IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore-Even more, Game for life!

[AbhishekS]

The Kiwis will never say anything against Vettori, so there is no point in discussing this further.

The fact remains that Vettori is a good choice, but not the best choice. Zaheer would have been the ideal guy to lead the side.

 

[Haarithan]

Indian Premier League 2011: Chris Gayle lined up as Dirk Nannes' replacement | Cricket News | Indian Premier League 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

Massive , massive replacement should he get the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from WICB . The franchise is just in tatters atm , and like I earlier said , are expected to concede 175 runs on an average basis with the ball . So , its upto the batting department and Gayle's inclusion definitely means Dilshan is out owing to his horror form .

Probable playing XI after Gayle's arrival :

Mayank Aggarwal
Chris Gayle (4) - 3 overs max
Virat Kohli (6) - 2 overs max
AB de Villiers (+)
Saurabh Tiwary
Cheteshwar Pujara
Asad Pathan - 2 overs max
Daniel Vettori (3) (*) - 4 overs
Zaheer Khan (1) - 4 overs
Charl Langeveldt (2) - 4 overs
Abhimanyu Mithun/Sreenath Arvind/Ryan Ninnan (5) - 3 overs max

Might look strange and new , but this is possibly their best xi IMO , because van der Wath just doesn't seem to possess those allround skills he used too , so he makes way for a much better and mainly underrated bowler in Langeveldt , who is really good when it comes to death bowling . Also , the addition of Gayle means the omission of an extra bowler , so RCB need not play 2 out of 3 among Arvind/Mithun/Ninnan . So that makes way for a batting slot given to Asad Pathan , who looks to be a decent slogger let alone a part timer .

 

[crazyrahul]

Breaking news from Twitter. Vijay Mallya, manufacturer of beer and owner of RCB tweets thus: "Its official now....the explosive Chris Gayle is now a part of the RCB squad after receiving clearance from the WICB" Gayle comes in for the injured Nannes, but is likely to take the vacancy left by Dilshan at the top once the Sri Lankan players leave the IPL.

 

[puneet28]

yeah and It's officially Posted As as Article Now on Cricinfo...

 

[Haarithan]

Courtesy - Cricinfo

 

[jacobfelix]

Its a good thing that the next match at Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore is on April 29. The weather here has been romantic from the past four days.....most of the time it will be cloudy...come evening....comes the rains...pouring till late midnight....even now also its raining....

 

[Prithvi]

3 wins in a row!

Guess how long this winning streak lasts for?

For me, I feel if RCB pull up the next game, all the others will be a bit easy affairs, cause when you've got a strong force, the inertia will do the job, even if acceleration is not provided .

 

[Haarithan]

Like I said earlier , Gayle is the man for RCB . :
And Syed Mohammed looks one hell of a good bowler .

 

[Aditya]

He was looking a good bowler until Yuvraj smashed him for 2 sixes and 1 four. He is a fine bowler but at times he just bowls too short.

 

[Sahil 7]

kat is no more with RCB

 

[AbhishekS]

Interestingly, Kat herself opted out of promoting RCB.

 

[Prithvi]

RCB are using their brain!
Nannes back into the squad, replacing Dilshan :P!
Even more, Gayle for life

 

[Sahil 7]

RCB are using their brain!
Nannes back into the squad, replacing Dilshan :P!
Even more, Gayle for life

were did you got that news i dint saw that news in any website like cricinfo or espnstar.com ? from were did you heard or saw that ?

 

[AbhishekS]

Wow, thats amazing! But I don't think that's fair.

 

[Haarithan]

Not at all fair , but Mallya rocks !