***Official*** IPL 2009

[Jono]

SA don't pick Kallis, right?

And surely Smith can perform in T20, he just isn't right now.

 

[biased indian]

Ojha has been great so far

Edit: he has now 2 in one over

 

[ret]

Okay. Here is a minor quiz.. Whats the shot this guy is suposed to be playing ?

looks like one of the Gibb's cuts .... or Hayden walking down the wkt and playing one of his shots!

this is T20 cricket

 

[ret]

Ojha is on fire! .... with DC, DD and CSK playing amongst each other, the quality of cricket is pretty good

 

[Jono]

****! Just had money on Chennai BEFORE that Ojha over.

I knew Chennai were going to lose a wicket in that over! Just had a gut feeling. Murphy's law and what not.

Oram & Morkel could blast Chennai away here, or fail miserably.

 

[TT Boy]

SA don't pick Kallis, right?

And surely Smith can perform in T20, he just isn't right now.

They don't.

And Smith's record in 20/20 is very good. Not sure what Briony has been smoking. Did she not watch Smith in last year's IPL?

As for this game, Gilly seems to have made a ****-up in bowling the part-timers for too many overs...

 

[pasag]

How consistent is Hayden? Amazing.

With not many bowlers impressing he'd certainly be well infront for MVP.

 

[Jono]

Big Jacob doing the trick.

 

[ret]

dumb captaincy by Gilly .... he had 2 overs from Ojha, 2 from RP and 1 from Edwards but he went with Rao and Ahmed in the final overs

 

[Pratters]

How consistent is Hayden? Amazing.

With not many bowlers impressing he'd certainly be well infront for MVP.

It's not just the consistency. He has been very comfortable at the crease and hardly troubled all through the IPL so far.

 

[Jono]

If Chennai fix their batting order, they will dominate this tournament.

 

[TT Boy]

Badri looks so minor against anyone who generates pace.

 

[Jono]

Badri just shouldn't be batting at this stage. He's not a T20 number 7 FFS. He's not a ODI no. 7 either.

Ugh. Play him in the right spot or don't pick him.

 

[Jono]

FFS, should have sent in Gony.

 

[TT Boy]

If Chennai fix their batting order, they will dominate this tournament.

As long as Patel is only sticking around for two balls, it doesn't really matter. Fred was also batting too high but he's gone now.

 

[Jono]

As long as Patel is only sticking around for two balls, it doesn't really matter. Fred was also batting too high but he's gone now.

Lol. The minute Patel fell I actually thought the same thing.

Still reckon bat Patel at 7, move Badrinath up, and open Dhoni with Hayden.

 

[ret]

decent total in the end for CSK, DC will have to bat well to get it! .... Laxman hasn't fired yet so is this going to be his day?

 

[Evermind]

Badri just shouldn't be batting at this stage. He's not a T20 number 7 FFS. He's not a ODI no. 7 either.

Ugh. Play him in the right spot or don't pick him.

FFS, should have sent in Gony.

Yep - huge mistake there. Badri is tiny - Gony is nearly as large as Oram, and I hear he can hit it a mile. No idea what Dhoni was thinking there.

In the end, Gilchrist did pretty well with the bowling decisions.

 

[ret]

In the end, Gilchrist did pretty well with the bowling decisions.

Ojha who got 2/11 bowled just 2 overs! whie Rao and Ahmed bowled 7 overs for 66 runs with 1 wkt!

 

[Jono]

Game over in the first 2 overs of the Deccan Chargers innings.