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RC in semis, to face MI on April 21
18 Apr 2010
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RC in semis, to face MI on April 21

Team Royal Challengers can breathe easy knowing that they are virtually assured of a place in the semi-finals. With the matches on Sunday done away with, team RC now finds themselves in the fourth position currently with 14 points and +0.219 Net Run Rate.
Team Royal Challengers can breathe easy knowing that they are virtually assured of a place in the semi-finals. With the matches on Sunday done away with, team RC now finds themselves in the fourth position currently with 14 points and +0.219 Net Run Rate.

There is though one match left on Monday, which may have some significance to RC – the improbable idea of Kolkata Knight Riders posting a really huge victory against Mumbai Indians which would enable them to be at par at the points tally, but also push their NRR from (-0.456) to above +0.219 to downgrade RC to the fifth position. Going by the current forms of both the teams, that remain a distant possibility.

Hence, safely, RC can prepare itself for the semi-final against Mumbai Indians on April 21 at the DY Patil Stadium.

That will be some kind of a game!
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i can surely say RCB will beat mumbai indians...... its all upon dale steyn to pick sachin early and victory will ours
Mayur-Golani on 21 Apr 2010, 05:06 PM
Cmon RCB..Victory shud b ours....
Jammu on 21 Apr 2010, 08:13 AM
mumbai indians weakness
jp duminy have some problem with short ball
a rayadu and s tiwary also have same problem
pollard finds difficulty with low full toss...
s tendulkar, bowl stump to stump don't give any width for him..
bangloreafrica on 20 Apr 2010, 10:59 PM
My team for the semis
1. M.Pandey
2. j kallis
3. K.Pieterson
4. R dravid
5. R.Taylor
6. R.uthappa
7. v kumar
8. P.Kumar
9. D.Steyn
10.A. Kumble
11.A.Mithun




weakness of mumbai indians(youngsters)
shortball
bangloreafrica on 20 Apr 2010, 10:53 PM
Uthappa shall not b dejected for M.Vijay replaced Sehwag.. U were de right person buddy.. but u no..with Srikanth in... v ppl don get a chance...
so Cmon........ U shall make RCB lift de trophy...
Jammu on 20 Apr 2010, 10:13 PM
I respect all my fellow fan mates who have posted their point of views, but I'm sure that all our critics would be surely proved wrong on 21st & follow it up with a bang on 25th for sure, so it is just a matter of time & I can't wait to celebrate our team lifting the IPL trophy..
All the best guys!
Nishanth9 on 20 Apr 2010, 06:28 PM
i agree to give M pandey a last chance,but we should keep in mind this is the last chance for RCB too..
luvdeepu on 20 Apr 2010, 06:02 PM
for al u guys who suggested to sack pandey??????use ur heads....of course...he may nt b at his best...but d guy is gonna fire big tym wen itz d ryt tym.......tym 2 gv him 1 last chance!!!!!!
aaronabhi on 20 Apr 2010, 05:53 PM
please drop M Pandey and P singh,as both of them not performing,and pandey is not making to get good start.bring back praveen kumar.
luvdeepu on 20 Apr 2010, 05:39 PM
u have to get cameron white or vd merwe.dy patil has a slow track so get vd merwe who can also bat a little drop kallis.should also get p.kumar and dorp p.singh.
prince-mathew on 20 Apr 2010, 05:24 PM
My heart says RCB but my mind says it would be MI. We dont have a balanced team. Thats the draw back. I would like to remind all U guys when dhoni said that there is a difference between the best team and the balanced team. We lack balance and variety both in terms of bowling and batting.
Dropping kallis could be an option because his form with the bat has dipped. I have been supporting him staunchly in all my previous posts, but I think he should be rested this time.
Bring in Sriram and PK / Mithun. White should replace Kallis. Sriram, Peterson and white can bowl the quota of four overs. I dont think these guys will have worst bowling figures then Kallis. But if Kallis would be batting well he is irreplacable. He is the best allrounder we have. We only lack one spin bowling (off spinner) allrounder in our side.also dy patil will assist spinners and slow bowlers, which is what peterson, white and sriram are. however I am not sure abt whites bowling form. But my gut feeling says its going to MI Vs CSK finals. It would be gr8 If I am proved wrong, but the chances are close of me being proved wrong is close to zero.
RCFANATIC on 20 Apr 2010, 03:25 PM
should drop taylor and kallis.....:)
chiranth on 20 Apr 2010, 02:57 PM
@Bagath- You are absolutely right, I wanted to pick the same team & bat White at no.4 so that he would get enough time in the middle to go after the bowling. He is not been used properly by RCB by batting him at no.6............ There is no point playing Ross Taylor again since he is not in good touch & also the opposition teams have found out his weakness, DC & MI really made him work for his runs which is not a good sign.

PLEASE DROP TAYLOR & PICK WHITE IF YOU GUYS WANT RCB TO WIN!
UBWinners on 20 Apr 2010, 02:32 PM
first we need to sack M. Pandey, he has batted bad to worst, we need consistency as a batsman same goes with Y Pathan. if you closely look at the runs he scored are all by edges and mis hits there were hardly few good shots. lets open up our eyes and get some better player than him which gives more chances to win semis.
madhanthegreat on 20 Apr 2010, 02:24 PM
hooooo god what happens to my RCB??
:x :x :x
Anandhita on 20 Apr 2010, 02:16 PM
Please guys pray for RCB,,,
My heart is still LUB DUB ;)
Anandhita on 20 Apr 2010, 02:14 PM
Actually i am from kolkata,,,,,,but studying in bangalore so i support RCB
Anandhita on 20 Apr 2010, 02:11 PM
OHHHHHH just praying for my RCB to win guys......
Ok join me in praying for RCB
at
anandhita@rediffmail.com



CHEERS :)
Anandhita on 20 Apr 2010, 02:07 PM
Well! I have been reading the comments from everyone. Guys !! we need to get to the basics if we need to win IPL. It has been proven over and over again team with great bonding and with a great team effort will be able to win the series.
If you look back a week!! Deccan chargers were no where in the tournament, how did they manage to win 5 matches in a row? is that skill OR they have a better team ? no not at all.. if you look at skill RCB has a better team. They won because of the contribution from each and every person in the team.
Its got to be the captains knock in bringing the team together, letting them know about each others responsibility. We have to play together as a team.
Let the coach and captain decide whom to play...
I just want RCB to play as a team... they will surely win....
Shastry-Shastry on 20 Apr 2010, 01:56 PM
give the chance to white instead of Taylor (he is not in his form) send white as one down or two down...give some time for him to look at few bal...once he is there he is really a dangerous batsmen.... I think RCB not used White properly...look at Aussies they are using him very nicely...he is their key batsmen...plz give him a chance.... for sure we can beat Mumbai....
kingfischer on 20 Apr 2010, 12:56 PM
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