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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...

League standings post Match23 in #ipl2020

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After almost 3 weeks of the Ipl 2020, we've had a mix bag of close encounters along with some pure one sided games where the chasing teams have been out of the contest for large parts of the run chase, which clearly proves that teams batting first have had the better of result but captains still insist in Chasing for some reason? Due to this mix, we've had a very clear split of top 2 and bottom 2 so far between the 8 teams so far. Delhi capitals - this was previewed as a good team with Match winners in all areas ( batsmen, seamers  and spinners) but consistency was the question. But so far post 6 games they've won 5 of them which is outstanding. Mumbai Indians - my preview on YouTube highlighted lack of depth in spin department which is a fact because when in Wankhede they win with Pace in their squad. So far the same formula seems to have worked with Bumrah,Boult and Pattinson having economy rates around 7 to 7.5 while bowling at stages of the games, which are the most dif...