Been quite a loooong time since my last post.. have been busy with some work, some new plans, new house, movies and very obviously IPL..!!
Gettin into the topic rite away... now into the second week of IPL Season 2.. and with almost 15 matches over.. quite a few teams are emerging to be the favourites for this time.. Daredevils, Royals (as usual) and the Chargers.. infact, i'm quite happy to see the Chargers leadin the table now.. i've always had a soft corner for the team.. more importantly for Gillie.. supposedly with the best-team-on-paper tag last year, they disappointed a lot of fans last time.. endin last or last but one... but this time, its been a great performance till now.. with Gillie, Gibbs, Rohit, Ojha, RP and Edwards doin great job.. Gillie especially has been great till now.. n infact there was an article sometime last week which had Gibbs' father talkin about his son's "changed" attitute.. n also abt his bad period last year coz of troubled marriage.. watever.. he's a reformed guy now doin wat he does best.. thats wat we're lookin for and thats wat the DC team's lookin for.. i have a feelin that RP's gonna excel this time around.. as he was very helpful in gettin the T20 World Cup for India which was held in SA.. maybe the bowling conditions suit him well.. with Ojha n Edwards doin well too, dont think there's gonna b a problem in the bowling department either.. i personally will b really happy to see the Chargers stay till the end, if at all they dont win the tournament...
Comin to the Royals.. ahh.. i was jus stunned wen they lost to the Challengers in their first match.. n that too very badly... i mean.. come on.. the defendin champions lose to the team which ended up last in the previous season...!!?? u gotta b kiddin me...!! not that its not possible for a team to come back strong (DC for example).. but, RC was a test-team last time.. n it aint better this time either.. but for KP's inclusion (dont think that has made much of a difference anyways..) and with their second match bein abandoned due to rain (which i was really lookin forward to.. coz of Sachin-Warne clash).. it was very good to see an awesome comeback by them against the Knight Riders.. the stunning super over decider.. jus again reminds people of how important captaincy is on the field.. Warne had no difficulty watsoever.. n the opponents KKR.. they r still to decide on who's gonna make important decisions.. is it the Phoren Baba or the Coachie or the Lordie or our very own Dildo.. u look towards the dressing room to make decisions durin the super over.. n u end up losing the match.. Warne jus proved again that he's the best captain that Australia never had... Royals is one another team which has great chances of winnin this season.. defendin champions wont let down so easily.. will they...?? ;)
Daredevils.. with possibly the best openin pair (who havent delivered as much as they were supposed to till now) and Dilshan and AB.. they have good chances too.. but i guess their bowling needs some more strength now.. spin's turnin out to b a good weapon this season.. so Vettori mite b an added advantage too...
And now.. the Super Kings.. wat do i say.. it aint been a "great" performance till now.. but not bad either.. its been OK till now.. less than OK to be true.. this is not exactly the performance we look forward frm a team which won the first 4 matches last time... so there's a to improve.. now that the highest-paid-but-dismal-performer Mr. Freddie out of the team, guess its gonna b a bit difficult to form a winning combination again.. its time Dhoni starts makin some valuable contributions with the bat too.. Hayden has been unstoppable as always.. as Dhoni said he's happy that Hayden has retired frm the International arena.. all the 3 matches that CSK have played have had very good starts by Hayden-Parthiv.. but they have failed to capitalize coz of the weak middle-order performances.. namely by Freddie and Dhoni.. though Raina has been pretty good so far.. probably Morkel shud b moved up the order n Oram shud b given chance too... bowling hasnt been great too.. only Balaji has been good so far.. watever.. the overall performance hasnt been outstandin till now.. n the real test comes wen they play against the Chargers tomoro.. n the Royals later on... hope they do good...
Ambani's Mumbai Indians too have been OK so far.. with some good performances frm Sachin, Nayar, Duminy n Malinga.. they have good chances to qualify for the Semis atleast... but i feel its a bit early to say anythin..
As I write this post, Kings XI are already 7/1 in 2 overs.. against the Royals.. Pathan vs Pathan match.. or the Battle of the Babes match.. (the word Babe is toooo much for these two.. i know.. but..) read somewhere that Babli's dream finals would be Kings vs Knight Riders.. wat the..!!?? is she even aware of the other teams around.. or how they're performin... wake up girl.. this aint a movie with the Dildo here to have ur dream final with his team.. jumpin around like a little girl for every 4 or a 6 by your team member isnt gonna help.. n Cricket aint your thing.. u've already lost the Wadia man.. n its not too far that u're gonna let ur team go away too...
And now comin to the most happenin team in SA.. not for the performance.. but for all the controversies makin rounds.. the Knight Riders.. yes.. its better I talk about somethin related to KKR thats even more popular than the team itself.. the Fake IPL Player.. goddamn.. this guy started his blog on the 19th.. n he already has 3,000 followers.. and some 32,000 Profile Visits.. there's nothin that i need to talk abt KKR.. this guy has covered every inch... its frm his blog that i've taken all those hilarious names Lordie, Dildo, Babli etc.. (http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/).. but, the more i read it.. the more i start to feel that this is a prank.. probably the Dildo himself is doin all this for attraction.. as if the current attraction isnt enough.. i dunno.. could b someone else too.. hope it aint some buddin cricketer who'll lose his career for sure if he's found.. watever...
Finally.. the Royal Challengers.. wat do i say huh... they r no better than the last time (atleast till now..) with KP havin the same tag as Freddie.. n the whole team still carryin the same "Test-team" tag.. but its been good to see Dravid performin.. n i'm not sure who he directed his comment "Only players with good technique will perform well this time" at... or probably he didnt.. n its better Mallya sells off this team to someone n start concentratin on Force India or Horse Racing.. n more importantly buyin Indian items on auctions.. (yes.. beers too...)
So.. here we go.. at the end of abt 15 matches.. its been a bit clear abt the probable teams that r gonna reach the Semis.. but as i said earlier, its a bit early to decide anythin too.. T20 is such a game afterall eh...!!??
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