Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yep.
Tonight was a preview of the final IMO. Chennai have underperformed, but they're coming good now.
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***Official*** IPL 2009
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Tonight was a preview of the final IMO. Chennai have underperformed, but they're coming good now.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I think that it is important to understand that Karthik has still been developing as a player. He was never an opener and never should have been tried as one at test level. To succeed at that would have been an amazing feat from a young player. Karthik is a useful cricketer if played correctly.
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ret
International Debutant
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
What a ridiculously **** article: Cricinfo - Who's on top of the cool table?
Concept wasn't necessarily bad, but how he defined the teams was piss poor. I know it wasn't supposed to be a serious article, but at least make it semi-funny.
Concept wasn't necessarily bad, but how he defined the teams was piss poor. I know it wasn't supposed to be a serious article, but at least make it semi-funny.
Delhi should drop Vettori for Warner, his firepower outweighs Vettori's bowling which has been pretty mediocre in all honesty this tournament. Leaves them with fairly weak bowling but with a longer batting line up, and lots of outstanding fielders they should be ok. Was impressed with Bhatia's bowling today as well, consistently in the block hole.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Delhi's weak link in the side is Mithun Minhas. If Warner comes in for Manhas, they have a strong top order -
Sehwag
Gambhir/Warner
Warner/Gambhir
AB
Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Else they are a good batsman short which can come to haunt them in a game such as today.
Sehwag
Gambhir/Warner
Warner/Gambhir
AB
Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Else they are a good batsman short which can come to haunt them in a game such as today.
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chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
What's becoming more and more apparent in this competition is that unless you have lasith malinga, mediocre bowlers will get the job done on these surfaces. It's all about batting firepower, one of the better punters on betfair talked about he thought the teams that would reach the semis would be the ones who could get to 170ish consistently, I think he's been proved right. Lot's of mediocre spinners and medium pacers have been fairly effective so far, while a lot of top order batsmen have failed. I'd go in with the extra batsmen and rely on part timers and the domestic indian bowlers more. Drop Vettori, slot Warner in opening with Sehwag, Gambhir and the rest shift down a slot, and you have a tournament winning side IMO. Nannes is good enough at the death, Bhatia looked good at the death too, Mishra good in the middle, Dilshan's tough to hit too. 'Good enough' should be the mantra when choosing a bowling attack in this IPL.
pasag
RTDAS
*she
But yeah, horrible. Seems to be really struggling to find stuff to talk about. It would be one thing if she was actually at the IPL, talking about her experiences and what not, but she's just watching on TV and giving us whatever rubbish comes to her head.
Would be interested to see how Sehwag did lower down the order, say coming in at 5 and making a launch in the final 10 overs. Pretty much no sides have been able to do that in this tourney and would really set Delhi even further apart.oitoitoi said:
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Power and Chawla offer as much with the bat as the so called Indian specialist batsmen in the Kings squad.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Delhi had a top-heavy batting lineup, and their decision to keep sending their top players in the top five may have pinched them. They lost all of their top five, and in a high-pressure situation, had Manhas and Bhatia. Not a good thing. That's what we see in all of the franchises- when the going is good, they send in their internationals, who occupy most of the 20 overs, but in trouble, they're forced to turn to these raw locals, who fall short of expectations and get dropped. Manhas is nowhere as bad as stated, and should have batted a little higher- sending him in at a time when the top five are gone and they needed lots of sixes and fours was a bad move. There were too many attempts at hitting sixes that missed the ball.
Their bowling lineup is too weak without their top five bowlers. Sangwan goes for lots of runs, Mishra is not a restrictive option and Yo Mahesh sprays it around. Let's not get Bhatia into this list; he's a middle-order batsman who bowls seam-up. They have to have Vettori and Nannes, and somehow get in Maharoof. They may even be missing McGrath a bit.
They may be tempted to go in with Warner, but that is a recipe for disaster. Not only are they disturbing a good (albeit misfiring) combination, they have to leave out an international bowler, and looking at the figures of Sangwan and Mishra, and Dilshan getting three overs, Delhi's not up to it. They can get back Viru when fit, then get back Vettori, but they need more runs from Manhas and the lower order than a selection change.
Zinzan
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So out of nick it ain't funny, painful to watch...looks petrified about getting out
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
McCullum on "I don't want to get out and lose my spot to the great Angelo Mathews" mode.
Get this hack out and get Mathews in ASAP. Can captain too and keep.
Uppercut
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Unsurprisingly, DWTA. Mishy has a good economy rate in every form of the game he's played.