Superb bowling by Ashish Nehra, 3/13, wrecked the mighty Royals ! McGrath says that the theory that it is a batsman's game is not correct and events in the IPL are only corroborating his statement.
The old adage " Bowlers win matches" still holds good in T20 ! Look at the records, Sohail Tanvir's 6/14 spelt doom, Sreesanth removing two in the first over, Pollock removing two in the first over !
Now Ashish Nehra. It the previous match he was on a hatrick. We welcome his return to form. Royals were bowled out for 103. Pollock, Kulkarni, Raje, Bravo and Jayasuria lent solid support to the former Indian swing bowler.
Takawale, the Mumbai wicket keeper impressed with 4 good catches. One of the catches he took was stunning. He scored 27, with one six and one four. Uthappa was 34 not out and Mumbai won by seven wickets !
More consideration should be given to IPL, says Paul Marsh, the ceo of the Australian CC. Ganguly says the youngsters who impressed in IPL should prove their mettle in Tests.
Mallya is irate at the way the RCs are losing the matches. Charu Sharma has been sacked. Brijesh Patel has been chosen as the ceo of the Royal Challengers.
"I was summarily dismissed" says Charu Sharma. There was widespread criticism that RC is a good Test side, with Kallis and Jaffer, excellent Test players ! Dravid took the lead in picking the squad, which had good Test players !
When the Royal Challengers suffered a humiliating defeat in the inaugural match, before a record TV audience and before BCCI and ICC officials, there was growing discontent in the RC camp. Nasty words were used that night to describe the team's lasklustre performance and there was even talk that the team was underperforming in order to make a laughing stock of the owner. The franchise sent a strong signal and the then ceo, Charu Sharma, was the obvious target !
So corporate cricket is serious business !
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