Chris Gayle has continued his form with the bat for the 3rd year in succession. After 2 failures in last games, he is back to the usual and today he demolished Shahrukh Khan's team with a superb knock of 85*. This knock demoralized the Knight Riders totally and as a result the captain Gautam Gambhir had an ugly spat with his rival captain and India / Delhi mate Virat Kohli.
The spat was very ugly and repeated watching of video suggests the 2 captains fought in the heat of moment and on the behest of the team owners. When they don the blues again, this spat will be long forgotten. For RCB, Kohli and Gayle are turning out to be superb combination. The opposition can think of beating this franchisee only if they manage to get both the players cheaply.
It will not be wrong to mention that RCB is the team of the tournament so far. They have won 3 out of 4 games and almost won the 4th one too, if not for the Super over defeat to SunRisers last Sunday. They hold the purple cap, orange cap. Virat Kohli is the topmost run getter followed by Chris Gayle. Ditto in bowling. R Vinay Kumar followed by RP Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders are like the soda bottle which fizzes very soon once the lid is opened. They had a title last year but this year they are by no means playing like a team. Their bowling is decent, but in batting except for Gautam Gambhir, the other batsmen are misfiring. They need some boost in batting very soon before it is too late for them. Jacques Kallis has been successful for them in last 2 years, but I think playing Ryan Tendo or Brendon McCullum over Kallis will give them the necessary boost.
RCB next play against Sir Jadeja's team and should be overwhelming favorites to win the game. Imagine the kind of bowling Jadeja would do to Kohli and Gayle, the 2 top run getters shall score tons in the next game.
And finally Pune won something against some team. Breaking a 11 game losing streak is a huge achievement for them. They should be congratulated for this. Who knows when will the next win come and in which season.
