He is the man in the firing line because everything that he planned has gone wrong, but even in adversity, Kolkata Knight Riders director of cricket John Buchanan has maintained a calm exterior as was on display during the media conference at the end of the day.
Excerpts from Buchanan's press conference:
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On Mortaza not getting a game: Yeah, look at the moment we have adopted a batting strategy. So that's where our international effort is. So does that mean that guys that are international bowlers, whether it be Langeveldt, Mortaza, Mendis whoever it might be their opportunities are limited at this time. It is a question that we have posed to IPL a number of times about the involvement of more players on the field. I have personally mentioned that a number of times. Hopefully IPL will look at that more seriously going forward into next season and beyond.
On poor fielding: And yes as Brendon said today our fielding certainly in the six overs just let us down. I mean we were in a position from where we could have taken the game away from Punjab at that stage I thought. We controlled our innings, as Brendon said. We grafted that batting innings very well. We really needed to back that up straightaway in the first six overs. Unfortunately we just didn't do it, which gave Punjab a little bit of leeway which they used effectively.
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Mumbai Indians Team Profile - IPL 2009
Owner: Reliance Industries Ltd
Franchise fee: $111.9 million
Most expensive player: Sachin Tendulkar - $1,121,250
Team Mumbai exemplifies the essence of its home city. The land of a myriad dreams is a melting pot and Mumbai Indians does its best to showcase the same. This franchise is the most expensive in the league and has a fantastic side headed by none other than the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar who is also its Icon Player.
Harbhajan Singh, Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando alongside young talent from Mumbai Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Pinal Shah and Yogesh Takawale make up the Mumbai squad balancing youth and experience. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited owns the team and one can surely look forward to some scintillating performances from the Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians Team/Squad :
Sachin Tendulkar (C)
Abhishek Nayar
Ajinkya Rahane
Chetnya Nanda
Dhawal Kulkarni
Dilhara Fernando
Dwayne Bravo
Graham Napier
Harbhajan Singh
Jaydev Shah
Jean-Paul Duminy
Jude Singh
Kyle Mills
Lasith Malinga
Luke Ronchi
Mohammad Ashraful
Pinal Shah
Raheel Shaikh
Rohan Raje
Ryan McLaren
Sanath Jayasuriya
Saurabh Tiwary
Shikhar Dhawan
Yogesh Takawale
Zaheer Khan
Shaun Pollock(Mentor) (Coach)
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Bangalore Royal Challengers Team Profile - IPL 2009
Business tycoon Dr. Vijay Mallya owns the Bangalore Royal Challengers, named after one of Mallya's top brands. The team from the Garden City will be led by one of its favourite sons Rahul Dravid who is also its Icon Player. A formidable line-up, the squad has great talent with the likes of Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White. Youth will be represented by the U-19 Cricket World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli, Shreevats Goswami and Arun Kumar among others.
Charu Sharma is designated as the CEO of the team while former Kiwi captain Martin Crowe has also been roped in to be part of the team management. Former India fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad has been sought to coach the team. Red and golden yellow are the team colours. The Royal Challengers will be expected to shine in the IPL with their talent, determination and buoyancy.
Recently in auction for season 2 IPL players bangalore Royal challengers purchased Kevin Peiterson who became the most expensive player of the tournament.
Royal Challengers Team/ Squad :
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Abhmanyu Mithun
Anil Kumble
Balachandra Akhil
Bharat Chipli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Cameron White
Dale Steyn
Devraj Patil
Dillon du Preez
Gaurav Dhiman
Ishank Jaggi
Jacques Kallis
Jagadeesh Arun Kumar
Jesse Ryder
Jitendra Patil
Karan Sharma
Kedar Jadhav
Kotarangada Appanna
Manish Pandey
Mark Boucher
Muralidharen Gautam
Nathan Bracken
Pankaj Singh
Praveen Kumar
R. Suteesh
Rahul Dravid
Rajesh Bishnoi
Raju Bhatkal
Robin Uthappa
Roelof van der Merwe
Rohit Sabharwal
Ross Taylor
Saurabh Bandekar
Sreesanth Aravind
Srivastava Goswami
Sunil Joshi
Tinu Yohannan
Udit Patel
Vinay Kumar
Virat Kohli
Wasim Jaffer
Ray Jennings (SA) (Coach)
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