My money is on Mumbai Indians .. Sachin is in awesome form ... Duminy also has been doing great for SA .. Dwayne has just played an awesome knock for Windies ... Jayasuriya on his day can massacre any bowling lineup .. and with Zaheer and Bhajji .. the bowling is strong too ... Dhawal Kulkarni is an interesting prospect!!
Re: Mumbai Indians .. Rock Da Party !!!!
by akshita on Apr 01, 2009 03:27 PM
and they have Essex's all rounder Graham Napier who smashed a world-record number of sixes last yesr
The MI franchisee has been committing mistakes after mistake.
The first was to select Sachin as captain last year, though he was unfit physically. The second was to make Bhajji the stand-in captain, the third was to make Pollock the second stand-in captain.
They should have selected Jayasuria as the first choice captain right away. Nobody in the team represents the spirit of cricket better than Jayasuria. More so in the shorter versions of the game. It is a tribute to this man that he is mentally and physically far better than some of the younger guys - look at the way he bats, bowls and hold your breathe - fields!
Yet another mistake of the franchisee was to engage Harsha Bogle as adviser or whatever. RCB did the right thing is jettisoning Charu Sharma who, though they also erred in the first place in engaging him.
Now, they are making yet another blunder by inducting Pravin Amre as coach. This gentleman was essentially a batsman in "test mould" similar to the likes of Anshuman Gaekwad, Chetan Chauhan etc.
If Lalchand Rajput could not continue for personal reasons, then the best thing would have been to make Jayasuria the captain-cum-coach-cum mentor, similar to Shane Warne for Rajasthan Royals.
While the exit of Nel, Pollock and advent of Zaheer may bolster MI bowling, MI might just have to find a better replacement for Nehra and also some good middle order batsmen.
rajput ko bali ka bakra kyun bana rahe he?RAJPUT HAS WON THE T-20 WC FOR INDIA.HE HAS BEEN SACKED FROM THERE AND NOW HE IS SACKED FROM HERE.HIS CONDITION HAS BECOME LIKE DADA WHO IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAPTAIN OF TEAM INDIA YET HE IS BEING TREATED LIKE A SLAVE.
Re: Praveen Amre.............
by Tejas Jani on Apr 01, 2009 10:03 AM
Of course we are mumbaikar supporting lobby. We are talking abt the MI coach so have to support Mumbaikars...common sense very uncommon.
Re: Praveen Amre.............
by Prasad Manokaran on Mar 31, 2009 10:47 PM
he just scored 400 odd runs in 13 test innings. and u say he is a gud player. typical mumbaikar supporting lobby
Re: Re: Praveen Amre.............
by Prasad Manokaran on Mar 31, 2009 10:49 PM
his odi record is 513 runs in 30 innings at a strike rate of 64. he is just an ordinary player who played for india quite a long than expected.
Re: Re: Re: Praveen Amre.............
by Andy Louis on Apr 01, 2009 05:31 AM
prasad..you are a typical madrasi.. Get this fact now Average of 42.50 intests is well above standards. In first class average of 48.6..phew brilliant isn't it. You don't need lobbies for such records. But average by mumbai's standards..Cricket runs in Mumbais blood..not idli sambar..Ayyo.
Srikanth had an average of 29 in tests. with only 2 centuries. Average of 34 in First class. And he was the best player Tamil Nadu could provide india. So stuff.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Praveen Amre.............
by Reza Arif on Apr 01, 2009 12:13 PM
Prasad / Andy,
Plz dont bring regionalism here .. Arent we sick of Divide and rule policy??? Politicians keep dividing us in the name of religion, caste, proffesion, language etc... Do we need to follow them and continue hraping on divide and rule policy ..
I feel MI has a real good chance this season .. one of the biggest reasons is Sachin's form .. secondly .. Zaheer is a much more mature bowler and will be an asset to the team in the bouncy pitches of SA ..
About Amre / Srikanth .. we are looking at their records when they were playing .. coaching and mentoring is a completely different job and needs a completely different skill set .. Amre has proved by leading a good Ranji side to victory .. and thats all that counts!!!
Let's enjoy the matches ... Let the Games begin!!!
