Dhoni's men take on the Royal Challengers!

VIJAY MALLAYA would be quite a happy man today, and why not. His team will be playing the prestigious semi-final match against the Chennai Super Kings today. He has embellished his team with various players though he was criticised for having chosen a test team altogether. Now Mallaya and his men have a point to prove by performing their best today.

The Bangalore Royal Challengers is a team which, according to me, is compiled of many honest warriors of cricket. Whether its Jacques Kallis or Mark Boucher, Anil Kumble or Rahul Dravid, they have all fought together as a team and it’s quite impressive as a side now. One of the X-factors with they carry now is Ross Taylor. If they entertain any chances of defeating Chennai Super Kings, they will have to set a huge target before them in which Taylor will again have to play a crucial role. With his kind of big hitting abilities, the Royal Challengers must post a formidable total as they don’t have much of a strong bowling attack. Youngsters like Virat Kohli, Robin Uthappa and Piyush Kumar will have to prove their worth in the semi-final match.

On the other side, after having a bad start to the tournament, Chennai Super Kings compile of players who have been consistently impressive throughout the tournament so far. Hayden and Raina have proved to be run machines and Dhoni himself has been quite impressive. He has been preferring all-rounders throughout the tournament which is the reason why Makhaya Nitini never got a place in the playing 11. In case Mike Hussey is in, it adds to the value of the team. Beside this, they also have a lethal bowling attack with Albie Morkel, Muralitharan, Balaji, Jakati that can wreck any side on a given day.

Chennai Super Kings were the runners-up last year. Dhoni’s men would try their best to reach the finals and win the cup whereas Kumble’s men would also leave no stone unturned to prove a point that they aren’t a test squad!