Gayle RCB vs CSK it is 9 to 1 win for RCB.On the other hand CSK vs.RCB-Gayle it is 9.9 to 0.1 win for CSK provided CSK batting first do not collapse the way they did last time when Gayle factor relevance goes down.In a low scoring match CSK stands no chance.What do CSK do ?CSK to bat first and get a score past 170.Bind Gayle to one side, may be leg side , give no room and seal the leg side boundary line(post 6 overs) to choke 4s for Gayle completely.Make Gayle take as much risk as possible.Also, CSK needs to sort out its batting opening problem.
Re: RCB FAVOURITES
by Anand on May 24, 2011 02:45 PM
You people sing only Gayle tune...even after Gayle's shining, definitely RCB not going to win.Moreover if they (RCB) bat first CSK would manage and match your Gayle hard hitting runs.So All the way your RCB is going to be defeated.Finally you bring 10 Gayle's you people are not in fray and FINAL would be in between CSK vs KKR.
I would accept, RCB as a champion side only if they win with Gayle getting out in single digits. And MI as a champion side only if they win with Malinga going for 10 runs a over wickeless.
Expect Team CSK taken on Team KKR in the FINALS. Cricket is after all a team game.
Where as RCB is Single man show.Before Gayle arrival RCB were not even in play offs only RR had the chance.Now Gayle's form is vital.So RCB in not at all a team first they fully depends big man Gayle.Today I am sure in front of CSK he is going to dance.But as far as CSK concern they are having solid batting and bowling and decent fielding side also.Day before yesterday match was just a checking from Dhoni's end, today they would apply all the strategies to restrict not RCB only Gayle because RCB is nothing having to do.It is all about only Gayle.80% of the chance for CSK and KKR will play in the final 20% is for CSK and MI.RCB not even in the fray.
Re: q
by sun on May 24, 2011 10:35 AM
Single Man show will not work out for RCB today.Chennai is the King.............Even if RCB bats first your defeat is 100% confirmed.
To ME CSK should do is to bring Abhinav Mukund instead of Saha. Abhinav and Vijay should open followed by Hussey. This would give balanced Middle order for CSK;
He was included in 2007 world cup squad, we lost it. He was there with KKR for 3 yrs, they did it very bad. Now he is with Pune, and guess ! Pune has disappeared from IPL4.
Its a news to me...from TOI article by Deepan Joshi: Don't underestimate the LBW law as in Bradman's time you could only be given out if the ball pitched and hit in line with the stumps and then went on to hit them. This automatically rules out the in-swinger, the in-cutter, and the off-spinning deliveries that pitch outside but come in enough to hit in line. This is as potent a weapon for the bowler as the catch or even more as you can pad up to any ball outside off and get away. The batsman also gets the advantage when he is unsure which way the ball would go as he can again pad up and nullify the in-coming as well as the out-going delivery. Bradman was out leg before just six times in his career. The argument that he was so good that he was rarely struck in front of the wicket does not hold as he was bowled 23 times.
