IPL 2009 - FINALS

HELLO,

LAST YEAR WHEN RAJASTHAN ROYALS WON THE IPL2008, SHANE WARNE WAS SAID TO BE THE BEST CAPTAIN THAT AUSTRALIA DID NOT HAVE.
THIS WAS POSSIBLY CORRECT AS HE HAD A CONSISTENT WIN RECORD. HE WAS NO DOUBT SUPPORTED BY THREE FABULOUS PLAYERS - SHANE WATSON, SOHAIL TANVEER AND YOUSUF PATHAN. THIS YEAR HE DID NOT HAVE THEM BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GENERATE EXCITEMENT AND HOPE TILL THE VERY END. HIS ABILITY TO BRING ORDINARY PLAYERS TO PERFORM AT 200% OF THEIR ABILITY AND A NEVER SAY DIE ATTITUDE DOES MAKE HIM THE APT CANDIDATE FOR THE TITLE 'THE BEST CAPTAIN A COUNTRY NEVER HAD'.
HE IS A COLOURFUL CHARACTER AND HAS LIVED LIFE ON THE HEADLINES.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN THE SIDELINES BUT HAS PROVED THAT HE IS ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR THE TITLE IS ANIL KUMBLE. WITH SEVEN WINS OUT OF NINE MATCHES HE HAS SHOWN EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT IN IPL2008 THEY WERE AT TH BOTTOM OF THE LADDER AND IN IPL 2009, BEFORE HE TOOK OVER, THEY WERE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, HIS LEADERSHIP IS WORTH PRAISE.
ADAM GILCRIST IS AOTHER PLAYER WHO WILL VIE WITH THEM FOR THE TITLE. AFTER ALL FROM NO8 IN 2008, HE HAS BROUGHT THE TEAM TO THE FINAL IPL 2009 ON THE STRENGTH OF HIS OWN PERFORMANCE. HE IS TRUELY A LEADER WHO LEADS BY EXAMPLE.
ONE PERSON WHO SAW HIS HALO SLIP A BIT IS MS DHONI. HE LOST A FEW MATCHES ANDTOOK SOME DECISIONS WHICH CHANGED THE COURSE OF MATCHES AGAINST HIS TEAM. THREE CAPTAINS WHO PROVED THAT THEY CAN NEVER BE GOOD AS CAPTAINS ARE SACHIN TENDULKAR, YUVRAJ SINGH AND VIRENDRA SEHWAG.
TOMORROW WE HAVE THE FINALS AND RP SINGH, ANDREW SYMONDS, GIBBS, OJHA AND ADAM GILCHRIST HOLD THE KEY FOR DC WHILE ANIL KUMBLE, RAHUL DRAVID, KALLIS AND ROSS TAYLOR ARE THE KEY PLAYERS FOR RC.
NOW THAT MY TEAM RR IS NOT IN THE FINALS, MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN.
BEST WISHES TO BOTH TEAMS,
MANOJ