The later batsmen, captain, coach learnt nothing from the fine batting of Cameron White, who, despite his reputation as a big hitter with a century to his credit in T20 matches, played second fiddle to Ross Taylor and then Du Preez, both of whom scored fast with big hits.
Praveen Kumar and Vinay Kumar may have some big scores in Ranji matches, but that does not mean that they should try to take the role of leading batsmen and go for big hits, leaving White to be a spectator at the other end. In particular, the fans of RCB would have been irritated to see Vinay Kumar going for twos, when the guy should have taken singles and leave the strike to White.
If Praveen Kumar or Vinay Kumar would have batted with some degree of sensibility, RCB might have ended up with an additional 10-15 runs to their kitty or may be even 20 runs more, though it is doubtful if even a total of 175 would have been difficult for SAR to overhaul.
What was wrong? I was hoping to see some nice batting from Manish, Robin and Virat. Very disappointing, especially the way Manish and Virat got out. Dravid, of course, I even wonder why is he playing this form of game. Shouldn't he retire from ODIs and T20s?
ANIL KUMBLE is really a great legend of Indian cricket.. He is an outstanding captain of RC Bangalore..Todays defeat is mainly because of useless guys like VIRAT KOHLI / MANISH PANDEY / VINAY KUMAR / STEYN etc..Sack these guys out and bring ABHIMANYU MITHUN / NAYAN DOSHI / B AKIL / JACK KALLIS
Re: Bad luck RC Bangalore
by murali krishna on Sep 18, 2010 03:29 PM
kumble is good captain, only if he dae to drop useless dravid! what contribution he is giving? he is total fail in all T20 Seasons!Get in to reality Kumble, sack dravid and Give chance to young player Like Manish Pandey! even if he fails in some innings give him time, like you are giving Dravid! Dravid is completely lost the rhythm!
