Tuesday, May 12, 2009

DLF IPL SEASON 2( KKR VS ROYAL CHANGELLERS)

KKR CONTINUES THEIR WORST PERFORMANCE IN THE TOURNAMENT. THE MATCH BETWEEN KKR AND ROYAL CHANGELLERS BANGALORE HELD ON 12TH MAY,2009 IN CENTURION. VERY GOOD BATTING WICKET.
TOSS WON BY BANGALORE AND THEY ELECTED TO FIELD.

KKR STARTED THEIR BATTING WITH TWO KEY PLAYERS MACCULUM AND GANGULY.
GANGULY OUT AT THE EARLY STAGE OF THE INNINGS, BUT THIS TIME MACCULUM FIRES SCORING THE HIGHEST IN THIS TOURNAMENT OF ABOUT 84 RUNS IN 50 BALLS WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEBUTANT FOR THIS SEASON 2 IS DAVID HUSSEY MADE A GOOD 40 RUNS WITH TWO SCITILLATING SIXES. THEY SET A TARGET OF MAMOTH 174 RUNS FOR BANGALORE.

BANGALORE OPENED WITH RIDER AND KALLIS. BOTH HAD A SHAKY START AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN STARTED TO EXPLODED. THAT NEVER TOOK FOR A LONG TIME. WITH QUICK FOUR WICKETS FALL FOR THE BANGALORE, THEIR COMES ROSS TAYLOR OF NEW ZEALAND MADE A EXCELLENT KNOCK OF 81 RUNS WITH 5 BIG SIXES ALL ROUND THE GROUND WHO IS BEST SUPPORTED WITH MARK BOUCHER.ATLAST WITH FOUR BALLS TO SPARE, BANGALORE MADE A CLEAN SWEEP OVER KKR AND EMERGED A CHAMPION TEAM.


MATCH OF THE MATCH: ROSS TAYLOR.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

DLF IPL SEASON 2( KKR)

KKR- KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
IN THIS YEAR 2009, DLF IPL SEASON 2 IS VERY BAD FOR THE KOLKATA TEAM THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. LAST YEAR THEY HAD SOME GOOD START AND SOMEWHAT THEY CAPTIALISED ON THAT. BUT THIS YEAR ILP 2, THEY HAD A BAD START AND THAT CONTINUES UNTILL THE LAST MATCH WITH THE DELHI TEAM. THEY PLAYED 10 GAME AND WON ONLY ONE THAT TOO THROUGH D/L METHOD.

REASON FOR THE FAILURE:

1) THE KKR TEAM COACH JOHN BAUCHANAN'S IDEA DID NOT COME WORK WITH THE TEAM. HE CHANGED THE MIND SET OF THE PLAYERS, NOT ALLOWING THEM TO PLAY THEIR NATURAL GAME.

2) CHANGE OVER OF THE CAPTIANCY ROLE FROM GANGULY TO MACCULLAM, WAS THE GREAT MISTAKE OR DECISION TAKEN BY THE KKR MANAGEMENT.

3) VERY VASTLY EXPERIENCED GANGULY, ONE OF THE MEMEBER OF KKR TEAM WAS NOT UTILISED FULLY, BOTH IN THE BATTING OR IN THE BOWLING DEPARTMENT.

SRK-SHAH RUKH KHAN

KKR BAD PERFORMANCE MADE SRK LOSE THE INTEREST OVER THE TEAM AND RETURNED BACK TO INDIA WITH LOT A UNHAPPINESS.

THIS TIME, DLF 1PL SEASON 2 IS NOT FOR KKR TEAM. LETS HOPE ATLEAST WITH GOOD CAPTAIN AND GOOD MANAGEMENT THEY BOUNCE BACK NEXT TIME AND PUT A BETTER PERFORMANCE.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

DLF IPL SEASON 2( CHENNAI VS PUNJAB)

7TH MAY,2009 WHERE ONE OF THE GREATEST MATCH IN THE DLF IPL SEASON 2 BETWEEN CHENNAI AND PUNJAB ENDED IN THE GREAT MANNER WITH CHENNAI ON THE WINNING SIDE. THOUGH RAIN INTERRUPTED THE PLAY, ITS NOT TOO MUCH. THE MATCH WAS REDUCED TO 18 OVERS GAME FROM 20 OVER. CHENNAI WON THE TOSS AND DIRECTLY DECIDED TO BAT FIRST. WITH THE SHAKY START CHENNAI LOST THEIR FRIST WICKET IN THE FIRST BALL OF THE MATCH, BUT IT DIDNT AFFECTED THE CHENNAI TEAM BECAUSE OF HAYDEN AND RAINA COME UP WITH VERY GOOD STUFF. THOUGH RANIA GOT A GOOD START, HE DID NOT CAPTIALISE ON THAT, THEN COMES THE CHENNAI CAPTAIN DHONI WITH A BLISTTERING KNOCK OF 50 RUNS WITH HAYDEN SOCRING THE HIGHEST SCORE IN THE IPL2 OF 83 RUN WITH GOLORIOUS 5 SIXES. THEREBY THEY PUT UP A TOTAL OF 185 FOR 3 IN 18 OVERS.

THEN COMES THE PUNJAB TEAM, THOUGH ITS A VERY STUFF TOTAL TO CHASE, BUT NOT THE WICKET. ITS VERY GOOD BATTING WICKET AND WELL UTILISED BY THE PUNJAB TEAM. THOUGH THEY TOO HAD SOME KIND OF SHAKY START, SIMON KATICH SCORED SUPERBLY WITH A STUNNING HALF CENTURY IN JUST 25 BALLS. HE SET THE GAME IN THE RIGHT PATH FOR KING ELEVEN PUNJAB. THOUGH HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GO MORE, BUT THE PUNJAB CAPTAIN AND AND SRI LANKAN CAPTAIN PUT UP A GREAT FIGHTBACK BY THROWING THE CHENNAI BOWLERS OUT THE PARK. THERE COMES SURESH RAINA BOWLED THE 15TH AND 17TH WHO CHANGED THE GAME FOR CHENNAI WHO GAVE JUST 8 RUNS WHEN TWO SET BATSMAN ON THE BATTLE FIELD.

AND ONCE AGAIN L.BALAJI CAME WITH A GOOD STUFF BOWLING THE 15TH AND 18TH OVER, WHO BOWLED VERY SENSIBLE AND THE COOL CAPTAIN, DHONI ENCOURAGED THE BOWLER WHO ALLOWED THE BOWLER TO SET THE FIELD WHAT HE WANT , THEREBY CHENNAI WINS THE MATCH BUT HE TOO LOT OF CATCHES WAS DROPPED AND LITTLE MISS FIELDING.

MATCH OF THE MATCH: MATHEW HAYDEN.
HAI HO CHENNAI !