Clinical

Finally DC came up with a clinical performance to despatch RR. The moment Yusuf Pathan departed, there was only one team that was going to win the match. Yusuf incidentally has been the man of the match on all previous occassions the two teams met - some record this. Dwayne Smith has proved to be the trump card for DC this season. The short arm scoop he hit for six off Trivedi was a stunner. Yet another trump card would be Rohit Sharma. He seems to be the bowler to go to once the top order has been cleaned off. He takes no time to polish the middle order and the tail. And as Gilly said, he may be more off chasing the Purple cap rather than the Orange Cap. Warne's injury during the match that rules him out for 10 days means that RR have to finish among the top 4 and win the semifinals also before he can play - tough ask. By the way, did you notice Munaf sulking towards the end of the RR innings? He did not even care to run singles which were on offer. May be he was sending a message to skipper that he did not like being bowled only for 1 over when DC batted.
I've been watching with a bit of pity at the way in which Indian cricket is shaping. Even though the IPL is the opportunity for many a budding talent, it looks like they are not using it as effectively. The number of dropped catches - most of them absolute sitters, misfields, wavery bowling - all this coming from the Indian contingent in all teams point at only one thing. The first team is good - but behind them everyone is struggling.
Meiyang Chang seems to have gotten over the IPL butterfiles in the stomach. He seems the most composed of all the comperes. Robin Jackman was funny yesterday. He bent down to field a ball that was racing towards him in the boundary. And after that he was complaning of pain in the back and knee for the rest of the evening.