It is a pity the cavalier fashion the defending champs approach the game. Instead of fielding their best side with a purposeful batting order it is seen that neither they field a settled side nor follow a settled batting order. Given that so far most of their runs have come from their bowlers starting with Bhajji although the bowlers themselves look ineffective in the absence of Malinga. In fact MI don’t look serious at all. Coming to other teams although Gujrat lions tops the list but their batting is heavily dependent on Aron Finch who himself was twice lucky to get away to wrong decisions in two close LBW calls in the very first over in the first two games. Raina himself doesn't instill much confidence when he comes to bat. Mcullum is very inconsistent and could be the biggest flop of this IPL-9.On bowling front other than Bravo and jadeja rest of the bowling looks lean. So far they have been lucky and might just scrape through to the last four but are certainly not a solid looking side as is being projected. Next, Pune with their 3rd rate pace attack it will be real achievement if Dhoni could manage 6th position for them. Why? Because the pacers are virtually rendering the spin attack too ineffective. Can Ishant be ever trusted with death overs? Never. Being a new team it is not clear why they couldn't rope in good international pacers instead depending on spent forces like RP and Ishant! Of the remaining RCB and KKR look to be the two best solid looking sides .
Re: HYD,PUNJAB AND PUNE THE THREE WEAKEST SIDES.
by damodaran mohan on Apr 20, 2016 05:24 PM
(contd.)With Virat and Gambhir leading from the front the two teams are certainly the best out of the lot. May be RCB should rejig their bowling combo in case Starc doesn’t make it for the entire series. Hyderabad is a gone case and stand no chance. Delhi by virtue of being the best bowling unit of IPL-9 stand best ever chance to make it to the last four but there is a question mark on their batting coming good to put big totals. Punjab again are a very inconsistent side lacking proper leadership. No chance. So to summarize the weakest three are Punjab, Hyd and Pune.
I am a Fan of Kolkata Knight Riders. That\'s why I can say easily that main reason of their loss is due to Ricky Ponting. While he was with KKR, they met very bad fate. Now it is MI ... All The Best
Parthiv Patel is a liability to any team. He can only bat at top of the order where he can just clear the 30 yard circle and manage some runs in powerplay. After that he cannot score at brisk past. Utterly useless in the middle order when the field is spread. He is not even a good runner between wicket. To accommodate him Rohit has to bat in the middle as Guptil is a genuine opener and he cannot bat elsewhere. This is a big problem for MI.
