Royal Challengers Bangalore, is owned by one of the charismatic and successful Corporate Tycoons, Dr Vijay Mallya. Anil Kumble, the Captain, a gentleman always, knows how to harness his forces and to ensure victory in a match. He is a mesmerizing bowler who has in his cap many tricks. His leg-breaks, googlies, flippers, fast cutters, etc. are nightmare to the batsmen. His achievement in Test Cricket is par excellence. He repeated Jim Laker's feat and for years to come, this will be remain in golden letters in the book of Cricket.
Rahul Dravid, Mr Reliable, the Great Wall of India, is also my favourite. He is one of the most stylish batsmen in the world. He has a flurry of shots, cuts, pulls, glances, straight drives and you name any other in the book . He is a cool customer, gives great confidence to the batsman at the other end to flourish with runs, while he will shape his innings with utmost care with nonchalance. I have never seen him panick or misbehave or make a fuss. I would call him an ambassador of cricket fairplay. All other teammates also are real fighters. RCB came from the dark to reach the final of the last IPL. It was due to the sheer dedication of all the players. I wish them all success. I reiterate the fact that I am proud to be a fan. Bangalore is always dear to me because of G.R.Viswanath, B.S. Chandrasekhar, EAS Prasanna and the greats like them.
My team
Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Manish Pandey, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Virat Kohli ,Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar
Anil Kumble.............Stunning leader, exemplary bowling with tons and tons of experience.
Rahul Dravid............Greta Batting and fielding.
Jacques Kallis..........Good Batting and Bowling.
Manish Pandey .... ...Blasting Batsman.
Ross Taylor.............Good Batsman and a great fielder.
Jesse Ryder.......... ..Good batsman and Bowler and a greta fielder, too .
Virat Kohli...............Bats well and fielding is good.
Robin Uthappa...... ..Bats, fields and can be a wicketkeeper, too.
Mark Boucher..........Bats well, is a star wicketkeeper.
Dale Steyn...............Good opening bowler.
Praveen Kumar...... .Good opening bowler.
Vinay Kumar........ ...Good bowler
My idea of opening match strategy:
Well..... I will check the condition of the pitch...and if toss is won, I will bat first and if it is a good batting wicket or field if the pitch has green grass on it, the weather is cloudy or overcast. While batting will insist on fast scoring and no balls will be dot balls Bowling...will shuffle the bowlers frequently, see which bowler has an edge, insist on 100% dedication in fielding, scrutinize the weakness of the batsmen and employ bowlers accordingly, smart and apt field placements. If the weather forecast says that dew is expected in the night, if it is a day/night match, bowling will be difficult in the latter part of the game,due to the wet ball posing problems for the bowler and the fielders may face problems, too.
Well..... I will check the condition of the pitch...and if toss is won, I will bat first and if it is a good batting wicket or field if the pitch has green grass on it, the weather is cloudy or overcast. While batting will insist on fast scoring and no balls will be dot balls Bowling...will shuffle the bowlers frequently, see which bowler has an edge, insist on 100% dedication in fielding, scrutinize the weakness of the batsmen and employ bowlers accordingly, smart and apt field placements. If the weather forecast says that dew is expected in the night, if it is a day/night match, bowling will be difficult in the latter part of the game,due to the wet ball posing problems for the bowler and the fielders may face problems, too.
My best T20 match:
| Venue: | Wanderers, South Africa | Date: | 24th May 2009 |
Anil Kumble won the toss for the RCB and chose to field first. Kumble bowled Gilchrist out in the very first over. He took 4 wickets but still could not win the match for his team. At the ten overs time out mark, RCB were 62 for 3. Gibbs and Rohit Sharma batted well to give some respectability to the score and the Deccan chargers were 143 for 6 after 20 overs. When RCB started their innings, they lost wickets at regular intervals as Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli fell of two successive deliveries from Pragyan Ojha(3 for 24). This stopped them from achieving the target.RCB needed only 15 runs in the last over. In a 20/20 match this is easily achievable. But on 24th May 2009, it was not possible.Robin Uthhapa could not score well and two dot balls sealed the fate of RCB. They made only nine runs from the last over. Deccan chargers were the winners by 6 runs and won the tournament. It was a day of disappointment to me. Well!! That was not the end of everything. RCB will rise up again and will emerge as winners in the future.
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