কামনায় পৃথিবীর সকল সুন্দর দুচোখ মেলে দেখতে চাই সকলের অন্তর। বিক্ষুদ্ধ এসব মানুষগুলো সবাই যে বাংলাদেশি তা কিন্তু নয়। বিভিন্ন দেশের সাকিব ভক্ত/ ক্রিকেট ভক্ত রয়েছেন তাদের মাঝে। ক্রিকইনফোতে এসব ক্রিকেট ভক্তের মন্তব্যগুলো পড়ে খুব ভালো লাগছে। Posted by KK_Cricket on (May 15 2012, 04:47 AM GMT) One tactical blunder which Gambhir made was to go for De Lange instead of Balaji.. Balaji has slower balls and can trick the batsmen making it difficult but with De Lange has pace and Dhoni made complete use of it.. And Bhatia, instead of going for an yorker, would have been better to bowl it wide outside off.. Bravo likes it on his pads and he got the ball out of the park.. Posted by mngc on (May 15 2012, 04:43 AM GMT) Highlight of game was Vijay's expression when he was bowled by Narine. Same thing happened a few games ago when Shaun Marsh was bowled. This is the 4th time this series that Narine went for less than 20 in his four overs. For a death bowler that is truly fantastic. Also highest scored off him was 28. Bowler of the tournament so far for me. Posted by Jakir_Hossain on (May 15 2012, 04:39 AM GMT) So many people comment here. One things is true all love KKR. they are well wisher for KKR. Everyone suggest KKR to kept Sakib in 11. so KKR team managemet sould user Sakib. Posted by kartickrajj on (May 15 2012, 04:21 AM GMT) DONI'S comment was right about playing in the middle overs. Last couple of matches they start well. And already known they are very dangerous in the final overs. But in the middle overs???????? if they didn't play well in the midlle overs , definetly they will lose . Atleast 6 runs per over will be better in between 8 to 14 overs . If they loose one or two wickets after the end of power play then they play as TEST MATCH..........NARINE WAS ROCKING. KKR didn't use IQPAL ABDULLA correctly . Posted by Pratyush Nalam on (May 15 2012, 04:17 AM GMT) CSK is a class apart Fantastic all-round performance! Posted by Debasish Panda on (May 15 2012, 04:16 AM GMT) KKR has too many fast bowlers.. It is difficult to hit spinners at Eden Garden and how crucial it would have been if both Sunil Naraine and Sakib led the spin attack...Surely de lange should be replaced by Sakib. Presence Sakib will make the bowling attack strong along with Sunil Naraine and also will strengthen the batting line up.....Bring back SAKIB drop De lange... Posted by Towhidur Razzak on (May 15 2012, 03:54 AM GMT) I do not know whether it is just me, but it seems that many of those who comment have absolutely no idea about what they are talking about. Shakib is currently ranked as the 8th best ODI bowler in the world. He has consistently been in the top ten bowlers list consistenly over the past 3-4 years.....As Abhishek Purohit once said "Had Shakib Al Hasan been playing for some of the bigger Test sides, he would have been given a lot more respect than he gets at present" (Click This Link ).......It really hurts me to see people question someone whose ability has been proven beyond doubt. My earnest request to you all - do not just say what comes to your mind about someone who most of the other cricketers can only aspire to be...........kindly have some respect for someone as great as Shakib..... Posted by Madhavan.Varun on (May 15 2012, 03:25 AM GMT) As a CSK fan, I was mightily relieved to see Lee sitting this one out... And yes, when I saw that KKR were off with only one spinner, I knew they were going to regret it in the second half of CSK's innings.. Thank you KKR for the gift! ~.~ Posted by Arif Joarder on (May 15 2012, 03:24 AM GMT) I know a lot you are probably already fed up with Shakib fans. I just wanted to answer rahulcricket007. Check this out on Youtube of Shakib Al Hasan vs Australia in ICC world Twenty20 2010 with performance of 4-0-24-2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAk8YPEfw3I Posted by meeyan on (May 15 2012, 03:20 AM GMT) shakib's economy & bowling average (6.06 & 13.00) is much much better than lee(7.55 & 36.71) & de lange (10.70 & 35.66) in this season.Then why pick lee or de lange ahead of shakib,especially in the slow pitch of Eden Garden??? McCullum's strike rate(108)in this season is not so impressive & kallis is also below par(strike rate 105,economy rate 7.45). Only stand out performer is narine.TRUE KKR FANS,just imagine the combination of narine-shakib duo !! narine & shakib both should be automatic choice. & for Those who dont know,ranking is created based on current form,not previous reputation.& for those who doubt about shakib's international success,just recall his performance in recent asia cup(especially,Indian fans should remember how shakib thrashed all the indian bowlers.) If u watched how shakib batted in asia cup,u would not doubt his ability in T20 format. Posted by electrified_don on (May 15 2012, 03:17 AM GMT) I think kolkata should use the advantage of devastating double attack of Shakib & Narine. i think if they operate this two bowlers at the same time in their squad they will be almost able to defend any sorts of tota. They may overcome this leauge matches but without a devastating attacking bowling unit they won't be able to be the champ. because against Mumbai, Chennai or Delhi you can't win matches by only batting however strong your batting order is. Posted by Smithra Saran on (May 15 2012, 03:17 AM GMT) To all Shakib fans who say he is the best all rounder, lets see the team analysis. Only sakib plays average in bangla team. others players are just space fillers. so eventually he bats n get wickets, because of nil competition. Eventually he looks like a all rounder. put him on top team, he will be degraded to nothing. Posted by rsurya on (May 15 2012, 03:12 AM GMT) RCB or DELHI should win this IPL, Delhi deserves more with good batting and bowling where as RCB lacks in the later. No other team deserves it, mainly CSK and MI dont deserve the cup. Mumbai may finish top of the table. Posted by satish619chandar on (May 15 2012, 03:06 AM GMT) Shakib may be a better choice than Baz but never a better option than Narine.. Any mystery spinner will have a threatening life for only a couple of years.. And, it is best for KKR to use Narine as long as his mystery spin remains a mystery.. Shakib does deserve place but not sure at whose expense.. KKR never had a good new ball bowler and they MUST pick a overseas fast bowler.. Reg CSK, Dhoni should stop his close last over syndrome.. He is lucky enough to get a couple of waist high full toss in last few games and now, a juicy full toss when 6 off the last ball is the only possible thing that can win it.. Yes he did score some big runs when 27 need off 12 but it was his batting which made the required rate jump in leaps and bounds.. Singles off the dots he played would ahve made things a bit more comfortable.. MSD slowly losing his magical finisher role.. Posted by Sebastian Joseph on (May 15 2012, 03:00 AM GMT) gabhir and Mccullam doing well, once again they made a partnership 99 in 11 overs, then what happened??????? their middle order is so week, they should bring shakib back in place of one of their foreign fast bowler.But Mcculam should be playing every sigle match,he is the only fast run scorer they got other than Gambeer Posted by darklink on (May 15 2012, 02:57 AM GMT) shakib is the best overall cricketer in the world.... indian fans dont deny the facts........ Posted by ruhan_071 on (May 15 2012, 02:50 AM GMT) @Shakib_Is_Ordinary: Just like the same old you against sakib Posted by Anwaruzz on (May 15 2012, 02:32 AM GMT) Narain, Sakib, Abdullah and to some extent YP are more economical then the Quickies who are going at over 8-9 runs per Over. Why KKR does not read the facts ??Sakib has the ability to get some quick runs in the middle order, where KKR is failing regularly. The middle batting order is not firing at all when it is required of them to push the score to 180+ Posted by jhovee on (May 15 2012, 02:12 AM GMT) yesterday's both matches were exicting & CSK beat KKR the same way how MI beat them in the last over. CSK are habituated to win in the last over & they never fail to give heart attacks! The only comfortable win was with the DD and DC. Come on CSK, dont drag till last ball! Posted by caught_knott_bowled_old on (May 15 2012, 02:01 AM GMT) Hope Albie recovers in time for the dharamsala match. If he gets to bat, am sure he'll strike a few 130m sixes in the high altitude! Expect a high scoring match. Posted by SashiRamesh on (May 15 2012, 01:59 AM GMT) its actually interesting to note that at this point even the table topper might not make it to the Play-offs, and more interestingly 7/9 teams might have 9 wins each..Just look at this scenario below-- If the result turns out like this of the remaining matches: 1. DD vs KXI - Winner-KXI(2) 2. MI vs KKR - winner -KKR(2) 3. KXI vs CSK - Winner - CSK(2) 4. DD vs RCB - Winner - RCB(2) 5. DC vs RR - Winner - RR(2) 6. KXI vs DD - Winner - KXI(2) 7. PWI vs KKR - Winner - PWI(2) 8. DC vs RCB - Winner - RCB(2) 9. RR vs MI - Winner - RR(2) Then the point tables will be like CSK 16m 9W 6L 0T 1N/R 19pts KKR 16m 9W 6L 0T 1N/R 19pts RCB 16m 9W 6L 0T 1N/R 19pts RR 16m 9W 7L 0T 0N/R 18pts DD 16m 9W 7L 0T 0N/R 18pts MI 16m 9W 7L 0T 0N/R 18pts KXI 16m 9W 7L 0T 0N/R 18pts 7/9 teams has 9 wins each..hmmm Posted by raad007 on (May 15 2012, 01:46 AM GMT) To all Shak fans. You guys don't need to shout every single time he doesn't play. We already know he is a legend and he has only played like 160 matches. Its better he gets rest and gets ready for Essex in county which is real cricket. Posted by raad007 on (May 15 2012, 01:43 AM GMT) Now one knows Narnine skill level yet. This is t20 not cricket. Its pure entertainment. His skill level will be tested when he plays test cricket. Posted by rahman1001 on (May 15 2012, 01:38 AM GMT) Like last year, Jacques Kallis, a class of his own in Test and ONE Day, will flop again at the end of KKR's dream title race. In fact, KKR never looks like a complete team, there is no depth in batting, even including Shakib in the team. However, KKR underestimated Shakib this year, like they did in last year, as he is from Bangladesh known for "False Promises" in cricket. But they forgot Shakib has proved already beyond the imagination of everyone in Bangladesh and in world cricket in both One day and Test. This is unfortunate, Shakib was never kept in the KKR side as a regular. Had they done so, KKR could have clinched the title. Now it seems, the team would plunge into deep crises. I rather bet for, Chennai and Mumbai...this year. Posted by Selfish_Sachin on (May 15 2012, 01:19 AM GMT) And also Morgan...He is one of the best finishers in business...People always think of Shakib and forget Eoin Morgan Posted by Selfish_Sachin on (May 15 2012, 01:17 AM GMT) Its always easy to criticize someone after you know the results...Gambhir is a smart captain..He must have had a plan; but Dhoni outsmarted him with smart captaincy..With all this being said, I think Yusuf Pathan should be replaced by Shakib if KKR really want to make it to the playoffs..I am an Indian and CSK fan, but still think Shakib deserves to be in the eleven...(so does Tamim for PWI!) Posted by Ex Shopnochari on (May 15 2012, 01:14 AM GMT) Stop saying abt Sakib. we all know about his potentiality , just enjoy the cricket folks! Posted by k4zz on (May 15 2012, 01:03 AM GMT) People need to calm down about shakib, banglas need to realise that he can't play all the games even thou he should have played alot more games than he has. Also that currently narine is the better bowler at the moment due to his mystery bowling which if he can keep a mystery he'll be one hell of a player. Together they would make an ultimate spin duo. Indians need to realise that shakib is a real talent and is better than all there indian spinners and would walk into any country XI. People do need to stop all the squabbling about him he should play the games in Eden garden, while on bouncy pitches they could go with a pacer instead. Posted by Atiqul Islam on (May 15 2012, 01:02 AM GMT) i am a bangladeshi cricket fan, and i'm really disappointed how some of the fans coming here and commenting "pick shakib". for them shakib is getting negative comments from other cricket fans, even without doing anything bad. whom to choose or not to choose depends on game plan and let kkr choose whom they like. shakib is an wonderful player and if you are his real fan, dont put extra pressure on him with this "pick him pick him" shouts and please do not harm his image to other cricket fans. Posted by RogerC on (May 15 2012, 00:58 AM GMT) Of all the IPL teams, CSK is the one that understands T20 best. Their performances are examples of total team contribution which is why none of the CSK players figure in the purple or orange cap categories. Posted by Sk Maruf Chy on (May 15 2012, 00:52 AM GMT) It is totally wastage of time & energy for Shakib fans like us, to post comments, whether KKR (Kahin Kisin Roz ) should include him in the team or not, in this bogus over hyped indian domestic league. Let The team management decide whether to include & utilize him to achieve success or otherwise fail miserably. Let his performance speak for him, not our comments...as they might have forgotten about the last match where after 1 month he played.. bowled 12 dot balls, and totally outfoxed their own GOD (SRT) to get that wicket. Any thing to say who were criticizing Shakib..Namaste India & Joy Bangla P.S --- All ways remember, "Spit towards the sky & it always falls upon u " Posted by trinimystry on (May 15 2012, 00:42 AM GMT) i would say it again when shakib bowls a spell of 4 overs for less than 15 runs and takes wickets then challenge narine. dont bash narine cuz jump high jump low when clt20 comes around guess who pollard, bravo,narine and cooper will be playing for trinidad & tobago there home team not ipl teams you`ll see fire works for clt20 later this year i promise you all that Posted by Bruisers on (May 15 2012, 00:26 AM GMT) All this Shakib Shakib rant will end if ICC creates a practical system of rankings. I mean Shakib is No.12 on the ICC ODI Batsman Rankings!! He should be around No.50 honestly. And when did he become a better all-rounder than big names like Kallis, Watson, Afridi etc?? Its all due to the number of games Bangla plays against teams like Zimbabwe. Same rating points are awarded for players for performances against any Test team, which means scoring a hundred against Zimbabwe is as good as scoring one against Australia!! Posted by caught_knott_bowled_old on (May 15 2012, 00:24 AM GMT) Good win by CSK who do their usual raise-the-blood-pressure-of-the fans until the last over and then somehow squeeze through. Hussey/Vijay/Raina should be spanked by Coach Fleming for getting out the way they did. Having said that, its encouraging to see the positive approach of the openers. Hussey's class is evident, and he's obviously got a positive influence on Vijay. Hope Albie recovers from his viral fever quickly; and hope Dougy Bollinger returns. Go CSK!! Posted by Lien Choudhury on (May 15 2012, 00:23 AM GMT) @ rahulcricket007 - Who asked to drop Narine and include Shakib ? ... Narine is the Best Bowler KKR had ever got ..... The whole discussion was to include another Spinner ( preferably Shakib) in the Eden Pitch .... Dont be so biased man Posted by rahulcricket007 on (May 15 2012, 00:10 AM GMT) @AHMED AL MASUD . SHAKIB IS NOT GOOD AS YOU ALL BANGLA FANS THINK . HE GETS OPPURTUNITY TO BAT IN 3 MATCHES IN WHICH HE ONLY MADE 24 RUNS & HE IS NOT BETTER BOWLER THAN NARINE . TAKING WKT OF SACHIN DOESN'T PROVE ANYTHING . THESE DAYS SACHIN CAN BE OUT TO EVEN A CLUB BOWLER BECAUSE OF AGEING BODY & SLOWING REFLEXES . KKR WON 6 MATCHES CONSECUTIVELY WITHOUT SHAKIB . WHERE WERE YOU THEN ? BUYING OVERHYPED BANGLA PLAYERS LIKE TAMIM & SHAKIB IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO IPL . Posted by passionate_cricket_follower on (May 15 2012, 00:06 AM GMT) @Diganta Sarkar: come on man. leave aside that Dadu of yours. IPL is much bigger than him! Posted by peterss on (May 14 2012, 23:55 PM GMT) No matter how poorly they play CSK inevitably come out on top! wow! They lose to all teams but come out at the end and beat all the "table toppers" to show why they are 2 time defending champions. Gonna be 3 this season! Posted by rahulcricket007 on (May 14 2012, 23:52 PM GMT) TO ALL THOSE BANGLA FANS WHO R SAYING SHAKIB IS BETTER THAN NARINE . NOW LOOK AT THIS ONLY 14 RUNS FROM 4 OVERS WITH TWO CRUCIAL WKTS . I DON'T THINK SHAKIB WOULD HAVE EVER DONE THAT . I THINK BANGLA FANS NEED TO SEE HIGHLIGHTS OF WI-AUS SERIES WHERE THE WHOLE AUS TEAM WAS BAMBOOZLED BY NARINE 'S SPIN . HAS SHAKIB EVER DONE GOOD PERFORMANCE WITH BALL AGAINST AUS OR MAYBE INDIA ? NOPES Posted by Lien Choudhury on (May 14 2012, 23:47 PM GMT) KKR should have a Practice Session of how to select Team based on the Pitch ... When they will Learn all these ??? I hope GOD would come down to Earth and ask KKR to remove the Useless Pathan and not to play Pacers like De Lange in Eden Pitch ... Posted by aroundthewicket on (May 14 2012, 23:42 PM GMT) Keep going Narine. Can't wait to see you in a maroon shirt soon. Posted by arun02k81a0205 on (May 14 2012, 22:52 PM GMT) Very much predictable IPL. All the matches played by DC, they end in a losing side despite scoring 190+ in 3 matches. Surprisingly all the matches end in a last-ball thriller which may rise few eyebrows. Posted by ottoflick on (May 14 2012, 22:36 PM GMT) To all sakib fans, sakib is #1 in test and odi not t20 so get over yourselves. I doing as if he is God but that will totally haaram. Btw he should've played a lot more games for kkr this year he would have made the difference in the team with narine. Posted by Dravid_Gravitas on (May 14 2012, 21:53 PM GMT) I think KKR did the right thing by bringing back McCullum in ace of that part time spinner who is he oh yes Shakib. The momentum was lost due to the untimely wrong decision against Kallis and due to the woefully out of form YP and zero timing Tiwary. KKR would want to replace YP and Tiwary for the next match. Posted by Albert Dominique Thomas on (May 14 2012, 21:34 PM GMT) Sunil Narine is proving to be a steal for kkr... look forward to hopefully see him in all white for the west indies soon. Posted by landsite on (May 14 2012, 21:16 PM GMT) KKR is suffering from a selection crisis and if its not put right they may not even be in the play-offs,MI could easily beat them again which would leave them on 17 points.Their last match against Pune Warriors could easily turn out to be a real "banana skin"for them.The fact is there are no one in the middle who seems capable of putting a good score together like the other teams are doing.There is no way that Lee should have sat out this match and Shakib should have been in the team at the expense of Mc.Cullum,Useless Yusuf could be replaced by anybody.I hope they make the correction for the last 2 matches. Posted by Muhammad Ali Manik on (May 14 2012, 21:07 PM GMT) Shakib should have been in place of De Lange . Next two games KKR will lose and will make it four in a row and will be out of "PLAY OFF" !!! Posted by Diganta Sarkar on (May 14 2012, 20:47 PM GMT) I am waiting for another mouth watering drama. KKR might have to depend on beating PWI in their last match to move to playoffs. And that will repaint the DADA vs KKR match with another color ... last chance of DADA to make himself significant. Posted by Diganta Sarkar on (May 14 2012, 20:45 PM GMT) De Lange is good for pitches those help fast bowlers. I personally felt that giving him the 19th over cost the match for KKR. Kallis was doing fairly well and de Lange was not required. I personally feel he's not good enough for playing in slow Kolkata surfaces too. Now, KKR might do another mistake and drop him for fast Mumbai pitch too. Posted by sk12 on (May 14 2012, 20:40 PM GMT) With the ball not comign on once it loses its shine, KKR missed a trick by not picking an extra spinner. Abdulla could hav played instead of BHatia/balaji or even Shakib cld ve been tried in place of Kallis. Both Lee and De Lange are similar bowlers with their extra pace helpign the ball come on to the bat so choosing Lee wouldnt have made much difference. WeLL I am not complainign though, CSK has won Posted by KKR_Fan88 on (May 14 2012, 20:40 PM GMT) @golbhai: sorry, but shakib didn't get the oportunity to bat so if he batted, the game would turn the other way round, and kkr would win, shakib would be the mom and ghambir WOULD be jelous!!! also, shakib took the only solitary wicket for kkr, SRT & wot did narine, the great spinner did???0 for 28 in 4 ovs!!so i do not know y you folks blame innocent shakib coz 2day he didn't play!!!now who to blame, de lange, kallis or balaji???answer: de 3 of them!!!!so maybe the next time pick shakib before de lange &l lee!!!!then kkr will win!!!!!!!!imagine the duo of spinners: shakib & narine!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Ipl_Is_Indian on (May 14 2012, 20:37 PM GMT) KKR will loose all of its remaining matches and will not even qualify for play-offs. Naraine will be soon be sorted, he is able to extract bit more bounce due to his height which batsmen will figure out. I love seeing Sharukh's face when KKR looses and the fear in Gambhir's weird reaction. My Prediction Table: Team-Points MI-22, DD-20, RCB-19, CSK-19, KKR-17, RR-16, KXIP-16, PWI-10, DC-5 Finals: RCB Vs CSK 3rd: DD 4th: MI Posted by Diark on (May 14 2012, 20:06 PM GMT) I know people will hate me for this BUT i think leaving out the left-arm spinners(Abdulla and Shakib) was a good move by KKR.CSK have FIVE dangerous left-handed bats(Hussey,Raina,Jadeja,Albie and Mukund).Yes the pitch may have assisted spinners but what use will it be if they still get hit for six?.Again,FIVE BATSMEN!.And except Mukund all the other guys were sure to play.Please see the logic in this selection rather than complaining about it. Posted by Abhilash Chand on (May 14 2012, 20:04 PM GMT) Dhoni Rocks......He may be not in his best form this season....But he always gets the job done in right time....I read it somewhere that Chennai is famous for his last minute scramble.....Well it's true....One can guarantee their position in top 4 every season no matter how bad they play throughout the season....They always make it to the final.....It's only result of Dhoni's brilliant captaincy & great team selection.....He always chooses the best team....Many says Dhoni is a lucky guy....But truth is luck have nothing to do with it....Its' his pure quality......Let's hope CSK make this year hat-trick this year.......Best Of Luck CSK & BEst Of Luck Dhoni....."Dhoni- The name is enough to win any format of game." Posted by sweetspot on (May 14 2012, 20:02 PM GMT) To keep on harping about KKR's mistakes is to neglect a champion team who showed how to keep a positive outlook even in desperate situations. CSK stayed cool and enjoyed themselves. It appears that Rajat Bhatia was in two minds when he bowled that last ball. He has so many varieties to irritate batsmen, but that really worked against him in that crucial moment. Bravo was fantastic. CSK found a way to put pressure on themselves after that fine opening stand. Other than that, they had the game in the bag for most part after KKR's own opening stand was broken. Posted by munnaaticc on (May 14 2012, 19:59 PM GMT) keeping Brett Lee out was the worst decision by KKR, imagine the over De lange bowled which wud have been bowled by Lee, KKR would hav won the match for sure, he is much experienced than de lange...Poor team selection cost KKR.. Posted by Shakib_Is_Ordinary on (May 14 2012, 19:58 PM GMT) And the same old "Pick Shakib" "KKR lost because they didnt pick Shakib" "No. 1 all-rounder in the world" "Shakib record much better than him and him" comments flood in here.. Posted by hasib9 on (May 14 2012, 19:55 PM GMT) KKR needs to stop experimenting and always keep Brett Lee in the team.. And 4 fast bowlers on a spin friendly place.. Seriously? Kellis also scores runs too slow and hasn't been that much useful with the ball either lately. Posted by Shakib_Is_Ordinary on (May 14 2012, 19:54 PM GMT) Sunil Narine 4-0-14-2.. Now beat that Shakib! Posted by Ahmed Hussain on (May 14 2012, 19:52 PM GMT) To be honest the 4 foreign players for KKR today should've been Ryan, Morgan, Shakib and Narine. I like Narine probably the next best spinner after Ajmal, Kallis old and useless, Bret Lee should only be used for fast pitches as he's very effective but on slow ones he easily gets battered and Merchant who almost got hit on the head by Dhoni is just too inexperienced. I'm a big fan of Shakib and my advice to him and any other Bangladeshi player is to leave IPL because its a complete waste of time and instead get valuable rest time so you can concentrate on proper Cricket such as County Cricket and help the Bangladesh team because they are still a weak team and still got a lot of learning to do but I will laugh once this IPL is over and India Cricket Team is still playing poorly, that would be jokes Posted by sweetspot on (May 14 2012, 19:45 PM GMT) @ DeekshaSpeaks - Albie is unwell, and hence was left out to rest and recuperate. Faf is not really a replacement for him. I think Kulasekara would have been the ideal spot filler. But CSK read the conditions very well and bowled only 6 overs of pace/seam. The rest were all spin. Albie will be back in Dharamshala, don't you worry. Posted by Connan Doyle on (May 14 2012, 19:43 PM GMT) Where were the sakib fans when KKR was winning on the trot. Now that KKR has lost 2 matches they are all falling out of the cupboards. Posted by kunderanengineer on (May 14 2012, 19:42 PM GMT) At the risk of sounding like another fanatical Bangladesh supporter (which I am not) I can't help but agree whole heartedly with my BD friends this time. This pitch was tailor-made for the likes of Shakib. Moreover he could have helped with the bat as well. Very poor decision to exclude him. Posted by borhans on (May 14 2012, 19:41 PM GMT) KKR never given sakib the chance to proof his all round ability .He is treated mainly as a spinner when he had over 160 stiike rate on lhe last asia cup .Maybe Gambhir don't like sakib cz due to sakib's single performance Bd win agaisnt india in asia cup .Sakib is downgraded in KKR for his good performance against india in asia cup .Even after getting rid of Ganguly KKR Still didn't move forward without controversy .their blind support for few players (even when they are not performing) & ignoring the one who perform is clear indication of their politics behind the bench Posted by smiteswap on (May 14 2012, 19:38 PM GMT) NO MORKEL?????? seriously he did nothing wrong to be out of the side...why did they retain him???? they would have retain hussey or any other..Dhoni retains morkel and then nearly insults him always..never gives him chance to bat ...gives him 4 to 5 balls and if he fails ,,he is out...Pls mr. dhoni dont retain morkel nxt time,,,do retain ur puppets bravo and hussey..you will then have a better team which will take it to the last ball even when you need 60 of 60 balls.. Posted by Sai Ram Krishna on (May 14 2012, 19:38 PM GMT) Even though I was in Chennai.. I Would love to See a New Champion this year.. KKR was loosing the Match, When he has De Lange Bowling the 19th. Ideally you need to have another Specialist spinner While you play at Eden Gardens. Pacers Cant do much for you.. Valiant effort frm Rajat to contain the last over. Last ball was Unlucky for him.. Posted by Afnan Aftab Motiwala on (May 14 2012, 19:36 PM GMT) i said to my dad before last ball that it will be a 6 coz ipl 5 is very much predictable , teams win n loose from no where , lol Posted by Rick EC on (May 14 2012, 19:36 PM GMT) the bangla fans can cry yourself hoarse about sakib. he isnt as good as you think. he is only good enough for the bangla t20 league. meanwhile das should get a promotion and bat ahead of tiwari. why wasnt bret lee played - balaji sucks. Posted by Hayat22 on (May 14 2012, 19:35 PM GMT) @Prash Smith, Sir Shakib is the 2nd player knighted by fans after Sir Ravindra Jadeja. So Aussie Shamim is right here. On the team selection for Mumbai, a revision here: I feel that KKR should totally avoid pacers as much as possible, so Shakib should be considered in place of Lee. Thus KKR should go with a trio of Abdulla, Shakib and Narine,with Balaji and Bhatia as the five specialists. in desi conditions taking the pace out of the ball is a safer option.Pls note Bhatia's success today in comparision to Lange, until the juicy full toss.For batting it should be Gambhir,McCullum,Morgan,Debratta,Shukla/Yusuf (I hate typing his name, and hope like a bad penny he comes good, and isnce its Mumbia where he played that century innings as part of RR squad, so let us hope). Final squad for Mumbai:Gambhir,McCullum,Morgan,Debratta,Yusuf,Shakib,Abdulla,Narine,Bhatia,Balaji.I beleive order this has a suitable mix of conventional and explosive batsmen with an all spin attack with 2 accurate pacers. Posted by Arjun Sen on (May 14 2012, 19:34 PM GMT) It is more than not playing Shakib. 1. We all can see that Yusuf is totally out of form. So why keep playing him. WHy not rest him once or play Das ahead of him. 2. On a pitch that is slowing down, why give batsmen some speed using M de Lange in the 19th over? That was a blunder. 3. Did KKR have a plan for bowling the last ball when a six is needed? I do not think there was. I think team KKR must wake up asap. Thanks Posted by Raju Krish on (May 14 2012, 19:34 PM GMT) All bangladeshi friends are just woke up I guess, blaming KKR team and captain for not selecting their local player Shakib..its unfair to blame any one in 20-20 cricket since its difficult to win if you loose your momentum..20-20 is all about momentum it will change even in single ball..so I must say KKR bit unlucky and CSK deserved this win!!! Posted by Sohel_ahmed on (May 14 2012, 19:33 PM GMT) Now somebody please explain why on earth Shakib Al Hasan was not included in KKR's playing eleven tonight. Is it because he bowled better than other bowlers the other night and took the solitary wicket that fell? Is it because he is a better player than Du Plesiss? Is it because he might have done better than other overseas players? Is it because he and Narine makes a formidable spin duo? None of the bowlers except for Narine has a better T 20 record than Shakib, go, check the statistics. This simply doesnt make any sense and questions the transparency of the team selection. I would take it normally if KKR was led by Captain Pathetic, Mr. Ganguly. But cant accept it cause i thought Gambhir is both a sensible person and a captain. Posted by prazad82 on (May 14 2012, 19:26 PM GMT) Where is the commentary for this game???? Posted by Ridwan Ahmed on (May 14 2012, 19:24 PM GMT) Well deserved KKR, well deserved! God knows what goes into the team selection there and what sort of politics take place in the meeting room. It would not be a long shot to assume that the selection of shakib does not depend on his performance but rather depends on his nationality and Gautam's personal vendetta since Asia Cup 2012. But then again, shakib proved his worth for the team and with every little chance and even cricinfo staff wonder why he doesn't get picked. THE JOKE IS ON YOU GAUTAM! Having fun? Posted by Mateen Shaikh on (May 14 2012, 19:24 PM GMT) hey people don't forget laxmi shukla misfielded a bowl that got to the boundary which would have been only 2 Posted by SurlyCynic on (May 14 2012, 19:22 PM GMT) At the start of the tournament I had nothing against Shakib or Tamim but after reading so many thousands of repetitive comments I am sick of hearing about them and hope they aren't bought in future auctions. Posted by Ankit Kumar on (May 14 2012, 19:20 PM GMT) @Ahmed Al Masud - KKR won 6 consecutive matches and Shakib was not a part of any of those matches. So your comment stands nullified. Though for this match, even I am of the opinion that Shakib should have played or Abdulla as the Eden wicket is known to assist spinners. Posted by Rally_Windies on (May 14 2012, 19:16 PM GMT) Poor captaincy and poor player section from KKR ... (1) Shakib of Lee would ahve been better choices that Merchant De Lange ... (2) De Lange should have been brought back after Narine took two wickets.....that would let you get out some cheap overs out of potentially expenise bowlers, but De Lenage at pace could have picked up wickets.... Bringing De lange back on after Narine's double strike would have allowed KKR to get rid of some overs and still look for wickets... a new batsman will always prefer settling in with medium pace and slow bolweres than a fast pacers ....... If i was captain, De lange would be ordered to bowl line and lenght outside off with a wide 2nd slip, and let the batters leave or try to score by cutting or pulling from outside off ...... Posted by Kash Kamal on (May 14 2012, 19:11 PM GMT) Congratulations to all the Trinidadians who are playing in the IPL. Pollard, Bravo and Narine. Unfortunatley, Narine was the only one on the loosing end today and this is only because of bad team selection and stupid captaincy. Why is Yusuf Pathan still playing. As a matter of fact, Yusuf should not be going so early..give him the last 2 overs to bat. Don't send him so early in the innings. The last game, he and Kallis actually make KKR loose the game. By gosh, they were playing test cricket instead of a 20/20 game. And if I am an opposing captain, I would want to see people like Sachin, Rahul, Ganguly, Sanga, etc stay and bat till the end. That way, the scorecard will just be ticking and that's want you want. Everyone seems to want to take Sachin wicket, but that will only open the floodgates. Good luck KKR. Posted by Ahmed Al Masud on (May 14 2012, 19:06 PM GMT) KKR Is Not KKR Without Sakib Al Hasan.... finally proved!!!!! hahahahahhahahaa hehehehe.... Posted by Safwat Zaman on (May 14 2012, 19:06 PM GMT) LOL hahahahahah amazing.....kkr deserved to loose this match hahahaha.... i wasnt surprised at all......THE TEAM WHO HAS NO RESPECT FOR NUMBER ONE ALL ROUNDER MR SAKIB....deserve to loose every other matches..... Posted by Musthafa Malayil on (May 14 2012, 19:04 PM GMT) as a hard fan of KKR, i feel pity on the picking of the squad for the match, i dnt understand why management is keeping a talented player like Shakib al hasan in the side bench..? this guy is really a clever spinner and outstanding slogger of the ball, addingly a handy fielder also.. SRK pls open ur eyes and do something.. and try another guys instead of tiwary and pathan,, unfortnately these guys are not upto the mark yet.. pls pls pls.. dimaki batti jalado KKR.. Posted by Arif Joarder on (May 14 2012, 19:03 PM GMT) Oh dear! Where is our Bangali whipping boy Shakib? I would like to hear it from our Indian cricket experts why KKR lost this one. Posted by harshthakor on (May 14 2012, 19:03 PM GMT) One of the most spectacular games ever in IPL with the climax of a Hollywood thriller.Few games better illustrate how this form of the game tilts completely in a different direction with the fall of a wicket or a tidy over.Chennai seemed to be cruising home before a flurry of wickets tilted the balance in favour of Kolkata.Then Dhoni launched a spectacular barrage of hitting and swung the pendulum in Chennai's favour.After his wicket it was anybody's game before Bravo completed the last rites in spectacular fashion. It has now almost become routine in this IPL for teams to chase down run rates of around 13-14 runs pervover at the end.Today we saw 2 of the greatest contest ever staged in IPL,with both matches going down to the wire.This day was a victory for t-20 cricket. Posted by sharz on (May 14 2012, 19:02 PM GMT) Cricinfo team..the ball by ball commentary for 63rd match is not available at the moment. Please get this done. The link"Commentary" nest to "Scorecard" is not appearinh.....Hello...anyone listening me!!! Posted by Mayan820 on (May 14 2012, 18:58 PM GMT) We have lost again! Quickly, find a scapegoat before I have to face the media. I know, lets blame Shaqib . . . Damm, someone forgot to select him for today's game. Now what?? Posted by Mahendra Sapa on (May 14 2012, 18:58 PM GMT) I'm damm happy to see CSK (India) win against our arch rival. Posted by RAm GAnguly on (May 14 2012, 18:58 PM GMT) you lose 99 times out of 100 if you play one spinner @ eden garden Posted by saif_bd007 on (May 14 2012, 18:56 PM GMT) How painful for Shakib and Abdullah it is to see that the below standard Aswin, Jakati and Jadeja bowling well on the Eden pitch sitting on the bench and team lossing for the wrong selection of overrated de-Langle!!!! OK Gambhir, if not Sakib, why Abdulla was not selected today on this slow pitch? Posted by Atif Iqbal on (May 14 2012, 18:51 PM GMT) It was a great game for Chennai! They held their nerves. I do not understand why Shakib was dropped? Last game, he was the only player who got the wicket and the best economy rate. He has been sitting on the benches the entire tournament with the exception of the first few games. Yousuf Pathan has not played well at all in this tournament. So many chances and nothing from him this tournament. I know he is known for his hitting, but last game he could not do anything for KKR. They were in a good position to attack and make the game competitive. KKR needs to get their selection right. Another loss for KKR and their chances of the semi finals will slip out. Posted by Ahmed Al Masud on (May 14 2012, 18:50 PM GMT) hahahahahh Kolkata Is Not Kolkata...... Without Sakib Al Hasan......... learn kkr learn... Posted by trinimystry on (May 14 2012, 18:50 PM GMT) i gotta admit shakib has to be in kkr team narine cant do it on his own think of both shakib and narine would of play what could of happened to csk Posted by Mannela Sudharshan on (May 14 2012, 18:50 PM GMT) hussey makes the platform,dhoni should push that one i think that 3 balls hitted by dhoni turned the match to csk.really dhoni's six should be a hilight of the match and the last six hitted by bravo.every one will think this year also csk will be going to win the title. i am i right. Posted by Dayakar Bolloju on (May 14 2012, 18:46 PM GMT) what is the role of de Lange. Why Bret Lee was left out. I think KKR should stick to proper squad with Mc Cullum, Kallis, Narine and Brett Lee as their foreign players... Posted by Cricket_fan123654 on (May 14 2012, 18:45 PM GMT) Is it true that Lange is better than Shakib for today game at at Kolkata?? In Previous game we see Lee being punished (44-0). Why kkr select Langa??? Posted by Ahmed Hussain on (May 14 2012, 18:44 PM GMT) McCullum dropping easy catches hahaha....yeah some player he is I have enjoyed this match especially when KKR lost, the jealous Shakib haters will not call him the 'black cat' anymore because he wasn't playing today and will end the conspiracy that if Shakib doesn't play KKR will win well KKR didn't win today and Shakib wasn't playing so you guys can't blame him haha....Shakib best all-rounder in the world and who is this Mechant de Lange? haha...3 overs for 37 runs haha at an economy rate of 12.33 haha..yeah that bowler must really be better than Shakib NOT haha...and Kallis the so called 'best' all-rounder failed with both the bat and ball hahaha 4 runs and bowled 3 overs for 25 runs at an economy of 8.33 and Shakib's record is much better so where are you now you jealous Shakib haters? hahaha...Well Done CSK Posted by Hari Haran on (May 14 2012, 18:42 PM GMT) If CSk will enter into the playoff, then no one can stop them.Very dangerous team in all time of IPL history Posted by golubhai on (May 14 2012, 18:40 PM GMT) @cricinfo Jst ban all these shakib comments. its really frustating to read any comments... I donno wats the problem wid bangladeshi fans.. If KKR wins they say it was bcoz of shakib and if they loose thn its bcoz shakib was not der.. Shakib was der agnst MI But wat he did??? was he able to make KKR win dat match watever his figures were?? The answer is NO. so no one cares for individual performance if the team is loosing the match... Posted by Md.Tanvir Hossain on (May 14 2012, 18:39 PM GMT) Last ball finish..enjoyed the match...although KKR supporter, satisfied with the result. Its better b4 its too late Selectors had a lesson. I believe everyone understands what I mean. Posted by IbrahimRana on (May 14 2012, 18:39 PM GMT) Shakib or Abdullah would be a best selection instead of D Lange. Iden Garden pitch is for spin bowlers. Bowler like Shakib would do well in this pitch. See the other 2 spin bowler Narine & Pathan. Kolkata's team management give the price for their selection mistake. Posted by SurlyCynic on (May 14 2012, 18:38 PM GMT) Good selection by KKR to bring McCullum back in place of the part time spinner, he batted well. CSK bowled well to restrict KKR after the good start provided by McC and Gambhir, and dramatic end to the match. Unusual to see CSK without Morkel, he helps them win many games. Posted by Abhilash Chandrasekharan on (May 14 2012, 18:37 PM GMT) CSK The best, but they gave almost a heartattack today. Posted by Hayat22 on (May 14 2012, 18:37 PM GMT) KKR paid heavily with an all pace attack in today's match. De Lange was a real misfit. If taking Shakib was constrained due to the foreigner rule, atleast Abdulla should have been taken. he was also very effective last season. Yusuf's inclusion is detrimental. Replace him with Shukla and add Abdulla in his place. Now I'm sure this will impact upon their match in Mumbai as well, where it is actually a batting wicket. For Mumbai atleast they should bolster their batting. Order should be Gambhir,Mc Cullum,Morgan,Debratta,Shukla,Abdulla,Bhatia,Lee,Narine,Balaji. Note this is 10 players and Yusuf, in case there is no replacement for him, could be played. De Lange could have been more effective in Mumbai just as a spinner -Abdulla or Shakib could have been here, however after today that is just not possible! Its time to bolster the batting that goes in terminal decline once the 90 runs opening partnership gets broken. The middle order acceleration is just not there with kallis,Tiwary &Yusuf. Posted by Imran_13 on (May 14 2012, 18:36 PM GMT) Last match's best bowler-Shakib is out of the field today!!! What an idiotic decision by KKR!!! ... And, KKR got the result today as expected... today they must felt the absence of Shakib's bowling.... they should regret.... Posted by Prash Smith on (May 14 2012, 18:35 PM GMT) @AusieBangaleeShameem. He's hardly done much to receive a knighthood by you.LOL. Posted by DeivaNayagam V Csk on (May 14 2012, 18:35 PM GMT) Once the Chennai super kings reaches a place in the playoff table,it will be too difficult to defeat them.... Posted by pjbarua on (May 14 2012, 18:32 PM GMT) Well done KKR! Dropped the most successful bowler of the last match & brought De lange instead of him. look to CSK. They played with an extra spinner in this pitch! It is a deserved loss for KKR! Posted by Subbaraman Sudarsan on (May 14 2012, 18:29 PM GMT) kkr bowling revolves around sunil naraine only, what a shame he is not with westindies in , he is the best bowler in this ipl,hats off to kkr to buy him, shakib n lee shud have played Posted by skyeshwin on (May 14 2012, 18:27 PM GMT) What an amazing finish!!!! Thank you IPL 5.... Posted by waheed1233 on (May 14 2012, 18:26 PM GMT) Lol at KKR...cant blame them tho...if u have a captain who doesn't have cricketing brain at all and an owner who doesn't have any brain at all, how will u win matches? n there's no one in the team mgt to make them understand the difference between World's no.1 all-rounder and a bunch of below average bowlers and batsmen.... Posted by Armaan Mirza on (May 14 2012, 18:25 PM GMT) @ ahmed hussain...strong logic mate...if we're just going by the rankings, shakib is better than Sachin, Kalils, Gayle, AB, Gautam etc. you getting my drift mate? Posted by Iyer on (May 14 2012, 18:22 PM GMT) 2 more loss to bombay and delhi, and 1 more loss to caluctta and bangalore, and a win to madras, will ensure madas finish at the top of the table. It is very much possible guys. Delhi without KP has a good chance to lose both their games to Punjab and win agains Bangalore. Madras has to win against Punjab. Bombay is capable of losing their last 2 games, as they are more dependent on luck and miracle. Posted by rsurya on (May 14 2012, 18:20 PM GMT) "Leaving it too late is not what we intentionally do" "Winning matches is not what we intentionally do" Dhoni Posted by tomru on (May 14 2012, 18:19 PM GMT) pathan is a real fun for kkr this year.. no performance bt still playing and playing and hope he will be playing afterthe end of tournament in dream, mr. gambhir u r totally wrong in ur team selection, you cant win for kkr each game, even sachin didnt do it for india,,there is no real performer in this team except 2.i cant believe how could de lange get a chance ahead of shakib in eden girden? its funny mr. gambhir....even though its not really tough for u to qualify for next round but what will happen u scored a 0 in that????? Posted by Shakur Hossain on (May 14 2012, 18:17 PM GMT) kkr loss this match only there team selection because why Lange and why not shakib .shakib ec:in ipl 6.23 and lange ec: 11.Is not a good decision and KKR loss this match Its a great ............loss .I hope next match Shakib must be play Posted by Onelyf LiveIt on (May 14 2012, 18:12 PM GMT) Dear IPL management, please remove those ball shooting machines, and use Bhatia, he is more accurate I feel.. Posted by Jayaraj Efreme on (May 14 2012, 18:09 PM GMT) Again the team coming from bottom to achieve the goallllllll.... IF CSK play the PLAY OFF CSK will be the winner......... Posted by cric_lover12 on (May 14 2012, 18:07 PM GMT) KKR should drop De Lange, Lee & Kallis for the next match. Include Morgan & Shakib and continue with Narine, McCullum, Gambhir, Pathan, Tiwary, Debratta, Shukla, Bhatia & Balaji. That will be the best combination for KKR and it will make KKR IPL Champion. Posted by dare_to_beat on (May 14 2012, 18:06 PM GMT) lions are lions but knights are human beings,,,thats the difference Posted by Bruisers on (May 14 2012, 18:05 PM GMT) With 5 needed of one ball, there are two things that a bowler shouldn't do to gift the game away to the opposition. 1, bowl a no-ball 2, bowl a full toss. Bhatia went for the second one and cost KKR 2 valuable points that could deny them a Top 2 spot. There were plenty of full tosses in the 19th over from de Lange too. What was he doing?! Anyway lets give it to Bhatia for bowling excellent 3.5 overs instead of ruing that one delivery. Posted by Mustaaf Mohammed on (May 14 2012, 18:00 PM GMT) curse on KKR.... Dropping Shakib for De Lange was the worst decission ever!!! Posted by Chandru Karunakaran on (May 14 2012, 17:59 PM GMT) Hurray!!!!!!! CSK always rocks... we are on the way to hold the IPL Championship for the 3rd Time.... Posted by cric_lover12 on (May 14 2012, 17:59 PM GMT) Shakib's absence is very much surprising, he was the best bowler of last KKR match. De Lange is hopless bowler, again poor team slection by KKR. Is is just jealousy ??? Posted by Al Dave on (May 14 2012, 17:48 PM GMT) Please, guys, compare Shakib's Twenty20 performance with McCullums. Shakibs strike rate is 114.85 with an average of 15.46 in 62 matches and Economic rate for Bowling is 6.66. Brendon McCullums, strike rate is 135.36, with an average of 31.89 in 139 Matches, and he is a wicketkeeper. Ahmed Hussain, these are from Twenty20 NOT T20I, so your argument about Bangladesh not playing does not hold. And also, that is why there is something called "average" which gives good idea overall. McCullum, Kallis, Lee and Narine, there is no space for Shakib or Ryan unfortunately with this combination. Yesterday we played Shakib and we lost, that is a fact not because Shakib was bad but because the team combination was not right. Posted by DeekshaSpeaks on (May 14 2012, 17:36 PM GMT) Shocking to see Albie Morkel left out of the team! He had a near-perfect game against Delhi : bowled well, fielded exceptionally and finally it was his batting in the end that won it for CSK. Morkel's one of their mainstays, and it's symbolically and morally wrong to drop him! No sign of Badrinath yet either.... why is CSK making changes to the line-up that has served them so well, time after time?! I'm a huge CSK supporter but I can't get past this. Well, when they lose this then maybe they'll learn that Faf's no Morkel..! Posted by AusieBangaleeShameem on (May 14 2012, 17:35 PM GMT) Kalam Miya is definitely a better WK than Sir Shakib. But Sir Shakib should be picked ahead of Kalam Miya for his batting, fielding and bowling -- particularly on this sluggish Eden pitch. Posted by Sajitabya Mahato on (May 14 2012, 17:29 PM GMT) kkr is only dependent on gambhir & narine. no team can win by two players.enough is enough.its time to say good bye to yusuf & manoj as well as kallis.They spoils the batting on a regular basis. give chance to newer players rather than money players.sakib is to be used regularly. in such case there is no room for lee or de lange. bhatia ve now no importance. abdulla is far better than him. Posted by screamingeagle on (May 14 2012, 17:20 PM GMT) @Ahmed Hussain, why the hahaha's all the time? Very irritating, like these petty quarrels about why McCullum why Shakib stuff. Posted by parvez1987 on (May 14 2012, 17:11 PM GMT) the pacers are going for so many runs ... i really don't understand how KKR in their den which is so spinner friendly can have only 1 specialist spinner ... shakib or absullah would hv definitely been better choices than the faster bowlers ... abullah inplace of balaji or shakib in place of de lange ... this was a relatively easy choice to make .. KKR is on hte downslide again ... to stay on top its vital to make the right decisions more times than not .. Best of luck KKR ... want to see u in the next stage ... But please selectors .. be a bit sensible .. i think time for experimentation is over Posted by Desi Boy Adil on (May 14 2012, 17:03 PM GMT) sakib is better than kallis, mcculam Posted by AusieBangaleeShameem on (May 14 2012, 16:59 PM GMT) Without Sir Shakib Al Hasan n KKR team --- CSK batsmen will chase this with ease. Posted by Shuvo073 on (May 14 2012, 16:57 PM GMT) I don't know who makes the decision of selection of the team for KKR ,who ever makes it needs to make some sense. If KKR loses the game against CSK is mainly due to the poor selection of the team, being supporters and cricket fan I can see how the players are performing than also such poor selection. Posted by Ahmed Hussain on (May 14 2012, 16:52 PM GMT) @KKR_Fan88....Actually no McCullum isn't better than Shakib because Shakib is ranked higher than him in the real formats ODIs and Tests hahaha..Yes McCullum is ranked higher in T20s but that's because Bangladesh don't play much T20 Cricket and if they did then I'm very sure Shakib will be ranked higher than McCullum in that format so overall Shakib is better than McCullum besides Shakib's average is higher than McCullum and if you don't believe me then check it out for yourself hahaha...Again McCullum was useless today with a slow small 37 for a 'specialist' batsman of his calibre Posted by Shuvo073 on (May 14 2012, 16:43 PM GMT) I am happy with the performance of CSK though I am supporter of KKR..It would be good if KKR lose the game as they will learn to make right selection of the team. I hope you people intelligent enough to understand my words. Posted by XP79303 on (May 14 2012, 16:42 PM GMT) All my beloved commenters those are against Sakib, can you justify one bad record of Sakib when he got any chance. Hope all of you stop this controversy topic and support KKR. Posted by Rashed Zaman Tonmoy on (May 14 2012, 16:40 PM GMT) KKR gonna lose this match, bowlers seem tired from last match and they brought De Lange back who has an economy rate of 10. Chennai are desperate to stay in the competition. Best of luck KKR for the next match. Posted by Safwat Zaman on (May 14 2012, 16:25 PM GMT) i wont be surprise if kkkr loose this game....hahahahaha trust me and they ill surely loose it.....ridiculous no respect for the number one player at all...MR SAKIB...just wait and see how they loose this ball game... Posted by XP79303 on (May 14 2012, 16:24 PM GMT) KKR team is so fortunate to come on this stage, it's a team based on two player, Gamvir & Naraien. If Gamvir fails that match will lose kkr. Das can strick ball very well & he also deprived not promoted in top order, how many chance u want to give Yousuf??? Please give me some chance in next season, promise give u a 50. look at other teams, how they chase runs with strick rate 200++ Now time is coming to wake up otherwise your dream will nevet come true. Posted by KKR_Fan88 on (May 14 2012, 16:17 PM GMT) Well 158 is a gettable target,but the question is: Can the knight riders' defend this total?? And please don't talk about shakib those who are against the team selection COZ mccullum is much more better batsman than shakib and also is a grat wicketkeeper!!!! Posted by Hayat22 on (May 14 2012, 16:08 PM GMT) Kallis, Tiwary & Pathan are the real sluggers who retard the natural rate of progression that the openers are providing to KKR. Morgan should replace Kallis and Balaji should be used in place of Lee. The Lee slot should be used by Shakib or Lange and Tiwary and Pathan should either be banished or demoted in favor of Debratta & Shukla, that two guys who look hungry for runs and are not getting the right amount of deliveries. Tiwary usually plays a run a ball, so unless it is a sticky wicket with ruins all around his fantastic services need to be reassessed! Posted by johnathonjosephs on (May 14 2012, 16:07 PM GMT) Think the only person doing worse than Sangakkara this IPL, is Yusuf Pathan. My god, to think people were considering him as a future star. সংবাদের লিংক: Click This Link