Today's game is like a snail smoking up on a tree. No one is troubled, but if you got a sight of it, you'll have a good time. Can you believe it that this is the first match between GL and DD this season, and it has come up at a very indifferent time for both of the teams. GL could not utilize DD's poor form, DD were safe from McCullum till today. We can again expect a nail biter today. A tight 180-190 game this. But the main point is who is going to win. A pattern that I've noticed by looking at past results is that the bottom four always wins the matches where the opponent is the other bottom four, and a few occasional first v last upsets. GL's victories are against RCB, KKR, RPS and losses are against RPS(the resurgent), KXIP(!, interesting), MI(twice), KKR(points shared among alleged bottom four member), RCB(same here) and SRH(~).
So I don't know how, but delhi is actually winning consecutive matches for the first time this season today. With early McCullum blitz, and few early DD wickets down, it might seem a DD loss, but Morris and Pant are today's saviors. But again two anomalies surround this game too. First, I've also noticed that only the team who ends up being last will have points less than 10. As of today both GL and DD have 6 points each in 10 and 9 games respectively. So by the virtue of having played one more game, GL may turn out to be victorious, but this has a micro-possibility since betting odds are heavy on GL's by the looks of their players' form. Second is that the (upcoming) 50th game is the reverse fixture, so literally anything can happen today. But I take the easy way out, a DD win at Delhi!
Result: Two DD wins in a row! Morris was left out, DD's weird change considering that Morris has been their best player so far. Marlon Samuels debuted in his place. And also there was no McCullum blitz but a Raina blitz instead who scored a 43-ball 77, but Pant lived up to my faith and scored a massive 43-ball 97 which included 9 sixes. But DD, despite their weak performances, somehow managed to reach the target of 209 in just 17.3 overs and with 7 wickets to spare. Just another day in IPL.
So I don't know how, but delhi is actually winning consecutive matches for the first time this season today. With early McCullum blitz, and few early DD wickets down, it might seem a DD loss, but Morris and Pant are today's saviors. But again two anomalies surround this game too. First, I've also noticed that only the team who ends up being last will have points less than 10. As of today both GL and DD have 6 points each in 10 and 9 games respectively. So by the virtue of having played one more game, GL may turn out to be victorious, but this has a micro-possibility since betting odds are heavy on GL's by the looks of their players' form. Second is that the (upcoming) 50th game is the reverse fixture, so literally anything can happen today. But I take the easy way out, a DD win at Delhi!
Result: Two DD wins in a row! Morris was left out, DD's weird change considering that Morris has been their best player so far. Marlon Samuels debuted in his place. And also there was no McCullum blitz but a Raina blitz instead who scored a 43-ball 77, but Pant lived up to my faith and scored a massive 43-ball 97 which included 9 sixes. But DD, despite their weak performances, somehow managed to reach the target of 209 in just 17.3 overs and with 7 wickets to spare. Just another day in IPL.
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