Royal Challengers
Kallis, Prince and Boucher not good enough for T20.
That’s what the claim is for those 3 players from their previous franchise in South Africa. The trio in question are part of South African domestic T20 circuit for team Cobras. Cobras coach Shukri Conrad has said that all the three are not good enough for the team Cobras and they should not bother to [...]
Ray Jennings to coach Royal Challengers?
This cricinfo article
reports that Ray Jennings was approached by Royal Challengers. Jennings who never played a single test for South Africa has coached the South African national team for a brief while. South Africa lost a test series against and England when he was the coach. Later they went on to win the one-day [...]
Bank of Baroda likely to drop Dravid
Rahul Dravid, who is the brand ambassador for Bank of Baroda might be dropped. His contract ends in August and Bank of Baroda has no plans of renewing the contract. This comes after a disappointing performance as a captain for Royal Challengers Bangalore team. Vijay Mallya, Royal Challengers team owner also came out public with [...]
Mallya’s dream list
After accusing Dravid and Charu Sharma for the team’s selection and poor performance Mallya came out with his dream list. He wanted some players at any cost and is willing to shell out some extra bucks. But, Dravid did not let it happen, says Mallya. Some of the players in his dream team include :
Mahendra [...]
Vijay Mallya acts like a kid in a candy store
After firing Charu Sharma for the team’s dismal performance, Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallya takes a potshot at Rahul Dravid. He alleges that Charu Sharma and Rahul Dravid has completely ignored his list of players and made their own choices. Mallya also alleges that his friends used to say that the Challengers team is a [...]
Charu Sharma fired?
It is reported that, Charu Sharma, CEO of Royal Challengers was either fired or made a graceful exit to Brijesh Patel. This move might be prompted after the drubbing Royal Challengers continuous defeats. I think this is a bit late for this season. This might help them for the next season.
There is a speculation about [...]
Top bowlers for Royal Challengers
S.No
Player
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
NB
Wd
RPO
1
Zaheer Khan
28
0
212
12
0
2
7.6
2
Praveen Kumar
27
1
207
8
0
2
7.7
3
Jack Kallis
23
0
22
4
0
3
9.6
4
B Akhil
7
0
51
2
0
0
7.3
5
Dale Steyn
16
0
105
1
1
7
6.7
6
Sunil Joshi
9.1
0
82
1
0
0
9.0
7
A Noffke
4
0
40
1
0
1
10.0
Deccan Chargers ran out of charge
This is the first time I have witnessed a match in the stadium and I was not disappointed. Match went down till the last ball and I was expecting a bowl out. It all started when Ramiz Raja said “namaskara Benguluru“. Laxman won the toss and elected to field. Quite rightly so. Chargers did a [...]
Super Kings are the unstoppables
Defending 178 was never easy. Super Kings did not have the kind of fire power to defend a modest total. Wasim Jaffer was dropped twice, on 7 and 18. Super Kings might have thought that Jaffer would not make any difference and it might be to their advantage if he stays on as few runs [...]
Oh No! Not another aussie
Not that anything wrong with it, but its getting funnier for the IPL. Standing for Indian Premier League its the australian players who are rooling the roost. The performances atleast. Its Shane Watson who took Rajastan Royals home with 61 runs and 2 wickets and was declared man of the match. Can someone from the [...]