Which team has the highest chances of wining IPL 2018?
One and only my favourite :MUMBAI INDIANSThey have the core and good young bunch of players who can win the match on their own alone handedly.They have players like Rohit Sharma , Pandya Brothers, Bumrah who are just at their best in the shorter format.Likes of Carribean players do help to get the bigg score on the board because they are just wild when they are on the ground.Apart from this they have unsung heroes like mustafizur , kishan , suryakumar yadav who can turn match around single handedly and dont forget about the good bench-strength like JP duminy,Ben cutting,Aditya tare, Anukul Roy and Sharad Lumba.
What do you think about the KXIP squad in the IPL 2018?
Kings XI Punjab didn’t bother to complete the full quota of players a franchise can buy during the recently concluded IPL 2018 auction, picking up 21 players instead of the allocated 25.The team owners who earlier jolted the fans by retaining Axar Patel in the retention event, went in straight to buy Yuvraj Singh in the auction. While some big names (KL Rahul, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin) were claimed by the franchise, Chris Gayle, having been unsold on day one of the auction, was picked on the following day.Total Players: 21Overseas Players: 7Batsmen : Aaron Finch, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, David Miller, Manoj TiwaryAll-rounders: Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Manzoor DarWicket-Keepers: Akshdeep NathBowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Ben Dwarshuis, R Ashwin, Mayank Dagar, Mujeeb Zadran, Pardeep SahuProbable Playing XI: Chris Gayle/Aaron Finch, KL Rahul (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Yuvraj Singh, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Andrew TyeVerdict: Bowling lacks experience, uncertain captaincy and wicketkeeping rolesDespite having an experienced batting line up, Kings XI Punjab are well short of some quality fast bowlers who could spearhead the team when bowling. Besides, none of the players have been keeping wickets at regular intervals apart from Akshdeep Nath and KL Rahul. With Akshdeep not fitting in the aforementioned squad, the keeping duties are likely to fall on Rahul.Chris Gayle may have found a franchise towards the end, but his current form has taken toll. Yuvraj Singh and KL Rahul’s inconsistency could be of concern for Punjab but the likes of David Miller and Marcus Stoinis could give the middle order some much needed stability.Another area of concern is the captaincy! Shall the Punjab franchise restore their faith in Yuvraj or will Ashwin hold the baton for them in the upcoming edition of IPL?See the full squad summary here
Which is your favourite IPL team?
Personally, my favourite team is Kolkata Knight Riders. There are few good reasons for that. When IPL started in 2008, I saw the ads and just by looking at the logo I decided that I would support this team (I was very young at that time). But when I saw the teams, I thought I made the right choice. Fire powers like Ponting, Ganguly Shoaib Akhtar, Mendis, McCullum, Gayle and other good domestic players. I was just a little sad about not seeing Sachin and Bret Lee also in KKR. It would have been my dream team at that time.Later on, when the mega auctions took place in 2011, few great players left KKR but many exciting and in form players of that time joined in. Shakib, Bret Lee, Ten Doeschate, Kallis and Eoin Morgan being few of them. And from 2011, great players just kept coming in. Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Gautam Gambhir and Umesh Yadav. Later on in 2014 again my favourite players were bought by KKR. So luckily, all my favourite players and few talented players kept coming and I just couldn't stop supporting them. I've still missed few good names.Yetsomewhere in my heart was Sachin, so I always tuned in to watch Sachin bat for Mumbai Indians. There are few players whom you want to see on the winning side like AB de Villiers, Virat, MSD, Yuvraj, Rahul Dravid and many more. But KKR got stuck somewhere in my heart. And as the years passed by, the players who joined KKR started becoming my favourite players. And now, with most International Indian Players in their side, they have now won IPL 2 times. Both the times a new hero has emerged.It doesn't matter which team is better, you just want those bunch of players to win regardless of their success rate. They have been placed somewhere in your heart. Once you start enjoy seeing a team play and get excited on their wins, you know that you have them in your heart.