Nicely written !
Have started reading Cricinfo blogs oftener
Must be high drama really.
Finally my first IPL post
Disclaimer: All nicknames taken from fakeiplplayer whose nomenclature i loved.
Better late than never seems to be the phrase which suits the first thread of thought that comes to mind.
Okay here goes, this IPL was always being played on a sticky wicket what with the IPL Vs Elections 2009, Modi Vs RCB, Modi Vs Chidambaram. Modi and Modi. Never mind ...
Anyways, once the din had faded, we found ourselves in Safrica which was the best solution available. And it proves, so far to be a great venue per se for the competition. Now to the games, the first game saw Mumbai tame Chennai somehow, and the Bevdaas beat the Champions. As expected with a team which would fail to beat China's U-16 cricket team, KKR, to whom my natural loyalty is pledged proved all and sundry right. What with 4 captain theories, and "Dada is the team" statements and unpleasant press conferences (which always seems to happen to Sourav:)); the team lands in Safrica plays practice games where the Lordie's XI defeats Skippers XI. And lo! the next day Lordie is sacked from captaincy yet again and McCullum appointed captain. Which makes abs sense for the franchise looking forward, but could have been managed differently like the Bevdaas or my now home team DC handled it. But thats how it always happens for Lordie. In any case, the focus (mine ie) shifted from the KKR matches to the DD and DC matches.
In fact my semi line up would be DD, DC, MI, CSK. They seem to have the players and the belief to make it there. Not that the Shiekh of Tweak has fallen short of tricks. The WSOP finalist shows with every passing game that he does have Aces up his sleeve, neatly hidden.
The Chargers make up for the disappointment of KKR, as also did to some extent the infamous or famous Fake IPL Player blog which made some sense out of the charade that KKR puts up.
In any case this is just the general diary, The formal FIR should follow soon. As i speak though the Knights have folded for 139, viz as good as giving a walkover. What with Peter ka beta getting Skipper first ball! This is as good a roller coaster that we would have had had it been in played in India. There's just one question i want to ask Bhookha Naan, why pay millions to Mortaza if you intend to play Laxmi Ratan Shukla for all games.
Never mind, no point seeking sense from the insane and inane, asinine and the fatuous.
Catch you with more soon...
Better late than never seems to be the phrase which suits the first thread of thought that comes to mind.
Okay here goes, this IPL was always being played on a sticky wicket what with the IPL Vs Elections 2009, Modi Vs RCB, Modi Vs Chidambaram. Modi and Modi. Never mind ...
Anyways, once the din had faded, we found ourselves in Safrica which was the best solution available. And it proves, so far to be a great venue per se for the competition. Now to the games, the first game saw Mumbai tame Chennai somehow, and the Bevdaas beat the Champions. As expected with a team which would fail to beat China's U-16 cricket team, KKR, to whom my natural loyalty is pledged proved all and sundry right. What with 4 captain theories, and "Dada is the team" statements and unpleasant press conferences (which always seems to happen to Sourav:)); the team lands in Safrica plays practice games where the Lordie's XI defeats Skippers XI. And lo! the next day Lordie is sacked from captaincy yet again and McCullum appointed captain. Which makes abs sense for the franchise looking forward, but could have been managed differently like the Bevdaas or my now home team DC handled it. But thats how it always happens for Lordie. In any case, the focus (mine ie) shifted from the KKR matches to the DD and DC matches.
In fact my semi line up would be DD, DC, MI, CSK. They seem to have the players and the belief to make it there. Not that the Shiekh of Tweak has fallen short of tricks. The WSOP finalist shows with every passing game that he does have Aces up his sleeve, neatly hidden.
The Chargers make up for the disappointment of KKR, as also did to some extent the infamous or famous Fake IPL Player blog which made some sense out of the charade that KKR puts up.
In any case this is just the general diary, The formal FIR should follow soon. As i speak though the Knights have folded for 139, viz as good as giving a walkover. What with Peter ka beta getting Skipper first ball! This is as good a roller coaster that we would have had had it been in played in India. There's just one question i want to ask Bhookha Naan, why pay millions to Mortaza if you intend to play Laxmi Ratan Shukla for all games.
Never mind, no point seeking sense from the insane and inane, asinine and the fatuous.
Catch you with more soon...
