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[Cover Point]

Agree with the commentator.. send BM/CG to open and start putting a dent in the NRR. They should be chasing 140 at most

What commentators?  No matter what they do there are not making to the SF's period.  Anyone seriously think that this team is capable of climbing over 3 others team that have more points and better NRR.

If CSK and DC lose their matches, KKR still has a chance ..they just need the NRR to go above DC's which is at -0.36 and will fall if they lose

You sound like a typical KKR fan.  All if's and but's which want few of the better teams to fall wayside while hoping a bottom placed team to work miracles in their final two games.

I was just painting a scenario.. not sounding like a fan.

KKR has to do what it has to do.. win games and win big.. they cant think of other teams. In that context, I wanted BM/CG to open.

BTW, SG has not done bad in the first over

You sounded like one to me generally seeing your posts on KKR over the past few days.  May be you are a closet KKR fan who knows?  That is fine too.

Whatever..
Frankly, after a very busy week of travel and meetings .. 4 cities in 5 days .. I got up early today (4AM PHX) and am finally watching some cricket.

WoW.  That is a lot of travel for a week.  Hope it is not this way week in and week out.

its a piece of cake for CEO's like him.

[LosingNow]

SG and CP turning it ON.. a bit late?

[Cover Point]

SG and CP turning it ON.. a bit late?

i am heading out to dinner .... turning this off.

[LosingNow]

Things will get interesting if the chase this score with 4-5 overs to spare

[LosingNow]

26 from 36.. they should score it in 10-12 balls, imo.

[LosingNow]

they can get the NRR down to -.45 if they finish it by 16th over

[LosingNow]

one of them should swing for the fences..

[LosingNow]

They have to get it in this over - 16th

[LosingNow]

there we go.. 6!!

[LosingNow]

Excellent .. well played Dada.. I think they are within striking distance in NRR of DC. Now other chips have to fall in place for them.

if CSK and DC to lose..Monday will be fun

[LosingNow]

-0.45 NRR by my calcs

[LosingNow]

RR Out..bye Shane.. well played and thanks for the memories

[prfsr]

Not impressed by Pujara. Mathews should have been sent in or even Tiwari or Shukla.

Pujara saying he played very well

[ramshorns]

That was really bush league by Warne there.

Bowling a non regular bowler in the 16th.  He owes it to the rest of the teams and the IPL by trying his regulars.

Totally uncalled for.

[ramshorns]

I think they are within striking distance in NRR of DC. Now other chips have to fall in place for them.

if CSK and DC to lose..Monday will be fun

What if KKR loses to MI'ans on Monday?

[dextrous]

i suppose csk has to lose?

[dextrous]

I think they are within striking distance in NRR of DC. Now other chips have to fall in place for them.

if CSK and DC to lose..Monday will be fun

What if KKR loses to MI'ans on Monday?

i think sachin will let dada come through

[dextrous]

"Sourav Ganguly's brilliant effort to get rid of Yusuf Pathan was among the best catches in the tournament"

noted for the future

[LosingNow]

Shane says - not sure of IPL 4.

Great player!!

[prfsr]

Unadkat was the man of the match? What a joke!

[LosingNow]

Unadkat was the man of the match? What a joke!

de diya..

[prfsr]

The initial spark of the match came from Shukla, more than anyone else. RR were coasting
before he contributed to 2 wickets. And SG batted RR out of the match.

[dhruvdeepak]

The initial spark of the match came from Shukla, more than anyone else. RR were coasting
before he contributed to 2 wickets. And SG batted RR out of the match.

cmon. RR batted RR out of the match. you cant defend 132.

Desh ka Roton Shukla saved KKR with a loopy bouncer that he dragged down. cant believe Watto missed that. then his catch was incredible.

no point blaming the team...6 wins is pretty decent. warne is the longest-retired player in the IPL and is still one of its most competitive players. yusuf is a nobody he made a somebody. watto came in too late in the day to have a lasting impact.

the rest were either nobodies or not utilized properly.

madus need to spend some money next year

[prfsr]

There is no doubt Warne did the most starting with the least talent. He should continue as coach at least, if not as a player.

Unfortunately talent is needed. An Asnodkar or Ojha can pull off a good performance here and there but probably not much more.

RR did bat very badly, as did RCB today. Almost KKR-like!

[prfsr]

By the way, the pitch was not very batting-friendly today. For the likes of Pathan, probably not true enough to club balls. There was spin and low bounce and it was slow.

In one over, Dinda bowled a couple at 131, got a wicket with a slower one (116k), bowled a Venkatesh Prasad at 98k and Unadkat bowled several "OMG, he is slower than Ganguly" balls.

[ruchir]

Couldn't watch the match live but watched the entire match in replay.

Very very good effort by KKR to keep RR to 132. Dada catch of YP would have made Jonty proud. Awesome effort. It clearly looked like he was playing his heart out in this game. And then finishing it off... brilliant. That's the Dada of old, that everyone wants to see. The icing on the cake would have been if KKR had scored these runs in 13-14 overs, to bring down their negative NRR.

  to Dada. Points table would have looked different had KKR put this kind of effort earlier.

[inoc]

Couldn't watch the match live but watched the entire match in replay.

Very very good effort by KKR to keep RR to 132. Dada catch of YP would have made Jonty proud. Awesome effort. It clearly looked like he was playing his heart out in this game. And then finishing it off... brilliant. That's the Dada of old, that everyone wants to see. The icing on the cake would have been if KKR had scored these runs in 13-14 overs, to bring down their negative NRR.

  to Dada. Points table would have looked different had KKR put this kind of effort earlier.

It wouldn't have mattered. (in response to the bolded bit)

KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out.

If DC loses as well as CSK then a win against Mumbai by 10 runs or so would qualify KKR.

A win in the last match in 13 overs would have brought that down by a few runs, but I guess ensuring a win was important as well.

If CSK loses.....and if DC wins, then KKR can qualify if they beat MI by 120 runs or so.
If they had won the RR match in 13 overs the necessary winning margin  would come down to 95 or so.

worth risking the win perse? I dont think so. When they lost the two wickets early, ensuring the win was more important than anything else. whether it hapenned in 13 overs or 16 will matter little.

[dextrous]

Couldn't watch the match live but watched the entire match in replay.

Very very good effort by KKR to keep RR to 132. Dada catch of YP would have made Jonty proud. Awesome effort. It clearly looked like he was playing his heart out in this game. And then finishing it off... brilliant. That's the Dada of old, that everyone wants to see. The icing on the cake would have been if KKR had scored these runs in 13-14 overs, to bring down their negative NRR.

  to Dada. Points table would have looked different had KKR put this kind of effort earlier.

It wouldn't have mattered. (in response to the bolded bit)

KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out.

If DC loses as well as CSK then a win against Mumbai by 10 runs or so would qualify KKR.

A win in the last match in 13 overs would have brought that down by a few runs, but I guess ensuring a win was important as well.

If CSK loses.....and if DC wins, then KKR can qualify if they beat MI by 120 runs or so.
If they had won the RR match in 13 overs the necessary winning margin  would come down to 95 or so.

worth risking the win perse? I dont think so. When they lost the two wickets early, ensuring the win was more important than anything else. whether it hapenned in 13 overs or 16 will matter little.

Not sure this is accurate..."KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out."

If this happens, KKR can still qualify with a MASSIVE win over MI?

[vincent]

This is probably the last time we have seen Shane Warne in action. We will certainly miss him and IPL will not be the same.

[dhruvdeepak]

This is probably the last time we have seen Shane Warne in action. We will certainly miss him and IPL will not be the same.

dont be so sure

his spell against DC was the highlight of the entire RR campaign for me. looks like he's still bowling decently.

he will almost certainly be around for a coaching role. heck you might want to have him in the 15 so he can come on the field and be the captain as a sub!

[LosingNow]

Couldn't watch the match live but watched the entire match in replay.

Very very good effort by KKR to keep RR to 132. Dada catch of YP would have made Jonty proud. Awesome effort. It clearly looked like he was playing his heart out in this game. And then finishing it off... brilliant. That's the Dada of old, that everyone wants to see. The icing on the cake would have been if KKR had scored these runs in 13-14 overs, to bring down their negative NRR.

  to Dada. Points table would have looked different had KKR put this kind of effort earlier.

It wouldn't have mattered. (in response to the bolded bit)

KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out.

If DC loses as well as CSK then a win against Mumbai by 10 runs or so would qualify KKR.

A win in the last match in 13 overs would have brought that down by a few runs, but I guess ensuring a win was important as well.

If CSK loses.....and if DC wins, then KKR can qualify if they beat MI by 120 runs or so.
If they had won the RR match in 13 overs the necessary winning margin  would come down to 95 or so.

worth risking the win perse? I dont think so. When they lost the two wickets early, ensuring the win was more important than anything else. whether it hapenned in 13 overs or 16 will matter little.

Not sure this is accurate..."KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out."

If this happens, KKR can still qualify with a MASSIVE win over MI?

They will need to win by 170 runs to go ahead of BRC.. IMPOSSIBLE!!

[dextrous]

Couldn't watch the match live but watched the entire match in replay.

Very very good effort by KKR to keep RR to 132. Dada catch of YP would have made Jonty proud. Awesome effort. It clearly looked like he was playing his heart out in this game. And then finishing it off... brilliant. That's the Dada of old, that everyone wants to see. The icing on the cake would have been if KKR had scored these runs in 13-14 overs, to bring down their negative NRR.

  to Dada. Points table would have looked different had KKR put this kind of effort earlier.

It wouldn't have mattered. (in response to the bolded bit)

KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out.

If DC loses as well as CSK then a win against Mumbai by 10 runs or so would qualify KKR.

A win in the last match in 13 overs would have brought that down by a few runs, but I guess ensuring a win was important as well.

If CSK loses.....and if DC wins, then KKR can qualify if they beat MI by 120 runs or so.
If they had won the RR match in 13 overs the necessary winning margin  would come down to 95 or so.

worth risking the win perse? I dont think so. When they lost the two wickets early, ensuring the win was more important than anything else. whether it hapenned in 13 overs or 16 will matter little.

Not sure this is accurate..."KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out."

If this happens, KKR can still qualify with a MASSIVE win over MI?

They will need to win by 170 runs to go ahead of BRC.. IMPOSSIBLE!!

let's not underestimate ganguly

[LosingNow]

Couldn't watch the match live but watched the entire match in replay.

Very very good effort by KKR to keep RR to 132. Dada catch of YP would have made Jonty proud. Awesome effort. It clearly looked like he was playing his heart out in this game. And then finishing it off... brilliant. That's the Dada of old, that everyone wants to see. The icing on the cake would have been if KKR had scored these runs in 13-14 overs, to bring down their negative NRR.

  to Dada. Points table would have looked different had KKR put this kind of effort earlier.

It wouldn't have mattered. (in response to the bolded bit)

KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out.

If DC loses as well as CSK then a win against Mumbai by 10 runs or so would qualify KKR.

A win in the last match in 13 overs would have brought that down by a few runs, but I guess ensuring a win was important as well.

If CSK loses.....and if DC wins, then KKR can qualify if they beat MI by 120 runs or so.
If they had won the RR match in 13 overs the necessary winning margin  would come down to 95 or so.

worth risking the win perse? I dont think so. When they lost the two wickets early, ensuring the win was more important than anything else. whether it hapenned in 13 overs or 16 will matter little.

Not sure this is accurate..."KKR can only qualify, if CSK lose. A CSK win kicks KKR out."

If this happens, KKR can still qualify with a MASSIVE win over MI?

They will need to win by 170 runs to go ahead of BRC.. IMPOSSIBLE!!

let's not underestimate ganguly

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