It was day 2 of the IPL.A match consisting of contestants of contrasting ideologies.On one hand KKR prefers to have a settled core and on the other DD,over the years,have been chopping and changing players,support staff,coaches and mentors.
‘O Captain!My Captain!’
Gautam Gambhir has once again proved why he is one of the best skippers in the ongoing tournament.He is someone who only means business.He leads by example.I never see any other captain donning the helmet to stand at Silly Point more often than GG.
The southpaw had a good outing tonight and he made sure to stay till the very end.This underlines his importance and the way he rotated his bowlers was nothing short of exemplary.
Age is just a number.
Brad Hogg gets younger every day.His exploits on the field are commendable.Figures of 3/19,in the opening,is a great way to get into the groove.And he brings positivity into this side with his face always bearing that evergreen wide grin.Let’s hope he gets better and younger everyday.
Andre Dwayne Russell!
Yeah,the name is enough.Do I need to say about this man?He is a beast when it comes to his batting and today he was a giant when it came to his bowling.He bowled three overs and sent the top order back to the pavilion as he triggered the batting collapse from which the opposition never really recovered.And returned with figures of 3/24 to deservedly bag the MoM award.
New Faces,Same Result.
The only thing that changed for the Daredevils are the players and the coaching staff as there was no change in the result.Losing and winning is a part of the game.The real cause of concern is the way they lost today.Their batsmen came and went.Even losing 4 wickets in the power-plays brought no sense to the batsmen who came next.They threw their wickets into the hands of the KKR bowlers.That’s not professionalism.Sad to say,but the batting looked really immature and inexperienced.
Delhi Daredevil’s team composition
Really,no JPD?J P Duminy is someone you can’t drop.He is a complete package.He bats,he bowls and he is a great fielder too.How could you drop someone who has the experience of 200 T20 matches?
Secondly,the team can’t have Karun Nair,Mayank Agarwal,Sanju Samson and Carlos Brathwaite at a single time.They are very good players but all of them lack in experience. Brathwaite may have won West Indies the World Cup but even a certain Joginder Sharma did that.DD must understand this that there is no substitute for experience.They need JPD to provide stability to the middle order.
I agree to most of your points
ReplyDeletebut the last one.Brathwaite lead the windies to victory from a situation,which was difficult for any batsman in the world and I doubt any of them would have delivered in the final over of world cup with such ease:-)
I totally agree and I am not undermining the importance of Brathwaite's breathtaking innings but there is no substitute for experience.There was no one as experienced as JPD and Tahir in the whole DD squad and the team management left both of them out.
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