The Deccan Chargers made a shortwork of Chennai Spuer Kings beating them by 6 wickets and Mumbai Indians beat the pulp out of already too much beaten down Kolkata Knight Riders. yet the kind of error made by Gilchrist could have proved expensive- the mistake of not giving the ball to highly successful Pragyan Ojha who had 2 wickets for 11 runs from his 2 overs is quite inexplicable.. only that he agreed to his mistake immediately after winning the game.. That they went to the 20th over despite the most blistering opening of the IPL proves me right..
Mumbai Indians has a champion like start 111 runs in the first 10 overs clearly lost the way later .. they had best chance of posting the first 200 plus total on the board yet they missed the golden opportunity.. again inexplicable.. despite the fact tha Mumbai had a comfortable 92 runs with exact number of balls remaining to have the biggest margin by runs still being shared with Chennai Super Kings.. that is all right a handsome win in any case.. yet they had two records for taking the biggest partnership for the first (or any wicket) and maximum number of sixes in an innings by any team (10 sixes in all) .. Mumbai led by Sachin and Sanath left too much to be desired from the beleagured Kolkata attack.. the along with Bangalore might have qualified to be out of contention in the long run of IPL 2.. I would not mind if the two teams could still turn the tables on some of the more solidly placed teams..
Here in the only mach of the day 11 of the IPL 2, If Delhi Daredevils have to match the Deccan Chargers Eye for Eye, they must also register a fourth straight win.. yet they may still be forced to remain second as Deccan has a high positive net run rate compared to them.. one man who could change this could easily be Virender Sehwag yet with two failures against his name from three games.. it is time for him to straighten his record to suit his Wisden Cricketer of the year 2009..
I had earlier written that McGrath and Warner need to be roped in as also Bhatia.. in the hindsight I feel that now it may not seem plausible with the great reputation that even part time spinners have enjoyed so far.. Vettori can not be left out.. and Mishra had only done well enough to continue to be there.. Nannes is such a fine bowler that it appears that Delhi could ill-afford make changes and may be forced to stick to the same set of their foreign component.. maybe even Indian counterparts as well.. yet complacency should notcreep into the mind of Delhites as tournament is still too young to take their places in semi-finals for granted.. work hard and work well with a sure intent to win anything and everything possible.. the points scored now would allow for a possible margin of errors in future games which could necessarily become tougher and tighter as and when Australians join the IPL 2 from once their national duties get over soon..
Sehwag is the key.. he must not make too much bones about the strong middle order.. runs against his and Gambhir's name are the most needed thing of the hour if they have to create some sort of fear psychosis for the day after encounter with their equals Deccan Chargers.. yet to be treated equal they should first win their fourth game today as they play Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals in the day/night encounter..
Again, I have to point out that Warne has been commiting more mstakes in this edition than last year.. disrespect for Siddharth Trivedi is not at all a good sign.. similarly fewer games fro Asnodkar would not have helped the dashing opener.. where was the need for sending back Mohammad kaif.. he is still one of the top fielders that India has produced and mind you only a good fielding eleven can stop the onslaught of runs in this kind of tournament..
I presume Rajasthan in all probabilties would like to bat first simply to deny Delhi daredevils mounting too much pressure on them.. Sehwag in 9 out of 10 cases would like to bat first as well.. Dilshan should possibly try to earn the orange cap soon. In fact even AB de Villliers is also in the race for the same.. Vettori may have to wait for the purple cap yet this match could take him closer to the other leading wicket takers in the tournament.. the final word.. Vettori has to be in the eleven..
I must congratulate Adam Gilchrist for maintaining great strides in the first leg of the tournament.. thay have completely overturned from their bottom rank in the last edition.. and are strong contenders to lift the IPL 2009.. they will have to match the powers of Delhi on 30th April.. that should be a virtual final of the first leg.. too ascertain the supremacy..
Best of Luck Viru and Delhi for taking your winning streak one more step further..
Mumbai Indians has a champion like start 111 runs in the first 10 overs clearly lost the way later .. they had best chance of posting the first 200 plus total on the board yet they missed the golden opportunity.. again inexplicable.. despite the fact tha Mumbai had a comfortable 92 runs with exact number of balls remaining to have the biggest margin by runs still being shared with Chennai Super Kings.. that is all right a handsome win in any case.. yet they had two records for taking the biggest partnership for the first (or any wicket) and maximum number of sixes in an innings by any team (10 sixes in all) .. Mumbai led by Sachin and Sanath left too much to be desired from the beleagured Kolkata attack.. the along with Bangalore might have qualified to be out of contention in the long run of IPL 2.. I would not mind if the two teams could still turn the tables on some of the more solidly placed teams..
Here in the only mach of the day 11 of the IPL 2, If Delhi Daredevils have to match the Deccan Chargers Eye for Eye, they must also register a fourth straight win.. yet they may still be forced to remain second as Deccan has a high positive net run rate compared to them.. one man who could change this could easily be Virender Sehwag yet with two failures against his name from three games.. it is time for him to straighten his record to suit his Wisden Cricketer of the year 2009..
I had earlier written that McGrath and Warner need to be roped in as also Bhatia.. in the hindsight I feel that now it may not seem plausible with the great reputation that even part time spinners have enjoyed so far.. Vettori can not be left out.. and Mishra had only done well enough to continue to be there.. Nannes is such a fine bowler that it appears that Delhi could ill-afford make changes and may be forced to stick to the same set of their foreign component.. maybe even Indian counterparts as well.. yet complacency should notcreep into the mind of Delhites as tournament is still too young to take their places in semi-finals for granted.. work hard and work well with a sure intent to win anything and everything possible.. the points scored now would allow for a possible margin of errors in future games which could necessarily become tougher and tighter as and when Australians join the IPL 2 from once their national duties get over soon..
Sehwag is the key.. he must not make too much bones about the strong middle order.. runs against his and Gambhir's name are the most needed thing of the hour if they have to create some sort of fear psychosis for the day after encounter with their equals Deccan Chargers.. yet to be treated equal they should first win their fourth game today as they play Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals in the day/night encounter..
Again, I have to point out that Warne has been commiting more mstakes in this edition than last year.. disrespect for Siddharth Trivedi is not at all a good sign.. similarly fewer games fro Asnodkar would not have helped the dashing opener.. where was the need for sending back Mohammad kaif.. he is still one of the top fielders that India has produced and mind you only a good fielding eleven can stop the onslaught of runs in this kind of tournament..
I presume Rajasthan in all probabilties would like to bat first simply to deny Delhi daredevils mounting too much pressure on them.. Sehwag in 9 out of 10 cases would like to bat first as well.. Dilshan should possibly try to earn the orange cap soon. In fact even AB de Villliers is also in the race for the same.. Vettori may have to wait for the purple cap yet this match could take him closer to the other leading wicket takers in the tournament.. the final word.. Vettori has to be in the eleven..
I must congratulate Adam Gilchrist for maintaining great strides in the first leg of the tournament.. thay have completely overturned from their bottom rank in the last edition.. and are strong contenders to lift the IPL 2009.. they will have to match the powers of Delhi on 30th April.. that should be a virtual final of the first leg.. too ascertain the supremacy..
Best of Luck Viru and Delhi for taking your winning streak one more step further..
Abhaya India April 28 2009 1:46 PM (IST)
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