I think by this time it is clear enough that in IPL 2010, the top honour is going to Delhi Daredevils.The next two positions would be shared by CSK and RR.
Ah,where does that leave MI-the current table toppers.Well, i have a place for everyone.It's going to be the 4th place for them unless RR plays badly from here.Well the law of playing outside your home is catching up with MI as it happened for other teams.
Also the master Tendulkar has an uncanny ability of losing/performing badly against weakest team/bowler in his career;If you don't agree then please rewind and check his records against bowlers like Ashley Giles,Fidel Edwards,Piyush chawla(with due respect to their talent).when he can hit a bowler of Warne's Calibre, why can't he do the same against weak bowlers.With that he also tends to give an undue respect to these bowlers when they don't deserve it and that is the problem with the team in which Sachin is playing,be it Indian National Team or MI, all his other team mates tend to think that so and so bowler is very good on that day as the master himself has submitted to that bowler very cheaply.Unless this attitude is changed,we are not going to see MI or India team winning IPL or WC2011 respectively.
Since I have started bashing MI, let me extend it further.Why is Keiron Pollard in MI?Is he taken as a bowler or a batsman by paying hefty price on his talent.Somehow MI is continuing with him even though he failed miserably,why can't you give him some rest and take Sanath for that matter,as he is a proven customer.Others like Tiwary,Sathish are acting like school kids, till Sachin is at the crease,they seem to play fine, but once he gets out, I don't know what happens to them,c'mon guys grow up....
Inspite of the hiccup against KKR, DD is on its way to take the top honours this IPL.Deccan,KKR,RCB will fight it out and may play spoil sport to some teams,however it is difficult for them to sneak into last four.
Well folks,that is my assumption for this IPL and lets see whether I get it right?
Friday, April 9, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
My IPL
Well dont get misled by the title, I am a cricket buff like innumerable indians around the world and hence just airing my views about the ongoing IPL as I dont dare calling it my IPL as BCCI or Mr modi might take a legal recourse.I thought of writing this blog mainly because I miss all those discussions that I used to have with my cricket loving colleagues,my brother and hence thought of keeping in touch with all those through this forum.
Okay after all the introduction why I am hell bent on writing this blog, I write this on a friday afternoon when one more match of IPL is scheduled later tonight between Punjab and Bengaluru;But is it a match worth waiting for where it looks completely one-sided.Punjab off-late
has its opponents within its team and need not look out for any opposition outside with the news about drift in team,stake sale etc hitting headlines everyday as it happened with KKR last time.
What happened to our very own Yuvi who clobbered 6 sixes in T20 and he somehow looks out of touch for this edition or does he want us to believe it like that?
With the world twenty 20 cup coming up, I dont see any noticeable difference in his approach and the only difference that I can see is the extra flab that he has put on and it is quite evident for all the viewers on the TV that he is not the athletic types that he used to be because of that fat tummy of his.
Going by his attitude towards his work,time is not far where one can overlook him for all the formats of the game including IPL.
Many of you might be thinking why this guy is so critical about Yuvi, the reason being that I am one of his ardent admirer,I still feel that he had the capacity to fill the big void in batting that is created after one of the Fab Four retired,but somehow this guy has his eyes set on something else.
Well I would also take this opportunity to talk about my favourite player since I was a 8 year old guy and my cricket interest grew only because of this genius Sachin Tendulkar.
Since I have taken the name of the genius here,let me tell you , he is gonna rock in this edition as it looks like he has finally settled down in his game and he knows what is best in terms of shot selection that would make him last for 25 years in international cricket without taking too much toll on his body.
With this edition of ipl,he is trying to prove that he is a clever leader also.The way he is batting,statisticians are busy guessing where would his record stop,
well that is best known to the master himself.I, for one would like to think that he has set some near term goals that he would like to acheive(as he always tells that he has short term goals)
1.Helping India Win 2011 WC ODI
2.Scoring 20000 runs in ODI
3.Scoring 17000 runs in tests
4.Scoring 120 international hundreds(he is already nearing 100)
5.Scoring 300 runs against Aus in a test match in Sydney Cricket Ground
Well the way he is playing in IPL looks to be a pre-cursor for acheiving the above "SHORT TERM" goals.He always states he is not interested in records,but somehow we fans feel that he has the potential to acheive this.
Coming back to IPL,this has been the most unpredictable IPLs that have been played so far and it is difficult to predict a semifinalist even at the half way through the
tournament.Going by the initial wins and losses, I feel the following teams will NOT make it to the last four for sure
1.Punjab
2.Kolkata knight riders
Tomorrow:Why is it going to be tough for Deccan chargers to make it to semis?
Okay after all the introduction why I am hell bent on writing this blog, I write this on a friday afternoon when one more match of IPL is scheduled later tonight between Punjab and Bengaluru;But is it a match worth waiting for where it looks completely one-sided.Punjab off-late
has its opponents within its team and need not look out for any opposition outside with the news about drift in team,stake sale etc hitting headlines everyday as it happened with KKR last time.
What happened to our very own Yuvi who clobbered 6 sixes in T20 and he somehow looks out of touch for this edition or does he want us to believe it like that?
With the world twenty 20 cup coming up, I dont see any noticeable difference in his approach and the only difference that I can see is the extra flab that he has put on and it is quite evident for all the viewers on the TV that he is not the athletic types that he used to be because of that fat tummy of his.
Going by his attitude towards his work,time is not far where one can overlook him for all the formats of the game including IPL.
Many of you might be thinking why this guy is so critical about Yuvi, the reason being that I am one of his ardent admirer,I still feel that he had the capacity to fill the big void in batting that is created after one of the Fab Four retired,but somehow this guy has his eyes set on something else.
Well I would also take this opportunity to talk about my favourite player since I was a 8 year old guy and my cricket interest grew only because of this genius Sachin Tendulkar.
Since I have taken the name of the genius here,let me tell you , he is gonna rock in this edition as it looks like he has finally settled down in his game and he knows what is best in terms of shot selection that would make him last for 25 years in international cricket without taking too much toll on his body.
With this edition of ipl,he is trying to prove that he is a clever leader also.The way he is batting,statisticians are busy guessing where would his record stop,
well that is best known to the master himself.I, for one would like to think that he has set some near term goals that he would like to acheive(as he always tells that he has short term goals)
1.Helping India Win 2011 WC ODI
2.Scoring 20000 runs in ODI
3.Scoring 17000 runs in tests
4.Scoring 120 international hundreds(he is already nearing 100)
5.Scoring 300 runs against Aus in a test match in Sydney Cricket Ground
Well the way he is playing in IPL looks to be a pre-cursor for acheiving the above "SHORT TERM" goals.He always states he is not interested in records,but somehow we fans feel that he has the potential to acheive this.
Coming back to IPL,this has been the most unpredictable IPLs that have been played so far and it is difficult to predict a semifinalist even at the half way through the
tournament.Going by the initial wins and losses, I feel the following teams will NOT make it to the last four for sure
1.Punjab
2.Kolkata knight riders
Tomorrow:Why is it going to be tough for Deccan chargers to make it to semis?
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