Topic: IPL 2009 -- Match Thread 9 (DD vs CSK) Pre-tournament favourites square off (Read 2609 times)

cricket_news · « **on:** April 22, 2009, 08:00:19 PM »

Pre-tournament favourites square off
22 April 2009, 6:04 pm

Match facts

April 23, 2009

Start time 12.30pm (10.30GMT)

Big Picture

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag will square off in a match between the two hot teams this season

© AFP

Here's hoping the rain stays away from Durban because the first of two matches on Thursday features teams that are favourites to make the semi-finals based on early form. Delhi Daredevils, tipped to go all the way even before the IPL started, began strongly by beating Kings XI Punjab by ten wickets. Chennai Super Kings shrugged off an indifferent outing against Mumbai Indians and scored a 92-run victory against Bangalore Royal Challengers.

What makes this game potentially terrific is the contest between Delhi's power-packed batting line and Chennai's high-quality bowling attack. Virender Sehwag launched a merciless assault on Punjab's bowlers during their short chase and the other weapons in Delhi's arsenal - Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan - were not even needed. However, Chennai possess the bowlers to test such a batting line-up. In Andrew Flintoff and Muttiah Muralitharan, they have two wicket-taking bowlers who are unlikely to concede too many runs. Their support cast of Albie Morkel, Manpreet Gony and L Balaji isn't easy pickings either.

If one was pressed to pick a favourite from tomorrow's encounter, it might just be Chennai. They too possess a hard-hitting batting line-up, with powerful batsmen sprinkled all the way through the batting order, and the likes of Matthew Hayden, MS Dhoni, Andrew Flintoff, Albie Morkel and Suresh Raina will look to take advantage of Delhi's inexperienced bowling attack. Delhi chose not to play Glenn McGrath in their opening game and the younger fast bowlers struggled to contain Punjab's openers until Daniel Vettori came into the picture.

Player form guide

Chennai: Hayden is currently the highest runscorer in the league, with 109 runs at a strike-rate of nearly 156 in two games. He wrecked Bangalore by scoring 65 off 35 balls but even that effort wasn't enough to clinch the Player-of-the-Match award. That honour went to Murali, who knocked Bangalore out with a spell off 3 for 11 in four overs.

Delhi: Vettori single-handedly changed the course of the match against Punjab. He struck with his first ball and finished with figures of 3 for 15. Sehwag continued the form he showed in New Zealand, hitting his first ball of the tournament for six and ended with an unbeaten 38 off 16 balls.

Watch out for

Albie Morkel: He didn't play the first game because his kit was lost in transit and came into bat only in the final over against Bangalore. His hitting talent hasn't been harnessed by Chennai as yet and many feel his abilities are being wasted coming in so late in the innings.

Daniel Vettori: He may be the key to containing Chennai's powerhouses. Flintoff and Morkel are far more comfortable freeing their arms against the faster bowlers and Sehwag might have to think about when to use the four overs from his most valuable bowler.

Friendly fire

Team-mates from two countries will square off against each other with Dilshan facing Murali and de Villiers trying to get the better of Morkel. Incidentally, Morkel said he wouldn't be sharing too many secrets about his South African team-mates on instructions from the board.

Team news

Delhi may be tempted to bring in Australians David Warner and Glenn McGrath but otherwise there is no need for any changes. If Warner plays, Tillakaratne Dilshan would make way from the middle order and Gautam Gambhir would slip down to No. 3. Given they are playing a form Chennai, Delhi may opt for the experience of McGrath. Dirk Nannes would then warm the bench.

Delhi: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Daniel Vettori, 9 Yo Mahesh, 10 Avishkar Salvi, 10 Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Glenn McGrath.

There are no foreseeable changes here.

Chennai: (probable) 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Parthiv Patel, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Albie Morkel, 7 S Badrinath, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 L Balaji, 10 Manpreet Gony, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

Head-to-head record

Chennai and Delhi shared one win apiece in the two matches they played against each other in the first edition of the IPL. Delhi won by four wickets in Chennai with Sehwag and Gambhir sharing a century opening stand. Chennai beat Delhi by four wickets at the Kotla , winning a thriller off the final ball.

George Binoy is a senior sub-editor at Cricinfo

Source: India news from Cricinfo

Blwe_torch · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2009, 08:09:10 PM »

Sir cricket_news, you have a whole board to yourself, if you may have forgotten......please leave this place to us, ordinary mortals!

poondu · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2009, 08:10:30 PM »

This is a tough one to pick. I guess DD start as favorites.

ramshorns · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2009, 08:16:32 PM »

Man to man it appears CSK has an advantage. I do not see DD winning this one. The Murali factor will be hard to overcome and CSK has better overall batting despite DD having VS/GG at the top.

gouravk · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2009, 08:52:28 PM »

Another MASSIVE match for us after the Mumbai game ! Expect a great one ! Will be up at 5.30 for this one

12th_Man · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2009, 09:10:58 PM »

The mind says CSK will win the heart says DD will win this one. The problem with DD is Team score may take abt 15-20 runs dip if VS goes early. Where as If hayden goes early , CSK could still get closer to what they look for. I am also not very confident of untested intl stars.

On paper:
Bats: CSK has the edge man to man as Haydo can play the VS type role. MT and DK seem the slightly weak link as compared to flintoff,morkel and badri incase the batting comes down to middle order

Delhi bats :
1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Daniel Vettori,

CSK bats:
1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Parthiv Patel, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Albie Morkel, 7 S Badrinath, 8

Bowling: Clearly CSK has a huge edge.

DD:
Glenn McGrath., Daniel Vettori, Yo Mahesh, Avishkar Salvi, Pradeep Sangwan,

CSK:
L Balaji, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan,Andrew Flintoff, Albie Morkel,

Cover Point · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2009, 10:42:05 AM »

both gambhir and shewag gone!

Cover Point · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2009, 10:46:22 AM »

mcgrath must have looked at Sehwag a bit funny or something. Why you would not have the best bowler in the world and the most economical from last year in the team, i will never understand

Cover Point · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:01:44 PM »

DeVilliers shows the Madrasis which way is south@!!!

ganavk · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:05:44 PM »

what an innings from ABD. Stayed sharp throughout !

gouravk · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:16:33 PM »

i hate all commentators.

poondu · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:18:07 PM »

why is Mcgrath not playing?

Cover Point · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:20:59 PM »

Quote from: poondu on April 23, 2009, 12:18:07 PM

why is Mcgrath not playing?

because sehwag is an idiot!!!

he really has shown that he is a non thinking nincompoop. Why he would send in Manoj Tiwari over Vettori .. i will never understand. Sehwag should be kept as far away from captaincy as we keep Ganguly from facing fast bowlers!!!

gouravk · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:22:34 PM »

thank god. that leaves us in with an outside chance

Cover Point · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:23:30 PM »

Gangulians continue to hurt Delhi.

Exhibit N

Manoj Tiwari (from the Bengal Ranji team) 9 off 13 balls ..... looking utterly useless! His inability to get the ball off the square was annoying like hell!

This when the batsmen around him scored 189!!!

poondu · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:55:53 PM »

matty teeing off..

teamindia · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:56:08 PM »

ha ha.. my prediction for DD was 181.. and for CSK 154.. lets see

ramshorns · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:01:01 PM »

I think Hayden, Gilly are as good opening in the shorter version for their countries as any of the oldies today playing ODI cricket. But the system is what gets them the message to leave which is team over individuals and results over records the way it ought to be. It is really a pleasure watching these guys play being one of the fittest out there on the field.

ramshorns · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:04:54 PM »

After Hayden was gone they should have sent Badri in followed by MSD and Flintoff but then Dhoni does not think too highly of Badrinath does he?

poondu · « **Reply #19 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:05:55 PM »

Quote from: ramshorns on April 23, 2009, 01:04:54 PM

After Hayden was gone they should have sent Badri in followed by MSD and Flintoff but then Dhoni does not think too highly of Badrinath does he?

he isn't even padded up..

12th_Man · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:07:06 PM »

Quote from: teamindia on April 23, 2009, 12:56:08 PM

ha ha.. my prediction for DD was 181.. and for CSK 154.. lets see

Great more pts for you to increase your lead.
I had 177-167 in favor of DD.

12th_Man · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:16:06 PM »

Quote from: poondu on April 23, 2009, 12:18:07 PM

why is Mcgrath not playing?

Naani is playing in his place. May be that weired allrounder logic, even when the teams seems bit weak in bowling.

Blwe_torch · « **Reply #22 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:17:50 PM »

Captain goes!..my prediction seems to be going down the drain!

Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq · « **Reply #23 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:18:27 PM »

send in badrinath captain beeper

poondu · « **Reply #24 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:19:16 PM »

why did they send in flintoff? doesn't he struggle against spin?

Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq · « **Reply #25 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:21:26 PM »

flintoff is one bad investment for the CSK.

12th_Man · « **Reply #26 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:26:36 PM »

Quote from: teamindia on April 23, 2009, 12:56:08 PM

ha ha.. my prediction for DD was 181.. and for CSK 154.. lets see

THe way CSK are going , may be just 5 pts .

flashpan · « **Reply #27 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:28:31 PM »

CP , this Gangulian import is ruining this match for your team.

12th_Man · « **Reply #28 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:29:53 PM »

Quote from: flashpan on April 23, 2009, 01:28:31 PM

CP , this Gangulian import is ruining this match for your team.

Actually i dont thnk that was smart captaincy from VS. Vetorri shuold have come in at that stage. May be anothe 10 runs on board.

ramshorns · « **Reply #29 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:34:31 PM »

In the very early stages when I was picking up cricket I realised a player is as good as his captain shows confidence in him. That is especially true for a bowler given how he gets used and what sought of faith a skipper has in him. In other words a bowler will never be great if he does not have a skipper that trusts him till that bowler establishes himself. Now that is also true for a batsman. If a bastman does not even get a chance to go and have decent time out in the middle how does one establish themselves. That is what is happening to Badri. He has a FC average of upwards of 55 better than YS, VS, Raina, RS, Kaif and you name anyone that started in the last 6-7 years. But then if he is not getting a chance out there what good it is. One school of thought is he is a Test caliber player and Indian middle order is packed and when one spot opened up that went to YS. But still I think he is a decent ODI bat who was never given his due and even in the 20-20 for CSK when he is the top domestic player he does not get to bat in the Top 5 bats for his team. I think there is seriously something wrong the way MSD evaluated Badri and he seems to be believer in YS that shut shop his case. A Srikanth can only do some much.

Cover Point · « **Reply #30 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:44:39 PM »

Quote from: 12th_Man on April 23, 2009, 01:29:53 PM

Quote from: flashpan on April 23, 2009, 01:28:31 PM
CP , this Gangulian import is ruining this match for your team.
Actually i dont thnk that was smart captaincy from VS. Vetorri shuold have come in at that stage. May be anothe 10 runs on board.

Sehwag is an idiot!!! why play a gangulian in the first place!

flashpan · « **Reply #31 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:45:10 PM »

Can there be any transfers in the middle of the IPL . Our team is in bad need of an Indian batsmen and Badri can strengthen our MO.

LosingNow · « **Reply #32 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:46:34 PM »

Flintoff's flopshow continues

Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq · « **Reply #33 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:48:00 PM »

Last recognized batting pair at the crease. The next man in is Jogi useless Sharma

Cover Point · « **Reply #34 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:49:04 PM »

we have one vettori over left ... usi par ummeed hai.

Sehwag is a gangulian. H a r a m i ..... picked the team wrong to start with!!!

poondu · « **Reply #35 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:49:34 PM »

Delhi has warner on the field. smart move that

Cover Point · « **Reply #36 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:50:41 PM »

finaly a decent over for Salvi.

Yeh east aur west dono hi humein kharab kar rahe hain (Tiwari and Salvi)

Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq · « **Reply #37 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:51:45 PM »

argh!

LosingNow · « **Reply #38 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:51:50 PM »

Excellent bowling by Salvi

Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq · « **Reply #39 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:53:09 PM »

what's up with these singles man

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