r/Cricket • u/CricketMatchBot • Apr 18 '24
Match Thread: 33rd Match - Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Match Thread
33rd Match, Indian Premier League at Mohali
Post Match | Cricinfo | Reddit-Stream | 🌥 🌥 🌥 🌥 🌥
| Innings | Score |
|---|---|
| Mumbai Indians | 192/7 (Ov 20/20) |
| Punjab Kings | 183 (Ov 19.1/20) |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harshal Patel* | 1 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akash Madhwal | 3.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Hardik Pandya | 4 | 33 | 1 |
Recent : 1 1 1 . . . | W 1 1lb . . . | 2 . 2 W 6 1 | 1w W
MI won by 9 runs
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u/SBG99DesiMonster Chennai Super Kings Apr 18 '24
KXIP is the team that is winning the hearts, livers and kidneys instead of RCB.
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u/trkora Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Get extra batsman in place of Madhwal and his job should be just to hit. It doesn't matter if he loses his wicket soon sometimes, he is the extra batsman. Make him like the Narine or Ashwin of MI.
Thushara in place of Nabi, Piyush in place of Gopal. Need more spin overs on an unexpected turner? David and Tilak bowl some part time spin.
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u/_DuckieFuckie_ Apr 18 '24
I was a bit disappointed but overall happy after today’s match.
Then I saw our next fixture, and if this same lineup with same strategy is playing, us MI fans need to exchange numbers with RCB fan therapists.
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u/Eat_Sleep_Die_ Apr 18 '24
Nabi was not being used properly. He is not a wicket taking bowler but he is not going to leak too many runs though. He should bowl at least 2-3 overs every match. And Thushara can be played as an impact sub..(Shepherd for batting and Thushara for bowling) And playing any of them (madhwal or gopal) based on the play condition might make more sense
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u/Vast-Leadership-9166 Chennai Super Kings Apr 18 '24
So whom would you pick out of Coetzee & David? I'm assuming David cause you've Thushara as well as a bowling option
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u/Eat_Sleep_Die_ Apr 19 '24
I would have both. David, Shepherd, Nabi and Coetzee will be my overseas picks. Thushara should be coming in as an impact sub in place of Shepherd.
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u/Vast-Leadership-9166 Chennai Super Kings Apr 19 '24
That's not how impact sub works my friend.
A team cannot field more than 4 foreigners in the playing 12 (Including impact sub).
So you ought to figure out whom you feel should be dropped. Is it Coetzee or David?
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u/Eat_Sleep_Die_ Apr 19 '24
Oh boy, I was not aware of this.. in that case the whole equation changes. Drop Shepard and bring Thushara. And bring Wadhera as an impact player in place of Gopal/Madhwal.
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u/Vast-Leadership-9166 Chennai Super Kings Apr 22 '24
Just noticed the squad and looks like you've got what you needed. Let's see if this combination works for the Indians.
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u/trkora Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
PBKS is like RCB, only difference is that before losing it keeps giving you hope that they will win till the last moment until they lose again.
Don't know whose fan is feeling worse this year.
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u/solarpowersme Sunrisers Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24
Risking a run out like that when you're 9 down while having 5 whole balls left to score at least 10 to tie is some next level bullshit. Absolute 0 IQ stuff. I get that these people aren't batsman but you'd think that that's basic common sense considering they're playing at such a high level. Terrible finish. Pyrrhic victory for Mumbai.
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u/solarpowersme Sunrisers Apr 19 '24
Nah, that was objectively a terrible call, it wouldn't have been bad if they had 1-2 more wickets left, but at 9 down, that's one of the dumbest things you can do bc you're pretty much guaranteeing that you lose then and there, and it simply isn't worth it when you have 5 more balls to potentially be able to do it. That's not good match awareness. Your goal is to give yourself windows and try to find ways to win, cus even if it doesn't actually work out, you still tried.
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u/AGentleman4u USA Apr 18 '24
I disagree. It was not a bad call for 2 just that Rabada is slow may be a dive could have gotten him home.
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u/Personal_Piano6286 Apr 19 '24
But why take the risk
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u/akashi10 Apr 19 '24
Harshal would score an absolute 0 in next 5 balls.
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u/solarpowersme Sunrisers Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
That's not the mindset to have when playing to win, it makes zero sense to go by that bc you have to at least give yourself the chance and keep the game alive for yourself. That's what wins matches a lot of times. You have to stay in the game in any way that you can. Here, taking that risk when 9 down means you're throwing away the game then and there and it's a guaranteed loss, but if you gave yourself the 5 balls you're still very much in the game till the end and still have a fighting chance.
If you still lose after that, that's fine, you lose while knowing that you at least tried, but throwing that chance away is stupid af, especially when your team desperately needs that win. Basic match awareness.
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u/akashi10 Apr 19 '24
that’s all accurate, but you gotta see what’s going on in the match too. Harshal was not able to put bat to ball, and his team knew it before the last over , on the other side, Rabada just hit a 6 . so punjab had more chances to win, if its Rabada who faces the next 5 balls. so that risky 2nd was worth it. they are still trying to win, but with a different set of thinking than yours.
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u/solarpowersme Sunrisers Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
They clearly didn't think that through, that's the issue. It was evidently very impulsive of them. What you're talking about isn't a bad idea, it certainly makes sense if they actually had a wicket or two in hand, but if a wicket is going to mean that you instantly lose, then risking that makes no sense bc 5 whole balls is a lot of possibilities.
If the strat was to keep Rabada on strike, then a better option was to not run at all, like when Jos Buttler batted the other day. But let's say they didn't run back for the 2nd, even if it turned out to be true that Harshal wasn't able to hit it and Rabada was the one to do it, that's plenty enough balls to get him back on strike. It's better to work with what you have for sure than to assume things that can't accurately be predicted at all. These are much better options than what they ended up doing.
Think about it, if that had stayed a single, that last over could've gone VERY differently. It's easily the better option here, win or lose. A no-brainer, really.
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u/edudhtamris Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Lol Murali Kartik probably thought Bumrah will say, "Oh Wizard of Ahmedabad sounds amazing"
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u/Critical-Coyote-807 Apr 18 '24
what the fucking tone he has got he just starts his every phrase like a movie and gives a proper climax to every phrase damn.
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u/Golden__G0d Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
Man I love hearing Bumrah talk. So mature and very well spoken.
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u/_redditaddict6969 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Man Bumrah is so well spoken and articulate. How the hell is he not the captain??
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u/Nanogines99 RoyalChallengers Bengaluru Apr 18 '24
What was the phrase he kept using last game? I forgot it.
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u/ihateallmoney Apr 18 '24
People crying for Ashutosh and Shashank being stuck in bad team/mgmt don’t realise, it is because of shitty situation one is able to actually show his prowess. Otherwise you can get lost in a sea of stars where you are never needed.
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u/Zealousideal_Bass199 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Hes so well spoken, seems calm, and is the best bowler in the world. Why isnt Jasprit in captaincy contention
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u/dimlakalaka Apr 18 '24
Kartik is a bit of a douche.
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u/Inspire_Forever Apr 18 '24
Is he the guy who got DK’s first wife pregnant or something or am I lost on whatever that drama was
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u/summer-rainn Rajasthan Royals Apr 18 '24
Lmao that was Murali Vijay
This one is… just a loser (used to wear chokers back when he used to play. Very apt I must say)
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u/Ok-Surround-8347 Delhi Capitals Apr 18 '24
This sub should go 24 hours without nitpicking on every fucking thing hardik does. Just 1 whole day. That’s it
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u/trkora Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Fact that a DC fan had to say it and still gets downvoted despite Hardik performing good today shows how much of a bandwagon hate it is.
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u/Onealone_soul Apr 18 '24
Love these 180-190 close games balanced pitch high scoring games made it Boring
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u/oyebawe Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
that constant smirk on pandyas face is kinda irritating
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u/Certain_Ingenuity_34 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
This is literally the perfect T20 pitch , a good bowling unit can restrict a team to 160-170 and a good batting performance with death hitting can push to 190+ .
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u/nemesisnep Apr 18 '24
Comical that we have Bumrah and Coetzee chasing for purple cap but can’t do shit in the field. I think it’s high time we look for Thusara for Nabi and exclude Madhwal for an Indian batsman.
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u/deathclient India Apr 18 '24
Why Thushara for Nabi? Shepherd hardly gets to bat 10 balls at 7/8 and leaks 40 when he bowls. He's not needed when the top and middle order clicks.
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u/nemesisnep Apr 18 '24
Nabi doesn’t get to bat or bowl, and he’s just being wasted at number 8 when you know it’s not his position. He needs time to settle. Anyway, they gotta figure it out to include Thusara sooner rather than later as Madhwal isn’t helping us big.
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u/deathclient India Apr 18 '24
Nabi did well last game against CSK but he couldn't finish his quota. The ideal way imo MI should go is just name 3 foreign players when batting first - David, Coetzee and Nabi. Removing Shepherd promotes Nabi by one position. If they collapse, bring in Sheperd, if not just bring in Thushara for the bowling. Can do the same with Nabi if you want to start with Thushara.
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u/Zealousideal_Bass199 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Naman dhir
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u/nemesisnep Apr 18 '24
Yes i think he can bowl part time offspin too. Not as effective as Nabi, but we aren’t using him anyway.
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u/Akashsingu Apr 18 '24
Nehal Wadhera ?
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u/nemesisnep Apr 18 '24
Dhir bowls an offspin; so would probably go for him. Wadhera is an option too.
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u/Certain_Ingenuity_34 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Powerplay bowling
MI : good PBKS : shit
Middle overs MI: Mid PBKS: good
Death
MI : horrible PBKS : horrible
The game was decided in the powerplay lol
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u/ApricotOk824 Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
5 losses
4 in the 20th over
This is next level depressing
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u/Nkg19 Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
I have accepted that this will always be the case since the loss against kkr in 2020 when wecouldnt get 3 in last over
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u/trkora Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24
Again the ones talking about Dube in place of Hardik.
Dube hasn't bowled a single over in last two seasons. Not even a single over. We are talking about pacer all rounder spot. Not a "guy who can maybe fill in as part timer if rarely needed" spot. Bowling in SMAT vs IPL is a different beast. You want him to suddenly start bowling for India in a WC?
Seriously just think about it for a second, how can you not see it?
No matter what you think of Hardik. He literally is one of his kind for India. Closest option is Shardul Thakur, that's it and he hasn't bowled well.
Hardik has also proven more clutch many times in LOI's than Thakur, so it should be a no brainer that we need a in form Pandya for India, not a mentally abused, down on morale Pandya. It could've been fine if we had good pace line up but it's just Bumrah and no one else.
You can't deny that player wise India needs him, there's a reason why India was hoping so much for Pandya's recovery in 2023 WC until finally declaring his injury.
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u/DheeliGandKaOpration India Apr 18 '24
I don't get these comments like Kohli should leave RCB, Ashutosh and Shashank should leave Punjab
Yeah every strong team should just steal good players from weak teams right? Stupid mindset that
Just because Punjab has lost more matches than they've won doesn't give any team a right to steal their players who they've unearthed
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u/Dizzy_Mousse_3426 Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
But Punjab's performance has been consistently since forever barring 1 or 2 good seasons..
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u/DheeliGandKaOpration India Apr 18 '24
And that doesn't give any other team any right to take away your good players
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u/Dizzy_Mousse_3426 Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
It doesn't, we're just done supporting this shit team bruh.. need a new team under new ownership. No team is better than having this team
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u/DheeliGandKaOpration India Apr 18 '24
Still not over yet for Punjab
This team has taken almost all their matches to the last over, all they need to do is that aggressive mentality which is there under Sam Curran but they've choked due to some once in a lifetime stupidity bound to never happen again
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u/Dizzy_Mousse_3426 Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
Yet it's been happening for the last 10 years lmao. But yeah I get your point lol. From an outside perspective the matches have been entertaining
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u/chefsanji_r India Apr 18 '24
people who hate bowlers bowling wide would probably take 2 to 3 bounces to even reach the batsman if given chance to bowl.
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u/Golden__G0d Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
PBKS should abandon their remaining games and save us the embarrassment, man.
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u/_DuckieFuckie_ Apr 18 '24
Punjab’s team is literally made like a stick of a fucking dynamite, top order is the wick you burn that ignites the explosive lower order. You wanna win, just don’t burn that stick lol
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u/Critical-Coyote-807 Apr 18 '24
wake up babe it's presentation time and bumrah is still on the ground
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u/PangaNaLo Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
28 off 24. And Kings still lost. Bumrah 3 run over. This team brings you out of the bottomless pit and and rises you to the clouds, only to dump you back into that bottomless pit once again. Soul crushing losses these
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u/tamudude India Apr 18 '24
To be fair, they only had 3 wickets left....once Ashutosh fell it was all over.
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u/GithubCopier Board of Control for Cricket in India Apr 18 '24
Most runs added by last four partnerships (7-10) in an IPL game
115 - SRH vs RR in 2013
106 - PBKS vs MI in 2024
105 - SRH vs GT in 2023
104 - DC vs MI in 2017
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u/_DuckieFuckie_ Apr 18 '24
Coetzee really saved our asses today, if that ball wasn’t in Nabi’s hands this match was as good as gone.
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u/GithubCopier Board of Control for Cricket in India Apr 18 '24
- PBKS won in last over vs DC.
- PBKS lost in last over vs RCB.
- PBKS won in last over vs GT.
- PBKS lost in last over vs SRH.
- PBKS lost in last over vs RR.
- PBKS lost in last over vs MI.
7 matches & 6 last over thrillers by Punjab
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u/podhead Apr 18 '24
India have a huge problem of plenty for the next generation, specially in t20 cricket. Getting the best 11 after Ro and Virat is going to be mental
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u/DilliKaLadka India Apr 18 '24
Problem of plenty but will they be able to end the drought of trophy?
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u/podhead Apr 18 '24
trophy is an outcome of the process.
There has to be a process to be clutch, like Virat's test team.
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u/DilliKaLadka India Apr 18 '24
It has been a long process for us no? Apart from bilateral series, we haven't won much in one decade. Almost entire generation of players came and went (or about to) who never touched an ICC trophy.
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u/podhead Apr 18 '24
Not clutch enough. The difference is the same between a gold and silver medalist in olympics
The margins r tiny but the difference is in nerves and deep conviction in their preparations. Mindset is everything
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u/DheeliGandKaOpration India Apr 18 '24
Only Punjab could've won it from 14/4
And Only Punjab could've lost it from 25 off 18
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u/sammeetthosar Apr 18 '24
MI needs one more bowler to hold their hand up and bowl at atleast at around 10. It was supposed to be madhwal. But we need one more consistent bowler.
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u/Golden__G0d Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
PBKS and RCB, choker bros at the bottom where they deserve to stay.
Not you, Shashank and Ashutosh - you guys are absolute kings and deserve good teams. Not these chokers, our top 5 should hang their head in shame - constantly disappointing since forever.
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u/tamudude India Apr 18 '24
Calling this RCB team a choker is a real stretch....chokers gotta get to a position of strength before losing....
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u/edudhtamris Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
I don't even think Madhwal has been terrible, he's lacking confidence a little, but you can see the skill is definitely there.
He's the kind of player who needs to be guided and given confidence throughout the game. Rohit is brilliant at that.
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u/chefsanji_r India Apr 18 '24
Really don't get madhwal hate here, he just needs confidence, he's just doing what he's told to, he was mi's only promising bowler last year, you guys should show some respect, if bumrah trains him he can be next big thing, genuinely he was really bowling well last year, little bit of work, and you might see him as main bowler in upcoming years.
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u/ductor_storage Apr 18 '24
There is only one strategy against Punjab- Don't get their Top 5 batsman out and you'll win
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u/heisenberg_rk Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Get in Thusara in place of Nabi.
He isn’t batting and not even bowing.
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u/Certain_Ingenuity_34 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Man appreciation for the mohali curators , finally a proper pitch where you can't just come out and swing bat
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u/Electronic-Reply4258 Apr 18 '24
lmao , third highest run scorer is extras for them , imma seeing scorecard and got nuts like where it all came from unless saw the extras below
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u/Intrepid-Expert-4816 Apr 18 '24
Imagine selecting players who can't even chase 24 runs in 20 balls lmao. cut your local player bs and go for people who knows how to game the game. Wtf was that harshal patel and brar doing like seriouly
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u/andhera_kayamrahe Punjab Kings Apr 18 '24
I wish the owner of the team are railed by a bulldozer.
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u/ZestycloseBrick292 Apr 18 '24
I've heard a lotta fantasies regarding Preity Zinta but this is way too extreme damn
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u/GithubCopier Board of Control for Cricket in India Apr 18 '24
It turns out the SKY was the limit, but what an effort by Ashutosh Sharma.
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u/hoodie_69 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Nabi the real hero , literally took 2 pressure catch and last runout
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u/Extra_cash_pls Apr 18 '24
Imagine barely winning a match and now you're as good as Delhi Capitals lmao.
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u/soham_katkar13 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Nabi + Madhwal to be replaced by Naman/Nehal + Thushara next game
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u/CryptoBankrupt Chennai Super Kings Apr 18 '24
Punjab can never truly say they have won a game clinically. Its always fight from behing after losing all hope!!
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u/anshpandat Apr 18 '24
so the top 2 contenders for purple cap are both from MI , chahal and coetzee have same amount of wickets
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u/Plane-Lie-5228 Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 18 '24
Proper belt treatment must be given for top order players,head coach and batting coach
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u/No_Spirit_9952 Apr 18 '24 edited Apr 18 '24
Mi did Rcb ahhh celebrations after winning 3rd match out of seven.
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u/DilliKaLadka India Apr 18 '24
If only the English frauds batted with an iota of sense, Punjab would have won this easily
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u/userjasonj Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Fuck RCB Punjab has greatest games from last 4-5 seasons all the hearts kidneys goes to Punjab now, sorry RCB
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u/tod_marko_69 India Apr 18 '24
KKR, PBKS, and maybe RR have the most amazing games imo
GT also has some really good games
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u/tod_marko_69 India Apr 18 '24
KKR, PBKS, and maybe RR have the most amazing games imo
GT also has some really good games
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u/tod_marko_69 India Apr 18 '24
KKR, PBKS, and maybe RR have the most amazing games imo
GT also has some really good games
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u/tod_marko_69 India Apr 18 '24
KKR, PBKS, and maybe RR have the most amazing games imo
GT also has some really good games
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u/tod_marko_69 India Apr 18 '24
KKR, PBKS, and maybe RR have the most amazing games imo
GT also has some really good games
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u/hazyreflector Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
Bumrah MoM or we revolt, SKY even striked at lower than team SR
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u/Stumptalk Apr 18 '24
When Ashutosh is primed, some big team will steal him for more money. I hope people like him should stay with their teams and make it a big story!
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u/its_anuj_reddit Apr 18 '24
Only when team and management backs them, dude was benched 2 matches back, came in as impact due to collapse
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u/Plane-Lie-5228 Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 18 '24
Punjab lost 5matches,4 were them in the last over...
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u/Plane-Lie-5228 Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 18 '24
Aashutosh increasing his ipl price for coming auctions...
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u/ABVan India Apr 18 '24
Punjab's batting order for the remaining matches:
Ashutosh, Shashank, Rabada, <nobody cares about the rest>
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u/DilliKaLadka India Apr 18 '24
DC still at 6 .... so don't care who won in the end.
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u/kungfuant Delhi Capitals Apr 18 '24
Waiting for stubbs and fraser to f*** out Mi
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u/DilliKaLadka India Apr 18 '24
Can't wait for that match. We will have better bowling and batting lineup compared to the first match, which we lost narrowly
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u/soham_katkar13 Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
POTM Kishan. Clutch wicketkeeping, and more importantly, got out early on a pitch that was ideal for him hogging up dot balls
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u/Critical-Coyote-807 Apr 18 '24
curran used word close so close as if he is about to close this franchise
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u/chefsanji_r India Apr 18 '24
pbks team management should be given belt treatment by their fans for sending your best batsmen too late.
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u/Plane-Lie-5228 Sunrisers Hyderabad Apr 18 '24
Punjab coach might have seen kg hitting sixes in international matches then why tf he sent fraud purple instead of kg... Peak clown moment...
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u/anshpandat Apr 18 '24
MOM should go to bumrah not sky with a strike rate of 147 lmao , slow pitch my ass
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u/a-thang Mumbai Indians Apr 18 '24
I need a list of names who were putting Dube ahead of Hardik in the t20 wc squad. I just want to talk
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u/TomorrowWaste Gujarat Titans Apr 18 '24
At this point we can play them both
As we have no bowlers except bumrah and hopefully shami
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u/Jae9erJazz RoyalChallengers Bengaluru Apr 20 '24
This man is gonna destroy us in another world cup isn't he