Trade the cap for the cup!
Was good to get an additional spinner for the Nagpur track (though we definitely neeed pk back for the rest of the matches). Steyn seems to love Nagpur pitch. We did great to restrict the Deccans to 150. Rohit was looking in great touch. (good for the world cup)
I thought Kallis was too slow and predictable. The pitch was good to bowl slow pace.. but not if you are predictable short.
We looked cruising when RD and Kallis were in. And then we lost the plot. Kallis slowed down a little too much today. So the pressure was building.
The ground was big. After the good start all we needed to do was to nudge around in the gaps and take the twos. But we were still in Bangalore! Three big wickets fell to long on/off. And in the end it was a little too much to do. Robin almost got us home.. Maybe he could have held the nerve after thrashing harris. But still another amazing knock by him!
We've got the orange cap back from SRT, but I guess we could have traded it for match cup instead.
Still very much in the fight. But its getting very tight now.
Against Rajasthan, I hope we win the toss. On that pitch, and by our strength we definitely need to bat second.
Post a comment
Notify me of follow-up comments?
Post comment to Facebook
subscribe to rss 
Archives
RCB CALENDAR
hot discussions
WANT TO BE A
FANATIC FAN?
FANATIC FAN?
Latest comments
@Ray.. Dont take the gamble of unsettling the opening slot. Kallis is playing well. It was just another off day for him yesterday.
u could also see this way too Ross dropped Gibbs catch n was out after scoring 11 more runs then by how many runs did we loose from remind me!!!!
i know it was'nt good batting by him the CSK match was lost due him n few others but certainly not da last one!!!!
If you are reading Times of India, there is a column by Kallis. He keeps harping on the orange cap, saying he is excited about the orange cap and wants to keep it and stuff.
Kallis is playing for himself, no question about it. I pity you if you cant see that. NO need for any lie detector tests. He admits it himself. Read his columns.
Reason for our 6 wins till date
Kings XI punjab - Uthappa 51 from 21
Rajasthan 92 all out- bowling
Mumbai Indians - Pandey 40 from 27 balls , Kallis 66 from 55
Chennai Super Kings - Uthappa 68 from 38.
Kings XI punjab - Uthappa 22 from 8, Kohli 42 from 26.
KKR - Uthappa 50 from 22, Dravid 50 from 35.
You can see that Kallis has played only one match winning innings. He doesn't deserve a place. His bowling is a liability. Has conceded highest number of fours. Van der Merve is a better option. Kallis is killing RCB by his test skills in powerplay.
http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/current/story/455844.html
@Holmes - According to you Kumble also joins the 90% fools category for talking against kallis for RCB's sake!! (since you go by the some reviews you read earlier rather than using your head to analyse facts and figures)
Kallis has opened the innings in all 12 matches. The other opener is "by rotation". Wonder why he is not being "rotated".
Does the team management know that Uthappa's strength is against fast bowlers - faster the better! and all it takes is 1 good spinning delivery to consume him? In his present murderous mood, try sending him as an opener and see what 20 balls can do to the scoreboard! In the company of Manish or Dravid!!
Great going Uthappa, continue the great work ... you are lone shining star in the RCB Galaxy!