Consistency key to Mumbai Indians success in this year’s IPL, finds new study
The paper tried to figure out what differentiated Mumbai Indians and CSK, who came into the season as defending champions and runners-up respectively.
The paper tried to figure out what differentiated Mumbai Indians and CSK, who came into the season as defending champions and runners-up respectively.
Steve Smith, representing the Rajasthan Royals, scored just 311 runs in 14 games, with the help of three half-centuries as his team finished bottom of the points table.
These tests were conducted specifically for the entire IPL contingent that had arrived from the UAE on November 14 and then went into quarantine.
Chennai Super Kings, three-time IPL champions, failed to make it to the playoffs for the first time and ended at the seventh spot in the group stage.
Mumbai Indians became the most successful IPL franchise on Tuesday when they won their fifth title in the 13-year history of the T20 league.
Going by their poor form - this was their first defeat by 10 wickets in IPL history - three-time champions CSK are virtually out.
Shikhar Dhwan's second consecutive IPL century had gone in vain as the Delhi Capitals lost to Kings XI Punjab by five wickets.
So far in IPL 2020, the Bridgetown-born Jofra Archer has captured 15 wickets in 11 matches for Rajasthan Royals at a strike rate of 17.46.
Manish Pandey and Vijay Shankar put up an unbeaten 140-run stand for the third wicket to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad to an eight-wicket win.
The win helped Sunrisers Hyderabad jump to the fifth spot on the points table with eight points while the Royals slipped to the seventh place.
