IPL 2019

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

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IPL 2019 Schedule

Mar 23
Match 1 , M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Chennai Super Kings
Royal Challengers Bangalore

Mar 24
Match 2 , Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mar 24
Match 3 , Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Mumbai Indians
Delhi Capitals

Mar 25
Match 4 , Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan Royals
Kings XI Punjab

Mar 26
Match 5 , Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Delhi Capitals
Chennai Super Kings

Mar 27
Match 6 , Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kings XI Punjab

Mar 28
Match 7 , M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mumbai Indians

Mar 29
Match 8 , Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajasthan Royals

Mar 30
Match 9 , Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Kings XI Punjab
Mumbai Indians
Mar 30
Match 10 , Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Delhi Capitals
Kolkata Knight Riders

Mar 31
Match 11 , Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Royal Challengers Bangalore

Mar 31
Match 12 , M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Chennai Super Kings
Rajasthan Royals

Apr 01
Match 13 , Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Kings XI Punjab
Delhi Capitals

Apr 02
Match 14 , Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore

Apr 03
Match 15 , Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Mumbai Indians
Chennai Super Kings

Apr 04
Match 16 , Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Delhi Capitals
Sunrisers Hyderabad

Apr 05
Match 17 , M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kolkata Knight Riders

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

The 3 strongest team (on paper) are predicted to be:

#3 Sunrisers Hyderabad
#2 Chennai Super Kings
#1 Mumbai Indians

But then everything goes out of the window when the matches start...

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And hopefully CSK plays game in Chennai instead of Pune due to stupid political dharnas.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Trading away De Kock is going to be a mistake by RCB. He's red hot as of right now.

 

[iKnowNothing]

Trading away De Kock is going to be a mistake by RCB. He's red hot as of right now.

Who did they get in return?

 

[iKnowNothing]

And hopefully CSK plays game in Chennai instead of Pune due to stupid political dharnas.

They are scheduled to. The last time around, it was the scarcity of water that triggered the political drama about IPL. The only way its not going to repeat in an election season is if the rains are good in Karnataka/Bangalore - hopefully on non match days :P

EDIT:
Why don't the posts get auto merged anymore?

 

[zing]

I think csk will finish outside top 4 for first time.

My top four prediction - srh, Delhi, Mumbai, kkr

 

[KM]

I predicted CSK to finish last in the previous edition..boring ass team but the passion of fans is something else.

 

[Dudu]

Backing Mumbai as always, especially with Malinga back! Quinton trade looking like a brilliant bit of business. In god like form atm.

Who did they get in return?

Cash deal with RCB. MI had to release Dhananjaya and the Fizz in order to afford it.

 

[Dudu]

I predicted CSK to finish last in the previous edition..boring ass team but the passion of fans is something else.

Mind blowing support.

12,000 people turned up to a damn practice game. Dhoni is an absolute god to them.

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[KM]

I think csk will finish outside top 4 for first time.

My top four prediction - srh, Delhi, Mumbai, kkr

Takes a brave man to predict Delhi in top4.

We've a great team though. Top5 of Dhawan Shaw Ingram Iyer Pant is excellent.

 

[roonster09]

As usual RCB will depend on Kohli and ABD every game. Hopefully Hetmyer will be a big hit like he showed vs India in ODI series. As usual bowling is poor, no matter which player is signed.

 

[roonster09]

I predicted CSK to finish last in the previous edition..boring ass team but the passion of fans is something else.

They should ban them forever.

 

[MDFC Manager]

As usual RCB will depend on Kohli and ABD every game. Hopefully Hetmyer will be a big hit like he showed vs India in ODI series. As usual bowling is poor, no matter which player is signed.

As usual every match will have Kohli chopping and changing the team.

They should ban them forever.

Agreed.

 

[roonster09]

As usual every match will have Kohli chopping and changing the team.


Agreed.

Yeah, management is too afraid to change captain, he changes team so often it's hard to have any momentum. His handling of Washington Sundar was very poor last season.

 

[harshad]

Who have MI got apart from the usual suspects like Sharma, Bumrah, Pandya brothers, Pollard?

 

[KM]

Who have MI got apart from the usual suspects like Sharma, Bumrah, Pandya brothers, Pollard?

QDK and Ben Cutting are both class acts. Ishan Kishan too.

 

[zing]

QDK and Ben Cutting are both class acts. Ishan Kishan too.

Did you see the Mumbai documentary on Netflix? Ishan Kishan comes across terribly.

Qdk, Lewis, Rohit, Ishan Kishan, suryakumar, Hardik, krunal, behrendoff, milne/mclenaghan, markande, Bumrah

I think this team is quite good. They'll start Pollard every game till the season is almost over though.

Delhi is class as well:
Dhawan, Shaw, Ingram, Iyer, Pant, Axar, Rabada, Lamichanne, Boult, Avesh Khan/mishra

Would add some Indian batsman at six, don't know any names.

 

[KM]

Did you see the Mumbai documentary on Netflix? Ishan Kishan comes across terribly.

Qdk, Lewis, Rohit, Ishan Kishan, suryakumar, Hardik, krunal, behrendoff, milne/mclenaghan, markande, Bumrah

I think this team is quite good. They'll start Pollard every game till the season is almost over though.

Delhi is class as well:
Dhawan, Shaw, Ingram, Iyer, Pant, Axar, Rabada, Lamichanne, Boult, Avesh Khan/mishra

Would add some Indian batsman at six, don't know any names.

Don't particularly Rabada as a T20 bowler. Morris at six and then you can play Mishra and Khan both.

BTW Rohit has said that he'll open in every match this season. Pollard is pointless 9 matches out 10 but somehow plays every match.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Mumbai Indians Squad

Rohit Sharma
Jasprit Bumrah
Hardik Pandya
Krunal Pandya
Kieron Pollard (O)
Evin Lewis (O)
Suryakumar Yadav
Siddhesh Lad
Mayank Markande
Anukul Sudhakar Roy
Jason Behrendorff (O)
Rahul Chahar
Ben Cutting (O)
Aditya Tare
Ishan Kishan
Rasikh Salam
Anmolpreet Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Barinder Sran
Lasith Malinga (O)
Adam Milne (O)
Mitchell McClenaghan (O)
Pankaj Jaiswal
Quinton de Kock (O)

Chennai Super Kings Squad

MS Dhoni
Suresh Raina
Ravindra Jadeja
Faf du Plessis (O)
Dwayne Bravo (O)
Chaitanya Bishnoi
Dhruv Shorey
Murali Vijay
Kedar Jadhav
Shane Watson (O)
Harbhajan Singh
Deepak Chahar
Lungisani Ngidi (O)
Monu Kumar
Shardul Thakur
KM Asif
Imran Tahir (O)
Mitchell Santner (O)
Karn Sharma
N Jagadeesan
Ambati Rayudu
Sam Billings (O)
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Mohit Sharma
David Willey (O)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers (O)
Yuzvendra Chahal
Pawan Negi
Moeen Ali (O)
Colin de Grandhomme (O)
Washington Sundar
Nathan Coulter-Nile (O)
Mohammed Siraj
Navdeep Saini
Kulwant Khejroliya
Tim Southee (O)
Umesh Yadav
Parthiv Patel
Prayas Barman
Himmat Singh
Akshdeep Nath
Shivam Dube
Devdutt Padikkal
Gurkeerat Singh Mann
Shimron Hetmyer (O)
Milind Kumar
Heinrich Klaasen (O)
Marcus Stoinis (O)

Delhi Capitals Squad

Shreyas Iyer
Shikhar Dhawan
Prithvi Shaw
Colin Ingram (O)
Manjot Kalra
Jalaj Saxena
Sherfane Rutherford (O)
Hanuma Vihari
Colin Munro (O)
Ishant Sharma
Nathu Singh
Trent Boult (O)
Sandeep Lamichhane (O)
Kagiso Rabada (O)
Amit Mishra
Avesh Khan
Harshal Patel
Rahul Tewatia
Jayant Yadav
Bandaru Ayyappa
Keemo Paul (O)
Axar Patel
Chris Morris (O)
Ankush Bains
Rishabh Pant

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

Andre Russell (O)
Sunil Narine (O)
Kuldeep Yadav
Piyush Chawla
Robin Uthappa
Nitish Rana
Shubman Gill
Rinku Singh
Chris Lynn (O)
Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Shivam Mavi
Dinesh Karthik
Nikhil Naik
Joe Denly (O)
Shrikant Mundhe
Anrich Nortje (O)
Harry Gurney (O)
Lockie Ferguson (O)
Yarra Prithviraj
Carlos Brathwaite (O)
Prasidh Krishna

Rajasthan Royals Squad

Steven Smith (O)
Ajinkya Rahane
Dhawal Kulkarni
Aryaman Birla
Rahul Tripathi
Stuart Binny
Mahipal Lomror
Jaydev Unadkat
S Midhun
Shreyas Gopal
Krishnappa Gowtham
Jofra Archer (O)
Ben Stokes (O)
Jos Buttler (O)
Prashant Chopra
Sanju Samson
Shashank Singh
Riyan Parag
Liam Livingstone (O)
Manan Vohra
Shubham Ranjane
Ashton Turner (O)
Varun Aaron
Oshane Thomas (O)
Ish Sodhi (O)

Kings XI Punjab Squad

David Miller (O)
Mayank Agarwal
Karun Nair
Chris Gayle (O)
Andrew Tye (O)
Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman (O)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ankit Rajpoot
Lokesh Rahul
PrabhSimran Singh
Sarfaraz Khan
Agnivesh Ayachi
Harpreet Brar
Moises Henriques (O)
Arshdeep Singh
Darshan Nalkande
Murugan Ashwin
Varun Chakravarthy
Hardus Viljoen (O)
Mohammed Shami
Sam Curran (O)
Nicholas Pooran (O)
Mandeep Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squads

David Warner (O)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Rashid Khan (O)
Deepak Hooda
Ricky Bhui
Manish Pandey
Kane Williamson (O)
Yusuf Pathan
Shakib Al Hasan (O)
Billy Stanlake (O)
Sandeep Sharma
Khaleel Ahmed
Siddarth Kaul
T Natarajan
Basil Thampi
Mohammad Nabi (O)
Shreevats Goswami
Wriddhiman Saha
Martin Guptill (O)
Abhishek Sharma
Vijay Shankar
Shahbaz Nadeem
Jonny Bairstow (O)

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

They should ban them forever.

Piss off!

Greatest IPL team of all time!

 

[Dudu]

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Shocking decision by Star. Feel sorry for any UK IPL fans.. the hardcore ones have to fork out about £12 to subscribe to Hotstar, while the casual fan gets zero exposure.

UK viewership numbers will plummet.

 

[roonster09]

Piss off!

Greatest IPL team of all time!

Greatest cheaters of all time too

 

[Cloud7]

Isn’t Starc supposed to be part of RCB’s roster?

Hoping to see my boy Hetmyer come out blazing

I also have a massive soft spot for Colin Munro for the great work he does for my team in CPL since he’s signed for us.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Who did they get in return?

Cash deal.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Am I the only one that hates the overseas limit? I feel as though it's taken from the quality of the tournament, especially bowling units.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Am I the only one that hates the overseas limit? I feel as though it's taken from the quality of the tournament, especially bowling units.

Ultimately, the tournament is there to provide a base for young Indian players to build from. The likes of Chahal, Kuldeep and Bumrah may not have found their way into the team if it wasnt for the IPL, Jasprit has been a gem for India.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

If Gayle continues his form from earlier this year and KL can find his touch from last season, I reckon Kings XI could make it to the playoffs. Started brilliantly last year but KL couldnt carry his team. Mujeeb and Tye make their bowling quite strong too. The addition of Shami finally gives them a proven Indian bowler which I'm sure they've not really had.

 

[roonster09]

Am I the only one that hates the overseas limit? I feel as though it's taken from the quality of the tournament, especially bowling units.

Maybe, I for one like it. Like @Di Maria's angel said, the aim of IPL (with addition to make money) was to provide platform for Indian cricketers. If there was no limit, then so many players wouldn't have played the game at all.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Ultimately, the tournament is there to provide a base for young Indian players to build from. The likes of Chahal, Kuldeep and Bumrah may not have found their way into the team if it wasnt for the IPL, Jasprit has been a gem for India.

They would have all made it even without such a stringent limit. Even in the first editions there were young Indian players impressing. The problem with it being just 4 players per team is that then there's way too many Indian players per round. I'm not saying a team should be 11 overseas players per team however 4 leads to no hopers playing regularly thus decreasing the excellence thus reducing the world wide fan fare.

 

[zing]

Ngidi is out

CSK should sign Jhye Richardson - although a proper fast bowler might complement the mostly medium pace bowlers we have.

 

[JohnnyKills]

Come on Rajasthan!

Sunrisers could go deep again I reckon. Rashid Khan is possibly the most valuable bowler in the tournament and they've got a brilliant batting lineup too.

 

[Ish]

Just switched on and I see RCB were bowled out for 80

CSK lost Watson & are currently 11-1 after 4 overs. So a tricky wicket to bat on most probably.

 

[Ish]

CSK win by 7 wickets. Awfully quiet in here

 

[KM]

Absolute joke of a pitch. 10th day pitch of the test match.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Absolute joke of a pitch. 10th day pitch of the test match.

Wish they'd just ban the feckers.

 

[harshad]

I always thought MI would be the most hated team but CSK is the absolute worst

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

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Shocking decision by Star. Feel sorry for any UK IPL fans.. the hardcore ones have to fork out about £12 to subscribe to Hotstar, while the casual fan gets zero exposure.

UK viewership numbers will plummet.

It’s on Star Gold on Skybox in UK for free

 

[Moby]

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[MDFC Manager]

I always thought MI would be the most hated team but CSK is the absolute worst

Yes mi are close second.

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Think he is really proud of that

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Wish they'd just ban the feckers.

I always thought MI would be the most hated team but CSK is the absolute worst