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We have seen all things in this IPL, a big franchise CSK was eliminated in the 1st round in 2020 and Mumbai Indians defended their title successfully but this year's table has turned around.
CSK made a remarkable comeback this year and becomes the 1st team to qualify for playoffs, and this 11th time out of 12 they have qualified for playoffs and that's shows you the consistency of the particular side. It has been great to watch them playing quality cricket over the years and the entertainment to the fans. Yes, their engines Raina and MS Dhoni might have slow down but their planning and management of the players have been spot on.
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People say this is the game of young players but CSK has proven it completely wrong they always trust in the experience and get results in their favor, in this squad you can see that only 2 players Ruturaj Gaikward and Sam Curran are under 30s rest of their main players are over 30 and giving a finishing touch to their careers. But they are ruthless in their approach and very clinical in their performance and this is the main reason behind their utmost consistency. Their coach Stephen Fleming says, if you are aggressive then I will teach you the defense.
Another leading side of the tournament is Delhi Capitals the complete opposite thinking of CSK, DC is a very young side and the captain also. They took 3 to 4 years to build the side as Ricky Ponting is in their dugout.1st Shereyas Iyer led the team really well in the last 2 seasons and they played the final last year but finished on the wrong side. This time he wasn't available for the team in 1st leg and they have gone with Rishabh Pant as captain which was a brave move you can say. But that didn't hurt their performance and they are also the table toppers and having a great combination with the raw pace of Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada and aggression of Avesh Khan.
So they are also favorites to get over the line.
RCB is another promising side in this tournament which has also qualified for the next round for the 2nd consecutive year. This is looking a very stable side now especially with the inclusion of Glenn Maxwell. He has been the X-Factor for them especially in the 2nd leg in UAE he has scored 3 50s in the last 3 matches and helped his side to qualify for the next round. His value has increased when ABD wasn't firing but he is having his best time in UAE and that will help Australia also in the upcoming T20 World Cup. The other thing is that their death bowling has improved a lot with the inclusion of Harshal Patel he has the most wickets 23 so far in the tournament and their key man in middle overs Yuzvendra Chahal also got form and some wickets as well but their bowling in powerplay has been poor so far as they couldn't get a single wicket in powerplay in 2nd leg.
So 1st 3 slots are booked and the fight is on for last spot is going on in the last stage of IPL. Here is the points table.
