Royal Challengers
Royal Challengers back to its Shoddy ways :-)
In the earlier match prediction post, I mentioned that Challengers should edge out Chennai Kings. I had not bothered to check team composition. Thinking winning team combination would continue.
Well Challengers went against it. Dropped Jesse Ryder and included Kallis. You can’t get worse than it. Halfway through they are looking down the barrel.
Jacques Kallis [...]
Today’s Match: Royal Challengers Vs Chennai kings
This match could and should go to the wire. Royal Challengers are upbeat after their win over champions Rajasthan Royals. They might repeat and take down last years runners too.
Challengers strength lies in their bowling. Steyn, Praveen Kumar,Vinay Kumar and Anil Kumble should be handful for Chennai Kings batsman. Batting wise too, Challengers have [...]
The man for all moments - Rahul Dravid
If there is one thing that Rahul Dravid does brilliantly then it is this - steady the innings. It really doesn’t matter if it is a 1 over game or a endless test match, he always does that.
Maybe it is a good thing that IPL has moved to South Africa. It is not all bam-bam-boom. [...]
IPL Matches today : Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
Date : 18 APR 2009 Time : 2000 IST. Venue : Cape Town
Royals are the defending champions. There is no reason to think that they will not stand up to their name as champions. But few things are bothering them. Shane Watson and Sohail Tanvir two of the most successful players in the first edition [...]
John Buchanan hits back at his critics!
John Buchanan has hit back at comments by former cricketers, especially by Sunil Gavaskar, who described the Australian "failed former cricketer making a living telling international players to do what he couldn’t do".
‘There were always people who were more than willing to put the knife in, and the fact that I never played Test cricket [...]
7 Tips for winning IPL Season 2
What not to do list for IPL season II
Don’t score lowest, top individual score by a team. 75* by Rahul Dravid was top individual score by BRC which was the least of all teams.
Don’t score second least number of half centuries which is less than half of what the eventual champions scored. BRC scored 7. [...]
Is Royal Challengers still a test team?
I read a rediff piece and am wondering if Royal Challengers still is a test team. Vijay Mallya is very buoyant about his new team. This is what he has to say.
"Last year our team was called a Test team, but with players such as (Kevin) Pietersen, (Robin) Uthappa and (Jesse) Ryder in the [...]
Royal Challengers 2009 team
This team was dubbed a test team last year. Not sure what Vijay Malya was doing when the team was being picked. May be he was drinking a beer and taking pictures for his calendar!
They did not go anywhere. Actually they must be happy not to be ending up last. None of the foreign players [...]
Kevin Pietersen as Bangalore Royal Challengers Captain - a big mistake!
The first mistake Royal Challengers committed this year was actually selecting Kevin Pietersen, the next mistake is paying him an obscene $1.55 mn. The third in a row is anointing Pietersen as the captain of Royal Challengers. Rahul Dravid being a shy guy he always is just not helping.
I don’t have anything against KP. [...]
Kevin Pietersen is RCB captain, its official now !!
Its official now! KP – Kevin Pietersen is the Royal Challenger teams captain. He will captain the side through the first half of the IPL till April end. Jaques Kallis will take over for the rest. I am fine with KP being captain, but why Kallis? He is not inclined towards captaincy and being [...]