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***Official*** IPL 2009
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yeah but sometimes other teams are just better.
Bangalore cannot really say that their Best XI is better than Delhi's, Hyderbad's, Chennai. Even Mumbai's (though I don't think they're that good) and Punjab's best XI until recently were clearly better. Now Bangalore have closed the gap.
Kolkata is a clear example of a team with a bad culture, because their XI should be damn good. Clearly unrest/not giving a **** going on with them.
pasag
RTDAS
True, there aren't any all time great limited overs players like Tendy, Hayden, Gilchrist, Warne like some of the other sides have, plus the locals aren't very good and yeah other XIs are better but that doesn't eally excuse some of the performances, especially from players which are supposed to be really good in the format. And hey, not having a top XI didn't bother Rajasthan too much last year. Not really sure what my point is anymore.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
They were making some funny signals to each other while smiling no sooner after they were shown on tv. Just a bit of harmless fun.
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Well, Delhi have had their openers failing "most consistently" and yet the middle order has come to their rescue time and again.
Most teams have at least one successful middle order batsman. Have a look at this. I have taken the two best middle order batsmen of the six teams at the top of the table as of now.
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[B]Team Middle Duo Avg Str Rate[/B]
Delhi ABV/Dilshan 75.5 150
Punjab Sanga/Bopara 33.7 113
Deccan Rohit/Smith 31.2 138
Royals Pathan/Jadeja 30.1 123
B'lore Dravid/Kallis 29.8 127
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Mumbai Duminy/Nayar 28.0 121[/COLOR]Whats even more worrying for Mumbai is that while other teams have at least one other batsman with potential who is likely to strike any time (Yuvraj, Pietersen, Laxman and the openers for Delhi), Mumbai has almost no great names to fall back upon.
The Mumbai batting is looking frail as far as depth is concerned.
Nate
You'll Never Walk Alone
Don't think he's played this season, but I definately saw his mug on the bench last night.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
It was a very tight match that could have gone either way. Punjab have found their bowling combination, and Ramesh Powar will be crucial. Irfan and Yusuf have formed a capable opening combination, while Vik Malik is a good choice as a change bowler. Their batting does look a little thin and will get thinner once Bopara leaves, but they've got batting all the way down to ten. That made a difference here. A team loaded with India prospects can't be too far behind.
Mumbai may be wondering what let them down. Not surprisingly, their filler bowlers were again a weak link, way behind the top four. Malinga, Zaheer, Bravo and Bhajji were good, but the filler overs showed some chaos and instability. Duminy bowled two good overs and one went for too many. That may have taken the game away from Mumbai on an impossible pitch, and they'll have to think about that for the next match. They will miss Bravo a little, and will need the likes of Mills and Dilhara shortly. Their batting looks good at the top but the middle depends far too much on Duminy- Dhawan needs to get going in the middle, and they need to take a call on Abhishek Nayar. He's an all-rounder for the state team and did very well in four overs against Kolkata, but has largely been half a bit player here.
What does Rahane have to do to make the Mumbai Indians playing XI? Maybe dominate another Ranji season, I guess.
Mumbai may be wondering what let them down. Not surprisingly, their filler bowlers were again a weak link, way behind the top four. Malinga, Zaheer, Bravo and Bhajji were good, but the filler overs showed some chaos and instability. Duminy bowled two good overs and one went for too many. That may have taken the game away from Mumbai on an impossible pitch, and they'll have to think about that for the next match. They will miss Bravo a little, and will need the likes of Mills and Dilhara shortly. Their batting looks good at the top but the middle depends far too much on Duminy- Dhawan needs to get going in the middle, and they need to take a call on Abhishek Nayar. He's an all-rounder for the state team and did very well in four overs against Kolkata, but has largely been half a bit player here.
What does Rahane have to do to make the Mumbai Indians playing XI? Maybe dominate another Ranji season, I guess.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Is this the one game a year Dwayne Smith comes off?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Delhi players digging themselves a hole
