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  The DC Review It was a season where DC experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in just 2 months. A season that gave the hope of ending an 18-year-old drought but did not fulfill it. The Start of a Supposed Fairytale: From Ashutosh's heroics to Starc's 5-fer , from Kuldeep's economical spells to KL's arrival , from Vipraj's all-round brilliance to Axar's leadership qualities .... the first 4 matches of DC had it all. The Start of DC's Downfall: The match against MI was a match where everything started going downhill for DC . They were in the front for 70% of the game but then a magical ball from Santner bowled the well-set Karun Nair on 89 and everything turned. That very moment turned MI's season for good but DC's season for the worst . This followed a massive collapse from 119-1 to 193 all out with an over to spare in a chase of 205. The collapse ended with a bizarre series of 3 run-outs back to back. From this match onw...

  KKR:The Batting Fiasco In an era where having 9-10 batters with 5-6 proper bowlers in a team's playing XI is a luxury, this same thing is turning out to be a pure Debacle for the defending champions KKR. Something which proved to be a boon for CSK 2021. Batting Order Musical Chairs: Openers are the key to success for any batting unit but this has not been the case for KKR with their openers not even crossing 50+ partnership in even a single game. From Quinton De Kock to Rahmanullah Gurbaz , they tried them both where Sunil Narine remained the constant but all 3's form has been Hot and Cold . A bigger problem has been the batting positions of in-form batters like Angkrish Raghuvanshi and the entry points of the big guns Rinku , Russel and Ramandeep in combination with the failure of Vice Captain Venkatesh Iyer . The first instance which comes to my mind is from the match against LSG in Kolkata where KKR was enroute of a high run chase of 239 runs falling short of...

GT:THE BIG 3  Since the start of this edition of the IPL,  Gujrat Titans has been a team who has been heavily dependent on its TOP3 for the bulk of its runs. They start slowly but consolidate at the end. Sai Sudharshan[509 runs] ,   Shubman Gill[508 runs]  and   Jos Buttler[500 runs]   after these 3 the next top scorer is   Sherfane Rutherford with 229 runs in 8 innings. BOON OR BANE: One can argue that why is their a problem... its good that the TOP 3 are scoring well but this can surely be a concern as the middle order has not had enough game time which is very important no matter how big a player you are. What would happen if they lose the TOP 3 quickly in the Playoffs is the biggest question in my mind. COULD HISTORY REPEAT?: As painful as it is to think about the CWC19 SF against NEW ZEALAND .... that match was a perfect example of how less game time and dependence on the TOP 3 can put a team in a pickle if they are out early. From 2017-2019,...

 The Chennai Dilemma It all started at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction .When everyone including me thought that it was the best auction a team has had this season, it was all about to change. An era where T20 cricket has EVOLVED , POWER HITTING has become the main element of this format,CSK was a team which focussed on backing OLD-FASHIONED players with a strike rate of 130-140 . A format which has become all about showing INTENT from the start, CSK was a team whose batting was all about building the inning slowly and then start hitting,something which they weren't able to do . A season which till now has mostly been defined as the season WHERE THE TEAM WHICH WINS THE POWERPLAY WINS THE GAME ... CSK was a team which has constantly been delivering BELOW PAR powerplay scores with the batting and has been nothing but MINIMAL with the bowling in the powerplay. CSK's BOWLING: In the 10 matches they've played , in not even a single match have they conceeded a score less than 42 in...