Guest Hiten. Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Pietersen will make good IPL captain - Jennings Cricinfo staff February 10, 2009 Kevin Pietersen may give captaincy a second shot, this time with his IPL team © Getty Images Kevin Pietersen may work well as captain of the Bangalore Royal Challengers for a short period this IPL season, Ray Jennings, the team's coach, has said. It is likely that Pietersen, who was bought by the franchise for a record US$ 1.55 million in the second auction in Goa this month, will take over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid for the first three weeks of the tournament before returning to England. Vijay Mallya, the team's owner, hinted at a change of captaincy after the auction. "The captaincy options are open," Mallya said. "The team management will take a decision on it." Pietersen gave up the England captaincy just before the ongoing tour of the West Indies but Jennings was confident he'd be up to the task and bring about a whole new dimension to the struggling team. "Kevin may work really well as captain for a short period," Jennings told the Times. "A small amount of time means a limited amount of time for things to go wrong. Captains often have that honeymoon period anyway. "We bought Kevin to improve our whole profile, which goes beyond cricket. Kevin has great, eye-catching cricketing skills. He is also a very marketable guy. He is a product who can go across India and he might be an ideal captain over four weeks or so." The Royal Challengers finished second from the bottom in the inaugural edition last year and the franchise was blamed for picking a team which was not really suited to the Twenty20 format. © Cricinfo -- Too much ars3 licking going on here now. How can you make offer captaincy role to a player who was sacked as a captain from his own national team (well not really). Moreover, he is only available for 3 weeks. Is Mallya expecting the BRC team to run out of the steam within the first 3 weeks of IPL (giving up entirely on IPL title). BRC is being really unreasonable to Rahul Dravid who was their best batsman in the last edition and overall 12th best. Mallya is flashing too much money and I hope he loses them in a jiffy. ba$tard :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap_Brannigan Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Yep. Feel sorry for all teams that have publicity seeking owners like SRK, Mallaya, Zinta and now Shilpa shetty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I hope they lose every match under him and only RD scores big...and I specially hope that guy uttapa gets out for a duck every single time. And most of all...I hope Zaheer kicks some BRC asses (except RD:--D) every time thet meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Yep. Feel sorry for all teams that have publicity seeking owners like SRK' date=' Mallaya, Zinta and now Shilpa shetty.[/quote'] Ambani can pwn all these wannabe's asses whenever he wants yet he stays out of team's selection and lets the staff do their job. Buying a team does not make one the decision maker. Team owner's job is to provide the team with that they need, he does not tell them what to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Ambani can pwn all these wannabe's asses whenever he wants yet he stays out of team's selection and lets the staff do their job. Buying a team does not make one the decision maker. Team owner's job is to provide the team with that they need, he does not tell them what to do Very well said :two_thumbs_up: Shah-bloody-Rukh-khan and Preity-IdunnoifMortaza-leftorRight-Zinta shud read this. Liquor Barron Mallaya ofcourse is a pompous a$.$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I hope they lose every match under him and only RD scores big...and I specially hope that guy uttapa gets out for a duck every single time. And most of all...I hope Zaheer kicks some BRC asses (except RD:--D) every time thet meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Whatever!! They are gonna lose anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Whatever!! They are gonna lose anyways. So ... Thats u being hopeful !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Malliya is a **** Feels sorry for Dravid Can't believe they make this asswipe the captain, he hasn't proven himself at all as a captain, why should be picked ahead of Dravid I too will pray for a complete fail from KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Its not confirmed yet, but guess im waiting for the inevitable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_South Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I don't care who leads BRC , all I want 'em to do is to win the damn matches.My full support to BRC :) Go KP GO ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I don't care who leads BRC ' date=' all I want 'em to do is [b']to win the damn matches.My full support to BRC :) Go KP GO ! :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 please-if people don tsupport brc then you have no right to criticize what we do.i support this move if it happens.kp wants to win and thats good enough for me after the horrific last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 please-if people don tsupport brc then you have no right to criticize what we do.i support this move if it happens.kp wants to win and thats good enough for me after the horrific last season. KP was sacked from his 'national' team due to ego problems :cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 KP was sacked from his 'national' team due to ego problems :cantstop: ego is good-it means you are confident about yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 ego is good-it means you are confident about yourself. Ok. I'll see you in IPL, brother :fishing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Ok. I'll see you in IPL' date=' brother :fishing:[/quote'] twice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic23 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I agree with blue_brigade here. I am a fan of BRC because of Rahul Dravid [and I speak Kannada]. But to start off the proceedings by claiming that KP will be captain for as long as he plays is just wrong. :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wicket Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I hope Dravid does brilliantly. And I really really hope I can bump up the "How much Pietersen mek?" thread just about every BRC game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic23 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I hope Dravid does brilliantly. And I really really hope I can bump up the "How much Pietersen mek?" thread just about every BRC game! ++. This is lame from Mallya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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