Except McCullum of New Zealand in their first match against Bangalore team, Kolkat Knight Riders' top order batsmen have been failing miserably match after match.
Ponting is going back to Australia and hopefully perhaps his replacement may not have the same torrid time with the bat as has Ponting.
Among Indian captains, the story so far has been: Dhoni - Excellent Sehwag - Good in one match with the bat, not bad as a captain Yuvraj - Not bad as batsman, seems to be learning the intricacies of captaining an assorted side Dravid - very ordinary as captain, flop as batsman Laxman - same as Dravid Ganguly - poor batting, lucky as captain in two matches, big question mark over future Harbhajan - disaster Sachin - Non starter
It will be interesting to see how the teams shape up after the departure of active players from Australia and West Indies immediately and New Zealand a little later.
TAIL PIECE
Delhi Daredevils are my favourites to win today's match against RCB (Royal Challengers, Bangalore), for the simple, irresistible reason that they (DD) are led by Sehwag.
RE:It is not a win for Mumbai, but a loss for Kolkata
by shammi Khandelwal on Apr 30, 2008 11:24 AM Permalink
kolkata team is overhyped....delhi team is balanced....jaipur team is underrated...chennai team is good...mumbai may pick up banglore and deccen will struggle
RE:It is not a win for Mumbai, but a loss for Kolkata
by timepass on Apr 30, 2008 11:27 AM Permalink
Chennai will miss Hayden and Hussey. Kolkata's foreign recruits have not been firing at all, so it wont make much difference to them and can only improve from here. Salman Butt I think would be very effective. Also, Umar Gul would be an excellent addition to bowling attack. KKR looks a little thin on batting and need their local players to come good. Shukla has been playing his part well.
RE:By Fluke
by Gopal on Apr 30, 2008 11:31 AM Permalink
I am fine too. I am very disappointed by KKR performance. Hope they will do well once Aus players return back.
RE:By Fluke
by omkar kale on Apr 30, 2008 11:23 AM Permalink
thanks for ur intelligent comments. 4 overs 1 mdn 14 runs given & 3 wickets was a fluke? Ha! Haa!! Tarif to khule dil se karo yaar.
RE:sharad pawar most corrupt guy in the universe
by Dinesh on Apr 30, 2008 11:19 AM Permalink
ALL IPL matches are fixed. Dont bite your nails and watch them. The result is been decided
RE:RE:sharad pawar most corrupt guy in the universe
by Bald Head on Apr 30, 2008 11:26 AM Permalink
Sorry Mr. Dinesh, I do not agree that ALL matches in IPL are fixed. If that were the case, Mumbai Indians should have won atleast 2 or 3 of their matches till now.
By making sweeping allegations of match fixing, please do not belittle the efforts of Rajasthan Team led by retired Shane Warne. With an unfancied combination, he has achieved much more than the hyped combinations from Hyderabad and Kolkata.
RE:RE:RE:sharad pawar most corrupt guy in the universe
by daisydaiisy on Apr 30, 2008 11:27 AM Permalink
just wait RR are going to lose matches from next match...today BRC will defeat DD..wait and watch
so u know...what is going behind the scenes...ipl is big masala fixed show..it has been proved...all fans excited over the results are just wasting their time lol
RE:ambani is srk's close friend
by samir khokhar on Apr 30, 2008 11:19 AM Permalink
u idiot,earlier you replied to me that why you are bringing srk in to this.now you are doing ambani and srk.you idiot stupid bong.write sense and not fake things.
RE:ambani is srk's close friend
by Tracer on Apr 30, 2008 11:21 AM Permalink
hmm...ignore the kid...he does not know wat he is writing...ignornace u c.
RE:RE:ambani is srk's close friend
by Tracer on Apr 30, 2008 11:22 AM Permalink
you know wat u are writing over here dear daisy,stupid comments.....makes no sense....
RE:ambani is srk's close friend
by daisydaiisy on Apr 30, 2008 11:28 AM Permalink
u idiot lets do a cricket debate and i will remove ur nickers within one minute..u wanna accept the challenge? lets see
I think KKR needs to field first in most games. KKR has arguably the best bowling attack among the teams. They will always have a good chance to restrict the opposition and chase smaller totals. BTW, umpiring remains atrocious. McCullum LBW was highly doubtful. Also, Uthappa was plumb LBW and not given.
RE:KKR will be back
by timepass on Apr 30, 2008 11:20 AM Permalink
Umar Gul will be available from next match and even Shoaib Akhtar is likely to get clearence.
if bangalore loses insult mallya..if so and so loses just blame some famous celebrity...man indian fans have nothing better to do than insult..anyway IPL is fixed cricket masala...so don't waste ur time too much over it lol.
RE:if kolkata loses insult SRK, if mumbai loses insult sachin....
by Tracer on Apr 30, 2008 11:17 AM Permalink
so wat are you doing waisting your time on this blog.,or you too are just like the Indian fans
RE:if kolkata loses insult SRK, if mumbai loses insult sachin....
by daisydaiisy on Apr 30, 2008 11:17 AM Permalink
yeah i am just like any other indian fan lol.
RE:if kolkata loses insult SRK, if mumbai loses insult sachin....
by SachinTheGreat on Apr 30, 2008 11:17 AM Permalink
But if SRK has Fixed Matches with Ambani and Vijay Mallya then he is Guilty of Fixing.
RE:if kolkata loses insult SRK, if mumbai loses insult sachin....
by daisydaiisy on Apr 30, 2008 11:18 AM Permalink
maybe mukesh ambani has fixed with SRK. how abt that?
RE:if kolkata loses insult SRK, if mumbai loses insult sachin....
by SachinTheGreat on Apr 30, 2008 11:22 AM Permalink
Either ways both are guilty of making fools out of Indian Public.
RE:if kolkata loses insult SRK, if mumbai loses insult sachin....
by Ashok Kumar on Apr 30, 2008 11:25 AM Permalink
Hey Daisy, It seems that you are the one who spends most of the time here to send msgs like this. Its good for you to go back to your fruitful work instead of (junk) advising others ;)
