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00:00We are at the business end of the IPL.
00:02In fact, so fast six weeks have passed.
00:05We are in the seventh week now.
00:15Hello, good evening, everybody.
00:17Welcome back to Straight Bat with Golf News and Mr. Cricket UAE, Mr. Anish Sarjan.
00:23We are back again to the weekly roundup of what happened this week in the Indian Premier League.
00:29And with the league coming to the home stretch,
00:32which literally the last few games left, it's heating up.
00:37And we'll ask more from Mr. Anish Sarjan.
00:40Anishbhai, how was it like this week?
00:43It's things are happening and it's as it is, it was quite unpredictable IPL this year,
00:49but things are changing drastically this week, isn't it?
00:53Yeah, thank you, Satish.
00:55Hello to all the fans of different franchise.
00:57And hello to all the beautiful people of Golf News.
01:00Yes, we are at the business end of the IPL.
01:03In fact, so fast six weeks have passed.
01:05We are in the seventh week now.
01:07It's like IPL when you're watching,
01:09you don't realize that it's like watching a movie in the evening six to nine.
01:13And if it's a double header, watching two movies in a day.
01:15But having said that, today's both games, especially I want to talk about the CSK game.
01:20Four games they have won.
01:22All the four games, they batted first and won.
01:25So and another thing, obviously, is that the Dhoni fans would be happy
01:30that after he has come, they won two games.
01:32And whenever Dhoni has runs on the board,
01:35he can control his spinners and dominate the match.
01:39And when you talk about the second game,
01:41I'm afraid SRH is going through a poor run of form with the ball,
01:45where they've been leaking almost 200 runs in every game.
01:48The defeat to Gujarat Titans is still haunting them.
01:51Or you would say Williamson batting in the first opening is not going well for them.
01:55But I'm afraid at the moment, things are not looking good for SRH.
02:00Yeah, true. True. Absolutely. You're right.
02:03I think Arjan must be the one who must be really, really happy today.
02:09Arjan, you are in mute. Tell me about how do you feel today?
02:12Like, are you happy with the Chennai?
02:15And do you see the old Chennai back?
02:18Yes, I do. But I feel like it's 10 games too late, don't you think?
02:24Like, first of all, I thought the opening partnership was amazing.
02:28Of course, Guy Gouart could have got his 50 and Conway could have got the century.
02:33But it's a roster match. I'm happy about that.
02:38And then if you looked at the bowling in the mid overs,
02:43mid overs, wickets were falling.
02:47Like, of major players too, like Marsh and Punt,
02:50it was really happy to see CSK. I was really happy to see CSK back in form.
02:55Now, if you look at the points table,
02:57it's likely that CSK may even get to the fifth position.
03:03If Delhi Capitals and Samraj Asadovar plays bad,
03:07we could easily jump up to the fifth position.
03:10Now, of course, I never thought that I would be hoping for CSK to go into fifth.
03:15But, you know, for this season, I'll settle with it.
03:19Okay. You have anyway given up hope on the playoffs.
03:21But still, they have a mathematical chance.
03:24We have a little bit of a chance, yeah.
03:26Yeah. But if they keep winning like this, the run rate will be quite high.
03:30Yeah.
03:31Okay, good. While you are smiling,
03:34there is another person, Ahaan Gupta, who is not quite happy with what has happened today.
03:40Especially after what Delhi did.
03:44Yeah, to start with, they had a COVID scare.
03:46But that shouldn't be an excuse, the way they played, isn't it?
03:50Like, it's an absolute surrender, completely.
03:55Such a good team and playing like novices.
03:58It's not what we expected from them, isn't it, Ahaan?
04:03Yeah. I mean, obviously, it looks really bad the way they lost.
04:06But I think once they allowed CSK to put 208 on the board,
04:10it was always going to be an uphill task.
04:12They started well, as they have done throughout the season.
04:14But it just feels like they're losing one wicket too many early on.
04:19And then that means that's bringing people like Pant and Powell in,
04:22in the first eight to 10 overs.
04:26And I mean, I think Delhi throughout the season have faced a lot of challenges.
04:30But they've kept themselves in.
04:32But there's only so long you can keep going without your top players
04:35putting in consistent match winning performances.
04:37And right now, it just seems like Delhi's whole batting is centered on Warner.
04:41If Warner plays well, Delhi plays well.
04:44If Warner doesn't score, no one else seems to stand up.
04:46I mean, like Pant has had, he's not had 150 this season,
04:49not one like properly substantial innings that has contributed to a victory.
04:54So I think there's only so long you can keep going with your,
04:58centered so purely on one player, especially given even Shaw is out now.
05:02So I think it's obviously a bad result.
05:06But having said that, don't you think that the chase didn't have any plan per se?
05:13Like, and that's why you can also talk about it once Ahan finishes.
05:17They seem to be clueless.
05:19Yes, 208 was a daunting target.
05:21But it's chasable with players like Warner, players like Powell,
05:26players like Pant, Mitchell Marsh, even Akshar Patel can come.
05:30Akshar Patel and Shadul can come and hit a few sixes later in the order.
05:33I think when you're chasing 208, you have to go at 10.
05:37You have to go at 10 and a half and over consistently.
05:39And Delhi started really well.
05:40I think you can't, you can fault a few of the shots.
05:43But if you look at the top three, I think KS Varad got unlucky.
05:46Warner, that's a percentage shot for him.
05:48He plays that well usually.
05:50And he got out on an unpious call.
05:53It's again margins.
05:54And then Marsh, the idea was right.
05:56He was trying to play with the spin and use the shot to try and hit the six there,
06:01which is what we needed.
06:02Because you need a boundary and over when you're chasing 210.
06:05It didn't come off.
06:06And then, I mean, once they got three down that early,
06:08you needed Pant and Powell to have an incredible game from there on.
06:11And it just didn't, it didn't realize.
06:12So.
06:14Anirbhai, your thoughts.
06:17Like Delhi has always been, the entire year, we expect a lot from Delhi.
06:23But time and again, the players are failing and they fall short,
06:27way short of the expectations, isn't it?
06:29Yeah, very much, Satish.
06:31Like I remember after the auction, we all said that they are one team which looks strong
06:35with the bat, with the ball.
06:37They had good international players also.
06:39But they started off with a win against Mumbai in the first game,
06:42where Aksar and Lalit Yadav made them win.
06:45And then after that, they lost one game.
06:46They win one game, they lose one game.
06:48So it's the pattern they have set.
06:50And I'm afraid the other things which is happening around them,
06:54whether it is the COVID cases or the Pant drama on the field has not helped their cause.
06:59I'm afraid, if I have to be very honest, I would put it straight on Mr. Pant.
07:04Like Ahaan mentioned, his captainship has been not as good as it should have been
07:11as an international player.
07:13He's been all over the place.
07:14Let me put it this way, in one line.
07:17True, true.
07:18They must be ruining Shreyas Iyer, losing Shreyas Iyer.
07:23Not for the captaincy, at least for the batting.
07:27Shreyas Iyer?
07:28Yeah.
07:30Why, you don't like him?
07:31No, I love Shreyas Iyer.
07:32He was very good with Delhi.
07:33But he's not been good with captaincy.
07:35Yeah, it's true.
07:38Okay, coming to the next game.
07:40Sanjay must be a bit happy with the result, not with the way Kohli has played.
07:46Another golden duck, probably.
07:51But at least, with 14 points, RCB is almost on the verge of making the playoffs, isn't it?
07:59Yes, after today's win, I can tell RCB has taken the revenge, what they have to take
08:03against SRH.
08:04After the bad loss, 68.
08:07I think, I'm pretty sure, I'm pretty happy to tell, we are the team to put SRH to positive
08:12net run rate.
08:12And we are the team to slip them down to the negative or minus 0.1 or whatever.
08:18So, what you give, you take back.
08:21Yes, what we give, we take back.
08:22Apart from Virat's wicket, the moment Virat went…
08:26Actually, the moment when Williamson gave the ball to Suchith, I was like, why on earth
08:30is he going with the spinner?
08:31Then, after the first ball, I got to know, oh, this is the reason.
08:34Nice.
08:35So, he gets Virat on the first ball and he has a third golden duck in the season.
08:39Yeah.
08:40I was…
08:40My hopes actually went because the top order collapses, pressure falls on the middle order.
08:44I really expected somewhere, RCB might take just 150 or 155.
08:49From nowhere, I didn't expect that RCB will cross 170 or 180.
08:52Man, again, this DK, this Dinesh Karthik is unstoppable.
08:56The last over, I never expected 25 runs to come.
08:59He just went guns blazing, three sixes.
09:01And thanks to Tripathi for dropping the catch and putting it to six.
09:05So, that gave him more confidence.
09:08And our bowlers were good.
09:11Apart from Siraj, all the bowlers were holding economy under five or under six, which is
09:16good at Hussarangam.
09:17Literally, I would thank him five wickets at all in the debut season.
09:22Who did it with the three crucial wickets.
09:24So, I'm pretty much happy.
09:25And he's just one wicket away behind Yuzvendra Chahal, he's 21, and Chahal is 22.
09:31Good takeaways from the match.
09:32Positive changes.
09:33I think Kohli can't be a bench because there's no such particular change to be done.
09:37Anuj Rawat is also on the same boat.
09:40And Lomroer and Pattidhar, they're already in the game.
09:42The next game, actually, I would like to see if RCB try Siddharth Kohli for Siraj because
09:48Siraj has been in off-form this season.
09:50So, I think if it's against Punjab, Punjab is an unpredictable team anyways.
09:55I think we can go for a new bowler because anyway, we have paces in the form of Hazrud
10:00and Harshal Patel, who's been doing well.
10:03So, one particular chance, Siraj out and Siddharth Kohli in, I think RCB…
10:10If they win against Punjab, then yes, we'll carry the win for Gujarat also.
10:15So, hope we don't let them win for Punjab because if we let it, Punjab might qualify.
10:19So, hope RCB carries this momentum and hope they plaster our place for the third place.
10:27Second place would be too overconfident.
10:29Based on the NRL, I would tell it is third place.
10:32Okay.
10:33Ahead of RRL, who have got their still game to play.
10:38And it's my sense, we don't have Samruddh.
10:41I think he is not there with us for the sunrises.
10:44Samruddh has come.
10:44Samruddh has joined.
10:45Samruddh has joined?
10:47Samruddh, what's happening with the sunrises?
10:53Samruddh, three losses on the trot.
10:56Five wins.
10:57First two losses.
10:58Five wins on the trot.
10:59Three losses again on the trot.
11:02Absolutely inconsistent.
11:03Four losses now today, sorry.
11:04Four losses on the trot.
11:05So, absolutely inconsistent performance, isn't it?
11:09Yeah, it's very disappointing.
11:10And what's more disappointing is that there is a certain pattern to which we are losing the games.
11:14You know, we are leaking runs.
11:16We are dropping catches.
11:17And I think the main reason why we haven't been able to, you know, win these many games
11:22is the non-utilization of the powerplay.
11:24I think we have discussed this in the last session as well saying that, you know,
11:28we were not able to utilize any of the powerplays in these four games.
11:31I think that is the main reason why we haven't been able to, you know, chase the big targets down.
11:36And 190 on that particular wicket was a very good score.
11:39And I think credit has to be given to Fab Duplessis for the way he played.
11:44And absolutely brilliant to Hasaranga as well.
11:46I think they were the better team on this particular day.
11:49So, they deserve to win.
11:50But I think it's very disappointing from an SRH point of view.
11:54Kane Williamson, he was very unlucky.
11:56And Abhishek Sharma has tapered off a little bit in the last three to four games.
12:00We have three games remaining.
12:01We still have a good net run rate.
12:03Not as bad as some other teams.
12:05I think we can go back to the drawing board.
12:07It's gone to the negative, anyway.
12:09Yeah, it's okay.
12:10But it's not too bad.
12:12I think if we put some good performances in the last three games,
12:15I think we'll still be able to qualify.
12:17We have an outside chance.
12:18So, not everything is lost for us.
12:20I think we are known for comebacks.
12:22And the sun will rise again, definitely.
12:25Let's hope.
12:26Okay.
12:27Anirzabai, before I move on to the other teams.
12:30One strange pattern I am seeing in this tournament.
12:32So many catches are being dropped.
12:36That's amazing, isn't it?
12:37Because today, the entire emphasis is on fielding and restricting the runs.
12:42But with so many catches being dropped, what do you think could be the reason?
12:46Is it because of the lighting?
12:48Because they don't have enough time to do the fielding practice?
12:53What is it happening?
12:55Well, I can for sure say they have enough time to do the fielding practices
12:59because they are in the bubble or they can go to the ground and practice.
13:02So, that thing is out.
13:03Now, the lights, I don't see are an issue.
13:06Let's accept it that it's been poor fielding.
13:09I don't know how much you can blame the fielding coach.
13:12Or probably, you can straight away say that the fielding has been below par.
13:16And like you rightly mentioned, three catches, four catches.
13:19It's been an average.
13:20Like today, also, sunrise has dropped half.
13:22And then in the end, Tripathi probably led through one in the end of a decay.
13:27But it's become a pattern now, dropping catches every match.
13:31And the team which takes good catches have been able to do well.
13:34And that's Gujarat Titans.
13:36If you watch, they have been taking good catches.
13:38Even Lucknow, I'm not saying because they're on top.
13:41They've taken their catches.
13:42So, the team will take good catches are going to win the matches.
13:47Okay.
13:47Since you spoke about Lucknow,
13:51I don't think anybody is there from Lucknow.
13:55Lucknow is again, they're continuing from where they left off.
13:59They're not giving up.
14:02And as you said, rightly mentioned, maybe they're doing their basics right in every aspect.
14:07So, where do you think they will reach from here?
14:10Like, do you think the next three games, they will try something new?
14:13Or will they keep doing what they're doing the best and then continue with a clean slate?
14:18You see, Satish, first priority for KL Rahul will be to make sure that they're in a top two.
14:23I don't think they will try anything new.
14:25They do not try anything new.
14:27Their bowling has been exceptional.
14:29The addition of this guy Mohsin Khan.
14:32They look a different bowling attack with Mohsin Khan, older, stoiness.
14:37I'm afraid they're not using much.
14:39Vishnoy has been on and off, but he's still been no better than Rahul Chahar, I would say.
14:43But otherwise, the bowling attack with Krunal Pandya also contributing.
14:48They have a decent attack.
14:49And don't forget Chameera's contribution.
14:51So, they have been a very good bowling attack.
14:53And mind you, like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul also has scored three ducks.
14:57But the other guys have contributed in their team.
15:00Whether it is the stoiness, whether it is the Deepak Hooda's, whether it is the Krunal Pandya's.
15:06Somebody or the other is chipping in with the runs.
15:08Dikok.
15:09And Dikok, to name anybody, they have contributed.
15:12So, these two teams, there is somebody putting their hand up.
15:16And that is why they're doing well.
15:17So, I don't think they will put their foot down if they want to be in the top two.
15:20Because if you're in the knockout in the third and fourth, then one bad game, you're out of the tournament.
15:25You'd rather have that one game where you have a bad day, suppose, you have that cushion.
15:30And they have a net run rate of plus seven, which is almost
15:36three times or four times more than Gujarat Titans in the net run rate,
15:40though they are both on same points.
15:43True.
15:43They play against each other.
15:44So, that's going to be a match to watch.
15:46Yeah, true.
15:47Correct.
15:48That will probably deserve the table toppers.
15:51Okay.
15:53Akash Patel, you must be happy with the way Gujarat is doing it.
15:59But one reversal, which is expected from newcomers.
16:05What do you feel this week?
16:07And that too against the bottom table, the lowest team, bottom most team, Mumbai.
16:14What do you think?
16:16Yeah, certainly this week wasn't our week.
16:18You know, the first match when I talk about Gujarat versus Punjab,
16:22apart from Sai Sudarshan, who scored 65.
16:26Nobody stood beside him to put a good total on the board.
16:29And for that reason, you know, bowlers didn't have enough runs in their kitty to defend that total.
16:34And so, that's the reason the Punjab batsmen did not get enough pressure on that.
16:40And as a result, you know, the bowlers were not...
16:44The bowlers couldn't get wickets quickly.
16:47So, simply it was not our day against Punjab.
16:50You know, Punjab was a better team on that day.
16:56Rabada played very well.
16:57He took out four wickets.
16:58And Dhawan and Livingstone, you know, they also made very good runs.
17:03Like 62 for Dhawan and Livingstone made around 30.
17:06So, you know, they played very good that particular day.
17:09And talking about the game against Mumbai Indians,
17:12we feel that, you know, Gujarat got a bit overconfident on that day.
17:17It was a very easy game for us.
17:19You know, Gill and Saab, they had already put 104-runs partnership on the board.
17:24And 60-70% of the work was already done for them.
17:28But still, you know, we lost by...
17:31Five runs.
17:32By a very small margin.
17:33You know, only nine runs were left to score out of six runs.
17:38And Tevadia were on the crease.
17:41So, the game was surely ours.
17:43But I guess that Tevadia's run-out and Miller could not connect to the bat.
17:50So, that's the reason, you know, basically we lost that game.
17:54And so, we have been observing this pattern.
17:56Like in Gujarat, every now and then, in every game,
17:59there is someone on the other who has stood till the last and given us that winning strike.
18:04But in this game, there was nobody who took our, you know, side and made that winning stroke.
18:12So, I would say a bad luck and a bit of overconfidence.
18:14But there is every learning after every game.
18:17And one thing which I liked was Ritwin Saha, who is in a good form.
18:23And who is giving the top-order a good place.
18:26So, I think Saha is in great form.
18:28And Sai Sudarshan, who is also supporting him, it is good for the team.
18:33And one more thing which I would like to add is Hardik Pandya.
18:38You know, he has been very good in the last few games.
18:43And after which, when he came one down, you know, the team started giving good results.
18:51But in the last two, three games, there is a bit of inconsistency.
18:55He is coming two down, he is coming three down.
18:56And sometimes he is coming one down.
18:58So, I would prefer that he should stick to his one-down game.
19:02And he should be coming one down and he should take the team to the winning stroke.
19:06So, I guess…
19:07Okay. Okay.
19:08But good lessons learned.
19:11Good. Anyway, they are doing well.
19:13So, you can't say much about Gujarat.
19:17Anish bhai, since nobody is there for KKR, it is extremely disappointing, isn't it?
19:25The way they have managed completely and the way they have succumbed.
19:29I think they have lost now about four, five games consecutive right now, Kolkata.
19:37They lost four in a row, five in a row.
19:39See, they started with a win, then they lost one, then they won two.
19:43So, after four games, they were with three wins.
19:45Then they lost five in a row.
19:46Then they won one and they lost one.
19:49So, at the moment, they are with only four wins, that is eight points.
19:52And I am afraid, looking down the barrel…
19:55And once again, I remember during the auction, we had mentioned that
19:58they had to retain Naren and Russell.
20:03But by retaining Chakravarthy, probably now they might regret that they made a mistake.
20:08I would have been retaining Chakravarthy because of his form.
20:11But he has been off the boil.
20:13And now, even Pat Cummins, they are dropping.
20:16So, that is the whole problem with them.
20:18Every time you see two, three changes coming regularly,
20:22you can't expect the guy of Rinku Singh winning the matches every day.
20:25And I am afraid, Aaron Finch has not been showing the runs.
20:32Opening is still an issue.
20:34It's a big problem.
20:34Yeah, they had also retained one more guy, an Indian player.
20:37Venkatesh Iyer.
20:39Venkatesh Iyer, they have dropped him also.
20:41So, that shows that there is no confidence.
20:44There's a lot going on behind the scenes.
20:46We wouldn't know what is going on.
20:48But when a team does chop and change, it never does well.
20:52If you are retaining a player, you better back him to the court.
20:55And if you see, their good luck charm was Ajinkya Rahane.
20:58The moment they dropped him, things have gone haywire.
21:01I know he was not scoring runs.
21:03It is easy for me, for all of us to now make statements.
21:06But he was their lucky charm.
21:08Correct.
21:09True.
21:09True.
21:12Now, coming to Mumbai.
21:15Naresh must be happy.
21:17But it's coming a bit too late, isn't it?
21:19One win, or rather two wins so far, it's coming too late.
21:24What do you think Mumbai needs to do for the rest of the game,
21:27so that they do well in the next year?
21:29Because the same team is going to be there.
21:33Yeah.
21:35We got four games.
21:36Actually, we are the only team which has more games left.
21:38You know, four against the others who have three or two.
21:42And we play KKR tomorrow.
21:44And we just spoke about KKR.
21:46They completely look shattered at this point of time.
21:49That's an advantage we will go in with.
21:51And then we have CSK during the week.
21:54And the other two following week will be Hyderabad and Delhi.
21:58All going in with some losses now.
22:01But the point is, we feel somewhere we are getting into
22:06the right combination we were probably looking for.
22:08But the only, I would currently say,
22:11concern now would be Pollard and how we handle Pollard.
22:14Do we make him play for the remaining games?
22:16Do we replace him now?
22:18And then probably decide on things the following year.
22:22But yeah, I feel this side which won the last game looks much more balanced.
22:29And it will be D.Y. Patil again tomorrow, like today's second game.
22:35Unfortunately, we don't have an effective spinner.
22:38I'm still not convinced with Murugan Ashwin.
22:40He's got a couple of wickets.
22:41But is he the real wicket-taker or he's just there to contain runs?
22:46So maybe Markandeya should be brought in now looking at the conditions.
22:52Because spinners will start getting support.
22:56Correct. Absolutely.
22:59Now we are coming to Anmol Verma.
23:02He has been quite a...
23:06You don't know, he has been banking on a lot of other teams to do well
23:09so that Punjab can somehow sneak into the playoffs.
23:12Yeah, both of my predictions went correct.
23:15As yesterday, I predicted that...
23:17No, but Chennai in this form...
23:20Actually, Chennai could also spoil Punjab's party.
23:23They are only two points away from Punjab.
23:25Yeah, but we have to win the next one against the RCB, you know.
23:29Yeah.
23:30You guys play RCB, you play Sunrisers,
23:33and the third team, if I'm not wrong, is another team which is Delhi.
23:37You have to beat all three of them.
23:38Yeah, all three of them.
23:39And they all are in the race for fourth spot.
23:42Yeah, and Aditya, by coming to the fourth spot,
23:47what do you think will be a comfortable points table right now, looking at it?
23:51Because right now, if you look at including Chennai, who are in the eighth spot,
23:56all of them could come into about three games.
23:59You are looking at 6 points.
24:0014 points seems to be achievable for everybody.
24:03So I think the two teams that are in 16 should be safer, I think, isn't it?
24:08At the moment, it looks like I don't want to be jinxing Patel by saying that
24:13RR, sorry, Gujarat might still get knocked out if the other two teams catch up.
24:18Because, you know, as they say, winning is a habit.
24:20Losing is also a habit.
24:22And maybe like that, I remember Hardik Pandya saying,
24:25they have been having the rub of the green going their way in the last match.
24:29I wouldn't take anything away from Mumbai, but that luck deserted them.
24:33And the two finishers couldn't finish the game.
24:36But if I have to pick four teams, it has to be, of course, LSG, that is Lucknow, Gujarat,
24:40RR, and I'll go with RCB with the team in form.
24:44But I want Anmol to come in because Anmol has not spoken about Punjab.
24:47You've been saying that this team should lose, that team should win.
24:49What is wrong with Punjab?
24:51Why did Punjab not defend 190 on the same wicket where RCB defended?
24:57It was not maybe as dry as spinning.
24:59But I think 190 was a good enough score to defend against RR.
25:03Yeah, firstly, we didn't gain the momentum because we are outplayed by Yusuf Jaiswal.
25:11He's a brilliant batsman.
25:13I'm wondering why RR dropped him as of an Indian fan.
25:17But I will say as a Punjab fan that every bowler was above 10.
25:22Sandeep Sharma was above 10.
25:24Kasiko Rabada went off many runs.
25:28Yeah, he picked up the butler.
25:30He was not up to the mark on that day.
25:34And Rahul Chahar, of course, he was with stitches.
25:37I think that we would have got Harpreet Brar instead of him if he was not well to bowl.
25:43Spot on.
25:44Yeah, we would have got him.
25:46Because if he's not really fit, why would he have been the 11?
25:51And after that, yeah, 190 was a good score.
25:55But bringing in the last over or last over should not be considered.
26:00Arshiddeep's over.
26:02If we see that small two fours, he considered two fours.
26:06If that two fours haven't been considered, I think that that would be a difference.
26:11And some of the umpiring errors of one or two runs of wide or not, that small phases
26:17we have not won.
26:19Why would you give a left leggy to bowl the last over in front of an admirer?
26:24Yeah, that was a point.
26:25We could have given a Rishi Dhawan because Rishi Dhawan was also left with one.
26:30You would have probably still lost.
26:31But it doesn't make sense that you give a left spinner to bowl who's not in the best
26:38of form.
26:38Let's accept Rahul has not been in the best of form.
26:40Yeah, best of form.
26:42And this is why we haven't spoken about Rajasthan Royals.
26:46I think they have not lived up to what they have to.
26:50But somehow on the back of Butler and Yuzved Raj Chahal and Ashwin and Samson coming in
26:58good on and off, they have somehow managed to reach their somewhere nearabouts, isn't
27:03it?
27:04Satish, like I mentioned yesterday, as much as I have seen Lucknow doing well and Gujarat
27:10doing well, RR on paper has a complete package if you have to see their openers with Joss
27:16Butler in the best of form and now with Yashaswi Jaiswal also coming in.
27:21And if Samson can keep his head in cool and make sure that he bats the innings, they have
27:28decent batting.
27:29Now, I'm afraid Hetmair has gone.
27:31I don't know how many matches he would have missed.
27:33I'm not sure about that.
27:34That's going to be a big blow.
27:35But the bowling attack seems to be sorted.
27:37Bolt is a little hot and cold.
27:39But the spinners are in the best of form.
27:42Plus Prasidh Krishna has been bowling well.
27:44So they are a team to beat, mind you.
27:45If Hetmair is back, it's not easy that you can get through RR.
27:50And there are no ifs and buts in cricket.
27:51But Butler has been giving most of the time them the start.
27:54And you have to expect that he will give further starts to them.
27:59And I am finding them a team to beat in this tournament.
28:03True.
28:03True.
28:04Absolutely.
28:05OK.
28:07We have kind of analysed every team that is going to be playing or that is going to make
28:13it to the next round.
28:14And…
28:15Let's take the prediction, Satish, from all four.
28:19Before that, Anishbhai, if you can talk about the competition, please.
28:23Oh, yes.
28:25Predicting the winner in this IPL has been very difficult.
28:27I myself have got everything wrong.
28:30Maybe one or two by fluke.
28:31Then also the match has changed in the last over.
28:34But that's the beauty of this IPL.
28:35Predict the winner and you walk away with the wonderful kit which you guys are wearing.
28:40You get a track T-shirt and a cap of Mr. Cricket as well as a digital subscription of
28:44Gulf News.
28:45Yeah, Satish.
28:47Yeah.
28:48Now, we have two questions now.
28:50One is, who will win the tomorrow's game?
28:53And the second is, who are the four teams that will make it to the playoffs at this
28:58point in time?
28:59So let's take a call next week.
29:01But let's see who are all successful in that.
29:04Come on, Sanjay, cut.
29:07Yes.
29:08Firstly, I think I am rooting for Kolkata anyways.
29:10Because the last time also I rooted for Kolkata.
29:14But they won and the second match they lost.
29:16So this weekend, again, I am rooting for Kolkata.
29:19So they might win Monday, tomorrow.
29:21So my top four is LHG will be in the first place.
29:24Radhasan in the second.
29:26GT, they are choking out.
29:28So I am placing them at third and third or fourth.
29:31RCB and GT, they might shuffle third or fourth.
29:34Your connection went off, I think.
29:36No, he's right.
29:37He's right.
29:38Yeah, I could hear him.
29:39Yeah, Sanjay, speak the four teams.
29:42First team is LHG because their run rate is very high, plus six.
29:46And second is RR because they are also in a pretty good state, plus three, plus 0.3.
29:52GT started to choke, so their run rate slipped to 0.1.
29:55And RCB is now minus 0.1 because they're a little bit away from getting into positive.
30:01So first two teams test the same.
30:03GT and RCB, they might shuffle three and four.
30:07Okay, and Arjan, you're up next.
30:11Tomorrow, KKR versus Mumbai.
30:15Tomorrow's match, this is a hard one.
30:18It's the battle of the bottom two teams.
30:23And both of them lost their last match.
30:27But I'm still thinking it's KKR, even though they'll ruin CSK's chances of getting to number
30:35five.
30:37Look at it.
30:37Mumbai has just won two matches.
30:39Like, do you really think they're back in form?
30:42They've already lost another match.
30:44Do you really think they can beat KKR?
30:47And plus, I want to see Dre Russell in the last six matches.
30:51And the four teams.
30:53And the four teams.
30:55The table seems pretty locked right now.
30:58I'd say it would be Rajasthan first.
31:02Even though they've lost twice.
31:04Then I would say it would be Lucknow, then Gujarat, then RCB.
31:12Okay, you're backing Rajasthan to top the table.
31:14Okay.
31:15Samrudh, your pick.
31:18I'm backing Mumbai for tomorrow's match.
31:20I think Rohit Sharma will have big innings tomorrow.
31:23He looked fantastic in the last match.
31:25And my four-cork team is Lucknow, Gujarat, Rajasthan.
31:29And I'm still backing Santhosh.
31:30Rajasthan.
31:31And I'm still backing Sunrisers.
31:33We are known for comebacks.
31:34I think we will win the last three games with a good positive net run rate.
31:37And we'll make a comeback.
31:38But who will get wickets for you?
31:40It seems to me, you guys have forgotten the art of making the wickets.
31:43Natarajan and Janssen will be back next game.
31:47No, but more than Natarajan, it was your Umran Malik who was getting wickets for you.
31:52But he's been leaking runs.
31:53Left, right and centre with the wickets going slow.
31:56He's not getting the same help.
31:58Yeah, yeah.
31:59We will come back.
31:59We are known for comebacks.
32:01Very good.
32:01Lovely.
32:02Okay.
32:03Naresh, you are picked for tomorrow.
32:05And then the four tops.
32:08The first one should not be applicable to me, right?
32:10Because obviously, Mumbai is winning tomorrow.
32:15Yeah, on the four, I stick to the current four who are on the top.
32:19They four will remain.
32:20They may be shifting the places.
32:23But these four would make it to the play-off.
32:26Okay.
32:27Lucknow, Gujarat.
32:28Yeah, I think Lucknow and Rajasthan would share one and two.
32:31And then Gujarat and RCD.
32:34Okay.
32:35And Ahaan, you are picked.
32:38Do you still fancy Delhi?
32:39I think Mumbai will win tomorrow.
32:41Because I just don't see where KKR scoring runs from.
32:44And top four, I think it'll be Lucknow first.
32:49I think Gujarat.
32:50Because Rajasthan have some really tough games coming up.
32:52They've got Delhi, which I need them to lose.
32:55Lucknow, Delhi and CSK, which are not easy games.
32:59Gujarat have a slightly easier run.
33:00And they're going to beat RCD.
33:01Because it's going to happen.
33:03So Gujarat second.
33:06Rajasthan third.
33:08And I mean, come on.
33:10Delhi will come fourth.
33:11They will win the next three.
33:12And RCD are going to lose that one match to Gujarat, which should be enough.
33:15Because our net run rate is still in the positive.
33:17So Delhi is in a position of no pressure.
33:20Now, you just have to...
33:21After 91 loss, they are not under pressure.
33:23I really...
33:25There's nothing...
33:26And Delhi, it's the stage now where you have to win.
33:29So literally, you go for broke if it comes off.
33:32It's the same position KKR was in last year.
33:34And you saw what happened.
33:35So you just need a little bit of the rub of the green.
33:38And then let's see what happens.
33:40But I'll back them.
33:41If it comes through, I'll look like a genius.
33:43So why not?
33:45Okay, Anisbhai, your pick for tomorrow?
33:47Anmol is left.
33:49Anmol is left.
33:49Yeah, Anmol.
33:51Yeah, my pick will be always in Mumbai.
33:53Because all three teams on the 10 will pick Mumbai to win.
33:59And after that, my four would be obviously Lucknow, Gujarat, Aadhar, and not RCB this time.
34:09It will be Punjab or SRH, I would say.
34:11But whom do you want, Punjab or SRH?
34:15Obviously, Punjab first.
34:17Why SRH?
34:18Oh, no, as in, if they come, as Samruddha is saying, as a comeback.
34:25We will make a much bigger comeback than them.
34:29Very good.
34:30Okay, Anisbhai, your pick tomorrow?
34:32I will definitely back Mumbai probably to thrash KKR the way they played yesterday.
34:37It felt like the C team of KKR had turned up.
34:39And I don't see them anything happening tomorrow.
34:42And if I had to pick my four teams, Lucknow will be number one.
34:46And I will somehow, I feel there will be a surprise.
34:50RCB will be number two.
34:52RR will be three.
34:53And GT will be four.
34:56Okay, so you're not giving any chance to any of the other four teams?
35:00I would love to give, but at the moment, you know, I want all the teams to qualify.
35:06But only four teams I have to pick, for which my picketing head says.
35:10Okay, even I would say tomorrow, I would go with Mumbai because they have got the momentum now.
35:16They have got all their teams set after a little too late.
35:20But they have got their team now fully in force.
35:24So, I will go with Mumbai tomorrow.
35:26But I still have this sneaky feeling that maybe if the point remains at 14 is the cut-off,
35:33then Chennai could still make it.
35:35So, I'm just hoping.
35:37I'm hoping that.
35:39But the rest, I would say Lucknow, GT and RCB look a little bit strong.
35:46RR, I'm still having my doubts.
35:48But they have been proving me wrong for a long time.
35:51But I hope they prove me wrong and then make it to the play-offs, maybe start the table.
35:57One thing to add on.
35:58Ahaan was like, yes, RCB should lose to Gujarat.
36:01And RCB is pretty confident, I guess.
36:03We are winning in Green Jersey after six years.
36:07Every time we win in Green Jersey, we see ourselves in finals.
36:1011, 16 and so hope so in 22.
36:13You can reach the finals when you win in Green, yeah.
36:16When you win in Green, you reach the finals.
36:18But you always manage to lose the finals when you go there.
36:21You can find trashed players about anything.
36:23So, who knows?
36:24He trashed SRH bowlers like anything apart from Jakiza Suchit.
36:28That is the thing I'm happy because top bowling team getting smacked for 193,
36:33which I never expected.
36:34I'm happy.
36:35Umran Malik just got two overs, which I'm happy.
36:38So, all the top bowlers have been restricted with just two overs, one over.
36:42Literally, so sad I am.
36:44They wanted Abhishek Sharma to bowl.
36:46No, man.
36:46This is not acceptable.
36:50Sanjay, okay.
36:51You must be really happy.
36:52Let's see that and all like how it is next week.
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37:08Enjoy your IPL.