IPL team list 2011 Hectic actions, stormy sessions, deep thinking and intelligent strategies – that’s what is required to build a strong team in the IPL. Its not about looking at the players’ statistics, not about only looking at their pedigrees and the names they carry. Nor is it only about their individual capabilities. Its perhaps the combination of all three added to the scheme of things required to long the most in this tournament and also for the Champions League T20.
Building a team from scratch, after having accomplished so much during the last 3 seasons, calls for a lot of guts and emotions to shed. Its something similar to rebuild your house, which you have built over the years, with a view towards accomplishing more in the future. That was the most important aspect looked into while building the team. Mix with it a bit of luck also. In the words of Dr Vijay Mallya, who was visibly happy the way Royal Challengers team has shaped up, “We are happy the way things went in the auctions,” he said, as the auction took a lunch break on the second day.
Strategically, retaining Virat Kohli, a captain material for the future and one of the most host property in Indian cricket right now, Team RC progressed towards building a team which had young blood. The importance of fielding in T20 is at par with batting and bowling, which became the mantra for Team RC while selecting and buying the players at the auction. Dr Mallya said, “Our team has perhaps the youngest of the lot in IPL and that was one of the important criterion in selecting the players this time.”
