IPL match thread

[nadim 98]

if mumbai win next 3-4 match ash will get few chance otherwise it will be tough

[sharjilh]

No Ash! Why Sachin why!!

[sharjilh]

Originally Posted by bdchamp20
I hope Jayasuriya and Duminy fail miserably today.

Jayasuriya will always have a place in the team for his bowling abilities, its Duminy who needs to fail BADLY!!

[One World]

IPL has proven to be a gimmick using auction setting with upclass movie stars bidding on ranked classy players lowering the gravity of a game so solemn - the tourney that turned cricket into baseball.

[bdchamp20]

Joya gone!!
Now its Duminy's turn.

[Zeeshan]

good game 26 off 12 reqd.

[BANFAN]

Now I think you can expect to see Ash for JS in the next game. He hasn't yet done anything with bat.

[nadim 98]

btw will mash play 2day?

[bujhee kom]

Good karma....scum bags mumbai indians lost chasing a relitively reachable target! Yes they are scum bags in my mind anybody that do not play my players (Ashraful and Mashrafee) are pure and simple low lives!!! I beleive in it in my heart and I can go sleep at night peacefully thinking this venomous way. If a big money/exposure BD league did that to them(any player from any other countries, bring them and just make them sit on the bench) they would be saying the same to me.....I am truly glad that the Mumbai Indians lost today. And each and evreytime the KKR and Bombay Indian do not play my Ashraful and Mashrafee and lose, I will feel comfortable and be smiling!

[sharjilh]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
btw will mash play 2day?

hope so man, but chances are probably slim!

but Mumbai lost today only because they didnt have any big hitting power lower down the order - GET ASHRAFUL IN! :P

[CricFanBD]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
Good karma....scum bags mumbai indians lost chasing a relitively reachable target! Yes they are scum bags in my mind anybody that do not play my players (Ashraful and Mashrafee) are pure and simple low lives!!! I beleive in it in my heart and I can go sleep at night peacefully thinking this venomous way. If a big money/exposure BD league did that to them(any player from any other countries, bring them and just make them sit on the bench) they would be saying the same to me.....I am truly glad that the Mumbai Indians lost today. And each and evreytime the KKR and Bombay Indian do not play my Ashraful and Mashrafee and lose, I will feel comfortable and be smiling!

Can't argu with u.

[Purbasha T]

Any link guys? I'm broke

[sharjilh]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Any link guys? I'm broke

i think this one works

http://www.watch-ipl.com/live-matches

[nadim 98]

guy's there is a thread for kolkata match

[Purbasha T]

Thnx Sharjih.

[Ajfar]

until mumbai indians cofirm their 2nd round berth chance of ash playing is slim to none..

[One World]

Champs, chumps and the fifth Beatle

Dada does it Toronto-style, Hayden leaves it too late, and Flintoff just plain leaves. Week one of the IPL in precis

Ben Sammy
April 25, 2009



Flintoff: money for nothing © Getty Images

Streaker of the week
The dog that evaded all security and rugby tackles, holding up play during the opening game of the IPL, for longer than even a strategic time-out. Did it all without a stitch on its person.
Conspicuous absence of the week
Pakistan players: Well, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul mostly, though Shah Rukh Khan's generally glum expressions can only be lightened by a Shoaib Akhtar bear hug.
Conspicuous absence of the week II
The Indian crowd: No disrespect to South African crowds, but well-behaved fans do not necessarily make for fun fans.
Deal of the week
Two wickets at US$387,500 each and 62 runs at US$12,500 each mean Andrew Flintoff has been as much of a bargain as a shopping spree at Harrods. And he picked up a knee injury to end his involvement thereafter.
Are we in Toronto?
Sourav Ganguly's two-wicket over against Kings XI Punjab under the grey clouds of Durban revived memories of when Dada was the Prince of the Sahara (Cup), and the champion of all dibbly-dobbly bowlers.
John, Paul, George, Ringo and…
Mandira? With that haircut, the first TV lady of Indian cricket can only be the fifth Beatle.
Most ill-timed return to form
Two fifties, 166 runs and a strike rate of over 170: whew, those are the kind of numbers that get you a return to national duty, especially when your country is struggling with its batting. If only, of course, 37-year-old Matthew Hayden, possessor of those very figures, had produced them three months ago, before retiring.
The best-disguised googly of the week
The time-out: Is it innovative, philanthropic, strategic, or naked capitalism? We're all stumped.
The least super thing about the Super Over
Its existence.
Best-researched post-match player interview
Ravi Shastri to Herschelle Gibbs after the latter led the Deccan Chargers to a comfortable win over the Kolkata Knight Riders. "Well Herschelle, well played - go and enjoy a drink," says Shastri. All very harmless of course. Though, considering Gibbs came out of an alcohol-related rehabilitation course in January, perhaps it wasn't the smartest advice he has been given of late. Gibbs laughed and said "Well, a drink of water, yeah"
The Lasith Malinga award for freak performance of the week
Anil Kumble's 5 for 5. So some of the shots were as well-considered as a Silvio Berlusconi speech, but 5 for 5? In a Twenty20? At his age?
The Shahid Afridi award for freak performance of the week
The second half of AB de Villiers' century against the Chennai Super Kings. Having crawled to 50 off 35 balls, he brought up a second fifty in 16 balls, which included 20 off four successive deliveries from the US$1.55-million-dollar-man.
Least welcome guests of the week
Duckworth-Lewis, who have gatecrashed two matches. And rain, which washed one out totally. Good thing the IPL didn't go to the UK, which has been afflicted by bright sunshine and an uninterrupted county season since the first week.

Captaincy of the week
Kevin Pietersen the captain bringing on Kevin Pietersen the bowler. Six bowlers had been tried over 10 overs, without fruit, after Parthiv Patel and Matthew Hayden came out swinging. KP came on after the time-out and first ball bowled Patel. So inspired was the move - and so petrified Chennai - that Hayden ran himself out the very next ball. Only barely worth noting that KP went for a duck as his side were bowled out for 87 subsequently.

Enjoyed reading this, shows how much this tournament has lost its intensity from the initial one.
Source: CI

[Purbasha T]

Man OH Man! I just dreamt last night of seeing line-ups of KKR and MI with Mash and Ash in it. And mind it, I didn't know KKR and MI are playing each other next.....So that means...? Both will be up against each other in the next game? OHHH! can't wait to check if I received any divine power of seeing the future

[karimjay.]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Man OH Man! I just dreamt last night of seeing line-ups of KKR and MI with Mash and Ash in it. And mind it, I didn't know KKR and MI are playing each other next.....So that means...? Both will be up against each other in the next game? OHHH! can't wait to check if I received any divine power of seeing the future

i hope you have the 'eye'.

bloody formula one is on, instead of bangalore/delhi.
dilshan; what a gun.

[nadim 98]

Banglore is pretty much out from the coms..........1.5 million wasted....

[karimjay.]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
Banglore is pretty much out from the coms..........1.5 million wasted....

all of the expensive buys have flopped.

dhoni
pietersen
flintoff
afridi
mccullum

[Abirz]

How about not having any captain at all? The playing eleven,bowling order,batting order,field placings and all other decisions needed to be made will be made by a computer based on the players earlier performances. So if a bowler bowled poorly in a match, he can expect to be out of the bowling line up...makes the game much more fair for the few people who do perform.

Maybe the computer would have picked Mash in the playing eleven of the KKR if they used it,coz hes ranked 7th in the ICC Rankings

[Ashfaq]

Originally Posted by karimjay.
all of the expensive buys have flopped.

dhoni
pietersen
flintoff
afridi
mccullum

Less is more, gentlemen.

[nadim 98]

dhoni has done very gd job last season but he is misssing this year

[One World]

Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s ML Hayden 3 3 0 166 65 55.33 97 171.13 0 2 0 20 6 (Chennai Super Kings) R Dravid 4 4 0 144 66 36.00 106 135.84 0 1 0 15 3 (Bangalore Royal Challengers) RS Bopara 4* 4 0 132 84 33.00 105 125.71 0 1 0 8 7 (Kings XI Punjab) AB de Villiers 3 2 1 126 105* 126.00 77 163.63 1 0 0 5 6 (Delhi Daredevils) AC Gilchrist 3 3 0 119 71 39.66 76 156.57 0 1 0 11 8 (Deccan Chargers) TM Dilshan 3 2 1 117 67* 117.00 74 158.10 0 2 0 12 4 (Delhi Daredevils) HH Gibbs 3 3 1 114 58 57.00 77 148.05 0 1 0 12 4 (Deccan Chargers)


This is what I am to follow, after all 20/20 is all about blasting, miscuing and still being able to hit a boundary.