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IPL Betting: Chennai v Deccan

Indian Premier League - IPL RSS / / 30 April 2011 /

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Sangakkara has been in good touch

Sangakkara has been in good touch

"Deccan epitomise the nightmare that is wagering on this tournament. Their last six games read loss-win-loss-win-loss-win"

Ed Hawkins ponders the inconsistency of teams in the IPL and tries to find a winner for Sunday's contest

Chennai
Doug Bollinger, with three wickets, and Sub Badrinath, with an unbeaten 63, showed good form against Pune. Nuwan Kulasekera has come in for Albie Morkel and they have looked more solid.


Deccan
Deccan epitomise the nightmare that is wagering on this tournament. Their last six games read loss-win-loss-win-loss-win. Fast bowlers Ishant Sharma (five wickets) and Dale Steyn (three) turned up against Kochi. Kumar Sangakkara hit a half century.


Match odds
The vagaries of the IPL. After a harrowing defeat to Mumbai Chennai found themselves second bottom. Two wins on the spin then saw them second. Now they are mid-table again.

Anything can happen in the IPL. So taking [2.66] about Deccan and hoping they trade sub [2.00] at some point is far from folly. Deccan are right behind CSK, who are [1.56], in a ridiculous table which, Mumbai aside, is choc full of average sides unable to post consistency.

We should not fear getting against MS Dhoni's team. Those two wins came against a dreadful Pune team and they may just revert to type.


Top Chennai batsman
Badrinath, with 235 runs, is the joint-sixth highest runscorer in the tournament with Sangakkara. Both will be popular bets for top runscorer. Badrinath is expected to go off at around [5.00] with Mike Hussey taking up a fair chunk.

Best bet: Deccan back-to-lay @ [2.66]

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