PLAY LIKE UNDERDOGS TO WIN RACES LIKE DARK HORSES

Brajogopal: - Kolkata Knight Riders Team has lost three consecutive matches. They have coaches like Wasim Akram and Dave Whatmore, but all is going in vain.

Nandalal: - Is Dave Whatmore, that coach who helped Sri Lanka to lift the World Cup? I don’t think so. Maybe, that was another coach. I think that Shahrukh Khan has again made a wrong team selection.

Kantilal: - No, no, the team selection is ok. But, the biggest problem is that there are too many talented foreign players in the squad. The domestic players in the squad of Knight Riders Team are not so good. This created confusion for Ganguly. He can only use 4 foreign players, and is unable to take the correct decision about whom to select or reject. Moreover, the pace bowlers of this KKR team are yet to learn the tricks from Wasim Akram. They are yet to learn smart bowling rather than hitting the ball at the same length and line with same pace.

Bilal: - They are repeating the same old story of IPL-1. Again, the Kolkata Knight Riders will come first from the bottom end of the chart. Ganguly is also taking some bad decisions, relying on his ego. For the sake of the team, if he comes at the middle order, it will give immense strength to the batting line up. Let Tiwary, Hodge and Gayle do the hard hitting in the initial overs. Don’t worry about the wicket. Just keep on attacking the bowlers consistently. At the middle and slog overs, Ganguly can easily do the hard hitting. But, alas, can they deliver that?

Arindam: - Why not? Of course, they can; provided that they gain self-confidence in them. The players are lacking self-confidence. That is why; they are always in double mind, before going for the counter-attack. Look at Gayle. He stays there like a cool cucumber. He waits patiently for the right moment and the right ball to hit it away over the fence.

Brajogopal: - Have you not seen the match of KKR against Rajasthan Royals in the first leg of IPL-3? The KKR batsmen were so patient in their approach that they started attacking the bowlers only after the 18^th over.

Kantilal: - KKR team is not an Australian Team, who has tremendous hunger under their belly. I still remember the captaincy of Steve Waugh of Australia. He used to bounce back with his Australian Team in any tournament. Even look at Adam Gilchrist. In IPL-2, the Deccan Chargers lost many initial matches, but they came back with some consecutive wins.

Bilal: - in any game, a champion team always bounces back during the crisis hours. In football, I am a supporter of Mohun Bagan Team. I also like the Argentina football team. I am not a fan of Brazilian football team, but still I am telling you the secret about why they are a champion team. Consider the example of any world cup, which has been lifted by Brazil. In those World Cup, the Brazil Team has started with a defeat in the first match. Then, maybe, they won one match and drawn other one to qualify to the next level by sheer luck. They will improve their performance a little in quarter final. In the semi final, they will play in a very satisfactory manner. A die-hard fan of Brazil football will say that, ‘This Brazil team will not win the world cup final. They play such a sloppy football.’ In the final match, it is an entirely different Brazil football team. They will play like tigers. You will be stunned to see their performance. You will say, ‘Is it the same team, which played so badly in the league matches of this tournament.’ These qualities make a champion team.

Arindam: - You have cited a perfect example. Only the Champion team knows that the ashes are the end-product of any fire breakout, because the Phoenix has to rise from those ashes only. That is why, we always say that “PLAY LIKE UNDERDOGS TO WIN RACES LIKE DARK HORSES”.