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India
May 22, 2011 3:17am CST
What happenned to mumbai indians? there were mighty from the start and now they are the most weak side entering a play-off? what do u think could be the reason? Also, is RCB pushing their luck with gayle? the team went down big time after he got out in their last game do u think they are good enough without gayle?
5 responses
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
22 May 11
RCB is good with Gayle. If Gayle plays well RCB will win the IPL 4. have a goo day
• India
22 May 11
Mumbai Indians are back into form. They defeated KKR just now. What a thriller it was! 21 runs needed of the last over, Balaji was the bowler who bowled last over & conceded 23 runs. First 4 balls 4 boundaries by Franklin, 5th ball just a single & 4 runs needed of the last ball & it's six by Ambati Rayudu. Good contribution from Sachin & Harbhajan Singh as well. Bowling was not good by Mumbai Indians but their batting which won them this match. But still they end up in 3rd place in points table. 1st & 2nd places are still occupied by RCB & CSK. Again KKR takes on Mumbai Indians in the eliminator on Wednesday. As you rightly said, RCB without Gayle is shaky & if he fails to perform against CSK in Qualifier 1, thats the end of RCB.
@banta78 (4326)
• India
22 May 11
I think Mumbai Indians peaked way too early for their liking. Though they have managed to scrape into the playoffs, they do look ordinary. I think Mumbai bowling is doing okay, but it is the batting which has been faltering. Apart from Sachin and Rohit none of other batters have been consistent in the tournament throughout. Moreover, constant changes in the batting order and decision to push Symonds & Pollard down the order defy logic. They need to pick themselves up quite fast to post a serious challenge in the playoffs. I think RCB can't rely on Gayle alone to win playoff matches for them to win them the title. The other batters like Kohli need to play their part too. On current form, Chennai Super Kings looks most likely to win this edition of IPL.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
22 May 11
Hi, first of all I would like to put the blame on the BCCI and kinda forcing players t0 go on. There is limit anyway. After the hectic schedule of World Cup this ipl did nothing good to the players. Say Mumbai Indians wee doing well in the game t the beginning but now they are on the verge of getting ousted of the play off. The last three games MI played lacked commitment and determination. Look at the KXIP, they came to the front line from where sort of. Shall we blame the captain?
@rising3 (165)
• India
22 May 11
Well the reason for Mumbai's poor form is their batting their batting doesn't look settled and i don't think they have got the correct order I think Gayle is the main player for RCB but they have got some other good batsmen like V Kohli and AB Devilers who could cahnge the match on their own and thier bowling will be strengthened with return of D Vettori and Zaheer