Ye gods! What was the flamboyant Vijay Mallya up to? One would have thought he would have insisted on picking up stars known for their cricketing skills AND flair. But the team for Bangalore Royal Challengers [he let the name slip out at the press conference] reads like this - Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Mark Boucher, Cameron White, Wasim Jaffer, Dale Steyn, Nathan Bracken, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Here's a lot that wouldn't look out of place at a funeral. Don't get me wrong, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble are my favourite cricketers. And Kallis, Boucher, Chanderpaul and Bracken rank among the best today. But I don't see a buzz around this team, given that Mallya buys everything keeping image in mind. Somehow I'm finding it difficult to visualise thousands of swooning teenagers.
Of course if they win, it's going to be different. Let's hope they don't plan to do it by collecting singles.
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Yeah couldn't agree with you more.
everything about the team even the name seems very un-vijay mallaya.
I some how find it really hard to visualise Rahul Dravid & Anil Kumble playing a T20 match
"Bangalore Royal Challengers" ? C'mon we can do better than that cant we?
abhi,
my only consolation is that jaipur seems to be a worse team : )
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