Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils

Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils- Analysis

Nehru Stadium, Kochi.

April 39, 2011.

Points

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Points	NRR	Place
KTK	7	3	4	6	-0.696	8th
DD	7	2	5	4	-0.318	10th

Team Vs Team

Teams

TEAM NAME	KTK	DD
Strength	Jayawardane, McCullum, Hodge, Jadeja – Batting.	Sehwag-Warner combo, Pathan-Morkel Bowling.
Weakness	Inexperienced Young players.	Middle-Order collapse. Wrong team selection, The Coach loves Australian players. Ingram, RVD Merwe sits out every match.
Opportunities	To Move to top of the table.	To leave the Basement of the table.
Threats	Sehwag-Warner combo.	B McCullum against the Delhi seamers.
Last 5 Matches	W,W,W,L,L	W,L,W,L,L

Key Players

Kochi Tuskers Kerala

M Jayawardane

Matches(IPL)	43
Innings	42
NO	12
Runs	971
HS	110*
Average	32.36
Strike Rate	136.76
50-100-0	1-3-1
4’s-6’s	108-26
Strength	Classical player
Weakness	Little bit of defensive
Last 5 Batting Performances	56,16,25,13,4

Ravindra Jadeja

Matches	47
Innings	38
NO	9
Runs	734
HS	47
Average	25.31
Strike Rate	117.44
50-100-0	0-0-5
4’s-6’s	52-25
Strength	Good All-Rounder who is the 2nd highest run scorer for his team in this tournament.
Weakness	Inconsistency Performance.
Last 5 Batting Performances	25*,16*,29,22,23
Last 5 Bowling Performances	0-29,0-14,2-25,1-24,0-25

R Vinay Kumar

Matches	40
Innings	40
Balls	757
Runs	1027
Wickets	36
Best Bowling	4-40
Average	28.52
Economy	8.14
Strike Rate	21.00
4W-5W	1-0
Strength	Good line and length.
Weakness	Expensive.
Last 5 Bowling Performances	0-48,0-16,1-21,0-27,3-25

Delhi Daredevils

Naman Ojha

Matches(IPL)	29
Innings	29
NO	4
Runs	623
HS	94*
Average	24.92
Strike Rate	125.85
50-100-0	0-4-4
4’s-6’s	56-32
Strength	Good Hitter against the new ball.
Weakness	In Bad Form
Last 5 Batting Performances	11,2,19*,16,1

Irfan Pathan

Matches(IPL)	49
Innings	41
NO	13
Runs	653
HS	60
Average	23.32
Strike Rate	127.78
50-100-0	0-1-2
4’s-6’s	50-25
Strength	Most economical swing bowler.
Weakness	Poor batting form.
Last 5 Batting Performances	14,5,DNB,13*,9
Balls	1035
Runs	1336
Wickets	51
Best Bowling	3-24
Average	26.19
Economy	7.74
Strike Rate	20.02
4W-5W	0-0
Last 5 Bowling Performances	0-28,1-28,1-26,0-26,1-16

Umesh Yadav

Matches	17
Innings	17
Balls	355
Runs	475
Wickets	12
Best Bowling	2-24
Average	39.58
Economy	8.02
Strike Rate	29.55
4W-5W	0-0
Strength	Good Seam Bowler in the depth overs.
Weakness	Little Bit of Expensive.
Last 5 Bowling Performances	0-36,DNP,DNP,0-37,2-29

Players to Watch….

Brendon McCullum

                        A Tailor-Made T20 Player who bats well and his wicket keeping is a handy one and a great athlete on the field.

VenuGopal Rao

                        Everybody knew he is a defensive player and he proved that in the previous versions of IPL but now he is one of the aggressive batsmen in the Delhi daredevils’ side.  And he is the 2^nd highest run scorer for his team in this tournament.

Trivia

Ø      The 55-run margin of Kochi's defeat against Deccan was the largest in IPL 2011.

Ø      Delhi's 231 against Kings XI Punjab is the highest score of the season, evidence of what their batsmen can do.

Ø      Sehwag's strike-rate of 168 is the seasons highest for batsmen with at least 200 runs.

Mic Testing 1...2...3...

Mahela Jayawardane - "There was grass on the wicket, there was moisture too. I don't want to discuss the wicket factor too much, but it was not the wicket that we wanted."

Virendar Sehwag - “Nothing is impossible. If we still back ourselves and win one-or-two games, we’ll get the momentum, and then maybe it’ll be possible for us (to make it to the semis). But yes, it’s difficult and there’s a lot of pressure on Delhi now. We’re still trying to find a good combination for our side. We have to pull ourselves up and really bat and bowl well in the coming games. Hopefully, we’ll do well.”

Pitch Conditions

Ø      Unexpected Bouncing.

Ø      Helps the seamers, Chasing is the tough one.

My Predictions…

Playing XI

KTK
My XI	Mahela’s XI
B McCullum(WK)	B McCullum(WK)
M Jayawardane(BAT)	M Jayawardane(BAT)
M Klinger(BAT)	P Patel(WK)
B Hodge(BAT)	B Hodge(BAT)
R Jadeja(ALL)	R Jadeja(ALL)
P Patel(WK)	M Klinger(BAT)
R Powar(ALL)	B Akhil(BOW)
B Akhil(BOW)	R Powar(BOW)
S Sreesanth(BOW)	S Sreesanth(BOW)
R Vinay Kumar(BOW)	R Vinay Kumar(BOW)
RP Singh(BOW)	RP Singh(BOW)
DD
My XI	Sehwag’s XI
V Sehwag(BAT)	V Sehwag(BAT)
D Warner(BAT)	D Warner(BAT)
V Rao(BAT)	V Rao(BAT)
N Ojha(WK)	N Ojha(WK)
C Ingram(BAT)	T Birt(BAT)
RVD Merwe(ALL)	RVD Merwe(ALL)
Y Nagar(ALL)	Y Nagar(ALL)
I Pathan(ALL)	I Pathan(ALL)
A Agarkar(BOW)	A Agarkar(BOW)
U Yadav(BOW)	U Yadav(BOW)
M Morkel(BOW)	M Morkel(BOW)

Result

(1)               If KTK bats first

KTK	141-8(20)
DD	143-5(18.5)

(2)               If DD bats first

DD	112(17.3)
KTK	113-4(18.3)

Man of the Match

(1)       If KTK wins

                              B McCullum or R Jadeja

(2)               If DD wins

J Hopes or V Rao

Who am I???????

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