***Official*** IPL match discussion thread

[Scaly piscine]

Sheesh how dire is the bowling when Laxman can score quickly?

I'm guessing there'll be another Aussie MotM here.

 

[James_W]

Well, that was quite unbelievable.

 

[Burgey]

So you acknowledge the bowling problem and suggest getting rid of one of the most effective Twenty20 bowlers?

Gilchrist is by a distance the man to go. His performances have been falling away for a while and he's done little so far.

Fixed now.

 

[Top_Cat]

Haha, love how the calls for Gilchrist to be dropped happen right before he hits the fastest 20/20 hundred. Relatively weak bowling attack but still, awesome knock.

 

[Burgey]

How often does it happen though? And I mean to all of us. when we make predictions/ comment on a player.
Still, there wouldn't be a forum if we didn't have opinions.

 

[Days of Grace]

Expecting the Super Kings to wipe the floor with the rubbish Royal Challengers tonight.

Will Fleming finally get a game?

 

[Top_Cat]

How often does it happen though? And I mean to all of us. when we make predictions/ comment on a player.
Still, there wouldn't be a forum if we didn't have opinions.

Never to me. Not once.

*erases the post where he predicted Shahid Afridi would be the best all-rounder in the Test game about a month before he retired from it*

 

[Laurrz]

i just watched highlights of Gillys knock

truly amazing

loved the shot to get the hundred.... the 'crack' noise when bat connects to ball is just WOW..... similar to that of Hoggard to Gilly in the WACA test match...

who was the commentator that said 'oh my word!!'

 

[weldone]

Gony and Sharma forming a bowling partnership for India together sounds pretty good, with the likes of Praveen Kumar and Irfan Pathan backing them up.

No Zaheer?

 

[weldone]

So you acknowledge the bowling problem and suggest getting rid of one of the most effective Twenty20 bowlers?

Gilchrist is by a distance the man to go. His performances have been falling away for a while and he's done little so far.

Thank God Laxman didn't think like you.

 

[weldone]

So they wouldn't have to face him?

ha ha

 

[Arjun]

Will Steyn get a match? Hopefully...

 

[Laurrz]

Will Steyn get a match? Hopefully...

i hope he bowls with Bracken

 

[chaminda_00]

i hope he bowls with Bracken

Bracken injured, jesus do people even play attention.

 

[biased indian]

i hope he bowls with Bracken

when ....next year ???

 

[Leslie1]

To be fair, anybody taking this comp seriously aside from the Indians is probably bored from the lack of any international tests going on. I'm surprised how emotional these games make the players, considering that it's only in its infancy.

 

[duffer]

Marathi news channels are not being very kind at all to Bhajji or the Indians squad in general. I heard one guy say he was ashamed to be a Mumbaikar with the way the team is performing. They even crossed to a local temple where people were praying he regains fitness and brings the team up again

Ugh, not a good time to be an Indians fan Next up is Kolkata and I don't think it will be pretty.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Thank God Laxman didn't think like you.

They'd have won with or without Gilchrist. The bowling won the game and without Gilchrist and with Vaas it would have been stronger still.

 

[Debris]

They'd have won with or without Gilchrist. The bowling won the game and without Gilchrist and with Vaas it would have been stronger still.

So you still want to drop him?

 

[Burgey]

To be fair, anybody taking this comp seriously aside from the Indians is probably bored from the lack of any international tests going on. I'm surprised how emotional these games make the players, considering that it's only in its infancy.

It's coin mate, pure and simple .