kallis is doing very well with bat... and before his yesterday's dismissal... he remained not out in all previous outings at ipl this season...
kallis has impeccable technique is the fact known to many... the only question was whether his style of batting is suited to t20 cricket... perhaps coz of which he suffered the ignominy of not being selected for inaugural t20 world cup that too at home...
but in this season of ipl he has come with all guns blazing... he is not only making runs at brisk pace without compromising on technique... but also seeing bangalore royal challengers through...
but tell me, as the opening line of wisden article by alex bowden suggests, exactly how kallis doing good at ipl is a stinging slap on its face...?
ipl is not only providing platform to players like kallis to show the non-beleivers that one can still score quickly without compromising on technique front but it is also providing them a spring board to launch their t20 careers in their respective national teams...
isn't the slap is on CSA's face who did not believe in his abilities...?
and exactly how this is slap... sorry stinging slap on ipl face...?
shared by straight point on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
dot balls...
shared by straight point on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
that's what cost brc the coveted trophy...in the finals of ipl 2009...
for once i agree with mallya...when he said...
We were not beaten by six runs, we gave the match away by six runs
brc played as many as 62 dot balls during their innings...that's more than half the quota of allotted 20 overs per innings...
dot balls meant that pressure to score boundary was even more than normal coz of lack of strike rotation and the new batsman didn't had cushion of deliveries to settle in...specially in a big match like final of a tournament...
hence that apparent panic in BRC batsmen...
considering they lost it by only 6 runs...playing out more than 10 overs of their innings as dot balls ultimately proved suicidal...
Dravid...i am with you...
shared by straight point on Thursday, May 22, 2008
at the outset this blogger wants to state that he is not talking about dravid the BRC Captain...who he thinks is a failure...
its the dravid the player i am talking about...
who is the last man standing for BRC...standing alone in the debris of some royals...with his hand firmly up and still counting...
he has scored 330 odd runs in his 12 outings so far with strike rate of 126 at the average of 30!
not bad...infact good...
if you consider that wickets keep falling around him like nine pins...he has not got much support one requires at other hand...
that too...under resolutely relentless pressure from almost all quarters and specially consistent glare from media...
some of his own creations but mostly not...
as if some force is hell bent on singling him out...as if it gives, that force, extra pleasure...
still he has done far better job than most without even blinking...certainly more than some celebrity specialist T20 players like yuvrajs, uthapas etc. to highlight the point...
and they are from winning teams...
what more he can do now so that people accept him as viable T20 player?
some players are cursed to stand the scrutiny of their endeavors for life...some get away with murders...
may be his fate was decided when he was famously named 'the wall'...
and we all know...what many of us do with wall...
but does he really deserve all this...is it so difficult to give him peace of support...the feeling of being wanted...cant we even give some 'space' he deserve...more than anybody...?
and more importantly cant we just enjoy his last couple of years...?
my heart goes for him...and i really wonder sometimes...
what heals dravid...?
take your call...isn't it time to say 'I'...?
PS: and no soulberry, my adopted team is RRC...(he knows what i am talking about)...
