This season of IPL was better than the previous one. The tournament was not over till the last ball. This year the teams were more balanced and more or less it was a level playing field unlike last year.
Except for KKR, all teams were in fray till the last match. Sharukh should thank John for the tremendous work he has done in disintegrating the team. On paper I don’t think KKR was such a bad team but their downfall should be credited to one man John and his mighty support staff team. Imagine this you have 15 member squad and then you have a coaching staff of 9 people. Which other team on earth will have such a high ratio of coach to player. KKR probably had a coach for batting, getting out, bowling, fielding, misfielding, wicket keeping, and one for the 12th man to train him to effectively get the drinks and accessories on field on time.
Chennai didn’t live up to the expectation and didn’t do justice to the talent they have. Dhoni is probably largely responsible for this bad show. His idea of having the middle order packed with all rounders was a good one, but not Oram. In every post and pre match interview Dhoni admitted that his team’s bowling was bad, but what did he do about that? Leave someone like Nitni in his home ground for Oram, no mate that’s not a way plug the hole. Dhoni was not his usual self in the season. If he was thinking about the world cup it’s good, but is there some other reason to it, only Dhoni can answer it.
My dream squad based on the performances this year:
Hayden, Gilli, Raina, Warne (vc), Dilshan, Yusuf, Kumble (C), Manish pandey, Rohit Sharma, RP singh, Sangakara, Yuvraj, Abhishek Nayar, Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli/Ravindra Jadeja.
RJ
