The final curtains have been drawn for the IPL season 3 .Modi has also lisped a "brave heart" speech with trembling hands moments before he was ousted as the IPL Commission"err". The stable teams members will be again put under auctions this year.
Next year we will see a different demography to all the teams adding to the extra 2 teams. Pune franchise has gone ahead in naming it league as warriors (Sahara Pune Warriors). Kochi probably will stay. We will have to wait and watch. Meanwhile as we analyse the performances of the all the sides , we will see a method emerging out of madness in the way T20 is played nowadays. Some of the marked changes from IPL 1 to IPL 3 were.
1.) Spinners: There is a growing dependence of spinner. Spinner have evolved to be force to reckon with. This season, 4 out of top 5 wicket takers were spinner. Kumble boasted of the best economy rate for majority of tournament. R Ashwin was the regular opening bowler. And Prgyan Ojha ended with the purple cap.
2.) Return of classic cricketing shots: the flat bat shots existed but classic cricketing shots counted for majority of runs scored in this IPL. The people scoring them were regular test cricketers, Sachin, Kallis, Saurav, Dravid, KP , Murali Vijay.
3.) Brute force is good in short term: There was a tactical use of brute force instead of using it through out the match. MI tried to over do this by sending KP (Pollard) late which resulted in their loss. But this had worked for them for majority of the tournament. Yousuf has been thoroughly read by all teams and he is prey to short ball. He could not score in the second half of the season.
4.) Innovation: The shot making has evolved. Now we have new shots like the Dilshan Scoop and KP's Switch hit which is also added new variety to the armory of the batsman. In bowling, we have the Dilhara's slow bouncers, Ashwin's carron ball etc. And in equipments, we have the Haydos mighty mongoose bat which showed its prowess in their league match against Delhi.
The next season will see a new set of players for each team. It will decide the allegiance for the floater public like me whose cities do not have IPL team. Last 3 years had my affinity towards RCB as most of my Idols like Dravid, Kallis were playing for it.
Wishing for a grand IPL 4 !!!! As Gilchrist, Tendulkars, Dravid have comfirmed to be Back.......Till then rooting for RCB for CLT20 at South Africe.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Some tips for RCB
Being a die hard fan of RCB, it is painful to write this. May be it will dampen the extent of grief which will prevail on me on seeing my favourite side going down irrespective of having the batting prowess which boasts name like KP, Dravid, Ross Taylor, Utthapa, Kohli, Kallis.
Shaky Start: Pandey was a intentional omission has he has been instrumental in giving RCB a shaky start every time RCB went for the Bat. 2 overs, 5 run...and not staying long enough.....Getting out and leaving the team in a quandary.....in 6th over...
Absence of a quality 5th seamer.....those 4 overs are costing RCB heavily.....They contribute of more than 40% run conceded..pankaj singh - 54 runs in 4 overs.and the kohli's and KP who try to fill up are also taken for runs....
Wrong strategy : Leaving a lot for the end. rather than pacing the innings both while chasing or batting first. While batting first, around 50-60% of the runs comes in the last 4-5 overs. Where as while chasing, they are always a looking for that good over after the 15th one. So, in case the wickets go( for majority of the case when they lost), new batsman are never able to get their eye to propel themselves for that over. We cannot expect Taylors and Utthapa to recreate their magic everytime they go out batting. maintain a steady run rate from start. Middle batsman should have their eye in.
Some of the tips can be :
- Have PK back to take care of 5th bowler and additional batter.
- Manish Pandey should come down 6th down or replace him by Sriram, another all rounder. Take a chance by sending Kohli to open.
- Have a sense of purpose for the first 6 overs and DO NOT rely on the utthapa to do the wonders everytime.
Wish they follow at least one of the suggestion and i am sure their performance will improve.
Shaky Start: Pandey was a intentional omission has he has been instrumental in giving RCB a shaky start every time RCB went for the Bat. 2 overs, 5 run...and not staying long enough.....Getting out and leaving the team in a quandary.....in 6th over...
Absence of a quality 5th seamer.....those 4 overs are costing RCB heavily.....They contribute of more than 40% run conceded..pankaj singh - 54 runs in 4 overs.and the kohli's and KP who try to fill up are also taken for runs....
Wrong strategy : Leaving a lot for the end. rather than pacing the innings both while chasing or batting first. While batting first, around 50-60% of the runs comes in the last 4-5 overs. Where as while chasing, they are always a looking for that good over after the 15th one. So, in case the wickets go( for majority of the case when they lost), new batsman are never able to get their eye to propel themselves for that over. We cannot expect Taylors and Utthapa to recreate their magic everytime they go out batting. maintain a steady run rate from start. Middle batsman should have their eye in.
Some of the tips can be :
- Have PK back to take care of 5th bowler and additional batter.
- Manish Pandey should come down 6th down or replace him by Sriram, another all rounder. Take a chance by sending Kohli to open.
- Have a sense of purpose for the first 6 overs and DO NOT rely on the utthapa to do the wonders everytime.
Wish they follow at least one of the suggestion and i am sure their performance will improve.
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