When they (whoever it was) came up with the concept of IPL wherein they made city based teams they must have thought that the city based fan base would make the IPL interesting. But unfortunately, after 4 seasons the idea still seems far from reality!!
Take for example the DD v MI match the other day. Despite being played on a weekday the stadium was almost full. But alas! The crowd had come to watch Sachin Tendulkar!!! And they rejoiced when he dismissed Veeru (remember Delhi!! he is the captain of the "Home" team). And even so when Sachin scored the winning runs for MI. So much for city based franchises!! We are not ready for this yet.
I was there at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium when history was made!! Finally, after 5 years, a home team won there - yes DC opened their IPL 4 account by thrashing RCB. It was an exciting experience. If you want to go, pick tickets for the Western Pavilion terrace or the Eastern Pavilion terrace. The view is exemplary! But beware - you may have to park your cars a mile away and walk coz the cops wont let you into the parking which was not occupied at all!
But then, 2 days later DC were back to old ways - losing heavily to KXIP. Hope they turn it around in Delhi today!
The HD mania is here. After the CWC 2011, IPL 4 is available on HD in SET. Doesn't get any better. Or so I thought. But IPL4 HD is nothing compared to CWC2011 HD. Miles to go before HD becomes good in India.
And finally, a few tit bits.
Lasith Malinga had just picked his 5-fer against DD and was asked to lead the MI team out of the field when suddenly to the dismay of his team mates he was whisked away by someone from the TV crew - Harsha Bhogle. Of all people, did not expect Harsha to be the black sheep.
Amit Mishra ji! You may be a Charger now. But you were disrespectful to Gilly the other day. We don't like DC to lose but Gilly is above that. So watch it next time before you rub against formers Chargers.
It was funny watching Sachin play a couple of the helicopters against KTK. Unfortunately, the "curse of the Sachin century" hit IPL as well that day!! Poor Sachin. What else does he need to do?
CSK are beatable after all. All they need is just a small rattle!! KXIP and KTK just showed how that can be done.
Finally DC and RCB look set for a repeat of IPL 1 - get into the fight for the wooden spoon. Hope that doesn't happen for DC again!!
Take for example the DD v MI match the other day. Despite being played on a weekday the stadium was almost full. But alas! The crowd had come to watch Sachin Tendulkar!!! And they rejoiced when he dismissed Veeru (remember Delhi!! he is the captain of the "Home" team). And even so when Sachin scored the winning runs for MI. So much for city based franchises!! We are not ready for this yet.
I was there at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium when history was made!! Finally, after 5 years, a home team won there - yes DC opened their IPL 4 account by thrashing RCB. It was an exciting experience. If you want to go, pick tickets for the Western Pavilion terrace or the Eastern Pavilion terrace. The view is exemplary! But beware - you may have to park your cars a mile away and walk coz the cops wont let you into the parking which was not occupied at all!
But then, 2 days later DC were back to old ways - losing heavily to KXIP. Hope they turn it around in Delhi today!
The HD mania is here. After the CWC 2011, IPL 4 is available on HD in SET. Doesn't get any better. Or so I thought. But IPL4 HD is nothing compared to CWC2011 HD. Miles to go before HD becomes good in India.
And finally, a few tit bits.
Lasith Malinga had just picked his 5-fer against DD and was asked to lead the MI team out of the field when suddenly to the dismay of his team mates he was whisked away by someone from the TV crew - Harsha Bhogle. Of all people, did not expect Harsha to be the black sheep.
Amit Mishra ji! You may be a Charger now. But you were disrespectful to Gilly the other day. We don't like DC to lose but Gilly is above that. So watch it next time before you rub against formers Chargers.
It was funny watching Sachin play a couple of the helicopters against KTK. Unfortunately, the "curse of the Sachin century" hit IPL as well that day!! Poor Sachin. What else does he need to do?
CSK are beatable after all. All they need is just a small rattle!! KXIP and KTK just showed how that can be done.
Finally DC and RCB look set for a repeat of IPL 1 - get into the fight for the wooden spoon. Hope that doesn't happen for DC again!!
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