Sunrisers Hyderabad v Gujarat TitansMonday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Sunrisers Hyderabad got off the mark with a win over fellow strugglers Chennai on Saturday, all but ending their title defence in the process. Today’s venue is the same but a harder task lies ahead. Gujurat Titans have a 100% win record in their
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Rajasthan Royals v Lucknow Super Giants IPLSunday, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Buttler, Hetmyer and Chahal impress but 100% record gone The Royals are two from three, their perfect start coming to an end during the week against RCB. It’s a game they’ll look back on and think they probably should have won. They posted
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi CapitalsSunday April 10th, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Kolkata riding high Three wins from their opening four games puts KKR at the top of the overall group table heading into the third weekend. Pat Cummins took the headlines for his 15-ball 56 last time out but it’s been a
Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers HyderabadSaturday, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket It feels ridiculous to talk of ‘must-win affairs‘ at this early stage of the competition but this match pretty much fits the description. Neither side has earned a point yet. With the league now consisting of ten teams, rather than eight, coming back
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai IndiansSaturday 9 April, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports RCB boosted to the Max Bangalore have two wins from three. Early days. But the manner of their two victories could prove to be important. They have defeated Rajasthan and Kol-kata, two of the more impressive teams in the first exchanges. It
Punjab Kings v Gujarat LionsFriday 8 April, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Fearless Punjab a fascinating propsect Three games, two wins. Punjab would surely have taken that at the start of the campaign if offered it. Following the very 2022 trend of batting with reckless abandon, their batting scorecards are full of cameos of 20
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai IndiansWednesday 6 April, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports KKR puzzle Kolkata have two wins from three in a solid start. But they remain a curious, or rather confounding outfit. Their strength, and their weakness, appear to have been reversed. Rightly touted as one of the most aggressive batting units in
Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers BangaloreTuesday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket For what may well be the first time since Shane Warne led them to the inaugural IPL title back in 2008, Rajasthan Royals are the tournament favourites at 6.25/1. For reasons that aren’t easy to comprehend, however, they start clear outsider for Tuesday’s
Pakistan v AustraliaTuesday 4 April 16.30TV: live on BT Sports Pakistan primed Pakistan came from behind to claim the ODI series 2-1 and they would expect to steal the one-game T20 series, too. It is a stronger suit than 50-overs. As you would expect their line-up includes the top performers from the PSL. Babar Azam
Titans flatter to deceive The basic rule of thumb for a trend, and we’re not talking bell-bottom flares or super juicing, is seven or eight consecutive up or down data points. Well, ten games into the Indian Premier League and we might be able to start nailing down some strategy. So far there has been
Gujarat Lions v Lucknow Super GiantsMonday 4 April, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports SRH off to the worst possible start After their worst-ever season in 2021, SRH started 2022 in the worst possible way. They were thrashed by Rajasthan, in the process becoming the first side this season to lose a match chasing, though admittedly
Australia Women v England WomenSunday 3 April, 01:00TV: live on Sky Sports Unstoppable Aussies Australia have played eight and won eight making pre-tournament odds of 1.804/5 about a title win look like the bet of the century. They have lost once in three years. No team has laid a glove on them yet. They have
Chennai Super Kings v Kings PunjabSunday 3 April, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Toss losses haunting Jadeja Two games, two losses. Not a great start from the defending campions who were outplayed for a second game. But let’s not be too harsh on them. So far only one match has been won by the side
Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan RoyalsSaturday, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Prior to Friday’s match, the team batting second had won six out of seven matches. The only team to defy that were Rajasthan Royals, who trounced Sunrisers on Tuesday. That was an important signal of their progress but we’ll learn a lot more about
Pakistan v AustraliaSaturday 2 April, 11:00TV: live on BT Sport Hit them with spin Pakistan levelled up affairs with a strong batting show in game two at Lahore on Thursday. Just as well because their bowling attack is looking increasingly poweder-puff. Poor Shaheen Shah Afridi is having to do it all on his own and
Gujarat Titans v Delhi CapitalsSaturday 2 April, 15:00TV: live on BT Sport Batting a worry Gujarat Titans are a bowling team. They boast Mohammad Shami, Lockie Ferguson and Rashid Khan, three bowlers who would walk into any franchise in the tournament. And that’s fine. If the year is 2016. The IPL has moved on to
Kolkata Knight Riders v Punjab KingsFriday 1 April, 15:00TV: live on BT Sport More brains from KKR Kolkata Knight Riders got their April Fools’ joke in early on Wednesday with a stinker of a batting effort against Royal Challengers Bangalore. They could post only 118. There was lots wrong with the performance and for all
Pakistan v AustraliaThursday 31 March 11.00Live on BT Sport Pakistan looking limited Pakistan lost Shaheen Shah Afridi to injury the day before game one and they missed his pace and verve with the ball as they conceded 313. Whether Afridi is fit for this one looks highly doubtful. He was struck on the knee in
England Women v South Africa WomenThursday 31 March 02.00TV: live on Sky Sports England back from the brink England have been playing knockout cricket for the past four games. So any suggestion that they will feel under pressure seems fanciful. Still, they were in that situation because of a shoddy start. A sequence of three
Lucknow Super Giants v Chennai Super KingsThursday 31 March, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Holder availability a big boost It’s hard to think of a worst possible start for KL Rahul and Lucknow. The big-name signing and skipper was out first ball on review against Gujarat, a feather being picked up by hot spot. Quinton
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight RidersWednesday 30 March 15.00TV: live on Sky Sports Reliable RCB There’s something very sweet indeed about the status quo remaining with RCB despite a mega auction and a change in captaincy from Virat Kohli to Faf Du Plessis. They are still profligate with the ball, either through a lack
Pakistan v AustraliaTuesday 29 March 11.00TV: live on BT Sport Pakistan need courage Pakistan are smarting after defeat by Australia in the Test series. It was an opportunity missed as they bizarrely failed to have the conviction to prepare spicy-enough surfaces. A safety-first approach individually has been a factor in their white-ball play recently and
Gujarat Lions v Lucknow Super GiantsMonday 28 March, 14:00TV: live on Sky Sports Gujarat’s awful auction Gujarat were guilty of showing their inexperience in the Mega Auction. Or more precisely, in the business they did ahead of the actual auction. Quite why they were so desperate to spend so much money on Hardik Pandya is
Punjab Kings v Royal Challengers BangaloreSunday 27 March, 14:00TV: live on Sky Sports Punjab poised Once Punjab have their strongest squad available they should be bang in contention for the title. But they will have to be patient. They are without Kagiso Rabada and Jonny Bairstow for example. That opens up opportunities for Benny Howell
Mumbai Indians v Delhi CapitalsSunday 27 March, 11:00TV: live on Sky Sports Delhi depleted Delhi Capitals should have probably won at least one of the last two IPL titles. But they are still awaiting their first trophy. After the mega auction, it could be a long wait. They look weaker than in previous years having
Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight RidersSaturday, 14:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Just six months after they contested the 2021 final, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders kick off the 2022 IPL. That final was in Dubai and this match is also played on neutral territory – at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Go hard or go home It used to be said that a team couldn’t win a T20 tournament without a crack bowling unit. But if that was a reliable maxim for punters we’d have been betting Sunrisers Hyderabad religiously. And they’ve drawn a blank for the last five years. Fitting, then, that just as the
Stick with openers It’s that time of year where we bang the drum for opening batsman in the IPL. We say it every pre-season but you really need your head read if you pick a top runscorer betwho doesn’t open the batting. Only twice in IPL history has a top runscorer not batted at No
Root’s still got it Punters also benefitted from the benign Bridgetown surface. Another in Grenada (as discussed in the match odds preview) wouldn’t go amiss as there are few wagers less stressful than quality players for runs on a road. Joe Root obliged in the first-innings for top bat and Sportsbook are taking a risk
West Indies v EnglandThursday 24 March, 14:00TV: live on BT Sport Windies keep faith Playing England sure brings the best out of West Indies. They have been gritty and determined in the face of scoreboard pressure, with Captain Fantastic Kraigg Brathwaite leading the way. After conceding a whopping 507, road or not it took terrific
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