Chennai Super Kings recorded their first win of the event thrashing Punjab Kings by six wickets in Mumbai. Eight matches have been performed within the event to this point (until the sixteenth of April, Friday) with every group having accomplished two matches. There have been a number of fascinating traits and patterns which have developed within the two contrasting venues which have hosted the 2021 IPL up to now. Some huge names have made an early assertion whereas others haven’t began that nicely. We have a look at some of the highlights from week 1.
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The Mumbai-Chennai Contrast
Chennai and Mumbai have every hosted 4 matches every. While Chennai has favoured the group batting first and setting a rating, Mumbai, in distinction has seen the group chasing fare higher. Three of the 4 matches in Chennai have been received by the group setting the goal. The solely exception was within the season opener however in that too RCB barely managed to scrape by means of chasing MI’s 159 off the final ball of the match with simply two wickets in hand.
On the opposite finish, three of the 4 matches on the Wankhede have been received by the group chasing. The solely exception was when Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals in a excessive scoring encounter – on this match too, the Royals, led by a shocking hundred from Sanju Samson, nearly pulled off a exceptional 221-run chase solely to go down by 4 runs.
This means that Mumbai is a greater wicket for batsmen whereas the sluggish wicket at Chepauk assists the medium-pacers and spinners thus serving to in defending even average totals. A supporting statistic to this declare is that 4 of the 5 finest bowling figures within the event to this point have are available in Chennai whereas 4 of the highest 5 batting performances have been witnessed in Mumbai.
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RCB’s Great Start
RCB misplaced their first two matches in 2019 and had been even with a loss and a win in 2020. However, the Virat-Kohli led franchise has had one of its best begins within the IPL this season with two wins from as many matches. They beat five-time champions Mumbai Indians within the season opener after which overcame a powerful bowling unit SRH – what’s heartening for the franchise is that each victories got here in Chennai which is a bowler- pleasant venue and the place their damaging batsmen – the likes of Kohli, AB and Maxwell have needed to play with some extent of measure and warning.
RCB is the one group to haven’t misplaced a match but within the competitors.
The Failure of the Big Guns For Mumbai Indians
One of the explanations for the title triumph of the Mumbai Indians each in 2019 and 2020 was the exceptional success of Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya as finishers. Time and once more, they’d come out and supply the flourish on the loss of life altering a great rating to a match-winning one. No opposition whole was secure when both of the 2 had been on the crease.
Pollard had the best strike price in IPL 2020 and was adopted by Hardik. The latter was in sensational kind in 2019 blasting 402 runs at a strike price of 191.42, once more second on the scoring-rate depend solely to Andre Russell. Pollard additionally chipped in with a price of above 150. But the devastating ‘Ps’ haven’t fairly gotten into their mojo but on this season.
Hardik has scored 15 off 17 balls and 13 off 10 whereas Pollard has managed simply 5 off 8 and seven off 9 deliveries within the first couple of matches. As a outcome, the defending champions haven’t but managed to put up a complete of 160 or extra within the competitors.
The Return of Glenn Maxwell
Maxwell is again! He has made an enormous assertion early in IPL 2021 and a change in jersey appears to be working wonders for the Australian maverick batsman. He recorded his first IPL half-century in 5 years with a splendid 59 off 41 deliveries on a sluggish and spinner pleasant wicket at Chepauk towards SRH. What stood out was the maturity confirmed by Maxwell all through the innings. He acquired off to a cautious begin resurrecting the RCB innings earlier than launching an assault on the bowlers whilst wickets fell from the opposite finish.
Maxwell had a strike price of 143.9 within the match which was a lot greater than the common strike price of his team-mates of 101.27. He had additionally chipped in with a 28-ball 39 towards Mumbai Indians once more in Chennai. His begin this season is in sharp distinction to his efficiency final 12 months within the UAE when, enjoying for Punjab Kings, he may solely muster 108 runs in 13 matches at a poor strike price of 101.88 with no sixes! Maxwell has already hammered 5 sixes this season.
Bought by RCB for a sum of INR 14.25 crore on the mini-auction in February, this could possibly be the 12 months that witnesses the re-emergence of Maxwell – the damaging batsman within the IPL.
Toss & Chasing Not A Factor
The group profitable the toss misplaced 7 of the primary 9 matches in IPL 2020 within the UAE. However, it’s 4-4 this season which means that the toss isn’t actually a significant factor.
Similarly, the group batting first received 5 of the primary 7 matches final season. It is completely impartial this time round with 4 wins to the group batting first and 4 to the group chasing.
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