Anshuman Gaekwad
Fifty Nine Matches over Fort Five days, the tricky Twenty20 Format, Blame Games- We got everything in the first edition of IPL Cricket.Six of the eight participating teams in the IPL have experienced the inevitable ups and downs, but its really that two teams Royal Challengers from Bangalore and Deccan Chargers from Hyderabad have flopped so badly. From very
early stage, it was obvious that both these teams would not make it to the semis and all they can do towards the end is to go through the formalities.It clearly proves that big names and iconic stars do not guarantee success. Even in Twenty20, the traditional values of cricket – leadership, team work, dedication and determination & fitness – are important.
Fifty Nine Matches over Fort Five days, the tricky Twenty20 Format, Blame Games- We got everything in the first edition of IPL Cricket.Six of the eight participating teams in the IPL have experienced the inevitable ups and downs, but its really that two teams Royal Challengers from Bangalore and Deccan Chargers from Hyderabad have flopped so badly. From very
early stage, it was obvious that both these teams would not make it to the semis and all they can do towards the end is to go through the formalities.It clearly proves that big names and iconic stars do not guarantee success. Even in Twenty20, the traditional values of cricket – leadership, team work, dedication and determination & fitness – are important.In the eve of the tournament Deccan Chargers were listed among the favourites to win the title. When a team has names such as VVS Laxman, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, Rohit Sharma, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, Chamara Silva, Nuwan Zoysa, Sanjay Bangar and Rudra Pratap Singh, it is taken for granted that it will go a long way – and perhaps all the way. In addition, they have promising youngsters in Venugopal Rao and Pragyan Ojha and Robin Singh as coach.But they failed.How can a side with such credentials flop so badly? Bangalore outfit has fared badly because they are widely branded as a Test team, the same cannot be said about Deccan Chargers. Main reason is they failed to play as a team.Couple of Good Performance by individuals are not enough to win T20 matches.
The Bangalore team's problems started with the tournament opener when they were skittled out for 82 on their way to a 140-run defeat at the hands of Kolkata and, from that moment, they have just kept sliding. The woeful record of both these teams will remain the big mystery of the tournament.Both the teams have quality cricketers to win the tournament but they failed to perfom when needed.Secondly, Rahul Dravid & Laxman failed to inspire their teams even after loosing couple of matches which Dhoni ,Warne did nicely.
On the other hand Kolkata team failed to reach in last four because of their faulty team composition.During bidding they never thought about reserve bench specialy when they knew that Couple of plyers will be missing after few games.
Anything can happen in Twenty20. It is unpredictable and can be anybody's game any day, though at present, based on performance, Rajasthan stand a better chance at winning. According to the performance of teams in the IPL at the moment, the Royals look stronger.They have perfect combination in both batting & bowling.We shouldn't ignore Punjab & Mumbai ( if they reach in semis ) Specially Punjab's strong batting line-up can help them to win this tournament.
IPL T20 Cricket helped young cricketers to prove themselves in front of the national selectors.Young players like Yo Mahesh, Wriddhimann Saha, Laxmiratan Sukla,Pradeep Sangwan,Asnodkar,Haladar Das,Yusuf Patahan,Ravindra Jadeja, MS Goni and few others shown great improvement like never before. Simultaneously, Uday Kaul of Kings XI Punjab has been doing better and is soon going to be a trouble for the selectors. There are quite a few new players in Indian Premier League who are taking tips and suggestions from the senior Indian and foreign players and improving their game.Now its BCCI's duty to improve our domestic cricket standard, not only T20 but also other verson of the game.
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Anything can happen in Twenty20. It is unpredictable and can be anybody's game any day, though at present, based on performance, Rajasthan stand a better chance at winning. According to the performance of teams in the IPL at the moment, the Royals look stronger.They have perfect combination in both batting & bowling.We shouldn't ignore Punjab & Mumbai ( if they reach in semis ) Specially Punjab's strong batting line-up can help them to win this tournament.
IPL T20 Cricket helped young cricketers to prove themselves in front of the national selectors.Young players like Yo Mahesh, Wriddhimann Saha, Laxmiratan Sukla,Pradeep Sangwan,Asnodkar,Haladar Das,Yusuf Patahan,Ravindra Jadeja, MS Goni and few others shown great improvement like never before. Simultaneously, Uday Kaul of Kings XI Punjab has been doing better and is soon going to be a trouble for the selectors. There are quite a few new players in Indian Premier League who are taking tips and suggestions from the senior Indian and foreign players and improving their game.Now its BCCI's duty to improve our domestic cricket standard, not only T20 but also other verson of the game.
Hawkeye Communications