Royal Challengers
Pietersen finally admits he is not good at Twenty20!
Kevin Pietersen has finally admitted that he is not good at twenty20. Why it took him so long is unknown. Why Mallya did not understand this simple fact? He spent $1.55 million on him which is still a mystery.
Pietersen was a disaster, as was predicted here. He did not have any impact as a [...]
IPL Final:Deccan Vs Royal Challengers. Poetic Justice for laggards of 2008?
Deccan chargers and Royal challengers are in final of IPL 2009. It’s been a success story of last year’s bottom placed teams. Deccan won their first 4 matches and Royals have won their last five.
Last year they could not win more than four matches whole tourney. Talk about turn around. Nothing could have been bigger [...]
Today’s matches: Battle of Bottom Royale !
Two matches today are between the teams occupying the bottom half of the table. Royal Challengers Vs Knight Riders and Kings XI Vs Mumbai Indians. I fancy Challengers and Kings XI to win.
Any team against Knight Riders is considered favorite. Royal Challengers almost lost their previous match against Knight Riders but for Mark Boucher. It [...]
Battle between losers !
Match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers is going to to a defining moment of IPL-II. It surely is. It will define either of which team might still have a chance to make it to Semifinals.
Mumbai Indians, if they lose would be out of contention. Miracle or two would be needed. So is the [...]
Challengers win: Miracles do happen!
Well this has to be a miracle. How else you can explain Challengers winning this match from nowhere. At the tactical commercial break in the second innings, Kings XI was perched on top.
To lose from 70/1against Challengers, it had to be a sloppy effort from Kings XI or a miracle. Both combined and [...]
Knight Riders or Royal Challengers-who sucks more ?
I hate to watch either of them play. Players don’t feed on each other’s success. Top order is not firing which provides early impetus. No bowler has impressed.
Foreign players have fumbled often to deepen the hopelessness. Coaches, management and Owners have been stupid to hurt the not in sync teams. There seems to be no [...]
Battle for last Spot: Knight Riders on Top
For me this was the most anticipated match. It had everything. A nail biter with promise of going to the wire. It did go to wire, Provided all the excitement and thrills viewer expects from any Twenty20 match.
Mind you they are in a battle. Battle of getting to the bottom. They are ready to do [...]
Curious Case of Jacques kallis
Well, I have been against Jacques Kallis playing for any Twenty20 team, let alone a franchise that represents my city - Bangalore.
He has been a great player in tests and to an extent in ODI for South Africa. He has been talked in the same league as Gary Sobers. I have no problems with [...]
Kevin Pietersen was bought cheap: really?
Kevin Pietersen has not done anything in the 3 matches he has captained so far. He will play 4-5 matches at maximum and return to England. So was he really bough cheap at $1.55 million as Mallya had claimed earlier.
In the 3 matches he has played so far, there is no glimpse of his [...]
Dissecting Royal Challenger’s Loss
Challengers were chasing 9.20 runs an over. We will break their chase into 5 over phases and see what happened actually.
First 5 overs: Challengers scored 25 runs for loss of 2 wickets. Kallis had played made 15 off 14 balls. He hit 3 fours, so in other 11 balls he scored 1 run. Jesse Ryder [...]