Awesome day, my best ever on Betfair, top start to the IPL for me! RR's domestic batsmen looked way out of their depth in these conditions, not much time to adjust either. Dravid was simply Awesome, he and Tendulkar were the difference in the matches today, both assessed conditions perfectly, class showing through over the superhyped sloggers!
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***Official*** IPL 2009
- Thread starter James
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
LOL @ Dravid being MoM. Jesus Christ.
Malinga wasn't good enough with 15/3 in 4 overs earlier, and now 5/5 in 3.1 overs isn't good enough. This is a joke. I don't care who it is, but the guys who hands out the MoM is the biggest muppet on the planet.
Malinga wasn't good enough with 15/3 in 4 overs earlier, and now 5/5 in 3.1 overs isn't good enough. This is a joke. I don't care who it is, but the guys who hands out the MoM is the biggest muppet on the planet.
King Pietersen
International Captain
Dravid's innings was more important than Kumble's 5fer. Without Dravid's runs, Bangalore would have collapsed to an easily chaseable total, without Kumble's 5fer Bangalore would still have won. Dravid's knock was match winning, Kumble's bowling was just a superb effort in conditions that suited the bowlers. Correct decision for me.
Totally AWTA, Dravid's innings set up the match, scored more than the entire opposition! By the time Kumble came on RR were already up against it. TBH Praveen Kumar and Ryder's contributions with the ball were probably more important, Smith's wicket was the turning point. Still think Roelof should've been playing ahead of Taylor, drop Vinay Kumar and play another batsmen (who I'm not sure...).
TBH I thought Dhoni's captaincy was pretty **** in general today. Flintoff at 4? He looked awful, 10 of his runs at least came in edges, including the 6!
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
But in place of who? Dimi and Tyron have superb records and Warne and Smith are givens.
Yeah Henderson looked like the biggest waste of $650,000 I've ever seen. Looked incapable of hitting singles (a must in these conditions, boundaries are tough) and his bowling was fairly mediocre when put in the context of the match. They need Quiney in the top order I reckon, it looks very, very weak in these conditions. I don't think this won't be their only sub-100 score by any means.
Sanz
Hall of Fame Member
Agreed, but it also shows once again that Kumble is unplayable when the conditions favor him. I dont thini I have seen this sort of domination by any bowler when he gets favorable conditions.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Sanath had a good all-round match today, but that was ignored largely, since he only took two wickets and scored 24 runs- the specialists did a lot more in the match, with Malinga taking three and Tendulkar scoring a 50. A lot has been said of Nayar's smashing of Flintoff for so much in an over, but it's still early days, and he still hasn't bowled to make himself useful. It was annoying to hear some video-jockeys turned presenters say how strong the Chennai bowling attack was with seven wickets taken, when most of them were the final overs wicket rush. They even went on to say that Gony was very impressive but unfortunately couldn't stay too long in the team- we know why. Cricket forum users understand the game a lot better than some being paid to talk cricket.
Chennai's innings wasn't going good, but the decision to promote Parthiv Patel was a blooper. Dhoni was better. Vijay was better. Flintoff was possibly better. Oram was also a decent option. The biggest contributions came from Hayden, Dhoni and Flintoff, but none lasted long enough. Malinga bowled tight and gave nothing away, while Sanath also played a vital hand. The selection of a certain Rohan Raje, however, may need to be reviewed- Nayar can do that job better, and they can also get in young batting hopeful Ajinkya Rahane. Another Chennai blooper was the (non) use of offie Ashwin, who was listed as a Number 11 and didn't bowl at all- this, despite him being a full-fledged all-rounder (lately) for TN. Joginder, however, didn't do too badly as a support batsman down the order and was also a lot more economical than the rest of the bowlers.
Newlands, Cape Town. This place seemed to have a blizzard in playing conditions. So much, that even a medium-pacer like Dimi Mascarenhas managed to flummox the batsmen a great deal. Young pacer Kamran Khan, not quite a super soldier like another player in the squad, was very impressive in this match, getting pace and movement, and was unplayable. T20 star Tyron Henderson did his bit with the ball, and all six bowling options looked like making it tight, but every Bangalore batsman squeezed in enough to take their total to a respectable 133.
This total, however, looked massive, once Praveen Kumar and Dale Steyn began to bowl. Crunching the batsmen, they bowled enough dot balls to make all the Rajasthan batsmen play rash shots or take needless singles, to be all out for a paltry 58. This is the lowest total in the IPL, and it was very similar to the start of Rajasthan's campaign last year. Will they turn it around this time? Early days.
The day, however, belonged to three stalwarts of old. Tendulkar played a masterful innings, crafted patiently and carefully, but still not too slow, playing an innings far superior to any of the batsmen supposed to be ideal for T20. Rahul Dravid played a vital hand with his 66, taking the Royal Challengers to a match-winning position- a knock that was worth a century out here. And of course, Kumble took five wickets for just as many runs, putting up possibly the most superior bowling performance in any T20 match, even as questions were asked about his role in the team. The IPL once again proves that Test class is best class, anywhere, anytime.
Chennai's innings wasn't going good, but the decision to promote Parthiv Patel was a blooper. Dhoni was better. Vijay was better. Flintoff was possibly better. Oram was also a decent option. The biggest contributions came from Hayden, Dhoni and Flintoff, but none lasted long enough. Malinga bowled tight and gave nothing away, while Sanath also played a vital hand. The selection of a certain Rohan Raje, however, may need to be reviewed- Nayar can do that job better, and they can also get in young batting hopeful Ajinkya Rahane. Another Chennai blooper was the (non) use of offie Ashwin, who was listed as a Number 11 and didn't bowl at all- this, despite him being a full-fledged all-rounder (lately) for TN. Joginder, however, didn't do too badly as a support batsman down the order and was also a lot more economical than the rest of the bowlers.
Newlands, Cape Town. This place seemed to have a blizzard in playing conditions. So much, that even a medium-pacer like Dimi Mascarenhas managed to flummox the batsmen a great deal. Young pacer Kamran Khan, not quite a super soldier like another player in the squad, was very impressive in this match, getting pace and movement, and was unplayable. T20 star Tyron Henderson did his bit with the ball, and all six bowling options looked like making it tight, but every Bangalore batsman squeezed in enough to take their total to a respectable 133.
This total, however, looked massive, once Praveen Kumar and Dale Steyn began to bowl. Crunching the batsmen, they bowled enough dot balls to make all the Rajasthan batsmen play rash shots or take needless singles, to be all out for a paltry 58. This is the lowest total in the IPL, and it was very similar to the start of Rajasthan's campaign last year. Will they turn it around this time? Early days.
The day, however, belonged to three stalwarts of old. Tendulkar played a masterful innings, crafted patiently and carefully, but still not too slow, playing an innings far superior to any of the batsmen supposed to be ideal for T20. Rahul Dravid played a vital hand with his 66, taking the Royal Challengers to a match-winning position- a knock that was worth a century out here. And of course, Kumble took five wickets for just as many runs, putting up possibly the most superior bowling performance in any T20 match, even as questions were asked about his role in the team. The IPL once again proves that Test class is best class, anywhere, anytime.
Presenters in India are a complete joke, in fact cricket coverage and the news is a joke full stop. The average indian presenter these days is a failed model from mtv who knows f all about the sport, the news is designed to assult the senses and create controversy rather than inform and rationally anaylse. Quite a few of the news channels are investors in the franchises too so the coverage is completely biased and non-critical.
I can bet that Nayars sixes will be shown in 5 second or less 'bites' over the next week continuously. Backed up with some horribly loud music and flashing lights to disorientate the viewer even more.
I get so depressed when I go back home and see my parents watching NDTV, it's almost as bad as if they were watching The X Factor or Britain's got Talent.
Think I'll go drink now...world's going to ****..........
I can bet that Nayars sixes will be shown in 5 second or less 'bites' over the next week continuously. Backed up with some horribly loud music and flashing lights to disorientate the viewer even more.
I get so depressed when I go back home and see my parents watching NDTV, it's almost as bad as if they were watching The X Factor or Britain's got Talent.
Think I'll go drink now...world's going to ****..........
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King Pietersen
International Captain
It's the Indian Premier League, not the International Premier League. So the limit on overseas players doesn't need to be changed.
pasag
RTDAS
However its unique selling point in India and around the world is the fact that it brings together all the worlds superstars. I think you've got a major problem when a guy like Murali is sitting on the bench.
I respect the protectionisim or whatever, but I think a 6-5 or 7-4 balance towards internationals would be much better in terms of a product and it would still offer heaps of opportunities for Indian domestics.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
This is the problem. Is it a domestic comp or is it a global event? At the moment it is trying to be both and maybe isnt doing either very well.
The standard isnt great and it feels like a domestic comp but everyone is trying to sell it as more than that. Unfortunately the product isnt of a high enough quality to be the latter.
For it to be the event it is trying to make itself then the International rule must go.
pasag
RTDAS
I don't see the problem with it having dual objectives, it just has to find the right balance which at the moment it hasn't done.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
The objectives are mutually exclusive.