IPL 2021: “World Cup-winning captain and a Kiwi coach” - Wasim Jaffer 'predicts' winner of CSK-KKR final
Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer has made an 'accurate' prediction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 final between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Dubai on Friday.
According to Jaffer “a World Cup-winning captain and a Kiwi coach will lift the trophy tonight.” Whoever wins the match, Jaffer’s prediction for the IPL 2021 final will be proved right.
Both MS Dhoni and Eoin Morgan are World Cup-winning captains. While India lifted the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 50-over World Cup under Dhoni, Morgan was the skipper when England won the ODI World Cup in 2019.
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Prediction: A World Cup winning captain and a Kiwi coach will lift the trophy tonight 😉 #CSKvKKR #IPL2021
Further, both CSK and KKR have coaches who are former New Zealand captains. While Stephen Fleming is the head coach of Chennai, Brendon McCullum performs the same role for Kolkata.
CSK reached the final by defeating Delhi Capitals (DC) in Qualifier 1 while KKR beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Eliminator and DC in Qualifier 2 to book their place in the IPL 2021 final.
Twitterati reacts to Wasim Jaffer’s IPL 2021 final prediction
As usual, the Twitterati had some interesting reactions to Jaffer’s prediction on the IPL 2021 final. Here is a compilation of some tweets:
@WasimJaffer14 Eoin Morgan not a world Cup winning captain in my book , won it by mistake ✍️
@WasimJaffer14 Means csk jeetega,
Kyuki Morgan to wc tieyng captain hai na?
@WasimJaffer14 One of them will win. https://t.co/zMXqJz9CzM
@WasimJaffer14 So csk ll win the cup
@Arun40899739 @WasimJaffer14 Bro both thw captains are world cup winner and botth the teams have kiwi coach
@WasimJaffer14 And test match players will lift a trophy
@WasimJaffer14 A wc winning captain and a kiwi coach will lose 🤔
@WasimJaffer14 None other than MSD👑 https://t.co/P3xzSIhs7o
@WasimJaffer14 Factually wrong .. one has won the WC and one has tied (that too with a poor judgement call)
@realHinduBoy @WasimJaffer14 One world cup winning captain won by total no of boundaries 😑😐 not by defending/ defeating
@WasimJaffer14 Prediction : The IPL winning team would have bowled well and scored atleast one rune more than the losing team
@WasimJaffer14 And.. unn me se ek left handed batter and dusra right handed batter hoga.
“Dhoni has performed better than Morgan with the bat” - Gautam Gambhir on the forms of IPL 2021 final captains
According to former India opener Gautam Gambhir, it is unfair to compare the batting form of CSK skipper MS Dhoni with KKR captain Eoin Morgan. Gambhir pointed out that while Dhoni has retired from international cricket, Morgan is England’s present white-ball captain.
Sharing his views on the batting struggles of the two leaders who will be featuring in the IPL 2021 final, Gambhir told ESPNcricinfo:
"Comparing their forms is very wrong in itself because MS Dhoni has retired from international cricket and the second player is the captain of his national team. You should not compare apples with oranges. MS Dhoni hasn't played international cricket for so long and it's acceptable if he's not in form or is contributing less. But on the other hand, Morgan is playing international cricket. Still, if you look at their performances, MS Dhoni has performed better than Morgan even with the bat."
Dhoni has scoring 114 runs in IPL 2021 at a strike rate of 106.54. On the other hand, Morgan has accumulated 129 runs at a strike rate of 98.47.