Few interesting battles today


• Pbks pacers vs rcb batters
Jamieson jansen & arshdeep they all are tall bowlers specially kyle & marco

They can trouble the entire rcb batting unit

Considering the salt vs arshdeep matchup rcb will be already playing with 1 wkt down .

Kohli too is conistently scoring runs & maybe today is the day law of avg will hit him .

Nothing to say about patidar his form says it all.

For rcb it's still time to drop suyash and play swapnil singh

I see a classic batting choke today
And an easy victory for pbks

Adding to this

If only rcb unit manage to survive against pbks bowling their bowling will have to face a bat heavy 11 where harpreet brar will come in at 10

So you just can't win except if you are scoring 230 or more & even in that case pbks will look strong

Will he find a way to survive
Or the scorecard will start with 0/1 🤔

1 changes from PBKS side for me will be Hardie

Although not possible, as they'll back Omarzai there

But Hardie is someone who actually plays at that 7/8 spot particularly for his national team too , and in bowling both are average.


For RCB , I'll have swapnil> Chikara , one bowling option + Proven finisher rather than someone who isn't even known at IPL level.

Hardie should come in as omarzai has been on and off with the ball and they aren't properly using his abilities with the bat
Better to bring hardie

In ipl 2026 10 teams will be fighting to face a 44 years old fisherman in the finals

Q - your views on test captaincy ?

A - it's easier than other 2 formats .

Q - One cricketing feat you would like to achieve

A- test captaincy

🤔 mr fixit got revealed  ?

Funny how rcb fans calling him panoti and don't want him to enter in the stadium tonight

He was the potm when rcb won their 1 and only qualifer game .

Yesterday i saw a reel comparing jitesh to thala they did similiar thing with dk last year .

Everytime i wake up i hate this franchise and it's fc more and more my inner voice only tells me one thing - this franchise exist to face defeats and humiliaton

but then , i look at the face of this man and ask myself did he do any wrong to deserves this kind of pain & trauma for past 17 years ? And even the non followers of him will say - no

He carries no personal grudges & hatred towards anyone & for what he has been doing for this franchise specially since 2023
atleast for once he deserves to win that trophy & after that this franchise can remain trophyless for eternity .

So they're going in with the most basic and needy changes


No Hardie , Omarzai as predicted

No Chikara/Swapnil, Hazel for Thushara as predicted.

As easy as that.

The pitch report says there is decent grass on the pitch. It will get extra bounce here. Josh hazlewood will play a huge role there. But I think Rasikh playing in place of Suyash wasn't a bad option. This green pitch would've helped him because of his gun pace. Also Dar can bat a little bit too

Krunal vs The PBKS openers was a sure shot matchup at Mullanpur in their last encounter
( Wickets of Arya and Prabh , both )

Minimum 2 for Krunal in PP if they attack the others here

All down to matchupS

Yes Dayal could take the key wickets of opponents. He can take 5 wicket hauls too. But his one motive is always in his mind. "Wickets to baki sab bhi lelemge, runs Kaun dega"

He has leaked runs with an economy of 10.1 this season. Today also, took important wicket of Arya. Despite that wicket, leaked 10 runs at the end.

Gut prediction
Match will be competitive,player will fight tooth and nail but in either innings 1 inning will completely change the momentum and eventually end up to be the bigger over of the game of whole 20

Looks like for 1st inning this over is now,Hoff takes Iyer.