IPL CRICKET RAJESTAN ROYALS & DELHI DARE DEVILS
Thursday, March 18, 2010
IPL CRICKET
Rajastan Royals & Delhi Dare Devils at Ahmedabad
Injuries compound Warne's woes
Rajasthan Royals Lose The Services Of Smith, Mascarenhas
Ahmedabad: Nothing is going right for the Rajasthan Royals these days. After their second straight defeat to Delhi dare devils in Ahmedabad on Monday night, they have now lost opener Graeme Smith and all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas to injuries, Smith hurt his right middle finger while taking the catch to dismiss Virender Sehwag and is now out of this year's IPL.This is the second time in almost a months time that Smith has hurt his fingers.Dimitri Mascarenhas, one of their main all-rounders, picked up an ankle injury which has ended his participation in this year's IPL too.
Royals skipper Shane Warne, who was "grumpy and angry' after the defeat against Delhi on Monday, will now have to take a hard long look at his reserves and come up with some magic if they want to be a force to reckon in the competition.Baroda bomber Yusuf Pathan also hurt his right hand while fielding is doubtful for Thursday's match. They are without Australian Shane Watson, who is on Test duty, and Ravindra Jadeja, who has been banned from the IPL. The other two international players at Warne's disposal are former Aussie Test player Damien Martyn and Hampshire all-rounder Michael Lump.
Other than injury related issues, Warne was also upset that his team didn't do the basics right for the second time in succession. Against Mumbai Indians, they at least bounced back into the game with Yusuf and Paras Dogra taking the team to within sniffing distance of victory. But against Delhi, the Royals were just outplayed in all departments of the game.
"After all the motivational talks and inspirational exercises we are still not doing the basics right. But more importantly, we didn't bounce back. Now we again have to go back to the drawing board and ask ourselves where we went wrong. As the captain and coach of the team, it is up to me now to get the best out of the boy's said Warne.
Warnie knows where they are going wrong. They have lost too many wickets in a row at the top and have fallen behind in both the games so far. The bowling too talcks bite. Beside Warnie himself, Shanun Tait, Mascarenhas and Munaf Patel hardly bowled any dot balls to put the batsmen under pressure.
Bowling is one aspect which has won the Delhi Daredevils both games convincingly so far and Virender Sehwag was ready to acknowledge that it has only been possible for Gautam Gambhir's captaincy.
"He has been simply brilliant. He has rotated his bowlers very well and when you get early wickets, in any format, it always helps, " said Viru.
Other than injury related issues, Warne was also upset that his team didn't do the basics right for the second time in succession. Against Mumbai Indians, they at least bounced back into the game with Yusuf and Paras Dogra taking the team to within sniffing distance of victory. But against Delhi, the Royals were just outplayed in all departments of the game.
"After all the motivational talks and inspirational exercises we are still not doing the basics right. But more importantly, we didn't bounce back. Now we again have to go back to the drawing board and ask ourselves where we went wrong. As the captain and coach of the team, it is up to me now to get the best out of the boy's said Warne.
Warnie knows where they are going wrong. They have lost too many wickets in a row at the top and have fallen behind in both the games so far. The bowling too talcks bite. Beside Warnie himself, Shanun Tait, Mascarenhas and Munaf Patel hardly bowled any dot balls to put the batsmen under pressure.
Bowling is one aspect which has won the Delhi Daredevils both games convincingly so far and Virender Sehwag was ready to acknowledge that it has only been possible for Gautam Gambhir's captaincy.
"He has been simply brilliant. He has rotated his bowlers very well and when you get early wickets, in any format, it always helps, " said Viru.
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