IPL-II: Better teams surge ahead towards Semifinal
Up until last 2-3 days IPL-II had no favorites, no clear leaders. Suddenly things have changed. Few teams have played big moments well and have surged ahead. Others have faltered to move down the table.
Now there is a clear divide. There is mountain or two to climb for Royal challengers, Mumbai Indians and Kings XI. [...]
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 [...]
John Buchanan wants more foreign players
Well he wanted to have multiple captains. That is done and dusted. Now he wants more foreign players to in the playing 11. As of now, at any given time there can be only 4 foreign players in the team.
Buchanan, I am not sure how long you will survive; indications are that you will go [...]
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. [...]
I just get the feeling that Ravi Shastri should stop commenting
Ravi Shastri as a commenter surpasses Ravi Shastri as a cricketer. Not in terms of achievement but in terms of years done and money earned. Any tournament involving India involves Ravi Shastri.
Though Ravi has a good voice and gets that excitement into the game he is really boring. He uses far too many cliches. For [...]
Million Dollar misses
Well we told you so. Didn’t we? Kevin Pietersen is not worth even one fourth of the money that was showered on him. Andrew Flintoff was a gamble, which did not come off. They were the highest paid players.
There are others who have not given ROI expected to the franchise owners. They all were [...]
No Miracles for Knight Riders though!
In another match Knight Riders lost again. Nothing works for them. They should have not allowed Mumbai Indians to score more than 130. They allowed 20 extra runs and those runs came to haunt them.
Brad Hodge played a good innings it was not enough. You wonder about Brendon McCllum playing match after match [...]
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 [...]