The former India cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra has predicted the teams he feels would make it to the top four. Chopra predicted Chennai and Delhi as the obvious two teams. CSK and Delhi have been in a rich vein of form in the IPL 2021.
He then backed the Virat Kohli led side to finish third in the points table. Talking about Mumbai Indians, the team initially struggled in their first three matches of the UAE leg before securing a win against Punjab Kings. The former cricketer feels that it would be a tough fight between MI and KKR when it comes to the fourth spot.
“Chennai, Delhi there’s no doubt about that. Third, hopefully, Bangalore will qualify. For the fourth, there’s going to be a fight between Mumbai and Kolkata. I have a strong feeling that if Kolkata doesn’t hit a self-goal, they’ll make it. If (Andre) Russell is fit then there will be no self-goal but it can happen here because the captain is in zero form. However, it’s Eoin Morgan, a big player, so it’s also possible that he might turn around his form and give a strong finish,” Chopra said in a video on his Youtube Channel.
Mumbai isn’t looking like the ‘Paltan’ of the old: Aakash Chopra
Mumbai Indians have been one of the most successful sides of the IPL. The Rohit Sharma-led side has won the title five times but this time around the team is struggling a tad bit. Kolkata, on the other hand, has displayed some great character to promote themselves up the points table. Chopra asserted that MI isn’t looking at their absolute best currently and that is the reason he feels KKR has more chances of making it to the playoffs.
“I am tilting towards Kolkata for a simple reason that Mumbai isn’t looking like the ‘Paltan’ of the old. Yeah, you won against Punjab but even that wasn’t convincing. They are winning all games scrappingly, which isn’t like them. They still have one game to go against Delhi which is the next game only in Sharjah.
“If you lose this, you won’t have luck on your side because Kolkata’s all matches are against teams placed below them. Kolkata has got something going for them, for Mumbai, there’s something not going for them,” Chopra added.
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