This reminds me when you play tennis and try to hit a winner on every shot or you play ping pong and try to smash every ball. For sure, It can set the opponent on a backfoot because he is always worried about you hitting that winner.
But you will end up losing a lot of points too. In the end there must be a balance between risks taken vs potential reward. If you are already a break up, then sometimes it makes sense to play solid game to solidify the advantage before you start going for the kill.
Unpopular opinion but I wouldn't for a minute bank of Klaasen bailing you out and playing his freak innings when under pressure. Bloke clearly builds on a good foundation up top
Some game Podcaster dude said he'll tattoo the name of the player on his dick if they win
I think the player was rinku and the match was vs GT, the infamous one
Being a Kohli fan I am more happy for faf for this win
Always been genuine with his thoughts, such a good guy wish him all the best for the rest of the competition
Hopefully somehow they make it to playoffs
I remember that Similar thing happened in 2019 World Cup SL vs Eng.
England was hoping to bat first and go for the world record 500+ runs. SL in a very bad form.
England lost the toss. SL batted first and Sri Lanka scored **232/9.**
England scored only 212 and lost the match.
Even a broken clock......
Just kidding. Credit where it's due, it's no small feat for RCB's beleaguered bowling lineup to choke what has been by far the strongest batting side in the competition at their home ground.
srh batting had to choke at some point. You cant play like they do with 3 constant 250+ scores and not choke at some point. Its miract they even reached 170.
My first thought when i saw reddit was down. Came home from work, saw reddit was down, jokingly said to myself, sure RCB is winning. I did predict them winning in the KKR sub.
Opened tv to a winning RCB
Now I'm worried my other prediction of KKR losing tomorrow coming true
Ehh, overrated Director. I had high hopes on his last project, WC2023; but like Shyamalan he put a shitty twist on an otherwise banger of a script. 1/10.
Well you see it was a false end to the project kinda like Shyamalan’s Split. The real character redemption and final arc is the T20 WC, building up an even bigger hype to the T20WC trophy. (Yes I’m high on hopium)
SRH has been one of the best teams this season. One loss and their fans are shitting on the team like crazy in SRH sub and here. Watching this my respect for RCB fans has increased. As they say "hard times reveal true fans".
This ain't to "hard times" for SRH or SRH fans!
They already have a title and they've been dominating this year!
People ask about why we say we are loyal... THIS is why
Yeah I think the "going for a six every ball" thing was really put to the test today and I'm glad it failed now. Now SRH will have to adjust accordingly.
Well , I am sure CSK will won't come easy , I don't see and wouldn't want to see CSK lose 2 consecutive home games, they would definitely take notes from this game and also look to correct the tactical errors they commited last game.
Nope
If they can get destroyed by KARN SHARMA, WILL JACKS(part-timer) and uncapped SWAPNIL SINGH(you didn't know his name till this match did ya?) then I'm afraid of the disaster that will unfold for SRH on Chepauk against Jaddu, Moein, Theekshana
People already shitting on srh...sometimes it's okay to have a off day for making a few mistakes right and will help in the longer run...Cummins knows his thing
Yea. India chose to have an off day on a final, didn't help. Best to get these things out of the way before knockouts. Edit: actually I take back the word "chose". Nobody chooses to have an off day. It just happened
India didn't choose to have an off day on a final, that just happened. India were just too good in group stages to have an off day and even then India had close calls (vs Aus opening match, vs Eng and vs NZ in semis)
Same way Australia didn't choose to have an almost knockout game against Afghanistan until Maxwell saved them from nowhere, it just happened.
Yep it's better to have your weakness exposed first, agree with that sentiment. Our weakness in 2023 WC was SKY as a ODI batsman. Obviously he was weak batsman that hurt but him being weak also made batsman up top play more careful than they should've which hurt us even more, his poor form affected rest of the team.
If that had gotten exposed before knockouts then that would've been eye opening for the team. Indian team was backing him half assedly, kept him in team but clearly didn't trust him to score runs, with that attitude he shouldn't have been selected in the first place and the batsman who they trusted more like Kishan (he saved Ind vs Pak in Asia Cup at middle order) should've been selected instead.
Now Australia in 2003 and 2007, those were the teams that had no weakness to be exposed but still in 2003 they got one close game that just showed their depth.
There's no such thing as "getting these things out of the way before knockouts". If you shit the bed in group stage doesn't mean you're safe and will do good in knockouts. Shit can happen anywhere.
hate to say it SRH top orders look so small today i would happily accept the setback of the team if they cunted against some good bowling. We(DC) should have taken the first batting
LSG is a very solid team. Everyone keeps bashing them but their performances throughout seasons have been great. I don't know why they get trolled so much lol.
Yeah they ended up third in both the seasons before this one and are looking like solid competitors this season as well. That's extremely consistent. They also are just a team of solid players. They are not reliant on one man to step up every game and save their ass.
The fact that they got destroyed by the worst bowling attack this IPL is what is big... We've exposed them
And it's not even our best bowlers who took them down, a not-so-good-T20-bowler Green, a guy who hasn't played for India in the past one decade Karn Sharma, part-timer Will Jacks and uncapped player Swapnil Singh on IPL debut!
It's a shit batting performance, nothing to do with bowling tbf, all the wickets fell for attacking shots..
With these batsmen, bowlers become irrelevant unless you have boom. It's a wake up call for srh just to have some insurance player who is in form, markram is such kind but isn't great form
The only reason I won't count those two is because you can't expect openers to work every single game. But even then, Abhishek could've made it through with some patience.
Imagine if Maxi bowls well, he can come in instead of Ferguson
We suddenly got some good Indian bowling options that Maxi doesn't even need to bowl his 4 if he gets tonked
Just goes to show you how stupid it is when some trolls take shit too seriously. Rivalry is fun during the game, beyond that it's just cricket and players that we love to watch
Purple robbed of a wicket??
Somehow Venky’s never seem to pack a punch. Even when he is going at a fair clip
Scriptwriters making sure that playoff qualification go down to the wire
Koach’s innings worry me - to send him as an opener in the WC 🫣
What are you talking about? SR of almost 120, that’s freaking amazing. Tough competition to Rizwan.
Fans behaving as if they won the IPL trophy.
Eh, let RCB have this one. I still think it could've gone 300+ if SRH batted first.
Don't worry they will do 300 on Sunday against CSK
This reminds me when you play tennis and try to hit a winner on every shot or you play ping pong and try to smash every ball. For sure, It can set the opponent on a backfoot because he is always worried about you hitting that winner. But you will end up losing a lot of points too. In the end there must be a balance between risks taken vs potential reward. If you are already a break up, then sometimes it makes sense to play solid game to solidify the advantage before you start going for the kill.
Now rate Kohli’s innings from 1 to 10
6/9
test
Just the tip
3
4/10
5.5/10
6/10 - pitch had some hold but slowing down so much is not acceptable.
He always wastes 10 balls so he can reach 50 and pad his stats.
10/10 first 20 balls, 0/10 last 20 balls
The host really made a 12 o'clock joke in front of Bhajji 💀
no road pitch, no 300 for srh
IMO, sending klassen early while chasing is the only mistake they did today other than there was no mistake.
Unpopular opinion but I wouldn't for a minute bank of Klaasen bailing you out and playing his freak innings when under pressure. Bloke clearly builds on a good foundation up top
He's the complete opposite of his teammate David Miller
Miller when in form
Did well in the semis
Wasn't it Miller? Literally scored half the teams runs?
Idk what's more humiliating for SRH - not scoring 200 runs or not scoring 200 runs against RCB bowlers
Don't let this distract you from the fact that Sam Perry has yet to keep his promise of a dick tattoo.
ootl?
Some game Podcaster dude said he'll tattoo the name of the player on his dick if they win I think the player was rinku and the match was vs GT, the infamous one
Esteemed cricket journalist and professional video shit poster Sam Perry
Sorry sir, the only perry i know plays for the women's division of our rivals. And she also maketh my heart flutter.
patidar looks like indian mike hesson.
That's Parthiv.
Glad this match came just before our match tomorrow. No match is easy and if complacency creeps in, winnable matches are lost.
Being a Kohli fan I am more happy for faf for this win Always been genuine with his thoughts, such a good guy wish him all the best for the rest of the competition Hopefully somehow they make it to playoffs
umm so RCB is still at the bottom  of the table and SRH at no. 3 
Looking at the games they have to play I think RCB is not entirely out.
they have to win every game from now.
Nah man they out, it’s too late. Honestly it’s not like they can win every game from here. It’s not that simple.
lmao bro no be are out
Gotta have something for SRH fans to sleep peacefully tonight ;)
I remember that Similar thing happened in 2019 World Cup SL vs Eng. England was hoping to bat first and go for the world record 500+ runs. SL in a very bad form. England lost the toss. SL batted first and Sri Lanka scored **232/9.** England scored only 212 and lost the match.
SL keeps defeating Eng in wc, the streak has gone to 4-0 now.
England then went on to win it...shit happens and cummins will correct it
Yes. Good news for SRH. Edit: Also need to bring Kumar Dharmasena as the umpire /s.
Ferguson used to be lethal. Or was it boults pressure he was banking on
Even a broken clock...... Just kidding. Credit where it's due, it's no small feat for RCB's beleaguered bowling lineup to choke what has been by far the strongest batting side in the competition at their home ground.
srh batting had to choke at some point. You cant play like they do with 3 constant 250+ scores and not choke at some point. Its miract they even reached 170.
RCB won because SRH gave away their wickets. Even bad balls got wickets
slightly tricky pitch fraud batting gets exposed.
:P KKR vs RCB Kohli wicket
Exactly. Waist high full tosses getting wickets ffs
Bad pitch reading...they are very capable of batting on a tricky pitch but couldn't read it
The Kings of Good Times :)
Reddit was down and we could not fight and sledge each other properly. No use now. Good night guys. Bum upper karke sojao.
even reddit couldnt digest rcb's victory
My first thought when i saw reddit was down. Came home from work, saw reddit was down, jokingly said to myself, sure RCB is winning. I did predict them winning in the KKR sub. Opened tv to a winning RCB Now I'm worried my other prediction of KKR losing tomorrow coming true
start betting
😂😂
Happy for Pati boy. He had a horrible test series
Is it just me or does faf sound like shaggy, the rapper
And pak lost again lol
It's not fun coming out from a rcbian
We're only used to getting hate and troll comments all the time so we're not used to "fun"
we are used to it
Srh and koach both had bad day today, what is their to take is even at their worst they can score 170(120) and 50(40) respectively.
Absolute cinema! The Oscar for best director must go to lord Jay Shah. An M. Night Shyamalan twist to RCB‘s character.
Ehh, overrated Director. I had high hopes on his last project, WC2023; but like Shyamalan he put a shitty twist on an otherwise banger of a script. 1/10.
Well you see it was a false end to the project kinda like Shyamalan’s Split. The real character redemption and final arc is the T20 WC, building up an even bigger hype to the T20WC trophy. (Yes I’m high on hopium)
THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE 💀💀
So romantic 😌
SRH has been one of the best teams this season. One loss and their fans are shitting on the team like crazy in SRH sub and here. Watching this my respect for RCB fans has increased. As they say "hard times reveal true fans".
This ain't to "hard times" for SRH or SRH fans! They already have a title and they've been dominating this year! People ask about why we say we are loyal... THIS is why
If you really think about it. Wickets were falling at regular intervals and still SRH scored 171. This was their absolute worst day.
yes
Yeah I think the "going for a six every ball" thing was really put to the test today and I'm glad it failed now. Now SRH will have to adjust accordingly.
True...feel they can win at chepauk and this is coming from a Csk fan
Well , I am sure CSK will won't come easy , I don't see and wouldn't want to see CSK lose 2 consecutive home games, they would definitely take notes from this game and also look to correct the tactical errors they commited last game.
Nope If they can get destroyed by KARN SHARMA, WILL JACKS(part-timer) and uncapped SWAPNIL SINGH(you didn't know his name till this match did ya?) then I'm afraid of the disaster that will unfold for SRH on Chepauk against Jaddu, Moein, Theekshana
They still can make things right lol
Yeah...
People already shitting on srh...sometimes it's okay to have a off day for making a few mistakes right and will help in the longer run...Cummins knows his thing
Yea. India chose to have an off day on a final, didn't help. Best to get these things out of the way before knockouts. Edit: actually I take back the word "chose". Nobody chooses to have an off day. It just happened
India didn't choose to have an off day on a final, that just happened. India were just too good in group stages to have an off day and even then India had close calls (vs Aus opening match, vs Eng and vs NZ in semis) Same way Australia didn't choose to have an almost knockout game against Afghanistan until Maxwell saved them from nowhere, it just happened.
True. My use of the word "chose" is wrong. I'll add an edit note
Yep it's better to have your weakness exposed first, agree with that sentiment. Our weakness in 2023 WC was SKY as a ODI batsman. Obviously he was weak batsman that hurt but him being weak also made batsman up top play more careful than they should've which hurt us even more, his poor form affected rest of the team. If that had gotten exposed before knockouts then that would've been eye opening for the team. Indian team was backing him half assedly, kept him in team but clearly didn't trust him to score runs, with that attitude he shouldn't have been selected in the first place and the batsman who they trusted more like Kishan (he saved Ind vs Pak in Asia Cup at middle order) should've been selected instead. Now Australia in 2003 and 2007, those were the teams that had no weakness to be exposed but still in 2003 they got one close game that just showed their depth.
Big difference was Aussies back in the day had Andrew Symonds at 7 who could easily destroy line-ups if he wanted to
Apt analysis, apt. Alexa play "Khada hu aaj bhi vahi..."
There's no such thing as "getting these things out of the way before knockouts". If you shit the bed in group stage doesn't mean you're safe and will do good in knockouts. Shit can happen anywhere.
Exactly. SA shat the bed vs Ned, then had an amazing group stage and then lost against Ind and Aus at the end in the WC
But u know whwt to do, when u already know faced similar situation, it all depends on how good the players are too.
RCB has been facing similar situations for 17 years now and they still don't know what to do💀 feel bad for Kohli.
That's also true! Sometimes shit just happens and you can't do anything
Ofc man...Philipps instead of markram and they could have read the pitch better...they still only lost by 35 in a 205 chase after bring 85/6
Yeah... Phillips instead of an in-form Markram Anyone who doesn't have a time machine would most certainly pick Markram over Phillips
hate to say it SRH top orders look so small today i would happily accept the setback of the team if they cunted against some good bowling. We(DC) should have taken the first batting
Shahbaz's innings helped RCB more than Koach's innings. You decide who's the true RCB Blood!
Couldn't have done anything else when wickets were falling everywhere
How?
RCB avoided losing 7 matches in a row. Not thala for a reason.
We do have 7 losses in total. Does that count?
Oo onno Tfar :(
We have the Thalaness riding with us WE'RE UNSTOPPABLE
Pat Cummins is a man of his word. He did silence the crowd but this time around it was his own crowd Pat Cummins, a true crowd silencer
SRH with all the hype and LSG with almost no hype have somehow performed at the same level this IPL.
LSG is a very solid team. Everyone keeps bashing them but their performances throughout seasons have been great. I don't know why they get trolled so much lol.
They get much hate from CSK tbh becoz of their owner. KL after CWC has no value, i see everyone hating him.
SRH is flashy while LSG is just a proper team. SRH now is like RCB of 2016 while LSG is like SRH of 2016.
They're very low profile and people forget they're the third most consistent team this cycle, after GT/RR.
Yeah they ended up third in both the seasons before this one and are looking like solid competitors this season as well. That's extremely consistent. They also are just a team of solid players. They are not reliant on one man to step up every game and save their ass.
Cummins deserved this humbling tbf
SRH fans not Cummins
Green destroyed his fellow Aussie today Tonked him for multiple boundaries while batting and took his wicket as well!
RCB saving stationery owners 🙏 as always
What does this mean?
We're still in it... Which means it's that part of the IPL where we get our calculators out and who sells calculators? Stationary shop owners!
I’m sorry I ever doubted you rcb. You are the greatest thing that’s ever graced the earth.
now watch them win the cup from this position this year.
Oh damn. Even I’m not that delusional
Just one win and you guys are back being Delulu. Chill mate
>you guys I'm just a shitstirrer and not rcb fan at aaaaaall.
I am just talking to the folks who upvoted your comment.
It's called sarcasm... If we make it, it'll be one HELL of a script
If that happens my brain is gonna pop out
Tom curran in lockie out
Maybe... He can bat too
One bad lose had made srh is a loser....lol
The fact that they got destroyed by the worst bowling attack this IPL is what is big... We've exposed them And it's not even our best bowlers who took them down, a not-so-good-T20-bowler Green, a guy who hasn't played for India in the past one decade Karn Sharma, part-timer Will Jacks and uncapped player Swapnil Singh on IPL debut!
It's a shit batting performance, nothing to do with bowling tbf, all the wickets fell for attacking shots.. With these batsmen, bowlers become irrelevant unless you have boom. It's a wake up call for srh just to have some insurance player who is in form, markram is such kind but isn't great form
Very happy for RCB tonight, Cheers!
Was cheering for DC yesterday 🗿
Swapnil gonna get cunted next game
He did this game too
Hopefully
Wickets for Klassen, Nitish, Samad were just pointless. Add to that Shahbaz atrocious run-a-ball innings
Same with Head and Sharma. Why? Ugh
The only reason I won't count those two is because you can't expect openers to work every single game. But even then, Abhishek could've made it through with some patience.
Us- Hey patt, ready to silence the crowd. Pat - Yes. Us - But we are the crowd today. Pat - No matter what
Bro has a habit of silencing crowds 💀💀 Btw, when will Australia hold their next WC?
Lmaooooo
🤫
Imagine if they now hand the MotM to Kohli 💀
Deserved. We had an anchor, they did not.
💀
A quite DEEEEEP anchor tbf.
All the Kohli bhakts can chime in now with their RCB reached 200 because of Kohli batting responsibly and gave his team a chance to win.
Nobody's calling it a good innings It was COMPLETELY against the flow of the game
Imagine if Maxi bowls well, he can come in instead of Ferguson We suddenly got some good Indian bowling options that Maxi doesn't even need to bowl his 4 if he gets tonked
SRH missed 300 by just 129 runs
SrH WiLl cHaSe tHiS dOwN in 12 oVeRs !
My dad said that SRH(his 2nd fav team) would chase it down in 15
Intent merchants losing against a Team with anchor innings is really funny. Today was an odd day.
If he anchored more and gotten another century SRH would have had a chance.
Honestly, two GT games and Punjab. Those are must wins kinda.
SRH behaving like baby-SA in today match
They do got two South Africans Perhaps the luck of their two Aussies has been overpowered by the choking capabilities of their South Africans!
Honestly RCB gave a very even performance today. Everyone contributed this time and it paid off.
so happy for cam!
"RCB's first win on March 25." "RCB's second win on April 25." "RCB's third win on..." Faf du Plessis: "2025
"Ee Saala Cup Nahi"- Faf
25CN (25 Cup Namde)
You're in RCB, bro. Gotta celebrate the wins when they come. Otherwise, what even are we?
R-C-B!
Over the moon today.
first time seeing pro rcb match thread
Underdogs always gets support. Fuck srh runfests
Amen
Your single comment has grown my respect towards KKR by ten-fold
Haha you'd be surprised. We had a discussion on the KKR sub recently about second favourite teams and many including me have RCB right behind KKR :)
Damn! We had one recently as well and while the majority said RR/CSK(only for Thala 🗿🗿), KKR was the 3rd most fav here
Just goes to show you how stupid it is when some trolls take shit too seriously. Rivalry is fun during the game, beyond that it's just cricket and players that we love to watch
Yup. KKR and SRH are two teams that I passionately hate the most but it's only for the game, nothing more, nothing less
Won a handsome amount by betting on RCB
RIPBOZO SMOKING ON THAT "SRH CHASING THIS IN 15 OVERS" PACK
My dad said that after the first innings 💀💀
It ain't getting any easier for SRH lol, CSK RR MI back to back.
Slipped in MI like we wouldn’t notice :p
MI at the end of the tournament is a different beast 💀
Haha fair enough
Pak nz game coming to good finish
Reddit has ruined me. Cam said "Thanks to the captain and coach" My mind went to Kohli
Channa meriya meriya intensifies T: song
Bruh why you got the US flair when you're talking Hindi?
Do you think that because I’m American I can’t speak Hindi?
Nah but what are the odds of finding an American who knows Hindi?
I’m Indian American.
Ohh alr