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***Official*** IPL 2009
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ret
International Debutant
oh boy, RR messed it up .... it would be fair to say that RR got it tactics horribly wrong in this game
first of all I cannot agree with the team they fielded for this crucial game, i.e. no Smith and then got in a good for nothing like Asnodkar ..... 2ndly, they had Ojha, Asnodkar and Niraj batting in the top 4!
first of all I cannot agree with the team they fielded for this crucial game, i.e. no Smith and then got in a good for nothing like Asnodkar ..... 2ndly, they had Ojha, Asnodkar and Niraj batting in the top 4!
duffer
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Watched my first IPL match in yonks last night. Shocked with how out of touch I am with the competition nowadays.
Last season I was so absorbed by it but this year the apathy has well and truly set in. Maybe being in India last year I couldn't help but get caught up in the buzz but I'm finding it hard to "get up" for most of these games.
Will definitely get some beers out and enjoy the semi's and final though but it's generally been a lot harder to be into it from Australia and I can see why a lot of people I talked to last year said they lost interest after the first couple of rounds.
Hope the Super Kings get up though. Started to jump on their bandwagon last season and was gutted for them when Balaji's wide bottled any chance they had of winning it.
Last season I was so absorbed by it but this year the apathy has well and truly set in. Maybe being in India last year I couldn't help but get caught up in the buzz but I'm finding it hard to "get up" for most of these games.
Will definitely get some beers out and enjoy the semi's and final though but it's generally been a lot harder to be into it from Australia and I can see why a lot of people I talked to last year said they lost interest after the first couple of rounds.
Hope the Super Kings get up though. Started to jump on their bandwagon last season and was gutted for them when Balaji's wide bottled any chance they had of winning it.
JBH001
International Regular
Yes, the one thing Chennai do lack is an incisive and dependable fast bowler.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
McCullum open to staying at the helm. I hope both Buchanan and McCullum are sacked from team management for good.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Thushara can bat a bit.. maybe that tilted the scales.
Hope they can finally get rid of the dead wood in Oram for the crunch games. He just brings nothing for us.. Doesn't bowl, batting is not firing and not exactly the best iin the field even though he is pretty quick for a big guy.
Hope they can finally get rid of the dead wood in Oram for the crunch games. He just brings nothing for us.. Doesn't bowl, batting is not firing and not exactly the best iin the field even though he is pretty quick for a big guy.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Have Geaorge Bailey batting at 5 instead of Oram or Hussey at 4.
Matthew Hayden
Parthiv Patel
Subramaniam Badrinath
Suresh Raina (Hussey if Bailey doesn't play)
MS Dhoni
George Bailey (Raina if Hussey plays)
Albie Morkel
Jakati / Ashwin
Muthiah Muralitharan
L Balaji
Sudeep Tyagi / MS Gony
anoop4real
U19 12th Man
5 seconds
Five second all it took..... Sreesanth got all cameras focussed towards him..... bowling out Dhoni and making a run (victory run :P ) with some crap expressions. I am not sure what he was trying to show his country captain, may be trying to show Dhoni, what India is going to miss in world cup :P....... but truely speaking, it was a super delivery.
I think Sreesanth have more future in film industry.. he can move with Preethi Zinta and get into some movies
Five second all it took..... Sreesanth got all cameras focussed towards him..... bowling out Dhoni and making a run (victory run :P ) with some crap expressions. I am not sure what he was trying to show his country captain, may be trying to show Dhoni, what India is going to miss in world cup :P....... but truely speaking, it was a super delivery.
I think Sreesanth have more future in film industry.. he can move with Preethi Zinta and get into some movies
biased indian
International Coach
if DC scoe 100 RCB have to score at least 32 and if DC score 150 they have to score 82+
if they bat first and score 100 should restrict DC to scoring those in 11 overs
and if they score 150 then DC have to score them in 11.2 to knock out RCB
so they are in semis almost..but ya anything can ahappen
Athlai
Not Terrible
I hope they keep McCullum as he is clearly the only thing even remotely keeping his team together. Put Buchanan on a rocket and fire him to the moon though.
Cricket_God
U19 Cricketer
Dhoni thinks of him highly and i won't be suprised if he gets selected after the world t20That still doesn't change what Dhoni thinks about him.
as if we do not defend the title there will be some changes.
Shri
Mr. Glass
He doesn't like having him in the side. He has said that in a press conference openly. He said that he will not be trying to tell Sreesanth to calm down everytime he ****s up on the field and that he should act like a professional.
And with Bhajji in the side, Sreesanth's presence will not be good for the team atmosphere and chemistry.
Yesterday, during the IPL match, Raina went up to him and told Sreesanth this: "Don't abuse me". It was picked up on the microphone. He isn't anywhere close to a national call up if he is making enemies left, right and centre like this.
I am not too worried about him not playing for India atm.
pasag
RTDAS
Niceif DC scoe 100 RCB have to score at least 32 and if DC score 150 they have to score 82+
if they bat first and score 100 should restrict DC to scoring those in 11 overs
and if they score 150 then DC have to score them in 11.2 to knock out RCB
so they are in semis almost..but ya anything can ahappen
Edged&Taken
U19 Vice-Captain
it may happen, heard that the dildo has been talking to Ponting and Steve Waugh for taking over as captain and coach .
Briony
International Debutant
Interesting that Albertus was finally dropped.
Warnie blamed the batting saying that RR's bowling and tactics were the best in the competition. He's being a bit disingenous here. He made some off bowling decisions and selections at times. I don't think his captaincy is as wonderful as he's trying to make out.
RR really missed Watson and Tanvir though the former may not have been as good as last year as he made runs in the middle east but relatively slowly. A lot of the players who performed well last year and evenhave been performing well on the international stage recently struggled. Tanvir probably would have enjoyed the bowling conditions in SA. They erred by relying on the likes of Harwood and the erratic one to support the ordinary Patel.
Warnie blamed the batting saying that RR's bowling and tactics were the best in the competition. He's being a bit disingenous here. He made some off bowling decisions and selections at times. I don't think his captaincy is as wonderful as he's trying to make out.
RR really missed Watson and Tanvir though the former may not have been as good as last year as he made runs in the middle east but relatively slowly. A lot of the players who performed well last year and evenhave been performing well on the international stage recently struggled. Tanvir probably would have enjoyed the bowling conditions in SA. They erred by relying on the likes of Harwood and the erratic one to support the ordinary Patel.
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