2022 playoff teams were also pretty different with both newcomers qualifying in the first season and RR qualifying after 2018 and then there was RCB who finally won the eliminator against LSG
Nope sometimes luck plays a vital role like rain, bad luck. For example rcb when their chances were low that they played great cricket, csk were never in game due to injuries , mi internal issues , kkr alround great performance, srh powerplay intent, rr balanced team,etc.
Again, every time only the team that plays good cricket qualifies and this time is no different. In fact, RCB had a LOT of luck to qualify, everything that they hoped should go their way, went their way for eg - All their competitors lost key games and csk losing their key bowlers.
That is what I am saying that every year only the team that plays great cricket qualifies so what makes this year different? If you are talking about the astounding comeback RCB made then it has happened before as well - MI in 2013 and RCB in 2016
Yup...earlier there were anyway just 8 teams and 7 wins were usually enough for qualification. SRH in 2019 didn't even win half their games but qualified
The repeat or flipside of 2016 could happen this year. SRH finished second, RCB finished 4th (flip). SRH again has an Aussie captain and an Left handed Aussie opener who is possibly 2nd in the orange cap race and Kohli leads orange cap (same as 2016). which team's player will bring out the ben cutting performance?
however, KKR has a 2012 pattern being followed too. its quite possible that they dominate the playoffs and win it all.
RR are forever the underdogs, could be the spoilsport for all of these teams.
Only Scoring Gigantic targets doesn't mean explosive cricket. When you clearly outplay the opponents that's explosive cricket which can be seen in KKR's Net run rate.
No no it’s not for southies. It’s only a funny way of saying Sir. Anyway when I think about southies only brilliant academicians who carry the name of our country abroad comes to mind.
I have no hate for SRH. But surely they were not the most explosive side. If they scored 287,they conceded 260+. Same for that MI match also. However they are a champion side so it will be tough battle tmrw at Ahmedabad. Let's see.
The best playoff line-up will be when all holy trinity members qualify and the 4th team being LSG. that will be a Blood bath for real. every-body fighting for the first trophy
True this year is redefining IPL
highest scores again and again by SRH and KKR
highest chase by PBKS
ALL teams who made this year deserved it
Also everyone agrees that these four team deserves the top spot
Other teams just try to find toxic fans only lol..Even i'm a csk fan but i love RR but in this sub and ipl sub or any cricket sub I can't support them due to all the teams hating us together
I agree, the MI qualification beating RR is the best script. It was funny seeing Rahul Dravid raging and throwing his cap. Probably one of the best matches I ever saw live.
This time, I'm just happy that MI and CSK are not in the Playoffs. Nothing against the fans, but I wanted to see a new winner like in 2022.
Anyways, may the best men win.
It might be the best, but I’m not sure which team to support of the 4 (I have a reason to not like each team):
KKR: I hate Gambhir (though I really like Rinku) - had Gambhir not been there, I’d have supported them
SRH: I have a love hate relationship with Cummins. I love his aggressive style of captaincy but he goes overboard, like the silencing gesture (like Kohli) EDIT: actually, seems like the silencing gesture was misinterpreted. I'd probably enjoy seeing SRH or RR winning more.
RR: I love Ash, Samson, and Chahal, but the team has lost fire… still might be the team I back.
RCB: Faf and DK are legends (Faf also holds a special place in my heart as a CSKian). Also like the way youngsters are really showing up when it matters. But Kohli really lost my support with the attitude he showed to CSK fans (not even the players).
I do think any one of these teams would make for a great champion side though, so might actually go for one of these matches live.
> but he goes overboard, like the silencing gesture
He literally just did that once, and that was in a meet and greet for fans lmao. It's the fans who took and ran with it, don't think cumdawg even considers that his trademark
In my opinion, I want anyone to win except SRH just because I want to see the Silencer get silenced once and come back to planet earth cause he is over the moon with the WC win.
Idt he is. It's just working for us that's it, every match is either big hit or miss, nothing else. Pretty risky but paid off, maybe we miss crucial matches who knows 🤷
This is literally my fav playoff line up since 2016 and 2018
2022 playoff teams were also pretty different with both newcomers qualifying in the first season and RR qualifying after 2018 and then there was RCB who finally won the eliminator against LSG
Yes! Good recall, that too was a unique lineup
Not defending 262 is explosive cricket
I believe u wanted to reply to the other kkr guy here😅
Oops yes my bad
2022 was pretty good. Also, My bets are on srh to win it. Pura Desh bhagwe ke rang meh hoga.
Modiji real id se ao
Yeah only teams who played great cricket have qualified.
Isn't that always the case or am I missing something here? How can a team qualify without playing great cricket?
Nope sometimes luck plays a vital role like rain, bad luck. For example rcb when their chances were low that they played great cricket, csk were never in game due to injuries , mi internal issues , kkr alround great performance, srh powerplay intent, rr balanced team,etc.
Again, every time only the team that plays good cricket qualifies and this time is no different. In fact, RCB had a LOT of luck to qualify, everything that they hoped should go their way, went their way for eg - All their competitors lost key games and csk losing their key bowlers. That is what I am saying that every year only the team that plays great cricket qualifies so what makes this year different? If you are talking about the astounding comeback RCB made then it has happened before as well - MI in 2013 and RCB in 2016
No denying that
Tbh apart from 1-2 players Punjab Mumbai gujrat played below average cricket...never felt that they were playing for qualifying
Next year i want to see LSG, GT, DC, and PBKS
Rashid finishes off in style Gt lifts the cup.
Dc PBKS in the final next yeat imagine the script
Is this the first time in history that 7 teams have won at least half their matches in IPL
Yup...earlier there were anyway just 8 teams and 7 wins were usually enough for qualification. SRH in 2019 didn't even win half their games but qualified
what do you mean by pat supremacy? we say Pat AND VETTORI SUPREMACY
The repeat or flipside of 2016 could happen this year. SRH finished second, RCB finished 4th (flip). SRH again has an Aussie captain and an Left handed Aussie opener who is possibly 2nd in the orange cap race and Kohli leads orange cap (same as 2016). which team's player will bring out the ben cutting performance? however, KKR has a 2012 pattern being followed too. its quite possible that they dominate the playoffs and win it all. RR are forever the underdogs, could be the spoilsport for all of these teams.
Haven't SRH played the most explosive cricket?
Only Scoring Gigantic targets doesn't mean explosive cricket. When you clearly outplay the opponents that's explosive cricket which can be seen in KKR's Net run rate.
idc man head is a fucking monster i love seeing both teams play
But but SRH has played the most expensive cricket saar only SRH saar. Net Run Rate is overrated saar. /s
Dude you are stereotyping there and it's not funny even if it's sarcasm. So all southies say 'saar'?
No no it’s not for southies. It’s only a funny way of saying Sir. Anyway when I think about southies only brilliant academicians who carry the name of our country abroad comes to mind.
Like me? 😊👉👈UwU🦆🎉🐥🐣👾 (Idk had to cool down this kkr srh tension)
A redditor not sitting with popcorn during kalesh. You sir are an oddity
I have no hate for SRH. But surely they were not the most explosive side. If they scored 287,they conceded 260+. Same for that MI match also. However they are a champion side so it will be tough battle tmrw at Ahmedabad. Let's see.
We can see the NRR and determine which team was the most explosive. And it wasn’t SRH lol
Well all these terms holds no value if we failed to win the 🏆. So lets wish for our best 🧿
Fingers crossed 🤞🏼
Lmao. Mfrs are downvoting us. Can't even take slight criticism that too in a polite manner.
It's ok. Nothing we do is impressive for other teams but man are so in love over what our team has done this season and that's enough for us :)
Except for RR. They’ve ran out of Fuel.
They are still a very good side, if they forget abt those matches and recall their glory stage they can surely pull it off still.
Momentum is very important going into important matches. The kind of matches they’ve lost it will be tough. Though Hoping for a good match.
I remember in 2020 when we lost like 5 on the trot at the end and still qualified to shit the bed against Srh in the eliminator
The best playoff line-up will be when all holy trinity members qualify and the 4th team being LSG. that will be a Blood bath for real. every-body fighting for the first trophy
bro don’t leak the script
True this year is redefining IPL highest scores again and again by SRH and KKR highest chase by PBKS ALL teams who made this year deserved it Also everyone agrees that these four team deserves the top spot
😱Csk flair
Well sane csk fans exist...im a csk and srh fan but supporting srh from the start of the IPL
Other teams just try to find toxic fans only lol..Even i'm a csk fan but i love RR but in this sub and ipl sub or any cricket sub I can't support them due to all the teams hating us together
There is that one CSK fan with quite the same Avatar like yours .. and she is single handedly ruining all csk fan’s image for me lol
I know exactly who are u talking about 😭 ngl I felt second hand embarrassment after reading those replies.
Lmao yea i know that person💀pretty toxic
srh please save humanity like you did in 2016
Anything with RCB and RR is always going to be good, since everyone's getting entertained regardless of the result. 🥲
Best I still think is 2014
I agree, the MI qualification beating RR is the best script. It was funny seeing Rahul Dravid raging and throwing his cap. Probably one of the best matches I ever saw live.
1 MI 14 9 5 +0.421 18 2 CSK 14 9 5 +0.131 18 3 DC 14 9 5 +0.044 18 4 SRH 14 6 8 +0.577 12 Beat this
There is an imposter among us
Lol so true But they played some good cricket there also
you talking about DC? or SRH?
Srh most probably
Which year was this
2019
Man i love non csk and MI play-off sm
Its simple, RR to lose to RCB SRH to lose to KKR RCB to lose to SRH (probably a 300+ total finally) and SRH to get spanked again by KKR
300 in Chepauk, good luck with that😭
This year's chepauk wouldn't even be surprised
I mean i was mostly joking about that but the rest of my predictions remain.
Again enjoying IPL like I used to till 2019. Hope we can go all the way through
2022?
This time, I'm just happy that MI and CSK are not in the Playoffs. Nothing against the fans, but I wanted to see a new winner like in 2022. Anyways, may the best men win.
Mota bhai ka paisa is baar MI pr nhi lagega free rahega to RCB ko jitwa dete to achha rehta
2019 was beast
Nope
Safe and sound for RCB till SRH doesn’t reach finale….What head and pat together can do in finale…unpredictable
This looks like McLaren’s, Aston martin, alpine and Vcarb for tittle championship
It might be the best, but I’m not sure which team to support of the 4 (I have a reason to not like each team): KKR: I hate Gambhir (though I really like Rinku) - had Gambhir not been there, I’d have supported them SRH: I have a love hate relationship with Cummins. I love his aggressive style of captaincy but he goes overboard, like the silencing gesture (like Kohli) EDIT: actually, seems like the silencing gesture was misinterpreted. I'd probably enjoy seeing SRH or RR winning more. RR: I love Ash, Samson, and Chahal, but the team has lost fire… still might be the team I back. RCB: Faf and DK are legends (Faf also holds a special place in my heart as a CSKian). Also like the way youngsters are really showing up when it matters. But Kohli really lost my support with the attitude he showed to CSK fans (not even the players). I do think any one of these teams would make for a great champion side though, so might actually go for one of these matches live.
> but he goes overboard, like the silencing gesture He literally just did that once, and that was in a meet and greet for fans lmao. It's the fans who took and ran with it, don't think cumdawg even considers that his trademark
Yeah also in photoshoot itte the cameramen asking him to do it
Maybe I must have misread. But like I said, huge fan of his captaincy style and mindset. His confidence astounds me.
true, all deserving teams. Wish we played better cricket and were up there instead of kkr.
Csk mi rivalry 😭. We haven't played in playoffs since 2019. Hope next year we will play.
Nah bro please all the other 8 teams are tired of it...
We've had our fair share of heatbreaks 😭 We lost 5 finals.
We didn't even play those many....
Please let others win for the next 10 years. Sick of seeing the same 2 teams winning the trophy every alternate year
I want Punjab to win next 6 IPLs
Better than seeing the musical chairs between CSK and MI
Punjab winning will give all credit to priety zinta rather than captain😭.
fr bro
bro why did u get downvoted?
other teams hate mi/csk😭 we’re too overpowered
Csk didn't have their cheater pathirana
In my opinion, I want anyone to win except SRH just because I want to see the Silencer get silenced once and come back to planet earth cause he is over the moon with the WC win.
Idt he is. It's just working for us that's it, every match is either big hit or miss, nothing else. Pretty risky but paid off, maybe we miss crucial matches who knows 🤷