First two days of IPL 2..
I missed much of the action on day one as well as day 2 of the IPL 2 as I was away attending the marriage of my niece Meesha at Pune and was not exactly cut off from the Games yet had more important things to attend..
Well, Do not get bogged down by the old is gold theory.. I agree experience means a lot in any field let alone cricket.. Then there are not such great stories from IPL 1 that we could believe that what we saw on the day 1 from the bats of Sachin, Dravid and Hayden .. We can not overlook the greater performance by Anil Kumble as Banaglore team shone greatly on day one of the IPL2.. There were quite a few other performances or so do I learn from the newspapaer.. Abhishek Nayar the young blood scoring those brilliant runs in the slog overs for Mumbai.. the extra efforts from the left out from 30 in the probables of T20 team for India.. Joginder Sharma might have ended up on the loosing side.. yet his 1 wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs and his 18 runs should remind Dhoni, BCCI selectors of their grave mistake.. They should not forget dropping Sehwag from the 30 probables recently and hesitantly incorporated him at the last minute.. he turned out to be the Wisden’s cricketer of the year.. I do not say Joginder could do such a turn around.. first because there is only Abhaya Sharma to his support ( No Imran Khan.. and no Ian Chappell unlike in the case of Sehwag.. )..
There were also stupendous efforts from Warne, Vettori, Ojha in the spin department in the first four games that does leave the game still in favour of bowlers on a given day..and that too spinners.. I heard even Jaysuriya picked up some wickets..
The efforts of Sachin and Dravid do not surprise me too much.. they have technique temperament and tenacity to do well.. it surprised when they failed last time.. It also brings some gory facts that when the ex-captain and team manager do not see each other with blue eyed vision it could be catstrophic for a team.. In my harsh language by succumbing to a low 101 by Kolkata Knight Riders has more to it than the simple winning strategies of Deccan Chargers.. whose new blue jerseys have proved to be quite a boon for the bottom rankers of IPL 1.
I knew the equations would change in IPL 2 but unlike what I thought that pace would do the trick it was spin on the African pitches that found the most batsman to dance on their feet to their tunes.. Kumble’s 5 for five could well leave many strategist to take the game of T20 far more seriously from the spin bowlers angle.. Would Harbhajan and few others also add to the plight of batsman on not such spin supportive wickets that are likely to be groomed up for the upcoming matches of IPL 2..
The game against KXI Punjab and my favourites Delhi Daredevils must have been reduced to a farce.. I know anyone could write that.. that indeed was not cricket.. it was more of a toss out.. the team who bats second in such limted overs is going to have the big advantage if not necessarily a clear edge.. yet 58 runs with 7 balls remaining speaks too loud for the DD batsman Virender Sehwag.. who if he goes on to bat like the way he been doing in this last one year can not only silence Bedi’s mouthpiece but also take away much of the charm of IPL 2 with his team’s chances of lifting the trophy..
This post has got longer for the reasons that it is the first post after three games and one inning of the fourth having already been completed.. Can you say that 2 for 7 from 3 overs of Pravin Kumar were not important.. could you suggest that RP Singh is all over after hid four wicket haul in the opening games for their respective teams.. yet bothe are not in the reckoning for a sure place in the T20 team for India in the forthcoming world cup.. Dhoni did not want to give the chance to Kumar in T20 games that India got to play despite his such astounding performances in the other limited over version of the game..
These are some of the questions.. some of which may not find answers and some of them some people may not like to answer at all.. Dhoni can always say that he can elect only 11 to form a team.. Selectors can not do that to almost the hero of final of T20 game against Pakistan in the first ever T20 World championship in the same country where IPL 2 is underway.. May Joginder prove his worth in more games that he gets to play.. Dhoni or CSK can ill afford the utilitarian all-rounder from their scheme of things after his first game figures..
Ganguly and his supporters should wake up.. they are not playing here for BCCI or such teams where Sycophancy could help them.. if Sourav wanted to slap Sharukh in face by way of underperforming by him and his men.. SRK definitely is the owner of KKR one of them could be axed from selection from future games.. Yes.. I did fear that KKR would under-perform after the four captaincy theory.. and action culminating from there on.. the coach and captain controversy is not new to Sourav.. he knows he has suffered or rather been bitten by it earlier as well.. He needs to mend his ways.. a good cricketer would always be liked more if he could also respect the views of the men around him.. cricketing or non-cricketing..
I did not want to speak on the captaincy issue of KKR, yet Bangalore and Deccan Chargers have proved that change of captain could also change the fortunes of a team.. If two of the oldies have done well with the bat in the form of Sachin and Dravid.. Laxman and Ganguly have also flopped despite such huge experience behind their names..
It is too early for Aaj Tak or anyone, me included to comment on the role of old is gold or youth has booth.. I think T20 is more of a team game than any other form of cricket which can still be inspired by individual performances though..
I expect that this tournament would also be remembered for Pakistan board denying the extra bucks that their players might have earned.. I do not know if IPL would be able to return to India in future or not.. it is going to be extremely difficult for Pakistani players to be a part of it for quite some time.. I feel sad for Afridis and Tanvirs and many upcoming talents from the neighboring cricket playing country..
I wish I could provide some of the articles that I wrote during the first edition of IPL.. I shall give it a try tomorrow.. may be by way of launching a 20 MB free website on angelfire..
As IPL2 is underway.. one person sure to suffer of getting my attention is going to be brother Amitabh Bachchan.. I love him a lot and shall continue to do so.. yet I know it would be criminal to post such he posts on IPL 2 as I would be writing here.. I shall only provide the link at his blog of these articles on http://abhayaipl2.blogspot.com
Abhaya India April 19/20 2009 12:09 AM IST
I missed much of the action on day one as well as day 2 of the IPL 2 as I was away attending the marriage of my niece Meesha at Pune and was not exactly cut off from the Games yet had more important things to attend..
Well, Do not get bogged down by the old is gold theory.. I agree experience means a lot in any field let alone cricket.. Then there are not such great stories from IPL 1 that we could believe that what we saw on the day 1 from the bats of Sachin, Dravid and Hayden .. We can not overlook the greater performance by Anil Kumble as Banaglore team shone greatly on day one of the IPL2.. There were quite a few other performances or so do I learn from the newspapaer.. Abhishek Nayar the young blood scoring those brilliant runs in the slog overs for Mumbai.. the extra efforts from the left out from 30 in the probables of T20 team for India.. Joginder Sharma might have ended up on the loosing side.. yet his 1 wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs and his 18 runs should remind Dhoni, BCCI selectors of their grave mistake.. They should not forget dropping Sehwag from the 30 probables recently and hesitantly incorporated him at the last minute.. he turned out to be the Wisden’s cricketer of the year.. I do not say Joginder could do such a turn around.. first because there is only Abhaya Sharma to his support ( No Imran Khan.. and no Ian Chappell unlike in the case of Sehwag.. )..
There were also stupendous efforts from Warne, Vettori, Ojha in the spin department in the first four games that does leave the game still in favour of bowlers on a given day..and that too spinners.. I heard even Jaysuriya picked up some wickets..
The efforts of Sachin and Dravid do not surprise me too much.. they have technique temperament and tenacity to do well.. it surprised when they failed last time.. It also brings some gory facts that when the ex-captain and team manager do not see each other with blue eyed vision it could be catstrophic for a team.. In my harsh language by succumbing to a low 101 by Kolkata Knight Riders has more to it than the simple winning strategies of Deccan Chargers.. whose new blue jerseys have proved to be quite a boon for the bottom rankers of IPL 1.
I knew the equations would change in IPL 2 but unlike what I thought that pace would do the trick it was spin on the African pitches that found the most batsman to dance on their feet to their tunes.. Kumble’s 5 for five could well leave many strategist to take the game of T20 far more seriously from the spin bowlers angle.. Would Harbhajan and few others also add to the plight of batsman on not such spin supportive wickets that are likely to be groomed up for the upcoming matches of IPL 2..
The game against KXI Punjab and my favourites Delhi Daredevils must have been reduced to a farce.. I know anyone could write that.. that indeed was not cricket.. it was more of a toss out.. the team who bats second in such limted overs is going to have the big advantage if not necessarily a clear edge.. yet 58 runs with 7 balls remaining speaks too loud for the DD batsman Virender Sehwag.. who if he goes on to bat like the way he been doing in this last one year can not only silence Bedi’s mouthpiece but also take away much of the charm of IPL 2 with his team’s chances of lifting the trophy..
This post has got longer for the reasons that it is the first post after three games and one inning of the fourth having already been completed.. Can you say that 2 for 7 from 3 overs of Pravin Kumar were not important.. could you suggest that RP Singh is all over after hid four wicket haul in the opening games for their respective teams.. yet bothe are not in the reckoning for a sure place in the T20 team for India in the forthcoming world cup.. Dhoni did not want to give the chance to Kumar in T20 games that India got to play despite his such astounding performances in the other limited over version of the game..
These are some of the questions.. some of which may not find answers and some of them some people may not like to answer at all.. Dhoni can always say that he can elect only 11 to form a team.. Selectors can not do that to almost the hero of final of T20 game against Pakistan in the first ever T20 World championship in the same country where IPL 2 is underway.. May Joginder prove his worth in more games that he gets to play.. Dhoni or CSK can ill afford the utilitarian all-rounder from their scheme of things after his first game figures..
Ganguly and his supporters should wake up.. they are not playing here for BCCI or such teams where Sycophancy could help them.. if Sourav wanted to slap Sharukh in face by way of underperforming by him and his men.. SRK definitely is the owner of KKR one of them could be axed from selection from future games.. Yes.. I did fear that KKR would under-perform after the four captaincy theory.. and action culminating from there on.. the coach and captain controversy is not new to Sourav.. he knows he has suffered or rather been bitten by it earlier as well.. He needs to mend his ways.. a good cricketer would always be liked more if he could also respect the views of the men around him.. cricketing or non-cricketing..
I did not want to speak on the captaincy issue of KKR, yet Bangalore and Deccan Chargers have proved that change of captain could also change the fortunes of a team.. If two of the oldies have done well with the bat in the form of Sachin and Dravid.. Laxman and Ganguly have also flopped despite such huge experience behind their names..
It is too early for Aaj Tak or anyone, me included to comment on the role of old is gold or youth has booth.. I think T20 is more of a team game than any other form of cricket which can still be inspired by individual performances though..
I expect that this tournament would also be remembered for Pakistan board denying the extra bucks that their players might have earned.. I do not know if IPL would be able to return to India in future or not.. it is going to be extremely difficult for Pakistani players to be a part of it for quite some time.. I feel sad for Afridis and Tanvirs and many upcoming talents from the neighboring cricket playing country..
I wish I could provide some of the articles that I wrote during the first edition of IPL.. I shall give it a try tomorrow.. may be by way of launching a 20 MB free website on angelfire..
As IPL2 is underway.. one person sure to suffer of getting my attention is going to be brother Amitabh Bachchan.. I love him a lot and shall continue to do so.. yet I know it would be criminal to post such he posts on IPL 2 as I would be writing here.. I shall only provide the link at his blog of these articles on http://abhayaipl2.blogspot.com
Abhaya India April 19/20 2009 12:09 AM IST
PS
With 78 for 2 DC has almost won the game from KKR.. Should they thank SG and his men for it.. or should they give credit to the young brand RP Singh and OJha and Rohit Sharma
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