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 [...]
Top 10 Bowlers of IPL-II
Now lets move on to top bowlers list and see if they have any direct impact on the team’s performances.
Player
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Ave
Econ
SR
RP Singh
8
29
1
191
15
13
6.43
12
YA Abdulla
8
26
1
223
14
16
8.57
11
SL Malinga
7
25
2
128
12
11
5.01
13
L Balaji
6
17
0
143
10
14
8.25
10
PP Ojha
7
26
0
150
10
15
5.76
16
A Kumble
8
29
1
170
10
17
5.82
18
A Nehra
6
24
0
170
10
17
7.08
14
IK Pathan
8
28
0
213
10
21
7.6
17
MM Patel
6
20
1
147
9
16
7.35
13
SK Warne
7
26
0
203
9
23
7.8
17
Deccan Chargers have RP Singh and PP Ojha.
Kings XI has YA Abdulla and Irfan Pathan.
Rajasthan Royals have Munaf Patel and Shane Warne.
Malinga, Anil Kumble, Ashish [...]
TOP 10 Batsman of IPL-II
Here’s the list of the TOP 10 Batsmen of IPL-II. Does it have any relevance to the standings of the team as well ?
IPL-II Top 10 Batsman
Player
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
0
4s
6s
ML Hayden
7
7
0
289
65
41.28
179
161.45
0
2
0
37
10
SK Raina
7
7
0
264
98
37.71
179
147.48
0
1
0
21
13
BJ Hodge
8
8
2
240
73
40
214
112.14
0
2
0
24
5
JP Duminy
7
7
2
238
59
47.6
215
110.69
0
3
0
18
6
AC Gilchrist
8
8
0
235
71
29.37
165
142.42
0
1
1
25
14
TM Dilshan
7
6
3
231
67*
77
177
130.5
0
3
0
22
9
RG Sharma
8
8
1
223
52
31.85
194
114.94
0
1
0
12
12
JH Kallis
7
7
1
220
69*
36.66
186
118.27
0
2
1
24
4
SR Tendulkar
7
7
1
211
68
35.16
172
122.67
0
2
0
21
8
Yuvraj Singh
8
8
1
208
50
29.71
159
130.81
0
1
0
14
12
There are 5 from older generation and 5 from new generation players. 6 foreign players and 4 Indian players.
Mathew [...]
Deccan Chargers-Losing the charge?
Deccan chargers were the Knight riders of last edition. They started this edition with a bang. Winning 4 of 4 and topping a points table for a while. Now, seem to losing the way. Having lost 3 of 3 and on their way to lose the 4th one too.
Has this something to do with Fidel [...]
Semifinal Spots up for grab
With 7 teams separated by single point, semifinal spots are up for grab. No one would have thought such a scenario when the IPL-II got kicked off. Had Knight Riders been able to close out couple of games, things would have been even interesting.
Buchanan says no one in the team has given up. Owner has. [...]
Franchises seek numerology and change of Jersey colors for success !
Teams are doing everything in their bid to perform better than first edition. Changing the color of jersey, shortening names.
Deccan Chargers have changed from beige and black uniform to dark blue jersey this year. Delhi Daredevils eliminated black from its color scheme and will sport navy blue and red uniforms. Shah Rukh Khan’s [...]
Deccan Chargers – 2009 Team
As the countdown to IPL season II starts with all the thrill of Hitchcock movie, we present you with teams,our assessment and players to watch out for. 2 each from international and Indian contingent. One dark horse or a surprise package!
Lets start with the team which brought up the rear of the points table in [...]
IPL- Indian Problems League?
IPL is in problems galore - courtesy global recession. Here are few pointers to begining of what might turn out to be a full blown issue coming days.
Rajasthan Royals yet to finalize sponsors - Their contract with Bajaj Allianz is down in dumps.
HDIL has pulled out of contract with KKR- Kolkata Knight Riders.
Deccan Chargers [...]
Deccan Chargers look good on paper : Ravi Shastri
As per Ravi Shastri the following teams look strong on paper respectively in that order :
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
Chennai Super Kings
Kolkata Knight Riders
This is followed by a caveat. But, its a 20-20 format and you only need an over to turn the tide and any team can win.
So true. Its that one over of the game which [...]