Delhi continue to disappoint every game they play and lose it. More pathetic to see is they fold up without a fight. Their big names continue to disappoint -- Warner, Sehwag and Jayawardhene seem to have frozen when it comes to bat.
Ditto for Pune, they continue to get disgusting with every match, they lost the game they should have won against Hyderabad. But they collapsed from 4/101 to 109 giving a hattrick to Amit Mishra. Hyderabad were equally pathetic with the bat, but Pune gifted them the game on a platter.
The Lankan players who are leading the franchisees are completely at sea when it comes to make runs or show leadership skills. Matthews is inexperienced but Sangakarra and Mahela are seasoned ones and they have ruthlessly murdered minnows in their peak days.
The thinking of Mahela Jayawardhene was proved to be crappy when in the Super over against Royal Challengers Bangalore, he sent debutant Roherer ahead of Sehwag and himself. Even on the 1st wicket fall of Warner, he did not come himself in or send Sehwag.
16 off 6 balls was gettable by any means for Sehwag, Warner and Mahela himself. But he froze and gave up the only chance to win the game. Now they are almost out of IPL.
Sangakarra dropped himself in the game against Pune, he himself has been in woeful form.
Punjab, Delhi and Pune are pathetic teams. That makes the competition among 6 teams for 4 play-off slots. With Hyderabad being on the lighter side with the bat, as the IPL progresses, the competition would seriously be between 5 teams.
