silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
No, he is not.
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*Official* Indian Premier League 2010
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And Sohail Tanvir, also arguably the best player in IPL 1.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, loads of bluster about Warne's genius in IPL1, but a lot of it was thanks to Watson, who was effectively two of the best players in the tournament, and Tanvir's bowling. Obviously Warne was very good with how he got the team together, but without the firepower Rajasthan are always going to struggle.
They should have bought someone sensible in the auction, I mean, Damien Martyn, wtf?
They should have bought someone sensible in the auction, I mean, Damien Martyn, wtf?
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Not really.
When he gets things right, he's probably the most devastating bowler there is. See World Cup 2007 - sure he got carted a few times, but I've never seen anyone throw down as many deliveries that batsmen simply couldn't play.
When he gets things wrong, he's horrid.
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Has to be the cheapest player in the IPL
Will probably break the world speed record at some stage, possibly be instrumental in his team winning the tournament and he's being paid a couple of hundred grand???????
Makes Ishant's 950k look like the world's worst ever buy
Cruxdude
International Debutant
RR's 2008 win was mostly because of Watson, Smith, Tanvir and Yousuf. Take out Watson and Tanvir and with Smith not scoring RR will struggle. Warne's weird buys at the bidding will not be called genius if they do very badly this year.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
awta
G.I.Joe
International Coach
awta, will only make MI even more of an old mans club, but who wouldn't want to see Sachin, Lara and Jayasuriya bat together?
Cruxdude
International Debutant
Sachin, Jayasuriya opening and Lara at one drop. That would be a sight.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Knew that selling the rights to free to air TV was a stroke of genius.
Particularly with the blackout on televised football between 3pm and 5pm on Saturdays, perfect time to catch an IPL match.
pasag
RTDAS
Hardly, IMO. Rajasthan lost their best batsman (and all-rounder and mots) and best bowler. If it was the same team that lost the next two series then you could say that. Them being a massive underdog pulled through by the brilliance of Warne is a bit of a myth, they had some damn good players.
pasag
RTDAS
Yep.
Only caught one over last night of his spell. Started off poorly with a wide or two but had a fantastic yorker and seemed to be enjoying himself and getting better as things went on.
From what I caught of Sehwag's innings last night, some of the sixes were a bit meh leading up to the fifty, but on 49 he pulled off a brilliant uppercut and then an awesome smack back over the bowlers head, was Haydenesque. Didn't seem to care too much though.
Tait was never going to catch that, drops everything in the outfield. Also agree Smith made the catch look harder than it was.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Sehwag just takes the piss with the IPL really. He could have been out on his first ball.
He's worth the gamble though, not only because of his playing style and his natural technique, but he basically stole the game away from Rajasthan and gave his own team no chance of a choke.
Kind of a good way of chasing small targets. Just make sure you put your team in a position where they'd have to be absolutely hopeless to screw up a chase when you need less than 4 rpo.
He's worth the gamble though, not only because of his playing style and his natural technique, but he basically stole the game away from Rajasthan and gave his own team no chance of a choke.
Kind of a good way of chasing small targets. Just make sure you put your team in a position where they'd have to be absolutely hopeless to screw up a chase when you need less than 4 rpo.
pasag
RTDAS
tbh watching Sehwag in the IPL is pretty boring. See him hitting sixes all year against much better bowlers and bigger boundaries (and a new red ball with slips). More fun watching Dravid, Kallis and co squirming their way over the boundaries
