IPL 2018 | Winner - Chennai Super Kings

[Shubh]

My preferred playing XI for initial matches presuming all players are available. After seeing form & conditions can do changes accordingly

MI: Kishan, Rohit(c), Krunal, Hardik, Pollard, Cutting, Tare(wk) Cummins, Anukul Roy, Bumrah, Behrendorff.

RCB: Kohli(c), Baz, ABD, parthiv(wk), Sarfaraz, grandhomme, Negi, Umesh, Sunder, Coulter Nile, Chahal.

RR: Tripathi, Rahane, Smith(c), Samson(wk), Buttler, Stokes, Short, Gautam, Gopal, Unadkat & Kulkarni.

KXIP: Finch, Mayank, Rahul(c & wk), Yuvraj, Miller, Stoinis, Axar, Ashwin, Tye, Mohit, Rajput.

DD: Gambhir(c), Shaw, Shreyas, Pant(wk), Maxwell, Morris, Rabada, Shami, Boult, Mishra, Nadeem.

SRH: Warner(c), Dhawan, Pandey, Saha(wk), Shakib, Hooda, Bhuvi, Rashid, Kaul, Stanlake, Sandeep.

CSK: Vijay, Faf, Raina, Dhoni(c & wk), Jadhav, Bravo, Jadeja, Wood, Chahar, Seth, Ngidi.

KKR: Narine, Lynn, Uthappa(c & wk), Rana, Gill, Karthik, Russell, Starc, Kuldeep, Chawla, Vinay.

 

[Varunkfdd]

Now almost confirm time won't change
www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/080218/indian-premier-league-match-timings-board-of-control-for-cricket-in-in.html#vuukle-emote

 

[Sarkar]

IPL teams oppose proposal to change match timings

The BCCI had then sought the franchises’ view and it is learnt that all eight were on the same page in terms of sticking to the traditional start times. As per the proposed changes, the 8pm games were to be shifted to 7pm and the 4pm ones be postponed to 5:30 pm.

“There will be no problem on days with just a single match but there will be a big one when there are doubleheaders. They won’t get the complete three-hour quota and instead will have to share it with two matches. The overlap will result in one-and-a-half hours of each IPL match losing out on viewers,” a franchise official told The Indian Express.

 

[Justlita22]

Who is Best Opening Pair in this IPL according to you?

 

[Sarkar]

BCCI has paid around Rs 3,500 crore as tax since the financial year 2007-08. Since 2008-when IPL made its debut-the income tax department has refused to grant an exemption to the board, terming the annual tournament a commercial activity. At a rough estimate, BCCI has earned around Rs 12,000 crore from its popular league till date.

Since IPL launch, BCCI has paid Rs 3,500cr in tax - Times of India

 

[Varunkfdd]

Teams with the most number of centuries in the IPL so far
There aren't many landmarks that come close to a cricketer than scoring a hundred. When that landmark is achieved in a T20 game, it becomes all the more special considering the fact that you only get 40-50 deliveries to smash a ton in this format.
On that note, let's take a look at the list of the number of centuries hit by each IPL sides in 10 seasons of the competition:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 1 century
(Brendon Mccullum)

Rising Pune Supergiant - 2 centuries
(Smith , Stokes)

Sunrisers Hyderabad/Deccan Chargers - 3 centuries
(Andrew Symonds , Adam Gilchrist , David Warner)

Rajasthan Royals - 4 centuries
(Yusuf Pathan , Ajinkya Rahane , Shane Watson 2)

Mumbai Indians - 4 centuries
(Sanath Jayasuriya , Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma , Lendl Simmons)

Chennai Super Kings - 5 centuries
(Michael Hussey , Brendon Mccullum 2 , Murali Vijay , Suresh Raina )

Delhi Daredevils - 7 centuries
(AB De Villiers , David Warner 2 , Virender Sehwag , Kevin Pietersen , Quinton de Kock , Sanju Samson)

Kings XI Punjab - 9 centuries
(Shaun Marsh , Mahela Jayawardene , Paul Valthaty, Adam Gilchrist , David Miller , Virender Sehwag , Wriddhiman Saha , Hashim Amla 2)

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 12 centuries
(Manish Pandey , Chris Gayle 5 , Virat Kohli 4 , AB De Villiers2)
Teams with the most number of centuries in the IPL so far - FC Cricket Times

 

[Sarkar]

Teams with the most number of centuries in the IPL so far
There aren't many landmarks that come close to a cricketer than scoring a hundred. When that landmark is achieved in a T20 game, it becomes all the more special considering the fact that you only get 40-50 deliveries to smash a ton in this format.
On that note, let's take a look at the list of the number of centuries hit by each IPL sides in 10 seasons of the competition:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 1 century
(Brendon Mccullum)

Rising Pune Supergiant - 2 centuries
(Smith , Stokes)

Sunrisers Hyderabad/Deccan Chargers - 3 centuries
(Andrew Symonds , Adam Gilchrist , David Warner)

Rajasthan Royals - 4 centuries
(Yusuf Pathan , Ajinkya Rahane , Shane Watson 2)

Mumbai Indians - 4 centuries
(Sanath Jayasuriya , Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma , Lendl Simmons)

Chennai Super Kings - 5 centuries
(Michael Hussey , Brendon Mccullum 2 , Murali Vijay , Suresh Raina )

Delhi Daredevils - 7 centuries
(AB De Villiers , David Warner 2 , Virender Sehwag , Kevin Pietersen , Quinton de Kock , Sanju Samson)

Kings XI Punjab - 9 centuries
(Shaun Marsh , Mahela Jayawardene , Paul Valthaty, Adam Gilchrist , David Miller , Virender Sehwag , Wriddhiman Saha , Hashim Amla 2)

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 12 centuries
(Manish Pandey , Chris Gayle 5 , Virat Kohli 4 , AB De Villiers2)
Teams with the most number of centuries in the IPL so far - FC Cricket Times

By seeing these stats owners must hv now realised that individual centuries will not give you IPL trophy after all it's a team game

 

[Varunkfdd]

By seeing these stats owners must hv now realised that individual centuries will not give you IPL trophy after all it's a team game

Yes look at the top 3 neither of them have won the title

 

[Justlita22]

Teams with the most number of centuries in the IPL so far
There aren't many landmarks that come close to a cricketer than scoring a hundred. When that landmark is achieved in a T20 game, it becomes all the more special considering the fact that you only get 40-50 deliveries to smash a ton in this format.
On that note, let's take a look at the list of the number of centuries hit by each IPL sides in 10 seasons of the competition:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 1 century
(Brendon Mccullum)

Rising Pune Supergiant - 2 centuries
(Smith , Stokes)

Sunrisers Hyderabad/Deccan Chargers - 3 centuries
(Andrew Symonds , Adam Gilchrist , David Warner)

Rajasthan Royals - 4 centuries
(Yusuf Pathan , Ajinkya Rahane , Shane Watson 2)

Mumbai Indians - 4 centuries
(Sanath Jayasuriya , Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma , Lendl Simmons)

Chennai Super Kings - 5 centuries
(Michael Hussey , Brendon Mccullum 2 , Murali Vijay , Suresh Raina )

Delhi Daredevils - 7 centuries
(AB De Villiers , David Warner 2 , Virender Sehwag , Kevin Pietersen , Quinton de Kock , Sanju Samson)

Kings XI Punjab - 9 centuries
(Shaun Marsh , Mahela Jayawardene , Paul Valthaty, Adam Gilchrist , David Miller , Virender Sehwag , Wriddhiman Saha , Hashim Amla 2)

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 12 centuries
(Manish Pandey , Chris Gayle 5 , Virat Kohli 4 , AB De Villiers2)
Teams with the most number of centuries in the IPL so far - FC Cricket Times

Hope we can see 2nd Century scored by KKR player in this IPL hoping it will be Lynn or Uthappa.

 

[Sarkar]

Hope we can see 2nd Century scored by KKR player in this IPL hoping it will be Lynn or Uthappa.

KKR is now a ship sailing without a captain. They should have gone for Faf if they knew Gambhir is not ready to play for KKR. So you can definitely expect individual century but not trophy in KKR camp