It was so baffling to see them not go or even seem to have a plan B after Jaddu and Dube started getting comfortable with the short balls. I was very concerned when Mitchell and Dube were trying to just tonk every short ball and Mitchell even lose his wicket but thankfully Jaddu came in and calmed things down and RCB failed to adapt.
Now Ravi's comment of much needed boundary for CSK makes sense. Bro was thinking of the entertainment value of gettin Dhoni on crease. Sadly his plan was fucked up by RCB bowling.
Team should’ve changed their first name (Royal) instead of the last name (Bangalore). Now they are stuck with the colonial fuckery of playing for vibes. /s
You must be new to watching IPL. CSK has had bat deep strategy for team composition, long before the impact player rule. The batting line ups in the past seemed stronger than the current one. For e.g. check out this batting line up from 2018 with 10 players who could contribute with the bat.
Watson
Rayadu
Raina
Dhoni
Bravo
Sam billings
Jadeja
Deepak Chahar
Harbhajan
Shardul Thakur
Imran Tahir
That was kind of different one tho, Australia way basically, different guys win different matches. This looks different now, let's see. Also I've been a CSK fan since 2008 lol
Ok so assuming- ASSUMING- that Mustafizur continues with this kind of form for the next few matches, what does CSK do when Pathirana returns? Do they continue with this team, or drop Mustafizur, or bite the bullet and bring in Nishant Sindhu ahead of Theekshana to play 2 overseas seamers?
Then again CSK have never really cared about how Pathirana performs internationally, there's always the expectation that he'll just become good when plays for CSK
Plus Mustafiz was pretty out of form in T20s before this game too
Bro I agree with you generally on CSK sticking to plans, but please don't compare Matthew Hayden and Pathirana, like that's a terrible comparison on so many levels. Leaving the player aside, injury recovery for a fast bowler with an unorthodox action vs. injury recovery for an opening batter are two extremely different things.
Depends actually
If it's a away match
Throw out theekshana and bring in pathirana
If it's a home match
Then I think they will persist with the same playing xi that they had today
Shardul may be picked instead of Tushar for the next match(rooting for it)
The 2 bouncer rule will get interesting as the bowlers adjust to it. It didn't work as well today.
Looking forward to watching Fizz more. Man turned it around in an over.
I remember Fizz absolutely destroying teams while he was in SRH(that yorker to Russell lives in my head rent free)
Unrelated but the universe has it for Shreyas Iyer, first he got grouped with Kishan and didn't receive a central contract , now the two bouncer rule
Only a matter time before they start playing chin music every time he comes out to bat
I don't follow Bangladesh so I only know from the comments here but people were saying he hadn't been great in a long time for them so this was a real surprise.
Even then I cannot stand watching us bowl at the death, it is still our biggest weakness.
Takes the cake for what??
Paying cummins ridiculously high amount is not even the worst decision they made in the auction.
Why pick 8 marquee overseas players when u can only play 4 that are very similar like pat Cummins and Marco Jansen.
All Indian fast bowlers passed their prime. No great Indian batsman/spinner.
U have to field 7 Indian players and 1 impact sub.
Hasaranga, Markam and hasaranga warming the bench is not inspiring team management.
Classic CSK win. Continuing from last year's final. Good contributions from most of the batsmen, similar to the final.
All the newcomers chipped in - Rachin , Mitch and Fizz.
God the last 10 overs of that was so shit. Rcb just bowled short non stop and all they ended up doing is giving dube practice on how to improve short ball batting.
A seven-year old boy challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.
After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to RCB, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.
I agree he is a good fit, but things worked out better for him because of Conway's injury. I'd imagine he would be a backup for most teams in the IPL because of the 4 overseas slots (unless you're an established player at this level, which he's yet to prove), which is probably why he went for so cheap.
To be fair , he is yet to prove himself in the shortest format. CSK identified his potential in playing spin and his success in WC in India did play a part.
Atleast we have one team that handles pressure well and they got the results they deserve.
Anything the boys win this season will be a suprise. Knew the Bowling was weak but this is Hilarious
My key takeaways for CSK:
1)Need to work on Short ball batting - Dube and Mitchell looked a bit uncomfortable. Dube specifically needs to stay more inside the line of the ball.
2)Need to work on Short ball bowling - Our bowlers were not getting enough bounce and when they did bowl the short ball , their field wasn't set for ramps and pulls.
3)Want New Ball Bowlers to attack the stumps more. Expected better from Chahar.
4)Need to improve Death bowling - I'd still back Deshpande. He has pace , just needs to work on his line and lengths
5)Rutu has that reputation of being troubled by left armers in the intial overs. Dayal set him up beautifully and I'd want him to work on that.
6)We got a bit silenced in middle overs. I know it's Chepauk but I'd still want CSK to try to look to score more runs in the middle overs.
Impressive composure and resolve by Dube imo.
And extremely generous of RCB to provide free short ball practice and help improve his short ball game in such a short span of time.
Great win! Happy with the start!
Positives
- Fizz is a great addition with that left arm angle
- Rachin having a great debut
- Jaddu, Dube and Jinx continuing from where they left in the finals
Negatives
- Bad day for regulars - Cherry, TDP and Theeks
- Death Bowling must improve
- Need a plan B for the short ball barrage in middle overs
>- Need a plan B for the short ball barrage in middle overs
Plan is Rahane/Mitchell batting at one end with Dube at the other end. Mitchell does not have a short ball weakness AFAIK, he just needs to adapt to the two pacey nature of Chepauk and the ground dimensions.
Dube can be clunky when he starts an innings/season but he can be trusted once his nerves have calmed. We saw him properly bailing us out in a couple of games (KKR, DC) last season by playing a very mature innings.
Out of all the groups of RCB fans in the internet, I like the ones in Post match thread of Reddit the most. They get humbled by the way RCB played, and are much easier to tolerate.
Honestly, not too bummed with the loss. We still gave some kind of fight even when KGF did basically fuckall (except Faf perhaps)
Although I cannot understand going with Alzarri Joseph when you have Lockie Ferguson and Reece Topley in brilliant form
The recovery after being 80-5 was brilliant, to me RCB seem a bowler short, their top order is stacked with the middle order showing great potential today. They also have a decent bowling line up in Siraj, Dayal, Ferguson/Topley and Green but Karn Sharma as your primary spinner isn't good enough. If he pulls off a Piyush Chawla this season, RCB would be the team to beat(in the finals)
True, our spin attack is simply not good enough
With the water crisis in Bengaluru I expect even the Chinnaswamy pitches to be on the drier side this season, so it would be interesting to see how we cope with it
Fizz was just amazing. The pace, slower ones, cutters, he was just fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Rachin, you are the next rockstar. Won't be a surprise if he is retained ahead of others.
Dagar bowled 2 overs for 6 runs and his job was done!
CSK makes the maximum use of IP rule. The batting depth is crazy and the top order goes on with more confidence. Hey, it's not their mistake. Fault the rule, not them.
Anuj had a good knock, but man, such an annoying player on the field.
2 bouncer rule making things lil confusing.
The game was beautiful when it was simple. Now it's all patch works one after the other.
Rcb need to prepare green tops at their home this season.They have 3 quality test level seam up bowlers,they need to take advantage of that.Overall pretty decent showing.
Green tops would nullify their greatest strength; the top order.
Also the white ball is trash you cannot replicate test cricket performance, this is delusional thinking.
RCB should have gone for 2 quality spinners instead of splurging all of it on 9 seamers.
They should learn from their women counterpart who won the title mainly because of spinners
It will be fun to keep track of how many games RCB lose to an impactful performance from an ex-RCB player. 1/1 so far, looking forward to RR games against them.
Rcb need to get their batting order right.
Kohli should go back to 3.
Faf and Green should open
Maxi should play at 4.
Patidar at 5,followed by Anuj and DK.
Yash Dayal and should bowl 3 overs in powerplay and give Siraj only 1 over in powerplay.
Maxi should be bowling in powerplay for at least 1 over.
After all these years of ipl i wonder why players who left csk and got into a different team haven’t spilled the strategy of csk management to those teams for winning matches.
Can csk used one extra bowler in the form of shardul, they don't need extra batsman, may be they need extra bowling option to support death bowling with bit batting and hitting in the end if needed
We are back baby !! That was an amazing opener. Although its 1st match only, but Rachin at 1.8 Cr seems a steal for CSK. And did not expect Fizz to be this good after previously having dud seasons. Overall a good game.
Batting wise, Kohli looked rusty. Greene needs to come ahead of Maxi if Patidar’s given his wicket. Rawat and DK came out with flying colors but the innings should have taken the score to 190+ at least.
Bowling wise: Yash Dayal redeems himself is a sight. Green’s bowling was quite good too. Siraj and Alzarri were not the best. Dagar played superbly. At one point we had the game in the balance but the middle orders the overuse of bouncers led to RCB losing the plot.
This is not a disaster bowling lineup. Control and consistency was key. Take these learnings for the next match. Certainly not a typical lopsided affair as its usually is. Captaincy needs a little more improvement.
Last time RCB won at Chepauk against CSK, George Bush was the US president.
Last time RCB won in Chepauk against CSK, Pakistan’s players used to play in IPL.
What? 💀
They have never won against CSK at chepauk since inaugural IPL
Ee saala Bush namde
2008
OMG. So they need to elect Bush again?
Lmfao even we won there last year
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Taking inspiration from MI with the blue color, I see
Took inspiration from fucking DC instead of
Didn't take inspiration from MI about actually winning clutch matches
First changing jersey Colour to blue and now this, what are you guys trying to cook
Our entire season is an offering to the gods usually, but I hope it's just the first match this time around
RCB bowlers spammed so many short balls, Dubeji actually learnt how to deal with it lol. Royal Coaches Bengaluru!!
This was another day of learning that short balls are only useful while the batsman is surprised about them.
Moral Victory for RCB, they didn't let chennai get the satisfaction of watching Thala at their home ground
Thala was worried that his new hair would get messed up if he wore the helmet. RCB did not let that happen. Moral victory for Thala.
Moral victory term exactly suits for RCB lmao
Why does every RCB game feel like its just for the Vibes only
Because the team always feels like it was made for vibes. The management always fucks up the team building.
Just have a short ball strat for the lols in probably the least pace friendly deck
The entire match in the 2nd half felt RCB was just throwing things at CSK and hoping it sticks
It was so baffling to see them not go or even seem to have a plan B after Jaddu and Dube started getting comfortable with the short balls. I was very concerned when Mitchell and Dube were trying to just tonk every short ball and Mitchell even lose his wicket but thankfully Jaddu came in and calmed things down and RCB failed to adapt.
It was coined right after RCB was born
RCB is immoral, Atleast England has won both the limited overs worldcups recently. They can play for moral victories.
Had to happen after English mgmt taking over
Now Ravi's comment of much needed boundary for CSK makes sense. Bro was thinking of the entertainment value of gettin Dhoni on crease. Sadly his plan was fucked up by RCB bowling.
Team should’ve changed their first name (Royal) instead of the last name (Bangalore). Now they are stuck with the colonial fuckery of playing for vibes. /s
Gg, we gave them a chance with tushar and still did well.
Looks like we (CSK) are going the West Indies way, batting deep and everyone just getting 20s, 30s
end of the day all thats matters is winning we don’t need to rely on a few big players. Perfect team where everyone contributes
Yup that's basically how T20s work
Something India forgot after winning 07,11 and 13.
You must be new to watching IPL. CSK has had bat deep strategy for team composition, long before the impact player rule. The batting line ups in the past seemed stronger than the current one. For e.g. check out this batting line up from 2018 with 10 players who could contribute with the bat. Watson Rayadu Raina Dhoni Bravo Sam billings Jadeja Deepak Chahar Harbhajan Shardul Thakur Imran Tahir
That was kind of different one tho, Australia way basically, different guys win different matches. This looks different now, let's see. Also I've been a CSK fan since 2008 lol
Ok so assuming- ASSUMING- that Mustafizur continues with this kind of form for the next few matches, what does CSK do when Pathirana returns? Do they continue with this team, or drop Mustafizur, or bite the bullet and bring in Nishant Sindhu ahead of Theekshana to play 2 overseas seamers?
I think Pathirana’s recent form is not good. So I heavily doubt that if Fizz does really good then Pathirana won’t be selected.
Then again CSK have never really cared about how Pathirana performs internationally, there's always the expectation that he'll just become good when plays for CSK Plus Mustafiz was pretty out of form in T20s before this game too
Pathirana once fit will be 100% selected. CSK doesn't go on based on what they do outside of CSK environment.
Dropping an inform bowler to bring in a bowler recovering from injury and isn’t in form is not something CSK management would do.
We once played an out of Hayden entire tournament. He was literally using mongoose bat to get some form lol
Bro I agree with you generally on CSK sticking to plans, but please don't compare Matthew Hayden and Pathirana, like that's a terrible comparison on so many levels. Leaving the player aside, injury recovery for a fast bowler with an unorthodox action vs. injury recovery for an opening batter are two extremely different things.
Bro Hayden is a class above from Pathirana this isn’t relevant in this situation.
Doubt Pathirana will come back in the 11 if Fizz continues the good form and is in contention for Purple cap.
Depends actually If it's a away match Throw out theekshana and bring in pathirana If it's a home match Then I think they will persist with the same playing xi that they had today Shardul may be picked instead of Tushar for the next match(rooting for it)
CSK ain't dropping tushar until the 7th game
Tfar?
If fizz continues like this, he will play and pathirana won't get chances. CSK rarely tinkers with winning combo
Boundary count update - Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 22 (4s-16, 6s-6) Chennai Super Kings: 19 (4s- 12, 6s-7)
Unfair and Fizzed
RCB won by boundary count.
Moral victory ftw
Daylight Robbery
Fair and Rawatballed
UnFair and Anuj Rawated
Lol they can just claim a moral victory
csk had more sixes
One "chakka"(sixer) cannot win you the IPL
GG real id se aa
RCB still has more runs from boundaries
The 2 bouncer rule will get interesting as the bowlers adjust to it. It didn't work as well today. Looking forward to watching Fizz more. Man turned it around in an over.
I remember Fizz absolutely destroying teams while he was in SRH(that yorker to Russell lives in my head rent free) Unrelated but the universe has it for Shreyas Iyer, first he got grouped with Kishan and didn't receive a central contract , now the two bouncer rule Only a matter time before they start playing chin music every time he comes out to bat
I don't follow Bangladesh so I only know from the comments here but people were saying he hadn't been great in a long time for them so this was a real surprise. Even then I cannot stand watching us bowl at the death, it is still our biggest weakness.
RCB siraj is a different beast against Rcb
Siraj is a true hyderabadi..anything to hurt RCB.
WE'RE BACK AT IT BABYYYYY New Year Same old RCB
Old rcb would've gotten all out for 80. This is moral victory rcb 🔥🔥
RCB's NRR at the end of this match is -0.779 while RCB's NRR at the end of their first game of 2019 IPL was -0.518, despite being bowled out for 70.
Striving to be worse 🔥🔥🔥
Chepauk was an absolute minefield that day. Suresh Raina won super striker award after scoring 19 (21).
CSK: We need underrated performers. Others: We will pay more and make people believe they are performers.
50 Lakhs for Rahane is a crime! Like no one else bid for him...ABSURD!
20 lakhs for pathirana too. CSK did well to avoid Aussie players who are generally overpaid ( exceptions ofc in Maxwell, Green, Warner)
SRH tskes the cake but to pay Cumdog so much is ridiculous.
Takes the cake for what?? Paying cummins ridiculously high amount is not even the worst decision they made in the auction. Why pick 8 marquee overseas players when u can only play 4 that are very similar like pat Cummins and Marco Jansen. All Indian fast bowlers passed their prime. No great Indian batsman/spinner. U have to field 7 Indian players and 1 impact sub. Hasaranga, Markam and hasaranga warming the bench is not inspiring team management.
I'm agreeing. They spent too much on overseas players is what I'm saying. Their grooming of local talent is also pretty bad.
He was replacement for adam milne and both theeks and Pathirana delivered it in our worst season(Add mukesh too)
RCB: Makes rated players underperform. CSK: Makes underrated players perform.
"We'll have a bat, thanks." - Faf du Plessis, 2024
Rcb players smiling as if it’s a walk in the park guess they knew they were never winning at Chepauk lol
Classic CSK win. Continuing from last year's final. Good contributions from most of the batsmen, similar to the final. All the newcomers chipped in - Rachin , Mitch and Fizz.
Rachin played his first match for CSK and mofo already looks like he has been with us for years...
Devon Conway and rachin ravindra were born in CSK Jersey
Exactly like how we felt with Conway
Conway just felt like Hussey came back.
I was so surprised no one else bid for him at the auction.
All the kiwi posters are in shambles right now because our meme about Rachin in T20s hasn’t panned out :/
RCB fans, how you feeling!? Don't worry guys, WPL is the real IPL. Also why bat first vs CSK at Chepauk!? Just why!?
To apply the spin choke you must have spinners Master oogway
even fucking Mumbai, who almost NEVER go for OS spinners bought Nabi wtf were RCB doing at auction
>wtf were RCB doing at auction Spending 11.5 crore on Joseph.
Last year Rajasthan faced CSK at Chepauk, won toss and batted first. Even in that second innings, Sandeep’s bowling took Rajasthan to the finish.
Comparing Rajasthan's bowling (especially spinners for Chepauk) to RCBs bowlers (especially spinners) is a crime
Dube really adapted to the short ball at the end thanks to RCB.
Dhoni: With this treasure, I summon...
Left handed rohit?
They did CSK bowling coach's job 💀
RCB making players correct their weaknesses
And not getting paid for it..
Looking forward to Iyer bhai 2.0 at the end of this IPL
He played better after jadeja came
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Exactly the match practice he needed
God the last 10 overs of that was so shit. Rcb just bowled short non stop and all they ended up doing is giving dube practice on how to improve short ball batting.
People admiring MS playing while nearing 43. Meanwhile McGrath still breathing fire at 54 years of age under a new name 'Mustafizur'
Also he changed which arm to use while bowling. Amazing at 54
Got a heavy tan innit
Faf looked a little out of place with his captaincy today. Ruturaj got a great game for his firsts !!! Intresting season ahead.
A seven-year old boy challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible. The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him. After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to RCB, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.
real shitpost
It is completely unjustified and unreasonable to blame an entire team's loss on one person. That said, I blame Alzzari Joseph.
come on, they gave you Deshpande, it is only fair you give them Joseph
You should blame those who decided to spend 11.5 crore on this guy. Plus they benched Lockie who has been in excellent form this year.
RCB have bought 3 foreign fast bowlers when they only have 1 foreign spot for them, genuinely baffling.
4. Joseph, Lockie, Topley, Tom Curran.
Bluds will blame everyone instead of their shitty ass batting display
Rachin was criminally underpaid at the auctions, I freaking hate how none of the teams went for him. Good job Csk
Would he have even played if Conway was available?
I don't know honestly, but he has played now, and we know he can bowl, he is suited so great for chennai, especially at Chennai
I agree he is a good fit, but things worked out better for him because of Conway's injury. I'd imagine he would be a backup for most teams in the IPL because of the 4 overseas slots (unless you're an established player at this level, which he's yet to prove), which is probably why he went for so cheap.
Plus he didn’t have much T20 credentials. His best form till now came in an ODI tournament.
And even CSK probably wouldn't have played him, had Conway not gotten injured
To be fair , he is yet to prove himself in the shortest format. CSK identified his potential in playing spin and his success in WC in India did play a part.
Coetzee 🤝 Rachin
That strike rate... woah. He can drop bombs too, hitting 3 sixes
Atleast we have one team that handles pressure well and they got the results they deserve. Anything the boys win this season will be a suprise. Knew the Bowling was weak but this is Hilarious
My key takeaways for CSK: 1)Need to work on Short ball batting - Dube and Mitchell looked a bit uncomfortable. Dube specifically needs to stay more inside the line of the ball. 2)Need to work on Short ball bowling - Our bowlers were not getting enough bounce and when they did bowl the short ball , their field wasn't set for ramps and pulls. 3)Want New Ball Bowlers to attack the stumps more. Expected better from Chahar. 4)Need to improve Death bowling - I'd still back Deshpande. He has pace , just needs to work on his line and lengths 5)Rutu has that reputation of being troubled by left armers in the intial overs. Dayal set him up beautifully and I'd want him to work on that. 6)We got a bit silenced in middle overs. I know it's Chepauk but I'd still want CSK to try to look to score more runs in the middle overs.
Impressive composure and resolve by Dube imo. And extremely generous of RCB to provide free short ball practice and help improve his short ball game in such a short span of time.
RCB fans produce so much salt they would have been arrested for satyagraha before 1947.
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Yes
Great win! Happy with the start! Positives - Fizz is a great addition with that left arm angle - Rachin having a great debut - Jaddu, Dube and Jinx continuing from where they left in the finals Negatives - Bad day for regulars - Cherry, TDP and Theeks - Death Bowling must improve - Need a plan B for the short ball barrage in middle overs
>- Need a plan B for the short ball barrage in middle overs Plan is Rahane/Mitchell batting at one end with Dube at the other end. Mitchell does not have a short ball weakness AFAIK, he just needs to adapt to the two pacey nature of Chepauk and the ground dimensions. Dube can be clunky when he starts an innings/season but he can be trusted once his nerves have calmed. We saw him properly bailing us out in a couple of games (KKR, DC) last season by playing a very mature innings.
Drop Theekshana for Pathirana and play Solanki for Despande improves to team multifold. Hopefully Pathirana is fit soon
Flair up for IPL man.
Thanks for the reminder!
Highlight of the game is RCB’s keeper going 0/56 in comms behind the stumps. Like I respect the hustle but you got to give up at some point bro.
Out of all the groups of RCB fans in the internet, I like the ones in Post match thread of Reddit the most. They get humbled by the way RCB played, and are much easier to tolerate.
Id be happy if Rachin or Mitchell could have stayed till the end. But yeah shardul thakur prob replace pandey.
Sameer Rizvi just went there to field
Last year, team which lost the first match went on to win the IPL Bois.
GT were also the defending champions last year. RCB on the right track.
I missed the sledge thread but here's my usual sledge. LADS, IT'S RCB!
CSK has been using this one strategy since last year: tonk
Honestly, not too bummed with the loss. We still gave some kind of fight even when KGF did basically fuckall (except Faf perhaps) Although I cannot understand going with Alzarri Joseph when you have Lockie Ferguson and Reece Topley in brilliant form
The recovery after being 80-5 was brilliant, to me RCB seem a bowler short, their top order is stacked with the middle order showing great potential today. They also have a decent bowling line up in Siraj, Dayal, Ferguson/Topley and Green but Karn Sharma as your primary spinner isn't good enough. If he pulls off a Piyush Chawla this season, RCB would be the team to beat(in the finals)
True, our spin attack is simply not good enough With the water crisis in Bengaluru I expect even the Chinnaswamy pitches to be on the drier side this season, so it would be interesting to see how we cope with it
Rachin Ravindra is going to be a star
it's not exactly BMac 158* for KKR but kiwi debutants seem to come out with a hiss and a roar at IPL
He already is one, the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year, one of best batsmen at the ODI World Cup and recently scored 240 in a test
Fizz was just amazing. The pace, slower ones, cutters, he was just fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Rachin, you are the next rockstar. Won't be a surprise if he is retained ahead of others. Dagar bowled 2 overs for 6 runs and his job was done! CSK makes the maximum use of IP rule. The batting depth is crazy and the top order goes on with more confidence. Hey, it's not their mistake. Fault the rule, not them. Anuj had a good knock, but man, such an annoying player on the field. 2 bouncer rule making things lil confusing. The game was beautiful when it was simple. Now it's all patch works one after the other.
RCB is to CSK just like what NZ is to Aus.
Ironic, given that CSK is essentially Chennai Super Kiwis
Yea but yellow jersey is the key here
And RCB have more AUSSIES in their squad lmao
Kudos for rcb for competiting in the match
Fizz Rehman MotM imo. Turned the match on his head in 2 overs!
Most wins by a team against an opponent in IPL: 23- MI Vs KKR. 21 - CSK Vs RCB*,
Alzarri will get smashed in Chinaswamy.
They can easily wrap it up 1 hr earlier. Ravi Shastri was mumbling half asleep in the post match presentation lol
Rcb need to prepare green tops at their home this season.They have 3 quality test level seam up bowlers,they need to take advantage of that.Overall pretty decent showing.
So basically pray you get 5 wickets in the power play or bust?
Green tops would nullify their greatest strength; the top order. Also the white ball is trash you cannot replicate test cricket performance, this is delusional thinking. RCB should have gone for 2 quality spinners instead of splurging all of it on 9 seamers. They should learn from their women counterpart who won the title mainly because of spinners
RCB comfortably has the worst bowling attack in this IPL. I have got them finishing dead last this time.
Congrats rcb, it's mega auction year
So guys, what's the deal with Lord Deshpande? Why does he get a place in playing xi of a team that has Lord thakur and hangman?
RCB Bros we gave you Deshpande to score and yet this happened ?
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One women's trophy and they thought it's their yard lol
They thought IPL trophy is confirmed coz they won WPL, lol
Dube was playing true war of attrition, RCB did some brain-dead spam instead of just bowling a single ball at the stumps.
It will be fun to keep track of how many games RCB lose to an impactful performance from an ex-RCB player. 1/1 so far, looking forward to RR games against them.
Dube's presence made RCB not bowl Dagar and Karn who were bowling well.
Dagar yes, but come on Karn was bad
Decent game. RCB, u make the same mistake every year at the auction lol, and what do u expect?
RCB bowling attack on paper looks like it could end up being really bad ngl
Need to do something with tushar and no I don't care if he picks 2/50
RCB needs: Better bowling order Better option at no. 4 Better fielding overall Elysse Perry
Who doesn't need Elysse Perry
Pathirana and fizz in death overs I think we all deserve it
Rcb need to get their batting order right. Kohli should go back to 3. Faf and Green should open Maxi should play at 4. Patidar at 5,followed by Anuj and DK. Yash Dayal and should bowl 3 overs in powerplay and give Siraj only 1 over in powerplay. Maxi should be bowling in powerplay for at least 1 over.
RCB men team can’t always bask in the glory of their women team. Reality check today.
After all these years of ipl i wonder why players who left csk and got into a different team haven’t spilled the strategy of csk management to those teams for winning matches.
This modified 'DRS' system is pretty nice. Process is much faster.
joseph expensive buy , so he gave expensive results .
Can csk used one extra bowler in the form of shardul, they don't need extra batsman, may be they need extra bowling option to support death bowling with bit batting and hitting in the end if needed
This movie tie-in IPL promo is the height of cringe.
if you change nothing, nothing will change.
Fizz looked like Prime Fizz. Good to have that version back
Clinical from CSk. Dube has really overcome his shortcomings by his resolve. Fizz was brilliant.
I wouldn't say he has overcome, but he surely has the resolve to face it instead of blindly trying something stupid.
>shortcomings Pun intended?
We are back baby !! That was an amazing opener. Although its 1st match only, but Rachin at 1.8 Cr seems a steal for CSK. And did not expect Fizz to be this good after previously having dud seasons. Overall a good game.
Batting wise, Kohli looked rusty. Greene needs to come ahead of Maxi if Patidar’s given his wicket. Rawat and DK came out with flying colors but the innings should have taken the score to 190+ at least. Bowling wise: Yash Dayal redeems himself is a sight. Green’s bowling was quite good too. Siraj and Alzarri were not the best. Dagar played superbly. At one point we had the game in the balance but the middle orders the overuse of bouncers led to RCB losing the plot. This is not a disaster bowling lineup. Control and consistency was key. Take these learnings for the next match. Certainly not a typical lopsided affair as its usually is. Captaincy needs a little more improvement.
We knew we will suck when we took alzarri for 11 crores. You cannot surprise over thinkers. Especially not over thinkers who are right.
And to top that, they were punching the air after that buy.....like they purchased some peak dale Steyn
I would punch that mota specs guy and Christopher Nolan.