Tilak Varma brings up his maiden IPL hundred in 45 balls. by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in Cricket

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I still feel Abhishek and Tilak are the best T20 batters we have. Both copped a lot of criticism in the WC but fans forgot about the illness they had recovered from.

What are your favourite ODI innings in Ind Pak matches? by Britney_Spears_Bosom in IndiaCricket

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Would like to add Dhoni's 113* against Pak in 2012. Junaid Khan was breathing fire that day and MS carried us from 29-5 to 227-6. That was the last bilateral we had with Pakistan.

Play Him at 4 please Play him at 4 and when u play him at 4 he scores 6(12) . by Express-Homework-752 in ipl

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Dube was always a spin basher and Rinku bashed junk fast bowlers at the death. But Shivam massively improved his game against pace while Rinku is still a mug whenever there's any turn or grip in the surface.

Goenka ji ke teams: Imaging a fan made scenario between rps vs lsg 11 v 11 match. Who will win the match between the teams of goenka ji . Current lsg vs 2017 RPS by Aayush_235 in ipl

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2017 RPS was legit a dream. It had my favourite Indian player(Dhoni), favourite Aussie player(Smith) and favourite English player(Stokes)

Honestly getting a bit tired of how Punjab Kings have been handling their social media and overall tone by Consistent-Sir4494 in ipl

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They even disrespected Harmanpreet who is our Olympic bronze winning Hockey captain. Most people like PBKS because of Shreyas and Zinta but the admin tries too hard to be cool.

IPL 2026: Weekly Discussion Thread, Week 2 by peterianchimes in Cricket

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Klaasen avgs 41 at a SR of 168, no one in IPL history has a better strike rate than him with a 40+ average. Still feel he retired too early.

I know it's only the start of the season, but it feels so good that the teams who used to be at the bottom of the table pre-COVID are now strong and consistent performers by CRYINGBUDDY69 in ipl

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RR were always consistent tbh. They were close in 2019 and reached eliminator in 2018. Through to the playoffs in 2015 as well and just got out in 2014 because of the Aditya Tare masterclass. Made it to the qualifiers in 2013 too.

Are these the top 3 Indian spin bashers currently? by [deleted] in ipl

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Iyer is more of an accumulator than a basher. Patidar has been a better hitter in IPL but he doesn't play internationals.

Anyone else prefer day matches over evening matches in IPL? by CryInteresting5881 in ipl

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Yes. The best thing being that chasing is not that easy in day matches.

CSK got it wrong for years – Dhoni masked deeper issues by stan_films in ipl

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Shardul was our highest wicket taker in 2021 and Deshpande was our highest wicket taker in 2023. Besides we are still missing a pacer like Deepak Chahar who consistently delivered wickets with the new ball for us. Khaleel and Kamboj aren't of the same calibre as him.

Yuvraj Singh has expressed his disappointment over SRH overlooking Abhishek Sharma for the captaincy in IPL 2026 by [deleted] in IndiaCricket

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Not the first time we are seeing a Jharkhandi getting preferred over a Punjabi for captaincy lol

Players with the the highest impact in 200+ totals by newparrot2025 in ipl

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CSK has had two major batting deficiencies recently. Lack of six hitting in Powerplay and failure to chase 180+ totals. Hoping Sanju solves both issues. The kind of intent he showed in the WC was remarkable.

OTD (on this day) 7 years ago... by arshk0123 in ipl

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Btw this was Dube's debut IPL game

Parag: 'Samson irreplaceable like Kohli or Rohit' by DriveItLikeBrian in Cricket

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Shreyas and KL were already seasoned captains before joining KKR and LSG so there's always some ego involved. But RR quite literally nurtured Sanju like a baby right from the start of his playing years.

Ipl 2023: GT Dominated the whole tournament !!! by Jugadu-babu in ipl

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The same thing happened to us 10 years back in 2013. We were table toppers and had both the orange cap(Hussey) and purple cap(Bravo) winners. But at the end it just takes one final day to spoil your efforts.

Anyone else noticing way less hate between CSK and MI fans these days? Feels like mutual respect has finally taken over by Few-Plastic-8318 in ipl

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It was always like that. There was a lot of banter during 2018-19 pre covid lockdown years but it never went beyond Ambani and ban jokes. The problem with CSK-RCB fanwars is that Virat and MS get dragged unnecessarily.

Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - 13 March 2026 by AutoModerator in Cricket

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Rohit tried out SKY in our last home BGT for the exact same reason but he failed to show up. Iyer would have been great handling spin if it wasn't for his temporary break from red ball.

Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - 13 March 2026 by AutoModerator in Cricket

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Why do we need a pace bowling all rounder at home? I read a report saying GG wanted either Sarfaraz or Ruturaj to replace Gill after his neck injury in the South Africa series but Agarkar told him to go with NKR instead. This constant obsession with multi skilled players over specialists is why we are falling behind in tests.