The T20 world cup squad has been announced a month ago and the players who made the cut are:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C,Wk)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
Yusuf Pathan
Rohit Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Rudra Pratap Singh
Ravindra Jadeja
Pragyan Ojha
Irfan Pathan
The selection of the squad has been as expected and their are no surprises. The guys who will not make to the playing XI would be(considering all players fit) all rounder Ravindra Jadeja , from the bowling department should be the young left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha. Now we have 13 guys left and to put two guys out of this is quite a task. Zaheer Khan and Ishant will lead the pace attack and the in form RP cannot be denied a place at all, so if it were to choose between Irfan and Praveen, I guess the captain prefers the former thanks to his batting skills, and it is more important to have a guy see us through the middle overs rather than at the start which I'm sure Irfan is the better guy than praveen. praveen would be deadly with the new ball, so is RP.
RP should be the choice for opening the attack than giving it to Zaheer and Ishant, because they are not great wicket takers and early break through are so important, we have all seen that in IPL. I would prefer Ishant sitting out than Praveen considering each ones recent performance in IPL.
If considering Zaheer not fit, then the rest will play. RP and Praveen to open. Ishant two bowl two overs in the power play. Irfan and praveen should complete their 4 overs by the 16th over, then RP and Ishant should be used at the death.
If Zaheer is fit let him replace Ishant, every thing would be fine and in place.
This time we are with no Sreeshant who is very inconsistent, at days he is tereffic with the ball and the next day itself he can go for big runs, so thats a positive and no joginder sharma !!!!! so the bowling attack is far more superior than teh 2007 world cup.
Finally there only one bottom liner India should be careful with their selection of their bowling attack and any mistake would cost them dearly.
The part timers will play crucial role too, it is to be watched who will Dhoni use, we have seen spectacular performances from our part timers in IPL, with Yuvraj taking two hat-tricks !!!!!! , Rohit with one !!!!!! simply Incredible.
even suresh Raina bowled fantastic, and do not forget Yusuf with the ball.
Coming to batting.... We have to choose six guys, viru and gauti will open for sure
then suresh or rohit on one down, yuvi at number 4, Dhoni at 5 and yusuf at 6.
now to choose between rohit and suresh the task is so tough, no one can be counted down I think they both should play. We can well sacrifice a bowler, these guys showed they can bowl, and the four overs can be shared easily. so then we can sacrifice Irfan Pathan as the batting is strong enough. but then where should rohit come. If he comes at four then Yuvi is at 5, no not acceptable rohit is good at the final overs, he should back that ability of his, so he should be after dhoni in the order at 6. So depending on the pitches one of the Patan brothers must be played, playing both may not be feasible and odds favour the elder more than the younger on this case.
so the team would likely be
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambir
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Rohit Sharma
Yusuf Pathan*
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan**
Praveen Kumar
RP Singh
* can be sacrificed if the top order is constantly performing well infavour of his younger brother Irfan Pathan
** can be sacrificed in favour of Ishant Sharma if not fit.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
The new IPL Cricindya's XI
Let me first congratulate all the players who made it to the Cricindya's XI the list is just adjacent. Let me now justify the selection, what I was looking for was a combination of 5 batsmen, 1 a very prominent all rounder, 1 wicket keeper batsman and 4 bowlers. I majorly choose the match winners in all categories based on their performances in the second edition of the IPL.
It was very tough to decide the players so I started of with the orange cap and purple cap winners Hayden & R.P.Singh. What a tournament they had, so without any question they deserve a place in the list. R.P.Singh always came up with early break through and tight last overs and comes from the team which won the title the Deccan Chargers. Hayden with his firing at the top always helped his team hit big scores.
Then it was time to decide the genuine all-rounder, I had to choose between Jacques Kallis and Andrew Symmonds.I choose Jacques Kallis for his wonderful batting throughout the tournament and for a very handy medium pace bowling. Andrew was not at his smashing best and struggled couple of time to get his big boundaries who would otherwise do it with ease, he was stumped once and caught in the deep twice, so Andrew miss was very close. for wicket keeper batsmen there were a lot of people, leading the pack Adam Gilchrist, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Brendon Mc cullum, Kumara sangakara, Dinesh Karthik & Parthiv Patel. Of course Gilly is the winner, but I could not ignore the batting form and performance of the Indian captain Dhoni and the Ex-wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik. They too were in the team for their batting. They would come low done the order, Dhoni can finish the match even if you loose wickets early and not to forget his big shots which can come very hand putting up a big total. Dinesh Karthik had an amazing tournament, he was so destructive in those final overs, I could not leave him out.
Then finish the remaining batsmen spaces are Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma. Watch out for these young guns in the upcoming T20 world cup. I am sure no one would argue on the selection of these two guys. These are highly talented boys and are big time match winners. Just to remind the 26 runs Rohit score in the last over against Kolkatta Knight Riders to take his team past the finish line. These two guys can be handy with ball big time. they bowled in almost every match and took wickets, not to forget rohits hatrick.
In the bowlers department the purple cap holder is already their, the other the ex-Indian Captain (hell no its not Ganguly) Anil Kumble, who has rediscovered himself and came up with a new strategy to bowl in T20. He bowled slower with a bit more flight. Kudos to the veteran and he is my captain too, he took the wearing Royal challenger to 8 wins in 10 matches as captain to reach the final.
Next bowler is Lasith Malinga the only player to be chosen from a non semi finalist team for his exquisite yorkers and amazing economy rates.
The last slot was difficult to choose between Praveen Kumar and the 30 year old ex paceman Ashish Nehra. Nehra after joining his home boys this year had a very good tournament. but he would miss out to praveen kumar who will be a better guy to bowl the middle overs, since RP and malinga would bowl during the power play and at the death.
others who were very close to miss out are Yuvraj in spite of his two hatricks with the bowl he had a forgettable time with the bat, Ab devillers though he was superb, the other foreign players be even better ( remember 4 foreign players only rule), The injured bowler Yusuf Abdulla whom the Kings XI Punjab missed a lot in the later part of the tournament, The new star Manish Pandey with the first centuary by an Indian @ IPL which would have been Suresh Raina if the scorers hadnot slept while doing their job and the two Indian openers Sehwag and Ghambir. The ex-Australian duo
Gilchrist and Hayden were at their devastating best and out shone the Indian pair easily for the honours this year.
It was very tough to decide the players so I started of with the orange cap and purple cap winners Hayden & R.P.Singh. What a tournament they had, so without any question they deserve a place in the list. R.P.Singh always came up with early break through and tight last overs and comes from the team which won the title the Deccan Chargers. Hayden with his firing at the top always helped his team hit big scores.
Then it was time to decide the genuine all-rounder, I had to choose between Jacques Kallis and Andrew Symmonds.I choose Jacques Kallis for his wonderful batting throughout the tournament and for a very handy medium pace bowling. Andrew was not at his smashing best and struggled couple of time to get his big boundaries who would otherwise do it with ease, he was stumped once and caught in the deep twice, so Andrew miss was very close. for wicket keeper batsmen there were a lot of people, leading the pack Adam Gilchrist, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Brendon Mc cullum, Kumara sangakara, Dinesh Karthik & Parthiv Patel. Of course Gilly is the winner, but I could not ignore the batting form and performance of the Indian captain Dhoni and the Ex-wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik. They too were in the team for their batting. They would come low done the order, Dhoni can finish the match even if you loose wickets early and not to forget his big shots which can come very hand putting up a big total. Dinesh Karthik had an amazing tournament, he was so destructive in those final overs, I could not leave him out.
Then finish the remaining batsmen spaces are Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma. Watch out for these young guns in the upcoming T20 world cup. I am sure no one would argue on the selection of these two guys. These are highly talented boys and are big time match winners. Just to remind the 26 runs Rohit score in the last over against Kolkatta Knight Riders to take his team past the finish line. These two guys can be handy with ball big time. they bowled in almost every match and took wickets, not to forget rohits hatrick.
In the bowlers department the purple cap holder is already their, the other the ex-Indian Captain (hell no its not Ganguly) Anil Kumble, who has rediscovered himself and came up with a new strategy to bowl in T20. He bowled slower with a bit more flight. Kudos to the veteran and he is my captain too, he took the wearing Royal challenger to 8 wins in 10 matches as captain to reach the final.
Next bowler is Lasith Malinga the only player to be chosen from a non semi finalist team for his exquisite yorkers and amazing economy rates.
The last slot was difficult to choose between Praveen Kumar and the 30 year old ex paceman Ashish Nehra. Nehra after joining his home boys this year had a very good tournament. but he would miss out to praveen kumar who will be a better guy to bowl the middle overs, since RP and malinga would bowl during the power play and at the death.
others who were very close to miss out are Yuvraj in spite of his two hatricks with the bowl he had a forgettable time with the bat, Ab devillers though he was superb, the other foreign players be even better ( remember 4 foreign players only rule), The injured bowler Yusuf Abdulla whom the Kings XI Punjab missed a lot in the later part of the tournament, The new star Manish Pandey with the first centuary by an Indian @ IPL which would have been Suresh Raina if the scorers hadnot slept while doing their job and the two Indian openers Sehwag and Ghambir. The ex-Australian duo
Gilchrist and Hayden were at their devastating best and out shone the Indian pair easily for the honours this year.
IPL season 2
LALIT MODI
What a season it was, kudos to Lalit Modi IPL commissioner for such an entertaining tournament. Ipl was moved to south Africa and the decision was taken just weeks before the tournament was scheduled to begin, the organizing inspite of that was flawless, any one would say that is an amazing job done. The finances kept raining in, the trp ratings were sky high and even the corporates couldn't let this oppurtunity go even during the recession times.... wow! Lalit modi made mention in his speach during closing ceremony where he asked people did they enjoy the tournament, he at once named this whole thing as entertainment and my goodness he is talking about trp ratings in his speech.... this man is different , I thought for a second and appreciated him because he did mask this and make statements which would make ipl sound a soley like a sport and what he is doing is a service to the sport...
What a season it was, kudos to Lalit Modi IPL commissioner for such an entertaining tournament. Ipl was moved to south Africa and the decision was taken just weeks before the tournament was scheduled to begin, the organizing inspite of that was flawless, any one would say that is an amazing job done. The finances kept raining in, the trp ratings were sky high and even the corporates couldn't let this oppurtunity go even during the recession times.... wow! Lalit modi made mention in his speach during closing ceremony where he asked people did they enjoy the tournament, he at once named this whole thing as entertainment and my goodness he is talking about trp ratings in his speech.... this man is different , I thought for a second and appreciated him because he did mask this and make statements which would make ipl sound a soley like a sport and what he is doing is a service to the sport...
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