Over the years the Indian Premier League (IPL) has often been considered one of the grandest stages of T20 cricket and the 15th edition of the tournament has witnessed a topsy turvy curve so far. Approximately 40 matches have been played and the qualification scenario seems to be very tight as there are more than two teams competing for the same spot. The five-time champions Mumbai Indians and the defending champs Chennai Super Kings have witnessed a forgettable outing in the season so far.
Mumbai has lost 8 matches on the trot and Chennai just scampering through a couple of wins. It’s been the season of firsts as Gujarat and Lucknow, both the new franchises have made an exquisite start to their IPL campaigns with both the teams taking sports in the top four. Rajasthan and Hyderabad had done a magnificent job at the auction tables to be sitting in the top four along with the likes of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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Punjab, Delhi, and Kolkata have emerged as good teams in terms of building a balanced squad in the auction for the coming seasons. Although, they have not been majorly impressive in the tournament so far courtesy of the inability of the players and related injuries. The points table seems quite different from the patterns of the previously held fourteen successful seasons in IPL.
This is the beauty of the Indian Premier League that every team is as strong as its competition and the fact that no one can predict the outcome of any match on a given day. However, Imran Tahir, the legendary South African spinner who spent most of his time in the IPL with the Chennai SuperKings names his top four teams that could qualify to the playoff.
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Imran Tahir opined that both the new entrants will definitely make it to the playoffs alongside the veterans, Rajasthan Royals, and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. These could well turn out to be right but as we know, in the IPL the net run rate is an important component of any team and with the advent of two new teams it will only turn out to be more productive.
Here are a few tweets :
Imran Tahir predicts his Top 4 teams to qualify for the playoffs in this IPL 2022:- (On ESPNcricinfo)
•Gujarat Titans.
•Royal Challengers Bangalore.
•Lucknow Supergiants.
•Rajsthan Royals.— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) April 26, 2022
Fun Fact: In this PSL Final in Lahore, only 1 out of 22 players is originally from Lahore. And he is playing as an overseas – Imran Tahir!
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) February 27, 2022
" K L Rahul is a big player. Good knock by him, he played really well. He has done it before as well. He is the main reason behind Lucknow's win. He always plays according to the situation. "
– Imran Tahir(To ESPNcricinfo)
@klrahul11 • #LSG pic.twitter.com/k4APUuNB6e— Juman Sarma (@cool_rahulfan) April 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/TrimiziiiSyeda/status/1497954171017908234?t=1OEudcYnCyUOXZkgQs7ieQ&s=19
Imran Tahir picked #LucknowSuperGiants, in his top 4 teams to qualify for the playoffs.#AbApniBaariHai 💪| #IPL2022
— SuperGiantsArmy™ — LSG FC (@LucknowIPLCover) April 26, 2022
✅ Most wickets among spinners for South Africa in international cricket
✅ The second-highest wicket-taker in T20s#OnThisDay A happy birthday to Imran Tahir 🥳Catch him on #T20TimeOut through #IPL2022!
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 27, 2022
One of the best Review In the history of #HBLPSL & That's By Imran Tahir! #LQvMS #MSvLQ #PSL2022 #LevelHai #DamaDamMast pic.twitter.com/rxnUf95zxD
— ALee 🇵🇰 (@ItsAliRaza43) February 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1518828485741105152?t=nbg_P4ATP9PXdBbcvl3CXw&s=19
Three Teams with 11 titles amongst them are languishing in bottom four and two new teams are in top four. To me, this is a shock for the fans but more competition is a positive development for IPL. Big boys like MI and CSK will bounce back soon. pic.twitter.com/3sNukShNaX
— Anurag Katriar (@KingKatriar) April 21, 2022
Congratulations RCB 🤣🤣🤣
Among Top 10 Low Team totals in IPL history – Four such totals are recorded by RCB 😂😂😂
1)49/10 vs KKR in 2017
6)68/10 vs SRH (today)
7)70/10 vs CSK in 2019
8)70/10 vs RR in 2014— Ashok Kumar (@ImAshok225) April 23, 2022
Not at all, top four will help to make IPL the toughest cricket league in the world, for example look at premier league (football) it have 20 team, and who finishes at top is the winner of the league and the top4 qualify for the bext season champions league and that make it tough
— Tanmay Upadhyay (@ImTanmay74) April 26, 2022
