Bangalore Royal Challengers

IPL: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings

The second round of the IPL begins today with the Bangalore Royal Challengers taking on Chennai Super Kings. The match will be played at Port Elizabeth.

Chennai Super Kings will be keen to get the first points on board for them after they lost their first match to Mumbai Indians. They didn’t do well in either the batting or the bowling department. Hayden was in good touch while MS Dhoni fought hard towards the end, but the rest of the batting needs to step up. The bowling was inconsistent too, with Andrew Flintoff letting the team down in the final overs. Maybe they will include Muralitharan in this game for the spinners have been doing well in the IPL so far.

Bangalore did well but that was bacuase of one batsman and their bowlers. Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble were the obvious form players from the first game, but all the Bangalore bowlers did their jobs. The onus is now on the batsmen to adapt to the conditions and ensure that a 17 for 3 situation doesn’t happen again because everytime Dravid will not be there to rescue them. Last year they did bad because of their batsmen and this year they have to come good if they are to make an impression. They have made a good start but need to build on that.

The match starts at 8pm IST.

Tags: Bangalore Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings, IPL, Season 2