vvvslaxman Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 3 great chases. But for Gauti's dumb batting order they could have won that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 yeah def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 The pitches have been really good so far and have enabled equal batting conditions to both teams,when that changes the strategy will also change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngindia Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 toss played a role- 1. at mohali chennai had to play out a dangerous 6 over period when praveen was moving ball like a peach.hence we were only 60 at over 10 whereas Punjab was 90! 2. at mumbai yet again the initial period proved very helpful for the pace bowlers and MI had to start carefully in the final analysis,this intial stage proved crucial in the end. also valthaty's 120 and both mahela and mccullum coming good on the same day does not happen everyday. however the weak links in both csk and MI were exposed badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Wont work in slow tracks like Eden Gardens or turners in Chennai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I think barring Chennai and Delhi ,at every other ground chasing is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 If you have a good bowling attack (aggressive opening bowler + at least 2 handy spinners), i will prefer to defend targets any day of the week. A lot of things have to go right for a team to chase down anything in excess of 160. Kochi's openers put in a 100 stand (which is VERY VERY rare in T20 cricket) and the match was STILL a close one. All it takes is a few balls for a team chasing even 160 to go from 120/2 in 15 overs to 125/5 in 6 and all of a sudden, they need 35 off 4 with 2 new batsmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meloveindia Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 win the toss, field first in these day-nite games, the mantra seems to be "win the toss field first" yesterday Gauti won the toss field first won the match mahela too and both loosing toss captains said at toss, they would have fielded first dew factor is pretty much overrated, reason is : pretty good batting wickets with true bounce (except delhi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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