Indian Premier League 2024 (22nd March-29th May)

[LukeParkerno1]

Put Markram in the Big Bash and I genuinely dont think he performs as better all-round wise as someone like an Aaron Hardie or even Beau Webster. He for me is one of the most overrated batters going around.

Maybe, but it doesn't mean he isn't a better IPL bat than thOse, if you can't play spin you won't last in the IPL. Hardie is literally the only one and it's a maybe, his best games have been as a top order bat for the Scorchers.

 

[akkaps]

Markram is a liability in Sunrisers Hyderabad winning this tournament. The sooner they identify that, the better for them.

Markram is to Srh as what Root is to Bazball. When everyone around you is going at 200, it’s okay to have someone to stabilise the innings and go at 130.
Also, they aren’t just gonna drop him. He’s won back to back SA20s for the franchise as captain.
He also provides another spining option

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Markram is to Srh as what Root is to Bazball. When everyone around you is going at 200, it’s okay to have someone to stabilise the innings and go at 130.
Also, they aren’t just gonna drop him. He’s won back to back SA20s for the franchise as captain.
He also provides another spining option

You also never know what the pitches may be in finals. People go OTT every year early on but finals generally are 170-180 games at most some finals being 160 winning scores. You need your Markram, Kholi, etc types in these games.

 

[NYRB]

2nd v 6th. Huge 4 point game tonight to determine who is 2nd by the end of the night.

Starc v McGurk is worth watching as an Aussie. (Since we dont get to see too many of the national players compete against each other these days)

 

[NYRB]

There is a chance David Warner plays tonight as well.

 

[NYRB]

One of the most even IPL seasons I can remember. Teams from 2nd to 10th are separated by 2 games.

 

[NYRB]

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams

Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Ricky Bhui, Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra

Kolkata Knight Riders Subs: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lizaad Williams, Khaleel Ahmed

Delhi Capitals have won the toss and have opted to bat in Game 47

 

[NYRB]

Square boundary longer on one side tonight 71 m v 59 m on the other side:

 

[NYRB]

59 metre square boundary is small.

 

[NYRB]

Starc wins the battle of the Aussies,
Getting JFM out cheaply.

 

[NYRB]

Delhi might activating their extra sub here.......94/5 off 65 balls. KKR have bowled well.

 

[NYRB]

Could make a case Narine being the best international import spinner to venture to IPL history. Struggling to think a bowler that comes close.

 

[NYRB]

Chakaravarthy has bowled a miserly spell tonight getting Stubbs.

With Stubbs gone, dare I say it Delhi may be tempted to bat one of their better batsman (all rounders)

 

[NYRB]

And Delhi have

Kushagra has been Impact Sub on.

 

[NYRB]

Prithvi Shaw is the Substituted player out.

 

[NYRB]

At 99/6 Delhi at 12.1 overs , Delhi have to bat their full 20 overs somehow.

 

[NYRB]

Big opportunity for Kushagra who I havent seen before.

 

[NYRB]

That was a great catch from Phil Salt too. Dont take any credit away from that one.

 

[NYRB]

Chakaravarthy with 2/10 off his 3 overs. If your KKR you bowl your spinners straight out here , in Narine and him and look to get that 7th wicket and really squeeze Delhi here.

 

[NYRB]

Make no mistake, KKR have turned up tonight on Monday. No Mondayitis here.

 

[NYRB]

Delhi sink further for 101/7 off 81 balls.


Now we are into the tail pretty much.

 

[NYRB]

Kushagra didnt look like much of a batter to me. He goes cheaply.

Phil Salt has had a pretty good game with the gloves so far.

 

[NYRB]

Simon Katich reckons Salt has in his words 'been sharp behind the stumps tonight'

 

[NYRB]

Good little flurry from the Delhi tail to get to 153/9 .

It does feel about 35 odd runs short. Advantage KKR at change of innings.

 

[NYRB]

Lizaad Williams is a SA20 player not an IPL player. Would get found out big time in the Big Bash.

He is a class below for me.