Pepsi IPL 2013 Discussion

[SaiSrini]

No harsh words exchanged with Dravid, I respect him: Gambhir - The Times of India

'Mission Damage Control'

You get crucified if you sledge the likes of Rahul Dravid, more so if you are a fellow Indian. These guys are trying to ride on the wave of the "Ganguly style of sportsmanship being missed". Well, aggression if misdirected can be the most harmful and I would prefer a Dhoni or Dravid or a Sachin style of subdued sportsmanship (not reacting too much to on field baits) than to all this...

 

[yashwanth kumar]

He even tweeted that mate.How on earth would he accept that he had a heated exchange with Dravid?People would have killed him the next moment.The video is pretty evident.Bisla abused Dravid first and Gauti dint control him but abused again.Its very clear.I was a big fan of Gauti but he lost all his respect yesterday.Maybe you are one of the few Gambhir fans still there who wants to defend him.Hard luck anyways.

Even when he was dismissed he verbally abused Dravid!

KKR making the news in other sense rather than in the point's table Its good he wasn't picked for the national duty

 

[Epic]

2 changes(Saha out, Vijay in and Albie out, Ben in) forced on us through injury, one I'm fairly happy(not in any sadistic sense...) with and the other I'm a bit meh about, either ways, Mumbai are batting!

 

[Epic]

Good bowling effort all round, 139-5 they finish with, could've been a lot less had Laughlin done a decent job at the death, but meh, would've taken it at the start, so I'm happy.

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Did I just see Pollard drop 3 catches in a row?!

 

[zeustrojanstark]

And you just saw CSK crumbling.Great bowling by MI,i hate them but good cricket needs recognition

 

[Epic]

Just woeful woeful batting...

 

[zeustrojanstark]

We CSKians appreciate good cricket.We wont say Match Fixing like anti CSKians.Well played MI.Mitch Johnson was amazing today.

 

[crazyrahul]

I don't think this match involves match-fixing.
Well done guys, keep it up

After even 5 wickets down, CSK could have pulled it off. Hussey should have played sensible for that, he gone for thrashing on very first ball of Pragyan Ojha. That wasn't expected from him. MSD bad luck tonight.

What "Sir" could have done impossible at the end?

MOM for me is Pragyan Ojha, took 3 crucial wickets (Hussey, Dhoni and Jadeja) Though Mitch got it, awesome bowling at the start to keep pressure

 

[zeustrojanstark]

I don't think this match involves match-fixing.
Well done guys, keep it up

After even 5 wickets down, CSK could have pulled it off. Hussey should have played sensible for that, he gone for thrashing on very first ball of Pragyan Ojha. That wasn't expected from him. MSD bad luck tonight.

What "Sir" could have done impossible at the end?

MOM for me is Pragyan Ojha, took 3 crucial wickets (Hussey, Dhoni and Jadeja) Though Mitch got it, awesome bowling at the start to keep pressure

Mitch provided the momentum mate.Vijay,Raina,Badri are equally dangerous local talents.Raina or Vijay can take away the game single handedly.So Mitch was the ultimate choice.Also he should have got Mike,goodness me Pollard dropped 3 in a row.

 

[SaiSrini]

Just bad batting by us today, woeful. Can serve as a good kick up on the backside if we use this well. Over reliance on Dhoni and Hussey (esp. against big teams) should stop. Once Saha is fit, he should replace Badri in the team, and should open or bat at No.3 so that Raina can be brought down and used better. When Raina gets out early, it puts all pressure on Dhoni and there will be times he might not click.

I think we lost both games to Mumbai last season too (I guess). One team that has some wood over us. Need to rectify it! Wont mind if they lose out on playoffs

 

[zeustrojanstark]

The reason why i love IPL more than any cricket- Rahul Dravid .Anybody can be worshipped by millions but Dravid is the only person i will worship,CRICKET IS MY RELIGION,RAHUL DRAVID IS MY GOD. #RAHULDRAVID

 

[zeustrojanstark]

The "rahul" royals win.i was alive when rahul dravid played a t20 innings with utmost class inscribed in it.halla bol rahul dravid.jeethena jeethenga rahul royals jeethenga. #dravidismygod

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And this is called pure class,pure cricket.It was a treat to watch the straight drives,extra cover drives,off drives and a six straight past the leggie to bring his 10th IPL Fifty and completed 2000 runs in IPL.This 40 year old youngster looks really impressive.I hope he debuts for India soon.Oops!I just cried on seeing it.Why did he retire?Love youuuuuuuuu RAHUL

 

[SaiSrini]

Pujara seems like an ideal foil for Gayle. Good thing that Kohli made him open. Pujara can do really well in the shorter formats if he bats in the top order. Hope the selectors soon realise it and includes him in the ODI team for India soon. He can be a better backup opener than Rohit Sharma. Pujara can easily score at a 100 to 100+ strike rate.

 

[zeustrojanstark]

Very happy that Pujara did well.Another example to show that classical test players are the better players.Hats off test cricket

 

[vaibhavtewatia]

Pujara seems like an ideal foil for Gayle. Good thing that Kohli made him open. Pujara can do really well in the shorter formats if he bats in the top order. Hope the selectors soon realise it and includes him in the ODI team for India soon. He can be a better backup opener than Rohit Sharma. Pujara can easily score at a 100 to 100+ strike rate.

More importantly, he should have been in the CT squad. Nevertheless, he'd be in the amteur 'A' side for the tour to SAF, as you have mentioned before!!
Really want to watch out for his technique in 'foreign' conditions!!
And boy, if he fails, it'll not be very good for India in tests!!