This time the Ipl is very competiting. It is very tough to say which teams will go to the playoffs and which team will emerge as the champions. I am a supporter of KKR and DC. This is the points table till today, the 19th April 2019-
PREVIEW 1
CSK- 9 matches 14 points
MI- 9 matches 12 points
DC- 9 matches 10 points
KXIP- 9 matches 10 points
SRH- 8 matches 8 points
KKR- 8 matches 8 points
RR- 8 matches 4 points
RCB- 8 matches 2 points
The fight for the playoffs are between 6 teams-CSK, MI, DC, SRH, KXIP and KKR.My playoff list will be like this-
CSK
KKR
DC
KXIP.
I didn't say this because I am a fan of KKR and DC. Most of the foreign players will return to their respective countries due to the upcoming event of World Cup 2019. So the teams those who have the best Indian Players has the most high chances of winning the championship.
SRH's task would be difficult as their key players- David Warner, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Nabi and Kane Williamson would have gone by that time.
MI has less chances of winning as its best player Rohit Sharma is fully out of form.I saw the famous add on the television,which has the jingle..." KAHI SHARMAJI KA BETA DOSO NA JAR DE".
IS THIS POSSIBLE ..!! In normal cases, in Ipl 2019 he has not been able to score a half century yet, and he will score a double century in a mere 20 over match ! WHAT A JOKE..!! It should be the joke of this season. I fear that because of Rohit's form India has less chances of winning the World Cup 2019. Because India is over dependent on it's openers and first down- Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. The middle order has to take more responsibilities if India wants to win the World Cup. The young boy Vijay Shankar who is 28 years old has to be guided by the senior's. He has lots of potentiality. Mumbai's bowling is very good no doubt. But if all the bowlers of MI stops the opponent in 76 runs where is the batsman to do that run.Although both the Pandiya brother's are in devastating form and their dream run continues in this season.In every match Junior pandiya is demonstrating helicopter shots,Snr. pandiya is not also far behind. It seems, both the brother's have taken the franchise of selling helicopter's...but, again as I really feel that only pandiya brother's and Boom Boom Bumrah with curly haired Mr.Malinga can't be able to sail their MI ship to ashore. So these are the reasons for which MI and SRH can be rulled out from the IPL 2019.
Now let's come to that two teams which have almost been out from the IPL 2019:
RR of Ajinkya Rahane and RCB of Virat Kohli. First let's talk about that team that is fully out of form and are tired of losing matches-RCB. They have the best batsman of this planet and the 360 degree player- Virat Kohli and A B Devilliers in their team , still they are losing for their bowlers and it's effects on the whole team.Only Yuzuvendra Chahal can do how much. Then what is the use of giving Virat Kohli and A B Devilliers 17 crores each, if the team has'nt won a single IPL in 12 editions. They can use that money to buy more effective bowlers. So I don't think RCB will win a single Ipl if they go on like this.
RR leading by Ajinkya Rahane. What can I say about him. Instead of having Jos Buttler who is a superb match winner, RR till now has only 4 points .But RR is not a team like RCB. Most of the matches RR has lost because of themselves. They lost the matches which they could have won, if they did not throw their wickets and come.The way by which RR has played till now they should have added 6 more points. But RR can fare well and do better in the next season of IPL.
So this is my Preview 1 on the topic- VIVO IPL 2019.
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