Been a long time since the last post. Now IPL season 2 has given me a lota things to ponder about and scribble as well. Being an ardent fan of the CSK , the first thing i would sorely miss out is the buzz around the chepauk stadium. Had the IPL been staged in india it would have been a different story altogether. Hmm.. neways no point in talking about suppositions.
Well, the very first match, your home team playing, a saturday evening , who could have ever asked for more. First 10 overs, having had the mumbaikars at 65/1, i fancied my chances. Not so after the next 10 overs but, where that tea kada nair really came in and spoiled every single dream of mine. Neither did the piece of commentary "How many ever millions worth, u might be, but if you are gonna bowl half volleys like that at death, you are gonna be taken to the cleaners" , from ravi, when freddie offered those dollies to nair, did any iota of good to my sombre mood.
The second half was virtually over after hayden departed, falling victim to a wonderfully anticipated grab from zak. Mighty matty meant business right from ball one (well, except while handling the 'same old 'obnoxious weed' bhajji). This giant's ferocious shots continued to amaze me and the immediate thought that flashed my mind was the kangaroos are definitely gonna miss his services in the upcoming ashes. But then the life he gave to sachin , earlier in the day, was the "citi moment of failure" for me.
I don really understand y the csk unit is clinging on to joginder sharma. He cant be a hero every day and he has nothing special at all to grab attention. The veteran murali should have taken his place instead. His absence was so palpable when bhajji made things so diffcult for csk, freddie in particular. Though freddie made 20 odd runs, he never really looked settled. He was constantly swishing his bat at everything and had a coupla awkward boundaries, for which even he himself couldn suppress a chuckle.
The difference between the two units was cleary bhajji and his parsimonious spell. Its pretty blatant that the spinners have held the aces in almost every contest till now(wat a coincidence, as i write this , vettori has been decided as the mom in contest 3). Hope CSK learn from their mistake and let joginder carry drinks and other cricketing paraphernalia alone. Time indeed for the wily fox to spin a web.
2 comments:
people are definitely missing the show not being staged in India.
Here, the guys are feeling so miserable - not even having access to a television to grab a few peeks at the matches. A restaurant nearby having a television is doing brisk business. Since the place has people from all over the world, "regional" loyalties are so widely seen here, with each one cheering for his/her team :)
CSK thrash RCB...awesome stuff.
Joginder plays because they can have only 4 internationals. Badri is also a bit wasted at No.7 but there is no one else to play.
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