IPL8 2015 - The Official thread

[MickeyD]

Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the toss and chose to bat first

RCB XI

CH Gayle, V Kohli*, AB de Villiers, KD Karthik†, SN Khan, Mandeep Singh, D Wiese, MA Starc, HV Patel, YS Chahal, S Aravind

MI XI

LMP Simmons, PA Patel†, RG Sharma*, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, HH Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, J Suchith, MJ McClenaghan, SL Malinga, JJ Bumrah

 

[MickeyD]

another special innings from AB !!!

109* off 50

3 overs to go

 

[MickeyD]

make that 120* off 53

and still going!!

 

[sand_man]

Not a fan of the IPL circus but watching AB and Virat batting today has been nothing short of sensational!

 

[MickeyD]

RCB 235-1 (20 ov)

AB 133* (59)
Kohli 82* (50)

 

[sand_man]

That was savage!!

 

[Dan C]

Nice one AB, we are proud of you

 

[MickeyD]

CSK won the toss and chose to bat first

CSK XI

BB McCullum, DR Smith, SK Raina, F du Plessis, MS Dhoni*†, DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, P Negi, R Ashwin, MM Sharma, A Nehra

RR XI

AM Rahane, SR Watson, SPD Smith*, KK Nair, DJ Hooda, JP Faulkner, SV Samson†, CH Morris, PV Tambe, Ankit Sharma, R Bhatia

 

[Creag]

Not a fan of the IPL circus but watching AB and Virat batting today has been nothing short of sensational!

Will have to watch it later on Catch-Up. When I saw the headline on CricInfo, I had to read it twice to make sure I saw it correctly.

 

[lilggg]

Holy ****, best catch i've ever seen.

 

[sand_man]

Holy ****, best catch i've ever seen.

Bravo to get rid of Watson? Immense!!

 

[Creag]

Watched the mini highlights package of AB and Kohli wrecking havoc on the Indians. Was fun to watch Gayle enjoying himself watching the festival of runs.

 

[sand_man]

Watched the mini highlights package of AB and Kohli wrecking havoc on the Indians. Was fun to watch Gayle enjoying himself watching the festival of runs.

Was a cracker!! Legendary!! Wonder what our friend outcast would have to say about it?

David Miller was sensational in a losing cause tonight, 89 off 44. Brilliant knock!!

 

[Dan C]

Yup, pity he didn't have like 2 more balls to face. Good knock.

 

[sand_man]

Yup, pity he didn't have like 2 more balls to face. Good knock.

Would have something else if he got the 28 off the last over!!

 

[Dan C]

Would have something else if he got the 28 off the last over!!

Yup, I remember Sharma getting 23 of the last over to win a match.. Back in the days when it was still Deccan Chargers.

 

[MickeyD]

Would have something else if he got the 28 off the last over!!

Close...

Great knock by DM. Bodes well for us.

 

[Creag]

Was a cracker!! Legendary!! Wonder what our friend outcast would have to say about it?

David Miller was sensational in a losing cause tonight, 89 off 44. Brilliant knock!!

Yeah, wondered the same thing especially as Kohli had a head start in the batting. Kohli had a great performance with the bath but was well and truly overshadowed by AB.

Miller just didn't have enough support at the other end or it would have been a probable win for Kings IX. So many of their games have gone close.

As MickeyD said, his performance bodes well for the Proteas.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Yeah, wondered the same thing especially as Kohli had a head start in the batting. Kohli had a great performance with the bath but was well and truly overshadowed by AB.

Miller just didn't have enough support at the other end or it would have been a probable win for Kings IX. So many of their games have gone close.

As MickeyD said, his performance bodes well for the Proteas.

Kings 9 Punjab? Was that a deliberate dig at my useless team?

 

[Beavis]

Kings 9 Punjab? Was that a deliberate dig at my useless team?

Hehehe, nicely spotted... although Maxwell have a horrid season so far, so you can exclude him so long...