On Episode 60 of The T20 Podcast, the last one of the season, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey take you through Mumbai’s 5 wicket win over Delhi in the tournament final on Tuesday night in Dubai. Mumbai were made to bowl first and Trent Boult started the party on the first ball of the match, getting Marcus Stoinis out, caught behind first ball. Ajinkya Rahane was also out in the third over and then Jayant Yadav got danger-man Shikhhar Dhawan in the fourth. Delhi’s score was 22/3 in 3.3 overs....

It's going to be Mumbai vs Delhi in this season’s finale. After a great magical run, Hyderabad have been knocked after a 17 run loss to Delhi.  On Episode 59 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey take you through Delhi’s 17-run win over Hyderabad that helped them enter their first in the tournament’s 13-year history. Delhi took a big risk, opening with Marcus Stoinis for the first time this season but the gamble paid off brilliantly as he and Shikhar Dhawan smashed 86 within 8...

On Episode 58 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey take you through Hyderabad’s 6 wicket win over Bangalore that knocked Virat Kohli’s team out of the tournament. Eliminator 1 of the playoffs was the first knockout match and Bangalore were put into bat first by David Warner. Jason Holder once again proved just what a great replacement pick he’s been this season, sending back Virat Kohli and Devdyut Padikkal and reducing Bangalore to 15/2 in 3.3 overs. AB de Villiers once again...

On Episode 57 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey take you through Mumbai’s 57-run victory over Delhi that helped them sail straight into the final. Mumbai actually had a bit of a bumpy start themselves, reduced to 101/4 in 12.2 overs with Rohit Sharma out on a duck and Quinton de Kock making 40. But half centuries from Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan and also Ishan’s 60 run 5th wicket stand with Hardik  Pandya helped the defending champions post 200. Delhi were 0/3 within 2...

On Episode 56 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Hyderabad’s commanding victory over Mumbai that has helped them cruise into the playoffs. Their qualification also means Kolkata are not out of the tournament. The match saw the return of Rohit Sharma from injury but the Mumbai skipper could make only 4 runs before falling to Sandeep Sharma, who also sent back Quinton de Kock, reducing the defending champions to 39/2 in 4.4 overs. The team’s top-scorer was Kieron...

On Episode 54 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Kolkata’s big win over Rajasthan that ended their campaign also helped Eoin Morgan’s team enter the top four in the league standings. Rajasthan’s skipper Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bowl first and Kolkata posted a commanding 191/7 with skipper Eoin Morgan staying unbeaten on 68. Rahul Tewatia was once again the star for Rajasthan as he finished with 3/25. The chase was all over the place. Robin Uthappa,...

On Episode 54 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Kolkata’s big win over Rajasthan that ended their campaign also helped Eoin Morgan’s team enter the top four in the league standings. Rajasthan’s skipper Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bowl first and Kolkata posted a commanding 191/7 with skipper Eoin Morgan staying unbeaten on 68. Rahul Tewatia was once again the star for Rajasthan as he finished with 3/25. The chase was all over the place. Robin Uthappa,...

On Episode 52 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Chennai’s 9 wicket win over Punjab that ended KL Rahuls’ team’s campaign. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a third consecutive half-century to help Chennai finish their season on a high and end Punjab's hopes of making it to the playoffs. Gaikwad ended the innings unbeaten on 62 off 49 balls, following up on scores of 65 not out and 72 in the last two matches, and helped Chennai chase down a target of 154 with nine...

On Episode 52 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Hyderabad's big win over Bangalore that keeps them in contention for a spot in the playoffs. All-rounder Jason Holder on Saturday pulled a stumbling Hyderabad over the line against Bangalore and took them closer to the playoffs with the five-wicket verdict. With this win, Hyderabad jumped from seventh place to fourth on the points table. Now, as many as four teams -- Hyderabad (net run rate +0.555), Punjab (-0.133),...

On Episode 51 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Mumbai’s 9 wicket victory over Delhi. Shreyas Iyer’s team have now lost four straight matches and even though they’re third in the standings, on 14 points, their qualification chances could take a big hit if some of the other teams win with big margins.  Kieron Pollard was once again captaining for Mumbai with Rohit Sharma out due to his hamstring and after winning the toss, he elected to bowl first. With Bumrah and...

On Episode 50 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Rajasthan’s 7 wicket win over Punjab that ended their five match winning steak. Steve Smith elected to bowl first after winning the toss and the decision looked like a great one when Archer picked up Mandeep Singh’s wicket on the last ball of the first over. However, Chris Gayle was in THE zone on the day as he scored 120 runs for the second wicket with skipper KL Rahul. He got out on 99 though, in the final over, even...

On Episode 49 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Chennai’s 6 wicket win over Kolkata that has severely dented their qualification chances. Instead, the result now means Mumbai have become the first team to qualify for the playoffs and Punjab now have their fate in their own hands. After winning the toss, Dhoni put Kolkata into bat first with some big changes in his team. Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir and Monu Singh were out and in came Shane Watson, Ngidi and Karn...

On Episode 47 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Mumbai’s 5 wicket win over Bangalore that puts them in the outright lead in the league standings. They now have 16 points from 12 matches while Bangalore and Delhi have 14 points from as many outings. With Rohit Sharma ruled out of this game also due to his hamstring injury, Kieron Pollard was the stand-in captain and he elected to bowl first. Virat said, seeing the pitch, he wanted to bat first anyway as he made 3...

On Episode 47 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Hyderabad’s big 88-run win over Delhi. It was captain David Warner’s birthday and the 2 points from the win could be the best gift to him as it keeps Hyderabad’s campaign alive as they’re now placed 6th in the standings with 10 points from 12 outings. Warner had taken a big risk in the game, dropping opening partner Jonny Bairstow to make way for Kane Williamson. Dangerous call but it worked out wonderfully as Wriddhiman...

On Episode 46 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Punjab’s major turnaround that has seen them win five matches on the trot, including the win over Kolkata on Monday night. The team is now placed fourth in the standings and with matches against Rajasthan and Chennai next, the playoffs berth is theirs to lose. On Monday night in Sharjah, KL Rahul elected to bowl first and Kolkata were reduced to 10/3 by the second over with Maxwell picking a wicket off the second ball of...

On Episode 45 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Ben Stokes’ magical century that helped Rajasthan beat defending champions Mumbai by 8 wickets on Sunday night. No Rohit Sharma still for Mumbai and stand-in captain Kieron Pollard elected to bat first after winning the toss. Trouble at the start as they were 101/4 by the 13th over. But Hardik Pandya wanted to celebrate this weekend and he smashed 7 sixes and 2 fours during his 60 off 21 balls to get the team to...

On Episode 44 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Chennai’s clinical performance in their victory over Bangalore. Sunday’s afternoon game saw MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli’s teams face-off and Dhoni announced at the toss that he’d made two changes - Monu Singh and Mitch Santner coming in place of Josh Hazlewood and Shardul Thakur.  Batting first, Virat Kohli top-scored for Bangalore with a half century but Chennai’s bowlers took control of the end of the innings — conceding...

On Episode 43 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Punjab’s big turnaround victory over Hyderabad. Hyderabad looked in control of the match for about 70 perfect of the time but in the end, Punjab pulled off another big win to keep their playoff hopes alive. KL Rahul elected to chase after winning the toss. The team were without Mayank Agarwal, who is injured, and played Chris Jordan in place of Jimmy Neesham. Hyderabad’s bowling was on point as Pooran was Punjab’s the...

On Episode 41 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey discuss Kolkata’s big 59 run win over Delhi. Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana and Varun Chakrawarty helped Kolkata forget the horrors of their 84/8 against Bangalore, and lifted them to a much-needed win. Kolkata were put into bat first and it worked for Delhi, with Kolkata reduced to 42/3 in 7.2 overs with Shubman out on 9 and Karthik out on 3. Sunil Narine then came out to bat and built a 115-run partnership with Nitish Rana. Both...

On Episode 41 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Mumbai’s 10 wicket victory over Chennai who are now all but out of the tournament. New Zealand speedster Trent Boult's four-wicket haul and an unbeaten 116-run opening stand between Ishan Kishan and Quinton de Kock steered the reigning champions to an easy win. Going by their poor form -- this was their first defeat by 10 wickets in the tournament’s history -- three-time champions Chennai are now virtually out, but...

On Episode 40 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Hyderabad’s big 8 wicket win over Rajasthan on Thursday night that helped the team get back into the race for a playoffs berth. Important half centuries from Manish Pandey (83* off 47) and Vijay Shankar (52* off 51) helped David Warner’s side jump to the fifth spot on the points table with eight points while the Royals slipped to the seventh place, also with eight, due to the difference in the net run rate. Rajasthan,...

On Episode 39 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Mohammed Siraj’s two maidens vs Kolkata that helped Bangalore close out an easy and commanding 8 wicket win on Wednesday night in Abu Dhabi. Siraj led the way with figures of 2/8 as Bangalore strangled Kolkata to 84/8 in their 20 overs. They chased down the target with a whopping 39 balls to spare. The win gets Virat team level on points with the top-placed Delhi at 14, from 10 matches. They remain second only on the...

n Episode 38 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk Punjab’s 5 wicket win over table-toppers Delhi. A resurgent Punjab managed to fight back after Shikhar Dhawan's record consecutive century, to record their third consecutive win of the season, and kept their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs alive. KL Rahul’s team now have eight points from 10 matches and are placed fifth. Rajasthan also have eight points but Punjab have a better net run rate. Both teams are still to play...

On Episode 37 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about Rajasthan’s 7 wicket win over Chennai on Monday night in Abu Dhabi. With the two points from the win, Rajasthan have been replaced at the bottom of the league standings by Chennai, who now have just 6 points from 10 matches and are all but out of the race for the playoffs. Batting first, Chennai scored just 125/5 in their 20 overs - the lowest first innings score by any team this season. In reply, Rajasthan struggled a...

On Episode 36 of The T20 Podcast, Ayaz Memon and Mendra Dorjey talk about what could be the tournament’s greatest match ever. For the first time in the tournament’s 13-year history, a match was decided after 2 Super Overs after the scores were tied following 40 overs, and then again, after the first two overs of the Super Over. Punjab held their nerve to first defend 5 runs and then chase down Mumbai’s 11 runs to win their second straight match and finally move up from the last spot in the...