In the past, Kolkata Knight Riders seldom missed an opportunity…to miss
an opportunity.
This time around, the side displayed clinical end-game skills.
The Knight Riders of IPL-V bucked the odds, was undaunted by adversity.
In fact, demanding situations only stoked the team's combative instinct.
The mood in Knight Riders' dug-out must have been grim after its skipper
and influential batsman, Gautam Gambhir, walked back at the beginning
of the side's challenging chase of 191 in the Cup final on Sunday.
Then Manvinder Singh Bisla — he had replaced the destructive Brendon
McCullum as the wicket-keeper batsman, with his team seeking to retain
the composition of its bowling combination — launched into the bowling
with strokes that were bright and bold.
The ability of Knight Riders to walk down the path of risk-taking — the
side did not shy away from making tough calls — was among the highlights
of the competition.
Superb captaincy
So was Gautam Gambhir's captaincy. He had a clear but flexible game-plan
and was attack-minded for most part.
He rotated his three spinners intelligently and employed his two pacemen
judiciously. There was proper role definition in the team, which is
among the chief attributes for a skipper.
And Gambhir led from the front, lifted his men. Quick of mind and feet,
he notched up 590 runs at 36.87.
Not too many present-day batsmen use the depth of the crease as well
against spin as Gambhir does. This left-hander made all the right moves.
Sunil Narine's accuracy, two-way spin and bounce fetched him a whopping
24 scalps at 13.50.
He contained and struck with his ‘mystery' turn and bowled in different
stages of the innings with subtle variations in trajectory. A spinner
relies on his skipper for support and confidence, and Gambhir instilled
belief in the man.
And the formidable Jacques Kallis showed the heart of a champion.
Whether splitting the field with strokes of timing and balance or
thundering down to mix his mean short-pitched deliveries with
fuller-length balls and probe a batsman's footwork, Kallis defined
commitment.
Super Kings raise their game
CSK finished just short of an incredible hat-trick of titles in the IPL
and deserves credit for a raising its game in the play-off stages.
The side might have been fortunate to make the last-four cut but
subsequently showed why it is such a feared outfit.
The side's batting firepower enabled it to pummel Mumbai Indians and
Delhi Daredevils, with blitzkriegs from M.S. Dhoni and M. Vijay — the
latter is now the only Indian with two IPL centuries — lighting up the
night sky.
The Chennai side was eventually let down by its bowling; the lack on
incision in its attack had remained an issue the whole season.
Ben Hilfenhaus produced an outstanding display of swing bowling against
Delhi Daredevils in the league phase at Chepauk but did not always
receive adequate pace support.
And Chris Gayle's effortless sixes — this left-hander has such a natural
back-swing — had spectators on their feet. The West Indian had a
mind-boggling 733 runs at 61.08, and a strike rate of 160.74. Despite
Gayle's hurricane efforts, Royal Challengers Bangalore choked at the
crunch.
A blow to the IPL
India TV's sting operation did have a negative impact on the IPL. The
authorities have to act firmly to counter the menace of spot-fixing.
Yet, the move to put the domestic players to auction promises to curtail
alleged under-the-table payments.
The on-field behaviour of the teams came under scrutiny. The Mumbai
Indians, in particular, did not cover itself with glory.
Captain Harbhajan Singh did not quite set the right example. And the
angry gestures and exchanges of words by Munaf Patel presented him and
his team in poor light. Winning is not everything, and the umpires need
to be respected.
It did not really come as a surprise that the outfit with the best role
model as captain — Rahul Dravid — took home the fair-play award.
Rajasthan Royals deserved the prize.
The impressive Morne Morkel finished with most wickets in the
competition — 25 at 18.12 — but bizarre tactics by Delhi Daredevils saw
this probing paceman being dropped to accommodate Andre Russell. The
logic given — the multi-dimensional Russell was brought in to lend
balance to the side after another all-rounder Irfan Pathan suffered a
split webbing — is laughable. The best method to check run-rate is to
pick wickets.
While the fielding was brilliant on plenty of occasions, the Deccan
Chargers would want to forget their catching in a hurry. And the
seemingly never-ending sequence of defeats would haunt Pune Warriors.
On the positive side for this IPL — despite a few reports of the
tournament's TRP ratings going down — crowds thronged the venues. And
the fans witnessed some tight games and close finishes.
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