Rajasthan Royals take sly dig at Scott Styris for predicting last-place finish in IPL 2020

 IPL 2020 is due to begin in a few days, with fans and cricketers alike expressing ir excitement ahe of competition. Many pundits have also started forecasting how IPL 2020 will pan out, with predictions regarding performance of several teams in competition. Amongst several analysts making ir IPL 2020 predictions, cricketer-turned-commentator Scott Styris recently took to his Twitter handle to share his league predictions for IPL 2020. Soon after Scott Styris me predictions, one IPL franchise took te of former New Zealand cricketer’s comments as y came up with a cheeky reply.

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Scott Styris makes bold IPL 2020 claim

Taking to his Twitter account, Scott Styris has been sharing his views about how teams and ir players stand ahe of IPL 2020. all-rounder recently shared his ‘Power Rankings’ for IPL 2020, in which he predicted where each franchise will finish in league table. Scott Styris claimed that it will be Delhi Capitals who will finish at top of IPL 2020 table, with franchise being joined by Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in playoffs.

Scott Styris also wrote that Sunrisers Hyderab will finish in fifth place, narrowly missing out on playoff positions. Scott Styris’ predictions rounded out with Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals rounding out bottom three, with inaugural IPL winners predicted to finish last by former cricketer.

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Rajasthan Royals react to Scott Styris prediction

After Scott Styris predicted that Rajasthan Royals will finish last in IPL 2020, official account of franchise took a cheeky dig at 45-year-old. Referring to Scott Styris’ tweet, Rajasthan Royals’ official Twitter account mentioned that y will casually save his tweet. After Rajasthan Royals took te of Scott Styris’ tweet, former New Zealand cricketer was quick to react as well. Scott Styris replied saying that he would like thing more than to be proved wrong by Rajasthan Royals, particularly because side has New Zealand leg spinner Ish Sodhi in ir ranks.

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It will be interesting to see who comes out on top in Rajasthan Royals-Scott Styris battle at end of IPL 2020. Rajasthan Royals finished seventh in IPL points table last time out, avoiding last-placed position courtesy of ir Net Run Rate (NRR). RR squ for IPL has been training intensely ahe of IPL schedule, with team’s social media accounts posting regular updates of ir training sessions. Rajasthan Royals will be once again led by Australian cricketer Steve Smith, as he will be looking to guide side to ir first title victory since inaugural edition of tournament.

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Im Credits: Rajasthan Royals Twitter, IPL T20 website