IPL 2010

Tendulkar seems to love Cricket too much, doesn't seem like he'll quit until his form (eyesight, instincts, reflex etc) starts to fail him.

Tendulkar's been amazing so far and he just continues to dominate. I think if he carries on like this till the 2011 World Cup then I am sure India are going to lift the cup next year provided our bowling attack is good enough barring Zaheer and Harbhajan.

I also think Rahul Dravid's been in fine nick too. Ray Jennings supposedly said in a local newspaper that Rahul would become a complete and a perfect t20 player by the end of IPL 3 because he can play according to the situation. He looks fit, is scoring runs, hitting sixes and taking the sharp singles as well. His last two innings have been fantastic to watch and its a pity that he's still regarded as a one-dimensional player.

His ODI career appears to be over but you never know when the selectors change their minds.

India's batting is fine in ODIs. It wasn't enough to beat Australia at home against an inexperienced attack. That might be a worry. It's not a matter of talent, the batting talent is there... they just need that edge - and less reliance on Sachin to continually score 150+ scores!

Given India's batting strength I don't think if Rahul will be in plans for the WC 2011, more so because it is in the subcontinent and most of the youngsters are very good playing at home. I think Dravid will continue to play test cricket till 2012 though... both Dravid and Sachin might want to retire after a big series... there is a scheduled series against PAK in 2012 and also against AUS I think in the same year... both in India... so they might look to retire after that...

That Dhoni six was just absolutely fantastic. Can't wait for Semi Final on wednesday where my team mumbai Indians is playing. the Sad part is i wont be seeing the match due to work, well you never know, I might be sick on Wednesday.

Sam , do you have 1st hand knowledge that the players feel secure ?  The incident that you laughed off injured 8 people and has to ask questions about the security being laid on. That Bangalore has lost the semifinal should give some idea as to how serious the authorities took that incident.  The bombs have been described as "primitive" - be thankful that they were or we could have seen a bloodbath.

Agreed Raj and I have sympathy for all living under the threat of terrorism - sadly it won't be going away anytime soon.

Edited by Sledger - 20 April 2010 at 10:41am

Lalit Modi is likely to step down as the chaiman of IPL after the finals on 25th April 2010.

Originally posted by MalhotraRaj84 Originally posted by sam_ahmed Lalit Modi is likely to step down as the chaiman of IPL after the finals on 25th April 2010. It might happen sooner than that mate.

Originally posted by sam_ahmed Originally posted by MalhotraRaj84 Originally posted by sam_ahmed Lalit Modi is likely to step down as the chaiman of IPL after the finals on 25th April 2010. It might happen sooner than that mate.   you must not be very happy about it Raj!

Yes I am not happy , but show me a crystal clear administration/administrators where there is billions $ at stake. Show me a political party that does not take favours by putting their weight of power.So this is nothing new.

Im very Happy i hate that guy he did a terrific job just to make money people like him deserve this im VERY VERY VERYYYYYYYYYY Happy. Same with me Sam i enjoyed IPL 1 very much and even when IPL 2 begin i was very excited but now its very boring plus too many matches and in every 1 min we see mobile ads it gets very irritating plus its not a good thing for Indian cricket now most of their players are not 100% fit which will hurt their chance of winning the T20 world cup.

Edited by mystery - 20 April 2010 at 8:30pm

I am very happy that Modi will be stepping down and glad that the IPL will finally be over. Its become a bit too boring for me and I don't think I'll be able to watch nexy years tornament because its just going to be too much of a cricket overdose!

It will all be forgotten soon mates - IPL will still be there with or without Modi. the way this league has grown to the value of several billion dollars in just a short time is evidence enough that there are enough things going wrong. The growth patter is simply not organic, which raises concerns and which means a faster death of the product.

Going by a Mumbai v Chennai final I think some of the matches might have been fixed here... also quite amazingly we always manage to get one "Super Over" match every IPL!!!

disaster has hit IPL and Lalit Modi... apparently some of the matches in IPL 2 were fixed and Modi himself was involved in betting which was done by someone else on his behalf. There is more news coming in about a lot of fraud that has been done...


Edited by sam_ahmed - 23 April 2010 at 6:28pm