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Golden Oldies !
In one single phase of IPL-II, all the talk about twenty20 being young man’s game has ceased. That is how fickle the media is and the experts are. They switch their allegiance in a flash and talk about these things as if they knew it before anyone.
Cricket for me has always been about skills. Batting, [...]
Catchy Quotes from IPL-II
Look at some catchy quotes of IPL-II and have a blast. If Modi is killing the golden goose in cricket, these are killing English and cricket in one go. Talk about effectiveness. If you need some nonsense, tune into any IPL matches Extra Innings.
“These are crucial times, the last 10 overs" [...]
Battle for last Spot: Knight Riders on Top
For me this was the most anticipated match. It had everything. A nail biter with promise of going to the wire. It did go to wire, Provided all the excitement and thrills viewer expects from any Twenty20 match.
Mind you they are in a battle. Battle of getting to the bottom. They are ready to do [...]
Curious Case of Jacques kallis
Well, I have been against Jacques Kallis playing for any Twenty20 team, let alone a franchise that represents my city - Bangalore.
He has been a great player in tests and to an extent in ODI for South Africa. He has been talked in the same league as Gary Sobers. I have no problems with [...]
McCullum – quits captaincy !
McCullum is resigning from captaincy. It is now official. He would quit captaincy if the Knight Riders don’t make it to Semifinals. I don’t see them reaching there, hence its official that he is going to resign.
I wonder, why is he talking about semifinals. They actually are competing with Royal Challengers for that elusive [...]
Top 10 Bowlers of IPL-II
This is South Africa. Fast bowlers must have some thing to smile for. At least things even out if not loaded in favor of bowlers. They can have a go at batsman. Spinners too are having a impact none the less. Old foxes Warne and Kumble have shown that they are a handful in any [...]
Top 10 Batsmen of IPL-II
10 games is a good number, every team would have played a minimum of 2 games. Some trends begin to emerge.
Top 10 batsmen of IPL-II
Player
Mat
Runs
HS
Ave
SR
100
50
4s
6s
ML Hayden
3
166
65
55.33
171.13
0
2
20
6
R Dravid
3
134
66
44.66
144.08
0
1
15
3
AB de Villiers
2
105
105*
-
194.44
1
0
5
6
CH Gayle
3
95
44*
47.5
133.8
0
0
5
9
RG Sharma
2
88
52
88
141.93
0
1
4
7
AC Gilchrist
2
84
71
42
150
0
1
8
5
SK Raina
3
77
41
25.66
118.46
0
0
7
2
V Kohli
3
64
50
21.33
120.75
0
1
7
1
A Flintoff
3
62
24
31
116.98
0
0
5
2
SR Tendulkar
1
59
59*
-
120.4
0
1
7
0
There are 3 from Chennai Kings, 2 from Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers, 1 each from Daredevils, Mumbai [...]
Weather tilted scales towards South Africa: Really?
It was the reason for choosing South Africa over England. How flat that reason has fallen? If we lose the Royals and Knight Riders for rain that would be 3rd match to be ruined due to rain. As of now, we have a full game, but showers are expected.
Think twice about choosing one country [...]
Kevin Pietersen was bought cheap: really?
Kevin Pietersen has not done anything in the 3 matches he has captained so far. He will play 4-5 matches at maximum and return to England. So was he really bough cheap at $1.55 million as Mallya had claimed earlier.
In the 3 matches he has played so far, there is no glimpse of his [...]
Dissecting Royal Challenger’s Loss
Challengers were chasing 9.20 runs an over. We will break their chase into 5 over phases and see what happened actually.
First 5 overs: Challengers scored 25 runs for loss of 2 wickets. Kallis had played made 15 off 14 balls. He hit 3 fours, so in other 11 balls he scored 1 run. Jesse Ryder [...]