IPL 2022: Gulf News experts analyse Punjab Kings’ win over Chennai Super Kings

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00:00Today's match turned out to be totally one-sided with Punjab just rolling CSK.

00:13Hello, everyone. Welcome to Straight Bad with Gulf News and Mr. Cricket UAE. That is Anish

00:18Sarjan. Today, we are back with IPL, which is a very absorbing match. It was not a thriller in

00:23that sense, but still, there's those ingredients of an absorbing match. But the promised finish

00:29didn't come because Chennai faltered. So let's get more of that from Anish Sarjan.

00:37Thank you, Shyam. Hello, Sahil. Hello to all the gorgeous people of Gulf News. Yes,

00:42today's match turned out to be totally one-sided with Punjab just rolling CSK. In fact, at 180,

00:48after the innings break, I thought CSK might chase it, but the way they were batting,

00:52let's give it credit to Punjab swing bowlers, especially the youngster who came and bowled

00:57beautifully and got these two wickets and put CSK on the back foot.

01:04Sahil, I'm sure you'll be very thrilled today because your man Livingston finally came good.

01:12Oh, yeah. I mean, he had a point to prove. We've now played eight games so far in his

01:18IPL career. This was the first game where he led for the front for his franchise and

01:24he did it with the bat and he got a few wickets from the ball. So, you know, it's a good moment

01:27for him. Now, you know, people will not say like, oh, he's not performing in IPL. This is a chance

01:33for him now to capitalize. So good for him. Yeah, I was one of the biggest critics because

01:38for all his England exploits, he never did well. In fact, Anish and I discussed in the last match

01:44also that he's not lived up to his price tag nor his potential. So today he couldn't do no

01:51wrong. But what a brilliant performance. In fact, that was the difference.

01:56But looking back, where does Chennai go from here? Because this is the third defeat in a row.

02:03Not just that, they have never had such a bad start in the last 14 editions.

02:08What do you make of it, Anish? Yes, you're right. They've never lost, in fact, two games in a row.

02:15I remember that Dubai won the 2021. They won the first game and they lost a few games in a row.

02:22But again, this year they've started very poorly, especially the second match, which they lost.

02:27They couldn't defend 200. That is where it has hurt them. And today, to be very honest, I thought

02:34that after Raidu dropped Livingston, Livingston might take Punjab to 200 plus. But then the

02:41bowlers got them back into the game. But having said that, when they started, I'm afraid the form

02:46of Rituraj Gaikwad is hurting them. He's not getting them onto a good start. We have to give

02:51credit to Webo Aurora, the youngster who bowled with a lot of speed as well as he could move the

02:58ball. And he was the difference who rocked the CSK batsmen. In the end, I'm afraid I have to say the

03:03endings of MS Dhoni was quite baffling. I know a lot of people don't like anything spoken against

03:08MS Dhoni. But let me tell you very honestly, when your backs is on to the wall, you need to

03:14consolidate. But when there's a guy called Shivam Dube hitting runs, you've got to at least score

03:19some runs from your side. 20 of 10 balls, rather 10 of 20 balls is not accepted. And in the end,

03:25if you see the required running was 18 or 20. So had he pushed little, who knows what would

03:29have happened. But I'm afraid MS was very poor with the bat today. Yeah, particularly when they

03:35needed a run rate of something like 18 runs per over. Then unless both the sides fire,

03:41it was not difficult. It was very difficult to get back into the match. So Sahil, are you still with

03:47Dhoni? Are you one of the people which Anissa is referring to? You can't say bad thing about Dhoni.

03:53No, no. I mean, he should have supported Shivam in some sort of way. 10 runs of 20 balls.

04:00It's not the first time I've seen Dhoni do this. I've seen him many times in the past.

04:06I mean, they were 41 for 5. I guess he went with the mindset that if he gets out, there's no one

04:12behind. That's what I think the mindset he had gone with. And CSKO, just something's wrong. I

04:19don't know what's going on with Ruturaj Gaikwad. The man is not doing, I don't think he scored

04:23more than three runs. What's going on with him? No, no. It's been a terrible, terrible phase for

04:30him. And I think Anissa was spot on when he said that that is really hurting them because they have

04:36not got the starts they normally get. If you look at last year, that was the cornerstone of their

04:42win. They always had good start with Fab and Ruturaj going. They have not been getting that

04:48this year. But okay, coming back to again, let's give a little more credit to Punjab Kings second

04:54win from three games. They didn't play Bairstow today. Why was that? Bairstow was in the field,

05:01he was fit, his quarantine is over. What do you make of that, Aniss? Well, they are in a very

05:06tricky situation, you know, because if they have to accommodate Bairstow, they will have to drop

05:11Odin Smith. They can't afford to drop Livingston or they have to drop Livingston. It was a choice

05:15between Odin Smith and Livingston because they can't drop Rabada. And if I'm not wrong, the

05:20other player from them, Sahil, who is that who I'm missing out, who played for them?

05:26It's Liyang Rajapaksha. Rajapaksha is also scoring runs. So they have to drop either one of the

05:32batsmen, Rajapaksha, Livingston or Odin Smith. They can't think about dropping Rabada.

05:39That's the reason they thought they would give one more chance to Odin Smith. And okay,

05:43didn't score runs today, but he got one crucial wicket of Raidu. I think they will still continue

05:49because when you're doing well, you don't drop a player. True. You don't want to disturb the

05:56winning side. Having said that, Sahil, we have been seeing wonderful performance from a lot of

06:04youngsters in IPL 2022. I mean, today we saw Jitesh Sharma and Vaibhav Arora. What a brilliant,

06:11two brilliant catches from Jitesh. One on the left side, one a flying catch on the right side.

06:16And Vaibhav Arora was so good, bowled so good that my other one bowled not. So we are getting

06:23to see some real good excels. What do you make of these two excels? Oh, excellent. You know,

06:28like these two guys perform so well today. Now, like you've seen, like all some big stars have

06:33not been scoring runs. So like they've scored ducks. And now you see these youngsters stepping

06:38up. I remember Abhinav Manohar scoring a 50, then Badoni scoring a 50. So, you know, these youngsters,

06:44they're performing well, which is so nice to see in IPL. So it's a good sign. I'm really

06:48enjoying watching these guys. Yes, it's so refreshing. But we saw some good captaincy

06:54from Mayank, isn't it? We were disappointed the last time around. Both of us, you agreed on his

06:59poor captaincy. But today I was happy to see him bowl out Vaibhav Arora, especially with that man,

07:05with the youngster moving the ball around. So that's a welcome change. I think winning

07:09must have brought a change in his attitude. What do you make of it?

07:14Yes. You know what? I've always believed that when a bowler is in song, a lot of players leave

07:19them at the back end of the innings. But he's a youngster and you don't know how he's going to

07:24turn out when there's pressure. So better to finish it off. That was a good thing he did.

07:28Yes, he needs to work on his batting. He's failed now in three consecutive matches for Punjab.

07:32It's time that he takes a little bit of, gives himself a little bit of balls before he gets going.

07:38Because, you know, when you lose your captain early, it doesn't give good signs to the dugout.

07:42But I'm sure now with Livingston scoring runs, he will make sure that it takes his time. Because

07:48I remember when he was playing for Punjab and Rahul was the captain, he was the guy who was

07:52scoring quick runs. But now he'll have to take a little more few balls to get rolling.

07:57True. And they're in a good place now, two wins out of three matches, whereas

08:02Chennai is languishing with, actually, they should be in the last two or three teams.

08:06Second last.

08:08Third last.

08:12So a very unlikely place for a defending champions. Anyway, tomorrow we head over to see

08:19Hyderabad playing Lucknow Supergiants. What do you make of it, Sahil?

08:25Who's playing Lucknow in?

08:27Hyderabad.

08:28Sunrisers. Sunrisers, where they left the last IPL, they started this team with. So I don't

08:34know what to say. I guess I'm going to go with Lucknow.

08:39I agree with Sahil that it's going to be Lucknow. Do you differ with that?

08:46You know what, as much as I would like to differ, he's absolutely right. But this IPL has thrown us

08:51so many surprises, you know, so it's very difficult to predict the winner. You know,

08:56the match is changing in a matter of a few overs, a few balls.

09:01Both of us were wrong the other day. We backed Mumbai and Delhi and both of them lost.

09:06Very true. Very true. So if anybody is listening to our predictions, please don't go and please

09:10predict your own hindsight, because this is one of the tightest IPL. And mind you, at the end of

09:1711 games, still I'm not sure who is doing well. Okay, the points table show at the moment that

09:22RR is on top with two wins of two matches. But who knows what's going to happen in the

09:27rest of the 12 matches? I agree. The sheer unpredictability, especially with the 10 teams,

09:31it's just completely wide open. And you know, I picked Chennai to win it. And they are in the

09:36last team. They are in the bottom half, not just the bottom half, I think the second-last team

09:40in the tables. So that shows where we are with our predictions. So, Anil, before we wrap up,

09:47tell us about the competition. Oh, yes. As we were mentioning, Sham and me, don't go on our

09:52predictions. Make sure you use your head, go through the teams properly and predict the winner.

09:57You have enough time till the second half of the first game to predict the winner and you actually

10:02walk away with a beautiful complete kit that is a track, T-shirt and a cap. And go and support

10:07your favorite team and log on to your favorite page, Gulf News. Thank you, Anil. Thank you,

10:12Sahil. Thank you viewers for tuning in. For the latest updates, please log on to gulfnews.com and

10:18our social media channels. Thank you. Good night.

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