Macullum: He got a divided team, had no clue how to unite it, his poor form didn't help either and at the end failed measurably. Sachin: He felt too much pressure handling the captaincy, shuffled a settled batting order, dropped shoulders during tense situations, never sounded positive and finally ended up 7th even with a good team. Warne: He got a real mediocre team. He tried his best but was not enough. Yuvraj: He did few things right, like trusting his players, trying to get stability in the batting and bowling order. But he lost his temper at wrong periods of play. He never lead by example and narrowly missed out the semies bearth. Sehwag: He was composed in most part of the game. But his own form never really picked up and then he didn't try to experiment with his playing XI even after qualifing very early and finally paid the price as he didn't have his best XI probably. Dhoni: He made a mess of a great team with in form players. He always sounded negative, criticized his team even when he himself was not up to the mark. He dropped players just after their 1 bad outing. He remained obsessed with all rounders like Oram and Thusara when players like Hussey and Ntini were on the bench. It's only him to blame for the failure of his team. Gilchrist: He has some very hard hitters in his team. On their day they can demolish any team. He has done a fair job as a captain and rewarded for the same. Kumble: Everyone knows what a difference he has made. Outstanding.
Re: Captains
by compiler on May 24, 2009 01:14 PM
macullum - to immature to be captain Sachin - to old to be captain (though I am 200% sachin fan) Warne - excellent captain but lack of quality players Yuvraj - useless, no need to talk Shewag - Good captain and supported by strong team, unlucky for not to be in final Dhoni - over confident due torecent success in couple of tour this may lead to his down fall Gilchrist - Again excellent captain leading from front, has good support in batting dept Kumble - average captain, has a good team which clicked at right time. Nothing special from him as a captain (like what warne has)
RCB is in the finals without a quality fast bowler. Dale Steyn is not fit. Bracken is not fast. Neither Praveen nor Vinay cannot be same on the flat tracks in India.
Mallya should think on bidding on Shane Bond for the next edition once Bond is free from the ICL contract.
Re: Thank God CSK doesn't lose wickets to Kumble inspite of fixi
by Khushi on May 24, 2009 03:14 PM
so how did CSK reach the semis?? might have fixed hell lot of matches.. still didn't reach the final.. poor chaps!! tsk tsk tsk
Re: Thank God CSK doesn't lose wickets to Kumble inspite of fixi
by Pink Floyd on May 24, 2009 01:00 PM
LOL, Sour grapes.. I hope you guys at least are graceful in accepting defeat. Losers :D
Re: Re: Thank God CSK doesn't lose wickets to Kumble inspite of
by PATRIOT on May 24, 2009 01:04 PM
no.... cut them into pices... they r like that only. Dont u see how Karuna begging ministerial berths to his kids.. before polls was asking to support Prabhakaran.. now suddenly wants ministerial posts of his kids.... very sick to the core...
Re: Thank God CSK doesn't lose wickets to Kumble inspite of fixi
by pooja verma on May 24, 2009 01:22 PM
mr muthuswamy, just because ur team lost dont tell game was fixed...u were so overconfident of ur team's victory n so were csk...better accept the fact tat ur team lost...
Dhoni is culprit.... Played 30 balls to score 28 without any boundaries or sixers. Should have sent Raina first and then he should have come.... dunno what happens to these people.. may be kind of jealousy...
Re: SSSSSSHHHHHH
by chakravarty devulapalli on May 24, 2009 12:52 PM
dhoni is fighting with srikkanth! wanted to prove a point. and get out of CSK i believe!!
Re: SSSSSSHHHHHH
by gudguy on May 24, 2009 01:01 PM
and he was taking singles as if it was test match and Gavaskar in comentry comending Dhoning.......it was reduculous and he came so early and tried for 4 r 6 in 16th over and got out....see in second innings (when hitting the ball will be difficult) by Pandey and Dravid hit 13 fours...........its time to think to every one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Re: SSSSSSHHHHHH
by gudguy on May 24, 2009 01:04 PM
and most imortant thing with Dhoni is, he is thinking that his job is just captancy and coming in ads....he is taking granted in team (both in CSK AND INDIAN) becoming like Azar...:)
bring in Dwayne Smith for Harris. bat first (gilly, gibbs, symonds, smith and rohit) should see that the run rate is above 8 at all times until the 15th over irrespective of the loss of wkts. if batting second, should be able to chase any total.
Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by chakravarty devulapalli on May 24, 2009 12:53 PM
plzz do it soon! and keep me informed. do ur job right away. my secy. will pay u for the expenses.
Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by vijay M on May 24, 2009 01:10 PM
This would have been a good idea if Dwayne Smith is even a half decent bowler...which he isnt. DC is weak in the bowling department and dropping another bowler will not do them any good. Especially if they have to defend a total. Even 200 wouldnt be enough in such a case.
Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by vijay M on May 24, 2009 01:13 PM
They can drop Gibbs though as he looks out of form. But can Gilly take a chance and drop such a big match player for the final ? I think it will be a tough call. Gibbs on his day can single handedly win the match for his side and Smith hasnt played for a while and can be rusty. Look what happened to Hayden. He looked out of touch after having missed a single match.
Re: Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by compiler on May 24, 2009 12:56 PM
120 will be scoed in 10 overs by opponent. are you talking about T20, or gully cricket?????
Re: Re: Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by chakravarty devulapalli on May 24, 2009 12:58 PM
ok u must be one of those Mallya's booze wagon guy.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by compiler on May 24, 2009 01:00 PM
no its not me, its someone from your family. shall I name him ???
Re: Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by Phani Kumar on May 24, 2009 01:00 PM
Why will anyone want that position if Gilli, Gibbs, Symo, Rohit are out. Who will hit in the big shots in the end?? Don't give such generous suggestions.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by chakravarty devulapalli on May 24, 2009 01:11 PM
i said 120/5 not necessarily that all will be out in that order!
Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by Phani Kumar on May 24, 2009 12:55 PM
C'mon yaar, Harris bowled so well against Delhi. He has got pace and hits the deck hard. Dwayne Smith did not prove anything with the ball in the tournament. You cannot take him only for batting.
Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by chakravarty devulapalli on May 24, 2009 12:57 PM
I agree Harris did well. Dont forget Dwayne Smith won a match for us with his bigh hitting. I think if u wanna pose a challenge. U got to attack consistently. Dhoni faltered for the same reason yesterday.
Re: Re: Re: Deccan chargers team for todays match!
by Phani Kumar on May 24, 2009 01:02 PM
Yes you cannot risk a genuine pace bowler for an all rounder. It's not all about batting, you need good bowlers in the side. They have only RP and Ojha as genuine bowlers apart from Harris. No one can take that risk.
Re: Yuvi needs to be dumped!!
by gudguy on May 24, 2009 01:10 PM
Manish Pandey is long way in coming to INDIAN TEam, mates he has scorred runs against second rated bowlers, think in international team bowlers and feilders where you can't expect a drop catch @ 2 or sloppy bowling
Re: Yuvi needs to be dumped!!
by compiler on May 24, 2009 12:48 PM
Now if kholi score 100 in final, you will quote his name for T20 and ODI. stop this nonsense
Re: Re: Yuvi needs to be dumped!!
by chakravarty devulapalli on May 24, 2009 12:50 PM
kohli is a brat and overrated batsman manish pandey's technique is far more superior to kohli's observe and learn! MP has a trademark shot that looks like a sweep but flicks it thro' mid wkt.
Re: Re: Re: Yuvi needs to be dumped!!
by compiler on May 24, 2009 12:55 PM
where was he till now??? and what is so significant about his trademark shot.
Re: Yuvi needs to be dumped!!
by gudguy on May 24, 2009 01:12 PM
Yeah, Kholi, Pandey have shown the talent and if they can show consistently and if some one from main team are out of sorts or injured then only they have chance but not right now....
