IPL Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[Karachi Xpress]

Looking forward to tomorrows matchup between The Daredevils and The Deccan Chargers.

Hyderabad will be boosted by Afridi's inclusion - his bowling is tight and batting explosive. I'd go with something like this:

Gilchrist (WK) 1
Afridi 2
Laxman
Symonds 3
Sharma
Ravi Teja
Venugopal Rao
Chaminda Vass 4
Sanjay Bangar
Praghyan Ojha
RP Singh

No Gibbs??

 

[angryangy]

No Gibbs, where have you been? There's a domestic T20 in South Africa at the same time.

Punjab are being shown up mostly in the field. The bowling and the batting might have their on days, but a good fielding side will dominate. They need to focus on that more than some other teams.

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

Why do the players need to slam the Kolkata pitch? What if the pitch favours the bowlers? I personally enjoyed that (KR vs. DC) match.

 

[Arunava]

I'll try to go to the next match in Delhi. .as Stadium is 100 metres away from my place
Most probably I'll be with the Staff

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

Why do the players need to slam the Kolkata pitch? What if the pitch favours the bowlers? I personally enjoyed that (KR vs. DC) match.

I like T20 cricket because of the hitting of some 10 or more sixes in an innings which will be very exciting to watch.So according to me a pitch that favours the bowlers is not suitable for T20 cricket.

 

[icyman]

Why do the players need to slam the Kolkata pitch? What if the pitch favours the bowlers? I personally enjoyed that (KR vs. DC) match.

Its ok if the pitch favors the bowlers,but if you look closely,it was a dustbowl.
Had it been dusty,its ok,but a dustbowl for T20 is not ok.

 

[angryangy]

Why do the players need to slam the Kolkata pitch? What if the pitch favours the bowlers? I personally enjoyed that (KR vs. DC) match.

It would have been not only uncomfortable, but painful to bat on and you probably don't want to get a reputation for turning out dodgy pitches. I mean, the convention is that top players get the best pitches, no matter what form of the game.

However, I have to agree, what we got was a game with twists and tension. Plus, the home side won; how would they have felt if the pitch was a runsfest and Hyderabad simply pounded the home bowlers to defeat? They can all complain and bring in as many specialists as they want, but they pulled out a pretty good trick.

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

Its ok if the pitch favors the bowlers,but if you look closely,it was a dustbowl.
Had it been dusty,its ok,but a dustbowl for T20 is not ok.

I fail to see why.

 

[zub2005]

hope s afridi has a good game today if picked. hoping for the DC to win today. as i am not going for one team, hopes it be 's a close league

 

[vaibhav mehta]

I'll try to go to the next match in Delhi. .as Stadium is 100 metres away from my place
Most probably I'll be with the Staff

Wow Arunava..
You must take one banner with you,written over there ''Hi to all my friends at Planetcricket.com''..

 

[Cricketman]

No Gibbs??

He's in South Africa.

Plus, I'd rather strengthen the bowling department with Vass then beef up the already strong batting order.

 

[zub2005]

any tema news or too early.

 

[SciD]

Sreesanth Sucks. Please get rid of him Kings. Wheres Pomersbach? :crying

Sreesanth Hai Hai. Hai Hai, Hai hai. :crying

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Bt the way Dear I have lost 40k Vcash yersterday because of your Mohali.
Anyway Great Opening bowling as this can be best combination in T20.
Asif and McGrath.
Good to see Afridi back.
Love to see Laxman defending.Someone should tell him that its 20 over game only.

Lol..Deccan is struggling.
Symo out and I think First batting is risky now.

 

[SciD]

Laxman should just drop himself if Hyd wants to win.

What a boring match. Daredevils look fav to win the first IPL. Mohali will do well to win 1 game. Mohali players I think dont even talk to themselves let alone teammates.