Here we are on the eve of the grand finale of IPL-9 looking at two similar individuals who have taken the center stage. Virat Kohli and David Warner. Two individuals who are said to be being fearless and arrogant at times, swear out to the whole world , wear their heart on their sleeves but above all there is one thing that defines them; they both hate to lose.
Virat Kohli has been a sensation in this season. People are losing adjectives to describe his performance. His consistency level and Bradmanic performance is becoming dangerously scary for other players to cope up with him. It's unbelievable that he has scored almost 1000 runs in 15 T20 innings.
On the other side there is David Warner who too has lead from the front. He is the second leading run scorer of the tournament next to Kohli. Sun risers have been a bit over dependent on him in this season. It is only in the later part of the season where other players have taken the responsibility as well.
Royal Challengers Bangalore started the season well, but lost the track in between with consecutive loses. At a moment their were almost out of the tournament and they had to win four out of four matches. These are the kind of situations on which Virat Kohli thrives on. They struggled to get the balance right without Starc. Watson is the player who brought the balance to the side with his canny bowling and meaty blows.
Still their bowlers were struggling to bowl at the death . Then came in Chris Jordan who struggled in initial couple of matches after which he has been their key bowler at the death. As expected RCB have thrived on their batting powerhouse only. Virat Kohli in almost every match and AB De villiers were scoring the bulk of runs with cameos from KL Rahul in some matches. As they entered the later stages, Gayle coming to his own was a big plus for them. Getting inspired from their batsman, bowlers also started performing well. Coming into the tournament they have gained great momentum which plays a key role in T20s. They had a close match with Gujarat where ABD held his nerve to take the team to the final.
Sunrisers have thrived mostly on the brilliance of their bowlers like Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur, Henriques and relied heavily on Warner in the batting. In the later part of the tournament Dhawan, Yuvraj performing well has helped them. After taking captaincy he has improved alot in the last two seasons. Even in the last season they lost the place in the last over brilliance from Virat Kohli.
Even today they will be heavily relying on Warner and Bhuvi in their respective departments. But who knows, they do have big match players like Yuvi and Shikhar who may just show up and take the game from the opposition.
Both Virat and Warner who have been known for their banter and arrogance on the field in the past. But they have shown that if you could control the character that defines you, the same will take you to great heights. They didn't have to lose or change their attitude. They just had to control it and it has done wonders to them. These two players will be the key for their team's success today; Warner more for SRH than Virat for RCB.
IPL has never been so much competitive and interesting. We are going to have a new champion this time. RCB has edge with home advantage and the momentum they are in. But cricket is such a crazy game that anything can happen. SRH just have to show up and play out of their skins to cross line. For me it's a battle between two individual champions who have mastered their attitude to their advantage. Irrespective of who's gonna win, it is going to be real fun for the fans who embrace the joy the game gives.
Virat Kohli has been a sensation in this season. People are losing adjectives to describe his performance. His consistency level and Bradmanic performance is becoming dangerously scary for other players to cope up with him. It's unbelievable that he has scored almost 1000 runs in 15 T20 innings.
On the other side there is David Warner who too has lead from the front. He is the second leading run scorer of the tournament next to Kohli. Sun risers have been a bit over dependent on him in this season. It is only in the later part of the season where other players have taken the responsibility as well.
Royal Challengers Bangalore started the season well, but lost the track in between with consecutive loses. At a moment their were almost out of the tournament and they had to win four out of four matches. These are the kind of situations on which Virat Kohli thrives on. They struggled to get the balance right without Starc. Watson is the player who brought the balance to the side with his canny bowling and meaty blows.
Still their bowlers were struggling to bowl at the death . Then came in Chris Jordan who struggled in initial couple of matches after which he has been their key bowler at the death. As expected RCB have thrived on their batting powerhouse only. Virat Kohli in almost every match and AB De villiers were scoring the bulk of runs with cameos from KL Rahul in some matches. As they entered the later stages, Gayle coming to his own was a big plus for them. Getting inspired from their batsman, bowlers also started performing well. Coming into the tournament they have gained great momentum which plays a key role in T20s. They had a close match with Gujarat where ABD held his nerve to take the team to the final.
Sunrisers have thrived mostly on the brilliance of their bowlers like Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur, Henriques and relied heavily on Warner in the batting. In the later part of the tournament Dhawan, Yuvraj performing well has helped them. After taking captaincy he has improved alot in the last two seasons. Even in the last season they lost the place in the last over brilliance from Virat Kohli.
Even today they will be heavily relying on Warner and Bhuvi in their respective departments. But who knows, they do have big match players like Yuvi and Shikhar who may just show up and take the game from the opposition.
Both Virat and Warner who have been known for their banter and arrogance on the field in the past. But they have shown that if you could control the character that defines you, the same will take you to great heights. They didn't have to lose or change their attitude. They just had to control it and it has done wonders to them. These two players will be the key for their team's success today; Warner more for SRH than Virat for RCB.
IPL has never been so much competitive and interesting. We are going to have a new champion this time. RCB has edge with home advantage and the momentum they are in. But cricket is such a crazy game that anything can happen. SRH just have to show up and play out of their skins to cross line. For me it's a battle between two individual champions who have mastered their attitude to their advantage. Irrespective of who's gonna win, it is going to be real fun for the fans who embrace the joy the game gives.
Awesome, well written
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