Kevin Peterson is not a big hitter, and not someone who would mix well with team..he should exit door.....while boucher/steyn should be in....while kallis is going little bit slow he should accelerate,......RCB team has opening they are able to utilize the first six over for collecting runs.....RCB kallis and pandey...is good combination...till now but some one needed who can strike and make quick runs in pwrplay............as every team has delhi-shewagh/warner mumbai-dhawan/sachin rajasthan-naman/lumb/watson kkr-------gayle/tiwary DC--------gilly/gibbs punjab----bisla/bopara
Kumble shud not change the winning combination.They shud drop kallis,Peterson,White for future matches they shud take Pravin kumar,Pandey,Steyn.20-20 is all abt hitting not scoring slowly for boosting the average
Re: Match was fixed
by safed jhooth on Apr 05, 2010 09:25 AM
I think just 4 matches were fixed in this IPL until now. The ones which RCB lost, hahahaha.
It's advantage Mumbai situation at the moment. with RCB going down tamely yday , Mumbai seems 2 b favourite. Mumbai has the advantage of Sachin , almost every opposition team plans their match tactics Sachin centric & this helps others to play their natural games free of fear. All teams shd have plans nt only for Sachin but for the whole Mumbai team.
Re: Advantage Mumbai
by safed jhooth on Apr 05, 2010 09:20 AM
MI advantage which is considered its weak point is: Zaheer and Bhajji are the main strike bowlers for India, and though they are blamed for everything they do, they are still performing with bat and bowl. Bhajji got MI single-handed win. Against RCB when MI was 78/6 something, Zaheer powered them to 151. Though MI lost, it took RCB 19.2 overs, so not much damage to run-rate.
Re: Re: Advantage Mumbai
by Cool Guy on Apr 05, 2010 09:28 AM
MI is going to lose in the semis. Mark my words. Last IPL also Delhi won all matches and lost in the semis.
Re: Re: Re: Advantage Mumbai
by safed jhooth on Apr 05, 2010 09:29 AM
for your satisfaction, MI will lose all matches from now on, be happy but please talk to the point we are talking about.
Bringing in Ross Taylor in place of Dale Steyn was the biggest mistake. Ross Taylor in place of Craig White should have been better. Craig White looks out of sorts with Indian conditions. No doubt he is a fantastic T20 player.
Re: Wrong selection by Kumble
by Chat on Apr 05, 2010 09:11 AM
The same White hit Indian team out of the ground few months back. He's a fantastic striker & we need 2 give him 2-3 matches before he can actually shw wht he's capable of !
Re: Re: Wrong selection by Kumble
by Cool Guy on Apr 05, 2010 09:27 AM
Actually RCB lost because they broke a winning combination. Kallis and Manish Pandey is the best opening partnership this IPL. Also, Dale Steyn should have played this match because it is bowlers who win you matches in T20.
is the best batsman in T20, if the ball is bowled outside the offstump. awesome power! also, look at Gayle and Morkel hitting length balls- they must be eating raw meat.
Re: Appanna
by vathula on Apr 05, 2010 07:23 AM
he did just one thing. bowl outside the off and turn further away. He will be sorted out soon- sooner than you guys realize. Jakati, Vettori, Murali Karthik have many more variations.
No bloody anchor is needed in 20/20. Both the batsmen need to fire simultaneously, otherwise lower order will come under undue pressure. Kallis greed for golden bat will clearly cost the RCB. Ever wondered why DD dropped him thrice??? Of course he is most valuable player for opposition.
Kallis needs to understand that there is no meaning of averages in cricket. What counts is strike rate. Of course Kallis wants to be another Bradman but he has forgotten that it is competitive cricket nowadays.
Re: Kallis: Most valuable player for opposition
by Cool Guy on Apr 05, 2010 09:06 AM
Junior Don, don't talk like a fool. Only if there are people like Kallis, the other batsmen can go all out and score. By the way this pitch was made to suit Delhi which had many spinners. The situation was compounded by poor team selection from Kumble.
Re: Kallis: Most valuable player for opposition
by abhilash on Apr 05, 2010 08:32 AM
Very rightly Said... i was just about to write it down... yesterday RCB lost the match just because of Kallis.. Yeah his fans can brag about the fifty and all.. but he had put his teammates under undue pressure... just look at the way Ross Taylor got himself out after having hit 3 sixes... it was all because of the pressure created mostly by kallis and partly by peterson... kallis was just not willing to strike the ball... allowed the runrate to creepto 14 rpo!!!! and sadly did nothing to bring it down.. first he caused uthappas downfall and then taylors.... Delhi must have been praying that he shouldnt be out...
Re: Re: Kallis: Most valuable player for opposition
by Cool Guy on Apr 05, 2010 09:31 AM
Abhilash! It is easy to sit and comment on internet forums. You cannot blame Kallis for the loss. Delhiwon the match when they scored 185 on the turning track. Rest all was formality. RCB needs to concentrate on bowling variations.
