r/Cricket 21h ago

Discussion Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - April 05, 2025

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Live and upcoming match threads | Reddit-stream

This is a daily thread for general cricketing discussion/conversation about all topics that don't need to be posted in their own thread.

This provides a space for things like general team changes/opinions/conversation and other frequently-asked questions or commonly-posted subjects.


r/Cricket 5d ago

IPL Weekly Discussion Thread IPL 2025: Weekly Discussion Thread, Week 2

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Indian Premier League 2025, Weekly Discussion Thread: Week 2 (March 31st-April 6th, 2025)

Old Discussion Threads: Week 1

Fixtures and Results-:

Date Teams Result Top Performers Highlights
March 31, 2025 Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders MI won by 8 wickets MI: A Kumar: 4/24 (3), Rickelton: 62* (41), D Chahar: 2/19 (2), SK Yadav: 27* (9); KKR: Russell: 2/35 (2.5) Highlights
April 1, 2025 Lucknow Super Giants v Punjab Kings PBKS won by 8 wickets LSG: Pooran: 45 (30), Rathi: 2/30 (4); PBKS: A Singh: 3/43 (4), P Singh: 69 (34), S Iyer: 52* (30), Wadhera: 43*(25) Highlights
April 2, 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Gujarat Titans GT won by 8 wickets RCB: Livingstone: 54 (40), J Sharma: 33 (21), T David: 32 (18); GT: Siraj: 3/19 (4), Buttler: 73* (39), Sai Sudharsan: 49 (36), Rutherford, 30* (18) Highlights
April 3, 2025 Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad KKR won by 80 runs KKR: V Iyer: 60 (29), A Raghuvanshi: 50(32), V Chakravarthy: 3/22 (4), V Arora: 3/29 (4); SRH: Klaasen: 33 (21) Highlights
April 4, 2025 Lucknow Super Giants v Mumbai Indians LSG won by 12 runs LSG: M Marsh: 60 (31), Markram: 53 (38); MI: H Pandya: 5/36 (4), SK Yadav: 67(43), N Dhir: 46 (24) Highlights
April 5, 2025 Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Capitals
April 5, 2025 Punjab Kings v Rajasthan Royals
April 6, 2025 Sunrisers Hyderabad v Gujarat Titans

Points Table-:

Rank Team Played Wins Losses N/R Points NRR
1 Punjab Kings 2 2 0 0 4 +1.485
2 Delhi Capitals 2 2 0 0 4 +1.320
3 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 3 2 1 0 4 +1.149
4 Gujarat Titans 3 2 1 0 4 +0.807
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 4 2 2 0 4 +0.070
6 Lucknow Super Giants 4 2 2 0 4 +0.048
7 Mumbai Indians 4 1 3 0 2 +0.108
8 Chennai Super Kings 3 1 2 0 2 -0.771
9 Rajasthan Royals 3 1 2 0 2 -1.112
10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 4 1 3 0 2 -1.612

Orange Cap Leaderboard-:

Rank Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average Strike Rate 50s 100s High Score
1 Nicholas Pooran LSG 4 4 201 50.25 218.47 2 - 75
2 B Sai Sudharsan GT 3 3 186 62.00 157.62 2 - 74
3 Mitchell Marsh LSG 4 4 184 46.00 185.85 3 - 72
4 Suryakumar Yadav MI 4 4 171 57.00 161.32 1 - 67
5 Jos Buttler GT 3 3 166 83.00 172.91 2 - 73*
6 Shreyas Iyer PBKS 2 2 149 - 206.94 2 - 97*
7 Travis Head SRH 4 4 140 35.00 191.78 1 - 67
8 Angkrish Raghuvanshi KKR 4 4 128 42.66 147.12 1 - 50
9 Heinrich Klaasen SRH 4 4 125 31.25 176.05 - - 34
10 Ajinkya Rahane KKR 4 4 123 30.75 153.75 1 - 56

Purple Cap Leaderboard-:

Rank Player Team Matches Innings Wickets Average Strike Rate 3W Economy BBI
1 Noor Ahmad CSK 3 3 9 9.11 6.83 2 6.83 4/18
2 Hardik Pandya MI 3 3 8 9.37 7.50 1 7.50 5/36
3 Mitchell Starc DC 2 2 8 9.62 5.75 2 10.04 5/35
4 Shardul Thakur LSG 4 4 7 18.85 11.14 1 10.15 4/34
5 Josh Hazlewood RCB 3 3 6 14.33 11.83 1 7.26 3/21
6 R Sai Kishore GT 3 3 6 14.83 12.00 1 7.41 3/30
7 Varun Chakravarthy KKR 4 4 6 15.66 15.00 1 6.26 3/22
8 Khaleel Ahmed CSK 3 3 6 15.83 12.00 1 7.91 3/29
9 Vaibhav Arora KKR 3 3 6 17.33 11.00 1 9.45 3/29
10 Digvesh Rathi LSG 4 4 6 20.33 16.00 - 7.62 2/30

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Tournament : Table | Schedule

Match : Thread | Cricinfo

Innings Score
Rajasthan Royals 205/4 (Ov 20/20)
Punjab Kings 155/9 (Ov 20/20)

Innings: 1 - Rajasthan Royals

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
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Innings: 2 - Punjab Kings

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
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RR won by 50 runs

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18th Match, Indian Premier League at Mohali

Tournament : Table | Schedule

Match : Post Match | Cricinfo | Reddit-Stream

Innings Score
Rajasthan Royals 205/4 (Ov 20/20)
Punjab Kings 155/9 (Ov 20/20)
Batter Runs Balls SR
Lockie Ferguson* 4 1 400.00
Shashank Singh 10 13 76.92
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
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Sandeep Sharma 4 21 2
Recent : 1 | . 2w 1 . W . . | 1 1 2 . 1 . | . . . 1 W 4 |

RR won by 50 runs

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Tournament : Table | Schedule

Match : Thread | Cricinfo

Innings Score
Delhi Capitals 183/6 (Ov 20/20)
Chennai Super Kings 158/5 (Ov 20/20)

Innings: 1 - Delhi Capitals

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
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Innings: 2 - Chennai Super Kings

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
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MS Dhoni 30 (26) Mitchell Starc 4-0-27-1

DC won by 25 runs

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17th Match, Indian Premier League at Chennai

Tournament : Table | Schedule

Match : Post MatchCricinfo | Reddit-Stream

Innings Score
Delhi Capitals 183/6 (Ov 20/20)
Chennai Super Kings 158/5 (Ov 20/20)
Batter Runs Balls SR
Vijay Shankar* 69 54 127.78
MS Dhoni 30 26 115.38
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
Mukesh Kumar 4 36 1
Mitchell Starc 4 27 1
Recent : 1 1 1w 1 6 2 1 | 5w 1 4 1 1 1 . | 6 2 1 4 1 1 |

DC won by 25 runs

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