Indian Premier League | Day 32 | Mohali | May 11, 2016 | Match thread

[Shayan]

It's RCB vs Mumbai Indians today:

RCB Squad
V Kohli*, VR Aaron, AN Ahmed, S Aravind, STR Binny, YS Chahal, AB de Villiers, P Dubey, CH Gayle, TM Head, Iqbal Abdulla, KM Jadhav, CJ Jordan, AK Karnewar, SN Khan, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, Parvez Rasool, HV Patel, KL Rahul, KW Richardson, Sachin Baby, T Shamsi, V Tokas, SR Watson, D Wiese


Mumbai Indians Squad
RG Sharma*, CJ Anderson, JJ Bumrah, JC Buttler, UBT Chand, M de Lange, S Gopal, MJ Guptill, Harbhajan Singh, K Kamath, SD Lad, MJ McClenaghan, HH Pandya, KH Pandya, PA Patel, KA Pollard, DS Punia, N Rana, AT Rayudu, JM Sharma, NB Singh, TG Southee, J Suchith, JE Taylor, R Vinay Kumar, AA Wakhare

 

[RamLakhan]

Indian Premier League, 41st match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Bangalore, May 11

I really could not find the thread on the page and search option. If there is present please merge it.


Anyways, bizarre start for RCB. Paying heavy prize for changing the opening combination and playing Gayle as Opener.

43/2 in 8.3 overs. Easy win for MI as Rohit can swallow RCB's total today. Another seesaw RCB's IPL disastrous year!

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Sachin Baby, what a strange name.

 

[RamLakhan]

As I tell this Rahul has hit a boundary and six, and even ABD hits a six. Really RCB management has to blame for this disastrous start and spoiling the match

 

[Hasan123]

Ab needs to play a blinder today

 

[Hasan123]

Gayle rarely peforms these days don't understand why RCB would keep him next year

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I honestly don't see RCB winning this.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

AB

 

[street cricketer]

A very atypical Chinnaswamy wicket.

 

[RamLakhan]

A very atypical Chinnaswamy wicket.

Yes, if ABD is struggling I guess it should be bit tough on batsmen. If he gets out soon its understandable (unlucky), but if he is struggling to hit (if his strike rate is less than 100 in T20 after 20 balls) then it is some problems. But I don't think RCB has the bowlers to defend a score less than 150 even on square turners or 3" grass surface.

 

[Lurker_Ind]

Sachin Baby, what a strange name.

People from Kerala have strange names.

Baby, Kutty, Unni .... I believe all mean Little/small/Baby

 

[street cricketer]

Yes, if ABD is struggling I guess it should be bit tough on batsmen. If he gets out soon its understandable (unlucky), but if he is struggling to hit (if his strike rate is less than 100 in T20 after 20 balls) then it is some problems. But I don't think RCB has the bowlers to defend a score less than 150 even on square turners or 3" grass surface.

They can't even defend 200 let alone 150 scores.

 

[RamLakhan]

KL Rahul seems to be the most reliable batsman in the line up comprising of Gayle, Kohli, ABD, Watson! That shows the fate of RCB team (but Rahul is highly appreciable here for his performance so far!)

 

[RamLakhan]

Rahul the savior!

 

[RamLakhan]

Late surge by RCB! Has the pitch become easier?

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

A guy of Sachin's calibre sitting in the dug out, and doing nothing. What a shame. He should rather stay at his home or watch the game as a spectator.

 

[RamLakhan]

That was brilliant from Rohit. For a man who looks lazy (his famous lazy elegance adjective ) he is a superb fielder who is unnoticed. In this IPL we have seen some great fielding from him

 

[Hasan123]

KL showing his potential again

 

[RamLakhan]

A guy of Sachin's calibre sitting in the dug out, and doing nothing. What a shame. He should rather stay at his home or watch the game as a spectator.

Whom you are referring to?

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Whom you are referring to?

Take a guess.

 

[RamLakhan]

Baby showing his adult power

 

[street cricketer]

C'mon Babeh!

 

[RamLakhan]

Take a guess.

He is in the dug out, done enough to everyone including his oppositions and detractors

 

[RamLakhan]

Rahul rotating the strike to Sachin (like Dravid was doing to Tendulkar )

 

[Hasan123]

Sachin baby on his game today kohli was impressed with his fitness and now he is repaying him with the bat

 

[RamLakhan]

Sachin baby on his game today kohli was impressed with his fitness and now he is repaying him with the bat

Persisting with him is paying off. Slowly RCB team is settling down (even in the bowling department - Watson & Chahal are reliable) But some goof up like changing the batting order today, too many changes is hurting the momentum

 

[RamLakhan]

Rahul looks the most reliable in the team barring those two 100s by Kohli. At least he has outplayed Kohli in terms of reputation

 

[Hasan123]

Persisting with him is paying off. Slowly RCB team is settling down (even in the bowling department - Watson & Chahal are reliable) But some goof up like changing the batting order today, too many changes is hurting the momentum

Yes they have made too many changes if there bowling can click I wouldn't rule them out. I think the consistent changes has affected the bowl a bit

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

If RCB loses, are they out?

 

[street cricketer]

Rohit must be trying hard to hide his laughter at seeing Binny with the new ball

 

[street cricketer]

A lot of talent fan boys at work killing the poll.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

How is Rohit winning that poll. 200000 votes and 78 percent people voting that Rohit is a better chaser than Kohli. This is why most people who religiously watch these garbage leagues are so biased for their franchises when it wont even make a difference if they win or lose. What a garbage poll. IPL should end these polls and other gimmicks because most of the voters are just biased Mickey Mouse cricket fans.

 

[Smbhayi]

People from Kerala have strange names.

Baby, Kutty, Unni .... I believe all mean Little/small/Baby

not strange, but beautiful names

 

[Hasan123]

Hope RCB win. I support rps but I like Sunrisers and RCB

 

[#GreenRoars]

Rohit must be trying hard to hide his laughter at seeing Binny with the new ball

Don't insult THE genius Binny, who saved team India against BD and Zimbabwe and pulled off miracles

 

[Lurker_Ind]

Who is Nitish Rana?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

That is an unbelievably stunning catch by Binny

 

[Hasan123]

Unreal catch by binny

 

[Executioner]

Binny >>> khoolimam

 

[battler]

C'mon Rcb!

 

[Hasan123]

Unreal catch by AB! Amazing fielder

 

[street cricketer]

AB you beauty!

 

[HitWicket]

Incredible how consistent Buttler is with that shot.

 

[street cricketer]

Come on Mumbai!

 

[street cricketer]

That IS a wide you idiots.

 

[HitWicket]

Watson presumably got a fine incoming if my lip reading was correct there....

 

[street cricketer]

Buttler making mincemeat out of the bowler.

 

[Abhilash93]

Jordan is rubbish !

He has given away 132 runs in the 11 overs he has bowled so far. Even the local bowlers haven't been that expensive. And RCB thought he could replace the injured Starc