Indian Premier League 2014

[GGG]

Well that will be Corey Andersons last IPL game for a while, was hoping he would do OK but suspected he would fail.

 

[Sean Flynn]

Pollard to inspire an unlikely win here.

 

[GGG]

Gezzz Harbhajan just push for a single and get Pollard on strike, he is the only chance.

 

[Sean Flynn]

David Warner has got the biggest mouth in cricket.

 

[Dan]

Unfortunately he seems to be able to back it up though.

 

[CricAddict]

Well that will be Corey Andersons last IPL game for a while, was hoping he would do OK but suspected he would fail.

There are no proper replacements for him, so he might play.. Hussey and Lendl Simmons are the only other batsmen I think. Lendl is not that good while Hussey is out of form..

 

[hendrix]

Pretty much everyone in that team has failed consistently.

He bowling has been particularly dreadful, however. I'm sure that was to be expected though.

 

[Sean Flynn]

Unfortunately he seems to be able to back it up though.

Yes, i'll give him that, he does.

 

[Arjun]

It's easy to point to Mumbai Indians' all-rounders as the cause of their dreadful performance. Sky high economy rates with the ball, and very poor batting statistics overall. I'm not sure either of them deserve to play any further. One of them simply has to make way for Santokie, whose T20 figures are enough to get him into a team that is struggling to take wickets. Fair, they're also struggling to score runs, but one look at the squad they've assembled indicates they've not been serious about the quality of batting, as much as about the quality of bowling.

If the UAE leg of the IPL is anything to go by, the only batsmen worth their places in the Indian T20I side are Dhoni and Surya Yadav, and by a long shot, Rahane. Not too many runs, and all at poor, match-losing strike rates. Talking of Yadav, he's got a batting average in FC cricket touching 48, at a strike rate of 77. Now, he's also in a good run of form in T20. Another T20 specialist in the making. Talking of T20 specialists, I am disappointed with Team Delhi excluding Kedar Jadhav from all the games bar the last one- he's easily the best limited-overs batsman in the Indian domestic scene, but gets no game, bar one, in the lower order. Not surprisingly, Delhi have struggled.

Mayank Agarwal is unlucky to be playing in the same side as Quinton and Vijay, although only Quinton deserves to stay in the XI. That's disappointing for one bloke who's maintained very good T20 figures over 60 games, and should be opening for India in T20Is. Meanwhile, even though the overseas batsmen are doing great for Chennai, Raina isn't.

 

[Daemon]

****ing MI. At first I thought it was just their drafting that was piss poor but now I wouldn't be surprised if the cheerleaders were the ones making all the decisions.

 

[Daemon]

What's wrong with Bailey? Hasn't had a proper knock in ages now.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

The Mumbai Thunder!

 

[Jono]

The way Pollard and Anderson batted after the wicket made no sense. Just did nothing and then Anderson decided he will suddenly hit out.

 

[Jono]

Oh don't bowl there Mitch

 

[Jono]

Mitch

 

[Daemon]

**** yeah. Had 100% faith in Mumbai and it paid off.

 

[Daemon]

Jadhav wafg. Runs behind him in Ranji and now a bit of IPL stardom won't hurt his chances at all.

 

[Sean Flynn]

What's wrong with Bailey? Hasn't had a proper knock in ages now.

Time to quietly slip back to grade cricket perhaps? He may have had his time in the sun.

 

[Sean Flynn]

KP looked uninspiring both with bat and in the field yesterday. He seemed to pay too much attention to looking like he was rallying the troops instead of actually doing it.

 

[Arjun]

Two fruit salad XIs battling it out, with neither side playing exceptionally well. Good for AB- he should be opening the innings from the next game on. Can't say I like either team, although it's good to have Varun Aaron among the top five wicket takers.