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Kings XI Punjab Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

I can understand the frustration among Bangalore supporters but this is only the first IPL season - there would be many in years to come.

This is what both the captaians said after the match :

Yuvraj: "Big relief after losing the last game. Boys did a great job, Sreesanth, Pathan, VRV. I could have played some shots but these shots were something else(referring to Marsh and Pomersbach). We'll take a lot of confidence from this game."

Dravid: "They outclassed us. They played some good cricket. Came out and chased beautifully. We kept losing momentum and we probably needed around 175-180. We fell well short of that. We needed a bit of luck too. We need to raise our game and hope for better results."

Its pointless to try and put the blame on a particular person or persons. But of course defeat will always lead to such mud slinging. Its also obvious that only four team will make it to the final. So there will be four teams which will remain in the bottom rank of the table.

But Cricket does not end there. I also felt sorry for Rahul - after all he is a nice human being and a good player. Its not the fact that he has many test players or players not suitable for 20Twenty - its a game of cricket and a 20Twenty situation even happens in one day cricket and also in test matches - so many balls and so many runs is a common feature in cricket.

Also one can do little with the like of Brandon McCullum and Shaun Marsh batting at their all time best.

What this team lacks is a team-spirit - and a zeal to win and perform - loyalty to the team. Lets hope Rahul and his boys cover it up with some good performance in the remaining matches.

Also if you can think out a good strategy for this team or what they should do please post here..