In this episode of the show, Binksy, Baldy, Jamie and Stu look back at week 1 of IPL 2025 through a stock market lens. Who are we buying? Who are we selling? And what are we watching with our fingers poised ready to pounce in the coming weeks?

We start on a positive note, highlighting a balanced RCB side unbeaten at the time of recording thanks to a bowling attack featuring the quality of Josh Hazlewood and a top order that's firing thanks to Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajit Patidar and co. In the Buy section of the show there's also praise for Sai Sudharsan, MS Dhoni and wicketkeepers in general.

We're watching the impact player performances and how that's impacting games and batting lineups. We're selling a star-studded Mumbai Indians batting lineup featuring Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya and friends because we can't understand why they're continuing to struggle, and watching closely to see how much tinkering do with their teamsheet, tactics and batting lineup with the likes of Curran, Dhoni, Jadeja and Ashwin who could all slide up and down the middle order.

To round out the show, there's chat about whether teams will score 300, how home ground advantage could play a role and if it is too early to be worried about Pat Cummins and his SRH bowling attack.

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0:00 Intro

2:00 Buy - RCB top of the table thanks to Hazlewood, Salt, Patidar & co.

5:05 Buy - Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Jurel, Kishan, Buttler, De Kock, Pooran

7:05 Buy - Sai Sudharsan & GT's batting lineup

9:00 Watch - Impact player performances

17:50 Sell - Mumbai Indians - Why are they struggling with the bat?

24:05 Sell - Umpire review of wides

26:20 Sell - Do seam bowlers need more craft?

33:20 Sell/Watch - CSK's batting order Ashwin/Jadeja/Curran/Dhoni

37:45 Watch - Will we see 300 scored this season?

41:55 Watch - Is SRH's bowling lineup a concern?

45:05 Watch - Variation across venues

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