Cricket Moments: IPL T20 Still Open..
Delhi has managed to stay in the run for the SemiFinalist berth with the help of their win against the mumbai indians. Had Mumbai indians won this match they would have sealed their own position and also the chennai super kings position in the semifinals. With Delhi completing all 14 matches it can do nothing but hope that the mumbai indians or the chennai superkings lose atleast one of their matches.Mumbai Indians have to win both the remaining 2 matches (that is a tough spot to be in) against rajasthan royals and royal challengers to definitely reserve a position in the final four. The other case comes into picture where they win only one of there matches chennai loses its other match and Mumbai indians go into the semifianls based on there run rate.
Chennai has a similar condition, but since their run rate is less, they have no choice but to win the next match against Deccan chargers. Even if one of the two teams lose a single match,, then delhi will be definitely through.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Cricket Moments: Who will qualify for the semifinals.
Cricket Moments: Who will qualify for the semifinals
So which teams would you bet on for qualifying for the SemiFinals in the IPL tournament. Rajasthan Royals, then Punjab , then aaa aaa ??? and ????. Yes with mumbai indians winning this match against Chennai superstars there are 4 teams eyeing for the last two positions in the semifinalists list. The four teams are delhi, chennai, kolkata and mumbai.
Chennai are in a better position that the remaining but u cannot say anything for sure. They have started losing matches after Hayden and Hussey left them. Dhoni is the only peson on which the whole team rests on
for the batting and there bowling is just above average. They would require a lot of superstar power to stay where they are right now.
Delhi is in the same condition as chennai except they are now ranking 5th in the tounament. They depend heavily on gambhir and sehwag. Bowling wise - Mcgrath can bowl only 4 overs who will do the remaining while keeping it tight and at the same time taking wickets. There loss to Kolkata has been a major dent and they need to pick themselves up and play as a team. I think that gambhir should take more responsibility and stay on the wicket to lead the team to victories.
Kolkata has the best bowling side in the whole tournament. The major problem it faces is the top order failing consistently. The only shimmer of hope that we saw was ganguly and hussey in the match against Royal challengers, but we cannot trust his consistency. They are fielding and bowling well, all they need to do is stay at the wicket and put some runs on the board.
Mumbai WOW. Yes thats the word you will use after seeing todays match against Chennai. Jayasurya was at his F***ing best. He almost was hitting every ball out of the park and that too with so much ease . He made batting on this wicket look so easy(all other batmen were finding it difficult to even middle the ball). I would give sachin some credit for jayasurya's century. As uttappa said the comeback of sachin has brought in a lot of confidence in the side. I think sachin playing on the other side was one of the factors because of which Jayasurya was playing as he did. So now mumbai has a above average batting side an average bowling side. So we hope to see a lot of action in the coming few days between these teams to qualify for the semifinals.
So which teams would you bet on for qualifying for the SemiFinals in the IPL tournament. Rajasthan Royals, then Punjab , then aaa aaa ??? and ????. Yes with mumbai indians winning this match against Chennai superstars there are 4 teams eyeing for the last two positions in the semifinalists list. The four teams are delhi, chennai, kolkata and mumbai.
Chennai are in a better position that the remaining but u cannot say anything for sure. They have started losing matches after Hayden and Hussey left them. Dhoni is the only peson on which the whole team rests on
for the batting and there bowling is just above average. They would require a lot of superstar power to stay where they are right now.
Delhi is in the same condition as chennai except they are now ranking 5th in the tounament. They depend heavily on gambhir and sehwag. Bowling wise - Mcgrath can bowl only 4 overs who will do the remaining while keeping it tight and at the same time taking wickets. There loss to Kolkata has been a major dent and they need to pick themselves up and play as a team. I think that gambhir should take more responsibility and stay on the wicket to lead the team to victories.
Kolkata has the best bowling side in the whole tournament. The major problem it faces is the top order failing consistently. The only shimmer of hope that we saw was ganguly and hussey in the match against Royal challengers, but we cannot trust his consistency. They are fielding and bowling well, all they need to do is stay at the wicket and put some runs on the board.
Mumbai WOW. Yes thats the word you will use after seeing todays match against Chennai. Jayasurya was at his F***ing best. He almost was hitting every ball out of the park and that too with so much ease . He made batting on this wicket look so easy(all other batmen were finding it difficult to even middle the ball). I would give sachin some credit for jayasurya's century. As uttappa said the comeback of sachin has brought in a lot of confidence in the side. I think sachin playing on the other side was one of the factors because of which Jayasurya was playing as he did. So now mumbai has a above average batting side an average bowling side. So we hope to see a lot of action in the coming few days between these teams to qualify for the semifinals.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Cricket Moments:Ganguly Silences critics in IPL
This is a "Praise ganguly Post" .... read on if you are a ganguly fan.
The match with Deccan chargers (11th May) should silence all the critics of GANGULY who say that he is not a good player for this format of the game. He has been the person every fan of his admires. He has hit some beautiful shots through the offside and lot of sixes straight on. He even hit some sixes on the legside. It was awesome. He has proved that it is not about blind hitting but some clever cricket that can help in scoring runs. He along with hussey score about 100 runs in the last overs ... this turned the game completely towards kolkata's side ... no questions asked!!! He truly deserved a century in this match but fell 9 runs short of it.
Except for some heroics from venugopal rao it was all about completing the formalities in the bowling department which has been performing brilliantly through out the tournament.
He made some important changes for this match .... improved the batting line up for the match by getting salman butt in the team ... though he did not help in the end it did not matter(thanks to ganguly). He got rid of agarkar(he gets hit to the boundary a lot). He used his bowlers cleverly ... even he himself set an example to the other bowlers. His fielding has also improved :D :D :D :D
Now all we are waiting for is rajasthan royal to defeat delhi daredevils and then Kolkata Knight Riders are in the top 4 teams of the tournament(only runrate can be an issue).
I have a few points that are bad about the KolkataKR's but am not going to mention it in this post(maybe in the next post about Kolkata Knight Riders)
Any more doubts!!!!!!
BTW how many cricketers in this tournament have won 2 Man of the Match awards??? Sehwag Gambhir etc etc around 4 and ganguly is one of them.
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The other Match today is between Delhi daredevils and rajesthan royals ....
Shane warne is a great man .... the rajasthan team has managed to restrict the delhi daredevils to a mere 156 even after a brilliant start from gambhir and sehwag. When the openers fell the rajesthan royals were quick to apply brakes on the runrate and did a good job till the end ... except for maharoof hitting shane warne over the fence a few times in 1 over. 156 is an easily gettable target and I sure hope that they will get it easily.
The match with Deccan chargers (11th May) should silence all the critics of GANGULY who say that he is not a good player for this format of the game. He has been the person every fan of his admires. He has hit some beautiful shots through the offside and lot of sixes straight on. He even hit some sixes on the legside. It was awesome. He has proved that it is not about blind hitting but some clever cricket that can help in scoring runs. He along with hussey score about 100 runs in the last overs ... this turned the game completely towards kolkata's side ... no questions asked!!! He truly deserved a century in this match but fell 9 runs short of it.
Except for some heroics from venugopal rao it was all about completing the formalities in the bowling department which has been performing brilliantly through out the tournament.
He made some important changes for this match .... improved the batting line up for the match by getting salman butt in the team ... though he did not help in the end it did not matter(thanks to ganguly). He got rid of agarkar(he gets hit to the boundary a lot). He used his bowlers cleverly ... even he himself set an example to the other bowlers. His fielding has also improved :D :D :D :D
Now all we are waiting for is rajasthan royal to defeat delhi daredevils and then Kolkata Knight Riders are in the top 4 teams of the tournament(only runrate can be an issue).
I have a few points that are bad about the KolkataKR's but am not going to mention it in this post(maybe in the next post about Kolkata Knight Riders)
Any more doubts!!!!!!
BTW how many cricketers in this tournament have won 2 Man of the Match awards??? Sehwag Gambhir etc etc around 4 and ganguly is one of them.
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The other Match today is between Delhi daredevils and rajesthan royals ....
Shane warne is a great man .... the rajasthan team has managed to restrict the delhi daredevils to a mere 156 even after a brilliant start from gambhir and sehwag. When the openers fell the rajesthan royals were quick to apply brakes on the runrate and did a good job till the end ... except for maharoof hitting shane warne over the fence a few times in 1 over. 156 is an easily gettable target and I sure hope that they will get it easily.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
IPL status ... Halfway through the tournament
We are now half way through in the IPL tounament. These are the status and general comments on various teams
1. The underdogs lead the chart ... Rajasthan Royals are the true underdogs who have counquered the IPL.. with shane warne leading and people like yousuf pathan and kaif performing good they are set to qualify for the semifinals.
2. Sehwag has finally found something that he is "consistently" good at.. and along with gautham gambhir is leading delhi daredevils to victory.
3. Mumbai Indians started winning only after getting a foreign captain in Pollock ... people are still waiting for sachin to play atleat one match( suse just one match that is all i ask even if you dont play well just play any damn match)
4. bhajji gets himself in trouble again ... and not everyone is against him because the person on the other side is sreesanth.
5. This is not an event .. this is a request please get the good local players that joined ICL into IPL ... the quality will surely increase by leaps and bounds.
6. royal challengers manage to snatch defeat each and everytime ... they are the best mannered team and have definitely secured the last position in the tounament.
7. Deccan is following the lead of royal challengers ... but are not as good as them ... so they just manage the second last position in the ranking.
8 Kolkata KRs have a hopeless batting lineup .... which got even worse after Mccullum left ... They are planning to win there matches with there bowling and fielding only. They dont believe in putting up a good total anymore.
9 I have no comments about mohali ... just a suggestion keep sreesanth on a tight leash.
10. Why does Dhoni have so much love for joginder sharma???? why dude ?? he is not the find of the century ... please let him go.
So finally the best bowlers in the tournament:
Shane warne, Pollock, mcgrath, ishant sharma.
best batsmen:(maybe good batsmen)
Gambhir, rohit sharma, Marsh(mohali), saha(kolkata).
best side: dont know??? any guesses from u?
best captain:
shane warne
STANDINGS
Teams Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
RR 8 6 2 12 +0.605
KXI 7 5 2 10 +0.442
CSK 8 5 3 10 -0.001
DDD 7 4 3 8 +0.654
KKR 7 3 4 6 +0.461
MI 7 3 4 6 -0.455
DC 8 2 6 4 -0.240
RC 8 2 6 4 -1.309
1. The underdogs lead the chart ... Rajasthan Royals are the true underdogs who have counquered the IPL.. with shane warne leading and people like yousuf pathan and kaif performing good they are set to qualify for the semifinals.
2. Sehwag has finally found something that he is "consistently" good at.. and along with gautham gambhir is leading delhi daredevils to victory.
3. Mumbai Indians started winning only after getting a foreign captain in Pollock ... people are still waiting for sachin to play atleat one match( suse just one match that is all i ask even if you dont play well just play any damn match)
4. bhajji gets himself in trouble again ... and not everyone is against him because the person on the other side is sreesanth.
5. This is not an event .. this is a request please get the good local players that joined ICL into IPL ... the quality will surely increase by leaps and bounds.
6. royal challengers manage to snatch defeat each and everytime ... they are the best mannered team and have definitely secured the last position in the tounament.
7. Deccan is following the lead of royal challengers ... but are not as good as them ... so they just manage the second last position in the ranking.
8 Kolkata KRs have a hopeless batting lineup .... which got even worse after Mccullum left ... They are planning to win there matches with there bowling and fielding only. They dont believe in putting up a good total anymore.
9 I have no comments about mohali ... just a suggestion keep sreesanth on a tight leash.
10. Why does Dhoni have so much love for joginder sharma???? why dude ?? he is not the find of the century ... please let him go.
So finally the best bowlers in the tournament:
Shane warne, Pollock, mcgrath, ishant sharma.
best batsmen:(maybe good batsmen)
Gambhir, rohit sharma, Marsh(mohali), saha(kolkata).
best side: dont know??? any guesses from u?
best captain:
shane warne
STANDINGS
Teams Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
RR 8 6 2 12 +0.605
KXI 7 5 2 10 +0.442
CSK 8 5 3 10 -0.001
DDD 7 4 3 8 +0.654
KKR 7 3 4 6 +0.461
MI 7 3 4 6 -0.455
DC 8 2 6 4 -0.240
RC 8 2 6 4 -1.309
IPL .. whom are you supporting
So whom are you supporting in the current IPL tounament???? How difficult is it for you to accept the change of cheering INDIA and now cheering a state????
I think it is very easy ... we are better at cheering our states ... I dont say we do a bad job cheering INDIA but we can do a better job cheering our states. How many indians really respect the people of other states ... how many people say they are indians and not bong or mallu or tamilians or punjabis????
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So if u are from karnataka u r cheering the Royal Challengers. If u are from Chandigard u are cheering Kings XI ... and similarly for the remaining teams.
I am assuming that half the population has found a team that it supports. What happens to the other half??? where do the biharis belong in this IPL?? is it chennai because dhoni is in chennai or is it kolkata because it is the neighbouring state?? where do keralites belong to??? and all the remaining states that do not have a state team???
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Below is the team I am cheering for .. even though I have been outside bengal for most part of my life!!!!!
I think it is very easy ... we are better at cheering our states ... I dont say we do a bad job cheering INDIA but we can do a better job cheering our states. How many indians really respect the people of other states ... how many people say they are indians and not bong or mallu or tamilians or punjabis????
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So if u are from karnataka u r cheering the Royal Challengers. If u are from Chandigard u are cheering Kings XI ... and similarly for the remaining teams.
I am assuming that half the population has found a team that it supports. What happens to the other half??? where do the biharis belong in this IPL?? is it chennai because dhoni is in chennai or is it kolkata because it is the neighbouring state?? where do keralites belong to??? and all the remaining states that do not have a state team???
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Below is the team I am cheering for .. even though I have been outside bengal for most part of my life!!!!!
IPL t20 tounament ... Ranfom comments on IPL
Let me put a thought in your mind .... HOW MANY OF YOU FIND 50-50 OVER MATCHES BORING NOW ??? Lets be truthful even a purist would agree that 2020 is more entertaining than any form of cricket .... and IPL has just cashed in on that .... But everyone should also agree on the fact that it is no longer cricket .... it is not always that the best side wins ... now even a single individual can win matches... a bowler no longer wants to take wickets ... he will not try to setup the batsman by bowling inswingers and get him out with the splendid away going delivery ... all he would do is hope he doent get hit to the boundary .... No batsman would be pleased after playing a textbook shot (it is harder to score with textbook shots). The one good thing that t20 has done is improve the fielding of the sides.
The best thing about IPL is that it is not being criticized by anyone who is actively involved in cricket nowadays .... because everyone is making money from it.. the players the umpires, the advertisers, the stadiums, everyone even the no good hosts.
Even the people are not complaining beacuse they love it .... Even I love it and am watching every match :).
The best thing about IPL is that it is not being criticized by anyone who is actively involved in cricket nowadays .... because everyone is making money from it.. the players the umpires, the advertisers, the stadiums, everyone even the no good hosts.
Even the people are not complaining beacuse they love it .... Even I love it and am watching every match :).
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