Week 6 - Match 1 - Deccan Chargers vs Kochi Tuskers

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Pitch Conditions: A slow and low pitch where the medium pacers who can take the pace off of the ball will do the best. Left arm spin will be hugely effective as well, expecially to the left handers where the bowlers can pitch in the rough patches outside the off stump.

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Please post tactics below:

lol both teams quite strong in spin department, and think will be intresting.

Indeed.

Provisional XI for Kochi:

Phillip Hughes O, U25
V.V.S Laxman
Brendon McCullum O
Parthiv Patel
Gnaneswara Rao
Steve Smith O, U25
Balachandra Akhil
Sanath Jayasuriya O
Daniel Vettori O
Piyush Chawla U25
R.P.Singh U25

5 spinning options and Chawla's not the worst #10 in the world.

my tactics will go up bit later

i think dale steyn could be left out on here again...Doshi will be very effective.

Kochi look strong.Well balanced side

they are strong, they are a tough prospect for anyone. Im gonna have to think about this one.

Will do my tactics later too. It's been busy morning with the rugby semi final so I'm off out for some fresh air

not sure wheteher to hand trott his debut or not.

news coming from the deccan camp , steyn could miss out again, due to the pitch not suiting his bowling.

Steyn can bowl well on any surface.

any reason why u sent that 3 times, at different times?

my tactics will either go up late tonight, or tomorrow morning, as they have to be in by tomorrow midnight.

Deccan tactics:

1)Monish Mishra
2)Sunny Sohal
3)Harpreet Singh
4)Cameron White
5)David Hussey (C)
6)Chipli
7)Shrikant Wagh
8)Wayne Parnell
9)Scott Borthwick
10)Imran Tahir
11)Nayan Doshi

TEAM NEWS: Parnell keeps his place ahead of steyn, as his cutters will be better than steyn's outright pace, which would just sit up on this pitch.

TOSS: BAT FIRST : On a slow and low pitch, the toss will be important, i dont have a good record with winning tosses, i have only won one, but this one is crucial, with both teams, having strong spin attacks

BATTING: Mishra, will look to play the anchor role, while sohal tees off from the start, Harpreet batting, three can come in and play his natural game, he will look to keep the scorebaord ticking over. Hussey and white, are strong in the middle overs, and can also acclerate the scoring if need be. Chipli and wagh, can re build if need be, or hit out, and get some quick runs. Parnell and Borthwicl, at 8 and 9 respectively, can swing the bat as well, so strong batting line up

BOWLING: Parnell and borthwick, will open the bowling, with parnell bowling 2 and saving 2 for the end, Borthwick will bowl out, his 4 on the trot. Shrikant wagh will be first change and his cutters will be useful. Tahir and Doshi come on after the powerplay, with hussey and white able to bowl if needed. parnell will bowl his 2 at the death, alongside either wagh, or a spinner.

Parnell,1,3,18,20
Borthwick,2,4,6,8
Wagh,5,7,17,19
Tahir,9,11,13,15
Doshi,10,12,14,16

Hussey and white can bowl if needed.

COME ON DECCAN!

You really shouldnt have sold Dilshan mate.Far better than Dussey or White.
A good team,the best you can forward although I have never seen Parnell bowl cutters and would prefer Steyn on any surface.
But a good side overall.

i went for an overseas bowling attack, and only two overseas batsman again, cos my indians are very good players of spin.

shankythebiggestengfan wrote:You really shouldnt have sold Dilshan mate.Far better than Dussey or White.
A good team,the best you can forward although I have never seen Parnell bowl cutters and would prefer Steyn on any surface.
But a good side overall.

hussey and white are class in t20 cricket.

Kochi team and tactics:

Kochi:
Phillip Hughes O, U25
V.V.S Laxman
Brendon McCullum (w) O
Parthiv Patel
Gnaneswara Rao
Steve Smith O, U25
Balachandra Akhil
Sanath Jayasuriya O
Daniel Vettori (c) O
Piyush Chawla U25
R.P.Singh U25

Toss: bat first

Batting, Laxman takes the anchor role on what could be a tricky pitch, with Hughes and McCullum given a licence to attack while the ball is new. If the opening pair does well enough McCullum could be saved for the death, while Parthiv provides anchor/rotate the strike options should Laxman fall early. Rao, Smith, Akhil (career strike rate 148) and Jayasuriya are available to accelerate, plus there's batting right down to Vettori and Chawla.

Bowling:
Singh (4) 1, 3, 18, 20
Akhil (3) 2, 13,19
Jayasuriya (3) 4, 6, 8
Vettori (4) 5, 7,14,16
Chawla (3) 9, 11,15
Smith (3) 10, 12, 17

RP Singh and Akhil open up before giving way to Jayasuriya and Vettori who finish off the powerplay overs. Chawla and Smith take up the spin attack in the middle overs with Vettori before Singh and Akhil mix their pace up and try a few cutters. There are spare overs available from several of the bowlers if anyone does get some tap, plus Rao's off-spin is also available.

good side kiwi, its going to be a very intresting game.

cricketfan90 wrote:good side kiwi, its going to be a very intresting game.

Yep, looking forward to the voting. Toss will be interesting too

toss could be crucial

i hope i actually win a toss..in 5 weeks i have only won 1 toss!

cant seem to squeeze trott into my side at all.

also would have wanted to put Zander de bruyn in on this pitch, but couldnt fit him in either.

i still couldnt find room for Adil Rashid!