IPL 23rd Match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians

[shantanu_rooney]

Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Mumbai Indians, 4 times in 4 matches. Well it was always gonna be difficult to score more than 10 runs of Malinga and Nayar did the job well in the last over. McCullum should have come when Van Wyk got out, I say poor captaincy again by McCullum and I would have given some one like Kartik in the last over instead of Dinda. Overall KKR are getting everything wrong.

Well for Mumbai, if Sachin-Sanath fail, we have JP who has played really well and also proved his worth. And nice to see Zak get 3 wickets.

 

[Leggie]

Mumbai! :banana2 We can get to the finals. I'm predicting a Deccan-Mumbai final.

 

[sashidharan]

KKR is really waste.They are not worht to be in IPL.Banglore are doing well really.Better Hodge can quit before next match so that he can earn some fame.Its not worth to be with players like agarkar,murali,shulka,dada,gayle and greatest captain mccullum.Cheers to this team.

 

[surendar]

:laugh I told that McCullum's captaincy is just poor and horrible in the start of this thread.. And it was the worst! :laugh

Will any foolish cricketer think to run for a second run in the last taking Hodge off the strike for next last crucial 20th over? That too when Hodge was having some ankle problem. No wonder KKR's coach showed his hands over his neck indicating that it was just a utter suicide when Hodge was walking back.

Just a horrible captaincy.. And as I said, Ireland is better than KKR side Stop making big advertisements.. First act in cricket and do the roles correctly and then KKR can think of the advertisements. :

 

[irottev]

Why aren't people saying how bad Buchannan is?

You're only as good as your team. He had no trouble when he was coaching a team with good players. Now he looks like a ******.

Pus he was sitting there eating half the game looking like he didn't care/had given up.

:laugh I told that McCullum's captaincy is just poor and horrible in the start of this thread.. And it was the worst! :laugh

Will any foolish cricketer think to run for a second run in the last taking Hodge off the strike for next last crucial 20th over? That too when Hodge was having some ankle problem. No wonder KKR's coach showed his hands over his neck indicating that it was just a utter suicide when Hodge was walking back.

Now you're starting to troll. There was a second run, it's just Hodge was tired. He's not as quick as McCullum. Plus the fact that the required rate was difficult by that stage basically forced them to take risks running. Malinga got away with a wide which would have made them feel like they lost a ball putting pressure on.

I agree McCullum should have come in once the South African went out there. I think the reason he didn't was because up until then none of the Indian young players had been given a go. I'm not sure if there's rules against it, but I know there's been criticism about indian players not being used and the internationals taking the limelight away.

McCullum is a poor Twenty/20 captain but the real captaincy test is test cricket which i'm not sure he's done a lot of. He obviously lacks experience and was kinda thrust into it. He's taking blame and accountability for it in the media and will step down.

The whole KKR side is just stuffed. From coach captain to all the squad of players. They can't buy a win and aside from perhaps Gayle (who has been average) none of them are consistently performing

Oh and this may be my last post...but oh well.

 

[gudduthemaster]

Ahh!!!
i never saw a McCullum fan like this one
man you need to think about the whole match
McCullum is doing nothing (well it may be for the job of captaincy)
he failed in batting ,captaincy every thing.
today he proved his self as a foolish because of that running :happy
so kick him out at least for 5 match
BTW change the sig please

 

[aussie1st]

Finally the stars from Victoria are doing something at the next level. This is probably the break through that will let Hodge kick on and start making those scores we saw him do for Victoria. But ain't going to help if the others aren't helping. McCullum is wasted down the order though, should just go back up the top and start swinging it.

 

[piriyanth]

Nice try by Hodge, but the others didn't contribute.

 

[Raj_Aryan]

McCullum had said that if his team KKR dosent reach semis he will step down as captain..so possibly we will another captian or Ganguly in 3rd season,because they cant make it from here..

 

[Sartaj]

mccullum does it again! he got too scared to bat up the order and sent shukla at a very crucial moment of the match instead of himself!!
mccullum doesn't dererve to be paid even a single penny.
somebody please fire him and buchanan for KKR's sake.
i really feel for the people of kolkata,dada and SRK.

 

[nikhil_99]

KKR's 8-9 players are just filling the team to make it 11,hardly 2-3 players are actually doing a bit....

 

[surendar]

Now you're starting to troll. There was a second run, it's just Hodge was tired. He's not as quick as McCullum. Plus the fact that the required rate was difficult by that stage basically forced them to take risks running. Malinga got away with a wide which would have made them feel like they lost a ball putting pressure on.

Fact is a fact is a fact whatever way you put it. :readit

I don't know whether Hodge was asking for a runner the previous over but I felt that he was struggling with his ankle while running.

Being a captain,

1. You should know what your players are upto.
2. If you are batting, you should understand your partner. ( see what Sachin and Jayasuriya have complemented each other. Sachin is also one of the poor captains which he has agreed himself but when comes to batting, look at the strategy and support he gives for his partner )
3. You should have some sense whether its better to bring that Hodge who was looking dangerous or bring the out of form batsman(McCullum) on strike for the 20th over. When you say the crucial last over, captain's brain should do these calculations.
4. And Importantly, after that Malinga's over, you should DO KNOW that the specialist bowlers have finished their quota and it's going to be some inexperienced bowler going to bowl that last over. I am sure if Hodge have faced that A.Nayar in the last over, KKR would have won at ease.

What did McCullum did? None of the above! Then how will a team win if the captain's brain is not working? Captains should lead by example.

I agree McCullum should have come in once the South African went out there. I think the reason he didn't was because up until then none of the Indian young players had been given a go. I'm not sure if there's rules against it, but I know there's been criticism about indian players not being used and the internationals taking the limelight away.

What a sour grapes. I agree that McCullum is a blasting batsman.. How can you forget that 150 + knock in the opening match of IPL season 1. Because of which I selected him as a keeper in my fantasy cricket too.: But he has been rusted in this IPL. Thats why fact is a fact is fact!

McCullum is a poor Twenty/20 captain but the real captaincy test is test cricket which i'm not sure he's done a lot of.

But we are playing T20 cricket not test.

 

[Sartaj]

no use of crying over spilt milk.
move on guys.lets assume that mccullum is no better than a local player like say dwaraka ravi teja of DC and lets stop expecting anything from him.these kiwis always want to be the underdogs.

 

[King Cricket]

People are bashing Mac for no reason, when the main culprit is Buchanan. Poor guy. It's like making a two year old do algebra-problems meant for Class XII. He's a captain, a keeper, an opener- all at the same time. He's got pressurized- nothing else. He still remains the most lethal batsman of KKR. We just need to give the captaincy to someone else. Just see how Bucha has paralyzed him! It's his fault, not Mac's. What can he do? He is not any born captaincy material. He has never ever captained any side in any serious tournament before, he is absolutely inexperienced, that's why he's failing.

 

[surendar]

Thats what I had been stressing the point that he is not a good captain. Even I don't like Sachin captaining the side. He is also a poor captain but a very expert vice-captain giving advices to his fellow mates.

Captaincy is a different job and different role. Not everyone can do it. We had clearly seen that in the Indian team before and after Dhoni. Inspite of having 3-4 legends in the team, we struggled in absence of an example to lead from front before Dhoni.:cool: