What is KKR doing????

Nothing is going right for KKR, I mean they had the match in their grip for the major part of the first half but then things started changing and I think only those team who have nerves to stand in the face of adversities and act fast and wisely have the capability to win. McCullum has been a disappointment for KKR all thru the IPL Season2. And he didn’t try to change the image this time round too.
The bowlers did their job to the perfection in the first 15 overs, but then they let the things slip from their hand. McCullum is not a good captain when it comes to tight situations and he has proved the same again and again. That leaves dada as the next option but then is he the right choice or not. I am not sure I certainly feel that Dada is the answer for the situation in hand but then would that impact the team’s fortune anyway, well I doubt that.
Playing Mumbai Indians, who are on a roll, is a tough game but then when you get Sachin and Sanath out cheaply, you definitely fancy your chances and go for the kill. McCullum went with the follow and let the batsmen do the mistake rather than forcing them to get out. And then when it came to batting letting Dada open was a good choice but it didn’t fire. Calypso king didn’t fire this time, this farewell was not well enough. The team was on a downslide and then Hodge and Shukla start the resurrection. But the twist was somewhere hiding, and as soon as the match seemed to be under control Hodge and Shukla departed and that left McCullum who brought himself at 6th number to lead the team to victory. He failed again and so did the KKR.
More than winning I think the team needs to believe in themselves first. Every move of the team shows how badly they have accepted defeat, every time Mc speaks you hear a lost captain’s mumble. Time for some soul searching and major over-hauling....

Dada shines when the rest fails...

Its 1:30 am and KKR has lost the match.. not a nice thing... But then I just cannot wait to update my blog...

We cudnt have asked for a better match. I think only God could have scripted such things. I mean it was a humdinger from the start till the end.

So when it seemed all very down the hill for KKR, Dada put his head down and resurrected the innings. Munaf Patel almost gave away the match when Dada hit him for two consecutive sixes and brought the match into KKR’s clutch and when it seemed that ‘Dadagiri’ has done the miracle, there was a twist, Yashpal Singh fell to a rash shot. Last over and 7 runs, Kamran Khan (a rank new comer) was asked to bowl, he held his nerves right, with just 2 runs required from last two balls Dada got out. Two runs required from last ball, Ishant Sharma managed to make the bat meet the ball and ran a single and got out attempting the second.

Super over: Chris Gayle and Mc Cullum walked out to the middle and Chris Gayle justified his presence in the middle, by making 16 out of the super over against Kamran Khan. For KKR Ajantha Mendis was handed the ball and Yusuf and Ravinder walked out in the middle to hit the KKR out. Yusuf made it look all very simple with his clinical execution, first ball a 6, second a miscued hit that Hodge could not hang on to resulting in 2, third another 6 over the mid off and the fourth one over the square leg for a 4. Match was decided.

Yusuf Pathan was adjudged Man of the Match, but for me the match belonged to two people, Dada and Kamran Khan. Big match and big hearts... A great match...