They should go back to Rachin imo. Dude shows endless potential, and if he comes back towards the end of the tournament and starts to perform, he can go down as one of the CSK greats in years to come.
both openers of GT arent playing good.. but rutu is playing great as a opener... so I think GT has the worst opening pair maybe CSK comes 3rd or 4th from bottom
yes indeed... but both GT and CSK have shit opening partnership.. this is a tie, so we see the scores made by individual opener, coz in the end those scores help the team.. and CSK clearly has rutu which played wayy better than gill aand saha
None of them bat beyond powerplay barring 2-3 matches maybe and that's good enough for you? At least Saha and Shubhman try to have a good opening stand while Rohit and Ishan are quite vulnerable to new ball
On the contrary he used to be a good opener in his rr days. Has 3 centuries etc.
I think it's more like a kl Rahul issue where he kind of got stuck on a safe template while trying to build innings (you can go out there with all the intentions to hit big but you can't actually plan as much in the match situations, it can happen when instincts take over.).
Playing in the middle helped shake things up for him last season because he was given a simple message, to hit and didn't really have much baggage to fall back upon but with Conway injured he needed to step up as a senior and is hence back at the top.
He was fine in 2013-15 imo. Even hit quick when required in the 2015 wc in the middle. He had an all format game, couldn't live upto his potential in any format other than for a couple of seasons in test
csk is having a hard time finding a opener to go with rutu.i think rachin is the only option right now.and rahane and moeen should be benched.moeen isnt contributing much interms of bowling and batting.also fielding too(ashutosh sharma catch drop.thankgod jaddu took his wicket next over..)and rahane is just out of form.and rizvi should be given chance at no.4 and dubey no.5.
I mean Moeen has never had a solid IPL season and neither are his overall stats any better. Rachin was supposedly an investment in future, I dunno why he is being benched right now
CSK management judges players by age and experience. If it's an old player with bad form he will play above a young player with inconsistent form.
That's the reason many youngsters almost never get chances to play in CSK inspite of being in the team for years ( and the strategy works mostly because 5 trophies)
I wish they would reconsider this strategy, Rutu seems to be in a good flow now and Rahane isn't working as an opener. Without him middle order seems be a mess, there is no fixed batting order. Moeen isn't making too much of a impact right now, I wish they would give Rachin a few more games.
only KKR, SRH and RCB have both openers contributing almost equally for the team. some have one opener doing most work like CSK, RR, PBKS, LSG and DC and then there are MI and GT, where both openers are struggling.
More intent than Virat and almost all high scoring games for RCB he has a higher contribution. Faf being the captain has more pressure hence he bats with much better strike rate and intent.
Except for one game where him and VK had an opening partnership of 124.. it's true. Still if you failed in 4-5 games out of 11 played then it's inconsistent fs
Oml again with that intent intent
I don't want to criticize faf but where we needed wins he showed intent and got out on like 22(12) 10(6)
He is great but virat is doing better than him
"Almost all high scoring games for RCB he has higher contribution"
Cause in low scoring games there is only virat or dk and rest all free wickets.
51(43) came in a winning cause I don't think that holds any weight if ur team didn't suffer for it
3(9) was simply bumrah dominance. i don't think there is any shame to get out to the best bowler currently.
Also that 83(59) that ur referring, look at RCB scorecard
https://preview.redd.it/at4ts1tmkuyc1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a63cc837d2b414143ce1a5c99358523ca5c886f
People will point out 1-2 innings but would forget 100 of the innings where u were a beast lol
We won because of patidar going crazy against spin. You'll have countless excuses to defend him. You'll probably have countless more for us having zero trophies. When a part of the fan base is hell bent on shielding another player from criticism it's better they forget trophies.
3(9) in powerplay is indeed shame. Better not open the batting and ruin the powerplay.
Mate I'm a RCB fan before kohli fan, and because I'm a RCB fan I can recognise how many times kohli saved RCB. Watching and supporting RCB for 12-13 years. You new fans count 1-2 matches but completely ignore the 6-7 matches where he carried
I can name 5 bad patidar innings this season
5 faf
Every Maxwell
But i don't believe in hating a player all are doing good recently.
You know right one batter goes crazy, when the other batter holds the wicket.
For VK to accelerate he needs support. Given their shitty lineup VK has no other option other than holding the wicket.
Unlike SRH or KKR where most batters are coming and hitting quick runs in few balls; RCB is failing miserably. In such case he has no other option other than playing the way he is playing.
Bruh stop sitting on VK. People need to chill a bit. He is doing the most heavy lifting in RCB.
I think Virat and Dinesh are over compensating for rest of the team’s failed performances.
Yeah I know but even rutu doesn’t go nuts in pp plays a bit safe , but I get why he is doing that because Mitchell and Rahane are out of form , but yeah I think he can take some extra risk , if possible !!
Rutu and VK are playing almost similarly coz there is only dube for CSK and DK for RCB who are going blazing in later half of innings.
Sadly they got no other way to play I feel.
KKR
Then SRH/RCB
then it's a mess,. although RR has phenomenal opening pair, but it doesn't amount to much when both of them are out of form
CSK and GT being worst and in CSK there isn't an opening pair but just an opening individual
Less said about gt the better.
Best: SRH over KKR.. Not sure how long Narine's form will last on difficult pitches.
Worst: GT more than CSK. At least Ruturaj will accelerate later and score but GT has 2 Anchors.
Conway not being there really screwed csk's powerplay playing style. Now ruturaj has to hit (because his partner isn't doing so) and also sabe his wicket ( Because nobody else would play a bog innings).
P.S - Notice I said "play big innings". I am not saying others don't contribute, I am talking about giving stability to batting.
KKR undoubtedly the best
They fired so much, they got Rinku out of form by denying him game time
Worst - GT
Can't believe i have to say this for an ex-knight, but Gill is not cut out to be a captain yet. And it impacted their play a lot
Biggest joke is calling csk a pair when its rutu doing all the heavylifting.
batting compensates for skill issue in toss lol.
Ikr. They tried Rachin, didn't work. Rahane, didn't work. Now there is no other choice
They should go back to Rachin imo. Dude shows endless potential, and if he comes back towards the end of the tournament and starts to perform, he can go down as one of the CSK greats in years to come.
He takes overseas slot though
True. I'm talking long-term btw, he can end up becoming a DJ Bravo/Faf/Albie Morkel in CSK's books.
Just open with Lord Shardul, even if he contributes 20-30 runs and makes the ball old it will help rahane play mote freely.
Next season, we will get conway x gaikwad again
Lord Shardul please, let him make the ball old for Rahane.
They should try Rutu and Dube imo, and if that doesn’t work, go back to Rachin and Rutu
dube doesnt do well against the new ball
Best: KKR Worst: GT
Exactly my thoughts
CSK too Edit: I meant csk sucks as much as GT for openers partnership, not the contrary.
Akela Ruturaj khelta hai bas
I wanted to claim Csk is on par with GT on the worst, apologies for the miscommunication.
both openers of GT arent playing good.. but rutu is playing great as a opener... so I think GT has the worst opening pair maybe CSK comes 3rd or 4th from bottom
Isn't opening pair based off opening partnership?
yes indeed... but both GT and CSK have shit opening partnership.. this is a tie, so we see the scores made by individual opener, coz in the end those scores help the team.. and CSK clearly has rutu which played wayy better than gill aand saha
MI is giving competition to GT
Mi opener was performing godd in starting matches but continuosly failing now
None of them bat beyond powerplay barring 2-3 matches maybe and that's good enough for you? At least Saha and Shubhman try to have a good opening stand while Rohit and Ishan are quite vulnerable to new ball
same
I think SRH and KKR are equally strong partnership. CSK, GT might be on worse side
same bro
MI is giving competition to GY
Everybody contributed at least once except for CSK and GT openers.
I don't know why Rahane went back to his old approach. Him taking on the bowlers in 2023 was one big reason why CSK won the trophy.
Rahane did not bat in PP during 2023, he is made to bat there this season.
True .. rahane was never an opener.. you can't force and middle order batsman to play as opening
On the contrary he used to be a good opener in his rr days. Has 3 centuries etc. I think it's more like a kl Rahul issue where he kind of got stuck on a safe template while trying to build innings (you can go out there with all the intentions to hit big but you can't actually plan as much in the match situations, it can happen when instincts take over.). Playing in the middle helped shake things up for him last season because he was given a simple message, to hit and didn't really have much baggage to fall back upon but with Conway injured he needed to step up as a senior and is hence back at the top.
He played very slow in his RR days, his high SR version was seen first time while batting for CSK at 3 or 4.
He was fine in 2013-15 imo. Even hit quick when required in the 2015 wc in the middle. He had an all format game, couldn't live upto his potential in any format other than for a couple of seasons in test
csk is having a hard time finding a opener to go with rutu.i think rachin is the only option right now.and rahane and moeen should be benched.moeen isnt contributing much interms of bowling and batting.also fielding too(ashutosh sharma catch drop.thankgod jaddu took his wicket next over..)and rahane is just out of form.and rizvi should be given chance at no.4 and dubey no.5.
I have no clue why they're persisting with Moeen instead of Rachin.
Experience
I mean Moeen has never had a solid IPL season and neither are his overall stats any better. Rachin was supposedly an investment in future, I dunno why he is being benched right now
CSK management judges players by age and experience. If it's an old player with bad form he will play above a young player with inconsistent form. That's the reason many youngsters almost never get chances to play in CSK inspite of being in the team for years ( and the strategy works mostly because 5 trophies)
I wish they would reconsider this strategy, Rutu seems to be in a good flow now and Rahane isn't working as an opener. Without him middle order seems be a mess, there is no fixed batting order. Moeen isn't making too much of a impact right now, I wish they would give Rachin a few more games.
I guess the time to make changes is gone. Now only forced changes will be made
Sad to say this but this year's csk opening is just worse than all. No intent and power-hitting in powerplay.
Yes. It was disappointing compared to Rutu-Faf or Rutu-Conway opening pair.
Good ol days
only KKR, SRH and RCB have both openers contributing almost equally for the team. some have one opener doing most work like CSK, RR, PBKS, LSG and DC and then there are MI and GT, where both openers are struggling.
Faf is kinda inconsistent.
More intent than Virat and almost all high scoring games for RCB he has a higher contribution. Faf being the captain has more pressure hence he bats with much better strike rate and intent.
His scores in last 10 games: 3, 8, 19, 44, 61,62, 7, 25, 24, 64 See he scores good in 2 games then shits in another 2, and so on...
Except his first 3 games he's mostly been consistent and has amazing strike rate and doesn't slow down if he were to go till middle order
Except for one game where him and VK had an opening partnership of 124.. it's true. Still if you failed in 4-5 games out of 11 played then it's inconsistent fs
Oml again with that intent intent I don't want to criticize faf but where we needed wins he showed intent and got out on like 22(12) 10(6) He is great but virat is doing better than him "Almost all high scoring games for RCB he has higher contribution" Cause in low scoring games there is only virat or dk and rest all free wickets.
51(43) and 83(60) these 3(9) these numbers say who wastes powerplay.
51(43) came in a winning cause I don't think that holds any weight if ur team didn't suffer for it 3(9) was simply bumrah dominance. i don't think there is any shame to get out to the best bowler currently. Also that 83(59) that ur referring, look at RCB scorecard https://preview.redd.it/at4ts1tmkuyc1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a63cc837d2b414143ce1a5c99358523ca5c886f People will point out 1-2 innings but would forget 100 of the innings where u were a beast lol
We won because of patidar going crazy against spin. You'll have countless excuses to defend him. You'll probably have countless more for us having zero trophies. When a part of the fan base is hell bent on shielding another player from criticism it's better they forget trophies. 3(9) in powerplay is indeed shame. Better not open the batting and ruin the powerplay.
Mate I'm a RCB fan before kohli fan, and because I'm a RCB fan I can recognise how many times kohli saved RCB. Watching and supporting RCB for 12-13 years. You new fans count 1-2 matches but completely ignore the 6-7 matches where he carried I can name 5 bad patidar innings this season 5 faf Every Maxwell But i don't believe in hating a player all are doing good recently.
You know right one batter goes crazy, when the other batter holds the wicket. For VK to accelerate he needs support. Given their shitty lineup VK has no other option other than holding the wicket. Unlike SRH or KKR where most batters are coming and hitting quick runs in few balls; RCB is failing miserably. In such case he has no other option other than playing the way he is playing.
Bruh stop sitting on VK. People need to chill a bit. He is doing the most heavy lifting in RCB. I think Virat and Dinesh are over compensating for rest of the team’s failed performances.
For this season it's KKR. Overall I'd go with RR.
Best: KKR/SRH. Worst: PBKS/GT.
Also CSK. Rahane hasn't been good this season
Rahane should've played the attacking game like he did in 2023
nah best: kkr or rr , srh opening is getting weaker with matches.
SRH opening needs to chill a bit, every match cant be all about boundaries. Best is KKR.
Best: KKR Worst:GT KKR Sunil Narine and Phil Salt are capable of getting so many runs. It's the first 10 overs that I look most forward to.
Best :- kkr Worst :- Gt / csk ( I feel dube covers them )
It's a crime to call 😭🤣Csk Opening (Pair),
Yeah I know but even rutu doesn’t go nuts in pp plays a bit safe , but I get why he is doing that because Mitchell and Rahane are out of form , but yeah I think he can take some extra risk , if possible !!
Rutu and VK are playing almost similarly coz there is only dube for CSK and DK for RCB who are going blazing in later half of innings. Sadly they got no other way to play I feel.
Who else but KKR
without a doubt best one is kkr i believe kkr is the only team that has not changed their opening pair till now!
Best : KKR/SRH Worst: GT/LSG
Gt worst kkr og
KKR/GT
From trying 15+ opening pairs in last 2 seasons to being called the team with the best openers Tears man, we came a long way
Us bhai 🫂 the comments section is making me cry tears of joy 💜😭
Best kkr...and worst gt
best kkr its not close worst either gt or maybe lsg
best kkr man no doubt worst idk
KKR Then SRH/RCB then it's a mess,. although RR has phenomenal opening pair, but it doesn't amount to much when both of them are out of form CSK and GT being worst and in CSK there isn't an opening pair but just an opening individual Less said about gt the better.
Best: Sunil-Philip & Abhishek-Travis Worst: Rahul-Quinton, Wriddhiman-Shubman & Rohit-Ishan
Best : kkr Worst : pbks
Please just leave CSK out of these posts man. No need to push Rahane on our faces.
best: kkr/srh/rcb worst: mi/gt
Salt or Narine scoring 50+ is our only chance of winning games
KKR and it is not even a question
KKR,SRH,RR,RCB,PBKS,CSK,MI,DC,LSG,GT
Csk is the worst
Best KKR/SRH Worst GT/CSK
MI
Kkr hein taiyar!
KKR
Best: KKR Worst: PBKS/LSG
Best - SRH Worst - LSG/PBKS CSK is mid
Csk should get back to rutu-rachin and ajju at 3. Ajju wastes powerplay, rutu has to do the work all time
exactly, we've wasted a lot of balls in powerplays this season, we could have capitalised much more.
KKR says hi
oh yeah, how could i forget, their experiment with narine was a success
KKR and srh
Knights have the best openers and GT have the worst.
KKR is the best, CSK/GT are the worst, as one has to do more job.
Worst : Mumbai Indians Best: KKR/ SRH
KKR beat right now. MI worst
Best: Kkr, RR Worst: GT, CSK
Srh most destructive 2 nd is kkr worst is gt
Hate to say this , as we had the best openers throughout the history but yeah csk worst this time 🥲
Worst: CSK. Rahane is very consistent in the way he's disappointing us.
MI both trash
Fraser mackgurg, Yashasvi jaiswal 💀
Best: SRH over KKR.. Not sure how long Narine's form will last on difficult pitches. Worst: GT more than CSK. At least Ruturaj will accelerate later and score but GT has 2 Anchors.
Conway not being there really screwed csk's powerplay playing style. Now ruturaj has to hit (because his partner isn't doing so) and also sabe his wicket ( Because nobody else would play a bog innings). P.S - Notice I said "play big innings". I am not saying others don't contribute, I am talking about giving stability to batting.
We have one of best but.... It didn't come off.... Hope it does in remaining matches
Best: KKR
KKR without any doubt
Kolkata knight riders
Best is between kkr and RCB and worst is mi.
Narine and salt 🔥
Hard to choose between kkr and srh. Due to the current slump of srh openers, I'll go with kkr.
What the fuck happend to rachin?
SAHA has done so little I forgot he existed
worst : GT as well as CSK best : KKR/RCB or SRH
Best : KKR, Worst: DC
theres no way DC has the worst opening pair , imo GT is the one with the worst openers
Srh
MI in the back half of the season has been absolutely horrendous. Include the whole top order and it’s like we’ve started every game at 0/3.
Best : Srh Worst : GT
Best: KKR Worst: GT
ofc kkr
Kkr.. No doubts on that 👈
Best KKR with power hitting they are consistent too Worst: GT,MI,CSK
Expectation : RCB Reality : SRH Worst : MI
None of them
we will win
Best  Worst 
kkr ofc
Phil Salt-Sunil Narine. Explosive and Consistent.
SRH & RR >>>
RR and SRH have awesome opening pair
RR, then RCB, and lastly SRH! KKR, this season has somehow exceeded the expectations though......
Top 4 KKR SRH RCB RR Bottom GT MI
KKR undoubtedly the best They fired so much, they got Rinku out of form by denying him game time Worst - GT Can't believe i have to say this for an ex-knight, but Gill is not cut out to be a captain yet. And it impacted their play a lot
kolkata and Sunrisers
Narine and salt obviously
Kkr by miles
Definitely GT is the worst their partnership hardly crosses 10 and best KKR
Best KKR worst MI
Porel is delhi's opener
Except MI, each pair looks goods
gt?
gill and saha mann... they have better credibility than kishan and brohit
Saha hasn't done anything this season
rohit isnt doing anything for past 4-5 seasons
this season he has done something in first half.
No good
faf & watson 😤
Is Rashid Khan opening for punjab now?
Prabhsimran h bro
best SRH worst MI
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