I have always maintained that among the 9 teams, only CSK, RR and KXIP play like a team, without too much dependence on individual super stars. It was once again evident in the y'day's match. Once Vijay and Raina failed, Badri and Hussey stepped in to consolidate and then Bravo and Dhoni went on to accelerate till 18th over and then burst on in the last 2 overs. On the bowling front, their star bowler Hilfenuaus went for runs, and immediately Aswhin, Morkel and Bravo applied the brakes with crucial wickets. Thouhg Raina didnt contribute with the bat and ball, he held on a tremendous catch and was on the top with fielding to save atleast 5-6 runs. And they had the captain leading from the front. This is what you call team performance. None of them scored above 55, still they reached 187. None of them took 3 or more wickets, still they tool 9 wickets.
No wonder CSK is into top 3. All those who said they were lucky to get into play-offs, now eat the humble pie
Re: Re: Award
by Sameer Bhagwat on May 24, 2012 11:55 AM
Noway,nobodywillelectNDAagain:) Infact,SachincanbethePMbecauseCongresswillbeelectedagain&again.
There is a sad tendency of people believing only in stats... We have once again seen that Sachin lets his team down on 90% big matches. But some one comes up with a statistic that he averages over 50 in winning matches.... I don't know if Stats Devta is extremely happy with this man...
Sachin, this dude is a joker. MI have a good batting line up and bowlers as well. The greatest bowler in the world, the best yorker bowler is Malinga. And this sachin is scrambling like a small kid for a single. Why is this guy not aggressive anymore. You should be scoring 4 and 6es not single. MI have an emotional guy for a captain, he is sulking for every run scored by CSK. MI need a cool captain, may be even Malinga. MI coaches fail again. Sachin retire. Now watch and learn from Dhoni and Bravo to play like a man.
Sachin already you have lost half of your iconic status by playing IPL and also by playing only for MI...atleast now announce your retirement or atleast play for teams like DC/PW from next IPL
Re: Sachin please do the needful atleast now....
by Shikari Shambu on May 25, 2012 06:48 AM
I agree that he has lost his iconic status by playing IPL. But he (or anybody) will not lose if they play for 1 team.
