Topic: IPL 2008 - Match 27 : Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - Thread (Read 2551 times)

LosingNow · « **on:** May 06, 2008, 06:02:02 PM »

now the tournament is heating up. Sachin should be back.

gouravk · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2008, 07:07:10 PM »

yep. mumbai better pull this one. all the underdog wave that rajasthan started with should be thrown out of the window. now i want someone to pull them back.

but i think only if tendulkar plays will mumbai be able to handle warne. i would love to see the so-called "great" batsman utthappa struggle like a cat on a hot tin roof against the great magician.

Zacked · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2008, 08:22:24 PM »

Quote from: gouravk on May 06, 2008, 07:07:10 PM

yep. mumbai better pull this one. all the underdog wave that rajasthan started with should be thrown out of the window. now i want someone to pull them back.

but i think only if tendulkar plays will mumbai be able to handle warne. i would love to see the so-called "great" batsman utthappa struggle like a cat on a hot tin roof against the great magician.

Did u meet Ravi Shastri today in chennai

gouravk · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:43:20 AM »

well i definitely saw him from close quarters. the other day i was so close i could have shaken hands with him if i wanted to.

also looks like SRT is going to pull out yet again. pathetic.

broadbat · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:01:31 AM »

Yeah SRT confirmed 'not playing'.

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:21:35 AM »

ROYALS GO!!

We'll slap the Indians out of the tournament

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2008, 06:18:34 AM »

The beauty about this format is that it only takes on Jayasuriya special to knock all calculations out of the window ... and I can sense that it is coming ... if he gets through Sohail Tanvir's opening spell (he is very dangerous against left handers), I think we have a treat in store tonight.

broadbat · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2008, 06:53:44 AM »

Remember Symonds slammed what was till then the fastest 100 in T20 and still lost.

I will give more weightage to the team, where the Royals are ahead. But then this is cricket and anything can happen.

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2008, 06:54:26 AM »

Quote from: keep-it-cool on May 07, 2008, 06:18:34 AM

The beauty about this format is that it only takes on Jayasuriya special to knock all calculations out of the window ... and I can sense that it is coming ... if he gets through Sohail Tanvir's opening spell (he is very dangerous against left handers), I think we have a treat in store tonight.

nonsense. warne is too good a captain to let jaya go crazy.

aaaa mumbaikars aaaaaa

we are winning this one EASY

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2008, 06:58:00 AM »

Quote from: broadbat on May 07, 2008, 06:53:44 AM

Remember Symonds slammed what was till then the fastest 100 in T20 and still lost.
I will give more weightage to the team, where the Royals are ahead. But then this is cricket and anything can happen.

I thought deccan chargers lost that more due to bad bowling than anything else ... if you get to an ask of 19 off 1 over, it takes a major effort to lose. But this is a format where an individual player can make the most difference - a good spell or innings can change things dramatically - and Mumbai does need a BIG individual effort ..as a team, they do lag way behind RajRoyals

OldPal · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2008, 12:34:16 PM »

RR has better bowling attack , Watson,Tanvir,Warne,Munaf and trivedi (hs been good)
Battinhwise , YP,GSmith,Watson are there to balance SJ's assault.
Unless , there is something out of ordinary, RR should have it easy .

From:
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/350181.html

Mumbai(probable) :1 Shaun Pollock (captain), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Rohan Raje, 9 Saurabh Tiwari, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Rajasthan (probable): 1 Shane Warne (captain), 2 Graeme Smith, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Manoj Rawat (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel

OldPal · « **Reply #11 on:** May 07, 2008, 02:31:24 PM »

Teams unchanged as Mumbai bowl.
This is Mumabi's good chance to win as they are chasing.

LosingNow · « **Reply #12 on:** May 07, 2008, 02:51:01 PM »

smith and pathan gone.. odd ball keeping low.

RR 27/2

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #13 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:14:42 PM »

KAIFU IN. CMON ROYALS!!!

74-3 in 8.5

OldPal · « **Reply #14 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:16:45 PM »

Kaif and Jadeja would get to show their talent one more time

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #15 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:23:43 PM »

kaif is a goner!! little jadeja is in. 82-4 in 10.5

Mumbai on top IMO.

sachin thinks the ball will come on to the bat better in the 2nd inning

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #16 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:24:05 PM »

btw guys lets get on chat and get our game on!!

OldPal · « **Reply #17 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:24:48 PM »

one down . one more to go .
Rajasthan Royals 82/4 10.5

-- I cant join chat

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:25:28 PM »

great ball, great catch! jaddyjaaaaaa gone first ball! 82-5!

OldPal · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:28:00 PM »

Mumbai seems to have doen their homework .

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:30:00 PM »

who is the bigger god? sachin or warne?

my two fav cricketers

i am stumped!!!!!

ok ok ok ill stick with the GOD Sachin!

BUT GO ROYALS!!!

OldPal · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:40:30 PM »

Good to see RR getting a jolt here.
All of a sudden they seemed a very powerful team.

gouravk · « **Reply #22 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:41:12 PM »

exactly. no more underdog wave for them.

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #23 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:48:52 PM »

WOW my boys getting ROYALly screwed. this is a different mumbai team. really on fire

9 down now!!!

Indians are signing and sealing this one!

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:49:16 PM »

but it aint over till ambani sings

justforkix · « **Reply #25 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:54:37 PM »

WTH - are all the matches fixed

gouravk · « **Reply #26 on:** May 07, 2008, 03:56:07 PM »

oh ! a 5-fer from warnie here ought to make it interesting !

ramshorns · « **Reply #27 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:09:15 PM »

So much for Warne being an inspirational leader or a great captain. A team shot out for 103 and could not even last 20 overs.

This again proves 20-20 is not to be taken seriously, as it is only for entertainment value and any team can just trash any other team. That will never happen in Test cricket or any other form of serious cricket where a supposed good team will ever lose to a so called weak team.

Consider this as a sample from top of my head.

Deccan trashes Mumbai who today is trashing Rajasthan who chased 210 odd against Deccan and failing to even last 20 overs today. How whacky is that?

gouravk · « **Reply #28 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:14:27 PM »

why ? this kind of thing happens in ODI cricket also.

besides why is it such a bad thing ? why should it imply that t20 is not serious cricket ? its different but it is still serious.

LosingNow · « **Reply #29 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:16:57 PM »

As predicted earlier.. as the tournament is progressing.. the pitches are becoming more conducive to bowlers.. and average scores are falling. Teams with good bowling or bowlers peaking at the right time ..should make a move now.

Exciting finish to the tournament is in the offing!!!

cricinfo · « **Reply #30 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:42:28 PM »

Quote from: ramshorns on May 07, 2008, 04:09:15 PM

So much for Warne being an inspirational leader or a great captain. A team shot out for 103 and could not even last 20 overs.

This again proves 20-20 is not to be taken seriously, as it is only for entertainment value and any team can just trash any other team. That will never happen in Test cricket or any other form of serious cricket where a supposed good team will ever lose to a so called weak team.

Consider this as a sample from top of my head.

Deccan trashes Mumbai who today is trashing Rajasthan who chased 210 odd against Deccan and failing to even last 20 overs today. How whacky is that?

so basically you are saying if you decide a team is good in pen and paper they should win the game...that is supposed to be a good exhibition of cricket!!! Well if it is always going to be 1+1=2....why even watch the game??? because we know well in advance before even the first ball is bowled who is going to win !!!! ridiculous argument ....btw think of a test cricket team winning tests years after year....and everyone else loosing to them , i for sure will stop watching the game

ANY GAME IS ABOUT HOW WELL YOU PERFORM ON THAT DAY...AND THAT IS WHY IT IS A GAME AND PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED TO WATCH IT...BECAUSE THEY WANT COMPETITION
If your argument is about a match being one-sided that is still a valid point . But from the tourney perspective this is exactly what was needed , otherwise there is no way people will be interested in watching the games ...Modi can very well give the money and trophy to the so called good team before tournament begins !

LosingNow · « **Reply #31 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:46:01 PM »

Quote from: ramshorns on May 07, 2008, 04:09:15 PM

So much for Warne being an inspirational leader or a great captain. A team shot out for 103 and could not even last 20 overs.

This again proves 20-20 is not to be taken seriously, as it is only for entertainment value and any team can just trash any other team. That will never happen in Test cricket or any other form of serious cricket where a supposed good team will ever lose to a so called weak team.

Consider this as a sample from top of my head.

Deccan trashes Mumbai who today is trashing Rajasthan who chased 210 odd against Deccan and failing to even last 20 overs today. How whacky is that?

Team X beating Team Y beating Team Z beating Team W beating Team X... happens all the time in all kinds of sports - NFL, NBA, MLB, EPL, ODI, Tests etc. It is more an indication of competitiveness of the sport and league.. rather than whackiness!!

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #32 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:56:45 PM »

Quote from: ramshorns on May 07, 2008, 04:09:15 PM

So much for Warne being an inspirational leader or a great captain. A team shot out for 103 and could not even last 20 overs.

This again proves 20-20 is not to be taken seriously, as it is only for entertainment value and any team can just trash any other team. That will never happen in Test cricket or any other form of serious cricket where a supposed good team will ever lose to a so called weak team.

Consider this as a sample from top of my head.

Deccan trashes Mumbai who today is trashing Rajasthan who chased 210 odd against Deccan and failing to even last 20 overs today. How whacky is that?

that is not whacky ..obviously in this format, there are greater chances of upsets etc ... but that does not mean that captaincy is less important or easier .. in fact almost everyone out there including those who are captaining currently have said how this format makes it so difficult for captains given the way the game changes ever so often.

and one loss does not make warne any less inspirational as a captain!!

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #33 on:** May 07, 2008, 04:57:37 PM »

he he .. like i said earlier in the thread dont count the indians out of this yet ... we are coming for you ... Jai Shivaji!!!

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #34 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:02:25 PM »

o boy... what an entry by warne!!

has he held himself back a bit too long??

ramshorns · « **Reply #35 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:07:12 PM »

I do not think a well captained team should never be bowled out for 16 overs in a 20 over game, and that is my main point.

Warne should never have been judged as a great captain or an inspirational leader after 5 or 6 games in a format like this which most people here did, the reason I brought this up.

Same thing goes for Dhoni. All of a sudden he looks like he has no clue when the Hayden's and Hussey's are not around.

Jump up and down with conclusions.

As I said many times things will even out, Rajasthan will end up losing their share of games no matter what Warne does.

justforkix · « **Reply #36 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:24:37 PM »

Some examples of good captaincy from Warnie even in this game - very specific plans for each batsman - fielding positions, line and length of attack for each batsman. None of the other captains in this IPL come anywhere close to Warne in this regard.

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do not think a well captained team should never be bowled out for 16 overs in a 20 over game, and that is my main point.

Warne should never have been judged as a great captain or an inspirational leader after 5 or 6 games in a format like this which most people here did, the reason I brought this up.

Oh, but you can say Warne is not such a good captain based on 1 batting failure !!! - it should work both ways, I think. Your counter sample set is even smaller to pass a judgement or counter judgement.

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As I said many times things will even out, Rajasthan will end up losing their share of games no matter what Warne does.

Sure, still may not imply that Warnie is not a good captain. He's easily best of the lot in this IPL and miles ahead of the rest.

kban1 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:27:37 PM »

Warne takes himself out and brings on Trivedi.

12.1 Trivedi to Nayar, no run, slightly short in length, stops on the batsman, mistimes a cut to point
12.2 Trivedi to Nayar, 1 run, again a touch short of length, outside off, cut to deep cover
12.3 Trivedi to Uthappa, no run, length delivery on the off stump line, punched down the track
12.4 Trivedi to Uthappa, FOUR, bangs in a short one on the off stump, Uthappa, on the front foot, goes for a pull and top edges it high and over the 'keeper's head
12.5 Trivedi to Uthappa, SIX, yet another bouncer - head high- and Robin connects well with his pull shot this time and sends it sailing over fine leg 12.6 Trivedi to Uthappa, no run, fuller, turned to midwicket

Warne' decision to use Trivedi instead of himself has hastened the end. You would have thought he would have bowled himself.

Funny thing --captaincy!!

One day you are on top of the world, the next in the dumps. like the famous cp thread sequence turned on its head -- hero to zero

LosingNow · « **Reply #38 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:40:02 PM »

Mumbai is now in 5th place!!

Zacked · « **Reply #39 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:43:15 PM »

Quote from: ramshorns on May 07, 2008, 05:07:12 PM

I do not think a well captained team should never be bowled out for 16 overs in a 20 over game, and that is my main point.

Warne should never have been judged as a great captain or an inspirational leader after 5 or 6 games in a format like this which most people here did, the reason I brought this up.

Same thing goes for Dhoni. All of a sudden he looks like he has no clue when the Hayden's and Hussey's are not around.

Jump up and down with conclusions.

As I said many times things will even out, Rajasthan will end up losing their share of games no matter what Warne does.

He is still miles ahead of Other captains and that includes VVS laxman...

... btw how can u blame a batting failure to the captain who is in the team as a bowler...

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