Gambhir - A Potential Leader

uffff..... The longg season of the shortest format of the game has come to an end and its the KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS having their maiden trophy of IPL season 5. Congrats to the Team.


It is been a tough battle of class and mass with power and brilliance turning the matches of IPL, al-though a lot of talks of matches being fixed, players involved in rave parties and then molestation of girl disturbed the play but still the crazy fans of India as always support their favorite game did it with no less spirit.


This post, covers on the journey of KKR in this IPL season, but seeing it from the leaders perspective is always shows the character of the team.

Initial Hick-ups : 


KKR was never considered to be in the race, with the big teams in terms of revenue and performances, like CSK,Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore etc..


Their race to tournament was not that easy, as they lost 3 matches on the trot and it reflected back by the Captain Gautam Gambhir in a press media saying boldly, that he needs his senior players to know their roles and responsibilities and play accordingly or else, the action would be severe.

Dependency On Top Order To Perform:

The batting started to click after the open statement from the leader and the they started to win games but on 2 occasions when the top order failed to perform the reliability of the middle order was exposed and it never had the back bone to support the team in need, this still made the game followers feel on the week link KKR had.

On The Bowling Front :

It was always support by the player of modern age, Jack Kallis, along with L Balaji, who deserved the credit from the captain on the ceremony stating the victory is dedicated to L Balaji who has consistently bowled on line and length troubling the batsman.

It time to call the champ of the bowling attack, the mystery man from West Indies, Sunil Narine, wow, what a bowler he has been in this IPL, making many of the top batsman look like a kid, sometimes he humiliated them even. He was superbly supported by the Shakib-al-Hasan, a legend from Bangadesh.

BISLA and KALLIS, One Crucial Partnership :

It was most like a world cup final, when India lost Sachin and Sehwag early, the tendency that every Indian had, is it is going to be difficult from now on, but the crucial partnership of Gautam Gambhir and Dhoni saw India home, Likewise, when Gambhir lost his wicket in the very first over, the likes of KKR winnings also walked along Gambhir, but an amazing partnership between Bisla and Kallis really turned the match and well supported by Shakib-Al- Hasan and a class finish by Manoj Tiwary.

KKR Champions, Thanks to Gauti For Making SRK MAD.

Without the inspirational and expressive captain like Gautam Gambhir, KKR would have found themselves in the most happiest moments of the cricketing career.

I still believe, the Indian Selection Committee should stick for Gauti as vice captain rather than inexperienced Virat Kohli given the chance the perform on the big stage.