Friday, April 25, 2014

10 days on - the excitement has just begun

It's 10 days into IPL7 and we are slowly getting to have a feel of how this tournament is going to shape up.
CSK are continuing on their "slow-to-peak at the right time" start and look destined for a play-off position as usual.
KXIP made the wise purchases and are seeing the fruits. But the bowling still needs someone. But interestingly Ajay Jadeja had a revelation to make "Lakshmi pathi" Balaji brings the fortune for all teams he has played for so far - CSK (twice) and KKR (once). So this might just be KXIP's chance this season!
DD have ill luck following them still - one feels it has got to do something with the owners ha ha ha.
MI players still have the "How did the owners let Maxwell go?" look on their faces. This season might see them at the other end of the spectrum.
RCB just realized yesterday that arrogance never wins games. Only aggression wins games.
SRH's think tank of packing the team with bowlers seems to be backfiring because the pitches in UAE seem to be favoring any kind of bowler and does not need specialists.
KKR are showing the determination they showed in their IPL winning season. But Double G needs to get his batting right. Surya Kumar has caught the eye though. Won't be long before he walks into the Indian T20 team.
RR continue to be the dark horses. With Rahul Dravid still in-charge they will surely be a success this time as well.
Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen have been missing so far. But Glen Maxwell has more than compensated for that. Most teams are just waiting to get back on home turf to see if their plans can work out. Hope the race gets tighter and not slack as the days go on!

Friday, April 4, 2014

When even the Gods wanted Sanga and Mahela to exit gracefully

Before the WT20 both Sangakkara and Jayawardene had announced that the WT20 would be their last T20I adventure. When they were dismissed for 1 and 0 respectively at the semis of the 2014 edition it looked like they had made the worst possible exit from the T20I arena. But alas! the Gods had other ideas and as Darren Sammy went on to say later - the Gods certainly seem to want Sanga and Mahela to win one World Cup at least. Hoping that India or South Africa have a different idea about that!