IPL | Bangalore vs Rajasthan | Bangalore | 26/04/08

[Saj]

30 minutes before play starts at Bangalore.

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


Rajasthan Royals squad

SK Warne, A Angle, SA Asnodkar, RA Jadeja, M Kaif, Kamran Akmal, S Khatri, T Kohli, JL Langer, DS Lehmann, AD Mascarenhas, PP More, M Morkel, Pankaj Singh, MM Patel, NK Patel, YK Pathan, M Rawat, AP Revandkar, D Salunkhe, JN Shah, GC Smith, Sohail Tanvir, SK Trivedi, SR Watson

 

[Saj]

Lets see if Misbah makes his IPL debut. Kamran Akmal of course is the Rajasthan keeper and Sohail Tanvir is also in their squad.

 

[pakistanbest]

reports that akmal wont be playing and tanvir will be taking his place.

doesn't sound like a good move.

akmal has been in form with the gloves and showed glimpses of form with the bat

 

[pakistanbest]

this will be a scorcher of a match.

warne vs misbah. what a great battle it could be

 

[Saj]

Bangalore to bat first.

 

[pakistani]

Is misbah playing today

 

[moumotta]

Is misbah playing today

No

 

[pakistanbest]

Bangalore Royal Challengers team
R Dravid, S Chanderpaul, LRPL Taylor, JH Kallis, V Kohli, MV Boucher, P Kumar, A Kumble, Z Khan, SB Joshi, R Vinay Kumar


Rajasthan Royals team
GC Smith, M Rawat, YK Pathan, M Kaif, SR Watson, RA Jadeja, D Salunkhe, SK Warne, Sohail Tanvir, SK Trivedi, MM Patel

 

[Usman Chadda]

Is misbah playing today

No he isnt. Bangalore want the perfect test team out there on the field. Apparently Chanderpaul and Kallis are better than Misbah in T20s according to Bangalore/Dravid

 

[Saj]

Tanvir makes his IPL debut for Rajasthan.

 

[DotCom]

No he isnt. Bangalore want the perfect test team out there on the field. Apparently Chanderpaul and Kallis are better than Misbah in T20s according to Bangalore/Dravid

i would have dropped either Taylor or Kallis..

Chanderpaul can do some hitting ..

 

[moumotta]

Tanvir makes his IPL debut for Rajasthan.

Tanvir replaces Pankaj and to accomodate him Akmal has to sit out. Good move as our bowling stocks were low in the last game.

 

[pakistanbest]

Tanvir replaces Pankaj and to accomodate him Akmal has to sit out. Good move as our bowling stocks were low in the last game.

is the W/K a genuine one?

 

[waqar_ahmad]

What morons. THey have dravid and kallis in the team, but no Misbah. Freaking idiots

 

[moumotta]

is the W/K a genuine one?

Hope so.

 

[iZeeshan]

Wow, why isn't Misbah playing? Pathetic.

 

[Sparhawk]

Dravid and chanderpaul opening.

 

[J-Essence]

misbah not playing why?

 

[pakistanbest]

without the pak player it is not really enjoyable as theya re the main reason a lot of us ppers watch the IPL

 

[Easa]

I was going to put Misbah in my fantasy team but the change wasn't allowed, so I guess I lucked out.

Shame that he isn't playing though, being the best T20 batsman in the world.

 

[Saj]

misbah not playing why?

because they have opted for Kallis, Chanderpaul, Boucher and Ross Taylor as the 4 overseas players.

 

[inzibhai]

joke of the year...Misbah not playing while Kallis in....i dont know what to say..

 

[Sparhawk]

Apparently Chanderpaul and Kallis are better than Misbah in T20s according to Bangalore/Dravid

It makes sense i suppose. They want to drop the best 20/20 batsman in the world for a big fat wall.

Dravid falls, serves him right. )

 

[tauseefm]

Dravid Gone..

 

[Saj]

without the pak player it is not really enjoyable as theya re the main reason a lot of us ppers watch the IPL

Sohail Tanvir is playing today.

 

[inzibhai]

"Bangalore without Misbah is like Sholay without Gabbar Singh," says Asmath.


from cricinfo commentry..

 

[moumotta]

Good start

 

[iZeeshan]

) Watson gets Dravid! Some class in place of Misbah eh?

 

[Legendary_Sage]

"Bangalore without Misbah is like Sholay without Gabbar Singh," says Asmath.
sums it up perfectly ...

 

[f.b.m]

Good. Now that Dravid is gone, Banglore has a chance of winning this.

 

[pakistanbest]

misbah not playing why?

faviouritism within the team.

dropping misbah is like dropping ronaldo from man utd.

a SHOCKING decision

 

[nikred]

what bullsh*t? why isnt Misbah playing? This is gonna hurt my fantasy team

 

[purplehaze]

Seems like Dravid/ Ponting are yet to come in terms with this format...

 

[Easa]

Dravid just isn't a T20 player. No clue in hell why he is opening... and Misbah is left out

 

[waqar_ahmad]

hahaha...dravid out. serves him right, dropping Misbah.

 

[moumotta]

LOL all Misbah fans. Switch back from the dark side & barrack for Rajasthan.

 

[Saj]

Good start from Tanvir. On the mark and a hint of movement.

Nice to see the one that leaves the lefthander in Tanvirs armoury now.

 

[Imy]

Sohail just hit 133 in Pak he coyld not crack 130, hum either Indian spped guns are too quick or Pak speed guns aer 5kph slower

 

[Saj]

huge 6 by Ross Taylor off Tanvir.

 

[Sparhawk]

Ross taylor is always a treat to watch when he gets flowing. He stands out like a hare among turtles in this batting line up.

 

[pakistanbest]

hope rajashtan win and will then see what dravid has to say about dropping the best T20 batsman misbah.

 

[inzibhai]

Man i was really looking fwd to see what kind of impact Misbah will have on this banglore team...very disappointed with RD/Martin Crowe /Venky and whoever else make the final 11.......

i would have understood if he had the excuse of not making changes to winning combo but than he brought in Anil Kumble....another test player......

 

[pakistani pride]

pak speed guns are fake and crap !

 

[12thMan]

an edge flies to six next ball

 

[Sparhawk]

Hahaha two walls tumble within the first 3 overs. Serves you right dravid!!

 

[pakistanbest]

watson gets another one chanderpaul OUT.

well done wattie

 

[pakistanbest]

another boring bastman in the shape of kallis walks out to the crease, hopefully watson can remove him quickly

 

[Imy]

Tanvir bowling quicker than Watson and he was our slowest bowler

 

[Sparhawk]

Tanvir is being torn apart by Ross taylor. Two sixes and a four so far.

 

[f.b.m]

Lawlz at Munna Patel.

 

[pakistanbest]

taylor and boucher are the only two destructive player in the team

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Well i m suppose to support warne team.....
as only one pak player is playing today and that is tanvir so i have to support him..

 

[pakistanbest]

munaf patel has a worst average than sami. average of 116 and an economy rate of 10

 

[Sparhawk]

Munaf vs patel: 4 followed by a huge six so far.

Taylor is on 39 off 17 deliveries.

 

[Legendary_Sage]

but sami maintains his avg even playing far more matches then munaf ... so he is the winner

 

[Sparhawk]

Yusuf pathan's record is in danger.

 

[pakistanbest]

damn i had taylor in my team but changed him

 

[Legendary_Sage]

i think he is going to get 150+ today the way he is batting...

 

[pakistanbest]

the chucker Trivedi is on to bowl

 

[Legendary_Sage]

i think warne should bring himself on now... as he is the prime bowler for his team

 

[Sparhawk]

i think he is going to get 150+ today the way he is batting...

But he could run out of partners. Kallis is supposed to be experienced he should have just given the strike to taylor. Misbah would have done that

 

[Legendary_Sage]

now if taylor is going to fall.........they will tumble to make good score..... on this stage player like misbah is valuable

 

[Legendary_Sage]

tarvedi the chucker has put on better show then any other bowler...

 

[pakistanbest]

hopefully smith and watson open for the rajas

 

[Legendary_Sage]

taylor gone............now they r in trouble

 

[pakistanbest]

great catch by smith points for me. yeeeeeeeeees

 

[pakistanbest]

rajas should win this as warne is still yet to bowl and will cause trouble.

 

[Easa]

great catch by smith points for me. yeeeeeeeeees

Me too

 

[pakistanbest]

boucher has walked out. last hope

 

[Sparhawk]

I wonder if the royals (or is it the royal challengers?) have learned their lesson. Misbah should be included always.

 

[pakistanbest]

will watson be going home along with the other aussies?

 

[Legendary_Sage]

i wish they should pay for not including misbah n bowled out 4 less then 100

 

[Legendary_Sage]

every 1 gone to sleep ..............................
wake up...................

 

[Legendary_Sage]

and another one bites the dust............
hahahaha

 

[tauseefm]

Royals would make a good test team. i wonder who picked these players for T20

 

[phoenix-suns]

I dont understand why many people here are crying for Misbah. He is nothing special. I wud pick kallis ahead of him as kallis is an alrounder. Ross Taylor def a better hitter than misbah. He could have come in place of chandarpaul. but chandarpaul is recently in very good form and played matchwinning innings recently against SL.

Misbah will get his chance next game as chandarpaul has failed twice.

 

[Legendary_Sage]

now it all depends on boucher

 

[Legendary_Sage]

wellllllll bowled tanvir......

 

[Legendary_Sage]

I dont understand why many people here are crying for Misbah. He is nothing special. I wud pick kallis ahead of him as kallis is an alrounder. Ross Taylor def a better hitter than misbah. He could have come in place of chandarpaul. but chandarpaul is recently in very good form and played matchwinning innings recently against SL.

Misbah will get his chance next game as chandarpaul has failed twice.

as an indian fan......... i m not surprised at ur comments

 

[12thMan]

Warne can still apeal well