Zelig Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 RCB rope in Gayle Former West Indies skipper and hard-hitting opener Chris Gayle has been roped in by the Royal Challengers Bangalore as a replacement for left-arm paceman Dirk Nannes who has been ruled out of the remainder of season four of the Indian Premier League due to a side strain. The left-hander, who was formerly with the Kolkata Knight Riders and went unsold during the latest IPL auction in Bangalore early this year, is likely to join the side on Tuesday morning here, according to sources. It is, however, not clear if the 31-year-old will be included for the match against Rajasthan Royals later in the day. Gayle, who was in the highest reserve price tag ($400,000), found no bidders who feared his unavailability for the T20 league given Windies’ international engagements during the same period. But with the West Indies selectors leaving out Gayle along with other senior players Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan for the first two matches of the ODI series against Pakistan, RCB have signed up the explosive batsman who could just provide the much-needed firepower to the struggling Bangalore team. Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/154892/rcb-rope-gayle.html Gluck man! :two_thumbs_up:
yoda Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Why no objection to taking him where as Kochi had faced objections from other teams when they wanted to bring in Ganguly? Anyways, happy for Gayle.
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Doesn't help RCB much. At the moment, the franchise has too many batsmen but hardly any good bowlers. What's the point of so many batsmen? Oh and Gayle has not been in form for the past couple of months.
yoda Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Doesn't help RCB much. At the moment' date=' the franchise has too many batsmen but hardly any good bowlers. What's the point of so many batsmen? Oh and Gayle has not been in form for the past couple of months.[/quote'] Well he can throw in those slow ones.
jibranpatel15 Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 well they need to have an all rounder & Gayle might be perfect for that position. Dilshan watch out Or o will be out of this :rcb: team
coffee_rules Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Why no objection to taking him where as Kochi had faced objections from other teams when they wanted to bring in Ganguly? Anyways, happy for Gayle. Mallya put in some things that made them hard to object. 3 Ws.
Zelig Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 Doesn't help RCB much. At the moment' date=' the franchise has too many batsmen but hardly any good bowlers. What's the point of so many batsmen? Oh and Gayle has not been in form for the past couple of months.[/quote'] ummm...only ABDV n Kohli have looked in good knick. Rest esp. Dilshan, Mayank n S Tiwary have been poor to say the least. Gayle can win at least a couple of matches on his own. Moreover, he has a point to prove to the WICB. Good signing this!
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Well he can throw in those slow ones. More than that I think RCB is hoping that Gayle alone will make a good score (50+) in less than 10 overs so that it becomes easier for the remaining batsmen to either set up a nice total or chase the opposition's score successfully.
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 ummm...only ABDV n Kohli have looked in good knick. Rest esp. Dilshan, Mayank n S Tiwary have been poor to say the least. Gayle can win at least a couple of matches on his own. Moreover, he has a point to prove to the WICB. Good signing this! Dilshan and Mayank yes. Tiwary is way too low in the batting order for him to do anything. They paid so much to him yet aren't utilizing him properly.
Zelig Posted April 19, 2011 Author Posted April 19, 2011 Dilshan and Mayank yes. Tiwary is way too low in the batting order for him to do anything. They paid so much to him yet aren't utilizing him properly. Agreed. Asad Pathan n Zak batting over him? Seriously? :phehehe:
girishk14 Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Dilshan and Gayle - two of the world's most explosive openers, and IPL's biggest flops. Doesn't help RCB cause, they should have brought in Ganguly or Amla or Vaas.
hari504504 Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Mallya put in some things that made them hard to object. 3 Ws. Mafioso Junior Mallya made Amin an "offer he couldn't refuse"..:haha:
vvvslaxman Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 They could have bought Tamim iqbal for far lesser price.
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Mafioso Junior Mallya made Amin an "offer he couldn't refuse"..:haha: Deepika Padukone's ...
rajmarie Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Why no objection to taking him where as Kochi had faced objections from other teams when they wanted to bring in Ganguly? Anyways, happy for Gayle. Its a replacement for an injured player. So its allowed by IPL. Kochi have the chance coming when Mahela will leave for Eng tour...they can seek replacements & get Ganguly
WC2011INDIA Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Its a replacement for an injured player. So its allowed by IPL. Kochi have the chance coming when Mahela will leave for Eng tour...they can seek replacements & get Ganguly Eh....I am not too sure if Ganguly is currently as good with the bat as Mahela.
punjabi_khota Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Eh....I am not too sure if Ganguly is currently as good with the bat as Mahela. :omg: Where is MUFChewtiya when you need him :hitler:
yoda Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 Its a replacement for an injured player. So its allowed by IPL. Kochi have the chance coming when Mahela will leave for Eng tour...they can seek replacements & get Ganguly good point regarding injured replacement, and Kochi can even use him as a captain now. might be good for others in the same group like :csk:
Sid Posted April 19, 2011 Posted April 19, 2011 :omg: Where is MUFChewtiya when you need him :hitler: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
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