Among the foreign captains only Shane Warne (Rajasthan Royals) and Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) have done well. But they are the exceptions. And they were part of the first season and knew the workings of their team well. The Deccan Chargers are leading the points table with 8 points and Rajasthan Royals are placed 5th with 7 points. In between the two there are the Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians and Chennai, all captained by Indians.
As for the Kolkata Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers, they have landed at the bottom of the table, and it seems unlikely that they will get a lift up anytime during this season.
Vijay Mallya, owner of the Bangalore team, bought England’s Kevin Pietersen to replace Rahul Dravid, and things have only been downhill for this team. They have won only 3 of the seven matches played so far, with a paltry net run rate of -0.329.
Things have been even worse for the Kolkata Knight Riders. In all of John Buchanan’s experimentation, Brendon McCullum replaced Sourav Ganguly as the captain and has failed miserably. Last year he gave the Knight Riders several scorching openings, but now he has failed as much with the bat, as he has as captain. In fact, team owner Shahrukh Khan is so distraught with the performances that he has returned to India. There are also rumours making their way around that Brendon McCullum has offered to resign as captain. Pietersen too failed with the bat, but his run in the IPL is over for now, hopefully things will be looking better for Bangalore from now on.
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