Agree, needeless team change is the cause of the loss. First why would you change a successfull opening pair for no reason. 2nd steyn was their main fast bowling option who provides cruial breakthroughs, why drop him, then KP is not a team player....and his present int he team will damage RCB. I agree with Kallis was little slow, but thats what his role was to hold one end and the other's fire from the other end. So I wouldn't say he was slow. So if I am anil, this would be my team selction for the rest of the tournament.
KP and white are not only over hyped player , no need to play with 7 pure batsman they have merve who can hit the ball , good fielder and a very good bowler also his inclusion can give team extra hitting capability as well as bowling bowler. Send Dravid up the order he is better than any one else , include extra pace of Styn..... My team would be
Manish Pandey Kallis Dravid Robin uttahapa Ross taylor Virat kohili Vanderwer merve Pravin kumar vinay kumar Anil kumble Dale styn
Ross Taylor had a nick still was given LBW Robin Uthappa's catch by warner was not a big cheat it touched the ground. This is what Sidhu and Boria discussed in extraings - Summer slam III
Re: two cheatings from Delhi Dare Devils and umpire billy
by murali krishna on Apr 05, 2010 06:13 PM
ross taylor was clear plub you can watch replay in youtube..
Kumble must not have dropped Manish Pandey ! He has done well in all the innings...! Opening pair between Pandey & Kallis was 49 runs in every 5 overs. Cameron white played likea test match.
Most important is when you are having too many new bowlers like Abhimanyu mithun, Appanna, Vinay kumar...All Ranji Bowlers its a big risk you must have an extra key bowler or batsman Pandey or Dale steyn...! No Praveen Kumar as well so this will be a very big risk.
I am sure there Anil is intelliegent. There will be a good change.
Ross Taylor must be sent at 4
My batting order 1) Kallis 2) Pandey 3) Dravid 4) Ross Taylor 5) Cameron white 6) Robin uthappa 7) Virat Kohli 8) Praveen Kumar 9) Anil Kumble 10) Vinay Kumar 11) Appanna/Abhimanyu Mithun
Re: Kumble must not have dropped Manish Pandey
by Antony Anbarasan on Apr 05, 2010 06:27 PM
Kumble made the right changes to the team, and it was a very difficult pitch to bat second and so Cameron white and Peiterson could not score freely, but peiterson will prove his worth in the future matches
only a foolish coach n captain can send a horible batting order like this....too many sloggers at the top of the order on a slow pitch will ruin the chase ,and that exactly what happend yesterday....folishness to send dravid at no.8....he is a prooven performer in this format of the game and is a capable batsmen under these pitch conditions ,peterson and white are not that good under these conditions....peterson is more like a media hype, not as good as collingwood in this format of the game, not a prooven performer...dont know wat's the reason to send him at no.3 , while the entire cricketing world knows that dravid is tne best player at this position even in 20-20.....dissapointed with kumble's tactics....kallis is the culprit...he doesent accelerated at the right time...playing for his 50 rather than for team needs....not a good team work...
Re: neglecting dravid is a biggest mistake
by Pathan on Apr 05, 2010 03:39 PM
You are right...nowadays Kallis is playing for his average and 50 than scoring 10 runs per over ! NO worries Kallis if we don't go to final you will also go back to South Africa.....! Pack your bags along with KP, White & Taylor !
Re: neglecting dravid is a biggest mistake
by spring on Apr 05, 2010 03:28 PM
oldies, there are more dravid in the team. most of the batsmen (except c.white, taylor and robin) play like draid.
Manish Pandey & D. Steyn should be in inplace of C.White & A.Mithun/V.kumar, if needed Keep Dravid out if he sent for batting at no.8 Ask Kallis to play for team not for individual records. Kallis & KP is the main reason for RCB loss. For Kumble : I am extremely sorry but Don't make unneccesary changes/experiments in the team.it affects team winning momemtum
Re: Unneccessary changes in team is the reason for RCB loss
by spring on Apr 05, 2010 03:28 PM
you don't know cricket. get lost or stop watching cricket
And there by altering the batting position which did no good!!Kallis is hurting the team by playing with lesser strike rate. But the real culprit yesterday was Cameron white who bowled a horrible over giving a short pitched deliveries to Collingwood who is very good at pull shots!!even a school boy could have hit sixes to those bowls!!!With promotion to open the batting he didnt make any amends to it rather spoiled banglore chances by scoring just 4 runs in 11 balls.
White should be benched and Morgan is a better option.He will add bit of variety to the batting order as RCB doesnt have a single lefthand batsmen except Morgan.
