IPL 2012

I agree with Spinny even a number 11 can hit a six with the way the bowling is going but as we all know its not Pakistan its BCCI no one will even dare to say something to them.

In all four IPL's there have been many International/Indian Internationals players (who represented international level) who have flopped , while the same players in few other seasons they have been a super hit.While some have always been a hit.

In the same way (but in lesser capacity) , there have been lot of domestic players who have performed very well, while some have flopped

There is a reason to it --first of all every IPL team has 4 foreign players and 4/5 Indian (international) players.Majority of the times we see that these Foreign/Indian internationals taking much of batting and much of bowling.This leaves inexperienced Indian players very limited opportunity to prove themselves.That too we know this is a T20 tournament is not a platform where talent can be judged.

Then isn't it but obvious to target a domestic player (coz he has less experience?). That said I have seen the world's best bowlers too get beaten left right and center.

Inspite of all that, every season there have been domestic players who have excelled, at least those players who got opportunity made it count.

Still some people who say "Pathetic domestic" players, I can't help , but pity their reasoning and cricketing knowledge.

Some who dislike IPL have following attitude,
- If IPL games go to last ball , they are fixed
- If IPL games don't go to the wire , it a big bore
- If batsman hits sixes , bowlers have bowled pathetically
- If batsman can't , then pathetic cricket is on display
- If someone gets hat-trick it is again fixed , even if some gets hit badly in an over it is fixed.
- CSK won because some BCCI member is there, RR won first coz Modi had stakes in RR..Infact even if any teams wins it is because of their money power.(Some IPL haters can create some strange reason why DC won second IPL)
- If it is a super over .... it is damn obvious that it is fixed.

Now PWI need 16 runs of 12 balls , malinga has one over .... Another classic in making.Whatever way it goes ... some would say it is fixed.

Mumbai wins by just 1 run , another classic I would say ... wow what entertainment it has been.Cricket season simply can't better than this.

Anyway, looking at the MI vs PWI scoreboard , None of Foreign recruits/ Indian international players could make an impact for PUNE. It happens, coz this is T20 format. Domestic players got an extended opportunity and really  stood up.

It can be seen that B Kumar 3 overs 9 runs for 2 wickets , while in batting Mithun Manhas 42 of 34 balls, while B Kumar came at crucial junction and scored 10 of 6 balls and almost pulled it out, but not quite.

Just as I had said for years, in IPL domestic players get very little opportunity and but whenever they get , we see them contributing.


Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 04 May 2012 at 3:53am

I have not seen such destructive batting in my entire life. Dale Steyn will not forget that over for years. He fired in a Yorker at 150 km/hr and AB went back and thrashed it to covers for a six. No other batsman in world cricket could have done this. What a finisher this man is!!! Hats off AB!!

AB is a geniune CHAMPION.

Crowds come to see Ganguly.
He is a big reason people switch on their TVs to watch a Pune game, or check the score on the net when Pune Warriors are playing.
If the price of Ganguly playing is that Pune lose, maybe from the owner's point of view that is a price worth paying.

Ganguly fails again.
14 off 18 at an SR of 77.
Opened the batting - probably thought he could get some easy runs with the fielding restrictions on.
Wasted 3 overs.

He may come back to form in IPL6.

Chris Gayle did it today.  Sachin has gotten back some touch in these last 2 games.  They're saying on commentary that Gayle bats with a 3lb bat, damn, that's heavy.  Poor Sachin is reduced to 2.12 lbs these days, due his troublesome elbow.

This unending tournament continues... just saw the news that Ganguly has been dropped and the PWI owner has said that this is Ganguly's last year in IPL.

Big day at Barclays premier league.Will be rooting for City to lift the Championship.IPL's race to top four is just as exciting this year!

This year has been a treat for a true sport fan, hope the remaining season emulates the first half.

Literally I have lost count of number of twists and turns this IPL has given, the number of exiting moments there has been.

Simply put cricket in one season with fantastic exciting finish on a trot day after day, match after match. Can't get any better than this.

No matter what the rest of the matches turn out to be , but for me this is EPIC IPL-5.

Hahahaha, Amir, Asif, Butt style being used here.  Well, it was only a matter of time before story like this emerge, which echoes what i've been thinking all along.  Some of these games just don't look too right to me.  That report may or may not be true, but in my opinion, IPL is fixed big time!!

I'd even go as far and say the English Premier League soccer too!!  Man, i've watched a few games this season, absolutely shambolic how some quality players can play like the way some guys did.

Well Raj, i'm one guy who isn't wishing bad on IPL, i'm glad its putting money in people's pocket, even to guys who didn't really have a proper shot at international level - it makes more cricketers make an earning, and for that very reason, I hope it lives on.  But still, it doesn't hide the fact that I still think this IPL, along with one other, that I found to be very fishy!  I've played a lot of cricket, and know its very highly unlikely to constantly have close games everyday.  I know the gap between players quality is not so wide, which leaves more room for competitive and close battles, but still.... 

I saw the video, as Raj pointed - its of some other tournament. Ban the player if he is found guilty. IPL is too high profile, spot fixing won't be easy here. It could well be a bluff form the press to earn cheap name. Lets wait and watch.

I hardly care about all this... but I find the argument of IPL having high profile or highly reputed and rich people hence it cannot be fixd to be completely illogical... some of the biggest scams in the world have seen some of the richest people being involved, the 2G scam in India has accused some very very high profile people of corruption, so that argument is just a waste.

The channel reporters have been said to have hounded players around relentlessly for an year or two(you must know these scandalizing animals in India TV,they would crucify a saint just to make a sensational headline,the channel is notorious for spicy chats-once were adamant about doomsday arrival and kept running the story 24 seven for quite a while only to later on denying it and how it was just a theory for weeks,the name that this channel has made in bogus reporting is legendary)and best they have come up with is these five players who are dissatisfied either of not getting a proper shot as they were not even in the final eleven of their respective franchise- hence bad mouthing this and that,and desperately seeking a better offer from a different club.

and worst they have come up with is this second grade player who again is not a regular,was offered more then 100 thousand dollars by them,double his present salary- as SALARY from a different club plus the chance to play, and asked him later to do if he could do something along these lines-match fixing if they got him playing this better club, they then got it out of his mouth that most he could do is bowl a no ball and that in once in 20 to 50 matches.


remember there was/must have been a lot of cut and paste and twists to all the recordings.

now give me a camera and funds to approach anyone anywhere, after an year or two of this, it shouldn't be hard  to come up with some low grade hopeless players to do some talking in any part of the world.They kept me glued to tv in hope of watching big names getting revealed as billed by the channel- and they brought up these who are mostly never heard of before,who were most of the times were shown to be keen on getting a better franchise while not talking of fixing.

besides one of them said on record - no one can fix the matches in the way people seem to believe, one could bat slow or ball no-balls as some possible ways, he said a six cant be fixed,i say a fantastic catch can't be fixed neither can be a good ball or shot.

the recording they showed in a local a list match contained a no-ball which was as obtrusive as the one Amer bowled.Its not that easy, even with the skills of Don Bradman coupled with the acting skills of an oscar winner actor a player could hardly dodge the suspicion and fix every shot or ball.