I believe if the batting order is set like following KKR can extract good result out of it.
1. Chris Gayle
2. Brendon McCullum
3. David Hussey
4. Monoj Tiwari
5. Sourav Ganguly
6. Rohan Gavaskar
7. Laxmi Ratan Sukla
8. Ajit Agarkar
9. Shane Bond/ Angelo Mathews (If Angelo is in the playing 11 he must be promoted to no.6)
10. Murali Kartik / Iqbal Abdulla
11. Ishant Sharma / Ashok Dinda
12. Brad Hodge
** (If Brendon McCullum is in the playing 11 than he must keep wicket and W. Saha should not be included as a batsman. It is rather much better to play a specialist Batsman or Bowler or may be an all-rounder in place of him).
With due respect to DADA, I think he must do an experiment by going down in the batting order and coming to bat at number FIVE. I love Dada, and followed his cricket carrier from beginning; I watched every innings that he played. I don’t think anyone in the entire cricket fraternity have any doubt in his enormous talent and charismatic leadership. He is the person who taught our Indian cricket the actual meaning of aggression. Scoring over 18,500 runs with 37 centuries in international cricket is not a joke or fluke. And I know a player of his calibre does not need any particular position for batting well. He can bat at any position and show us again what he is capable of.
I know Sourav is one of the greatest openers in the history of International cricket. Who can forget his endless match wining opening partnership with Sachin. I am suggesting this experimental change only considering that, we are now at the halfway of IPL 3 and we have seen in the last 7 innings, except one or two occasions data had not found his old touch. Than what’s wrong in doing this experiment. And Dada is always known for his successful experimentations.
On the other hand I am suggesting Brendon to open with Gayle because, he had done that earlier also for KKR and we know he can hit the ball hard (still remembered his innings of 158* in IPL 1). If Brendon is not available than Hussey should be promoted to open the innings with Gayle otherwise he should bat at 1 down. David Hussy is a versatile player along with big hitting he can run very fast between the wickets and capable of converting ones into twos. We need to make full utilise the Power play overs when the field is up, which is the best time to play the lofted shots with minimum risk.
Now on to bowling :-
*** Bowling option with the above team:
1. Left-arm orthodox spin of CHRIS GAYLE
2. Right-arm off spin of DAVID HUSSEY
3. Right - arm medium of DADA
4. Slow left-arm orthodox spin of ROHAN GAVASKAR
5. Right-arm medium fast of LAXMI RATAN SUKLA
6. Right - arm fast medium of AJIT AGARKAR
7. Right - arm fast of- SHANE BOND / Right-arm fast medium of ANGELO MATHEWS
8. Left-arm orthodox spin of MURALI KARTIK / Slow left-arm orthodox spin of IQBAL ABDULLA
9. Right-arm fast medium of ISHANT SHARMA / Right-arm medium fast of ASHOK DINDA
Our faster bowlers are trying hard to bowl too fast which is in my opinion is not always a good strategy for t20 cricket especially unless the bowler is consistently bowling in a fine line & length. As and when they fail in keeping their line & length intact in format like T20 it become very easier for the batsmen to score runs utilising the bowlers pace with less effort.
So my humble request to our blowers to go through the video clippings of the batsmen (from the match recordings) of the opponent team. Minutely observe and try to find out their weaknesses. And when on the field utilise the power of their mind rather than wasting energy by always showing the power of their body strength. Dada is the best person to decide how & when to utilise which bowler, according to the situation of the game.
ONCE AGAIN REQUESTING THE REAL COACHES & MANAGEMENT TO SHOW URGENCY FOR THE UPLIFT THE KKR TEAM SPIRIT. PLEASE DON’T CREATE UNNECESSARY PRESSURE ON THE PLAYERS.....LET THEM ENJOY THE GAME AND PLAY FREELY. ALONG WITH GIVING THEM NECESSARY TIPS TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCES, PLEASE TRY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF “TOGETHERNESS” AMONG THE PLAYERS.
My heartfelt wishes are always with KKR to perform to their best, to do justice to their talent and win the rest games with the aggression of a true Royal Bengal Tiger.
Like always I like to dedicate few lines of a famous song and a full audio song for the Royal Bengal Tigers of Kolkata Knight Riders.
“ Bhul sabhi se hoti aayee
Koun hai jisne, na thokar khayee
Bhui-o se sikhe jo manzil usne payee”
All the best...........Jitbo Jitbo Jitbo Re...Aamra Aabar Jitbo Re......... HallaaaaaaaaaaBoLLLLLLLLLL
