***Official*** IPL 2009

[ret]

Haha na relying on your two international openers to score all your runs and not investing in Indian 20/20 batsman was your problem. Does anyone actually think Ganguly's captaincy would inspire this team to victory? Perhaps they'd be kicking up less of a fuss and actually trying not to lose, and the fans would be happy with their hero not being disgraced but really the captain isn't the problem here.

We are not talking abt how poor KKR is. It's already been identified that KKR relies more on its overseas players .... The point here is that Ganguly would have been a better choice for captaincy for KKR .... with McCullum as the captain, they can't bench him. hopefully McCullum will resign at the end of the tourney

 

[ret]

So i'm guessing you don't know jack about cricket then. McCullum has won alot of games for NZ.

 

[Athlai]

We are not talking abt how poor KKR is. It's already been identified that KKR relies more on its overseas players .... The point here is that Ganguly would have been a better choice for captaincy for KKR .... with McCullum as the captain, they can't bench him. hopefully McCullum will resign at the end of the tourney

He has already rather publicly declared that he'll stand down as captain. I feel sorry for KKR, no one will want to captain that mess anymore, as whoever gets selected will be the wrong choice barring an absolutely flawless season. If Ganguly gets picked there will be resentment at folding to pressure or him being picked for the wrong reasons, if anyone else will people will be upset it isn't Ganguly.

The multiple captain debacle made everything far worse than it needed to be.

 

[ret]

He has already rather publicly declared that he'll stand down as captain. I feel sorry for KKR, no one will want to captain that mess anymore, as whoever gets selected will be the wrong choice barring an absolutely flawless season. If Ganguly gets picked there will be resentment at folding to pressure or him being picked for the wrong reasons, if anyone else will people will be upset it isn't Ganguly.

The multiple captain debacle made everything far worse than it needed to be.

KKR would be better off having an Indian as captain as they rely more on their overseas players. they wouldn't want to get stuck up with a non-performing overseas player as they can only play 4 of them .... that's the point I am making and not how good or bad McCullum is. McCullum has been a big flop and they can't replace him as he is the captain. He needs to play some good knocks now to justify his place in the 11. With nothing to lose now and pressure off, may be he can show what he can do!

 

[ret]

MI hit 96 runs in the last 10 overs to post a reasonable total but they would feel that they are like 20 runs short. No need to say that they will have to bowl and field pretty well to defend this total

on the other hand, some sensible cricket will see BRC through

 

[Sanz]

. If Ganguly gets picked there will be resentment at folding to pressure or him being picked for the wrong reasons, if anyone else will people will be upset it isn't Ganguly.

The multiple captain debacle made everything far worse than it needed to be.

I dont think people care much about Gagnuly's captaincy, They are okay with him not being the captain. All they want is to not humiliate him for no reason. If KR wanted to replace Ganguly as captain, they should have just done that without beating around the bushes.

It will be hillarious if they pick Ganguly again to lead the side, I hope he doesn't accept it. And no it wont be because of any pressure but because of utter failure of Mcullum as captain. I dont even understand why they picked him as captain.

Here is an article on the state of KR :- Cricinfo - Anatomy of Kolkata's disaster

 

[Uppercut]

Mumbai bowling some absolute poo here.

 

[Sanz]

Reckon it ain't that bad. All depends on how Uthappa goes.

Jaffer is a ridiculous inclusion though.

Uthappa is most overrated player of our times. Jeez, cant' stand the guy anymore.

 

[ret]

This has to be the most hopeless bowling and fielding performance that I have seen in IPL 09. The captaincy has been pathetic too. Can't believe Malinga was taken off after he had just bowled an excellent maiden. I thought Tendulkar could have pushed Malinga more to pick some wkts! One of Malinga or Zak should have completed his spell a long time ago! I would have imagined B'bay come out all fired up after that ordinary performance with the bat

for BRC, Uthappa comes back to form!

 

[ret]

time for analysis paralysis

let's see how the teams stack up in the race to get in to the semis

target 8 wins .... ofc you can get through with 7 wins with a better NRR or a point from a washed out game. 8 wins should definitely seal the place

team - games remaining - wins needed [%of remaining games]
DD - 8 - 4 [50%]
DC - 8 - 4 [50%]
K11 - 7 - 4 [57%]
BRC - 6 - 4 [66%]
MI - 7 - 5 [71%] .... 4 will do as it has 1 pt from a washed out game
CSK - 7- 5 [71%] .... Same^
RR - 7 - 5 [71%] .... Same^
KKR - 6 - 7 [out]

So who is more likely to make it to the semis at half-way stage?

 

[ret]

My prediction

Delhi, Hy'bad, Chennai and Rajasthan!

 

[Jono]

Uthappa is most overrated player of our times. Jeez, cant' stand the guy anymore.

Haha, Uthappa isn't known enough by people to be the most overrated. But yeah he's a bit of a dick.

Did alright last night though.

As I said, Bangalore one paper was hardly as bad as people made out them to be.

 

[biased indian]

DD,MI,DC,RR would like to see that semi line up

 

[Briony]

Should be another good match tonight with two exciting teams. Time for Albertus to be dropped.

 

[pasag]

Very weak looking Bangalore team, perhaps the weakest IPL team I've seen to date.

And then they go and record their most emphatic win to date

A little bit of momentum, a few more wins and who knows, a finals bearth perhaps? Stranger things have happened!

 

[Uppercut]

Why would that even be a surprise? KKR aside, the competition is very tight. Deccan and Delhi have given everyone the image that they're the dominant sides but everyone has either four or three and a half wins each at this stage. The top seven are all just about as likely to make the semis as each other.

 

[Sanz]

Haha, Uthappa isn't known enough by people to be the most overrated. But yeah he's a bit of a dick.

Did alright last night though.

As I said, Bangalore one paper was hardly as bad as people made out them to be.

You can see why I dont gamble. I was willing to give him a chance until the match before and he failed and the moment I get pissed off he scores.

 

[Briony]

It's hard to believe that Bangalore has improved since KP departed.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

It's hard to believe that Bangalore has improved since KP departed.

Not really.....

 

[pasag]

Why would that even be a surprise? KKR aside, the competition is very tight. Deccan and Delhi have given everyone the image that they're the dominant sides but everyone has either four or three and a half wins each at this stage. The top seven are all just about as likely to make the semis as each other.

If you had told anyone that Bangalore would make the final 4 after last years efforts and the start they had (and you also told them their Messiah was going to be a massive flop) they'd laugh in your face, I reckon.

And the all top 7 are not just as likely to win, because some of the sides are better than others. Dehli for example, is much more likely to be there than any of the others because they're a lot better than the others.