It is Day 8 of the Indian Cricket League’s introductory season and the dreadful ticket of elimination is lynching over Brian Lara like a straight razor – the Trinidadian and his boys have to get their act together and pull off a win or they will be unsuccessful in making the cut to the final four and dishearten heaps of fans in the process.
Lara managed a golden ball duck in his 20:20 debut against the Hyderabad Heroes and followed up with a lackluster knock of four runs against the Chennai Superstars. Detractors believe that he hasn’t looked comfy at the crease and conceivably his delayed arrival and zero participation in the warmup games may be a significant explanation.
The Champs will certainly look forward to insistent players like Solanki, Astle, Jadhav and van der Wath striking fine form. They will have to bat around the Prince in his times of difficulty. They most definitely have the potency in their batting lineup to give them the much needed impetus.
"We cannot depend on individual performances alone. We will have to fire as a team," said Lara after the back-to-back defeats his team suffered. Lara can take heart from the Chandigarh Lions’ successful run-chase against the Hyderabad Heroes a couple of nights ago. After the first five matches, it was a widespread claim that teams could not chase under lights but the Lions chased 134 with more than three overs to spare.
Tonight, the Champs square off against the Delhi Jets, who are high on energy after handing a heavy defeat to the Hyderabad Heroes. The Jets have an in-form batting lineup with the likes of Taufeeq Umar, Abbas Ali and veterans Marvan Atapattu, Dale Benkenstein and JP Yadav.
Millions of Lara fans around the world have tuned into the Indian Cricket League to get a glimpse of their hero once again. They will implore that his band can pull of a victory to stay afloat in the tournament.
Source : http://www.indiancricketleague.in/
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