Merwyn's Cricwiz

 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...

Boundary frequency is number of balls taken to get a boundary. This can be a boundary four or a boundary six. The more frequently you score boundaries, the better you situation is either while setting a total or defending, it's also a way to reverse pressure back on the opposition. While we are approaching the playoffs and big finals, the stakes are much higher. The team which is able to exert pressure on opposition by increasing their boundary frequency is surely going to have an upper hand. Below is team wise average boundary frequency in #IPL2020. It shows that teams are averaging between 5 to 7 balls per boundary overall so far. While historically in the playoffs and big final for last 3 year editions of Indian premier league the teams have scored boundaries on an average between 7 to 9 balls, (exception of 12 balls per boundary in 2017 game). So what does this tell us?  In the current edition the boundary frequency has got better and historical playoff frequency of boundaries ...

With #IPL 2020 which has resumed different teams have different Squad balances, while there is a pattern observed in how teams have accelerated and which points of their innings they have lost wickets. In 2020 Edition within first week teams were accelerating towards latter half of the innings by holding wickets in Hand. Not much of attacking was happening in the Batting powerplay in the First 6 overs. In IPL 2019 Teams used a go hard in Powerplay approach, which means the wickets fell evenly across the innings, there were some high scoring successful run chases while this year, chasing teams so far have been struggling. Ironically though captains are opting to chase after winning the toss.