KKR snubbed as Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist reveal their favorites to win IPL 2024
Updated - 22 May 2024, 05:04 PM
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Former players Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist have revealed their picks for the favorites to win the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024). The 17th edition of the competition is in its final stretch and will conclude this week with the final on Sunday (May 26).
Kolkata Knight Riders have already booked their place in the final after thrashing Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the first qualifier on Tuesday (May 21). After bowling out the Hyderabad-based outfit for 159, KKR chased down the total in less than 14 overs by losing just two wickets.
The second finalist will be decided by the second qualifier. It will be played between SRH and the winner of the Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. While the winner of the Eliminator will play against SRH for a place in the final, the loser will be knocked out.
Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist reveal their picks:
Ahead of the Eliminator, Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist have backed RCB to go all the way this season. Both the former cricketers were asked to reveal their picks on the Club Prairie Fire Podcast. In reply, they picked the Bengaluru-based outfit.
Michael Vaughan began by recalling the tweet he had posted in March after RCB suffered a 7-wicket loss against KKR at home. In his tweet, the former England skipper had taken a dig at RCB's bowling attack, saying that it would be impossible for RCB to win the competition with their bowling lineup.
Impossible for @RCBTweets to win the IPL with this bowling attack .. #OnOn #IPL2024live
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 29, 2024
"I may have put out there on social media that there's no way in a million years that the RCB side can win this event with this bowling attack," said Michael Vaughan.
"I am slightly worried. I think they won one in eight at the start. It was all over the place. They found Virat at the top. He's played great. He very rarely has a bad night out with the bat. So he'll be consistent at the top. Patidar has been a revelation, just going out swinging, played great.
"Not a bad replacement for Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell. He did well in the last game. Yash Dayal, left-armer. He seems to be swinging around," he added before picking RCB as his choice to win IPL 2024.
Adam Gilchrist also snubbed the other three teams including the in-form KKR as he said: "The RCB juggernaut is an unstoppable force at the moment. "
The latest episode 📺 previewing the IPL finals 🇮🇳 is out now and the guys predict the winner of tonight’s big game 🏏 between Rajasthan and RCB!
— Club Prairie Fire (@clubprairiefire) May 22, 2024
Full show: https://t.co/pBS4OhKIzB#ClubPrairieFire pic.twitter.com/HusBQKaWVk
RCB had started their campaign in a disastrous fashion. They were languishing at the bottom of the points table after managing to win just 1 of their opening 8 games. However, they won their next 6 games in a dominating fashion to storm into the playoffs.
