Take any form of the game - From a shorter version to longer version, Aussies and South Africans have established aggressive way to play Cricket. They want be on top of the game all the way. When it comes to batting, they will demoralise an attack. Mathey Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson all have made their mark in IPL with some scinitillating knocks already. From South Africa, we have Herschelle Gibbs, AB De Villiers, Boucher, Kallis, Duminy who were awesome too.
Mathey Hayden has never changed his batting methods throughout his career. Whole world has seen the Macho striker in action. Chennai is blessed to have him in their side. Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs opening pair is best in IPL so far. Gilchrist has a good batting technique which he uses to strike the ball hard. With the return of Andrew symonds, the batting order looks ominous for Deccan chargers. Andrew Symonds made an announcement that he belongs in IPL Season 2 by scoring 36 ball 60 runs in his first match. Shane Warne is definitely missing Watson's flair with the bat and ball. These guys never allow the bowlers to dictate terms to them. Counter attack is the best form of defense for these guys.
A B De villiers has already scored an individual hundred in T-20 version. Gibbs has won several matches single handedly for Deccan chargers. J P Duminy has scored 4 fifties already in 8 matches played by Mumbai indians. Boucher and Kallis are the key players along with Dravid, who can keep Bangalore's hope alive.
The thing that one has to learn from these players are not their style of batting, rather the attitude that they carry on field. I am talking about learning part for the youngsters (Domestic) who are blessed to play along with these guys. Out of the names mentioned above, Symonds, AB De villiers, J P Duminy and Herschelle Gibbs, all these guys are tremendous fielders too. Running between the wickets also would be of high standard.
India's bench strength is really growing. IPL has ensured commendable fitness levels amongst Indian players. Though the schedule might question their physical fitness, once the IPL gets over, the youngsters will be able to put into practice everything that they learnt from foreign players.
Guys from West indies are also doing well in IPL. Chris Gayle, Bravo, Dwyane smith and Fidel edwards did well, but not to the extent of Aussies. KP and Flintoff from England, the two highly paid IPL heroes, did not live up to their potential. Collingwood did not get to play a single match. I have to question Sehwag's selection of 11 players here. Maharoof, Glen Mcgrath along with Collingwood has not stepped into a cricket field representing Delhi team. What's running in Sehwag's mind, only he knows. He and Gambhir are backing Nannes and Dilshan, who are effective. In place of these two, Mcgrath and collingwood could have played few matches. Results would not have got a hit anyways, as these two guys know the role expected out of them. I believe, Mcgrath and Collingwood knows their roles better than Sehwag.
Dhoni and his men in the upcoming T-20 world cup will definitely be favourites if they step into a cricket field with a positive attitude and self belief. By sharing dressing rooms with top players from rest of the world, they would have had a different view to the game. Dhoni, by nature has got that australian attitude in-built in him. He could definitely give a sense of direction to all of his team mates.
The 14 member Indian squad that was announced a week earlier is spot on. Each of the player in that list deserves a place in the squad. They all have got the attitude to take on any opponents under any circumstance. Thanks to IPL. The schedule of this event could not have been better for the indian team. Apparently, these 14 have learnt it from Aussies and RSA and right now, together, can destroy Australian and South African team.
Similarly, second wing team is also getting groomed nicely. Apart from the money aspect involved in IPL, I am happy with the way the objectives of indian team is achieved.
Thanks,
Prashy.
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