The hot summer has ended giving an anti climax for the Royal Challengers. Sun risers Hyderabad has proved that the bowlers can still do wonders in the batsmen ruling shorter format of the game.
If you ask a genuine cricket follower to pick a dream eleven, I am cent percent sure that the top 4 of RCB batting line up will be there in his list. No one will leave Gayle, AB Devilliers, Virat Kohli and Watson for any cost.
Sometimes, the game reminds us that Cricket is still a team sport. You need both the tyres of a bike with the correct air proportion in order to have a smooth ride on the road. Unfortunately bowling tyre of Kohli's bike was stabbed with many hard nails. Though Chahal filled some air holes, he couldn't fill all the gaps.
I don't know when the supreme power will bless the 360 degree batsman to celebrate a tournament win. He fought hard for the Proteas and RCB in all his games. Though you have many MoM trophies, the winning trophy is always special.
Kohli, the King! the centuries and fifties he scored this season is greater than the most of the cricketers' whole career stats. His consistency and passion deserved the trophy but the luck factor is yet to fall in his cap.
You will feel bad if you lose. You will get hurt if you lose in final. You will feel "The Kohli's feel" if you lose the finals after scoring an approx 1000 runs in a month that too in a single digit run difference in a chasing match.
The game slapped him hard after he scored many for the Men in Blue in the last WC and made him cry in the semi-finals. He came back strong again and scored for the RCB. Now the game has wounded this strong man again making him lose in the finals.
If the game can't make De villiers and Kohli happy who entertain a billion people, then it proves that life is unfair.
If this continues then people will start to believe more on the luck factor than the skill and hard work. I have started to believe this already, you need SOMETHING to make you feel complete and that SOMETHING is not in your control.
Dear luck, stop hurting this passionate young man who is loved by most of my country girls. Let him taste the champagne after victory in the next tournament. And don't forget AB Devilliers and Allan Donald.
I guess only fault the latter made was not running that single having Klusener in the other end against the Australians and the game is still punishing him for that.
