IPL 2020 in UAE: Fans soak up the excitement as action goes live

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00:00Amazing. So can you hear that noise? Can you hear the excitement? These are IPO fans. They

00:29are so excited watching the match. With me is Mr. Raj Chauhan. He's from Shimla and he

00:36is a Mumbai Indians fan. And why so? Because he loves Sachin Tendulkar. And not just Sachin

00:43Tendulkar, now he's also a fan of Rohit Sharma. So he is cheering loud, loud, loud for Mumbai

00:49Indians. So tell me, how are they looking today? Yes, I think we need some more runs

00:55right now. 136 for six wickets. If we get over 170, I think Mumbai should easily win

01:03the match. We have very, very strong bowling lineup. And we have very good captain also

01:07Rohit Sharma. So yes, I think we're gonna win. Okay, so you believe that score of 170

01:15and above will challenge the Chennai Super Kings. Okay, and tell us something about Mumbai

01:23Indians. What is their strength really? Is it the batting or the bowling? If they have

01:30to win, what will it be today? Yes, of course, we have very good bowling lineup because we

01:35have the number one T20 international bowler Jasprit Bumrah. And then we have also backup

01:41bowlers as well. And we have Rohit Sharma who has won the highest number of IPL titles

01:47four times. So yes, I believe Mumbai, they're gonna do it today. Also, Mumbai Indians have

01:54our four time champions and they have beaten Chennai Super Kings. So they do have an edge.

02:00Last season, we beat Chennai Super Kings four times. So yes, we have the advantage because

02:06the yes, four times we won last year and this year also we're gonna win. Okay, but some

02:14would also say that Chennai Super Kings has a mastermind captain Dhoni and he can actually

02:22transform any game. So what do you have to say to that? Yeah, there is no doubt about Dhoni's

02:26captaincy. But I think he's a little bit old now to finish the games he used to do two, three

02:34years before. So I think this match we're gonna win. With me is Mr. Vijay Dore Rajan. He's a

02:40Chennai Super Kings fan. And he's here to tell us why Chennai Super Kings has a good chance to

02:46win tonight. Yeah, we've done it three times in the past. And we have a master of strategies in

02:50Thaleva Dhoni. And we have plenty of you know, experienced players out there who can do it, who

02:55can turn the game around in a matter of minutes. So we have likes of Shane Watson, you know, who

03:00have done it several times in the past. I think Chennai is overall a very balanced and experienced

03:04side. I think we're gonna kill it this time. We're gonna get it absolutely right. So it's all

03:10down to the Thaleva. I like the reference of Thaleva for the uninitiated Thaleva is basically

03:16the king man. We have another fan of the God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar here with me is Mr. Jaspreet

03:24Singh. Yes, and he's rooting for Mumbai Indians. And so tell us how is the match looking so far

03:32for Mumbai Indians? It has been always great, you know, watching Mumbai Indians versus Chennai,

03:37because both are like, you know, the matches what we play in football league, the Champions

03:41League, what we have Barcelona on the other side, like Real Madrid. So similarly, what I have is

03:45over here Ronaldo playing currently as a Pollard. I like the comparison. And other side Messi as a

03:50Mr. Dhoni. Wow. The comparison becomes really, you know, hunting for us to watch this match,

03:56especially because it has been always low scoring matches, especially when both the teams are

04:00playing. And Chennai has been always beautifully, you know, like always they have been balling

04:05really well. And Mumbai has been always defending the score of whether they are playing it accordingly.

04:09And they've been see, I mean, if you see over here, probably they've been just scoring runs

04:13over here. We all cheer for Mumbai and Mumbai is the best and we rock Mumbai. What an amazing

04:17evening it has been. Oh my gosh, it's been such a noisy affair. The match is not over yet. But

04:24the IPL fans here in the UAE are making a lot of noise.

04:31Thank you so much guys for that energy and that noise. Oh my gosh, it's so vibrant here.

04:37Clearly fans of the IPL here in the UAE are so excited. We will be bringing you more videos

04:43as the matches progress. For now, we are here in Moon Mood Cafe in Old Mehta, Dubai.

04:50And we're having a rocking time. We hope you had a rocking time watching all our videos.

04:55There will be more coming. This is Anjana Kumar from Gulf News and with me

04:59is also my colleague Clint Egbert. Thank you so much.

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