Deccan Chargers' 14th Game: Will be about Skills and Application of Mind
Bangalore Royal Challengers are no more in the league of the Kolkata Knight Riders. This is the first and foremost thinking that must get into the Deccan Chargers' (DC) dressing room. Deccan Chargers are fortunate that they would play the last league game thus have a clear picture of what they must do. With crucial games coming up for other teams (RR and KXI Punjab) who with the Chargers are vying for the remaining two semi final spots, DC would have already started to feel the heat. The fact on ground is the Chargers have chosen to be where they are.
A win by RR and KXI Punjab will put the chargers in a spot of bother. Victory for KXI Punjab will give them a semi final berth but a loss for Punjab will require Chargers to ensure that they up their net run rate even if they end up on the losing side against the fancied Royal Challengers. Thus, chargers have everything in their hands to decide their fate. In my opinion they have no choice but to go all out for a outright win. RR have to win as well to stay in the hunt and then wait and watch what would happen to Chargers and KXI Punjab. So, those are the permutuations for now.
Coming back to the earlier two games, one must agree that Chargers came close on both occassions. They upset KKR on the previous evening. Poor and Immature Captaincy and attrocious strategy continued in their dressing room. Buchanan feels that presence of Umar Gul would have tilted the season in their favor. That says all the frustrations in him.
Another point that is surprising is the back to back matches that DC had to play. Why was this team chosen to play back to back games. Even if it were back to back, why wasnt the game on the next day played as the second game? Well, these are not excuses for losing, however, with the energy burn out levels and the number of games played it would have been fair to give chargers couple of hours more to rest and get back in action. At best they could have played today (18th May) as the first game. Something has gone wrong with the schedulers and am sure they too realised it too late! We must therefore appreciate the efforts made by chargers coming close to winning yet again on Sunday. I felt that the 3rd run could have been attempted as the non striker was half way thru the pitch and the other batsman chose to walk away without looking at his partner. That was sheer lack of application of basic skills of playing the last ball of the match. I am sure someone has observed that and will make amends in the games going forward.
The playing 11 would be crucial in the game on Thurday. The wicket at the supersports park will continue to be slower. Chasing wouldn't be an easy option especially with slow, medium pace and spin attack that Royal Challengers would employ at the Centurion. Dwane Smith, Hershe, Symmo and Gilly will need to be in the playing 11 to give extra depth to both batting and bowling. I feel these four in the team with bowling options from RP and Ojha would make the impact felt. One thing is certain, a win will allow them to continue their stay in the rainbow nation and keep them in the hunt.
Thus for the Chargers it is about skills and application of cricketing mind this Thursday.
A win by RR and KXI Punjab will put the chargers in a spot of bother. Victory for KXI Punjab will give them a semi final berth but a loss for Punjab will require Chargers to ensure that they up their net run rate even if they end up on the losing side against the fancied Royal Challengers. Thus, chargers have everything in their hands to decide their fate. In my opinion they have no choice but to go all out for a outright win. RR have to win as well to stay in the hunt and then wait and watch what would happen to Chargers and KXI Punjab. So, those are the permutuations for now.
Coming back to the earlier two games, one must agree that Chargers came close on both occassions. They upset KKR on the previous evening. Poor and Immature Captaincy and attrocious strategy continued in their dressing room. Buchanan feels that presence of Umar Gul would have tilted the season in their favor. That says all the frustrations in him.
Another point that is surprising is the back to back matches that DC had to play. Why was this team chosen to play back to back games. Even if it were back to back, why wasnt the game on the next day played as the second game? Well, these are not excuses for losing, however, with the energy burn out levels and the number of games played it would have been fair to give chargers couple of hours more to rest and get back in action. At best they could have played today (18th May) as the first game. Something has gone wrong with the schedulers and am sure they too realised it too late! We must therefore appreciate the efforts made by chargers coming close to winning yet again on Sunday. I felt that the 3rd run could have been attempted as the non striker was half way thru the pitch and the other batsman chose to walk away without looking at his partner. That was sheer lack of application of basic skills of playing the last ball of the match. I am sure someone has observed that and will make amends in the games going forward.
The playing 11 would be crucial in the game on Thurday. The wicket at the supersports park will continue to be slower. Chasing wouldn't be an easy option especially with slow, medium pace and spin attack that Royal Challengers would employ at the Centurion. Dwane Smith, Hershe, Symmo and Gilly will need to be in the playing 11 to give extra depth to both batting and bowling. I feel these four in the team with bowling options from RP and Ojha would make the impact felt. One thing is certain, a win will allow them to continue their stay in the rainbow nation and keep them in the hunt.
Thus for the Chargers it is about skills and application of cricketing mind this Thursday.
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Deccan Chargers Supporter Comment by sed142 on May 21, 2009 at 18:08 -
Yeah u have to win guy'z
plz gilly if ur seeing my msgs
juss think that ur the one brigade of the bat........plz dun play loose shot everyone point on u.....if u stay there we can win so easly.plz plz we have to win the ipl 2.
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Deccan Chargers Supporter Comment by Sarika singh on May 21, 2009 at 13:10 -
folks chargers rock
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Royal Challengers Supporter Comment by Dr. Anurag Mishra on May 21, 2009 at 11:55 -
Very nicely put manoj. However, as on date, it is not whether RCB wins or looses, it is how they loose, if they loose that matters. One would fancy DC to win this encounter basing on simple logic and the kind of players they have. A win or a loss, DC will qualify, but I suppose they would love to go into the semis on a winning note.
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Royal Challengers Supporter Comment by Zubair Fakir on May 21, 2009 at 10:40 -
DC have qualified already, its Bangalore that needs to ensure they qualify now that RR are out of the IPL and Kings Punjub have the same points but a poor run rate
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Deccan Chargers Supporter Comment by Manoj N on May 21, 2009 at 10:19 -
Arvind....You should probably read all the strings of my blogs...as they are build up of the entire season's performance of my favorite team DC. I have written negatives as well as positives of the team including my non appreciation of back to back matches scheduled for them. I have written 3 weeks back what net run rate can do. Yesterday in a comment i also said that if RR and KXI lose out then both our team DC and RC stand a chance irrespective of what happens today. As long as any team scored 120 runs + in the 20 overs format...they have nothing to worry. I had in another blog of mine wished "DC Vs CSK" in a semi final. Now that wish appears pretty much happening....So...i guess my views are based on facts and many years of cricket blogging....And yes....i have no doubt that DC could beat RC. However, as a cricketer and cricket passionate, i must caution that the team needs to perform. Fans can write many things, bet on the game, but if the team performs silly, then it doesnt matter who it is- the result is inevitable. Remember, Team India beaten by Bangladesh in the WC2007. That was a dark day in Indian Cricket and we had the best team with Ganguly, Sachin, Dravid (as captain), Yuvraj...and the team watched the second round games from their homes. I wish DC not just performs, but excel and take their game to the next level.
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Deccan Chargers Supporter Comment by Arvind VS on May 21, 2009 at 9:48 -
Hey Manoj, get your facts right man... Since the beginning it is DC who always had a better net run rate than RCB & KPXIP. As you said after KPXIP loose, it is RCB who needs to plan their approach to reach semis using better NRR Route and it is 99.999999% sure that DC is already in semi-finals. The only way they will not reach if all the batsmen gets out for less than 15 to 20 runs.. This will never happen with the kind of team composition DC has...
DC rocks.. They will defeat RCB Today and will win the finals as well... Cheers, Arvind.
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Deccan Chargers Supporter Comment by uday on May 21, 2009 at 8:46 -
deccan chargers r surely gonna to win
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Deccan Chargers Supporter Comment by Deccanfan on May 21, 2009 at 3:50 -
DC will thrash RC, they better bother about there run rate
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Kings XI Punjab Supporter Comment by Ravinder Singh on May 21, 2009 at 0:16 -
plz help banglore lose your match and kx11 punjab entered in semi final
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Royal Challengers Supporter Comment by suneel kumar on May 21, 2009 at 0:13 -
sorry guys....deccans are all ready running out of gas now.......struggle to beat weaker teams.....but RCB is peaking at the right time and winning against the top teams with conviction during these later part of the tournament.......all their players are peaking at right time...........gilly....u got tough time against RCB
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