INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: Our cricket tipster The Edge previews Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab on day nine of the IPL. The preview includes a recommended BETDAQ bet.
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Because we see so much action in-running on cricket, he will also provide some in-running strategies that could develop in-play and lead to some excellent value bets. The Edge covers all forms of cricket: Test Matches, ODI’s and T20’s but his favourite competition is the Indian Premier League each season.
MATCH OVERVIEW:
The IPL moves back to Sharjah on Sunday where we can expect more sixes and plenty of runs! This is only the second game here but we saw 216/7 play 200/6 on Tuesday and the ground is a historically high scoring ground. We had 33 sixes on Tuesday between Rajasthan and CSK, hopefully we see more today!
Rajasthan managed to win that high scoring game against CSK so they have a small advantage heading into this game of understanding the conditions. Punjab come here after a massive win against RCB in Dubai – they scored 206/3 with some late carnage and then went on to win by 97 runs. There won’t be more dominating wins than that in the tournament!
Although Punjab performed very well on Thursday in Dubai, Rahul was responsible for 132 runs at the top of the innings. It was an excellent knock and came off only 69 balls as he finished not out. I still feel their lower order looks very vulnerable on paper, and it’ll be interesting to see how they cope if they lose early wickets. You could argue the same can be said about Rajasthan after Miller, although Jofra Archer got 27 off 8 balls on Tuesday!
WEATHER AND PITCH WATCH:
It’s hard not to see a very high scoring game here again bar some very average batting. Both sides have some solid batters and match winning stars – it’s the IPL we wouldn’t expect anything less – and they can take advantage of the conditions. We have short boundaries and with a good batting track, it’ll be a tough night for the bowlers. It’ll be even tougher if dew arrives too. We have no weather worries.
RECOMMENDED BET:
It’s not a surprise to see such an even market here. Indeed in a high scoring game, we should see a lot of swings and flip flops in the market. Both sides have scored more than 200 runs in their last innings, and it’s likely we see 200+ runs in the first innings today again. Although Punjab were impressive against RCB, I still feel on paper they are a very beatable side and with Rajasthan having the experience here they will know how to handle the conditions and hopefully bowl better – although they did beat CSK they still conceded 200 runs. A small bet on Rajasthan for me.
The Edge Says:
One point win Rajasthan Royals to beat Kings XI Punjab at 1.93 with BETDAQ Exchange.
View the market here -> http://bit.ly/BDQRajKin
IN-RUNNING STRATEGY:
With big scores expected again, focusing on looking for trades on the batting side is a no brainer. I would definitely be happy to be on the team batting first as although batting conditions are good, it’s never that straightforward to chase 200+. It’ll be interesting to see what price the market has the chasing team if they are indeed chasing 200. The market had Punjab close to 1.5 to defend 206 in Dubai the other night, when that was a very big score for Dubai.
The Punjab batsmen at the top of the order are obviously in good form, but the middle order of Rajasthan could cause carnage here, at least down to Miller. I wouldn’t be overly keen looking for trades on the bowling side when the boundaries are so small, I think it will be a case of trying to find the best momentum trades on the batting side.
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