KKR or KR have got it all wrong

History has been witness to many a battle that have been lost because egos got the better of those involved in the contest.

Kolkata Knight Riders, led by Brendon McCullum, have managed only one win out of the six matches they have played so far in SA, with four losses and one 'no result'. Do you think coach Buchanan's multi-captaincy idea has backfired? Also, all is said to be not well within the team. After a fake blogger, the team has sent back Chopra and Bangar back home. May be, Dada will be strong enough a leader to hold the team together and change its fortune.. What we have seen from KR has been just a surrender to the oppositions.. Will Dada change their fortunes if he becomes the captain again?

After the emphatic win triggered by the opening bash of KKR's current captain Brendon McCullum in IPL 2008 nothing has gone right for them... Seriously, one has to explain the logic behind selecting people like Akash Chopra or Sanjay Bangar in this team. Shoaib Akhtar, well, he's spent more time off the field in controversies than on it. Apart from the first match where he could push the gas up to past 150 Kph, he hardly managed a 139Kph in the later encounters. To KKR's advantage David Hussey and Ganguly came to form by the end of the tournament and ended up being in a much better place than they could have (6).. Could have reached semis (undeservedly) if they had won a rain washed match..


IPL 2; Ganguly gets the boot from captaincy, Buchanan (JB) shows why he needed a Mat Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath, Gilchrist, (in form) Lee and Damien Martin to make the best team in this world. Bring in those names together, even today and you'll get a best team without a coach. He woke up dreaming of a "Multiple Captain" theory, and the KR management added an over-priced Mortaza to his kitty. Not to forget the ennumerable support staff of the team, who have out numbered the players- JB is the director of sports operations, Mathew Mott- Coach, a bowling coach, fielding coach, baseball coach for throwing, physiotherapist, trainer, etc.. Ofcourse, later we found McCullum leading the pack.
And more importantly the decision to drop KOLKATA from kolkata knight riders..

Result: divided faith, since most Indian players will be sympathetic towards their former Captain. Aspirations for many to be a captain, no faith in the coach, Dada sidelined, mood of the team is bad, Fake IPL player...

Making Ganguly the captain may infuse some positive energy amongst his silent supporters within the group, and with the burden off his head, McCullum may start perfroming better..But the enthusiasm may get KKR through 2 to a max of 3 matches. Rest, attribute it to the poor auction and poor team selection.. The captain of KKR is not at the helm of things of the team. He doesnt have any authority on the team composition and team strategy. He doesnt call the shots as is usually the case with a team captain. It is the so-called director of cricket operations JB who is the boss of KKR cricket team..

The team:
Worth mentioning.. You select 54 Indian players, definitely a way forward, take them to SA at the cost of SRK, involve them in practise matches and pick only 14 from them, many of whom are simply not fit for T20.. One must seriously question the wisdom of JB.. May be JB was right, 11 players have a captain so 54 players 5 captains.-his laptop would have done the math for him I feel...
Why do u pick Aakash Chopra, send him to the top of the order and then decide that he "doesn't fit into the scheme of things for T20"..
Was it not known that Chopra is not fit for T20 before even picking him up?
Sanjay Bangar who wasn't even picked for India when we were badly in need of an all rounder gets an IPL ticket as an all rounder, doesn't bowl scores 2 runs and he is duly sent back home..
Wasn't Bangar's credibilities and records in front of you before selecting him for the team ?
Karthik not prefered by JB, Agarkar has to "improve"- drafted into the playing 11 and bowl an over each !! And are not a part of the team after that..
JB's decision or McCullum's ?

Dinda plays against RCB as a specialist bowler and ends up as a specialist fine leg fielder- doesn't bowl a single over! If this is the interest or knowledge that the kiwi has in his team, God save the team..
The wisdom of choosing Mendis to bowl the super over is questionable though not completely incorrect but a bigger error was to make Sourav sit and watch the super over from the dug out when he was the player who had a good knock in the actual game and could have easily taken it into the super over..
Mortaza is paid so heavily only to have a tour of SA, Hodge is picked ahead of him only because he is an aussie !! **** ! In a reply to a question from a reporter on if Ganguly would open the innings in Gayle's absence JB replies-well, we have hodge as an option !!
Charl Langeveldt signed in as his an T20 specialist- not played as yet !

Where is Monish Parmar ? Indulkar ? Azhar's son ? Sourav sarkar ? No backing from the management..

Now, the news is that SRK is upset and is planning to sell his team.

Verdict: As long as John Buchanan and his entire family of support staff are removed from KKR there wont be a difference to KKR's performance even if you make Sourav the captain. Heads should start rolling and they should start rolling now. C'mon SRK do a Mallya (in axing).. First to get the axe should be Buchanan and then his entire family. Until and unless that happens there's no stopping KKR from harnessing the 8th spot this time around. I got to admit its going to be a tough battle for the 8th spot between KKR and RCB.

TRIVIA: Question to all cricket lovers and fans- Name a cricket team that played 3 wicketkeepers in the playing 11.. Please do post the reply in the comment section..