Well…RCB failed to make to the play-offs in IPL-5..Now its time waste to talk about IPL-5…Lets talk about the next season here…. There’s a Auction next year..

Whom to try:
Well…RCB lacks all-rounders and weak middle-order…We need to improve on that…So my suggestions are
1. Johan Botha for the middle-order instead of Andrew McDonald
2. I got one more thing to say…Like PWI got Clarke.. RCB can try for Andrew Strauss, England..He can captain the team, instead of Daniel Vettori.
3. I think..We’ll need get our former RCB’ian the Switch-Hit inventer ‘‘Kevin Pietersen’‘.
4. Coming to the bowling attack, I think we’ll have to give up Dirk Nannes and get ‘‘Dale Steyn’’ or Lonwabo Tsotsobe..

These are my present suggestions..

P.S- I know you’ll be sad for the defeat…But win or loss, we are with RCB

i agree wid ur only 1 decision dat getting KP back bt others dnt seem gud 4 me

1.Get ambati rayudu or robin uttappa for tiwari
2.get R.P.Singh for zaheer khan
3.replace dirk nannes with steyn or lee at the least
4.sale murli
5.get back manish pandey for god sake

yes manish pandey should come back.

pras6 - 21 May 2012 06:58 AM

i agree wid ur only 1 decision dat getting KP back bt others dnt seem gud 4 me

1.Get ambati rayudu or robin uttappa for tiwari
2.get R.P.Singh for zaheer khan
3.replace dirk nannes with steyn or lee at the least
4.sale murli
5.get back manish pandey for god sake

What the HELL DUDE! SALE MURULI? Seriously?..Rayudu good choice..
AND…I agree with 3 and 5.

Come on RCB…next year we want you in playoffs

Here are some suggestions frm my side….
1.Dilshan shld be replaced by some quality all rounders like Bravo/Morkel and id Pak players are available then go all out for Shahid Afridi…..Boom Booom
2.We need a stable batsman in the middle order….buting tiwary was a waste last year and we shld have some1 like T.Suman,V.Rao,A.Srikanth,W.Saha,Bharat Chipli who dont get much chance to play for their respective teams….
3.Get a quality pace bowler who has some raw pace like P.Siddle,Umar Gul(if Pak players are allowed),J.Pattinson
4.get a local medium pacer and we shld have a look at saurabh netrawalkar…...he was a strike bowler for India in the U-19 WC in 2010(Mayank and Harshall Patel were der in the team).....a left arm medium pacer who can bat also and can hit big…....
5.Again if possible go for Saeed Ajmal in place of murali…..Imagine Gul and Ajmal in the same team…...

these were some suggestions and i noe its just waste of time but we enjoy posting our teams…..dont we

Guys why not get david hussey for dilshan…..nd azhar mahmood for mcdonald
And im 100% sure next year there would be pakistans in ipl…........seeing BCCI`s recent moves,they hve allowed pakistani team in CLT20 and BCCI inviting PCB president for IPL finals….........so why not try for sme pakistani talent like AFRIDI,RAZZAK,TANVIR

We are not gonna get anyone of those.
RR and DC will be foolish to trade Botha and Steyn and nothing wrong was done by McDonald.He played well whenever he got chances.If you want to ever trade someone,then it should be Dilshan.He is a talented guy no doubt but I seriously feel why do we need two overseas openers,rather we can go for a middle-order batsman or fast bowler Dirk Nannes or Charl Langaveldt.
Give Dilshan back to Delhi Daredevils and get either Ross Taylor back or either Andre Russel.Tiwary found his touch at last,let him remain with us and if any trade then it should be for Rohit Sharma(if possible)with Mumbai Indians.
Lets have a clean look at the domestic tournaments and find out new talents.
Feeling very hurted to lose from here,but not to worry,there’s always a next time.

BTW Sanjiv bro,don’t you think it’s too early to discuss???

kallis is a class apart!! must buy if KKR doesnt retain him.. and he is bowling well too..
hes very dependable much better than dilshan… mallya should have retained him:(
and think player auction will be after IPL-6…so have to carry with the same team next season too
but gayle ABD kohli must be retained by mallya next time…

No Dude. There will be a auction I suppose…COZ I saw in the newspaper that
‘‘SIX FRANCHICES WANT PLAYERS RETAINED’‘.
So Auction for sure..
Btw, Which Team does Mark Boucher play..? I wanted him in RCB..

Karthik? Andrew Rusell? Nah! He’s a bowler, I agree that he can bat well too..But we’ll need a All-Rounder like Kallis, Pathans, Morkels or Johan Botha.

Broken News: IPL UPDATE :IPL 6 from April 3 to May 26, 2013

Mumbai, Feb 22: The IPL governing council on Wednesday asked Sahara Pune Warriors to get the consent of all the franchises for fielding five foreign players in the fifth edition of the tournament. The IPL governing council also announced dates for next year’s IPL 6 which will be held from April 3 to May 26, 2013.

Indian Premier League Governing Council chairman Rajiv Shukla said all the issues discussed with Sahara, have been ratified by the GC.

“On the five foreign players issue, Sahara has to get the consent of all other franchises and that matter will be put before the working committee, which will take the final call.

“All the things which were decided with Sahara were ratified by the Governing Council,” Shukla said after the Governing Council meeting.

The dates for IPL 6 has been finalised and the tournament will be held next year from April 3 to May 26.

Sahara Group, the Indian cricket team’s longtime sponsor, had ended its financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors’ ownership just hours before the players’ auction earlier this month.

In a bid to break the stalemate, BCCI and the aggrieved Sahara Group reached a compromise after a series of hectic negotiations.

Shukla added that IPL’s operational issues were also discussed in the meeting.

Asked about the 10th team for the next edition, Shukla said, “Nothing has been decided yet.”

My suggestion for next year is to get Shahid Afridi good all rounder if pak players are allowed and get Pragyan ojha spin bowler as he is been wasted in MI.

Make Virat Kohli captain

The main auctions will happen in 2014. So 2013 will be the last year for the current team to continue.

When the main auction takes place in 2014 Retain

Virat Kohli

Zaheer Khan

Chris Gayle

Ab Devellliers

Then Buy

Dale Steyn

Robin Uthappa

Vinay Kumar

Pragyan ojha

Bravo / Kevin pietersen / Pollard / shane watson / roeloff vander merwe / shahid afridi / mitchel johnson

Ravindra Jadeja

Suggestions for next year :
1. If Pak players are allowed, get in either Afridi or Razzak
2. Sell Dilshan to somebody else. Not sure if there will be any takers though (apart from Pune maybe)
3. The foreign player slot created by leaving out Dilshan, use it to get an all rounder from other team - maybe Ten Doeschate from KKR/Scott Styris from CSK/James Franklin from MI/Van der Merwe from Delhi
4. Trying buying a domestic batsmen from other team - Venugopal Rao from DD/Bharat Chipli from DC/T Suman from MI
5. The only way fringe players can ever get a game if if they are all rounders. Sell off Pomers/Van der Wath/Rossouw/Langeveldt and get in Kevin O’ Brian/Adam Voges/Tim Bresnan/Darren Sammy
6. Sell off Saurav Tiwari/Cheteshwar Pujara/Mohd Kaif. Probably the only team interested in buying them will be Pune. Try getting in Uthappa in exchange of the 3 above

BloodbathAndBeyond - 21 May 2012 08:54 PM

Suggestions for next year :
1. If Pak players are allowed, get in either Afridi or Razzak
2. Sell Dilshan to somebody else. Not sure if there will be any takers though (apart from Pune maybe)
3. The foreign player slot created by leaving out Dilshan, use it to get an all rounder from other team - maybe Ten Doeschate from KKR/Scott Styris from CSK/James Franklin from MI/Van der Merwe from Delhi
4. Trying buying a domestic batsmen from other team - Venugopal Rao from DD/Bharat Chipli from DC/T Suman from MI
5. The only way fringe players can ever get a game if if they are all rounders. Sell off Pomers/Van der Wath/Rossouw/Langeveldt and get in Kevin O’ Brian/Adam Voges/Tim Bresnan/Darren Sammy
6. Sell off Saurav Tiwari/Cheteshwar Pujara/Mohd Kaif. Probably the only team interested in buying them will be Pune. Try getting in Uthappa in exchange of the 3 above

Dude, instead of Tim Bresnan, we shall have Andrew Strauss..Even Vettori is not needed.
He can be the captain. AS PWI got Michael Clarke, why can’t we get Strauss.

Among the PAK players, get ‘Saed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi.

If this kind of form continues with RCB in the next season also…..then Gayle would want to play in another team coz he will feel his heroics are still not getting his team into playoffs and if RCB fail to reatin him there are teams who will go all out to get him like MI or CSK…..so RCB perform for the team and for him…....

MAIN AUCTION IS ON 2014 THAT IS AFTER IPL6. SO IT IS NOT A TIME TO RETAIN A PLAYER. WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH SAME TEAM WITH SOME PAK PLAYERS AND SOME ALL ROUNDERS

1)SHAYID AFRIDI AND SAYEED AJMAL FROM PAK
2)KEVIN OBRIAN/ANDRE RUSSEL/ROSS TAYLOR ETC

MY TEAM FOR IPL6
1)GAYLE
2)MAYANK
3)KOHLI
4)AB
5)AFRIDI
6)TIWARI
7)AJMAL
8)ARUN KARTHICK(WK)
9)VINAY KUMAR
10)HARSHALL PATEL
11)ZAHEER KHAN

THE ABOVE TEAM HAVE 8 BATSMAN
GAYLE KOHLI MAYANK AB AFRIDI TIWARI AJMAL ARUN

AND 3 FAST BOWLERS
ZAHEER VINAY HARSHALL

AND 2 WORLD CLASS SPINNER
AFRIDI AND AJMAL

ANY COMMENTS AND SUGGETION

who will gayle play for in the Champion League T2O 2012?? He’s too good just to not play in the tournament !!

Sanjiv - 21 May 2012 09:22 AM

No Dude. There will be a auction I suppose…COZ I saw in the newspaper that
‘‘SIX FRANCHICES WANT PLAYERS RETAINED’‘.
So Auction for sure..
Btw, Which Team does Mark Boucher play..? I wanted him in RCB..

Karthik? Andrew Rusell? Nah! He’s a bowler, I agree that he can bat well too..But we’ll need a All-Rounder like Kallis, Pathans, Morkels or Johan Botha.

Boucher was the unsung hero for RCB in first three seasons.He did the most hard work on the field and was never talked about.He,Dravid and Kumble were the real pillars of RCB in first two seasons.
Yes even I want him in RCB,I don’t think he’ll be bought as de Villiers is there.
To be honest,Mark Boucher is far better than AB De Villiers in keeping wickets.
Wish he could have improved much more in batting.He is unsold this year unfortunately.

Whatever may be the results,however highly we win,I still miss the old rocking RCB team.
Those days were just awesome to watch IPL,even though first season was a disaster for us,we enjoyed it.
Golden days will always replenish your mind.

@karthik-shetty4 yeh our old team was the best ....mixed with local and southafrican team ....really it was the best rcb team .....uttappa , vinay ,kumble ,dravid…..and kalis, boucher and steyn was deadly .....

Guys, In the IPL-4 Auction, we could have got a good captain instead of Daniel Vettori….RIGHT?