IPL 5

So its been two weeks and only 15% of the league matches have been over and its good to see a whole lot Indians performing well with the bat and the ball .

The first match between the CSK and MI wasnt good enough for a tournament opener because it was just a one sided game as the champs were humbled by the Mumbai Indians.Mumbai Indians Lost a sitter against the pune by 28 runs ..


The next match between the KKR vs DD , the two Delhi mate met again in the opposite team. But KKR could not use much of their foreign as well as their Indian players .I feel they dint get synchronize into a team .

The Delhi made a decent bowling performance against the KKR but their batting came strongly with Sehwag and Pathan firing .Pathan scored a konck of 42 in just 20 balls. 
But daredevils lost their second game against RCB in Bangalore .The Delhi team became strong when Jayawardene and Pietersen join their team against the CSK in Ferosha Kotla . The Delhi  made it one sided victory with a seven wicket win ..Thanks to CSK batsmen for giving away four run outs and ending theor scorecard at 113........


They have some of the big names of T20 like Gautham Gambhir , Brendon Mccullum , Jacques kallis , Brett lee , Yusuf pathan and they have the world no 1 all rounder Sakib al hasan in their bench .So if these guns fire as a team KKR would be tournament winner .But Kolkata came back strong with two back to back wins against the RCB & RR....


Pwi vs MI i would say the best match in the tournament as the captain Ganguly defended a score of 129 and succeeded eventually by controlling MI at 101-9 and wining by 28 runs.  Robin uthappa , Ashok Dinda , Murali Karthik played well. But the Aussie all rounder Steve Smith played an excellent knock of 39 and bagged the MoM .
Pwi  played the first match at home and won comprehensively against the KXIP but lost the match followed on Thursday against the same Team at Mohali due to some sloppy fielding by the warriors and losing wickets at regular intervals.

Rajasthan royals under Rahul dravid played extremely as an unit and won their opener against the KXIP. Ajikiya Rahane the young opener scored a splendid 98 runs against the Kings XI and won the MoM . Kevon Cooper the Trindad player had a dream IPL debut who had an injury and missed the match against the KKR on Friday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had played well against the CSK and Delhi daredevils. but the match against CSK was something like a big bad luck for them . Even they had scored two hundred plus but lost the game due to some worst bowling .
They still have lot of options in foreign players and picking a best eleven would give them a good result 


So far the tournament standings are 

Standings

Pos	Team	Mat	NeR	Pts
1	MI	4	+0.361	6
2	DD	3	+0.820	4
3	PWI	3	+0.573	4
4	KKR	4	+0.305	4
5	RR	4	+0.183	4
6	CSK	4	-0.051	4
7	RCB	3	-0.417	2
8	KXIP	3	-0.583	2
9	DC	2	-1.950	0

 Purple cap holder              :        Munaf Patel

 Orange cap holder             :       Ajinkya Rahane    

 Super Sixes                        :       Francois du Plessis 

 Fair Play award                  :       Rajasthan Royals

Lets hope the next progress of the tournament with some close finishers and some  hundreds in it .

Remember every team depends more on the foreigners than the Indians in it which is worst condition for team India in the upcoming T20 world cup.........

Mumbai Indians

                  Mumbai Indians owned by the Reliance industries Limited has been  a consistent team in IPL and  to their regards they are the last season CLT20 champion under the captaincy of Harbhajan Singh who came in as stand in captain when Tendulkar was kept outside due to injury .

The side couldn't make use of the conditions they had in 2008 and 2009 season but they came back  strong in the year 2010 with a winning percentage of 68 and end as tournament runners . 

The side looked really strong when Keiron pollard made to the blue jersey from the 2010 season..Lasith Malinga or the slinga is the main strike bowler for the Mumbai Indians who is the last season Purple cap winner . He also won the man of the series award  for the CLT20 '2011 .

Harbhajan  Singh who is not part of the Indian team since the disastrous England tour for India couldn't make a strong comeback even in the first class matches . But as a vice captain of Mumbai Indians he has to play a big supportive role in their campaign.

 Rohit Sharma who did not play in the recent Aussie tour is the highest paid player in the team  but made a strong 70 runs in the Pakistan match at the Asia cup. So he is definetly a player to be read by the Indian selectors.

Ambati Rayudu the Hyderabad wicket Keeper made the team in the season 2010 . He made his selection a positive who at times provided partnership for the team and was behind the stumps guarding the wicket .  

Sachin Tendulkar captain of Mumbai Indians recently made his Ton of Tons which would ease him to play aggressive in this format . He had a good season of  IPL 10 & 11 with the bat.

Andrew Symonds who retired the from all forms of cricket paved way for Richard Levis-the fastest T20 centurion and was his replacement .

Players to watch : Sachin Tendulkar , Lasith Malinga ,Keiron Pollard ,Ambati Rayudu

Players newly made to the team : Richard Levis, Dinesh Kathik , RP Singh,Herschelle Gibbs

Players who needed to prove a lot  Harbhajan Singh , Rohit sharma .......

Home ground :Wankhede Stadium ,Mumbai ........

Batsmen Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) Tirumalasetti Suman Aiden Blizzard Ambati Rayudu Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav Herschelle Gibbs Richard Levi Jaydev Shah Apoorv Wankhade All Rounders Kieron Pollard James Franklin Thisara Perera Mitchell Johnson Amitoze Singh Sujit Nayak

Wicket Keepers Aditya Tare Davy Jacobs Dinesh Karthik Sushant Marathe Bowlers Harbhajan Singh Munaf Patel Abu Nechim Dhawal Kulkarni Yuzvendra Chahal Pawan Suyal Lasith Malinga Pragyan Ojha R. P. Singh Clint McKay Robin Peterson Rahul Shukla

Coach - Robin Singh Assistant Coach - Paras Mhambrey Captain - Sachin Tendulkar Vice Captain - Harbhajan Singh Bowling Coach/Mentor - Shaun Pollock Fielding Coach/Adviser - Jonty Rhodes Batting Consultant - Lance Klusener Physio - Patrick Farhart Physio - Robert Gibson Fitness Trainer - Ramji Srinivasan Video Analyst - CKM Dhananjai

 So this is  about the Men in Blue of INDIA .... Lets hope they emerge as the Title winners of IPL 2012 and see Sachin with the bat again in the shorter version  .......................