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[12th_Man]

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The Preview by Gokul Gopal
Ground Reality and Pitch: The M Chinnaswamy stadium, surrounded by Cubbon park and the Mahatma *hi road, is a premier cricket ground. Formerly known as the KSCA stadium, the ground has a seating capacity of over 50,000. The first Test match at this ground was played between West Indies and India in 1974 which the West Indians won emphatically. One of the memorable matches played here was the India-Pakistan World Cup quarter-finals encounter which India won by 36 runs. The stadium also houses the National Cricket Academy, which is a stepping stone for young cricketers to the big scene. The Pitch, as seen in the first match, is more in favour of the batsmen and one can expect a run-feast once again.
Temperatures: Min-18 C Max-26 C | Forecast: Scattered Thunderstorms
Bangalore: Having lost the tournament opener to the Cobras despite a good show with the bat, the Royal Challengers now face a do or die situation, going against Otago. While Robin Uthappa and Ross Taylor contributed with the bat to help Bangalore to a good score, the bowlers were not upto the mark with JP Duminy completely outwitting them. The fielding too looked a bit rusty and needs to improve drastically. Bangalore must put up a better performance in the field and with the ball if they hope to qualify to the next round.
Otago: The team from New Zealand had a forgettable outing during their match against the Cobras. While their bowling looked clueless against Andrew Puttick, the batting looked brittle despite the likes of McCullum and Redmond in the lineup. Having landed up in a must win situation, the Volts have to pull their socks up and come up with a better performance with both the bat as well as the ball.
Players to watch:
Ross Taylor: The Kiwi recruit came up with an impressive show during the first match bringing up his fifty in quick time. Going up against his Kiwi colleagues, Taylor would hope to produce a similar performance.
Hamish Rutherford: Son of former New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford, the talented Hamish looked set for a good knock before his premature departure. However, he would like to contribute handsomely for Otago's cause.
Numbers Game:
4: The number of fifties scored by Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid while playing for the Royal Challengers.
242: The number of runs scored by Brendon McCullum against Bangalore. Playing for Kolkata, McCullum got two huge scores against the Challengers in the 3 matches played against them. He scored 158 during IPL 2008 and a score of 84 in the 2009 season.
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When you have 180 on scoreboard, it's always disappointing to lose. JP Duminy batted really brilliantly. We dropped number of catches that might be one of the reason, but there are other things to be looked after: Kumble, after the loss to the Cobras.
Teams:
Bangalore Royal Challengers (From): Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Ross Taylor, Manish Pandey, Mark Boucher(w), Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Anil Kumble(c), Dale Steyn, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Balachandra Akhil, Rajesh Bishnoi, Roelof van der Merwe

[12th_Man]

If Kallis and Uthappaa are opening, Taylor should be coming 1 or two down at most.
Having him bat after RD,Pandey, kohli does not make sense.

[12th_Man]

BLR finally gets another bowler. Pnadeyji rest. Steyn could  not make it. I felt they were a bowler short in the first match with deep batting.

[ramshorns]

BLR finally gets another bowler. Pnadeyji rest. Steyn could  not make it. I felt they were a bowler short in the first match with deep batting.

Not really.  He makes way to a player named Akhil the savior for Bangalore for this all important game.

[12th_Man]

BLR finally gets another bowler. Pnadeyji rest. Steyn could  not make it. I felt they were a bowler short in the first match with deep batting.

Not really.  He makes way to a player named Akhil the savior for Bangalore for this all important game.

. similar statements. Boucher not getting to bat in the previous match was a concern.
In hindsight if I look back,  A pitch like blr can rain runs. This meas chance of imrpoving the NRR increases with more power hitters.
This match however is struggle for existence. They just need to win witout worring abt NRR.
I am not sure however if the NRR will be carried in the next round ?
 

[12th_Man]

Also, In this match, would let RD come bit down the order instead of No3. If 1st wicket falls early Kohli can come in.  If it falls after 5th over, will let Taylor or Boucher bat

RV Uthappa, JH Kallis,  LRPL Taylor, MV Boucher†, V Kohli, R Dravid, RE van der Merwe,  P Kumar,B Akhil, R Vinay Kumar,A Kumble*

[justforkix]

I'm not sure Boucher is really worth playing as an overseas player as WK lower down the order. Can play goswami and steyn instead.

[ramshorns]

RU has got the strokes I tell you.   A flowing Cover drive in the previous over and a great six in the next over and a slog four planting the front foot through mid wicket

One other thing I am noticing is the high levels of fielding from some players representing various sides.  There are some real good ones.

[ramshorns]

RU is just playing a plethora of strokes here.   Some real genuine shots.   I am impressed albiet the attack is not greatly menacing.

[ramshorns]

They need to send Ross Taylor ahead of RD here.  59/0 in 8.  They need to launch with all the wickets in tact.

[ramshorns]

They need to send Ross Taylor ahead of RD here.  59/0 in 8.  They need to launch with all the wickets in tact.

I saw Kumble talk to RD perhaps about the changed order and we see Kohli and Ross Taylor come up the order.

[poondu]

kallis's sr is too low for a T20 game

[ramshorns]

Ross Taylor really teared into that last over.  Terrible bowling aided him.

But this guy is an exceptional hitter though bar none.

[ganavk]

Akhil's selection makes sense. Obviously you cannot have more than 4 overseas players and so a pure batsman ( Manish Pandey) is left out for an all rounder ( albeit on paper).
BLR should easily defend this unless McCullum goes wild especially considering pitch is spinning.

[ramshorns]

I am not even sure why people rate McCullum as a batsman.

This guy is not up to it most of the times.  This time dismissed tamely.

He is no Gilly.

[vincent]

Did some people say Kallis is only good as a Test Player and not as a ODI or a T20 player?

[12th_Man]

Did some people say Kallis is only good as a Test Player and not as a ODI or a T20 player?

Yes .. I* trumped him in my fantasy team despite he seccuring negative pts last time.
seem to be all set to score 600 + this time.

[ramshorns]

What the hell happended to Akhil?   Damn Kumble.  May be he is pencilled in to bowl the death overs.

[12th_Man]

What the hell happended to Akhil?   Damn Kumble.  May be he is pencilled in to bowl the death overs.

If the NRR is not carried at next level,  he should get to bowl later on, lese i think Kumble would be clinical unless another bowler performs badly.

[ramshorns]

What the hell happended to Akhil?   Damn Kumble.  May be he is pencilled in to bowl the death overs.

If the NRR is not carried at next level,  he should get to bowl later on, lese i think Kumble would be clinical unless another bowler performs badly.

Here comes Akhil finally and gets a wicket off of a longhop..

[12th_Man]

What the hell happended to Akhil?   Damn Kumble.  May be he is pencilled in to bowl the death overs.

If the NRR is not carried at next level,  he should get to bowl later on, lese i think Kumble would be clinical unless another bowler performs badly.

Here comes Akhil finally and gets a wicket off of a longhop..

while he gives 3 runs and a wicket, bowlingt o tailenders with no pressure on may not be the right benchmark.

[ramshorns]

I am only having some fun at Akhil's expense which I have been doing for a while now.

[12th_Man]

Bangalore in the next round.
I think if they can get Steyn in for boucher and have panedy back in. That will give them a very good balance.

[dhruvdeepak]

great performance by king kallis. sealed the match off with a catch too. great day. plus his hot gf is waiting in hotel room. cant get better than that.

star of the day was taylor by far for me. he PUMMELLED the match away from otago. they are still seeing stars

[12th_Man]

Hahaha MOM Kallis

[ganavk]

what a performance by BLR. Hope they can take momentum to the championship.
I still think BLR has to get Steyn there somehow..
may be replace with Boucher with Steyn and Akhil with Pandey and let Uthappa or Dravid keep the wickets. Uthappa has already done that in IPL.

[dhruvdeepak]

what a performance by BLR. Hope they can take momentum to the championship.
I still think BLR has to get Steyn there somehow..
may be replace with Boucher with Steyn and Akhil with Pandey and let Uthappa or Dravid keep the wickets. Uthappa has already done that in IPL.

this is good...hopefully deccan will annihilate opposition and we'll have 3 teams in the super 8s to follow

[broadbat]

Did some people say Kallis is only good as a Test Player and not as a ODI or a T20 player?

Really batting 20 overs for 73 runs is ok for Odi's but not for T20. BRC got to where they did only on account of guys like Kohli and Taylor. The problem with guys like Kallis is even when they up the ante it is not too much of a spurt. Had he not  another string in his bow, ie bowling I would hesitate to play him a T20 side for his batting alone.

[dhruvdeepak]

Did some people say Kallis is only good as a Test Player and not as a ODI or a T20 player?

Really batting 20 overs for 73 runs is ok for Odi's but not for T20. BRC got to where they did only on account of guys like Kohli and Taylor. The problem with guys like Kallis is even when they up the ante it is not too much of a spurt. Had he not  another string in his bow, ie bowling I would hesitate to play him a T20 side for his batting alone.

its okay...S/R of 123 is borderline for batting 20 overs. maybe a little under par. i think they could have launched earlier (when kohli was batting).