IPL | Bangalore v Hyderabad | Bangalore | 3/5/08

[Saj]

Bangalore Royal Challengers squad

R Dravid, Abdur Razzak, B Akhil, KP Appanna, J Arunkumar, MV Boucher, S Chanderpaul, B Chipli, SP Goswami, W Jaffer, SB Joshi, JH Kallis, Z Khan, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Kumble, Misbah-ul-Haq, AA Noffke, DT Patil, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, R Vinay Kumar, CL White


Deccan Chargers squad

VVS Laxman, SB Bangar, H Das, HH Gibbs, AC Gilchrist, D Kalyankrishna, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, Shahid Afridi, RG Sharma, LPC Silva, RP Singh, SB Styris, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, DP Vijaykumar, AS Yadav, DNT Zoysa

 

[Saj]

2 struggling teams and 2 skippers under pressure.

Can Afridi fire today?

Will Gibbs blast the opposition?

Will Misbah finally make his IPL debut?

More fireworks from Gilly?

Play is due to start in just over 30 minutes.

 

[Shahid A]

Afridi Wont Fire Today
Gibbs Wont Blast The Opposition
Misbah May Play
Gilly Will Show Some Fireworks

and Deccan Chargers are bowling first!!

 

[Sufian84]

misbah is playing

 

[masoodabbaspk]

Breaking News, Misbah is playing

 

[Saj]

Bangalore Royal Challengers team

B Chipli, W Jaffer, R Dravid, JH Kallis, Misbah-ul-Haq, V Kohli, MV Boucher, P Kumar, Z Khan, DW Steyn, A Kumble

Deccan Chargers team

AC Gilchrist, VVS Laxman, HH Gibbs, RG Sharma, SB Styris, Shahid Afridi, SB Bangar, AS Yadav, RP Singh, DP Vijaykumar, PP Ojha

 

[pakistani pride]

from cricket info: Teams? Coming up soon. If Misbah-ul-Haq doesn't get a game for Bangalore today, something's got to be seriously wrong somewhere.

LOL haha

 

[Saj]

Bangalore 1 down already

13 for 1. Rudra takes the wicket.

 

[DM]

Good to see Misbah batting

32/1 off 4

 

[Boi]

39 for 1

 

[Boi]

Afridi on to bowl!!

 

[pakistani pride]

lol almost 10 overs gone and RR of under 8.

Bring on MISbeast !

 

[nikred]

rameez says afridi is clever with shots

 

[DM]

Bangalore really need to accelerate if they want any chance of winning

 

[in_cutter]

rameez says afridi is clever with shots

lol I heard that too...I think he said something like a taste of Afridi's own medicine.

This is boring so far....im more hooked to the snooker.

 

[masoodabbaspk]

Kallis out, might Misbah come in

 

[nikred]

oh boy the real beast is on.

 

[Sparhawk]

Huge roar for Misbah walking in... he's got the entire crowd chanting his name.

Afridi vs Misbah, again i'm not sure which side to support.

 

[feather]

wow the crowd is chanting Misbah Misbah...everyone seems to remember him!!

 

[Sparhawk]

lol Dravid looks like such a rookie when he's playing aggressive shots. Starts with a 4 though...

 

[pak4life]

everyone seems to love misbah even cricinfo!

 

[Shayan]

110-4 after 14

 

[nikred]

wow the crowd is chanting Misbah Misbah...everyone seems to remember him!!

a true champion is appriciated anywhere.

p.s. i want him out as soon as possible

 

[Shayan]

Afridi v Misbah!

 

[Shayan]

and Afridi gets him!!

 

[Sparhawk]

aw man Misbah unlucky to be given out there.

 

[nikred]

two of my favorate batsman at the crease and i am supporting deccan chargers.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Hawkeye reckons that was missing BUT it looked out when i first saw it

 

[Sufian84]

nnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooo

 

[nikred]

the fake beast removes the real beast

 

[darkmoon459]

bad decision

 

[NeVerMind]

that was awful decision as it was looking to miss the leg stump by miles...

 

[pak4life]

haha billy doctrove why is this guy still an umpire. blind as a bat still

 

[jackal786]

Hawkeye reckons that was missing BUT it looked out when i first saw it

Nice way to be supportive of both players

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

nahhhhh Afridi what did u do....Im really happy that he got a wicket but y the wicket of Misbah
arghhhh that's y i hate when Pakistani players r playing against each other

 

[masoodabbaspk]

Bad luck to misbah, it was misjudged by the umpire.

 

[Sparhawk]

I'm supporting DC too, and they are well in front right now.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Nice way to be supportive of both players

got to be done

 

[dinakar]

a hard hitter in ODIs like Boucher is struggling out there. such a pathetic state of Bangalore

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Good keeping from Gilly BUT batsman is not out

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

well done Afridi!!! 1 wicket and only 23 runs

 

[nikred]

rameez: adam gilchrist is a wonderful operator

 

[DM]

Fantastic spell from the one-armed anaemic meat-skinner - 4 overs 1/23

 

[Sparhawk]

Another brilliant spell from Afridi.

Dravid dropped by styris! He looks disappointed but i don't know if its such a bad thing.

 

[DM]

Dravid is just too slooowwwwwwwww

 

[DM]

Deccans have this in the bag

 

[nikred]

stryis does a great job of dropping dravid he is a smart operator

 

[Mohsin]

consecutive 4s from Parveen to finish the 19th over!

143/6

 

[Sparhawk]

That was messy, unknown indian tackling styris like its baseball.

 

[Mohsin]

19.1 Styris to Dravid, no run, Dravid mistimes a slog and places it wide of Styris, he misfields as he collides with Praveen and they set off for a run, Dravid then turns down the run as it wasn;t fair on the fielding side

sporting stuff from Dravid

Edit: Parveen run out for 8

Edit again! Dravid hits another 6 straight after!

 

[nikred]

dravid hits a 6 *faints*

 

[Mohsin]

dravid hits a 6 *faints*

Dravid's a smart operator!


Edit: Dravid out on the last ball
19.6 Styris to Dravid, OUT
R Dravid c Yadav b Styris 26 (19b 1x4 2x6) SR: 136.84

 

[Gunner786]

i want to see afridi open today

 

[Saj]

Doctroves decision to give Misbah out was a shocker.

Missing leg stump and going over the top.

I suppose Doctrove is there for the comedy value.

 

[dinakar]

Doctroves decision to give Misbah out was a shocker.

Missing leg stump and going over the top.

I suppose Doctrove is there for the comedy value.

still Rudi holds the orange cap for the 'highest wrong decision awarder'

 

[Mohsin]

Player back out onto the field, Styne starts of with a wide (142kpm!)

 

[Mohsin]

Gilly really struggling to get Styne away, got a feeling he will be on his way back soon...

 

[nikred]

gilly struggling, laxman being laxman

 

[Mohsin]

Gilly gone caught by Jaffer off ZK!

 

[DM]

Gibbs OUT

Pls lets see the Beast!

 

[Mohsin]

First ball wicket! Gibbs fails again

5.1 Kumar to Gibbs, OUT, and the bowling change works! Praveen pitches it short of a length outside off, Gibbs stays at the crease to flat bat it but the ball stops on him, he gets a thick top edge and Kumble at mid-off takes the sitter
HH Gibbs c Kumble b Kumar 5 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

 

[dinakar]

Gibbs OUT

Pls lets see the Beast!

yes, Beast in the crease

 

[Vegitto1]

Rohit Sharma is no Beast. He is a knight

 

[Mohsin]

Lights Go Off Again!!))

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Rameez Raja reason to why tower lights are affecting players: "light is ok to play, but batsmen get used to the light towers" around those lines lol!

 

[Vegitto1]

Afrodi is slated to come in at 6

 

[Mohsin]

Rameez Raja reason to why tower lights are affecting players: "light is ok to play, but batsmen get used to the light towers" around those lines lol!

LOL
Still though, imagine if it was Zaheer Abbas on commentary!
'I must say, who turned off the lights?!'

 

[DHONI183]

Rohit to take them through !

 

[iZeeshan]

I can really feel an Afridi special today.

 

[pakistanbest]

we want the beast, this is boring from laxman

 

[iZeeshan]

Come on Afridi!

 

[Vegitto1]

Deccan will lose this match. they left it too late. Now if quick wickets fall during acceleration then they will b stuck in no mans land.

 

[Shayan]

these 2 look comfortable, Afridi might not be needed.

 

[iZeeshan]

I really hope someone gets out soon, or the Deccans won't win it. Lax will come under pressure and screw it up.

But six.

 

[Lambu]

nO need for the beast...Rohit is the man of the moment!! This guy just keeps on impressing.he has become the second highest run scorer in the tournament.

 

[Lambu]

four...Rohit makes batting look sooo damn easy!! just 3 runs away from becoming the leading run-scorer in the tournament.

 

[Inswinger]

Another boring match.

 

[Inswinger]

Damn these blondies are......!!!!!1

 

[Saj]

Steyn has bowled really well today and really cranked up the pace too. With bit more luck he could have picked up a wicket or two.

Last delivery 149.1kph

 

[Raz]

43 off 27 needed