As I said in my previous post that I will try my level best to blog regularly, I am doing so. Yesterday I was trying to post a new one on my thoughts about Deccan Chargers being in the final, but before I finish my write up, Deccan Chargers ended up being in final, so it didn't made sense for me to post that. Now I am trying my level best to make sure atleast before next match starts I should finish this up.
This year IPL is been full of twists. Seriously no one would have expected that Bangalore royal Challengers and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers will end up in being in semi finals and Deccan Chargers are through to the finals by the time you read this. Deccan Chargers were down at the bottom in last year table, this year around they will be wither at the top or second. I wish they will end up being on the top. Last year Deccan Chargers were the first team to be out of the IPL and this year this they are the first team to reach final.For the past one week I was telling all my friends that I would like to see Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers playing final and every one used to laugh at me saying it isimpossible. Now it seems to be the very much possible impossible.
From the beginning of the IPL, Deccan Chargers looked determined to do better this time around. Many players were successful in this years IPL. Gilchrist had done a fabulous
job with the bat and also in terms of leading the team. Gibbs Rohit Sharma and Suman have done a good job wih the batting. R P Singh and Pragynan Ojha have done a good job with the ball. Rohit Sharma has done a decent job in bowling department also. We need one more good fast bowler to support R P Singh. Fidel Edwards was doing well, but he left in the middle of the IPL. Yesterday Ryan Harris has done a good job though. Rohi Sharma, R P Singh and Gilchrist are the best in Decccan Chargers for this year IPL. They have done a fabulous job.
Last year Deccan Chargers lost couple of matches very closely in the first few matches. That had a demoralizing effect on the team and they were never able to recover from that again. One match they lost after scoring more than 200 and one match they lost it in the last over where Shane Warne had hit one or two sixes in the last over to win the match. This year, same is the case with Knight Riders. Do you remember the super over match apart from this they had good amount ofinternal conflicts though, thanks to Buchanan.
Fortunes started changing for Royal Challengers as soon as Kumble became the captain for the team. No one could have dared to think that Royal Challengers will end up in the semi final after their first 5 matches. I have deep respect for Kumble as a captain and for his commitment towards the game. I still remember Kumble coming out to bowl with a broken jaw on the
final day in the test match against West Indies. People doubt his capabilities as a captain, but he really handled the things very well during the infamous Sydney test match in our last Australia tour. And to add to that we also went onto win the next test match against Aussies. It’s not easy to achieve some thing like that after such a huge controversy, the team needs a good leader to reunite and put up a strong performance and win the next match. But because of the controversies that surrounded the series Kumble's role in the success in the tour went unnoticed. Personally I feel Kumble has done a very good job during the series. Ross Taylor and Jacques Kallis are playing a crucial role in batting department and Praveen Kumar and Kumble really doing a good job as far as bowling is concerned. Praveen Kumar has the ability to swing the ball in both the ways. I am not sure why he is not picked for one day team.
Today will be the semi final between Chennai Super Kings and Bangalore Royal Challengers. Bangalore Royal Challengers have the momentum with them, they have the lost 3 matches pretty convincingly. If Ross Taylor fires up and if Dravid or allis supports him then the chances of Royal chllengers winning will be more. Hayden wicket will be crucial for them. But Chennai Super Kings is one of the best teams in the IPL and they have Dhoni as captain and Hayden, Muralitharan, Mike Hussey and Ntini to support him. I am expecting Ntini to play today as it will be a great advantage for them as he is from South Africa and can understand the ground conditions well.
As I said previously, I would like to see Bangalore Royal Challengers and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers playing the final and Deccan Chargers winning the final. If this happens, lost year these are the teams which were at the bottom of the points table and this time are on the top of it. This will make IPL very interesting next year.
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