IPL 2019 Predictions and Betting Tips

SRH Team News

Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained most of their players from the previous season. This time, they focused more on bolstering their batting department at the auctions and roped in quality international batsmen Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha and Jonny Bairstow. Their batting will be further boosted with the return of David Warner who did not play last year as he was serving suspension for the ball-tampering scandal. The Australian opening batsman, however, is likely to be unavailable for the first and last week of the IPL 2019. The Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers have traded Shikhar Dhawan for Shahbaz Nadeem, Abhishek Sharma and Vijay Shankar.

SRH IPL Performances

Sunrisers Hyderabad are one of the former champions of the IPL, having the tournament in 2016. Their performance overall has been very good and they have qualified for the playoffs four times in the six seasons they have played. Last year, they topped the league standings with nine wins and five losses from their fourteen matches. After losing the first qualifier against the Chennai Super Kings, they beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the second qualifier to set up a re-match with CSK in the final. The Sunrisers, however, were beaten once again as they finished runners-up.

SRH Key Players

David Warner, Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill will be the key batsmen for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2019. Skipper Warner is their leading run-getter in the IPL while Williamson topped the runs charts last year with 735 runs. Guptill is another dangerous white-ball batsman and he is having a good Super Smash stint with Auckland Aces. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan and Rashid Khan will form a threatening bowling attack for the Sunrisers. Bhuvneshwar has been their most successful bowler in the tournament while Rashid Khan was the second-best bowler last season with 21 wickets. Shakib too will be very effective on Indian pitches.

SRH Squad 2019

Kane Williamson (c), David Warner, Martin Guptill, Manish Pandey, Ricky Bhui, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Jonny Bairstow, Shakib Al Hasan, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Billy Stanlake

Squad strength: 23; Indian players: 15; Overseas players: 8

SRH IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Sunrisers Hyderabad are favorites to win the Indian Premier League 2019 at 5.50 on Betway.

RCB Team News

Captained by Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have made quite a few changes to their squad for the IPL 12. They released Quinton de Kock, Brendon McCullum, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson and Sarfraz Khan ahead of the auctions. They roped in allrounder Shivam Dube and West Indian batsman Shimron Hetmyer for Rs. 5 crore and Rs. 4.20 crore respectively, making them the team's two most expensive purchases. RCB have also signed South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen and have traded Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis. The team, however, does not have any experienced opening batsman other than Parthiv Patel which means captain Kohli may have to consider opening the innings.

RCB IPL Performances

Royal Challengers Bangalore are the perennial underachievers of the Indian Premier League. Despite having a star- studded line-up, they are still searching for that elusive maiden IPL title. After coming runners-up in 2016, they have had disappointing seasons back-to-back. They were stuck at the bottom in 2017 and finished sixth last season with six wins and eight defeats from fourteen matches. RCB did not start off too well last time, losing three of their first four matches. But they managed to salvage some pride towards the tail-end of the tournament by winning three of their last four league encounters.

RCB Key Players

Captain Virat Kohli, former South Africa batting star AB de Villiers, England all-rounder Moeen Ali and West Indian attacking batsman Shimron Hetmyer will be the ones to watch out for in the RCB's batting group. Kohli and de Villiers are the top two run-scorers for the team in the IPL and the duo will once again hold the key for them. Nathan Coulter-Nile, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal will be the major threats with the ball. Yadav took 20 wickets in the previous season while Chahal is the team's leading wicket-taker in the IPL with 82 wickets in 69 matches.

RCB Squad 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Milind Kumar, Himmat Singh, Shimron Hetmyer, Parthiv Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Marcus Stoinis, Prayas Ray Barman, Akshdeep Nath, Gurkeerat Singh, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammad Siraj, Tim Southee

Squad strength: 24; Indian players: 16; Overseas players: 8

RCB IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Royal Challengers Bangalore are being offered at odds of 6.50 on Betway to win the Indian Premier League 2019.

KKR Team News

Led by Dinesh Karthik, Kolkata Knight Riders have retained most of their gun players from last time. The West Indian pair of Andre Russel and Sunil Narine, who have helped the team win matches on their own on quite a few occasions, are among the ones to have been retained. KKR purchased a total of eight players at the IPL 2019 auction including England batsman Joe Denly, New Zealand pace bowler Lockie Ferguson and West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite - their costliest signing for a whopping Rs. 5 crore. The team has released the Aussie pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson. Fast bowlers Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi, meanwhile, have been ruled out of the IPL 12 due to back injuries and they have been replaced in the squad by Sandeep Warrier and KC Cariappa respectively.

KKR IPL Performances

Kolkata Knight Riders are two-time champions with title triumphs back in 2012 and 2014. They had a forgettable first three IPL seasons but have been pretty impressive in the last three editions where they made it past the league round each time. Last year, the Knight Riders won eight and lost six out of the fourteen league matches to finish third on the points table. They went into the playoffs on the back of three successive wins and continued their winning run with a 25-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator. However, they could not advance further as they were knocked out by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second qualifier.

KKR Key Players

Kolkata Knight Riders will bank on their explosive batsmen in Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell to score the quick runs and will expect the likes of Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill to anchor the innings. Karthik and Lynn both had a good tournament last time and the team will want them to continue from where they left off. KKR's bowling department seems secure with the likes of Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi and Sunil Narine. Kuldeep and Narine were the team's best bowlers last season with 17 wickets apiece.

KKR Squad 2019

Dinesh Karthik(c), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Anrich Nortje, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, KC Cariappa

Squad strength: 21; Indian players: 13; Overseas players: 8

KKR IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Betway is offering odds of 6.50 on the Kolkata Knight Riders to win this twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League.

MI Team News

Rohit Sharma will continue to captain Mumbai Indians who have retained many Indian players like Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya. MI have bolstered their batting department with the addition of Quinton De Kock and their biggest buy at the auction was fast bowler Barinder Sran (Rs. 3.40 crore). Yuvraj Singh, Lasith Malinga and Rasikh Salam were the others among the six players purchased. Mumbai Indians, however, did not pick any back-up wristspinner for Mayank Markande.

MI IPL Performances

With three title wins in the bag, Mumbai Indians are one of the most successful teams in the Indian Premier League. They are the runners-up of the 2010 edition and were crowned champions in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The team has made seven playoffs appearances in the previous nine seasons. Mumbai Indians, however, failed to break into the top four last time as they finished fifth in the league standings with six wins and eight losses. They began their IPL 2018 campaign with defeats in their first three matches and remained pretty inconsistent all through the tournament.

MI Key Players

Mumbai's batting this year will rely heavily on their skipper Rohit Sharma, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav and Quinton de Kock. Rohit has scored the most runs for his team in the IPL while Suryakumar struck four half-centuries last season. Pollard is a match-winner and has the ability to single-handedly win games for his side. Jasprit Bumrah is the x-factor in this Mumbai Indians team. He is one of the best in the business across all formats and will be a serious threat both in the powerplay as well as at the death. Jason Behrendorff, Adam Milne and Lasith Malinga - the team's highest wicket-taker in the IPL - are the others to watch out for.

MI Squad 2019

Rohit Sharma (c), Evin Lewis, Quinton de Kock, Anmolpreet Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Rasikh Salam, Lasith Malinga, Barinder Sran

Squad strength: 24; Indian players: 16; Overseas players: 8

MI IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Mumbai Indians are being offered at odds of 6 on Betway to win the IPL 2019.

DC Team News

The Delhi Daredevils, now rechristened as the Delhi Capitals with the hope of turning things around this IPL, will be skippered by Shreyas Iyer who took over the captaincy from Gautam Gambhir during the previous season. Including Gambhir, the team had released nearly half their squad ahead of the auction which means that they will be coming up with a revamped outfit in this 12th edition. Shikhar Dhawan, who played for the franchise in 2008, has returned to strengthen the top-order batting. Delhi Capitals bought ten players at the auction including Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Sherfane Rutherford and Colin Ingram.

DC IPL Performances

Formerly known as the Delhi Daredevils, they have been the worst performing team in the IPL. Now under the moniker of Delhi Capitals, they will be hoping for a change in fortunes as they look to put an end to their horrendous run. The team has failed to go past the league round in their last six attempts and have finished at the bottom of the table on three of those occasions. In the previous edition, Delhi Capitals could muster just five wins from fourteen matches and finished at the bottom of the pool.

DC Key Players

Delhi Capitals have got Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad and he will play a key role in providing the brisk starts. Apart from him, the team has quality batsmen like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Colin Munro in the squad. Pant and Iyer caught the eyes of the national team selectors with their impressive performances in the previous season. Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Amit Mishra and Kagiso Rabada add plenty of variety in the team's bowling department. Leg-spinner Mishra has taken the most wickets for Delhi in the IPL while Boult was outstanding last year with 18 wickets.

DC Squad 2019

Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Munro, Prithvi Shaw, Manjot Kalra, Hanuma Vihari, Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant, Ankush Bains, Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Axar Patel, Bandaru Ayyappa, Sherfane Rutherford, Amit Mishra, Rahul Tewatia, Sandeep Lamichhane, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Nathu Singh, Jayant Yadav

Squad strength: 25; Indian players: 17; Overseas players: 8

DC IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Betway has set Delhi Capitals at a high price of 9 to win the Indian Premier League 2019.

KXIP Team News

Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and England allrounder Sam Curran were the two high-profile purchases for the KXIP at the IPL 2019 auctions. While the former was bought for Rs. 8.40 crore, the latter was picked for Rs. 7.20 crore. In addition to these two big signings, the team has also roped in Australia's Moises Henriques along with some young Indian all-rounders. Prabhsimran Singh was another big buy at Rs. 4.80 crore. Kings XI Punjab released as many as eleven players including Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Axar Patel and Mohit Sharma and traded Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh in order to beef up their batting.

KXIP IPL Performances

Kings XI Punjab don't have too many happy memories of the tournament, except for 2008 and 2014 when they finished as semi-finalists and runners-up in the respective seasons. They have finished at the bottom of the table twice in the previous four editions. The team blew hot and cold last term. They got off to an excellent start, winning five of their first six matches, but lost their way thereafter to finish seventh at the end of the league stage with six wins and eight defeats. KXIP ended up facing defeat in each of their last five matches.

KXIP Key Players

Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, David Miller and Mandeep Singh will be KXIP's biggest hopes with the bat in this twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League. Rahul was in sublime form last year, scoring 659 runs and smashing six fifties. Gayle and Miller are both powerful strikers of the ball and can give headaches to the opposition once they get going. Ravichandran Ashwin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammed Shami and Andrew Tye will be the go-to men for the Kings XI Punjab when it comes to bowling. Tye topped the wickets charts last time with 24 wickets and the Australian fast bowler will have a crucial role to play in the death overs. Mujeeb is known as the mystery spinner and he will enjoy bowling in these conditions.

KXIP Squad 2019

KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Agnivesh Ayachi, Varun Chakravarthy, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Moises Henriques, Sam Curran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, M Ashwin, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Mohammed Shami

Squad strength: 23; Indian players: 15; Overseas players: 8

KXIP IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Kings XI Punjab begin as the underdogs for this twelfth season of the Indian Premier League at a very high price of 10 on Betway.

CSK Team News

Before the auctions, Chennai Super Kings released only three players - Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma and Kanishk Seth. At the auctions, they bought just two - pace bowler Mohit Sharma for Rs. 5 crore (their most expensive buy) and uncapped batsman RutuRaj Gaikwad for Rs. 20 Lacs. MS Dhoni has been retained as captain of the team along with Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina and New Zealand's Mitchell Santner who sat out the entire last season due to injury. CSK, however, failed to recruit a left-arm pacer and a back-up option for off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

CSK Key Players

Chennai Super Kings boast world-class batsmen in MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Faf du Plessis. Even Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu and Sam Billings can contribute heavily with the bat. Raina is the IPL's leading run-scorer and he along with skipper Dhoni will hold the key to the team's batting. Rayudu and Watson shone with the bat last time and they will look to add plenty of runs this year as well. Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi and Shardul Thakur form a potent CSK bowling attack. Bravo and Jadeja have been two of the most successful bowlers for the men in yellow. Thakur was their standout performer with the ball last year with 16 wickets.

CSK Squad 2019

MS Dhoni (c), Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, M Vijay, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Sam Billings, Dhruv Shorey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, N Jagadeesan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Monu Kumar, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Sharma

Squad strength: 25; Indian players: 17; Overseas players: 8

CSK IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Chennai Super Kings are being offered at odds of 6 on Betway to win the IPL 2019.

RR Team News

Rajasthan Royals bought nine players at the IPL 2019 auctions with Jaydev Unadkat, Oshane Thomas, Ashton Turner and Manan Vohra being the notable additions. The team had earlier released seam bowler Unadkat but later bought him back at Rs. 8.40 crore which is the joint-most expensive purchase of the season (with Varun Chakravarthy also bought for Rs. 8.40 crore by KXIP). In a bid to bolster their pace bowling department, the Royals have included Varun Aaron who will be teaming up with Jofra Archer and Oshane Thomas. The inconsistency in their middle-order batting will be fixed with the return of Steven Smith.

RR IPL Performances

Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2008, but since then, they have managed to qualify for the playoffs on just three occasions in their next eight attempts. Last year, the Royals finished with seven wins and as many losses from their fourteen matches and dislodged Mumbai Indians from the fourth place in the league standings to enter the playoffs. They won four of their last five league games before facing off against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator. Rajasthan Royals' IPL 2018 campaign came to an end when they suffered a 25-run defeat in that game.

RR Key Players

Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson and Rahul Tripathi are the key figures in Rajasthan Royals' batting group. Rahane is the team's leading run-getter in the IPL. Buttler was amongst the tournament's best batsmen last season with 548 runs at an impressive average of 54.80. The Royals also have Ben Stokes in their squad who is one of the world's best all-rounders. Jofra Archer starred with the ball in the previous edition finishing with 15 wickets in 10 matches and the West Indian quick will be the biggest threat with the ball. Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni and Ben Stokes are the other main weapons in the team's bowling arsenal.

RR Squad 2019

Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith, Aryaman Birla, Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Prashant Chopra, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Ashton Turner, Shubham Ranjane, Shreyas Gopal, Midhun S, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas

Squad strength: 25; Indian players: 17; Overseas players: 8

RR IPL 2019 Betting Odds

Betway is offering odds of 7 on the Rajasthan Royals to win the Indian Premier League 2019.