CSK vs RCB round 2: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Law of averages favors CSK: RCB goes clueless on reason for loss

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The Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 3 second round match ended up with Chennai Super Kings on the winning side. The law of averages favors Chennai Super Kings - Royal Challengers Bangalore clueless on loss

The Royal Challengers Challenge

The Royal Challengers might have gone a little clueless on what cost them the match. Perhaps, they took the losing Chennai Super Kings team too easily. But it was apparent that in their innings the Royal Challengers did make a few attempts to win. Jacques Kallis's classy batting that maneuvered the gaps could not come handy once more. After Robin Utthappa was dropped, the team depended on him to repeat the trick that he did on his home turf.

But the clear Chennai MA Chidambaram pitch is always a flat wicket which makes Sachin Tendulkar say that it is his favorite ground. Robin Utthappa went out early in the uncertain T20 format of the game. Jakati's bowling was unexpected considering the bowler is little known in the cricketing fraternity. Jacques Kallis could not accelerate the innings after building up a good launching pad. The run out cost not only his wicket but also the game for the Royal Challengers.

The RCB could post only about 161 runs for the Chennai Super Kings to chase who were seriously held up in the 15th over and the run rate did not move much further until Kevin Peterson and Cameron White chipped in with a few shots.

The Chennai Super Kings innings watched from an electric train

I was travelling on train and while going past the stadium a few of us could not resist to take a look for a few seconds. Near the entrance on the train, we could not look at each others' faces just because though we were embarrassed by our acts, cricket is simply irresistible to every Indian. It seemed like eternity when we were seconds away from the Stadium. "Still it has not come," one of the commuters said.

The moment arrived. Voila! Live Cricket from Electric Train. It seemed to be very close. We could make out that Matthew Hayden was playing. The RCB bowler ran into the pitch. The non-striker was attempting a run. Seconds flashed and it was all over! We got back to our seats and I heard some of them speaking, "Hayden is still in,"

Still excited faces! I knew they were going to remain so for long. A surprising candidate was Murali Vijay who could play the best of cricketing shots and help the Chennai Super Kings win the match. Amidst IPL T20 sloggers Murali Vijay did a good job with his bat. Surprising that the Chennai Super Kings could make a win with less of hiccups though they had some after losing two quick wickets of Dhoni and Morkel.

This win helped build the team morale of the Chennai Super Kings! Dhoni's presence has also made the team a better one. There will be significant improvements when the team bowls than bats. Dhoni could maneuver the fielders and fetch wins from nowhere out of the blue. Captain Cool remains cool even when a few catches are dropped. He always thinks about what next to do when something adverse happens. That is what that makes Dhoni win matches than the "Midas Touch" which is pure myth!

It is presence of mind, hard work and ability to be cool all the time that makes Dhoni a very good Captain!


 

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CSK vs MI IPL 3 Match Result: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar nudged Mumbai Indians to an emphatic win

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians IPL 3 match ended with Mumbai Indians winning with ease. Chennai Super Kings's total of 180 didn't help them secure a win! Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar took care of the proceedings!

"If Dalai Lama were to watch the IPL, would he support the Chennai Super Kings or the Royal Challengers Bangalore?"

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I read on Yahoo, a headline, on Dalai Lama watching the IPL! I didn't read the article fully. Hopefully, will catch it today. By the way, one more Kudos to us for two of our predictions had turned right. We said in our last post that Dhoni will come back in to the side for the match against Chennai Super Kings for some damage control, then the Chennai Super Kings will lose the match against the Mumbai Indians! Gee! We have been right on more than one occasion!

Sachin Tendulkar won the toss. Experience helped Sachin take good decision

Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to field. The Mumbai Indians rather restricted the Chennai Super Kings to a 180? Knowing that the Mumbai Indians will win the match with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar? Earlier Mongoose bat Matthew Hayden scored 4 fours of consecutive deliveries of Zaheer Khan. Then, he got out cheaply.


Suresh Raina came to the crease and scored a well made 83 off 52 balls with seven fours and three sixes and remained unbeaten. Subramaniam Badrinath scored 55 off 45 balls. In Twitter, it was joked that the strategy of Mumbai Indians was to not appeal for Badrinath's wicket. The batsman did not give a flying edge to his game but rather scored better than a run a ball.

They sailed the Chennai Super Kings to a comfortable total of 180 runs. It could also be called as a comfortable total for the Mumbai Indians to chase with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. The Chennai Super Kings, though they scored at 9 runs per over, lacked a fighting spirit. The team always looks ordinary and looks like "just-out-of-bed".

They scored a few shots here and there except for Suresh Raina's batting who scored most of the runs. This is a serious sectarian humiliation for the Chennai Super Kings. This further echoes the stigmatizing of the Chennai players as lacking talent to play at the International level. At least Dinesh Karthik is one of the fine players from the soil, who unfortunately plays for the Delhi Daredevils.

Even that move would not make much of a change. The commentators (probably Harsha Bhogle I remember) told that the last over by Lasith Malinga which gave away just 7 runs could have been the crucial turn around for the Mumbai Indians. Was it true? It clearly indicated that the total on the board was not enough for the lackluster Chennai Super Kings bowlers to defend.



The Mumbai Indians innings

The Mumbai Indians scored at brisk pace right from the beginning. Shikhar Dhawan scored a brisk 56 off 34 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Then, Sachin maneuvered the team to a superb victory with 8 fours and 1 six. His strike rate was 138.46. Sachin Tendulkar scored 72 off 52 balls. The inexperience of Saurabh Tiwary was revealed when he fell to the spin wizard Mutthiah Muralitharan. He was caught LBW by a straightening Mutthiah Muralitharan delivery which pitched in line. Mutthiah Muralitharan made useful contribution by picking up 2 wickets but that was not enough for the Chennai Super Kings to win.

The team demanded a team effort to win. Probably, the next IPL auction will call for a few good bowlers for the Chennai Super Kings team. It was all quite easy for the Mumbai Indians and they never looked out of the game for even a single moment. The Mumbai Indians won the game against Chennai Super Kings quite comfortably.

I wanted to see God today. He came in the form of Sachin Tendulkar!

I wanted to see God. I knew I would see him today. I gleefully saw Him score 72 off 52 balls. I was wondering if I wanted Chennai Super Kings to win or Sachin Tendulkar to score a comfortable half century. I opted for the latter. I had long foregone my love for the Chennai Super Kings that the team remains the least glamorous of all. Even the ever losing Kings XI Punjab has been glamorous! Not only with Preity Zinta! Mind you!

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CSK vs RCB: Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings: Poor CSK lose out to an immaculte RCB

Chennai Super Kings lose IPL 3 match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore! Poor batting by the Chennai Super Kings batsmen! CSK Top order batsmen falling cheap! RCB excellent as they have been in two seasons!

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We are still proud in having said that the Chennai Super Kings is an ordinary team even when it was winning! The Chennai Super Kings proved to be an ordinary team once more. Both batting and fielding need to be better for the Chennai Super Kings!

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) innings

The RCB started off slowly. They played around six an over for the first half of their innings. With Kallis and Dravid departing early, the Royal Challengers put up an ordinary show in the beginning. But when Robin Uthappa came to the crease, things started to shift in favor of the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The team owner Vijay Mallya who was at the stadium would sure have been pleased with his team's performance so far.

Robin Uthappa scored 68 off 38 balls with 3 fours and 6 sixes at a strike rate of 178.95. Though all others fell cheaply, Robin Uthappa singlehandedly raised his team to victory. The spin wizard Mutthaih Muralitharan was the one who performed so much better for the Chennai Super Kings once again. If class players like Jacques Kallis and Anil Kumble are to perform the best for the Royal Challengers, then it is Mutthaih Muralitharan for the Chennai Super Kings.

The Royal Challengers were marshaled to a total of 171 for 5. With a good total to go by, Royal Challengers Captain Anil Kumble would have gotten a lot more confident fully being assured that the Chennai Super Kings would no way get to the target. If he got mighty Matthew Hayden and the Mongoose bat, then Royal Challengers would be close to another win.



The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) innings

Chennai Super Kings CUSKS!

If you were dyslexic, you would read this right! Even with Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings looks an ordinary team though there are two class players Matthew Hayden and Mutthaih Muralitharan playing. Chennai Super Kings had an uncertain opener who had a lot of failures to his name! Once touted as the Butter Gloves Patel, Parthiv Patel departed very early in the innings for just 1 run of 3 balls.

Mongoose bat Matthew Hayden was not impressive either! Scoring 5 fours, he got to better than a run a ball 32 off 28 balls. He was then run out by a Dravid direct hit at the non-striker's end. Matthew Hayden was half way up and while he got back to the crease, he was a little late. That marked the Chennai Super Kings defeat.

It was going to happen and the rest of the batsmen were all over the place. Most of them made room outside off stump only to nudge the ball to singles even when the asking rate was climbing well over 12 runs per over. No worries for the Chennai Super Kings as they sailed to a decent and face-saving total of 135 for 7 which seems to be their average score in each of the games.

In the last match, they were not able to score one run and break the tie to a win but this time no nails were bitten, no super duper overs, but simple losing out to the Royal Challengers Bangalore which the whole world had to witness!

Apprehensive shots took the toll and they lost quite comfortably to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Teams that are playing as a unit are the Royal Challengers, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals (though they lost several matches), Kings XI Punjab and almost all others but the Chennai Super Kings seem to be eleven individuals who bat and bowl. With the absence of Dhoni, the team spirit is even worser.

The Chennai Super Kings could not even score more of sixes and to go with that, fewer fours to chase a run rate of over 8.5 runs per over. Their medium pacer, Vinay Kumar took four wickets and helped them win though he went for 40 runs in four overs! The Chennai Super Kings lost the match quite gracefully as well as graciously.

Predictions for the next match

Hurt Chennai Super Kings will be hurt once more with the Mumbai Indians with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar doing both good captaincy as well as classy batting. The Chennai Super Kings will be looking to make a come back and say, "Wait! Let Dhoni come and see what we do!" Dhoni will have to come with a huge sigh (out of burden) and will have to shoulder more responsibility.

After the Mumbai Indians, the Chennai Super Kings will win continuously and will eventually not win the IPL 3 Cup! Let us see, if our predictions turn right at least with Dhoni returning after the Mumbai Indians or if he will be returning early.

Suggestions for the CSK Team Management

The Chennai Super Kings can also make use of some service as Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan does. They can opt for coaching by the public! They can take coaching tips from the audience. Then they must seriously look into the team composition and if contracts are to be over by this year, they should hire new talented players from International teams.

The CSK team management shall take the players to a picnic and do some team building activities. One of the activities should be group hugging! India Cements wake up! Your team is not the most attractive as Kolkata Knight Riders are! Even if they lose all the matches, they will still make profit. But if you lose, I don't know your means and your biggest asset might turn a liability.

That is all for today, and when Sachin Tendulkar lashes Chennai Super Kings, more suggestions will follow!

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CSK vs KXIP: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab: Preity Zinta relieved over KXIP victory

The Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab IPL 3 match was won by Preity Zinta's Kings XI Punjab. The actress was completely elated over an unlikely victory. Dhoni to carry more weight post recovery

Well! Kudos to ourselves when we said the Chennai Super Kings is an ordinary team! Of course, Chennaiites are unlucky to have gotten a rather mediocre team and now the fact is substantiated by the Chennai Super Kings losing out to Kings XI Punjab. The Kings XI Punjab did not look any closer to victory for more than three quarter of the entire match.

The Chennai Super Kings may have gotten an age old Matthew Hayden, clean striking and spearheading Dhoni, a wily off spinner Muttaih Muralitharan, but at times they cannot break free when they really have to. In today's match, it was Muttiah Muralitharan who downsized the Kings XI Punjab to a meager total of 136 for the loss of 7 wickets with his magical spell of 3 wickets for 16 runs.

Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab - Kings XI Punjab won the match against Chennai Super Kings

A nail-biting finish and beyond! This match was like life after death. The Chennai Super Kings had let the match go down to the wire! The Chennai Super Kings lost the match from 65 for no loss. Wickets falling in quick succession led to the downfall of the Chennai Super Kings. The Chennai Super Kings were left stranded at 136 for 8 losing the wicket of Ravichandran Ashwin at the last ball of the 20 overs.

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The Chennai Super Over

The tie breaker was announced with a Super Over. Three of the batsmen from both the teams get to play six balls. Both teams can lose a wicket. The Chennai Super Kings took Matthew Hayden, Albie Morkel and Suresh Raina. The Kings XI Punjab chose Mahela Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan. The bowler they chose was Juan Theron.

Albie Morkel played a single and gave the strike to Mongoose bat Hayden who was bowled out the very first ball he faced. Then, Suresh Raina went on to score a six to post a Super Over total of nine runs. Then, awaiting their turn, the Kings XI Punjab came up with Mahela Jayawardene to open who scored a six off Muttiah Muralidaran's very first delivery. Repeating the loft, Mahela Jayawardene was caught in the deep (Long on).

Then came the fiery Yuvraj Singh who was out of form until today and was involved in a controversy recently with Aanchal Kumar where he was found in a party with the model. Yuvraj Singh missed one (delivery off Muralitharan) and then reverse swept (another delivery from Muralitharan) to score a four! The Kings XI Punjab scored the Super Over target of 10 runs set by the Chennai Super Kings to win the match!

Kings XI Punjab won their first match in IPL 3 - Preity Zinta all smiles over the win

The Kings XI Punjab won their first match in IPL 3 while Chennai Super Kings lost their second match in the IPL in four of the matches they played so far! Chennai Super Kings remain at the fourth place in the IPL 3 points table while the Kings XI Punjab move a position up to Seventh

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CSK vs DD IPL Match Result: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils - Yet another victory for CSK - DD lose out to Inexperienced CSK

The Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils IPL match ended up on Chennai Super Kings winning the game quite comfortably. Chennai Super Kings were forced to chase a big total of 186 which they did so comfortably.

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The Chennai Super Kings won with the help of Matthew Hayden! Matthew Hayden scored 93 off just 43 balls and Suresh Raina's 49 off 34 balls helped the Chennai Super Kings secure a comfortable win!

Matthew Hayden started hitting the ball all around the park right from the word go! Players like Hayden are promising cricketers who perform for their team after losing out on one or two matches. So much as Adam Gilchrist does for the side he plays for! A lot was expected of Matthew Hayden after two failures and so much after Dhoni's absence from the side.


Matthew Hayden lived up to expectations who played a splendid innings and helped Chennai Super Kings win the match! Chennai Super Kings is a team that is not full of stars nor superior bowlers but promising players or fighters who will win any kind of match! However, there is a catch! The Chennai Super Kings may prove to be ordinary at any point of time!

Matthew Hayden Mongoose Bat

Meanwhile, Matthew Hayden launched the Mongoose bat on 11 March 2010 which he used on the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Match against Delhi Daredevils on 19 March 2010. Matthew Hayden powered Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to victory scoring 93 off just 43 balls using the Mongoose bat.

The blade of the Mongoose cricket bat is 33 percent shorter than that of the ordinary bat. This bat is the only change in the design of the bat used so far or could be termed the only significant change in the anatomy of thee cricket bat. The handle of the Mongoose cricket bat is 43 percent longer which makes the bat equal the size of the normal bat. The Mongoose bat provides a 20 percent increase in power and a 15 percent increase in bat speed.

The long handle does not make the mongoose bat a dwarf and helps the bat reach out to hit the ball with ease. The mongoose bat is light weighted and hence, can provide more bat speed. This bat is designed especially for Twenty20 matches and batsmen will now increase their frenzy of rage to hit as many runs as possible.

Picture Courtesy:- http://www.rainbowskill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hayden1.jpg, http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200905/r367227_1701857.jpg

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Chennai Super Kings won the IPL match with Dhoni's effort - Sourav Ganguly's Kolkata Knight Riders lose their first game in IPL 2010

Sometimes it seems that the IPL is a lackluster extravaganza but all the ideology goes bang along with each and every six that is scored. When Mahendra Singh Dhoni bats Chennai Super Kings singlehandedly to a comfortable win, the interests are alive. Probably, I am as hypocritical as some of the Sex Scandal Swamijis.

When Matthew Hayden failed, when a rather inexperienced Suresh Raina did and all other specialist players did, Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads by example. He is the first ever Captain who has done so. Some of the Cricket lovers argue that it is Sourav Ganguly who started this trend but it is true that Sourav Ganguly lead from the front but when the team is down in spirits, it is Mahendra Singh Dhoni who shows what next to do.

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"Do as I do, Don't do as I say," goes well for the Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This is characteristic of Dhoni even in One Day Internationals, T20 Internationals and also the IPL. He seems to have a surefire plan to win! Sometimes, I feel that Dhoni takes a backseat and lets the opposition take advantage.

He seems to be complacent and then suddenly the team which should have lost by 140 runs goes on to score a 250 to lose. This is a common occurrence. I have seen this in Dhoni's Captaincy but it is also not true that he sits complacent and takes some rest when he feels he is good enough to win.

So many of the Captains in the past have failed to win in crucial encounters just when they seemed to be winning all along. That includes Mohammed Azharuddin and even Sourav Ganguly to some extent. By the way, incidentally, Dhoni won against his former Captain Sourav Ganguly yesterday!

The Mahendra Singh Dhoni Trivia

Yesterday, when Sunil Gavaskar asked Dhoni before the toss, if Dhoni liked to be called Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dhoni, MSD or Mahi, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said, he liked being called "Mahi" as that is what friends used to call him when he was young. People called him in various names and he always liked being called "Mahi". Then, a moment later, Sunil Gavaskar said, "I am not holding you up.....," the toss was already going to happen.

Dhoni ran towards those present for the toss. He probably was thinking that the Camera was not yet switched on. But then, it was for everyone to see. Dhoni again embarrassingly had to join Sourav Ganguly and had to run once more towards him. Then, as luck commanded, Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first which did not seem to be a wise decision.

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - the toss and the 2010 IPL

When Sourav Ganguly was asked about the decision, he said that he would have opted to field first, had he won the toss. It seemed that Sourav Ganguly was apparently happy with Dhoni's decision and seemed to indicate that batting first was a wrong decision to make.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that if their (Chennai Super Kings) strength was batting, they would be advised to chase, but if their strength was batting, they could post a huge total on the board and let the opponents chase. As it turned out, Sourav Ganguly seemed to be right with his remarks and was probably pleased with the result in the initial overs.

But then, a determined Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the crease and made sure that the team posted a decent total on the board. Dhoni's 66 off 33 balls along with Subramaniam Badrinath's 43 off 33 took Chennai Super Kings to a total of 164. Things could change within a few overs in Twenty20 Cricket and Dhoni did not fail to utilize that.

In the second innings Dhoni's men pulled off a comfortable victory by a big margin by Twenty20 standards. The partnership between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Subramaniam Badrinath was 109 in just 65 balls which helped the Chennai Super Kings to victory.

However, bad luck continues for the Chennai Super Kings as Dhoni is out of IPL 2010 for ten more days due to an injured elbow. It remains to be seen how the inexperienced Suresh Raina will lead the side. There also can be a better choice for captaincy but the inexperienced Chennai Super Kings might have to go with Suresh Raina as the Captain. I personally reckon Lakshmipathy Balaji could become the Captain for the next few games of the Chennai Super Kings until Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - a successful icon of modern youth

To all the youngsters, Mahendra Singh Dhoni may remain the icon or the ideal person who inspires to bring success into their lives! Dhoni uses sheer intellect, intelligence, presence of mind, talent, ability, hard work, clarity of thought and mind to become the most successful youth icon! Even Yuvraj Singh has not lost to Dhoni when he was considered to be the potential Captain after Rahul Dravid.

Yuvraj Singh lost out to his own imbalances in mind, heart and physique. Dhoni could keep himself physically coordinated by his mind which is the most important thing to a sportsman. The mind and body coordination is what that keeps Sachin Tendulkar going and this does for Dhoni too!

The emotional competency of Dhoni was absent in Yuvraj! And Dhoni's emotional competency was not due to his upbringing or his childhood experiences, but it is one of sheer maturity and understanding. Let us hope that Dhoni could win the 2011 Cricket World Cup with ease with a determined Sachin Tendulkar beside in his armory!

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Quotes about Sachin Tendulkar

Here are some of the quotes about Sachin Tendulkar which came from the mouths of famous cricketers and personalities:

Brian Charles Lara, "If Cricket is a religion, Sachin is the only God,"

There is more to it than meets the eye, specially with the "only God,"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, "He has scored 17000 runs. I have not even faced 17000 balls,"

To me, meaning no harm and offence to Dhoni, this quote is ambiguous and I have not heard it in the full context.

Anil Kumble, "I am fortunate that I have to bowl at him only in the nets,"

Allan Border, "It's scary! Where the hell do we bowl to him?"

From the shoes of a bowler, this has been stated true by many best bowlers of the world.

Paul Strang, "What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars,"

Utterly impossible. Never can happen.

Matthew Hayden, "I have seen God! He bats at number 4 for India in Tests and opens in ODIs,"

The best form of expression!

It is like seeing God or something close to it! If such an admiration and praise can be attained by sheer passion, hard work, love for the job, then it puts all questions into different equations which each and everyone who has not attained it or has been craving to attain is bound to feel!

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