After snatching defeat from the jaws of victory against Kings XI punjab,Chennai would be a a more disappointed lot going into today’s match against RCB at Bangalore.
With Dhoni out of the reckoning,they are missing an astute captain and a reliable middle order batsman,who can stay put in difficult situations as well as go blazing when the situation demands.Justin Kemp the South african allrounder is out of reckoning in this match
with an Injury just making a tilt in the balance of the team.
Its quite an Irony that the Man with the Mongoose bat in hand who destroyed Delhi picked up the same bat again in the match against punjab and got clean bowled by Ramesh Powar.
Chennai is getting better in the bowling department with Murali and Balaji striking some sort of form and rhythm.But still the batting mainstay tag remains with Hayden and Raina though parthiv showed some sort of attacking instincts at the top.
All is well with RCB with their bowling in the safe hands of steyn,praveen,kumble and Vinay.The batting has been head heavy with kallis,pandey and uthappa going well.The only area of concern would be their untested middle order.And the trump card for chennai would be to put the RCB to bat and bring the Middle order into play as soon as possible.
The trend of the tournament so far has been the underdogs getting the better of the opposition that started with Opening match of the tournament.Chennai would be hoping that the Jinx continues and gives them the much needed momentum.
