Indian Premier League 2025

[NYRB]

KKR beat SRH by 80 runs in Game 15.

Big one for KKR, they move from 10th to 5th after that win.

 

[NYRB]

And it looks like Rabada is done for this season IPL for Gujarat

 

[revo333]

Been watching highlights daily and I have to admit it's pretty good to watch.

Only surprising thing is the lack of bowlers who can bowl a good yorker consistently.

Wasim Akram would have been a great T20 cricketer.

 

[010203]

I didn't enjoy last year's IPL but bar one SRH game this year, the sides batting first aren't scoring ridiculous totals that make a mockery of the game.

 

[Registered User]

Jeepers! Another duck for Fraser-McGurk

 

[Around the Wicket]

Jeepers! Another duck for Fraser-McGurk

He sucks, just a cowboy who occasionally gets a 50

 

[010203]

Dhoni walks out to bat with CSK 5 down, requiring 110 off 56. Not straight forward but not impossible. Dhoni gets a not out (30 off 26) but is absolutely useless in their pursuit of victory. Stephen Fleming is no mug. He will know Dhoni is about useful as a bottle of milk that's a month past its use by date but he has to accommodate somebody hanging around like a bad smell for non cricket related reasons. The perfect end for Dhoni was retiring after the 2023 final which CSK won. On the proviso CSK want to win the IPL, he's just useless.

 

[NYRB]

Dhoni walks out to bat with CSK 5 down, requiring 110 off 56. Not straight forward but not impossible. Dhoni gets a not out (30 off 26) but is absolutely useless in their pursuit of victory. Stephen Fleming is no mug. He will know Dhoni is about useful as a bottle of milk that's a month past its use by date but he has to accommodate somebody hanging around like a bad smell for non cricket related reasons. The perfect end for Dhoni was retiring after the 2023 final which CSK won. On the proviso CSK want to win the IPL, he's just useless.

Ill cut Dhoni some slack as that wicket in Chennai looked real slowish and difficult to bat.

But he clearly is no number 6 bat. He is playing more on sentiment. Only way Chennai progress as a franchise is if he retires but that doesn't seen likely to happen any time soon.

 

[NYRB]

Chennais batting does look a bit thin when Dhoni comes in at 7 and you have Ashwin (as good as he was in the past) at 8.

I dont think their internationals have set the world on fire too: Conway, Ravindra. Pathirana is dangerous with ball but Chennais strength is clearly with the ball than bat especially on their home wickets.

Really disappointing effort with the bat still from Chennai and when you get to that age Dhoni is - age should be a reason people look at your performances.

 

[NYRB]

Fleming built this Chennai lineup specifically on how to play at Chennai their home base. I also gather there was a bit of bias in picking Ravindra and Devon Conway as imports. Ravindra game style doesn't suit Chepauk - sad to say.

 

[NYRB]

If Ravi Shastri is an unexcited for a Dhoni 6, you know the game has passed you. I wonder if MS Dhoni knows that?

 

[NYRB]

Not a record Dhoni should be proud of.

 

[NYRB]

Been noticing crowds or sections of it have been down for a few stadiums this season:




Ticket pricing may be an issue.

 

[NYRB]

I wrote on my Sports calendar that there was a double header in terms of IPL games today. Just the single game today according to Cricinfo.

Do notice there is a double header this Tuesday between KKR and LSG .

 

[NYRB]

Dhoni legacy has the potential to get harmed if he plays on further.........



Dont know in any other professional sport bar golf, where you could keep going

 

[NYRB]

The reason for the rescheduled match:

Why Was KKR vs LSG Fixture Rescheduled?​

With the Ram Navami celebrations falling close to the match date, the Kolkata Police informed the IPL organisers that they would be unable to provide sufficient security coverage for the event due to the ongoing festival activities. As a result, the KKR vs LSG fixture was postponed, leaving fans to enjoy just one thrilling encounter today.

It is important to mention that on special request by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), to BCCI, the match was shifted to April 8, 2025.


Source: Cricket.one

 

[NYRB]

Game 19:

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins(c), Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma

Gujarat Titans have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[NYRB]

Shami gets Sudharsan inside the powerplay, defending a lowish score of 152.

 

[NYRB]

Cummins gets Buttler inside the powerplay but good little fightback from Gujarat promoting Sundar up the order.

 

[NYRB]

Standings after Game 19:



Patty Cummins team in a whole world of hurt at the bottom of the ladder.

 

[010203]

Teams are picking Rashid Khan better, which is no surprise in a sense because he's got a wrong'un, a leg break and that's it. His figures this season from 4 games: 14 overs, 1 wicket and an economy rate of 10.21.

 

[NYRB]

Teams are picking Rashid Khan better, which is no surprise in a sense because he's got a wrong'un, a leg break and that's it. His figures this season from 4 games: 14 overs, 1 wicket and an economy rate of 10.21.

More franchises in the last 2-3 seasons I reckon have picked him better generally speaking. This is definitely less a fear factor thats for sure.

The depth in Indian spin bowlers has always been relatively deep .

 

[NYRB]

Game 20:

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Swastik Chikara, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur


Mumbai won the toss and elected to field

 

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[NYRB]

RCB havent won a game in Mumbai since 2015.