Delhi Capitals v Lucknow Super Giants IPL Tips: 170 at the Wankhede is no big ask for these sides I put up Lucknow at 7.0 to win the title on the latest episode of Cricket…Only Bettor and they’ve since won again. As argued there, my ideal T20 line-up is one which bats very deep and
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Delhi Capitals v Kolkata Knight RidersThursday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket For what is a huge game for both teams, the betting is virtually tied. Both Delhi and Kolkata have just six points so far, with the former playing one less game. By my reckoning, the target for a play-off place is 18 points.
Lucknow Super Giants v Mumbai IndiansSunday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket They started as tournament favourites, boasting arguably the best historic IPL credentials, yet Mumbai Indians have lost all seven of their matches. Back at their usual home stadium, can they finally get off the mark? LSG odds simply too big to ignore Despite
Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super KingsThursday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Who could have predicted that the two greatest sides in IPL history would be locked in a battle to avoid the wooden spoon? After six matches apiece, Chennai have just one win and Mumbai have lost the lot. This is one of four
Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals Wednesday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Following the first two play-offs, the second Qualifier will be between Kolkata and Delhi, with Chennai Super Kings awaiting in the final. Can Delhi repeat last year’s sequence? There is a clear sense of deja vu. Last year, Delhi lost the first
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight RidersMonday October 11, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Cricket Are RCB over-reliant on Maxwell? RCB finished third and will be kicking themselves about it not being second. They’ll look back at that narrow defeat to SRH in midweek as a missed opportunity to have booked that Top 2 finish
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Capitals Friday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Earlier today, I felt sure this final match of the group stage would be a dead rubber. Delhi are already certain of a top-two finish and therefore two cracks at reaching the final. RCB cannot finish below third and could only finish
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai IndiansFriday October 8, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Cricket SRH win again at last There was a certain irony about SRH’s win on Wednesday. The irony being that they did exactly what they’ve been doing all season. They posted what was just about a par score, or even a few runs
Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan RoyalsThursday October 7th, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Kolkata cruise past bottom side When you have a must win game in front of you, it helps to be playing the worst side in the competition. KKR duly took full advantage against the Sunrisers, chasing down a sub-par total of
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad Wednesday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket We’ve reached that late stage of the season where the match betting can be very one-sided, because only one of the sides has a goal to play for, beyond mere pride and professionalism. Hence RCB, who can still finish top-two are a
Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai IndiansTuesday October 5, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Cricket Royals are up against it Hands up if you thought that with two games to go of the Group Stages, Mumbai would be second from bottom. No, I didn’t either. A weekend defeat to Delhi, where the Indians failed to post a
Delhi Capitals v Chennai Super KingsMonday October 4th, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Kings toppled by Royals Chennai failed to maintain their two-point advantage at the top of the table after a seven-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. The toss proved pivotal as the surface flattened out, following a sticky start which offered
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Punjab Kings Sunday, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Arguably the two most perennially disappointing franchises square up on Sunday morning, with plenty on the line. RCB’s hopes of a first IPL title remain very much alive as Virat Kohli’s men look all but certain to finish in either the third
Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super KingsSaturday October 2, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Cricket Royals well up against it The Royals got off to a very decent start against RCB. There was a quickfire 31 off 22 from Yashasvi Jaiswal that included a couple of sixes, while Evin Lewis justified his selection with an even
Mumbai Indians v Delhi CapitalsSaturday, October 2nd, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Hardik the hero Mumbai ended a run of three straight defeats but the six wicket victory over Punjab Kings on Tuesday was less than convincing. The margin may seem comfortable and the defending champions had a full over left but only a
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Thursday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Top plays bottom today at Sharjah, in a match that all but amounts to a dead rubber. Chennai have effectively qualified for the play-offs and that all-important top-two slot looks nearly certain too. Sunrisers are merely playing for pride. Chennai a class
Mumbai Indians v Punjab KingsTuesday September 28, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Mumbai on the slide Notorious for making slow starts to the tournament, Mumbai Indians were handily placed in the payoffs when IPL 14 was paused back in May. Since the tournament was switched to the UAE, the most successful team in the
Royals need to get selection right Rajasthan got those two wins on the board after the restart to give themselves a shot at the Playoffs. But both of them were pretty fortunate. Especially of course, that one against the Punjab Kings. That a load of games have been played in the meanwhile and that I’m
Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals Tuesday, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket When the IPL season resumed, it wasn’t obvious that we would see an exciting finale to the points table. Four teams appeared to have qualification sewn up. Happily, it hasn’t turned out that way at all. Logjam for fourth place points towards
Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight RidersSunday, September 26th: 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Chennai’s ‘dad’s army’ marches on The Super Kings have made few changes to the squad that was considered ‘too old’ and ineffective a year ago. The core of the team has responded this season and victory over Bangalore on Friday
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Punjab Kings Saturday, 11:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Despite more than two-thirds of the season remaining, we are already into ‘last-chance saloon’ situations. To qualify for the play-offs, 14 points is a must and usually a good net run-rate to boot. That leaves virtually no room for error for either of
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super KingsFriday September 24, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket A question of timing Virat Kohli’s decision to announce his intention to step down as RCB’s Captain was a curious one in terms of its timing. As the competition was set to resume, the Royal Challengers were firmly in the
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super KingsFriday 24 September, 15:00Live on Sky Sports Gaikwad tremendous, Curran set to return IF CSK finish Top 2 and give themselves a great chance of going all the way, they can thank Ruturaj Gaikwad for his brilliant 88 off 58 balls. It was the difference between posting a highly-competitive
Punjab Kings v Rajasthan Royals Tuesday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket In the wake of Mumbai’s defeat to Chennai on Sunday, Tuesday’s fixture takes on extra significance. Had that match gone the other way, the race for the play-offs may have become extremely predictable. Now all is to play for – especially this pair.
Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers BangaloreMonday 20 September, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Cummins out, Russell needs to bat higher Kolkata only lost one player as a result of someone opting out from playing the second half of the season due to fatigue concerns, or other reasons. But what a player they lost. Pat
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai IndiansSunday 19 September, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Chennai eye crown Chennai are the favourites for the title and are second in the ladder behind Delhi Capitals. But they could be forgiven for feeling nervous about Part Two being played in the UAE. They finished second-bottom when IPL 2020 was
Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore Monday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Could RCB fall away again? The tradition around this time of the season is for RCB’s season to implode, if it hasn’t already. At this halfway stage last season, they had an identical points tally. Ten from seven. They ended up
Punjab Kings v Delhi CapitalsSunday May 2nd, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Gayle storm lifts Punjab Punjab Kings’ comfortable victory over RCB on Friday proved two things. Struggling sides can still beat the top teams in the shortest form of the game and you should never write off Chris Gayle. KL Rahul may have
Punjab Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore Saturday, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket On their basis of their performances or prospects for the season, the gulf between these two is vast. RCB are co-favourites for the title at 4.1, with ten points in the bank already. Punjab have just four, and are trading at a
Delhi Capitals v Kolkata Knight RidersThursday, April 29th, 15:00 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Delhi Derailed Delhi Capitals battled a sandstorm and a 75-run blast from AB De Villiers but they couldn’t quite get over the early loss of Shikhar Dhawan on Tuesday. Late hitting from Shimron Hetmyer took them agonisingly close but the 1-run