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Topic: IPL 2012
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Subject: IPL 2012
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 9:14am
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Make no mistake I just hate the IPL, still thought this is a 2 month long event and eventually we may have to post something on this. On one hand disappointed with Pakistani players not participating but also happy that they won't be a part of this circus which I think is good for their careers, hell the Indian Hockey team is visiting Pakistan next month the Govt. is OK with that but they just can't digest the cricket to take place between the two rival teams, pathetic. Nonetheless, list of L O N G fixtures:
------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
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Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 10:30am
2 months for this  but good that atleast there is Eng/SL and Aus/windies series going on so can watch that and yes Sam its good that Pakistani players are not playing in this circus.------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 10:50am
| Way too long... |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 10:55am
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CSK,MI,RCB are obviously strong teams, Pune will miss services of Yuvi, hoping that dangerous Uthappa makes up for it big time. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 11:16am
| My workmate's son is the physio for Pune. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 2:47pm
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That's nice Mikey!  However, if I have to pick one favorite this time, I'd pick RCB, they look a formidable unit. I'd also be interested in watching Tamim Iqbal for PWI, always thought people are mad not to pick such a fine player in IPL! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 01 April 2012 at 3:31pm
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Counting out Michal Clarke,Mathews and Samuels (I guess they will be doing national duties) still there are 10 foreign players C Fergusson J Hopes N McCullum J Ryder W Parnell G Smith S Smith A Thomas T Iqbal L Wright Who do you play and who do you leave out ? Ganguly will have lot of problem while deciding the playing 11 (I mean they will use these guys in lower order). Whatever , I want Uthappa,Pandey to open the batting , but I guess they will spoil it like last time. Ryder comming 1 down is a great threat for opposition. If I had to select four overseas , then Luke,Ryder,N McCullum would be there to start with, while I try to figure out who would be the best fit for 4th spot. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 4:24am
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Smith is also likely to be out, he is having ankle surgery. Out of those players, I'd go with Ryder, McCullum and Hopes... I'd definitely pic a more Australian style seamer just to mix things up, and all three of these guys are good hitters. Nathan McCullum is particularly useful in T20 and Ryder can bat anywhere. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 10:27am
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Smith does not even need an injury to sit out methinks - he is ordinary ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 5:23pm
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I would not call smith as "Ordinary" Zuhair! someone with a test average of over 50 after 8 years of international cricket when he plays mostly on South African tracks (perhaps the most bowling friendly country in the world today) cannot be ordinary. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 5:24pm
| Graeme Smith was excellent for Rajastan in the first IPL, when Warne miraculously led them to victory. Since then he has been poor in the IPL from memory. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 5:45pm
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Zuhair was referring to Steven Smith. Yes Mikey, Hopes is a valuable player, unfortunately he never gets the space because Watto fills that place.In T20's he can be very very useful.------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 7:39pm
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oh! Then Zuhair has mistaken that Steve Smith is having an ankle surgery,,, it's Graeme Smith who is undergoing an Ankle surgery! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 03 April 2012 at 4:17am
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Correct Sam, I was clearly referring to Graeme Smith who is having the surgery. Steve Smith is injury free at the minute. Yup Raj, I'd definitely pick Hopes for most games - very useful all rounder, can bat anywhere in the order and is good value with his 4 overs. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 03 April 2012 at 6:54am
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My bad - I only meant StevenSmith - never in my right mind am I going to call Graeme Smith ' ordinary '. ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 03 April 2012 at 5:54pm
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One thing I would call "ordinary" was the opening ceremony today, so much hype but I found nothing spectacular about it! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 April 2012 at 7:11am
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Yes Sam , the opening ceremony was as long and tedious as what I think will follow................. seventy-odd yawns over fifty-odd days.........I wish I could hibernate !
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 04 April 2012 at 8:10pm
You guys saw that , lucky that I did not even realise that there one.
Sledge , are you supposed to write a column somewhere in a some media ? coz other than that I don't see any reason why you could not hibernate ... I mean what is stopping you from hibernation?.
I give it a miss in the middle, and watch only few games in the middle (just to see how my fav players perform) .Understandable IPL is domestic tournament and these tournaments are supposedly only for locals viewing. For example , I did not even when know when Big Bash started ... , while Bangladesh PL also got over ... Then If I am right there is some Friend or Provident Fund T20 tournament in England while there is a domestic T20 in SL too ... I hardly know a single team in that .. forget all that I don't even know who won it. I just get to know that is started sometime, just because it comes somewhere while I was browse cricket sites. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 3:38am
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IPL is far more hyped, and involves many more international players than other leagues. It is difficult to ignore the IPL because the ICC goes out of the way to support it, if you see the FTP there is a virtual window for the IPL where mostly all other test playing nations are not having any other assignments. This is not the case for other T20 leagues, where we still have cricket going on. I agree if we don't want to watch it then we don't watch it, like I didn't saw the opening game yesterday, but then we can't really ignore the IPL because it is sooo sooo long. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 5:26pm
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I saw in the news that ground was empty for the first match is that correct? ------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: Andrew_Wood_CW
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 7:06pm
| Yeah it wasn't the biggest of crowds, today's match is packed though! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 7:07pm
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yes Mystery the attendance for the 1st game looked low, one side was totally empty, however today for the KKR game it is a packed stadium with over 56000 spectators. Morne Morkel bowled a superb spell today, loved it! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: BackwardPoint
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 11:13pm
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Yeah, brilliant from Morkel. He is just going from strength to strength in all formats, it was not too long ago that he was struggling. If he keeps up his consistency then Steyn/Morkel/Philander can be one of the all-time great Test attacks. It really irritated me that Morkel didn't get the MoM award. It's so biased in favour of batsmen. Even yesterday with Levi getting the award ahead of the likes of Pollard and Ojha who bowled their 4 overs at around 4 RPO and took 2 wickets. Unless a bowler takes 4 or 5 wickets in his 4 overs, he never gets the award whereas all a batsman has to do is score a quick 30 and he gets it. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 9:21am
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I will watch today's match for sure - just because I want to see an ex-Pakistan player playing. If he does not feature in the playing eleven, I will switch to news ------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 12:26pm
| Only good thing about IPL is seeing some old favourites, like Gilchrist and co. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 5:16pm
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What a Classy innings by Rahane ... wow ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 5:42pm
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I was very happy that PW's won against MI. Steven Smith get the MOM and also enters into Ganguly's good books ... It is a two edged sword , Ganguly has tendancy to persist with a player for long time even if they fail. Steven smith can be useful in shorter format , but I really think there are other players in PW team who need to play ahead... maybe , but if Steven Smith performs like this , then nothing can stop him from booking one spot in the team.------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 6:14pm
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I'm surprised that Azhar Mahmood didn't play today, very surprising indeed. Gilly's team selections have always been very poor, even when he was the captain of DC he was very poor in team selections and also in bowling changes. Good knock from Rahane, RR should win this easy. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 07 April 2012 at 7:03pm
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One round finsihed and still early days but RR,DD,PW and KKR seem to be in a good shape.So CSK,MI and RCB need to be on guard , coz looks like this time these teams might stand up to get counted.
KXIP and DC need to do the right selectionss and put up a better fight. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 08 April 2012 at 6:13am
 before the start of the tournament I just thought DC will end up last, I didn't really saw the game yesterday but looking at the scores I'm certain now that DC will end up last.Just going by the first impressions RCB and DD must be able to make it to the preliminary finals, the other two spots will be closely fought for by the other 5 teams mentioned by Raj, I also agree that Kings XI and DC wil be the bottom two this time, makes me change my mind too, I'll now go for the match between DC and RCB, it's on a Sunday and a 4 p.m start, that is just about fine with me. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 08 April 2012 at 8:40am
| Jadeja really lived up to his million dollar price tag, highest score and best bowling in his T20 career in the same game! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 08 April 2012 at 6:19pm
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New Sahara stadium at Pune looks awsome.Simply superb under lights and jam packed crowd with wave of blue home crowd fans. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: Andrew_Wood_CW
Date Posted: 09 April 2012 at 7:15pm
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They've just lost again, so you could be right about Deccan Chargers Rohit Sharma hitting a six to finish things!
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Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 09 April 2012 at 7:42pm
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I wanted DC to win, I was hoping that Rohit gets out the last ball... ( though Rohit is my fav, not much of MI fan (coz MI is a threat to my favourite teamls DC played well, they were unlucky today.Looks like they will get better.Steyn was awsome today. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
) and moreover I want all teams to win equally and don't want few teams to race ahead ). I don't know how many here saw the match, but I guess second last ball was actually run out which umpire missed and gave benefit of doubt to batsman.The bat was clearly in air when the bails got disloged.Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 10 April 2012 at 6:59pm
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I saw the last 10 overs or so, that penultimate ball wasn't run out in my opinion, there was enough doubt there and I think some part of the bat was grounded, even if it wasn't there was enough doubt to give that not out. I wanted DC to win though, after all they are my home team a very good Innings by Rohit Sharma, he has done that often in the IPL, one of the best T20 bowling spells I've seen from Dale Steyn, and a very good performance by Munaf Patel too for MI. I wonder if anyone watched Parthiv Patel's wicket keeping, he had some 5-6 shots at the stumps from the position he stands in, all of them would have been run outs, and he didn't hit even once... all I can say is that even Kamran Akmal would have done better, and that says a lot! This lad Parthiv has been around for almost 10 years in int'l cricket, he can't bat, he can't keep, he can't throw ... *face palm* ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 11 April 2012 at 11:52am
| Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravidboth are 40 years near by but that captaincy is excellent in ipl game,i hope dada leadership job is brilliant |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 11 April 2012 at 5:32pm
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I think Pune have got a very good team and that is why they are winning, nothing against Dada but I think his captaincy is getting far too many headlines for absolutely no significant reason. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 12 April 2012 at 6:40pm
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ah! one UNBELIEVABLE run chase by Chennai... 45 off 12 balls and they do it!!! Albie Morkel is so brutal when he plays for CSK, hardly see any of this when he plays for RSA. RCB, and I wanted them to win, must be Stunned, shocked, dumbstruck, and what not! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 13 April 2012 at 5:21pm
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How pathetic and disgraceful is this, BCCI is taking the services of two of the best umpires in the world in Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf, a commentator in Rameez Raja, and Azhar Mahmood despite being a UK citizen now has struggled to get a visa for India and when he has got, he gets it only for 2 cities, meaning he can play in only 6 games. Gilchrist has already expressed his disappointment at the entire incident, this is shameless stuff. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 13 April 2012 at 8:31pm
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Same nothing new in this its their habit and i will clearly say that the reason behind BD not coming to Pakistan is BCCI/India nothing else.
------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 14 April 2012 at 5:41am
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Gilchrist's opinion hardly matters , he does not know the ground realities.Those who do understand everything.Those who don't are in some fake brainswashed propaganda world. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: dipesh gor
Date Posted: 15 April 2012 at 7:10am
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Panjab will do better today |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 18 April 2012 at 5:27am
| Chris Gayle is confident that his hitting 8 sixes and brilliant batting RCB Bastman who win the match six-wicket win over Pune Warriors India will give the Royal Challengers Bangalore the much-needed push in the tournament. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 18 April 2012 at 6:22am
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Sam, we know the harsh reality between Pakistan and India. Many Pakistani's are jealous of Indians and vice versa. I know a guy who has a cricket business in Pakistan that manufacture cricket gears for a few brands. I did commend him on his gears, as I tested some and they were good. He then told me, he wants to prove that Pakistan makes better gears than India. The guy really has to be out of his mind, Pakistan definitely stand no comparison to India in cricket gears when it comes to making soft goods. Pakistan do make some great bats, otherwise, India probably makes everything else better. Have anyone tried an SS gloves compare to Ihsan, CA etc? There is no comparison. Even Gray Nichols get some of their gloves made in India, just to show the supreme skills of the Indians in making soft goods. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 28 April 2012 at 7:06am
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IPL 5 when start Rajastan team was one of the team that win the title very little chance.The team does not have very bit hitting players on t-20 game. Rajastan team youngster player rahane very brilliant batsmen, he has not possible to wining all game all other middle order batsmen are straggle. When captaincy was given to Rahul Dravid there was not much hope for Rajastan . But the way they performed was extraordinary.Brad hodge,Ovia Shah ,Kevon kooper was 3 players brought by Rajastan team currently there performance are good. Rajastan miss to all rounder Watson .... i hope upcoming matches he will play |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 29 April 2012 at 7:17pm
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Just can't help but write about the spell Dale Steyn bowled today again in a losing cause, one of the best T20 spells you'd ever get to see, Dale was absolutely brilliant, his first over was as good an over as one would bowl... also not far behind is Morne Morkel who bowled a match winning over under pressure to give his side a win today, although I didn't saw that game. Steyn and Morne have set the IPL alight with their magnificent bowling, just imagine what the opposition will feel like when they will be bowling in tandem come the WT20 in September! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 5:01am
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This year's IPL is simply a wow, getting better and better every match.
------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 6:00am
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Back in IPL-1 , Shane Warne projected Watson as a one of the main man for RR along with few others.He allowed him to express himself and gave opportunity and responsibility at the top.Outcome - to a great extent Watson's career simply flew post IPL-1 like never before. (No doubt he was good player even before that ) He was seen as an allrounder but not quite of a great quality, but post IPL-1 all that seemed to change. Full credit to Warne's genius in getting best out of player by motivating them.I personally feel that post IPL-1 he is achieving more than his capacity. Why that talk now ?..... Well , Steven Smith seems to be in similar career changing form under Ganguly here at IPL-5. Frankly I would not have given him the opportunity ahead of Luke Wright, Tamim Iqbal, Nathan Mcullum and few others. Maybe he is hitting the ball too well in the nets to be ignored.Whatever, Smith he certainly grabbed his opportunity with both hands. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 6:48am
| Problem with Steve Smith is that his bowling talent is just not there, whereas Watson can switch from bowling accurate 140kph+ to 130kph swing/seam. Watson is a very capable bowler, ideal for T20 (almost always bowl out 4 overs) and a good partnership breaker in tests. Smith isn't getting much of a bowl, even in IPL - but his batting and fielding is useful. Still can't see any real application for Smith outside of the T20 stuff. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 1:49pm
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I have actually found this edition of IPL to be a below par, esp as compared to previous editions, this comment has nothing to do with my dislike towards IPL, I just feel this year we have seen a lot of predictable stuff and the games have lacked the, what do call, say the entertainment factor. On Steve Smith, he has always been a brilliant fielder, but other than that the lad will have to improve a lot to be considered for Australia, we can't really compare him with Watson who was always a match winner, Smith has done a good job in the limited chances he has got batting down the order , but then I can't see him making to the Aussie team on these performances... in fact if there is one player who may really get into the T20 side of his team and should, then it is Owais Shah, who has been magnificent! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 3:23pm
How do you know that Sam? , I guess you don't watch IPL.I mean, I assumed that you follow few of DC and few other matches. That's why you got it wrong Sam, this year's matches have been much closer and far from being predictable. I am sure you are not following it on the TV. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: jaysjay
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 6:53pm
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i think this has by far been the best edition, well i didn't bother much with earlier years only some superficial interest but been following this one closely not that i planned to but the matches are just too much of a treat to miss.Teams are much or less evenly matched this year with so many matches have gone down to the wire where you cant predict any of the three results before the last ball is bowled.
------------- for what a man would like to be true,that he more readily believes. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 3:17am
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I have seen a few games but haven't been following largely, that is because I can't, for 2 months I can't ask my wife to shift to my mom' TV!!! so I have only been able to watch a few games. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 7:03am
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DADA
should retire as early as possible. he can be advisor of PWI. he is no
doubt a very good captain but his batting is poor. only captaincy cannot
win the match. look at the sehwag, he is not a good captain but he is
playing well and his team winning the match. whatever you do, ultimately
the winning is the main target. It sounds that dada is showing much of his dadagiri. Utthappa seems to be upset due to change of his position and since then just trying and purposefully playing slow. Saurav should stop all the dadagiri and just concentrate on his captaincy by taking team in confidence because that what he can do well and leave the rest to the great Pune team player. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 11:02am
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I do agree qith alpesh on this, clarke can bw just the right man to lead and sourau can be a mentor kind of a guy. Nothing against him but honrstly he has gone past his expiry date for playing cricket ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 7:51pm
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There is something seriously special about this IPL-5. Punjab were simply cruising towards the score vs RCB today, when suddenly flurry of run outs made way for an interesting last over.... Another classic!
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 1:47am
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Or another match fixing classic??? Any of you guys seriously believe that all so many games can get so close?? Anyhow, don't quite agree that Dada is way past it, saw the guy play some lovely shots the other night. His off side timing is still a sight to behold! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 4:00am
Yes this tournament has had so many close finishes that it is hard to believe that it has not been enacted. Can't help the matches have been so close and interesting that people will speculate about it. However I am damn sure none of the matches are fixed. It is just that teams are evenly balanced , and by now teams know the conditions and used to it now. On a side note , this year many Test matches too had a great classic finish, don't know if someone speculated that to be fixed ... I wouldn't for sure! ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 4:29am
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Bowling a load of full tosses and a team scoring a shedload of runs when they're out of the game is quite questionable. Even from watching a football game a few days ago, I couldn't help but shake my head.
------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 4:51am
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With dew factor and underlights, while trying to get a yorker there is very little margin for error.Even in international matches it has happened so many times ... Yorkers have gone horribly wrong. "Then teams scoring shedload of runs when they are out of the game" - Spinney hasen't this happened zillion times in ODI's , havent we seen No 9,10 and 11 simply score awful lot of runs when top order has collapsed ? Tailenders have scored when they have got nothing to lose , while team that is about to win have conceeded lot many runs becasue invariably becasue they tend to take it easy once they are sure of victory. Good that CSK have won IPL twice , else if it had been 4 different winners in last four seasons then few would have speculated that each team wins on round robin basis  .------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 5:42am
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RCB
has a good team, but also a worst captain. In my opinion rcb must drop daniel
vettori and pick Murali because we lack wicket taking bowler in the middle overs
and thats hurting them badly and replace Vettori (since he is not taking
wickets) with Murali, and make someone else captian (AB, or Kohli) |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 2:07pm
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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.
------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: jaysjay
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 5:49pm
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Chris Gayle has been the man leading the tally of highest six hitters with 29 sixes and KP's following him with 20 sixes,Sehwag@third with 17. now what this implies is that every batsman who is there is there because he is capable and no amount of contrived circumstances would make a subaltern player breaking into these big names. now Chris Gayle has got 33 percent more sixes from the next best clearly depicting the kind of batsman he has been,he carries one of the heaviest bats with him which generates such power that his miss hit stays hit for a comparative big six as he makes the boundary look as far as your drawing rooms wall on tv,forget about a clean contact many times it is seen that the ball was dispatched out of the stadium- i can count more then two occasion where he did that just from the top off my head(not in this years ipl though), i wonder if he is the hardest hitter of a cricket ball the game has ever seen,cant say ,didnt see Viv Richards batting in his heydays. so to deny what he is achieving as planned would be a bit unfair. besides, the name involved in IPL are just too big to stake their name in a farce like match fixing,for eg: Mukesh Ambani,the owner of Mumbai Indians who is the second richest person in Asia, 19th in world,has also been 3rd richest in the world. The IPL will never ever generate enough money for him to risk his reputation as trust is what makes a shareholder buy stocks. I imagine if there ever was a chance of match fixing in IPl it would just have to go down to the uncertain nature of the world or an individual. Not on the basis of what we see, not on the basis of reasons related to IPL or the number of close matches(t20 might just be evolving or teams could be very well evenly matched by chance).Anything is possible who knows. ------------- for what a man would like to be true,that he more readily believes. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 6:59pm
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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. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 03 May 2012 at 8:17pm
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I would like to say just one thing if anyone thinks that any of IPL matches are classic than he has not seen test cricket - close finish does not make a match a classic its the buildup that makes it a classic match.
------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 3:51am
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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. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 5:00am
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Ganguly
such a legendary player and captain, I don't understand why does he
fails to understand his time is over. Neither he is able to middle the
ball nor he is getting runs. He just can't inspire as a Captain.
He is pretty rich, not sure if he is still playing for pride or still
living in false belief ...Dear Saurav please for the sake of your
millions of fans get retired, you are too classy to be seen as
struggling like this... Please learn something from Gilchrist and Sangakkara. They both dropped themselves from the playing eleven. Yes, Gilchrist is injured. You are also in the same age league as Gilchrist and it would definitely give some promising youngster a chance to show his game. Don't rob them of their opportunity. Your lucky bowling in one game really made you think that you are a good bowler. So grow up. What is one game. If you decide to drop yourself and let Clarke handle the captaincy like David Hussey for Punjab and I assure the owner Subrata that Pune can also enter the playoffs. |
Posted By: jaysjay
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 12:16am
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html,body{border:0px;margin:1px;background-image:none;} td {border:1px dotted #CCCCCC;} html,body{border:0px;margin:1px;background-image:none;}td {border:1px dotted #CCCCCC;} two of the more close finishes made the sunday a good advertisement for IPL. the first one was settled when Dwayne Smith smacked thee consecutive bounderies off Ben Helf,all through the straight, and attained the required 14 runs in last thee balls. another was finished by a scintillating inning from AB,where he ploughed runs all round the park with all sort of shots in his 17 ball 47, he particularly shocked fellow countryman Steyn with his footwork,who earlier had hushed 'the king of t20s' aka Gayle with an intmidating maiden. ------------- for what a man would like to be true,that he more readily believes. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 4:59am
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Got in time to Sachin Tendulkar, marvellous innings that. Tendulkar still looks like he can play for 3 more years. Its incredible who he keeps on going on and on. I don't know why bowlers constantly aim for yorkers, its very high risk if you miss your mark ever so slightly. Slower bouncers and fast bouncers are far more effective at the death of limited overs cricket. Lastly, De Villers is the best currently playing. That was a display of some of the most awesome piece of batting I have witnessed. The man just picked up the line and length so fast and did anything he wanted with it. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 5:07am
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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. |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 5:10am
| IPL 5 has very interest showcased some stunning performances from individuals...I think this edition of IPL has taken T20 cricket to a different level altogether. Mornie Morkel's 19th over against RCB was a gem...Peterson, Rayadu show against King XI and now Dwayne Smith and AB....Hope this continues till final and we see some good cricket than late night parties. |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 09 May 2012 at 4:53am
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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. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 09 May 2012 at 4:32pm
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Ganguly's team selection too was highly questionable, he never really allowed the side to settle down, esp the foreign players, dropped Ryder when you know he is an impact player, played Uthappa lower down the order when he is a better player opening the innings, played Clarke purely on his reputation and "name" when Tamim could definitely have been tried at least, esp since they were losing anyways... ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 10 May 2012 at 2:21am
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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.
------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: alpesh
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 5:12am
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Well done Delhi..! DD rocks..!
Way to go Veeru......we all want DD playing the Finals and most probably win this time..! David warner is a very very good batsmen when it come to the shorter form of the game. he needs to work on his test batting! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 6:41pm
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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. I've seen a few games just to watch Gayle bat, and boy has he batted well... AB has been magnificent too. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 10:12pm
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Just cant wait for Windies series to start so we can finally see some real cricket!
------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 13 May 2012 at 8:30am
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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. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 13 May 2012 at 6:10pm
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At last my team won , Man oh man ... what a match it was.Horrible,City simply snatched back the championship in dying seconds of the match. What a drama, gong into extra time Man UTD were about to win the 20th title (Man U was leading 1-0 against Sunderland, while City was trailing by 2-1 against QPR) ... during extra time when rooney was taking that corner , City scored the equaliser , then when UTD finished their +3 extra time , they were still about to win as City Vs QPR are locked at 2-2 ... by the time City finished their +5 extra time they were Champions. What a finish , what a goal by Aguero on 94th minute to make it 3-2 and seal the match and championship. This was truly an epic finish.Winner decided on last match , last seconds and that too on Goal difference. Found a nice banner in Etihad stadium ... City are the CHAMP16NS, That was nice.------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 14 May 2012 at 8:00pm
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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.   ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 12:57am
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http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/current/story/564837.html ----------- The channel showed footage of a player bowling a big no-ball in a limited-overs match and played a recording of a phone conversation that it said was of a current IPL player negotiating a fee for bowling a no-ball.
It also had at least three other players on camera allegedly seeking
more lucrative deals - including extra money that would have violated
their IPL contracts - with other league franchises through an undercover
reporter posing as a sports agent. --- IPL EPIC! ------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 3:03am
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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. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 4:25am
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I have not seen any of the videos neither heard the news about it , but if few guys have learnt the dirty tricks of spot fixing something like what the infamous trio did , then they simply should be banned accordinly. As simple as that. If at all there are players who indulge in such practices , they should be ousted at the first instant as they spoil the name of cricket, wherever they play, becasue match fixers do not have a character. Assuming even if the report is true about some players induduling in spot fixing , how come IPL 5 is fixed. I can see the whole world simply try to tarnish a good game of cricket. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 4:31am
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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....
------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 5:42am
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I switched on the TV to see the news.Even before I say other things , I damn sure that some of the guys who never believed spot fixing scandal that happened in England even after concrete evidences, and it took them almost a year to accept that there was spot fixing , will now gladly consider all this episode as true even before trial. They will now not even ask for solid proof, they will not say "Not guilty unless proved". Will the same guys talk about conspiracy theories now? Spin, I know that you don't wish bad on IPL. Even I have played lot of cricket ( though 16 overs a games ). I have seen that against equally matched teams more often than not , it goes down to the wire.Cricket is such a game that it automatically expands itself. Then over a period of time , playing against same teams you start developing certain strategies which work. Giving just one example ... Aussies scored 434 for the first time in history, the same day SA scored it , WHY ? - That is how the cricket happens. When team score very less ( less than 100 ) , still we see sometimes teams chasing make it very difficult for themselves. Now coming to the latest news. They showed a video that was of some other tournament where it is accused of spot fixing a no ball ... not in the IPL , now that player is supposed to be in one of the IPL teams. Other evidence is a phone call , where accused player is saying he can't bowl more than one or two no ball in entire tournament .The player has come on record saying that it is doctored and he is innocent.He will put a defamation case back on the channel. Third one is about one of the franchise paying its player more than what it is supposed to be -- where does the match/spot fixing come here.This is a player payment issue. Anyway regarding the first two cases , if it is true that they have indulged in MALPRACTICE, they should be punished heavily for it.As simple as that.Spot fixing and match fixing is a menace and it must be removed from the grassroots. Sufficient solid proof and enquiry has to be done just as it was done by English authorities before any sort of punishment. Whatever evidence I have seen on TV, even if it is true ... I don't see how IPL is fixed. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 8:08am
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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.
------------- http://thecricketinsight.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 2:03pm
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So The IPL governing council has suspended five players named by the India
TV sting operation alleging corruption until a committee appointed to
investigate the accusations conducts its inquiry. TP Sudhindra (Deccan
Chargers), Mohnish Mishra (Pune Warriors), Shalabh Srivastava (Kings XI
Punjab), Amit Yadav (Kings XI Punjab) and Bali were the players
suspended, according to IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla. ----------- If they are serious than they must get the main players out it wont change anything by removing 5 useless player just to show the world that they really care. For me if they really care than they must look for the big fish becuz without them fixing cant be possible specially captains. ------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 4:42pm
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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. Having said that I'm not saying the IPL or some of it's matches are fixed or anything as such, they may be, they may be not, I don't know and honestly I don't care... ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 6:53pm
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There are two aspects here Spot Fixing and Player Payment. This looks more of an issue of player payments rather than dirty spot fixing.Well regarding the player payment I always felt that IPL governing council erred in putting a player cap on certain players.Why is it that when IPL franchise was sold, there was no cap on bidding a franchise ownership.Similarly even if an uncapped player is worth and performs better , he should get better deal. Going forward IPL should scrap the player cap.That is the way to go. On the sting operation and video clippings - Incidentally the all the players whose name has propped were the ones who had joined ICL - Shalabh Srivastava (Kings XI Punjab) : Is not a part of IPL-5 Kings XI team.( the one who is supposed to have agreed to bowl a no ball),but he claims he is innocent , he claims all talk was regarding contract with agent. - Only TP sudhindra is part of DC, but his video clipping was of some local match. (So if found guilty , has to be punished accordingly) - Monish Mishra's tape was about trying to get more money , better contract. Well even in video , sometimes he says he was paid 1 crore , then he says 1.5 crore.Was he just trying to increase his worth. Anyway , whatever ... guilty of any sort should be punished accordingly. So where is the question of IPL getting fixed here ? Anyway some people will never understand. One more thing, the sting operation was done 10 to 12 months back.Why did they want to expose this during IPL.They should have exposed all this well before IPL started, they had all this evidence before or were they trying to sensationalize few more things? hoping and waiting for few more incidents that would put more doubts ? or were they hoping to implicate few natural slip up by players on field as fixed. Spot Fixing case looks weak here, but it cannot be ruled out.Nine franchise and so many players, BCCI/IPL can't control everything or monitor every player 24/7.So they got work at hand to clean up if at all there is a fixing mess. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: jaysjay
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 7:32pm
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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. ------------- for what a man would like to be true,that he more readily believes. |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 3:18am
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Exactly , the fixing case looks very weak. They targeted the ones who were once part of now defunct ICL, they knew they would get one or the other sensational news/rumors ... true of false does not matter.They just wanted the news that they could sensationalize. All this looks like players tried to get better contracts , meanwhile they were trying to impress that they could do something more for them as they looked to pester them about that.Only time will tell what exactly happened, was it just bluff by players or editing to fit and sensationalize.Did the players think that they could simply bluff anything to agents till they get contract then abandon their words later. The TV channel could be in a big trouble if they are trying to bring out something without strong proof.The timing of videos, the bits and pieces of evidences which is year old ... all this does not look a solid proof. Everything will get clear , BCCI and IPL has zero tolerance against such practices.They would bring all the truth out, as no one would kill a hen which lays golden egg. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 12:23pm
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Imagine that - dodgy goings on in the IPL - I'm gobsmacked !
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 8:08pm
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At one point today (after CSK vs KXP match) the points table looked like this RR -14 RCB-15 KXP-16 CSK-17 MI -18 KKR-19 DD -20 Now after RCB's victory over DD, the road is easy for RCB.Still 3rd and 4th spot to be decided.Even MI can be out,KXP and RR can finish on 18 points and edge out MI on NRR. Even CSK could get in , if RCB, KXP and RR lose their final matches.When MI and CSK will fill 3rd and 4th spot. Most likely RR to win against DC... RR at 16pts Delhi to win against KXP... DD at 22pts KKR to win against PWI ... KKR at 21 pts RCB to win against DC ... RCB at 19 pts That will have MI(18pts) vs RR(16pts) ... final match ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 May 2012 at 12:51am
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Chris Gayle, easily the best big hitter the cricket world has ever seen!! Its all too easy. My only regret of him not being in the West Indies, is that these are his prime days. Guys who relies on such natural talent, with age after 34, they're never the same kind of player. They missed 2 of his best years!
------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: jaysjay
Date Posted: 19 May 2012 at 11:25am
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WI are missing two players not just one, whilst Gayle has hit 50 plus sixes when the second best is perching at hitting only 20 and has some Bradman-esque dominance in this aspect of the game also,his 62 ball 128 looked liked Gayle had batted without taking anymore risks than what a Dravid would have taken in a test century which makes him the very best in this form of the game,Sunil Naraine has been another one who has made a lot of noise with his bowling,a sort of revelation.He would either be sussed out in time like Mendis has been,or he is on his way to the tops of the list ....so far he has been the hardest spinner to pick up in IPL ,they say that Gautum Gambhir and Kallis have spent enought time in nets trying to tackle his mystery but he has been able to bamboozled them thus far with his particular off spin. ------------- for what a man would like to be true,that he more readily believes. |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 7:34am
| Looks like Gilchrist has ended his IPL career! Had a tough season with injury, but it's sad to truly see the end of him playing cricket. Finishes with a strike rate of 140 in 67 games, with 2 tons and 10 50s and many catches/stumpings. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 11:31am
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while on the field the IPL has been good, the incidents off the field have been embarrassing, there have been allegations of money laundering against lalit Modi earlier, accusations of fixing in IPL 2, Harbhajan slapping his Indian team mate, SRK involved in a fight with MCA security personnel, Luke Pomersbach finds himself in jail and a case of molesting registered against him, allegations by a news channel that some of the players have been involved in spot fixing and also some players involved in trying to get a higher pay contract by wrong means, almost every year there is an issue of players preferring IPL over country, I think IPL should cleanse all this mess so that people talk more about the on field stuff rather than the off field stuff. almost every year I find IPL being discussed more because of the off field issues rather than the on field stuff, I normally won't care but because of all this the image of this great sport is taking a beating. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 1:23pm
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What about Bookie accepting that he gave SL players money for fixing?
------------- Rohit Sharma - What the world has seen is gear 1, gear speed 2,3,4,5,7,8,9 to be witnessed in IPL only. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 1:29pm
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Yes, lately there are rumors that an unnamed SLN player has been given money to "underperform and fix" games... I mean there is nothing certain about some of these allegations but the fact remains that IPL continues to be in controversy and makes news mostly for all the wrong reasons. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 4:22pm
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IPL is going from strength to strength, so is jealousy and irrational opposition against it. Media (obviously some haven't had their share of pie due to limited media rights) is hell bent to paint it in poor light , IPL-5 has been a super success which the anti/hate camp would never agree.There has been numerous occasions where cricket has been simply great rather than being a "yawn", every matches have given immense interest. Incidents have happened in past in every sport, in every country and in every decade.Whenever something bad happens a proper action are taken. The way media is crucifying all this, the over reaction, it looks like there is something more to anti IPL and there is a motive to bring it down.This is not about just Indian media , there are other forces (with conflicting business interest) that just can digest the IPL and its success. Is it the fear of complete shift in power in sport ? I don't know, IPL is still in its nappies, the market for cricket in sub continent is much more than some of the other cricketing nations (as Football/Rugby are favored sports). I was in doubt about all this when IPL started, but now I can see the a lot of things very clearly. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |