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Mint
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Who'll top the points table? Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Pollock predict Top 2 teams in IPL 2025
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is heating up, with the teams fighting hard to reach the Playoffs. As the tournament is inching toward the Playoffs qualification, former cricketing greats Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Pollock have shared their predictions for the top two teams in the Points Table. Adam Gilchrist's picks Adam Gilchrist expressed his confidence in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians to end up at the first and second positions in the IPL 2025 standings. During a discussion on Cricbuzz, Gilchrist highlighted RCB's strong campaign and appreciated Virat Kohli's ability to anchor innings. He also praised the current bowling form of Josh Hazelwood. 'RCB and Mumbai are in 1st and 2nd positions, aren't they? I think the way Virat is controlling innings, coupled with the skill of Hazelwood at the moment, is sublime," Gilchrist said. "So I think there's plenty of talent around them. But I'm saying the two that are there will be 1 and 2,' he added. Shaun Pollock's picks Shaun Pollock's top two are similar to that of Gilchrist's. However, he expects Mumbai Indians to top the table and RCB to take second place. Pollock showed his confidence in Mumbai Indians who have bounced back and registered their five-match winning streak. He is optimistic about MI cementing their position at the top. 'I can't see Mumbai faltering. I think they're going to win at least three or so of their next games. I actually think Mumbai are going to finish on top,' Pollock said. 'At the moment, Mumbai looks like the most dangerous side, the most in-form team with the most players performing consistently,' he added. Backing RCB for the second place, he said, 'Looking at their remaining fixtures, I don't see them losing more than one, maybe they win two or even three of their last four." RCB's way to the Playoffs Currently, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are placed at the top of the table. They have won 7 out of the 10 matches played and have an NRR of +0.521. They are the only team to bag 14 points, so far. Winning just two of their remaining four matches will guarantee RCB a top-four spot. However, they will want to finish in the top two in order to get an extra chance to reach the final.
India Today
30-04-2025
- Sport
- India Today
IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals suffering due to inconsistent top-order, says Shaun Pollock
Former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock thinks that Delhi Capitals' drop in form is directly related to their inconsistent batting order. Speaking after Delhi's defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, Pollock said that DC need at least three of their batters to perform consistently in all loss against KKR was their third defeat in the last four games. The team's homecoming at the Arun Jaitley Stadium has not been ideal, with the team winning just one out of their four games. The only match that DC has won at the Arun Jaitley Stadium was against Rajasthan Royals, where Mitchell Starc bowled a sensational Super Over to take the side over the on Cricbuzz, former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Pollock stated that things have quite rapidly unravelled for DC, who were looking like the team to beat at the start of the season. "They won four on a trot and it looked like everything was happy, and then it takes just a couple of losses for everything to go sideways. Everyone is under more scrutiny," Adam Gilchrist said on took over from Gilchrist and said that instead of cameos, top DC batters needed to make sure that they stitch long innings and partnerships, just like Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill have done for the Gujarat Titans this season."They have shown us what they can do. They have scored some cameos here and there, but you look at the teams that are sitting on the top. For example, Sai Sudharsan has scored nearly in every game, Shubman Gill's been very consistent. Suryakumar Yadav does not have less than 20 runs in the whole tournament; there is always someone who is scoring there. KL Rahul is DC's man. They will be happy that Faf is back at the top of the order, but I just think the other three need to score runs more consistently. They need 3–4 guys to score consistently every game," Shaun Pollock analysed on the same the string of losses in the recent past, DC are placed at the 4th spot in the league table. They have 12 points after playing 10 updated on IPL 2025 with India Today! Get match schedules, team squads, live score, and the latest IPL points table for CSK, MI, RCB, KKR, SRH, LSG, DC, GT, PBKS, and RR. Plus, keep track of the top contenders for the IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap. Don't miss a moment! IN THIS STORY#IPL 2025
News.com.au
29-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Pollock: Best performance in IPL history
IPL: Shaun Pollock has hailed 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi's performance as he becomes the youngest player ever to hit a century in men's T20s.
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Shaun Pollocks plays best batter of IPL 2025 game, picks GT player over Virat Kohli, Nicholas Pooran
Shaun Pollock. (Photo by) Shaun Pollock picked Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan over rest of the pack as the best batter of Indian Premier League ( IPL ) 2025 season. In a video, the former South African captain played an eliminator game format to cycle through the options. It started with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer in which the ex-all-rounder picked the Rajasthan Royals player Jaiswal. In the subsequent steps in the snap video posted by Cricbuzz , he would pick through options like Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran , Rohit Sharma, Jos Buttler, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Buttler would edge multiple competitors, per Pollock, before being dethroned by Sai Sudharsan. The Gujarat Titans left-hander would then eclipse Priyansh Arya and KL Rahul. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like These Are The Most Beautiful Women In The World Undo Sai Sudharsan is at the top of the Orange Cap standings as of April 27 with 417 runs in the season from eight matches. He's scored an average of 52.13 and at a brisk strike rate of 152.18. He's piled up five fifties this season - same as Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Kohli.
The Guardian
28-02-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Afghanistan v Australia: Champions Trophy cricket
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Rob Smyth On 10 October 2000, South Africa thrashed England by eight wickets in Nairobi, Kenya. Shaun Pollock took 3 for 27, Jacques Kallis stroked an effortless 78. That match was the last quarter-final to be played in the Champions Trophy, but only if you take these things literally. The group format that has been used in the Champions League since 2000 has produced a handful of de facto quarter-finals, with the latest taking place between Australia and Afghanistan today. Afghanistan dumped England out of the tournament on Wednesday in a thrilling match that confirmed their status as one of the world's best white-ball sides. They would have beaten Australia at the 50-over World Cup but for Glenn Maxwell's mind-blowing 201 not out; they did beat Australia, decisively so, in last year's T20 World Cup. There's a bit of rain forecast in Lahore, though nothing to suggest we won't get a positive result. Australia can theoretically lose today and still go through, but it would need England to marmalise South Africa tomorrow. In reality, it all comes down to this. Weather permitting, play will start in Lahore at 2pm local/8pm AEDT/9am GMT. Share
