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00:00Hello everyone, we're back and it's the day two of IPL, the fun and adventure is on.
00:12The excitement is full swing and with me is a Kings XI Punjab fan as you can see from
00:19his t-shirt, Mr. Lucky Singh.
00:21He's a businessman here in Dubai and he's so excited to be here and he's here to tell
00:27us why Kings XI actually has a good chance to win today despite the fact that they are
00:33facing Delhi Capitals.
00:35Remember Delhi Capitals closed third in the last season and but he says Kings XI has a
00:41good chance because they have a whole new team and ready to take on the Delhi Capitals
00:46today.
00:47Basically in Kings XI Punjab, we feel that this time, we support our team every time
00:52but this time we are facing like we have three new changes that is a Puran, Kotral and we
00:59have Chris Gayle also but today anyways Chris Gayle is not playing but still we can trust
01:05on Puran.
01:06Maxwell is in form and then bowling attack already we have a new spinner from India which
01:12is Ravindra Bishnoi, he's playing really well today so we can say their main issues were
01:19with the bowling which they have come up.
01:22So this year, we are expecting Kings XI will win this trophy for sure.
01:28Amazing, I love the optimism and what about Delhi Capitals?
01:32Yeah, Delhi is also strong, they also have Hetmer but today unfortunately he was not
01:38able to play well, he got out early and as we can say till now they have already lost
01:43three wickets and still they are facing but two of the very best batsmen are playing,
01:47the captain is still on the field, he's still playing here and Rishabh Pant obviously is
01:52a very nice player, he's also batting right now and they do have a strong bowling attack,
01:57I can say for next five to six hours if these two gentlemen will play, definitely there
02:02will be a tight match and which we will enjoy a lot.
02:05With me is a Delhi Capitals fan, Mr. Jaxi Pakwana and he's here to tell us why the Capitals
02:10have a good chance to win today.
02:12A young and exciting team, last year they did it really very well, this year and then
02:16Ricky Ponting, I'm sure they're gonna do well because still Stoinis Tukam, Akshar Patel
02:20is there, Pant is a dynamic player, you know that the day he plays and on Dubai wicket
02:24I think 150 is a good score, so today is Delhi and Delhi all the way for the cup.
02:30But it's a whole new squad right for Delhi Capitals, so you think they will still do
02:34it like they did it last season?
02:36Most definitely yes, because you know they used to play in Kotla in India, Dubai wicket
02:41is also like some kind of a bouncer wicket, so in this wicket Rabara, Norie and as well
02:46as Ravi Chandraswamy, so everybody they will do a very good swing and as I said they have
02:49a big brain behind them, Ricky Ponting and everybody knows that Mr. Ponting is well professional
02:53and mentally very strong, so we are always there with Delhi.
02:57Anything about Kings XI that you would want to be cautioned about?
03:01I think the time when the Gale will come into the team and as well as there are a few other
03:05good overseas players, they're having their strong score on the paper, but at the same
03:09time yeah how they manage the chase from here, they're a lot dependent on KL Rahul, but end
03:13of the day yeah it's all about how you handle the pressure.
03:16Right, so it's all about Ponting and his thinking.
03:19Okay, awesome.
03:21We all know that the Indian Premier League has a very international presence and that
03:27is proved today here, we have a Tanzanian expat and we have a Pakistani expat who love
03:33the game just equally as much as Indians do.
03:37With me is Mr. Kuzema and Mr. Khezer and they're going to tell us why they like IPL and why
03:42they're here watching the match.
03:44Hi, thanks a ton.
03:47It's actually about just the excitement per se and well I mean to be honest even if you
03:54don't support the team it's just the buzz that's so crazy and yeah I think that's pretty
03:59much the basics.
04:00I think it's also because of the format of the game, it's so explosive and it's you know
04:06just three hours and you get to see all the big names in the same league, so one of the
04:11reasons is that.
04:12Exactly, and it has a lot of glamour attached to it right and it's a short take on cricket
04:17which you know is really timely.
04:20So you guys follow IPL often?
04:24To be honest I'm a proper RCB fan and I think I fell in love with it, I guess the Kohli
04:29buzz is just always there and pretty much love the guy, how he plays, so yeah that's
04:34the why and plus the love of the game.
04:36Okay, and you are rooting for Chennai?
04:38I am yeah.
04:39Why so?
04:40Because of Tony.
04:41Oh okay.
04:42He's a very wonderful player and an excellent captain so that's why.
04:45So is Tony popular back in Pakistan?
04:48Is he like?
04:49Yes he is.
04:50I mean we just support the player as it, I mean any good player from any team doesn't
04:54matter you know so it's for the love of the game.
04:57Actually that's a lie, they've lost to Pakistan, I mean Pakistan has lost to them recently
05:02a lot so.
05:03The most recent clash I can remember the Champions Trophy final if you want to continue.
05:09I'm a Bangalore fan.
05:10We're having a little bit of a battle of our own sorts here, we have a Mumbai Indians
05:17fan here, Mr. Nanwani and there's Jaxi who's rooting for Delhi Capitals as we spoke to
05:23him earlier on, Lucky G of course is a Kings XI Punjab fan so we're going to have a little
05:30bit of a tussle, a tushen as we say okay, so please tell us why do you think Mumbai
05:36Indians will win?
05:37We are the four times champion in the IPL which is the highest one so far.
05:42If you look at the batting line or the bowling line they have a really good balance of both
05:50the side, they have a good foreign players and the domestic players so they are pretty
05:55much a good side of the winning, yes we had a tough day yesterday but that's how the game
06:01is about.
06:02So who's looking really strong in Mumbai Indians?
06:06From a batting side of it, of course the captain of the Mumbai, Rohit Sharma and the
06:10opener of D.Cock from New Zealand and the bowler is amazing is Jasprit Bumrah which
06:17I think the whole world praises him for his best bowling and the way his rates are in
06:24the bowling so we had a tough day as I said yesterday but that's the game.
06:29My question was are the grounds comfortable for Mumbai Indians, they haven't been very
06:35lucky on the UAE grounds?
06:37I mean this is the ground now they have to play it for the next 50 days over here and
06:44they have to take this title for 2020, they are the winner so they will adjust with the
06:50pitch and Dubai pitch is not bad as Mumbai because it's a high scoring pitch and they
06:55have a good batting line as I said so they will have a good number of runs on the board
07:01Even yesterday they had 165 runs which is not bad, they were just not a good day for
07:07them on the bowling side but they will come back.
07:11Jaxi you go now.
07:13As I said before with Delhi definitely for the championship for this match also because
07:18we have something called Akshar Patel's lower bowler Ravi Chandran's been very experienced
07:22guys very good variation, we have an overseas of Rabada who can be lethal on this particular
07:27wicket and as I before said as well Ricky Ponting the big brain behind that one he
07:31knows how to defend the lower score he knows how to pick up the big scores and mind it
07:36Delhi always played in Kotla where the wicket is at the slower and the bouncer side this
07:39is the kind of wicket they were always looking for so it's all Delhi.
07:43Okay awesome, Bhaji what do you have to say?
07:47See as my friend said yes obviously what he is saying is right for this point of wicket
07:52but we can say we do have changes in our team as well and based on UAE grounds when
07:59we had IPL half season last time in UAE Punjab was the best at that time and we do have the
08:04players like Glenn Maxwell and all who performed literally well on this Dubai and Abu Dhabi
08:10playgrounds and so apart from that we do have Puran which is my favorite actually from West
08:17End is all the way from West End is Puran so he is also there today and along with
08:22that our experienced captain KL Rahul with a great great experience coach Anil Kumble.
08:31Wow Anil Kumble of course.
08:33Kings XI Punjab this time.
08:35Okay what about mental makeup because that's really important in a game of cricket are
08:41they ready the new squad?
08:44Yeah because if we compare to last IPL or previous IPL season then all now all the players
08:50they have played a lot of T20 leagues in their own countries also so we have a very experienced
08:56players from Australia Maxwell we have a players from Caribbean Premier League as well like
09:02Coutrell we have Chris Gayle the universal boss still is not playing today but yes we
09:08do have it.
09:09Because we know Chris Gayle.
09:11And then Puran Nicholas Puran is best you will see today in this match we are waiting
09:15for his batting.
09:16Okay awesome.
09:17The pitch again you said is good?
09:20Yeah it's good and I think 135 plus is very much defendable over here it's gonna be a
09:25tough chase we have a game on as IPL brand is all about it's give you the excitement
09:30and that too much of you know fun for all the fans so I believe as our Dada Sourav Ganguly
09:35said this IPL is going to be for the fans so 135 from here now it's going to be a very
09:39challenging score for me.
09:41Okay awesome so Mumbai Indians will they do it again?
09:45Yes they will.
09:46And it's a wrap for day 2 of IPL it's another good match coming to a close this is Anjana
09:52Kumar and with me is Clint Egbert for Gulf News.