*Official* IPL 2023

[honestbharani]

Seems both Unadkat and Rahul are out now from the WTC finals. Bharat is one lucky dude but it probably means we will have a specialist keeper playing for us now.

I honestly wont mind trying Samson over Bharat for the finals. Dont think Samson is any flash against quidk bouncy bowling or against swing bowling and he will probably be facing both in England when playing the Aussies.

Scratch that. Bharat made some away runs on A tours. Gotta give him the chance to fail.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Seems both Unadkat and Rahul are out now from the WTC finals. Bharat is one lucky dude but it probably means we will have a specialist keeper playing for us now.

I honestly wont mind trying Samson over Bharat for the finals. Dont think Samson is any flash against quidk bouncy bowling or against swing bowling and he will probably be facing both in England when playing the Aussies.

Scratch that. Bharat made some away runs on A tours. Gotta give him the chance to fail.

Rahul out of June 7-11? Good we have Rahane who scored more runs (other than in india) than any other indian player from present team. Yesterday Puj scored 151 for sussex so we are well tune up considering what rahane did in 4 day ranji trophy this year.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Hazlewood vs LSG
4/25
3/43
2/15
Lowest targets successfully defended by RCB
127 vs CSK Chennai 2008
126 vs LSG Lucknow 2023
134 vs RR Cape Town 2009
146 vs PBKS Durban 2009
Lowest totals for LSG
82 vs GT Pune 2022
108 vs RCB Lucknow 2023
128/7 vs GT Lucknow 2023

Deepak Hooda this IPL
17
2
7
9
2
2
2
11*
1

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[G. S. Kohli]

Four wickets taken inside Powerplay this season
RCB: thrice in nine innings
All other teams: None
Wickets by RCB in Powerplay
IPL 2022: 19 wickets in 16 matches
IPL 2023: 22 wickets in 9 matches
RCB batting in death overs (16-20) - last six games
40/0 vs DC
49/4 vs CSK
44/4 vs PBKS
33/5 vs RR
41/2 vs KKR
34/5 vs Lucknow
Most wickets in IPL

183 D Bravo
178 Y Chahal
172 A. Mishra *
170 Malinga
170 R Ashwin
170 p Chawla

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[Niall]

Guys the Yorker is the hardest ball to bowl

I miss Umar Gul.

 

[honestbharani]

I miss Umar Gul.

Co he was a guy?

 

[Prince EWS]

Co he was a guy?

Look I hate/ignore ICC rankings as much as the next person, but surely this takes him out of the guy category as a white ball bowler:



It's made even more impressive by the fact that the next six (and 11 out of the next 12) are all spinners.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Yeah Umar Gul was nowhere near guy status

 

[Himannv]

Gul was great at limited overs stuff.

 

[honestbharani]

I actually always rated him as a LO bowler and even mentioned he was probably best in the world at T20 bowling at one point. Was just joking there. ?‍

 

[Bahseph]

What was the Kohli-Gambhir stuff about?

 

[honestbharani]

What was the Kohli-Gambhir stuff about?

AS with everything about Gambhir and Indian cricket, jealousy and petulance.

 

[ankitj]

What was the Kohli-Gambhir stuff about?

It was Kohli's fault as usual. Gambhir and Naveen are innocent.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

38-year-old,
Kedar Jadha has been signed for INR 1 Crore ( for RCB)after the left-arm seamer D. Willey was ruled out due to a foot injury he suffered in the previous game.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

?Warner's 107 runs against Shami are among the bowler's worst numbers against a batter. But Shami has dismissed him twice in 10 games. Warner, in particular, enjoys facing Mohit, hitting him for 100 runs in 55 balls. That one-on-one strike-rate of 182 is among the worst for Mohit against any batter.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Axar Patel averages 32.50 at a strike rate of 171 at the death in IPL 2023
Noor Ahmad has a bowling average of 8.75 and an economy rate of 6.67 in the second half of the innings (overs 11-20) in the IPL this
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Below cricinfo
?At Ahmedabad, the average first innings score has been 192 but the average first-innings winning score is 207.
?Warner's 107 runs against Shami are among the bowler's worst numbers against a batter. But Shami has dismissed him twice in 10 games. Warner, in particular, enjoys facing Mohit, hitting him for 100 runs in 55 balls. That one-on-one strike-rate of 182 is among the worst for Mohit against any batter.
?Capitals' left-arm spinners have kept Hardik unusually quiet. He's scored 14 in 16 against Kuldeep and 18 in 17 against Axar

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Leon Garrickesque from Salt.

He timed that to perfection, straight into cover's hands...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Garg better make 200 here to make up for that...

lol

He was right not to run because it's his call and not Warner's

 

[G. S. Kohli]

#1 vs #10
6 for 2 Delhi

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The last ball was 145.8 from Shami...he's firing on all cylinders.