Chat with Gaurav Kalra All about IPL...

lovish · Feb 7th, 2009, 13:35

Simon:Actually what KKR management said after getting Mashrafee Mortaza in their side ???
Gaurav Kalra: i think its clear they wanted someone from their catchment area

vignesh:do u think dravid\'s team will win the IPL this time??and do u think dravid will become man of the tournament this time???
Gaurav Kalra: i think bangalore have some right people now....pietersen and uthappa...so they should do better, i wouldnt count on dravid to become man of the tournament!!

saptarshi-welovesourav.com:In this global economic downturn , Lalit Modi promises a better, more attractive IPL this time. Since Modi being a marketing guy..we can expect more marketing gimmicks and glitz....how far is this justifiable in such a horrendous economic scenario ?
Gaurav Kalra: i think we need good news in these times such as this...so we should all be willing for IPL to succeed!

snehal:BEST DEAL OF TODAY
Gaurav Kalra: duminy

VIGNESH

O U THINK SWAPPING TREMENDOUS AND INFORM ZAHEER FOR UTHAPPA WAS WORTHFULL FOR BR\'S.....AGAIN THEY WENT ON FOR A BATSMAN(KP).........ITS A BAD MOVE ... DONT U???

Gaurav Kalra: bangalore needed a hard hitting batsman and they had to get one before pietersen as that wasn't a done deal...

saptarshi-welovesourav.com:what can be a plausible reason behind Michael Clarks opting out from IPL twice in a row ?!
Gaurav Kalra: lalit modi says it was because he refused to lower his price

saptarshi-welovesourav.com:in this round of IPL ..who you feel is the real dark Horse ? Rajasthan Royal can\'t be as they are already defending champion....
Gaurav Kalra: delhi daredevils

Debasish Paul:I believe only 17 out of 50 players were handpicked today. What will happen to the rest of the 33? Will they be bought by franchises before the start of IPL 2009.
Gaurav Kalra: they go into a reserve pool...4 others will be used as replacement players....

satanmig:How much do you read in Vijay Mallya\'s comment that captaincy for his team is still very much open. Do you think he will appoint KP as captain?
Gaurav Kalra: it will be odd if he does...since KP is only around for the first three weeks

Debasish Paul:What happened to Mohd Ashraful.
Gaurav Kalra: mumbai have purchased him

VIGNESH

O U THING OPTING TAIT WAS CORRECT,,, INSTEAD RR\'S COULD HAVE OPTED CLARK.....CLARK IS A KIND OF A BOWLER ...WHERE U CAN EXPECT VARIETY AND EXPERIMENTATION... BUT IN CASE OF TAIT ITS ABOUT PACE... DO U THINK CLARK WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER OPTION FOR TANVIR THAN TAIT....I REALLY FELT NO ONE CAME FORWARD FOR HIM..............
Gaurav Kalra: warne always backs players who bring something extra, thats why maybe tait over clark

Debasish Paul

o you think, cricketers with sound knowledge of the game should be allowed to bid for players rather then these brainless celebrities who know nothing about cricket.
Gaurav Kalra: haha, i will pass that one!

manoj kumar sinha :dont u think so that rajasthan is not balanced team , last time they luckly won the IPL Trophy?

Gaurav Kalra: i dont think they were lucky, they topped the league table and went on to win more matches than any other team...they have a great team for T20 cricket

Simon

on\'t you Think SRK should buy Shakib Al Hassan the wotlds no1 allrounder & Tamim Iqbal a big Hitter of the ball to grab for KKR ?
Gaurav Kalra: shakib should have been purchased i also felt that

saptarshi-welovesourav.com:after auction ..how will u rate teams now in scale of 1 to 10 ? for Eg . Delhi Daredevils and KKR ?

Gaurav Kalra: lets just enjoy the matches!

Debasish Paul:What were these franchisees thinking? JP Duminy for nearly a million? Mortaza for 600000 abd yet no bids for haddin, stuart clark, etc who are much better then these? Do you think these franchisees even know what they are buying? Do they do enough homework?
Gaurav Kalra: duminy is a good buy mate, make no mistake

Vinay :Why do you think Deccan Changers didnt go for any bowlers though they dont have many front line bowlers??
Gaurav Kalra: that surprised me....but they have rp singh and chaminda vaas...and they have bought edwards...

ronak vora:dont u think that rajasthan should have bought brad haddin as akmal wont b playing and mahesh rawat is not an extra ordinary player ?
Gaurav Kalra: yes but you can only play 4 foreign players....even last year they had no place for akmal...so in their xi this year they will have smith, warne, tait andwatson maybe

VIGNESH:HI GAURAV UR DOING GREAT.... MY QUES IS ABOUT CSK\'S ... S IT WAS OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THEIR INTENTION ON OPTING FREDIEE BUT AGAIN WHATS THIS ALL ABOUT JUST BIG NAMES ON THEIR SIDE... BECAUSE ITS WELL SURE ABOUT THEIR AVAILIBILITY FOR 3-4 MATCHES.... AFTER THAT...??? AVAILIBILITY ON AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS ARE ALSO ON CONCERN AS THEY ARE GOING TO MISS HUSSEY FOR CERTAIN..... DO U THINK PICKING FREEDIE WAS CORRECT ... INSTEAD SHOULD HAVE PICKED COUPLE OF DESERVED AND AVAILABLE PLAYERS INSTEAD OF FREDIEE FOR 7.35CR ... LIKE DUMMINY
Gaurav Kalra: an all rounder like flintoff is invaluable...they get 3 players for the price of one...batsman, bowler , fielder...i think if flintoff clicks, chennai will be in real good shape

Girish Kumar:Is there any reason why chennai went for George Bailyes(who is hardly known) rather than all-round players like shakib al hasan or nuwan kulasekara who were available at almost the same price?
Gaurav Kalra: i think bailey is a batsman so chennai may have preferred him for that reason

Debasish Paul:Gaurav, which team do you think is now well-balanced now after these round of auctions?
Gaurav Kalra: delhi, chennai & rajasthan

Nadeem Paul:Hi Gaurav, why were Punjab and Kolkata going for Mortaza so desperately? 600, 000 dollars (Rs 2.3 crores) for him. He is a decent pacer but don\'t you think he got really lucky with the exorbitantly high price?
Gaurav Kalra: i think mortaza will be counting his lucky stars, it is an amazing bid

Jameer Patel:Gaurav don\'t u think that Enland player kevin pietersen offer a big money than we except?
Gaurav Kalra: he is the perfect fit...big hitter, flamboyant just like his owner etc

SIMON

o you think that SRK\'s Mortaza will do the work for KKR ?
Gaurav Kalra: they have ishant and agarkar, so he could be the third seamer

ronak vora:can u plaz peak the best and the most odd pick of the day ?
Gaurav Kalra: jesse ryder for bangalore! fat boy ryder!!

Maheep

o you think the IPL franchises are too focussed on adding star value to their teams? How can someone like Sakib-ul-Hassan from Bangladesh who is available for such a low price not picked, when he has been in terrific form?
Gaurav Kalra: ya i was surprised as well, maybe people havent seen shakib at all...so that could have hurt his chances...

Girish Kumar:Why has shakib al hasan not been sold??? he is the worlds best all rounder now and his price was so low!!
Gaurav Kalra: that really surprised me, i have to admit...he would have been a good buy

ronak vora:do u think that the absence of pakistani players will affect the popularity of IPL ?
Gaurav Kalra: no, i think that pakistan's players were a waste of money last season except tanvir.. we got some good players in places freed by pakistani players..

Deewakar sharma:Bangalore has again made a mistake of spending so much on KP when he will be there for three weeks, that\'s not even half of the tournament. A mistake which Kolkata made with McCullum, Ponting and Gayle last year. Your views, Gaurav?
Gaurav Kalra: yes that is an important point...but you must remember that bangalore had to do something, they couldn;t have continued with what happened last year...maybe pietersen can kickstart their campaign and they can build on it , who knows?

Debasish Paul:Hi Guarav, do you think Chateswhar Pujara in the KKR will get a look in this season, now that he has impressed everyone in the ranji circuit?
Gaurav Kalra: well the theory is that in T20 cricket he isn't the ideal choice...KKR have a few players like this so they need for the likes of mcullum and gayle to fire this year...and ganguly!

ronak vora:Hi,
Micheal Clarke said that he wont play in IPL coz his national duty.
Australia lost the T20 WC last time,so actually dont u think that playing in IPL can help Aussie player to perform well in next T20 WC right after the IPL ?
Gaurav Kalra: maybe, but they also have the ashes this year and after having lost to india and south africa, another loss will be very difficiult for ponting

SIMON:Hey Gaurav Do you have any Schedule on when the replacement of Pakistani players from KKR & RRC will be held ?
Gaurav Kalra: not sure simon

ronak vora:what amount of money will sachin & dravid get ? cozit is the rule that the icon player will get 15% more than the costliest player of the team .
so do u think that sachin and dravid will get 5.38 crore and 8.68 crore respectively ?
Gaurav Kalra: that rule has been scrapped, so the most expensive players will be flintoff and pietersen!

Sachin:I think Delhi Daredevils will be dark horse ... with Sehwag, Gambhir, Warner, Collingwood, Shah and and Vettori, McGrath .. they have the options even when many players leave for national duty. What do you think? I know it\'s unpredictable but still which team will you bid on?
Gaurav Kalra: i fully agree...if sehwag and gambhir keep batting like they are and if david warner replicates what he did for australia then delhi are big favourites....owais shah and collingwood are smart buys too...

runforyourlife:Hi. Do you think Deccan Chargers could have bought more quality players for their team? They didn\'t end up spending a lot for two West Indian players. They could have gone for a better bowler.
Gaurav Kalra: ya i think so, R P Singh was really not that great last year...their bowling attack isnt that sharp...edwards can be an erratic bowler so in a T20 game i wonder how good a buy that is

ronak vora:how do u rate KKR\'s decision to select murtaza ? a god 1? or bad 1? or a gamble ?
thanks.
Gaurav Kalra: ronak, they have obviousl looked at the "bengali" angle...and will be keen to spread their wings beyond kolkata...also mortaza isnt a very bad bowler...overall, its ok although he seems a bit overpriced!

Debasish Paul:Hi Gaurav, its nice to chat with you, esp since i have seen you on tv many a times. Do you think the Bangalore outfit is a much balanced outfit now, with Pietersen, Dale Steyn and Uthappa in their ranks. Dont you think they are a force to be reckoned with this time around.
Gaurav Kalra: tes debashish they have covered the bases by getting pietersen and uthappa...uthappa can open and pietersen can bat at three....i think they should do better this year

Debasish Paul:Hi Gaurav, whats with the KKR. Are they a bunch of misers. They did not spend any money this time around to buy anyone. Why is KKR not looking beyond Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in their bids. Do they want to end up 6th, 7th, 8th in the league this time around.
Gaurav Kalra: KKR needed a bowler after they lost shoaib akhtar and umar gul, but i am surprised that they didn't go after jerome taylor and fidel edwards or shaun tait for that matter

runforyourlife

o you think Pietersen alone will change Bangalore\'s fortunes?
Gaurav Kalra: it will be difficult for a team to turn around with just one player but if pietersen strikes form he can make a difference...we must remember he is only around for the first three weeks so bangalore will have to account for that...all in all, its a smart buy given the state of the team

lovish · Feb 13th, 2009, 20:17

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brishti · Feb 14th, 2009, 00:35

about what?
who are all these people above??

:brishti
too many cricket threads.
it'd be great if all T20 threads were merged...

KABAARY · Feb 14th, 2009, 03:05

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What to do..I was so stumped by your post...

lovish · Feb 15th, 2009, 11:48

I was just thinking there are not much sports lovers in IM... I mean the chat is about the IPL players... I thought someone should like it.. but... NO probs anyway.

Feb 7th, 2009, 13:35	#1
lovish Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 265	Chat with Gaurav Kalra All about IPL... Simon:Actually what KKR management said after getting Mashrafee Mortaza in their side ??? Gaurav Kalra: i think its clear they wanted someone from their catchment area vignesh:do u think dravid\'s team will win the IPL this time??and do u think dravid will become man of the tournament this time??? Gaurav Kalra: i think bangalore have some right people now....pietersen and uthappa...so they should do better, i wouldnt count on dravid to become man of the tournament!! saptarshi-welovesourav.com:In this global economic downturn , Lalit Modi promises a better, more attractive IPL this time. Since Modi being a marketing guy..we can expect more marketing gimmicks and glitz....how far is this justifiable in such a horrendous economic scenario ? Gaurav Kalra: i think we need good news in these times such as this...so we should all be willing for IPL to succeed! snehal:BEST DEAL OF TODAY Gaurav Kalra: duminy VIGNESHO U THINK SWAPPING TREMENDOUS AND INFORM ZAHEER FOR UTHAPPA WAS WORTHFULL FOR BR\'S.....AGAIN THEY WENT ON FOR A BATSMAN(KP).........ITS A BAD MOVE ... DONT U??? Gaurav Kalra: bangalore needed a hard hitting batsman and they had to get one before pietersen as that wasn't a done deal... saptarshi-welovesourav.com:what can be a plausible reason behind Michael Clarks opting out from IPL twice in a row ?! Gaurav Kalra: lalit modi says it was because he refused to lower his price saptarshi-welovesourav.com:in this round of IPL ..who you feel is the real dark Horse ? Rajasthan Royal can\'t be as they are already defending champion.... Gaurav Kalra: delhi daredevils Debasish Paul:I believe only 17 out of 50 players were handpicked today. What will happen to the rest of the 33? Will they be bought by franchises before the start of IPL 2009. Gaurav Kalra: they go into a reserve pool...4 others will be used as replacement players.... satanmig:How much do you read in Vijay Mallya\'s comment that captaincy for his team is still very much open. Do you think he will appoint KP as captain? Gaurav Kalra: it will be odd if he does...since KP is only around for the first three weeks Debasish Paul:What happened to Mohd Ashraful. Gaurav Kalra: mumbai have purchased him VIGNESHO U THING OPTING TAIT WAS CORRECT,,, INSTEAD RR\'S COULD HAVE OPTED CLARK.....CLARK IS A KIND OF A BOWLER ...WHERE U CAN EXPECT VARIETY AND EXPERIMENTATION... BUT IN CASE OF TAIT ITS ABOUT PACE... DO U THINK CLARK WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER OPTION FOR TANVIR THAN TAIT....I REALLY FELT NO ONE CAME FORWARD FOR HIM.............. Gaurav Kalra: warne always backs players who bring something extra, thats why maybe tait over clark Debasish Paulo you think, cricketers with sound knowledge of the game should be allowed to bid for players rather then these brainless celebrities who know nothing about cricket. Gaurav Kalra: haha, i will pass that one! manoj kumar sinha :dont u think so that rajasthan is not balanced team , last time they luckly won the IPL Trophy? Gaurav Kalra: i dont think they were lucky, they topped the league table and went on to win more matches than any other team...they have a great team for T20 cricket Simonon\'t you Think SRK should buy Shakib Al Hassan the wotlds no1 allrounder & Tamim Iqbal a big Hitter of the ball to grab for KKR ? Gaurav Kalra: shakib should have been purchased i also felt that saptarshi-welovesourav.com:after auction ..how will u rate teams now in scale of 1 to 10 ? for Eg . Delhi Daredevils and KKR ? Gaurav Kalra: lets just enjoy the matches! Debasish Paul:What were these franchisees thinking? JP Duminy for nearly a million? Mortaza for 600000 abd yet no bids for haddin, stuart clark, etc who are much better then these? Do you think these franchisees even know what they are buying? Do they do enough homework? Gaurav Kalra: duminy is a good buy mate, make no mistake Vinay :Why do you think Deccan Changers didnt go for any bowlers though they dont have many front line bowlers?? Gaurav Kalra: that surprised me....but they have rp singh and chaminda vaas...and they have bought edwards... ronak vora:dont u think that rajasthan should have bought brad haddin as akmal wont b playing and mahesh rawat is not an extra ordinary player ? Gaurav Kalra: yes but you can only play 4 foreign players....even last year they had no place for akmal...so in their xi this year they will have smith, warne, tait andwatson maybe VIGNESH:HI GAURAV UR DOING GREAT.... MY QUES IS ABOUT CSK\'S ... S IT WAS OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THEIR INTENTION ON OPTING FREDIEE BUT AGAIN WHATS THIS ALL ABOUT JUST BIG NAMES ON THEIR SIDE... BECAUSE ITS WELL SURE ABOUT THEIR AVAILIBILITY FOR 3-4 MATCHES.... AFTER THAT...??? AVAILIBILITY ON AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS ARE ALSO ON CONCERN AS THEY ARE GOING TO MISS HUSSEY FOR CERTAIN..... DO U THINK PICKING FREEDIE WAS CORRECT ... INSTEAD SHOULD HAVE PICKED COUPLE OF DESERVED AND AVAILABLE PLAYERS INSTEAD OF FREDIEE FOR 7.35CR ... LIKE DUMMINY Gaurav Kalra: an all rounder like flintoff is invaluable...they get 3 players for the price of one...batsman, bowler , fielder...i think if flintoff clicks, chennai will be in real good shape Girish Kumar:Is there any reason why chennai went for George Bailyes(who is hardly known) rather than all-round players like shakib al hasan or nuwan kulasekara who were available at almost the same price? Gaurav Kalra: i think bailey is a batsman so chennai may have preferred him for that reason Debasish Paul:Gaurav, which team do you think is now well-balanced now after these round of auctions? Gaurav Kalra: delhi, chennai & rajasthan Nadeem Paul:Hi Gaurav, why were Punjab and Kolkata going for Mortaza so desperately? 600, 000 dollars (Rs 2.3 crores) for him. He is a decent pacer but don\'t you think he got really lucky with the exorbitantly high price? Gaurav Kalra: i think mortaza will be counting his lucky stars, it is an amazing bid Jameer Patel:Gaurav don\'t u think that Enland player kevin pietersen offer a big money than we except? Gaurav Kalra: he is the perfect fit...big hitter, flamboyant just like his owner etc SIMONo you think that SRK\'s Mortaza will do the work for KKR ? Gaurav Kalra: they have ishant and agarkar, so he could be the third seamer ronak vora:can u plaz peak the best and the most odd pick of the day ? Gaurav Kalra: jesse ryder for bangalore! fat boy ryder!! Maheepo you think the IPL franchises are too focussed on adding star value to their teams? How can someone like Sakib-ul-Hassan from Bangladesh who is available for such a low price not picked, when he has been in terrific form? Gaurav Kalra: ya i was surprised as well, maybe people havent seen shakib at all...so that could have hurt his chances... Girish Kumar:Why has shakib al hasan not been sold??? he is the worlds best all rounder now and his price was so low!! Gaurav Kalra: that really surprised me, i have to admit...he would have been a good buy ronak vora:do u think that the absence of pakistani players will affect the popularity of IPL ? Gaurav Kalra: no, i think that pakistan's players were a waste of money last season except tanvir.. we got some good players in places freed by pakistani players.. Deewakar sharma:Bangalore has again made a mistake of spending so much on KP when he will be there for three weeks, that\'s not even half of the tournament. A mistake which Kolkata made with McCullum, Ponting and Gayle last year. Your views, Gaurav? Gaurav Kalra: yes that is an important point...but you must remember that bangalore had to do something, they couldn;t have continued with what happened last year...maybe pietersen can kickstart their campaign and they can build on it , who knows? Debasish Paul:Hi Guarav, do you think Chateswhar Pujara in the KKR will get a look in this season, now that he has impressed everyone in the ranji circuit? Gaurav Kalra: well the theory is that in T20 cricket he isn't the ideal choice...KKR have a few players like this so they need for the likes of mcullum and gayle to fire this year...and ganguly! ronak vora:Hi, Micheal Clarke said that he wont play in IPL coz his national duty. Australia lost the T20 WC last time,so actually dont u think that playing in IPL can help Aussie player to perform well in next T20 WC right after the IPL ? Gaurav Kalra: maybe, but they also have the ashes this year and after having lost to india and south africa, another loss will be very difficiult for ponting SIMON:Hey Gaurav Do you have any Schedule on when the replacement of Pakistani players from KKR & RRC will be held ? Gaurav Kalra: not sure simon ronak vora:what amount of money will sachin & dravid get ? cozit is the rule that the icon player will get 15% more than the costliest player of the team . so do u think that sachin and dravid will get 5.38 crore and 8.68 crore respectively ? Gaurav Kalra: that rule has been scrapped, so the most expensive players will be flintoff and pietersen! Sachin:I think Delhi Daredevils will be dark horse ... with Sehwag, Gambhir, Warner, Collingwood, Shah and and Vettori, McGrath .. they have the options even when many players leave for national duty. What do you think? I know it\'s unpredictable but still which team will you bid on? Gaurav Kalra: i fully agree...if sehwag and gambhir keep batting like they are and if david warner replicates what he did for australia then delhi are big favourites....owais shah and collingwood are smart buys too... runforyourlife:Hi. Do you think Deccan Chargers could have bought more quality players for their team? They didn\'t end up spending a lot for two West Indian players. They could have gone for a better bowler. Gaurav Kalra: ya i think so, R P Singh was really not that great last year...their bowling attack isnt that sharp...edwards can be an erratic bowler so in a T20 game i wonder how good a buy that is ronak vora:how do u rate KKR\'s decision to select murtaza ? a god 1? or bad 1? or a gamble ? thanks. Gaurav Kalra: ronak, they have obviousl looked at the "bengali" angle...and will be keen to spread their wings beyond kolkata...also mortaza isnt a very bad bowler...overall, its ok although he seems a bit overpriced! Debasish Paul:Hi Gaurav, its nice to chat with you, esp since i have seen you on tv many a times. Do you think the Bangalore outfit is a much balanced outfit now, with Pietersen, Dale Steyn and Uthappa in their ranks. Dont you think they are a force to be reckoned with this time around. Gaurav Kalra: tes debashish they have covered the bases by getting pietersen and uthappa...uthappa can open and pietersen can bat at three....i think they should do better this year Debasish Paul:Hi Gaurav, whats with the KKR. Are they a bunch of misers. They did not spend any money this time around to buy anyone. Why is KKR not looking beyond Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in their bids. Do they want to end up 6th, 7th, 8th in the league this time around. Gaurav Kalra: KKR needed a bowler after they lost shoaib akhtar and umar gul, but i am surprised that they didn't go after jerome taylor and fidel edwards or shaun tait for that matter runforyourlifeo you think Pietersen alone will change Bangalore\'s fortunes? Gaurav Kalra: it will be difficult for a team to turn around with just one player but if pietersen strikes form he can make a difference...we must remember he is only around for the first three weeks so bangalore will have to account for that...all in all, its a smart buy given the state of the team __________________ True Indian BLood will Never think twise before giving his Life to save his Motherland INDIA- Lovish

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Feb 13th, 2009, 20:17	#2
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Feb 15th, 2009, 11:48	#5
lovish Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 265	I was just thinking there are not much sports lovers in IM... I mean the chat is about the IPL players... I thought someone should like it.. but... NO probs anyway.