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IPL Pod Ep 5: Roy of the Riders, rubbish run chases and full time IPL players?

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Why Captains Bat Second in the IPL

The chasing teams in this season's IPL have won Only 15 of the 37 games to date, but the captains who have won the toss have elected to field 33 times Out of 37 so what's going through your mind at the toss? You're actually better off batting first you win more games batting first because the pitches hold a little bit. In England slightly different you don't get that due factor as much Um, you're more open to batting first in England. I mean if you bat first there and get the team behind the Behind the run rate and it only has to just get behind the run rate It's almost impossible to get it back. So england is slightly different ballgame

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