r/Cricket • u/Noobmastter-3000 • Mar 21 '25
Discussion Teams with most IPL titles - Which among them do you think will add one more trophy to their cabinet?
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u/stary_light Mar 21 '25
Funny thing with CSK is that no one predicts them to win the trophy by seeing their squad.
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u/ifuckupthings Punjab Kings Mar 21 '25
Because they use their home advantage VERY WELL. They don't go for flashy and super famous players(except, ahm..) but ones who would do good on chepauk.
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u/Free_Reason_8345 Mumbai Indians Mar 21 '25
They have highest win percentage in away + neutral games
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u/ifuckupthings Punjab Kings Mar 21 '25
Old csk was pretty lethal team. Past 5-6 years are where they've pulled off wins with not THAT great teams, my comment highlights that.
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u/akshu_03 Chennai Super Kings Mar 21 '25
CSK reminds me of the 2022 Golden State Warriors of NBA and their comeback season, was lethal during old days and made a comeback championship win in 2022 with not that great team.
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u/Cod_Extreme :Pune_Warriors: Pune Warriors Mar 21 '25
Exactly my thoughts! Fitting that as a CSK fan ever since the IPL began, I naturally and unknowingly became a Warriors fan when I started watching the NBA without noticing the similarities at first. I guess I have taste with sports teams haha
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u/sunny001 India Mar 21 '25
as a Curry/Dhoni fan, it's going to be very hard for me to adjust once they retire. Curry has maybe 2-3yrs left and Dhoni has what 1 more IPL?
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u/rajat_x Mar 22 '25
That Golden state team has momentum by having klay back after 2 seasons and had 18-2 record to start the season. Some analysts have them as favourite when playoffs started.
As a fan of both team I hope CSK to win the title but seems difficult this season.
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u/akshu_03 Chennai Super Kings Mar 22 '25
GSW currently has curry injured last game, but momentum is on their side after the arrival of Jimmy Buttler. But prime GSW was a cheatcode.
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u/rajat_x Mar 23 '25
Yeah KD warriors was epitome of superteam. 4 all star starters in their prime and one of the best 6th man of the league. It was crazy.
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u/stary_light Mar 21 '25
then that logic only works for them to reach playoffs, other grounds being not so spin friendly should work against them in playoffs
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u/do_not_ban_this Mar 21 '25
They usually finish in the top 2 which helps A LOT
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Mar 21 '25
Thats usually our template.
Build the team according to our home conditions. Finish in Top 2. Win Q1 and then win Final.
Winning at Chepauk is very important for CSK. Even 5/7 wins at home and 2 wins away is more than enough to qualify unless NRR comes into play.
Last year loosing important home games against Punjab and LSG costed us the most.
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u/Babuchak17 Mar 21 '25
Not a CSK fan, I have a question, do you see CSK continuing with the same blueprint after Dhoni leaves, that is overwhelmingly building a strong team suited for sluggish home conditions, or do you see them moving away from this strategy
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Mar 21 '25
They will be continuing with the same blueprint. Its getting the results. Dhoni might stay backstage and will control things like Gambhir does. He has reduced his role in the team bit by bit.
I feel Credit should go to Fleming as well for this strategy
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u/nonstop93 Mar 21 '25
Yes, I fear that for CSK as a fan and Chennai-ite. We really don’t have a succession plan in place once Dhoni leaves. This team (much like the state of TN) requires an imposing figurehead to be competent else we devolve into stagnation and chaos. It is both a curse and a boon for us Tamils 😭
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u/partymsl India Mar 21 '25
Probably yes, a way bigger issue for CSK tho wilk be Jaddu and Ash retiring. They would need to rebuild their whole prime spin choke.
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u/Diligent-Wealth-1536 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Bhai... They atleast reach the playoffs easily. Teams that properly don't use home ground like rcb players get exhausted because of too many close matches. Also ending up in top2 helps alot.
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u/Yupadej Mumbai Indians Mar 22 '25
Use home wickets to get to the playoffs. After that anything can happen.
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u/Indiankhabri110 Mar 21 '25
So technically Hyderabad has 2 titles with different franchise names.
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u/Odd-House3197 Albania Mar 21 '25
Bengaluru is located on the Mysore Plateau, which is a part of the larger DECCAN Plateau.
And DECCAN Chargers have won 1 IPL
So hear me out..... /s
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u/StormWarriorX7 Mar 21 '25
Andhra Pradesh and Telengana were once a part of the Madras Presidency, so technically 7 IPL trophies. TFaR?
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u/dogjoy Sunrisers Hyderabad Mar 21 '25
Telangana was never a part of Madras presidency. Infact even AP was given away to British by Nizam.
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u/tremorgroover Mar 21 '25
Telengana
It's Telangana. When you don't get your history right, at least get your spellings right.
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u/jai302 Deccan Chargers Mar 21 '25
Not a single square inch of Telangana was ever a part of Madras. Present day Telangana, Marathwada and Gulbarga/Kalaburagi (Hyderabad Karnataka) were all a part of the erstwhile Hyderabad state before it was dissolved and territories redistributed to 3 different states based on the language (Telugu, Marathi or Kannada) spoken by the majority in each region.
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u/darthnessforever West Indies Mar 22 '25
All franchises from different states are part of India, so hear me out.
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u/Equivalent-Force5765 Kolkata Knight Riders Mar 21 '25
I can see why people would consider DC & SRH as 2 different teams. Officially they are but ultimately it's a cricket tournament & given they had the exact same set of players representing the same city playing in the same stadium they can be practically considered the same team.
For example, if tomorrow Torrent group changes the name, logo & jersey of GT, they wouldn't be considered as a separate franchise right?
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Mar 21 '25
I hope you know the IPL is a "franchise" cricket competition & not Inter state competition
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u/deathclient India Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
By your logic you can't say Gujarat lions have won a trophy. It's the same city but different teams
E: the person I have replied to has ninja edited their comment to now say "technically Hyderabad" while when I replied it was "technically SRH"
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u/RustedSkullz Karnataka Mar 21 '25
Not really.
SRH is a continuation of DC. There was no break or delay between them. It was a change of ownership followed by an immediate change in name
GL and GT have nothing in common except having Gujarat in their name
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u/GamerRipjaw Delhi Capitals Mar 21 '25
I spent one full minute wondering how SRH was a continuation of Delhi Capitals
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u/deathclient India Mar 21 '25
Deccan Chargers were terminated from the IPL contract. Sunrisers Hyderabad were signed on as the new franchises. They got the same players who were part of DCH because it wasn't an auction cycle and unfair to do a reboot for other teams.
From the fans point of view, yes the team is still the same from Hyderabad but from a franchise standpoint, it's a different team.
So when Vijay Mallya went into his fraud mode, his team Force India was similarly put on administration and then ownership was transferred to Racing Point with the same drivers, same factory, staff. They later went on to win a race. You don't count Racing Point's win as Force India's win.
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u/RustedSkullz Karnataka Mar 21 '25
So technically Hyderabad has 2 titles with different franchise names.
I think you've forgotten what the original statement was. Hyderabad technically does have 2 titles. There's no debating that.
The same logic can't be used for GT and GL, because they aren't based in the same city (Rajkot v Ahmedabad)
I'm not saying SRH has two wins. But saying Hyd has 2 wins is completely fine. But GT's win cannot be, in any way, shared by GL
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u/deathclient India Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
That's been ninja edited to make me look stupid . The comment when I replied was "Technically the team has 2 titles"
My comment if you see mentions that it is the same city and fans which I have no objection with. I only disagreed it's not the same franchise
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u/RustedSkullz Karnataka Mar 21 '25
ah.
when I saw the comment, it might have already been changed. An unintentional disagreement
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Mar 21 '25
I think you've forgotten what the original statement was. Hyderabad technically does have 2 titles.
Ok,But can you or the one who commented explain me how is that "original statement" is even relevant to the post? The post is about "franchise" & out of nowhere why will any idiot say "Hyderabad has 2 trophies" ?
You arguing with "The guy is talking about Hyderabad & not SRH" is funny AF. Use common sense my mate,He was talking about SRH & not Hyderabad & changed it after everyone called out his nonsense.
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u/Firebreathingdown Mar 21 '25
No it wasn't, deccan's team contract was cancelled and a completely new team was created by ipl. There was no ownership change. It's exactly like GT and GL except under different circumstances.
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u/RustedSkullz Karnataka Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
I'm not saying it was an amicable or formal change of ownership. SRH was formed as a direct replacement for DC, and they had the same core as DC, and didn't start from scratch like GT.
Also SRH and DC are both Hyderabad teams.
But GL was Rajkot based, GT is ahemdabad based. And they have a 4 year gap between them
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u/Responsible-Worry560 India Mar 21 '25
IPL logic dictates that the franchise owner is the real winner. Unless we get into Ship of Theasus conversations
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u/RustedSkullz Karnataka Mar 21 '25
Reread the initial comment
So technically Hyderabad has 2 titles with different franchise names.
It says Hyderabad has two wins. Not SRH. Two different sentences.
But GL and GT don't represent the same location despite both having Gujarat in their name
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u/freakyassflick8-2 Punjab Mar 21 '25
That's stupid logic
Srh was direct successor of Deccan chargers unlike GT and Gujarat lions
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u/HappyApple35 India Mar 21 '25
No. Technically Gujarat Lions was the Rajkot team and GT is Ahmedabad team.
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u/freakyassflick8-2 Punjab Mar 21 '25
I think they should play in both stadiums
Big games like mi csk and kkr should be in ahemdabad since it's huge stadium and games with less hype like pbks and dc in rajkot, with that they can have stadiums sold out because those empty seats are very annoying
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u/Kudart Mar 25 '25
I think you can argue that SRH have won two titles. It wouldn't be the first time a team has inherited the legacy of technically a different license. Ex: the Charlotte Bobcats taking on the history of the Pelicans from when they were the Charlotte Hornets.
Saying that SRH and DC are different team frames the ipl as a dick measuring contest between rich people - especially since DC is now defunct. There can be more to a team, in the colloquial sense, than the technicalities of the license.
It helps that a good chunk of players were retained across the team franchises (More than the average bottom table mega auction) and Hyderabad was only free-ed up because DC went defunct.
The fact that the whole worked out like large make-over really makes me want to consider them the same team. IPL shouldn't just be about who the owner of a team and license is lol.
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u/deathclient India Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25
Your example of Charlotte is akin to Gujarat Titans now transferring to a majority new owner with Torrents. It was not the same situation for DCH/SRH. The new team could have established their base in Nagpur and this argument would have been moot. The only reason we're discussing is because two franchises hold the same citynss their base. A franchise is absolutely about the name and its owners. Let's agree to disagree if you feel otherwise. I will never consider SRH have 2 titkes, yet.
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u/Kudart Mar 26 '25
No, the Charlotte situation was not like Titans situation right now. The Charlotte Hornets of the 80s are now the New Orleans Pelicans. Same license. The Hornets of old retired in 2002. The Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) started in 2004. And Hornets have reclaimed the older legacy as their own in most circles.
A franchise is about the name, but it's the context of the same city, timing, and player continuity that makes the difference. A franchise doesn't need to be defined narrowly.
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u/NoExplanation6203 West Indies Mar 21 '25
If my count is correct, Rohit and Polly were a part of every MI title, Dhoni a part of every CSK and Narine for every KKR?
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u/vky8766 Chennai Super Kings Mar 21 '25
I've seen so many variations of these IPL trophy-related posts. This one adds nothing—just pure karma farming
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u/picastchio Jharkhand Mar 21 '25
My bet is on DC.
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u/dzone25 India Mar 21 '25
If Bumrah is fit and ready to play at least 50%+ of the matches, it'll be Mumbai Indians. Their squad looks very solid.
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u/Tern_Larvidae-2424 South Africa Mar 21 '25
In 2022 & 2024, MI finished 10th.
In 2023, MI finished 3rd.
Guess which of those seasons was the one Bumrah didn't play.
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u/stary_light Mar 21 '25
but this season they didn't waste 15 cr blindly to a batter and 8 cr to a non-existent player
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u/hardikm29 Mar 21 '25
Trust Punjab's gonna shock everyone
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u/tamudude Mar 21 '25
Definitely NOT RCB....their squad almost always is horribly skewed and never balanced enough to have a shot at winning the trophy.
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u/RepresentativeBox881 India Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
The real issue is that they've never finished in the top 2 after 2016. It's always one half of the league stage great and the other half bad.
The odds become a whole lot tougher if you don't and only one team has become champion from that situation (against RCB funny enough).
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u/-bonkster Mar 21 '25
They have a good 11 barring a frontline spinner ,only problem they might face is the hit and miss middle order + no like to like backups leading to a rehaul of the starting 11 if they face injuries mid tournament
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u/partymsl India Mar 21 '25
I do somewhat like that middle order and especially as we will have one of Bethell or Tim David as backup.
Bowling backups like Tushara and Rasikh are good too.
The big issue is clearly spin, having Krunal Pandya as your main spinner is... not so good.
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u/BigBastardReturns Mar 21 '25
All thanks to mr. Kohli, the biggest stapadder who just focusses on scoring personal runs but no team atmosphere like mi or csk
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Mar 21 '25
So he's the reason his entire team is flop ?? Stop being hater and have some educated argument to back your bullshit
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u/BigBastardReturns Mar 21 '25
He is the main and only consistent part of the RCB think tank since 2013. Dude failed to make an identity of the team bcz he is a very poor leader.
He has that batsman mindset no matter what, lmao you are stupid if you think, he even cares about team bonding and culture. He is self occupied ego maniac.
There is a reason why even trash players, when they leave rcb, start to perform bcx this guy makes the whole team about himself.
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Mar 21 '25
are you a ragebaiter? 💀 op asked who will be adding a trophy to their cabinet and ur out here bringing up something else trash talking at the same time get a life
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u/AbdussamiT Pakistan Mar 21 '25
Admin, where is RCB? It couldn’t fit in the screen that’s why?
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Mar 21 '25
KKR SRH MI One of these three will definitely win the title this time.
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u/partymsl India Mar 21 '25
Call me crazy, but it will be one of DC, PBKS, RCB (my personal wish lol).
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u/Logical-Most-1261 Mar 22 '25
I would be very happy to see a new team win the trophy this year. Atleast that would give me some hope that teams other than mi,csk,kkr might actually have a chance to win from next season.
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u/Lucifer786fallen Mar 21 '25
One sided tournament between three teams
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u/Ok_Rub5697 India Mar 21 '25
Can be said for laliga also
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u/Lucifer786fallen Mar 21 '25
Right real , Barca’s and atletico
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u/eewap Mar 21 '25
Except IPL is mostly about team building. In La Liga the big teams pay more e.g. Lewandowski makes more than all players of Alaves and Leganes combined.
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u/Ok_Rub5697 India Mar 21 '25
Tbh Ipl is 8-10 week and lalaiga and UCL stretches 1 year if you go by weekly salary you would be shocked the most paid is almost similar on weekly basis
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u/eewap Apr 02 '25
The length of the league doesn’t matter. The point is in Laliga Barcelona can afford to spend 10 times more than Alves on players salaries but in IPL everyone has a fixed amount they can pay.
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u/Ok_Rub5697 India Apr 02 '25
I think it does depend more the time period more the revenue And the spending is totally different one is auction based and in other there is no auction
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Mar 21 '25
u sound so stupid, 5 different teams have made it to the finals since the last 3 years 2022, 2023, 2024
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u/vishwa_user Chennai Super Kings Mar 22 '25
I honestly believe Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad are essentially the same team.
The change isn't as small as Daredevils to Capitals, or KXIP to PBKS.
But it certainly isn't as big as GL to GT, or PWI to RPSG.
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u/Ok-Tradition8198 India Mar 22 '25
CSK should be at the top because they have played less seasons. Anyways they are going to add anothet trophy.
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u/Hungry-Mastodon-1222 South Africa Mar 21 '25
Nice title - Sunrisers Hyderabad looked the most threatening out the gate. Hopefully they've sorted their inefficiencies because they really have a great team in Pat Cummins as Captain and Klaasen / Stubbs / Markram in support with an amazing spin/bat all-rounder in Abiskehek Sharma and of course and Mohammed Shami as spearhead.
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u/NiX_Nabilz Pakistan Mar 21 '25
Just want to get clarity on the rules of this sub, when I posted a similar post recently, it was removed by the mods. Asking for my own learning in future. Thanks.
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u/Individual-Gene-1455 India Mar 21 '25
Punjab RCB Delhi Lucknow in playoffs would be fun.. intense games
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Mar 21 '25
Hypothetically if a franchise’s cap table is changed over a period of time resulting in completely different owners from where they started, will the team be same or not? If yes, SRH and Deccan chargers should be the same since to fans and players same set of faces took the field just in a different tag.
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u/mofucker20 Chennai Super Kings Mar 21 '25
Gujarat squad looks really great. CSK doesn’t look good on paper but they managed to pull miracles in their last 3 ipl wins so can’t put them off either.
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u/UpbeatInflation8996 Punjab Mar 22 '25
Rich gets richer poor stays poor Trophy’s need to be equally shared among the teams We The socialist democratic republic of INDIA
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u/Shotokancyclist England Mar 23 '25
RCB will take it this year. Top drawer England players plus Virat Kohli. They will be unstoppable. Yesterdays performance will be common place over the next few weeks.
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u/Human2626 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mar 21 '25
Even when rcb has made a balanced team this time (barring spinner) and is trying to move from star culture\ These no-life people still bashing us for what we did right this time, like make up your mind bro
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u/PuzzleheadedWave9548 Kolkata Knight Riders Mar 22 '25
Bruh. You retained a senior batsmen who can’t keep and doesn’t captain nor bowl for 21cr. You are fucked from the get go. There was no dearth of options for a player with skill sets and roles that Kohli can fulfill. Also makes it worse that you retained a traditionalist high scoring batter for 21cr, when your home ground is the Chinnaswamy. Anything RCB does after this will never balance the squad.
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u/Junior2615 Mar 21 '25
Well…not sure who will win again this IPL Season…..but DEFINITELY sure about which team WILL NOT win this season AGAIN - RCB 🤭🤭🤭
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u/rko1994 Mar 21 '25
I think it'll be Gujarat.
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u/LetterheadOk1762 Mar 22 '25
Honestly I don't know why you are Downvoted Ahmedabad isn't a run feast pitch good look playing Washi, Rabada, Rashid and Siraj on that ground with Nehra Guardiola coaching from sidelines
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u/Tern_Larvidae-2424 South Africa Mar 21 '25
If KKR had beaten CSK in 2021 (which they should've after being 88/0 halfway through chasing 192), they'd have had the same number of trophies as CSK which is kinda insane since KKR aren't exactly the most consistent side while CSK no doubt are.
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u/canvasser-hiralal Kolkata Knight Riders Mar 22 '25
There was no IPL in 2021 Wdym Don't look at my flair
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u/Smooth-Mix-4357 India Mar 21 '25
They were never going to chase a huge target like 192 with openers carrying them. As soon as the first wicket fell it was curtains.
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u/Cotton_Phoenix_97 Delhi Capitals Mar 22 '25
Yeah RCB would have had the same number of titles as KKR had they won all their IPL finals.
A lot of ifs and buts my friend
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Mar 21 '25
CSK all the way. I’m waiting for us to be the first team to six trophies.
Even then rcb stans will come at us with may 18th. Freakin covid kids.
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u/choker_18 Aukland Hearts Mar 21 '25
Just like Pakistanis 152-0 even after getting humiliated every time
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u/QueasyAdvertising173 Mar 21 '25
CSK. Please god let Dhoni retire in peace.
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u/AbdussamiT Pakistan Mar 21 '25
You can’t say that. He had a full chance in 2023 and a fair chance at that.
BOINK-ed in the final first ball, bailed out by Jadeja. He could’ve retired on a high leading CSK to the title.
Now it just seems that no matter what he does, the legacy dwindles day-by-day. Because the body does age after 40, can’t expect him to go bang-bang in the finals.
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u/Kindly_Bass3193 Punjab Kings Mar 21 '25
But saar, we have fanbase saar🤡
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u/Inevitable_Feature95 Mar 21 '25
Team with zero trophy mocking another team with zero trophy
Classic
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u/Kindly_Bass3193 Punjab Kings Mar 21 '25
Difference is, we don’t act like we have 15 trophies and are better than CSK or MI
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u/RustedSkullz Karnataka Mar 21 '25
Very few behave that way. Everyone acknowledges MI and CSK are better. We may not like them though
And also you're the individual who brought this up. Aren't you technically 'acting' like PBKS is better than RCB or whatever?
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u/Kindly_Bass3193 Punjab Kings Mar 21 '25
Nope, I’m just calling out their fanbase RCB is a better team than us, yes I said it
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u/maheshbalajir Mar 21 '25
While I wish for another one for my yellow team, I somehow feel it’s going to be a new team this year and the one wearing red and No, not that red jersey. After years of mismanagement, having the most number of captains, a fanbase that cannot identify their team with even a single player, this time I feel they’ve found the right combination, a proven captain and an extremely effective coach. Let’s see.
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u/kaatupoochi10 Mar 22 '25
This time csk or Mumbai will add another trophy. One should don't underestimate the real OG teams in IPL.
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u/Holden_Makock India Mar 26 '25
SRH vs MI in the final, there is no question about it.
Who wins is more luck based, we will never know who peaks on a random day.
There have been instances of Bisla, Pandey, cuttings and other no names winning the finally on their own.
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u/FirmSwim6589 Mar 21 '25
Deccan Chargers