Shane Warne predicts top four teams and the ultimate winner of IPL 2019
Former Australia spinner Shane Warne revealed the names of four teams that can progress ahead of the group stage and he also revealed the ultimate winner of the Indian Premier League season 12. According to Warne, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
Interestingly, he left out Mumbai Indians, one of the most successful teams in the league and Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have won the title, finished second and made to the playoffs in the last three seasons.
According to Shane Warne, Rajasthan Royals will lift the trophy this year, the team which he led to the title win in 2008. Shane Warne has also been appointed as the brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals for the 2019 season
Shane Warne shared his opinion on Twitter before the start of IPL 2019, “Good luck to all the teams in the @IPL which starts tmrw ! I fancy Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata & the @rajasthanroyals to make the play offs & for the RR’s to win it this year in pink. The RR squad looks full of match winners, X factor players plus some glue in the middle ! Agree?”
Good luck to all the teams in the @IPL which starts tmrw ! I fancy Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata & the @rajasthanroyals to make the play offs & for the RR’s to win it this year in pink. The RR squad looks full of match winners, X factor players plus some glue in the middle ! Agree?
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) March 22, 2019
Rajasthan Royals is one of the youngest teams on paper. At top, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Rahul Tripathi has the ability to destroy any bowling attack at their given day. Sanju Samson, Jos Butler and Ben Stokes are a formidable trio in the middle order. Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, K Gawtham are more than capable of doing the work with the ball.
RR squad for 2019: Steve Smith (C), Sanju Samson, Ashton Turner, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Aryaman Birla, Riyan Parag, Dhawan Kulkarni, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Liam Livingstone, Varun Aaron, Rahul Tripathi, Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh
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First published: 23 March 2019, 14:22 IST