But for the change of captains every thing was same in both Banglore and Deccan's teams. they were placed ar seventh and eighth place last year. The dynamic leadership of both Gilchrist and Kumble, the thinking captains, who led from the front made all the difference. Besides V.V.S.Laxman's (who has been running a bad patch),absence from the team was a blessing in disguise.
After reading this board, it seems to me a cricket match between indo-pak. Rivalry runs deep into us. Let it be so. But my point here is that in both the ipls, it is white who is dictating and doing the roost. See how many white skins are captains and coachs and staff of respective teams. Last year it was OZ Shane and this year it was OZ Gilly not Sachin or Gangully or kumble failed to won the ipl final.Guess who will be the next. That is a million dollar question.
Dear Rediff, Everyone knows that Deccan won the IPL-2 because of Gilchrist's captaincy and the team as a whole. Nobody needs any advice from a person like Afridi (or any pakistani player for that matter), who turned out to be a toad in the last season. Barring his quickest 100 he has nothing to boast of. So please excuse us from the views and suggestions of an under performer like Afridi.
Re: Rediff, please dont entertain any Pakistani players views.
by sameer on May 26, 2009 05:38 PM
Captaincy is a hyped up matter in T20. DD was leading till SF and was captained by Indians !The fact is that T20 is unpredictable and any team can beat anyother team. KKR had the most aggressive coach and aggressive batsman both phoren babas- but what is the result? Cool dude Dhoni was touted as the best captain in the short version of the game? he also bit the dust. Do not read too much into the result. Just enjoy the game and move on. Afridi is an ass !
Re: Re: Rediff, please dont entertain any Pakistani players views
by Varun on May 26, 2009 07:00 PM
It is not just T20 alone. Time to blend as a team is an issue. Also schedules and work load of international cricket. If you see, it is people who dont captain anywhere else that are doing good. They just have to deal with one set of players. But active players who captain international sides as well have to deal with lots of combinations. Too many factors in play. How easy we ignore those.
As Laxman was injured most of the time, gilly led DC team most of the time last year also. So blaming only Laxman's captaincy for last year's debacle is not right.
Re: Even during last year for most of matches Gilly was captain
by subra on May 26, 2009 05:39 PM
VVs performance was pathetic in current edition so as Ganguly and tendulkar
Re: Re: Even during last year for most of matches Gilly was capta
by Teesmar Singh on May 26, 2009 05:54 PM
Sachin's performance in IPL-2 is far better than other two.
Re: Even during last year for most of matches Gilly was captain
by Varun on May 26, 2009 07:01 PM
yeah. gilly did captain last year and result was pathetic. So i don't buy that crap although laxman is not currently a good t20 player.
The two teams which were at 7th and 8th places, in 2008, qualified and played in finals this times. All the players were same, than what made the difference. The difference was thechange of captaincy. In both the teams this year the captains were different, and tht made all the differene. The dynmic captains like Gilchrist and Kumble made the things completely change. In Deccan challengers last years captain V.V.S.Laxman due to bad form was benched, which was again a big blessing in disguise.
Re: Captaincy made the difference
by Mr Lee on May 26, 2009 05:25 PM
also DC had a coach this time... last year they played without a coach. robin singh is not a coach. he is a mistake.
Re: Re: Captaincy made the difference
by subra on May 26, 2009 05:41 PM
very aggressive coach.an unwinnable match,he was telling,go and smash& smiling in all tense situation seemed quite balanced person ,better than buchanan and Greg
Re: Captaincy made the difference
by Ram L on May 26, 2009 05:34 PM
IF that is the case how about the teams that has the same captain and yet lost the plot...example...CSK, Mumbai Indians, Delhi daredevils etc. Likewise even KKR had change in captain yet they lost..There is not absolute logic in all this. Team which performed better on the match day won..As simple as that...
BCCI very well portrait in the IPL that only the foreign Captains have the ability to win the IPL... BCCI must have a strategy that all the teams must have Indian as a captain. Why we name it as IPL when foreign players taking an oppurtunity to blame great Indian Players
Re: Shame on IPL... Blame BCCI
by subra on May 26, 2009 05:43 PM
purpose of IPL is make indian youngsters to play with foreigners to develop skills,toughness etc good training ground
