IPL 2012 - Punjab - Deccan - Delhi - Rajasthan - Pune – Team Guide– Part Three
Continued from the previous part ...
The owner of the Knight Riders and Bollywood celebrity, Shahrukh http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 brings a lot of glamour to the Knight Riders and probably this has been the reason in past that the players could not perform well due to the extra-pressure.
The Knight Riders have a huge fan-base and all of them are hoping that their team will live up to the expectations in the fifth season of the league.
Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833
Led by former Australian wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, Kings XI Punjab is surely going to give a tough time to their opponents in this tournament. They may not be considered as one of the favorites of the event but Kings XI is full of talented cricketers who will not go down without a fight.
Apart from the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 are the other Aussie cricketers in this team. They are highly professional and if all of these cricketers find form in the tournament, they will definitely pull up some surprises.
Out of favour Pakistani all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 may turn out to be a trump card for Gilchrist in this tournament as he is equally effective with both bat and ball.
Deccan Chargers
Chargers are not rated among the top teams of the tournament even though it won the second edition of the cash-rich league. However, there has been a huge change of personnel in the team since the third edition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Jones-c2531 of the event.
Delhi Daredevils
Led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 in its ranks. With such a strong batting line-up, Delhi is surely a big threat in this tournament and any total may well turn out to be too small for this batting unit.
Along with Royal Challengers, Delhi has the most reliable batting line-up of the tournament.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Aaron-c2744 will be the key for the Daredevils in the bowling department.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals
After the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831, who remains a bargain at $50,000.
Pune Warriors
The youngest, yet the most expensive team of the league will be playing their second season, looking to put behind their off-field differences. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 was ruled out of the event due to illness.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861.
Obviously some of the teams appear to be stronger on paper but in the field it is going to depend on the current form of every outfit, and how it manages to translate its reputation into performance. Hence, we can easily expect a closely fought fifth season of IPL.
Lastly, the cricket fans all around the world will miss Pakistani cricketers in IPL once again and it is a shame that some of the most talented T20 players of the world are being ignored due to political reasons. Without Pakistani players, IPL will not be a complete article once again.
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