that with Mo, a big factor is his mentality and application.
This could be unfair, but maybe he's more up for it on the big stage in the IPL with the crowd roaring, than he sometimes was for England.
I also thought at times he was perhaps too focused with England on his vice captaincy (and sometimes captain) status, than in being the best player he could be.
Never lacked ability with bat or ball, even though if I recall he primarily saw himself as a batsman in his formative years.
I thought it was good tactics and reading of the game by Dhoni with his bowlers (even though a couple of times he seemed to be pushing the boundaries of sportsmanship with slowing the game down). Sharma doesn't seem to be in control of events.

 

[Socerer 01]

I thought the days had gone when Moeen would get the MOTM award for his bowling, but that was a superb spell yesterday. Figures were even better when you remember the first ball went for 4 ridiculous overthrows. CSK won because they stemmed the powerplay momentum far faster than LSG did earlier.

Stokes bowling an over was about as painful to watch as it appeared on his knee. It's hard to see how he bowls much in the Ashes.

Dhoni can make any spinner look world class in Chepauk. the man has some magic voodoo spell over spinners

 

[Molehill]

Dhoni can make any spinner look world class in Chepauk. the man has some magic voodoo spell over spinners

To be fair, it was an inspired decision to bowl him. He didn't use him in the first game but brought him on before his old buddy Jadeja.

 

[Molehill]

I thought it was good tactics and reading of the game by Dhoni with his bowlers (even though a couple of times he seemed to be pushing the boundaries of sportsmanship with slowing the game down). Sharma doesn't seem to be in control of events.

I noticed that Jos tweeted yesterday "Let's speed up the pace of play".

I see CSK were actually penalised in the final over yesterday for slow play.

 

[honestbharani]

I thought it was good tactics and reading of the game by Dhoni with his bowlers (even though a couple of times he seemed to be pushing the boundaries of sportsmanship with slowing the game down).

He was literally pointing to his wrist to indicate the players being slow and pushing them every over, the only captain who has spoken about finishing overs on time multiple times in post match interviews both as national and franchise captain, AND his team was fined (comically) for 1 over with 5 fielders in the ring. I dont think we were watching the same game, tbh.

 

[ashley bach]

11 off the first over from Shami but nothing off the bat. Warner given 4 but it was leg byes.

 

[Nintendo]

Capitals management has been off this season. Why drop Powell, who's in form and did well at 5/6 for them last season for Roussow who's spent the past few years batting 3 exclusively, not 5?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Alzarri is bowling fire tonight

 

[ashley bach]

123/5 @Flem274*

 

[Socerer 01]

Capitals management has been off this season. Why drop Powell, who's in form and did well at 5/6 for them last season for Roussow who's spent the past few years batting 3 exclusively, not 5?

needed Pant to challenge Ponting. now they have just Warner who will agree with whatever Ponting says without a doubt

 

[Nintendo]

Ponting's coaching credentials have taken a bit of a nosedive recently. A very talented hobart hurricanes lineup didn't make semi's in a 5 out of 8 team qualification system in the BBL earlier this year and now a very talented on paper delhi lineup have lost 2 from 2 pretty comprehensively. Even without pant they have axar-warner-powell-nortje-marsh-roussow-kuldeep-shaw. That core of domestic/international players should be enough to make you competitive in indian conditons.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

At this point, I think Shaw is just a version of Ashraful

 

[Zinzan]

Ponting's coaching credentials have taken a bit of a nosedive recently. A very talented hobart hurricanes lineup didn't make semi's in a 5 out of 8 team qualification system in the BBL earlier this year and now a very talented on paper delhi lineup have lost 2 from 2 pretty comprehensively. Even without pant they have axar-warner-powell-nortje-marsh-roussow-kuldeep-shaw. That core of domestic/international players should be enough to make you competitive in indian conditons.

I've always had the impression from afar that Punter looks too intense for a T20 head coach and likely (even if not intentionally) to put too much pressure on the players. Kind of the anti McCullum in that respect, which is somewhat ironic since the two are great mates but clearly very different personalities.

 

[Nintendo]

According to cricinfo boult has the most First over wickets in the ipl since 2020 at 17, next best is 5. Given how important PP wickets are and the whole "you lose 70% of games when you lose 3 in the powerplay" cliche you'de have to think he's a seriously underrated player, no?

 

[Burgey]

Burgeinho went to last night's game. Said it was awesome atmosphere. He's going to the Delhi-Mumbai game on (I believe) the 11th as well.

Happily still nowhere near Chennai.

 

[Athlai]

According to cricinfo boult has the most First over wickets in the ipl since 2020 at 17, next best is 5. Given how important PP wickets are and the whole "you lose 70% of games when you lose 3 in the powerplay" cliche you'de have to think he's a seriously underrated player, no?

Woah that is actually a pretty crazy stat

 

[ashley bach]

According to cricinfo boult has the most First over wickets in the ipl since 2020 at 17, next best is 5. Given how important PP wickets are and the whole "you lose 70% of games when you lose 3 in the powerplay" cliche you'de have to think he's a seriously underrated player, no?

Who's underrating him?
tbh think he's seriously respected around the world, oh how we'd love him to return to the Black caps.