[TrueDub]

Hi all,

To prevent a proliferation of threads on the subject, and in keeping with tradition here in the cricket forum, I'm starting the discussion thread for IPL 2012. Let the discussions commence!

[Giggsy11]

Come on RCBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB.......

Miracle to see us having such a good team after what happened in first auction. Can't wait to see Gayle, De Villiers, Dilshan, Kohli all in one team with Vettori leading them. We have good team but as usual Chennai will win imo.

[Dozen Wicked Words]

Will be having a couple of quid on KKR again this year, surely they are due this year? Plus they are coached by the inventor of the clockwork radio and named after a show about a tallking car driven by the Hoff.


Edit: Ah, apparently the coach didn't invent anything at all that we know of and the team aren't named after KIT, but still, Go on the Knight Riders!!!

[Xfire Elect]

Hopeful about the chargers this year, especially if steyn takes his test ability into the shorter form. Sort of worried about aspects, like can Darren bravo play t20 like he can play test cricket, and will rusty step up, especially with Isshant out. Mishra was great last year, more of the same, and duminy and patel, aswell as chipli, have the ability. Dan christian is another great T20 player.

Potential.

[Giggsy11]

1. Gayle
2. Dilshan
3. Kohli
4. De Villiers
5. S. Tiwary
6. Mayank Agarwal/Pujara
7. Vettori
8. Vinay Kumar
9. Syed
10. Zaheer
11. Mithun

Problem with the team is Gayle, Dilshan, De Villier are very very important players and Vettori is our captain. So I can't see any other foreign players getting chances.
We have Murali and Nannes who are very good bowlers. Might struggle to strike a good balance. Just a player or 2 (Local players) short of having very good team.

[Anky2930]

Hey guys, Don't you think that I.P.L. is loosing it's charm? Do we have so much time to watch it for 54 days?

[Dozen Wicked Words]

It was never the be all and end all for me, I prefer English county cricket, one dayers and T20 (but thats what I was brought up on, so not surprising) and international cricket. Saying that, ANY cricket on free tv is always a winner, since Sky snapped up most cricket, ITV4 showing the IPL gives us without loads of money a chance to watch some exciting cricket. It is too long a tournament format for me but I wont look a gift horse in the mouth! Just about to start now!

Isa Guha is fairly wooden by the way, Per...haps....she....wil......get.....bet....ter...at...read...ing...the....auto...cue.

[Xfire Elect]

Absolute mauling this afternoon, (the score makes it look closer than it actually was.) Chennai will bounce back, Mumbai should kick on.

This young levi chap looks, well, strong. Only a matter of time (probably by the next match) that teams realise he only plays on the on side and panics at the sight of a ball outside off stump.

Realised today that chennai and mumbai have two very different ways of approaching the game: Chennai have some quality all rounders (bravo, morkel, jadeja), while Mumbai have great specialist batsmen and bowlers. Pollard (and maybe Franklin) are exceptions, but it's interesting. Which is the better tactic? Guess it depends on how you value bowling in T20.

[Dozen Wicked Words]

Knight Riders get their campaign started today, against Dehli. Not much to choose between the two going by last years average performances.

[Cardinal Richelieu]

Originally Posted by Anky2930

Hey guys, Don't you think that I.P.L. is loosing it's charm? Do we have so much time to watch it for 54 days?

Noticed no Aussie TV broadcasters picked it up this year. Its very hit and miss. At times its a retiring cricketer pension fund more than a competition.

[booth70]

Originally Posted by Anky2930

Hey guys, Don't you think that I.P.L. is loosing it's charm? Do we have so much time to watch it for 54 days?

Couldn't agree with you more.....if they condense it to 25-30 days it'll make for some great viewing

Good to see the mauling India have had recently has not kept my fellow Indians away from the stadiums

Go CSK....

[Giggsy11]

Originally Posted by booth70

Couldn't agree with you more.....if they condense it to 25-30 days it'll make for some great viewing

Good to see the mauling India have had recently has not kept my fellow Indians away from the stadiums

Go CSK....

Are you from India? If so from which place..

[booth70]

Chennai where else.......In Ireland since 1996

Go CSK

[booth70]

Delhi will be some team when KP and Jayawardene join them after the second test finishes

[Giggsy11]

Originally Posted by booth70

Chennai where else.......In Ireland since 1996

Go CSK

Oh great. I'm from Bangalore

Yeah Delhi will be some team but IMO Chennai and Mumbai are easily better than any team out there.