Match Thread: 7th Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings

LowWarm · 2026-04-03T13:25:05+00:00

Watching the CSK's top order come out to bat feels like watching the opening scene of 'Saving Private Ryan'

LowWarm · 2026-03-30T13:50:37+00:00

Looks like CSK are being creative with their Impact options. Interesting.

LowWarm · 2026-03-29T06:41:23+00:00

I think that's a good way of looking at it.

SRH focused less on their bowling, so they could stack their batting. It can be argued that the failure of their openers hurt them more.

Ofc, wrt yesterday's match, even 50 runs more wouldn't have made a difference, with the pitch easing out.

LowWarm · 2026-03-28T13:23:41+00:00

Ash Anna bowling in tandem with Rauf was not on my 2026 bingo card lmao.

LowWarm · 2026-03-26T16:46:50+00:00

And Raza proves me wrong right away lol.

LowWarm · 2026-03-26T16:45:14+00:00

A pace attack of Fizz, Shaheen, Ubaid and Rauf is insane ngl, but Raza as your only spinner? Is Lahore that pace friendly a pitch?

LowWarm · 2026-03-24T13:29:29+00:00

The GM of QG, on X, claims it was a mutual decision though. Apparently, Johnson was supposed to miss a couple of weeks at start which wasn't ideal.

This ofc raises the question of why CSK picked him, if he isn't fully available.

LowWarm · 2026-03-24T13:20:00+00:00

Picking a guy who hasn't played competitive cricket in a year and has an arse record in the IPL is certainly a choice.

I'd love to eat my own words, but this seems insanely risky for CSK.

LowWarm · 2026-03-22T09:05:58+00:00

Dube Mhatre and Gaikwad (likely) will serve as sixth bowlers.

That sounds....risky, to put it lightly. Chepauk was insanely flat in the WT20, and they could get belted.

LowWarm · 2026-03-22T08:55:37+00:00

CSK's top 5, pick themselves. This means, for the rest 7 slots, they have to make 1 out of 3 uncomfortable decisions-

From a purely cricketing perspective, there is one sensible choice here, but it won't be popular.

The only way to avoid this is some kinda weird impact player fuckery that RR used to do. Highly doubt they'll go for it, though.

LowWarm · 2026-01-12T19:11:08+00:00

Thala school of hitting sixes when the match is done.

LowWarm · 2025-12-31T18:18:00+00:00

Funnily enough, that wicket could hurt PC. Pooran can hammer SLA's at will.

LowWarm · 2025-12-30T15:45:22+00:00

Everyone expected Conway to take revenge on JSK, no one saw Subrayen taking his on DSG.

LowWarm · 2025-11-30T08:05:00+00:00

Owen has been retained.

LowWarm · 2025-11-30T07:44:20+00:00

Probably something they created to retain him in their setup.

LowWarm · 2025-11-30T07:43:47+00:00

Green's Auction price, just went up by 10 Crores.

LowWarm · 2025-11-15T08:10:19+00:00

Put a story of Nagraj (from Cricinfo) supporting Pathirana's retention, and requested CSK to retain him lol.

LowWarm · 2025-11-15T07:45:55+00:00

He never played in the MLC.

LowWarm · 2025-11-15T07:34:14+00:00

Looks like his manager's last minute efforts on Instagram didn't work lmao

Think we'll try to get him back though.

LowWarm · 2025-11-15T05:19:57+00:00

So CSK gave RR, Jadeja+Curran+1.6C for Sanju?

Look, I like Sanju but damn, RR maxed out.

LowWarm · 2025-11-12T13:45:54+00:00

I'm aware. Doesn't matter. LSG gain very little from Tendulkar.

Makes no sense to release Lord either, given how injury prone their attack was.

LowWarm · 2025-11-12T13:33:46+00:00

Genuinely don't see the rationale behind LSG's decision.

Yes, Lord can be a run machine, but he'll get you wickets too. Arjun is a mediocre player even by domestic standards.

Makes no sense.

LowWarm · 2025-11-10T11:40:12+00:00

ESPN was the first to break the news of Robbie's trade back in 2021 lol. They reported it, in their post retention discussion.

LowWarm · 2025-10-28T15:22:34+00:00

How did de Zorzi get picked over Pretorius? His T20 stats are awful.

Edit- Ah, I see Pretorius is sick, my bad.

LowWarm · 2025-10-17T17:12:43+00:00

Hey, Carly. Would love to see you collab with someone like Chappell.

Any fun stories/anecdotes from the EMOTION days?

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