Indian Premier League | Day 35 | Bangalore | May 14, 2016 | Match thread

[MenInG]

May 14, 2016 - 44th match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (day/night)

RCB v Gujarat Lions

Match scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT | 13:30 AST)


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


Gujarat Lions Squad

SK Raina*, S Ladda, AD Nath, Amit Mishra, DJ Bravo, P Dogra, ER Dwivedi, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, Ishan Kishan, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, KD Karthik, S Kaushik, DS Kulkarni, P Kumar, BB McCullum, PJ Sangwan, JN Shah, UA Sharma, DR Smith, DW Steyn, PV Tambe, AJ Tye

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

IPL not much fun this year.

 

[Hasan123]

Raina is out according to cricinfo. can still see Gujarat Lions winning and finishing RCB hopes of qualifying of

 

[dauntless]

Rcb on the verge of eliminitaion should win this one

 

[Prince_]

I m so happy. The torture is going to end finally

 

[Prince_]

ipl not much fun this year.

csk ?

 

[Hasan123]

Gayle is finished at the top level. He has no business in serious teams

 

[street cricketer]

csk ?

Yeah

 

[Hasan123]

Gayle surely won't be at RCB next year rarely peforms and is a passenger in the field

 

[street cricketer]

What a shot by AB!

 

[street cricketer]

On a difficult slow pitch, AB is making batting look ridiculously easy. Already putting on a batting masterclass.

Just begs the question why he doesn't replicate this in national colours in tournaments. On a similar pitch vs the west indies at Nagpur (?), he looked like fish out of the water.

 

[street cricketer]

Outstanding innings.

AB regularly plays such innings on flat beds of India and SA in small grounds and I don't really rate them that high. But this is a challenging track and AB is playing as if he's at Johannesburg. Top notch innings.

 

[anuk]

only reason to watch the ipl is ab and to a lesser extent kohli

 

[street cricketer]

only reason to watch the ipl is ab and to a lesser extent kohli

What about Warner, Fizz, Bravo, B'Mac, etc.?

 

[anuk]

What about Warner, Fizz, Bravo, B'Mac, etc.?

none of them catch ur imagination like ab can. but truth be told i haven't watched a full game since the first week.

 

[Hasan123]

Hope RCB win today

 

[RamLakhan]

What a horrendous decision to open with Gayle again! Why can't they at least put him at No.5 or 6. This is just ridiculous, what is Kohli smoking? Also Kohli should not open the innings while batting first at least. He is a slow starter. His test match instincts stops him from playing shots while opening with new ball (because the ball is raising, nothing wrong about it actually), he needs a bit softer ball & spread field to maneuver the ball, so he should stick to No.3. Even Sachin Baby could be a good choice to open, because his flashes can go to boundaries, playing in the air mostly going to be safe and loss of his wicket isn't going to harm the team. It is again suicidal to abort Rahul from opening who is in tremendous form. Is RCB going to pay for it again? Looks like so, because Gujarat Lineup can murder RCB bowlers if the target is below 200 on Chinnaswamy. And now if both these guys stay till 20 overs, only then there is chance of getting near 200. So its almost curtains for RCB this year (again!)

 

[Lords]

Difference between Afridi and Gayle, at least Afridi is still entertaining even when he gets out on duck.

Gayle, everyone would love to support you but please give them a reason once in a while

 

[street cricketer]

none of them catch ur imagination like ab can. but truth be told i haven't watched a full game since the first week.

Watching today?

 

[Energetic]

The amount of T20 that has been going on is insane. It's been a really long time since the last test and one-day match happened. The sport has changed. Cricket is dead.

 

[anuk]

Watching today?

just

 

[King Kong]

What a horrendous decision to open with Gayle again! Why can't they at least put him at No.5 or 6. This is just ridiculous, what is Kohli smoking? Also Kohli should not open the innings while batting first at least. He is a slow starter. His test match instincts stops him from playing shots while opening with new ball (because the ball is raising, nothing wrong about it actually), he needs a bit softer ball & spread field to maneuver the ball, so he should stick to No.3. Even Sachin Baby could be a good choice to open, because his flashes can go to boundaries, playing in the air mostly going to be safe and loss of his wicket isn't going to harm the team. It is again suicidal to abort Rahul from opening who is in tremendous form. Is RCB going to pay for it again? Looks like so, because Gujarat Lineup can murder RCB bowlers if the target is below 200 on Chinnaswamy. And now if both these guys stay till 20 overs, only then there is chance of getting near 200. So its almost curtains for RCB this year (again!)

When Kohli gets out early, that puts a lot of pressure on RCB. That was evident in the last two matches.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What about <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a> striking at 200 yet again. Serious batting performance</p>— Steve Smith (@stevesmith49) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevesmith49/status/731446859089108992">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[big_gamer007]

Man AB on fire

 

[RamLakhan]

Looks like ABD is going to save RCB for another match

 

[King Kong]

The amount of T20 that has been going on is insane. It's been a really long time since the last test and one-day match happened. The sport has changed. Cricket is dead.

Cricket was dead for a long long time because of boring test matches which last 5 days and more often than not, not produce any result. It's T20s which are making cricket alive among the audience.

 

[RamLakhan]

When Kohli gets out early, that puts a lot of pressure on RCB. That was evident in the last two matches.

That's why I said put him back at No.3. If ABD coming at No.4 is late (if it is a concern), let him open instead.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

I would like to bowl to AB de Villiers.

 

[street cricketer]

ROFL!

This is insane striking

Take a bow AB

 

[big_gamer007]

100 for ABD take a bow!!

 

[Hasan123]

AB where was this form in the world t20?
Can't believe someone this talnted can't do this when it actually matters Indian fans on Facebook will be calling him the greatest batter ever after this

 

[dauntless]

Abd on fire

 

[street cricketer]

Fastest ever hundred in the IPL history.

Wow.

And I was thinking this would be a boring low scoring affair.

 

[anuk]

closest thing to a genius we've had since viv.

 

[Sachin136]

Fastest ever hundred in the IPL history.

Wow.

And I was thinking this would be a boring low scoring affair.

The fastest is by Gayle in 30 balls.

 

[Top Edge]

Fastest ever hundred in the IPL history.

Wow.

And I was thinking this would be a boring low scoring affair.

fastest ever hundred in the ipl belongs to yusuf pathan (in 2010 against mumbai indians iirc)

 

[street cricketer]

AB where was this form in the world t20?
Can't believe someone this talnted can't do this when it actually matters Indian fans on Facebook will be calling him the greatest batter ever after this

Indians are the biggest AB fan boys.

I hate it. It makes almost every game he bats a home game for the South Africans in India even against us

 

[RamLakhan]

Cricket was dead for a long long time because of boring test matches which last 5 days and more often than not, not produce any result. It's T20s which are making cricket alive among the audience.

Pakistan is going to keep Cricket (real cricket) alive with Younis, Misbah & co interested very much in it.

 

[big_gamer007]

The fastest is by Gayle in 30 balls.

Gayle has hit a 100 in 30 balls in IPL?? Can you let me know the match would like to watch highlights.. 100 in 30 balls is phenomenal..

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Indians are the biggest AB fan boys.

I hate it. It makes almost every game he bats a home game for the South Africans in India even against us

Have to agree, it's quite weird. I remember the ODIs in India where the crowd was going crazy for AB even if it means India lose.

 

[Sachin136]

Gayle has hit a 100 in 30 balls in IPL?? Can you let me know the match would like to watch highlights.. 100 in 30 balls is phenomenal..

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/engine/match/598027.html

Mindblowing innings. Fastest hundred in all T20s, not just IPL.

 

[Top Edge]

The fastest is by Gayle in 30 balls.

my bad you are right
against pune warriors i think

d**n you chinnaswamy

 

[Ozymandiasza]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/engine/match/598027.html

Mindblowing innings. Fastest hundred in all T20s, not just IPL.

"Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 130 runs" - lol )

 

[big_gamer007]

"Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 130 runs" - lol )

Wow hahahhaha ridiculous

 

[Hasan123]

Indians are the biggest AB fan boys.

I hate it. It makes almost every game he bats a home game for the South Africans in India even against us

Honestly at times its cringe worthy most of the time peformances like today he does in irrelevant matches. I don't understand how why he is called the greatest player ever. Pointing Sachin lara viv and many others ahead of him. He feeds of trundlers and poor bowling. I don't think he will be to do this against starc

 

[Hasan123]

Unreal innings from ab. A shame he can't do this against quality bowling and in big games but still a magnificent player who is slightly ovverated but when in full flow he's fun to watch

 

[street cricketer]

Have to agree, it's quite weird. I remember the ODIs in India where the crowd was going crazy for AB even if it means India lose.

He has reached the status of Sachin in India.





Well, not quite but you get the drift

 

[Deewana Mastana]

A batting master class here at Bangalore.

 

[street cricketer]

Lol Kohli now bossing it

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Kohli in the beast mode now.

 

[Lords]

AB, Wattoo, Gayle, Pollard, Bravo, Steyn, WAsim, Rameez, Danny, Maruti, Bullet, Sami etc are adopted by india and considered to be home stuff.
Dont get surprized, world is getting globlized every day

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Lol Kohli! Nice!

 

[Lords]

Is it first time ever are we giong to see two centuries in one T 29?

 

[street cricketer]

Honestly at times its cringe worthy most of the time peformances like today he does in irrelevant matches. I don't understand how why he is called the greatest player ever. Pointing Sachin lara viv and many others ahead of him. He feeds of trundlers and poor bowling. I don't think he will be to do this against starc

Greatest player ever tag is ridiculous hyperbole by his fan boys.

But he is definitely one of the very best in history.

 

[TM Riddle]

This is insane!

 

[Hasan123]

Gujarat massacred by Ab and Kohli

 

[Ozymandiasza]

AB is too nice giving Kohli the strike

 

[Hasan123]

Greatest player ever tag is ridiculous hyperbole by his fan boys.

But he is definitely one of the very best in history.

One of the best for entertainment. Sachin lara viv pointing steve waugh dravid are overall better players there are others who I haven't mentioned. Ab is an ATG in LOI can't deny that

 

[Lords]

4 overs 90 runs and i wicket.

Never seen anything like this

 

[big_gamer007]

Lol Watson

 

[Ozymandiasza]

LOL, what a ridiculous end to a ridiculous innings.

 

[big_gamer007]

If RCB loses this match also then they should just forfeit the remaining matches and disband their team for next season..

 

[anuk]

well that was fun.

 

[TM Riddle]

This constant praising of AB by Kohli is so annoying.It's almost as if the guy has crush on him or something.

 

[King Kong]

This constant praising of AB by Kohli is so annoying.It's almost as if the guy has crush on him or something.

If I was Kohli, I would praise him to the moon as well. ABD is such a treat to watch. He is just on a different level. Probably the most talented batsman ever in the history of cricket.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

This constant praising of AB by Kohli is so annoying.It's almost as if the guy has crush on him or something.

Meh, could be worse. At least he isn't worshipping some arrogant douchebag like Gayle.

 

[RamLakhan]

Why everyone shook the hands as if the match is over

 

[street cricketer]

One of the best for entertainment. Sachin lara viv pointing steve waugh dravid are overall better players there are others who I haven't mentioned. Ab is an ATG in LOI can't deny that

I haven't watched Viv play. I heard he was the biggest striker of the cricket ball ever. AB surely is the best ever I have seen in that aspect. His ability against difficult bowling attacks and under pressure is debatable though. He's not bad either, but he certainly isn't as good as he is against average and above average attacks. No batsman is perfect I guess.

 

[Havok]

wow that was total annihilation, how can gujarat ever recover!!!

 

[RamLakhan]

I think RCB should get rid of both Gayle & Watson from next season and purchase 2 good overseas full-fledged bowlers. Batting is heavy-loaded (even some of their local batsmen are talented enough. Somebody like Mandeep Singh can easily fill in playing XI (good enough) if there is a cushion of good bowling attack. Too much batting balance is not needed (RCB has invariably scored more than 150 runs every match and still lost whereas teams have defended scores of 140-150)

 

[Hasan123]

I haven't watched Viv play. I heard he was the biggest striker of the cricket ball ever. AB surely is the best ever I have seen in that aspect. His ability against difficult bowling attacks and under pressure is debatable though. He's not bad either, but he certainly isn't as good as he is against average and above average attacks. No batsman is perfect I guess.

Never watched viv but heard good things about him. Yes ab against good attacks and under pressure is suspect. No batsmen is perfect but someone who is rated so highly and someone who has been called one of the greatest batters ever should be able to play under pressure and against quality bowling

 

[big_gamer007]

I think RCB should get rid of both Gayle & Watson from next season and purchase 2 good overseas full-fledged bowlers. Batting is heavy-loaded (even some of their local batsmen are talented enough. Somebody like Mandeep Singh can easily fill in playing XI (good enough) if there is a cushion of good bowling attack. Too much batting balance is not needed (RCB has invariably scored more than 150 runs every match and still lost whereas teams have defended scores of 140-150)

They have starc and badree.. Best pacer and best spinner atm for T20s but both are injured.. RCB is the most decked up squad..

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Never watched viv but heard good things about him. Yes ab against good attacks and under pressure is suspect. No batsmen is perfect but someone who is rated so highly and someone who has been called one of the greatest batters ever should be able to play under pressure and against quality bowling

He has performed under pressure and against decent bowling attacks, it's not as if he's never done so.

Anyway, a crazy innings from B Mac would be the cherry on top for this match.

 

[Hasan123]

He has performed under pressure and against decent bowling attacks, it's not as if he's never done so.

Anyway, a crazy innings from B Mac would be the cherry on top for this match.

Not as much as kohli or other atgs

Yes baz needs to go crazy for Gujarat to win

 

[Havok]

Kohli is undoubtedly better than ab in icc tournaments, although it's great to watch ab bat in the ipl, kohli doesn't have the entertaining shots of ab or the power hitting of gayle.

 

[Lords]

4 overs 90 runs and i wicket.

Never seen anything like this

 

[Hasan123]

Legside hack smith is out how can he be batting ahead of finch? Jadeja over finch as well what is Gujarat think?

 

[King Kong]

I think RCB should get rid of both Gayle & Watson from next season and purchase 2 good overseas full-fledged bowlers. Batting is heavy-loaded (even some of their local batsmen are talented enough. Somebody like Mandeep Singh can easily fill in playing XI (good enough) if there is a cushion of good bowling attack. Too much batting balance is not needed (RCB has invariably scored more than 150 runs every match and still lost whereas teams have defended scores of 140-150)

RCB should stick with Watson. His bowling has been good and is the highest wicket taker for his team this season. They should get rid of Gayle though. He is over the hill and buy a good overseas bowler in place of him. I hope starc gets retained. Kohli and ABD will obviously be retained. Starc, badree, Watson, Chahal would make the bowling attack very good.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

csk ?

Yes but even apart that it looks dull.

Way too much t20s for the last month.

Its like being asked to eat 1000 gulab jamuns in one week.

By the end of the week, sweetness makes you sick.

 

[King Kong]

Kohli captaincy record in IPL:

Won: 32
Lost: 31

Not bad at all.

To be honest, RCB has been very lucky in the last two editions and this time as well. They just missed out from qualifying for playoffs in the earlier two editions and this time, tosses haven't gone in their favour. Kohli has won tosses only about two times this season. So RCB have batted first in most of their matches at a time when teams batting 2nd have the clear upper hand. Still RCB can qualify if they win their next 3 matches. I hope they do.