Monday, April 14, 2008

Team in Review - Chennai Super Kings

Owner - India Cements Ltd.

Coach - Kepler Christoffel Wessels

Physical Trainer - Gregory Allen King

Captain
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Ambassador - Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Chief Selector - Vakkadai Biksheswaran Chandrasekhar

Colors - Yellow

Den - MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

+es...
Superb all rounders in form of Jacob Oram, Dhoni, Joginder Sharma and Albie Morkel, the Protean T20 specialist..
Shrewd cricketing brains in the Captain, MS Dhoni, the coach, Kepler Wessels, Ex-Kiwi skipper, Fleming and Matty Hayden..
Let alone all the logistics and the Muralidharan, the wily old fox, as they say could anywhere, anytime turn the game on its head..


-es...
Departure of Haydos after two weeks for the tour to Carribean and Jacob Oram to England will leave holes, that would be hard to fill..
Apart from Murali, the bowling department doesn't look much strong..
With an upper limit of four over seas players in a team, management would have a torrid time finding classy local bowlers to fill spots..

Why follow them...
The man with the Midas touch, MS Dhoni leads them.. The team could be one of the most entertaining ones with also, Hayden, Murali and Oram in the ranks..

Look out for...
Muttiah Muralidharan - Believe it, he will turn it square on any strip.. He could well be their man for the tournament..
Vidyut SivaramKrishnan - He could well be the one to reach the Indian ranks via IPL.. He has played some scintillating knocks in domestic cricket including one in Deodhar Trophy..

Probable Starters...
Matthew Hayden/ Stephen Fleming
Parthiv Patel
Suresh Raina
Subramaniam Badrinath
Michael Hussey/Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
Jacob Oram
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Joginder Sharma
R Ashwin
Muttiah Muralidharan
Manpreet Gony/ A Morkel/ Ntini

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