An absolutely crucial game for Delhi if they have to make it to the semifinals without relying on major chunks of luck and help from other sides. This should, however be a farily easy walk in the park. Looking at the way the 11 individual challengers performed on the field the other day (there is no team to speak up), Daredevils have a decent chance to keep their campaign alive and regain some momentum before the crucial games against Mumbai and Kolkata come up.
It will be interesting to see how the Bangalore crowd supports their "team" after the shambles they showed themselves to be. Will they still flock to the stadium ? If they do, one has to truly salute their solidarity and patience. For me, the only thing that will keep me interested in this game is seeing how Rahul Dravid performs.
Teams
For Bangalore it will be interesting to see how Rahul Dravid performs.
For Delhi, the top trio of Gambhir, Sehwag and Dhawan will be key again. They have delivered more often that not yet their brittle middle order has ensured that they have ended up in a precarious position in this competition. McGrath and Mishra will be the key performers with the ball. I would like to see Dilshan being promoted up the order to 4.
Revenge Battles
Gambhir v Steyn, Zaheer, Vinay Kumar and Kallis - GG thrashed all before getting out to Zak, who can forget his run-in with Kallis ?
Sehwag v Zaheer - Sehwag really took to Zak early
Dhawan v Vinay Kumar and Kallis
Malik v Steyn - Steyn uprooted his stump last time
Karthik v Kallis - Kallis destroyed his stumps last time
McGrath v Praveen - Old fox completely got the better of the young turk
Asif v Kallis - Asif was taken to the cleaners last time
McGrath v Dravid - Got him the first ball he bowled to Dravid
Sehwag v Boucher - Boucher thrashed him towards the end, in vain though
It will be interesting to see how the Bangalore crowd supports their "team" after the shambles they showed themselves to be. Will they still flock to the stadium ? If they do, one has to truly salute their solidarity and patience. For me, the only thing that will keep me interested in this game is seeing how Rahul Dravid performs.
Teams
For Bangalore it will be interesting to see how Rahul Dravid performs.
For Delhi, the top trio of Gambhir, Sehwag and Dhawan will be key again. They have delivered more often that not yet their brittle middle order has ensured that they have ended up in a precarious position in this competition. McGrath and Mishra will be the key performers with the ball. I would like to see Dilshan being promoted up the order to 4.
Revenge Battles
Gambhir v Steyn, Zaheer, Vinay Kumar and Kallis - GG thrashed all before getting out to Zak, who can forget his run-in with Kallis ?
Sehwag v Zaheer - Sehwag really took to Zak early
Dhawan v Vinay Kumar and Kallis
Malik v Steyn - Steyn uprooted his stump last time
Karthik v Kallis - Kallis destroyed his stumps last time
McGrath v Praveen - Old fox completely got the better of the young turk
Asif v Kallis - Asif was taken to the cleaners last time
McGrath v Dravid - Got him the first ball he bowled to Dravid
Sehwag v Boucher - Boucher thrashed him towards the end, in vain though
2 comments:
3Ds dont deserve to be in SFs...
they were presented the opportunity to decide their own fate in the form of winning the toss against KX1 bt the blowed it...
even yuvraj was strggling to hide his smile at toss...
Maybe so. Personally I don't like Gambhir, so I dont support DD. Also with Rajasthan Punjab looking set to occupy the semis slot and Mumbai looking good I have to make sure my team, Chennai get their own slot. So yeah, no place for DD !
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