The IPL is about to resume soon and the excitement is about to reach a fever pitch. The tournament gets underway soon with the marquee fixture of the competition. That being a game between the 5- time champions Mumbai Indians and 3-time champions Chennai Super Kings. The tournament is going to be the first one which will be played in two phases and this is going to set the tone for what is going to be an eventful and unpredictable tournament. The other half is going to be played in the UAE and that is going to be one big aspect which will influence the performances of the competition. So which players among the two teams is going to do well. Here is an update about our free cricket betting tips

• Rohit Sharma

The hitman recently has been doing brilliantly and has been hitting the ball. He was brilliant in the last edition too in UAE and scored a match winning 67 in the tournament final in the 51 balls. Rohit is a consistent performer and is going to be the player once again who will good in the big stage

• Faf Du Plessis

Faf has been shining brightly in the yellow color jersey and he has a lot to prove in the coming IPL. He has been snubbed from the T20 world cup team and that would have hurt him really bad. He has already scored 340 runs in the first half of the IPL with him being at 320 runs. He has been a mentor for the rest of the side too and is a key member for the Yellow Brigade

• Rituraj Gaekwad

Gaekwad is an up-and-coming player for the Chennai team. Rituraj began the tournament a little shaky but was backed continuously by MS Dhoni and he repaid the faith with some good performances. He looked very good in the UAE too recently. He is likely to perform well in these circumstances.

• Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah has been phenomenal in the overall scheme of things and that means he is raring to go in the IPL too. With the T20 world cup coming up soon, he is going to be a front runner for picking up maximum points for the Mumbai Indians team. Mumbai is a side that relies heavily on him and he rarely fails to deliver.

• Suryakumar Yadav

With a selection in the Indian cricket team for the T20 world cup, he is going to be really buoyed and ready to perform. He will be fancying himself on the smaller grounds to clear the ground easily and be a big factor in how Mumbai goes from here. This man should get you a lot of points here

• Ishan Kishan

Another man looking to be a factor in the T20 team for India is going to be Ishan Kishan. He has received a call up too and is going to be really looking forward to validating this selection in the IPL. The IPL is where you prepare and with the T20 world cup too in the UAE.

• Ravindra Jadeja

Jadeja is going to be backed by the skipper to bat in the top order and be a factor in the middle order with the ball. Now that is going to make him one of the leading contenders for the points table in Dream11. The UAE slow and sluggish pitches are also going to assist his kind of bowling so no reason why he would not be doing well here. Expect him to be a major player this time around.