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Priceless role of Finishers in Playoff's

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 After exciting and grueling encounters we finally have 4 teams to compete in the Qualifiers and Eliminator, Only 2 will Qualify to play the Big Final. As your aware the teams are as Follows: Mumbai Indians ( Qualifier1) Delhi Capitals (Qualifier 1) Sunrisers Hyderabad (eliminator) Royal challengers Bangalore ( eliminator)  No as your aware finishing in the Top 2 means that even though you loose in the Qualifier1, you are still battling it out in Qualifier2 with a second chance to get to the BIG FINALE. Role of Finisher in T20 is priceless, especially in a Pressure game it can be even more critical & it can easily impact the difference between the 2 teams. With the game being of Fine margins, the way you close out an innings while setting a total & ofcourse while hunting down a total plays a major role. Below Graphic Shows the Spilt of how much of a role a Top order (TOP 4)  vs. the Finisher have consumed on an average in the league stages. Below Graphic Shows for...

Will the real 2019 #CSK please standup in #IPL2020?

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 Chennai Super kings (CSK) (3 time IPL champions) this year 2020 has been a shadow of the team they were in last year (2019). They find themselves in the wrong side of the points table at the halfway stage in IPL2020. Given below is a glaring fact in 2020 they have lost 5 out of 6 matches while chasing where they were so good last year where they won 5 successful run chases in the first half of the IPL 2019 One of the major reasons of this happening is the powerplay & the first half of their run chase, their approach has been very baffling to their supporters as they have lost wickets in heaps, which has resulted in the reqd. Rate shooting up. Above Chart Shows how Difference between the actual Runrate vs. the Asking rate at the start of the innings, it tells you that they have left too much to be done towards the latter stage of the innings, hence making it impossible to chase targets of 14 to 19 RPO in the last few overs. In contrast for 2019, in all of their run chases ...