Indian Premier League, IPL twenty 20 tournament already started and we have already seen 10 matches. This is yet to go long way to find who will be champion and who will cut out from the group stages. But some predictions can be made.
8 teams are participating from several region of India. All team hired the best international players to boost their team spirit. I'm giving a short view over the teams those are playing.
Kings XI Punjab:One of the Top favorite team according to the depth of experience and strength. In this twenty20 championship, they have the best bowling attack as per my recommendation. They have Irfan Patha, Sreesanth, and Bret Lee. Later on they will have Kyle Mills, and other along side them.
Yuvraj Shing, Bret Lee, and Irfan Pathan.
The have also the highly experienced batting lineup. yuvraj shing with sangakkara, sarwan and allrounder hopes are the mighty blower at t20 types matches. Unfortunately They have lost their first 2 matches. And I have to say that they lost because the bowling was really poor according to their standard. But surely they will come up when the competition progress. Just for a note, they have Tom Moody is the couch along side them. Also to remember the Bollywood Glamor girl Prity Zinta is one of the owener of the Panjab team. Lets see how she can bump up the team spirit.
Chennai Super Kings:Another hot cake team for this IPL t20 championship. This team has some terrific international cricket player who already has tremendous record on cricket career. Dhoni, Fleming, Oram, Ntini, Hussy, Hayden, Muralitharan are the bluster for them. I'm always loving the attitude of the Australian players. They are 100% professional. Thats why Hayden is my man for the team.
Dhoni, Fleming, Hayden, Ntini, Oram
It is really hard to find the weakest side of the team. This team will reach the semi-final that is true like sun rises at east. Who knows, may be they can be the champion!!! by the guide of former South African Captain Kepler Wessels.
Delhi Daredevils:This is the team of Virender Shewag. He is the captain of the team. As you know Shewag is the hitter even at test matches, and what will he do at twenty20 cricket should I need to tell you? They have Gambir who is in outstanding form, AB De Villiers to support the batting. For bowling, they have the best Aussie bowler Glen McGrath with Mohammad Asif from Pakistan. And for sure the bowling sensation Rajat Bhatia and kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori.
This team already won their first two matches comprehensively. But they will be challenged later part of the tournament to test their strength. So far they are well in the chase of the trophy.
Kolkata Knight Riders:Well, this team is really made a amazement on the tournament without before play a single game. Just because the Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan(King Khan) being the owner of the team. He has Juhi Chawla another bollywood superstar alongside him as a owner. Shahrukh gathered massive crowed for his team when he stands at stadium as a spectator. This is the plus point for them.
Ganguly, McCullum, Shahrukh :-p, Ponting, Shoib
This is the most favorite team to win the Trophy from the tournament not just shahrukh, they has some really famous cricketer like Saurav Ganguly who himself a captain, Ricky Ponting the Aussie skipper, Shoiab Akhter the fastest bowler of the world. Also they have Ishant Sharma the bowling sensation of the Indian cricket, McCullum from NZ, and others. They already won their first to matches and blew the whistle saying the winner are they.
Mumbai Indians:Ahhh, Shachin Tendulker's team. Initially they were one of the favorite team of the tournament. But, they lost their first 3 matches. Shachin still to debut in the tournament being injury. What so ever, I'm not counting they for the favorite. In fact the will not reach to the semi-final even.
Harbhajan, Jayasuriya, Pollock, and Shachin.
At 20-20, you need atleast few powerful smashers. But so far, i found only Robin Uthappa played few strokes. They have Jayasuriya as well, but i really doubt about the consistent of his performance. Also Shaun Pollock, He may be a good hitter, but.... They needs batsman as a hitter, not from all rounder. As I always say that Aussie players are most professional, but they don't have any high class aussie player, and for my concern that will be a big big problem in to the long run. I'm really upset by the player selection them.
Bangalore Royal Challengers:Huh, an unpredictable of the tournament. They have really really best player of the world, but their performance is really suck at first game. What will they do I don't know. Cause I saw their first 2 matches, but they are not looking like a champion. Look at their team players, Dravid, Kallis the world's best allrounder, Boucher, Chandarpaul, Dale Styen from South Africa, Zaheer Khan, Kumble.
Boucher, Chandarpal, Dravid, kallis
Few aussie players like Cameron White, NewZealand's batting sensation Ross Taylor who is a stroke maker with powerful hitting ability, Abdur Razzak from Bangladesh who is one of the rising left handed off spinner. What they have played so far, if they keep continue like this, they will be cut out 100%. But if the players perform according to their name, then that would be different. This is the team with full packet of star players.
Rajasthan Royals:This is the team from Jaipur, The Royal's of Rajstan. They are already marked as the underdog of the tournament. And won the 2 of first 3 matches. Still underdog? i'm confused. They don't have any Indian star player into their squad other than Mohammad Kaif. But they have the out side indian player bench is heavy. Younis Khan, Grame Smith, Shane Warne, Langer, Lehman, Young All Rounder Shame Watson are the key player for the team. Thats why I don't like to call them udnerdog. They must be called as one of the four team to reach the Semi.
Warne, Kaif, Smith, Watson, Younis
This is the only one team from IPL, that has the non-Indian player Warne is the captain. Not only captain, he is also the coach of the team. I'm wondering how far this team can go. Champion??? Not sure, time will say this.
Deccan Chargers:Team from Hyderabad. So far flop at the tournament. VVS Laxman is the captain of the team. This team has the world's best player to play 20-20 match. Just read the names, Shahid Afridi, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilcrist, Herschelle Gibbs these are the well know power hitter of 50 over matches cricket. And you can imagine what they will do at IPL? But somehow they are so far flop. I mean as a team.
Warne, Kaif, Smith, Watson, Younis
Not only these players, they have Vass, Zoysa, Scott Sytris from Newzeanald, RP Shing like player. But what needs to them to win their first game? 3/3 they lost. Such a poor performance so far. Will they can come up as a threat for other teams? Lets see what time says...
What do you think? Who will be the champion? Can you guess?