I P L Intro - Matches till 23rd Apr

I think more than half the players in that list will stranded with no takers ROTFL

but in the next list some big names are there so jacob oram can be picked for a lesser price.. lets see who picks him smartly

Chennai did

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 5:20:30 2008.

I think more than half the players in that list will stranded with no takers ROTFL

but in the next list some big names are there so jacob oram can be picked for a lesser price.. lets see who picks him smartly

Chennai did Thumbs Up!

i heard VBC is behind chennai's bid. good selection so far, i would say.

From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:24:28 2008.

next set for auction :
Stephen Fleming
Graeme Smith
Herschelle Gibbs
Chris Gayle
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Younis Khan
Mohammad Asif
Jacques Kallis
Zaheer Khan
S Sreesanth

Guess Fleming might be bid by Hyd to make as captain or they might use Gillie as captain

From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:25:02 2008.

in the next list some big names are there so jacob oram can be picked for a lesser price.. lets see who picks him smartly

Chennai did Thumbs Up!

i heard VBC is behind chennai's bid. good selection so far, i would say.

and mohali too

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:25:28 2008.

so chennai super kings line up already looks awesome...

Dhoni
Haydos
Murali
Oram
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:25:50 2008.

yes, i would love Chennai to go for Chris Gayle, Afridi and Dave Hussey

Cedy - Haydos wont be available for IPL 2008 due to pak tour
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:26:34 2008.

I hope chennai picks up chris gayle
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:26:44 2008.

Afridi, Gayle, malik, gibbs d smith are hot picks!
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 5:30:35 2008.

i think mumbai will get boucher

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 5:33:22 2008.

in the next list some big names are there so jacob oram can be picked for a lesser price.. lets see who picks him smartly

Chennai did Thumbs Up!

i heard VBC is behind chennai's bid. good selection so far, i would say.

and mohali too

chennai had bid all the players, while mohali got yuvaraj as icon.
if he gone under the hammer, he wud have been sold for maore than $1.5m.

From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:33:49 2008.

what is bangalore doin? jus anil kumble picked so far
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:35:01 2008.

Yuvi has to be paid atleast 1.03M (15% more than Lee)
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 5:35:03 2008.

anoops wrote:

what is bangalore doin? jus anil kumble picked so far

They will take RR Uthappa also
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:35:23 2008.

Dinesh Karthikku chennai teamla kooda keeping chance illaiya
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:36:01 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

anoops wrote:

what is bangalore doin? jus anil kumble picked so far

They will take RR Uthappa also
and do what! JK - i wud have thought with Mallya at the helm they would shell out a lot of money
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:36:35 2008.

mgb wrote:

Dinesh Karthikku chennai teamla kooda keeping chance illaiya
Dhoni captaincy and DK keeping - thts how MSD likes it in T20
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:36:48 2008.

Delhi, Jaipur and Bangalore comparatively quiet.. they may have targeted some other players who are coming later in the auction list

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 5:37:32 2008.

jus anil kumble picked so far

what is bangalore doin? Confused2

They will take RR Uthappa also

and do what! Laughing

JK - i wud have thought with Mallya at the helm they would shell out a lot of money

avaru bidding process-la mabula kibbula irukaro ennavo.

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:42:25 2008.

mgb wrote:

Dinesh Karthikku chennai teamla kooda keeping chance illaiya

i thought of posting exactly dis!
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:43:49 2008.

Gayle,Mcullum for kolkata!

Kolkata team is shaping up really well!
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:45:02 2008.

Kallis to Bangalore - avar bodha thelinjuduchu
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:47:14 2008.

latest list

The official list of Players bids were as follows.

Franchise Player(s) Price paid
Bangalore
Rahul Dravid* USD 575,000*
Anil Kumble USD 500,000

Chennai Super Kings
Mahendra Singh Dhoni USD 1,500,000
Jacob Oram USD 675,000
Muttiah Muralitharan USD 600,000
Matthew Hayden USD 1,200,000

Delhi DareDevils
Virender Sehwag* USD 575,000*
Daniel Vettori USD 500,000

Hyderabad
Andrew Symonds USD 1,350,000
Adam Gilchrist USD 700,000

Jaipur
Shane Warne USD 450,000

Kolkata
Sourav Ganguly* USD 920,000*
Chris Gayle USD 800,000
Brendon McCullum USD 700,000
Shoaib Akhtar USD 450,000
Ricky Ponting USD 400,000

Mohali
Yuvraj Singh* USD 1,035,000*
Brett Lee USD 900,000
Kumar Sangakkara USD 700,000
Mahela Jayawardene USD 475,000

Mumbai
Sachin Tendulkar* USD 1,121,250*
Sanath Jayasuriya USD 975,000
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:47:46 2008.

cedy - where did you catch that news? - i mean the one on gayle
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:49:44 2008.

H'bad has picked all blasters

From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:51:22 2008.

Quote:

Squads after 4th round of auction:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:52:49 2008.

anoops wrote:

cedy - where did you catch that news? - i mean the one on gayle

annoops!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_premier_league

but not sure how reliable Wikipedia is!
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 5:54:14 2008.

hyderabad! wow! makings of an awesome T20 team!
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:55:56 2008.

Chennai picked Stephen Fleming for Dirt price - would he be the vice captain now ?
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 5:58:29 2008.

anoops wrote:

Chennai picked Stephen Fleming for Dirt price - would he be the vice captain now ?

ponting-a vida gayle double rate?
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 5:59:10 2008.

anoops wrote:

Chennai picked Stephen Fleming for Dirt price - would he be the vice captain now ?
that was the starting price for him.. not a dollar more
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 5:59:53 2008.

ponting-a vida bajji double rate - i think punter would hear this message this sunday from bajji
btw Kallis for 900K? too much i say - maybe to boost RD's salary?
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 6:00:53 2008.

sriranga wrote:

anoops wrote:

Chennai picked Stephen Fleming for Dirt price - would he be the vice captain now ?

ponting-a vida gayle double rate?
ponting and hayden at low prices bcos they may not play all the matches
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 6:02:14 2008.

anoops wrote:

ponting-a vida bajji double rate - i think punter would hear this message this sunday from bajji
btw Kallis for 900K? too much i say - maybe to boost RD's salary?
rendu perum sendhu dokku vekka aarambichaanganna kastamdhan
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 6:02:57 2008.

anoops wrote:

ponting-a vida bajji double rate - i think punter would hear this message this sunday from bajji
btw Kallis for 900K? too much i say - maybe to boost RD's salary?

aussies won't play this season. so their price is low, i guess

but, symmo gets 3 times that of punter. sema aappu punterukku.
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 6:04:06 2008.

next set - hope chennai doesnt lose DK

Dinesh Karthik
A B deVilliers
Mark Boucher
Parthiv Patel
Kamran Akmal
Tatenda Taibu
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 6:04:46 2008.

i think IPL knows that symmo is not gonna play in pak - he has been giving statements to that effect, maybe thts a reason!!
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 6:05:56 2008.

mgb wrote:

anoops wrote:

Chennai picked Stephen Fleming for Dirt price - would he be the vice captain now ?
that was the starting price for him.. not a dollar more

mcgrath, hussey antha price-la kooda eduka yaarum illai.
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 6:08:23 2008.

anoops wrote:

i think IPL knows that symmo is not gonna play in pak - he has been giving statements to that effect, maybe thts a reason!!

good point, IPL has distributed sheets with availability of all the players in the morning. probably, symmo is available for this season too.

but, some websites claim that he is not available for 2008.
if h doesn't play this season, then he seems to be the richest player in IPL.
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 6:08:24 2008.

the happiest news for me as of now is Mgrath's Shame ! by now he would be absolutely fuming, talking to himself d kicking the ground in disgust:lol: !heard his name was never mentioned in the bid!

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 6:10:27 2008.

! by now he would be absolutely fuming, talking to himself d kicking the ground in disgust:lol: !heard his name was never mentioned in the bid! Laughing

the happiest news for me as of now is Mgrath's Shame Very Happy

yeah, atleast shane warne has been picked, mohamed yousuf has not been picked cos of notice from ICL to all the IPL franchise.

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 6:12:10 2008.

i believe Yusuf would be ditched both by the ICL and IPL!
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 6:17:25 2008.

i think IS has the potential to break 1 million barrier.
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 6:18:04 2008.

ayyoo - DK taken by Delhi!! okies anyways
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 6:24:58 2008.

anoops neenga entha site lendu update edukareenga? BTW Chennai seems to be not effective.. I see hyderabad and kokatta to be strong... Chennai go and Pick Ishant
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 6:26:44 2008.

=>kalyasi - http://blogs.cricinfo.com/breakingnews/
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 6:27:33 2008.

anoops wrote:

=>kalyasi - http://blogs.cricinfo.com/breakingnews/

thanks anoops...
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 6:28:40 2008.

Chennai Pick Parthiv Patel another keeper to backup dhoni??
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 6:28:53 2008.

Ishant embuttu theruvaanu paakalaam - guys, enjoy the auction

From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 6:29:25 2008.

Quote:

Squads after the fifth round:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000

From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 6:31:20 2008.

comedy is mumbai has no clue and has no wickie - kadaisila ivaru dhaan thera poraaru 'Tatenda Taibu'
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 7:03:35 2008.

any more updates guys???

From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 7:17:08 2008.

Cedy.. indhaanga

Quote:

Squads after 6th round:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf (US$ 475,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 650,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000), Cameron White (US$ 500,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000)

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 7:18:54 2008.

Che WTH did Chennai pick up Joginder Sharma... He seems to be dhoni's fav... I dont like him at all.. Albie Morkel is a good choice
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 7:19:25 2008.

So as of now.. Pathan is the second highest bidded indian after Dhoni
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 7:19:53 2008.

Delhi seems to be more of a Srilankan team... Raghu might be supporting Delhi
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 7:20:26 2008.

mgb wrote:

So as of now.. Pathan is the second highest bidded indian after Dhoni

Over rated
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 7:22:17 2008.

thanks Mgb......Hyderabad looks the strongest to me followed by kolkata!mohali looks good too so is mumbai! chennai is impressive and jaipur to me is the worst team (what with yususf, yunis d kamran playing for the same team----DISASTER)!
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 7:22:44 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Che WTH did Chennai pick up Joginder Sharma... He seems to be dhoni's fav... I dont like him at all.. Albie Morkel is a good choice
i agree.. worst is chennai has already exhausted 4.5mn$ so they cant bid much for the rest
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 7:24:48 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Che WTH did Chennai pick up Joginder Sharma... He seems to be dhoni's fav... I dont like him at all.. Albie Morkel is a good choice

completely agree with u on dat! joginder Albei Morkel is a great choice! BTW i thought chennai would price in either Cameroon White or Gayle!

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 7:25:05 2008.

Quote:

Mohali pay big for Irfan Pathan

Irafn Pathan was Mohali�s big pick for $925,000, becoming their most expensive player after Yuvraj Singh, the icon player. Albie Morkel, Cameron White, and Yusuf Pathan were the other three allrounders who made big leaps from their base prices. Morkel was bought by Chennai for $675,000 (base price: $225,000), White for $500,000 by Bangalore (base price: $100,000) and Yusuf for $475,000 by Jaipur (base price: 100,000). Scott Styris surprisingly didn�t draw any bidders for more than his base price, and went to Hyderabad for $175,000.

The other allrounders picked during round 6: Ajit Agarkar by Kolkata for $350,000 (base price: $200,000), Shaun Pollock by Mumbai for $550,000 (base price: $200,000), Farveez Maharoof by Delhi for $225,000 (base price: $150,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan by Delhi for $250,000 (base price: 150,000), and Joginder Sharma by Chennai for $225,000 (base price: $100,000).

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 7:26:56 2008.

thanks Mgb......Hyderabad looks the strongest to me followed by kolkata!mohali looks good too so is mumbai! chennai is impressive and jaipur to me is the worst team (what with yususf, yunis d kamran playing for the same team----DISASTER)!

CEDY Delhi ya vittuteengale.. Jaipur and Delhi worst 20-20 squad.. Can also include bangalore in that list

From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 7:27:09 2008.

dont worry agarkar will undo all the good work

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 7:28:53 2008.

underlines the role of Allrounders in the shorter version of the game!!!!
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 7:36:12 2008.

jaipur looks to be the worst team atleast they will have enough cash in their bank ( spent only $1.8m), bangalore comes close second with less money in the bank.

Jaipur will pick Ishant sharma with their cash and chennai will be left with mcgrath.

chennai seems to pick lot of allrounders.

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 7:37:10 2008.

adhane, how come he didn't go to the pool for good.

mcgrath nee enna agarkar vide mattamaa? EKMI

dont worry agarkar will undo all the good work ROTFL

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Feb 20 7:41:26 2008.

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 7:48:26 2008.

dont worry agarkar will undo all the good work ROTFL

i think kolkata will pick romesh powar next. EK sharug I

dont worry agarkar will undo all the good work ROTFL

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 7:50:20 2008.

Ganguly SRK va seruppalaye adipparu...

dont worry agarkar will undo all the good work ROTFL

i think kolkata will pick romesh powar next. EK sharug I Laughing

From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 7:57:32 2008.

Ganguly SRK va seruppalaye adipparu...

dont worry agarkar will undo all the good work ROTFL

i think kolkata will pick romesh powar next. EK sharug I Laughing

romesh powar reserve pool kku pogaama, yaaru vaanginalum avana podanum.

intha aussie newspaper link-a parunga.
punter mattum sogama irukkar. http://www.theage.com.au/

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:11:25 2008.

sriranga wrote:

romesh powar reserve pool kku pogaama, yaaru vaanginalum avana podanum.

intha aussie newspaper link-a parunga.
punter mattum sogama irukkar. http://www.theage.com.au/

Yes Rombave sogama irukaaru... Ponting Engira maadu santhayil velai pogavillayaam....

SRK Gangulu kitta solluvaaru.. Maapula Ponting a Adimaatu velaikku vangiputom illa...

Ganguly will reply ... Athukku ne Joginder sharma vaye vaangi irukalaam...

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:20:23 2008.

Quote:

Squads as of now:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$ 475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$ 675,000),

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 675,000), Suresh Raina (US$ 650,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000), Robin Uthappa (US$ 800,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000), Cameron White (US$ 500,000), Wasim Jaffer (US$ 150,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000), VVS Laxman (US$ 375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$ 750,000), Chamara Silva (US$ 100,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000), David Hussey (US$ 675,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000), Manoj Tiwary (US$ 675,000), Gautam Gambhir (US$ 725,000)

Chennai Pick up Suresh Raina...

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:21:36 2008.

Hyderabadi team spoiled with the entrance of Laxman..
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:22:14 2008.

Ganguly and SRK have some good thinking... They have picked up david hussey..
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:25:26 2008.

Robin Uthappa (US$ 800,000)
Goes to Mumbai..
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:33:43 2008.

Delhi is now stable with the entry of Gambhir..
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:34:51 2008.

Laxman the team-man

PK Iyer, the CEO of the Hyderabad franchise, praised the �incredible team spirit� of VVS Laxman, who, according to Iyer, had withdrawn his �icon� status for the Hyderabad team. The act now has given thema bigger budget for buying players. Had Laxman become the icon player for Hyderabad, he would have got 15 per cent more salary than the next-highest-priced cricketer. Moreover, Hyderabad have decided to make Laxman the captain of the side.

Iyer said: �He [Laxman] went ahead and gave up the icon status in the interest of the team.

�He sai, �I will keep the team ahead�. He said he wanted the team to have a larger budget and he said he didn�t mind not being an icon as long as he led Hyderabad.�
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:45:32 2008.

Jaipur Pick another hopeless guy Md. Kaif..
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 8:48:06 2008.

WTH Wasim Jaffer (US$ 150,000) picked up by bangalore... But at least they bought him for a cheaper rate.. lets see
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Feb 20 8:53:54 2008.

is it going to continue tomorrow? Once everything over can somebody give the full list?
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 8:55:14 2008.

bangalore paavam.. jaffer to open, followed by dravid and kallis.. ellaarum settle aagarathukulla match mudinjidum
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 8:55:55 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

is it going to continue tomorrow? Once everything over can somebody give the full list?
it will go upto midnight today..
From: ThalaNass on Wed Feb 20 9:24:32 2008.

What is this??
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 9:38:07 2008.

The Final Squad after the bidding:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$ 475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$ 675,000), Munaf Patel (US$ 275,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 675,000), Suresh Raina (US$ 650,000), Makhaya Ntini (US$ 200,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000), Robin Uthappa (US$ 800,000), Lasith Malinga (US$ 350,000), Dilhara Fernando (US$ 150,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000), Cameron White (US$ 500,000), Wasim Jaffer (US$ 150,000), Dale Steyn (US$ 325,000), Nathan Bracken (US$ 325,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000), VVS Laxman (US$ 375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$ 750,000), Chamara Silva (US$ 100,000), RP Singh (US$ 875,000), Chaminda Vaas (US$ 200,000), Nuwan Zoysa (US4 110,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000), Ramesh Powar (US$ 170,000), Piyush Chawla (US$ 400,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000), David Hussey (US$ 675,000), Ishant Sharma (US$ 950,000), Murali Kartik (US$ 425,000), Umar Gul (US$ 150,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000), Manoj Tiwary (US$ 675,000), Gautam Gambhir (US$ 725,000)
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 9:38:53 2008.

So Ishant was just short of a million$
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 9:40:57 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

What is this??
This is the squad for Indian Premier League Cricket teams
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 9:55:57 2008.

mgb wrote:

So Ishant was just short of a million$

atleast ponting is saved of one embarrasment,

ishant needs to find a new bunny
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 10:13:45 2008.

mgb wrote:

So Ishant was just short of a million$
Thalaivar Ishant Vaazhga!!
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 10:14:36 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Jaipur Pick another hopeless guy Md. Kaif..
chance for him to perform there with all useless guys in that team!!
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 10:17:11 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

is it going to continue tomorrow? Once everything over can somebody give the full list?
Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$ 475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$ 675,000), Munaf Patel (US$ 275,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 675,000), Suresh Raina (US$ 650,000), Makhaya Ntini (US$ 200,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000), Robin Uthappa (US$ 800,000), Lasith Malinga (US$ 350,000), Dilhara Fernando (US$ 150,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000), Cameron White (US$ 500,000), Wasim Jaffer (US$ 150,000), Dale Steyn (US$ 325,000), Nathan Bracken (US$ 325,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000), VVS Laxman (US$ 375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$ 750,000), Chamara Silva (US$ 100,000), RP Singh (US$ 875,000), Chaminda Vaas (US$ 200,000), Nuwan Zoysa (US4 110,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000), Ramesh Powar (US$ 170,000), Piyush Chawla (US$ 400,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000), David Hussey (US$ 675,000), Ishant Sharma (US$ 950,000), Murali Kartik (US$ 425,000), Umar Gul (US$ 150,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000), Manoj Tiwary (US$ 675,000), Gautam Gambhir (US$ 725,000)

unsold players (they might be bid for price below their base price) : Glenn McGrath, Mohammad Yousuf, Tatenda Taibu, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Simon Katich, Justin Langer, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ashwell Prince, Loots Bosman, and Mike Hussey
From: mgb on Wed Feb 20 10:17:58 2008.

anoop.. hyderabad unga avatardhan logo-va poda poraangalaam
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 10:22:39 2008.

podattum podattum velangaama poyidum!! che wud have like ishant in chennai team, anyways dhoni kku kuduthe india cements ezha aayittaanga Kolkatta, Hyd and Chennai looks good
donno whts happening with Mumbai - no proper/recognised wicket keeper also Nerd oda rendu favorite batsmen a vachukittanga - oru vela avaru dhaan team adviser o
Jaipur/Blore looks bad - Delhi is fine with lotsa allrounders etc
From: sriranga on Wed Feb 20 10:36:23 2008.

this salary is for each year for the next 3 years, is it?

that means dhoni get $4.5 million for 3 years.

i think the players are making tons of money, then.

Also, all the teams with icon, bid atleast one player in $900,000 just to make sure the icon gets more than a million.
poor punter shud have got above 900,000 but bcci seems to have played some trick.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Feb 20 11:10:19 2008.

thanks mgb and anoops!

cant believe tha Mcgrath,Hussey and Chandherapul was not selected by any team. Shiv is a typical sub continent product.
From: Nerd on Wed Feb 20 14:14:22 2008.

hyderabad > mumbai > kolkatta > chennai > others
Dhoni-kku ivLO kaasu-eh They dint watch him play in the last 6 months, looks like (his strike rate )
From: Devar Magan on Wed Feb 20 14:59:45 2008.

Indian players seem to be over-priced but they are the best advertising option.. dont forget that..
From: Devar Magan on Wed Feb 20 15:01:05 2008.

Scott Styris at 175,000 USD is a STEALLLLLLLLLLLLLL....

joginder sharma.. for chennai

ramesh powar selected by some team.. we are laughing like anything in our cabin, seeing this news
From: ajithfederer on Wed Feb 20 15:30:31 2008.

Sachin in IPL
From: Devar Magan on Wed Feb 20 15:53:03 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Sachin in IPL
intha vetti veerapukku korachal illa
From: ajithfederer on Wed Feb 20 15:57:32 2008.

Seriously it doesnt make any sense to me for him to play IPL. And i care less about the other blokes as well and thats why i haven't commented

Devar Magan wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Sachin in IPL
intha vetti veerapukku korachal illa
From: Movie Cop on Wed Feb 20 19:00:54 2008.

Dhoni, Yuvraj gets "icon" status in the bid but not VVS!
Only India fossible!

Looking at the teams - on paper - it looks like Kolkotta, Mumbai and Hyderabad are the top 3 strong teams (in that order)!

Btw, what happened to our "Prince" Lara? I thought the IPL offer "interested" him?

From: Movie Cop on Wed Feb 20 19:38:49 2008.

Laxman the team-man

PK Iyer, the CEO of the Hyderabad franchise, praised the �incredible team spirit� of VVS Laxman, who, according to Iyer, had withdrawn his �icon� status for the Hyderabad team. The act now has given thema bigger budget for buying players. Had Laxman become the icon player for Hyderabad, he would have got 15 per cent more salary than the next-highest-priced cricketer. Moreover, Hyderabad have decided to make Laxman the captain of the side.

Iyer said: �He [Laxman] went ahead and gave up the icon status in the interest of the team.

�He sai, �I will keep the team ahead�. He said he wanted the team to have a larger budget and he said he didn�t mind not being an icon as long as he led Hyderabad.�

Oops! I missed this news bit!

Thanks Kalyasi

"Batting Maestro" VVS oda noble gesture-kku oru salaam!

From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 21:17:50 2008.

Lara is playin for ICL would have loved to see BCL play in IPL
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 21:38:06 2008.

Ishant Sharma, Manoj Tiwary and David Hussey gets more than 6 times their base price

Symonds, Kaif, Raina, Rohit Sharma and Cameron White get more than 5 times their base price

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:02:04 2008.

Quote:

Squads as of now:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$450,000), Graeme Smith (US$475,000), Younis Khan (US$225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000), Munaf Patel (US$275,000), Justin Langer (US$200,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$600,000), Matthew Hayden (US$375,000), Jacob Oram (US$675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$225,000), Albie Morkel (US$675,000), Suresh Raina (US$650,000), Makhaya Ntini (US$200,000), Michael Hussey (US$350,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$550,000), Robin Uthappa (US$800,000), Lasith Malinga (US$350,000), Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000), Loots Bosman (US$175,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$450,000), Mark Boucher (US$450,000), Cameron White (US$500,000), Wasim Jaffer (US$150,000), Dale Steyn (US$325,000), Nathan Bracken (US$325,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (US$200,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$675,000), Scott Styris (US$175,000), VVS Laxman (US$375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$750,000), Chamara Silva (US$100,000), RP Singh (US$875,000), Chaminda Vaas (US$200,000), Nuwan Zoysa (US$110,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$700,000), Brett Lee (US$900,000), Sreesanth (US$625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$925,000), Ramesh Powar (US$170,000), Piyush Chawla (US$400,000), Simon Katich (US$200,000), Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$700,000), Chris Gayle (US$800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$330,000), David Hussey (US$675,000), Ishant Sharma (US$950,000), Murali Kartik (US$425,000), Umar Gul (US$150,000), Tatenda Taibu (US$125,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$650,000), AB de Villiers (US$300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$250,000), Manoj Tiwary (US$675,000), Gautam Gambhir (US$725,000), Glenn McGrath (US$350,000)

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:04:07 2008.

Delhi get McGrath, Chennai buy Hussey

Glenn McGrath and Michael Hussey have been bought for US$350,000 by Delhi and Chennai respectively. McGrath went at his base price while Hussey was bought for US$100,000 more.

All the rest were sold at their base prices. Mohali bought both Simon Katich (US$200,000) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000). Shivnarine Chanderpaul was bought by Bangalore for US$200,000, Loots Bosman went to Mumbai for US$175,000 and Justin Langer to Jaipur for US$200,000.

Mohammad Yousuf and Ashwell Prince were the only two players who were withdrawn. Of the 77 players, 75 players were sold at the base price or above

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:05:29 2008.

we are laughing like anything in our cabin, seeing this news

Scott Styris at 175,000 USD is a STEALLLLLLLLLLLLLL....

joginder sharma.. for chennai Banging Head

ramesh powar selected by some team.. ROTFL

Athu Vera yaarum Illa Mohali thaan.. Priety avan mela enna avvalo kannu nu theriyala..

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:08:45 2008.

Nerd wrote:

hyderabad > mumbai > kolkatta > chennai > others
Dhoni-kku ivLO kaasu-eh They dint watch him play in the last 6 months, looks like (his strike rate )

Chennai much better with Mike Hussey being Selected...

Moreover Dhoni ku enna korachal.... Y'day the reported asked India Cements Chairman.. Is Dhoni Overpriced, the chairman replied "DHONI IS PRICELESS" Chennai teamukkum oru gethu serka vendaama? Jacob Oram vera irukaaru.. Looks good... but for Joginder Sharma...

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:09:55 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Dhoni, Yuvraj gets "icon" status in the bid but not VVS! Banging Head

Only India fossible! ROTFL

Looking at the teams - on paper - it looks like Kolkotta, Mumbai and Hyderabad are the top 3 strong teams (in that order)! Cool

Btw, what happened to our "Prince" Lara? I thought the IPL offer "interested" him? Confused2

Dhoni did not get it MC....Only Yuvraj. .Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:11:13 2008.

Loots Bosman (US$175,000) is a very good buy for mumbai.. He can be handy at the topr of the order... Very aggressive...
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:13:05 2008.

Buchanan for Kolkata

News is filtering in that John Buchanan has confirmed he will coach the Kolkata team in the IPL. Buchanan said one of his main roles as franchise coach would be to blend different cultures into a team, AAP reported.

"I don't ever see that as a problem, once players merge together as a side you are actually trying to achieve a result," Buchanan said. "What will be interesting is that you will have Australian players, Indian players, New Zealand players, Sri Lankan players, Pakistani players ... and they could all end up in the one franchise.

"That will make for an interesting cultural exchange no doubt ... and that will be one of the exciting parts, bringing together cultural differences in a very short period of time."
From: anoops on Wed Feb 20 23:23:15 2008.

actually in any match, only 4 international players can be accomodated - so that way Hyd might get into a fix - but still its a very good team. Looks like Mumbai and SRT are gonna be in a soup with the pathetic team they have selected - maybe they are hoping for domestic talent and perhaps players to be bought outside the pool.
gonna be fun watching Ishant bowl to SRT/SEHWAG
From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 20 23:41:31 2008.

Welcome to IPL:

Chennai really looks good, with Dhoni, Muttiah Muralitharan, Matthew Hayden, Stephen Fleming, and Michael Hussey in the line-up. Of course, it remains to be seen how many of the Australians will be available, but these players, with a back-up of Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel, looks really good.

Hyderabad is another team to look at. With Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, Shahid Afridi and Rohit Sharma, not to mention Laxman, in the squad, this side could bat anyone out of a match.

Kolkata is a bit of a question mark. Sourav Ganguly and Shah Rukh Khan have the charisma, but not quite the players. Brendan McCullum and Chris Gayle are both not always the most consistent, while Ricky Ponting would hopefully be over his slump by the time he plays.

The rest of the squads have ranged from conservative to hesitant, as Jaipur fell short of their target of $3.3 million, while Delhi was a bit lost on how to go about it, which was reflected by the purchase of Manoj Tiwary for $675,000, almost a panic purchase as they seemed to be falling short of their target as well.

Bangalore has chosen who they think will succeed, but that is debatable. Mohali will have flair, but may struggle if faced with a seriously professional side.

Mumbai has Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, who rang up $975,000, and Shaun Pollock, as also Harbhajan. But somehow, after the hype in buying the teams, their player purchases seem to be modest at best.

All said and done, the list is daunting, in terms of the sheer numbers. From Dhoni�s $1.5 million, to Chamara Silva�s $100,000, the total amount of money spent is mind-boggling. Nothing sells like cricket we know, but this is a level unheard of ever. Whether the quality of the game will great or not only time will tell, but this is going to be one huge party, that is for sure.
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 0:26:30 2008.

Indian Premier League

'Dhoni is priceless'

Just before they sat down for breakfast in Mumbai early on Wednesday morning, a few hours ahead of the IPL auction, Team Chennai decided there was no looking back. They would go for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, they agreed, at any cost.

It was a decision that finally ended up shaking the game.

By evening, long after the figures had rolled to a stop, and around 80 of the world's best cricketers had fetched nearly US$42 million, the headlines continued to scream: "Chennai buys Dhoni for US$1.5 million."

It was an amount that defied all predictions; it was a bid that stunned some of India's leading corporate names huddled around adjoining tables, and it was a fascinating contest between two teams in a dizzy race to grab India's World Twenty20-winning captain.

Cricinfo has learnt the bid for Dhoni went down to the wire, with almost all teams raising paddles in turns to indicate their bids, starting from the base price of US$400,000. By the time the bids crossed the US$900,000 mark, only two teams were in the fray: Mumbai, which had entered the race just then, and Chennai. Soon, Chennai raised its paddle with a figure that sparked a buzz in the auction room: US$1 million.

Mumbai went one step further, and then Chennai did a strange thing. "We bid around the US$1.1 million to US$1.2 million mark, and as planned, tried to suggest with our body language that we would not go further," a source in Chennai's auction team said. "Reliance [Mumbai's owners] immediately went up for around US$1.3 million, and we put up US$1.5 million. We knew they couldn't match that as they had Sachin Tendulkar as their icon player, who would have to be paid 15% more, and their spending for just two names would have crossed US$3 million."

Late on Wednesday night, long after it had all ended, the tongues were still wagging. "It was simply mind-boggling. Nobody expected this kind of a price, even Rahul Dravid was saying so at the end of it all," TA Sekhar, former India cricketer and one of Delhi's representatives at the auction, said. "Imagine the backlash in Chennai if he fails," Charu Sharma, the CEO of the Bangalore franchise, pointed out. "This is just the beginning," was what IS Bindra, a member of the IPL governing council, had to say.

"But for us, a player like that is priceless. He can create ripples with his game, and we can get our team to play around him," VB Chandrasekhar, former India cricketer and national selector, and who raised that last paddle for Chennai, said. "I have seen him transform from just someone from Jharkhand to what he is today." Chandrasekhar was part of India's national selection panel which picked Dhoni for the first time in 2004.

But why Dhoni for as high as this? "Obviously, Chennai didn't have an icon player," Bindra said. "They would have known that if they want their grounds to be filled, they should get somebody to match the stature of Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai or Sourav Ganguly for Kolkata. They wanted somebody with a pan-Indian appeal like those two icons."

"All of us would have wanted Dhoni to play for our teams, why not?" asks Delhi's Sekhar. "Every football team would love to have somebody like David Beckham in their side. Similarly, everybody would be proud to have Dhoni with them."

Then, there's the tremendous brand pull of one of India's most popular youth icons. "They can get all sorts of sponsors with Dhoni being the leading face of the team. Later, player transfers for higher fees can also happen. Remember, this is the fee for just one season, and players can be sold next year," a source from a leading Indian sports management firm said.

But, of course, not everybody is convinced that Dhoni is the man. "We knew early, the way the bid was going that it was not on for us," Bangalore's Sharma said. "This is not a one-man show, it's a team game. Suppose he gets out for a duck in a couple of matches, suppose he fails. Fans in Chennai are going to turn around as ask 'Was he really worth so much'?"

The Chennai team, however, is clear that the big buy is a winning move, and has everything to down with cricket. "We are out to build a team, we are out for cricket," said Chandrasekhar. "India Cements (which owns the Chennai franchise) has been backing this game for the last 40 years. Let me remind you that we were among the first to spot the potential of a player like Rahul Dravid. This time too we never backed out."
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 2:24:16 2008.

Priety Zinta seems to have picked all the good looking (or popular) faces - Lee/Pathan + Yuvi who is supposed to be the girl's choice
From: mgb on Thu Feb 21 2:51:58 2008.

anoops wrote:

Priety Zinta seems to have picked all the good looking (or popular) faces
ungalukku romesh pawar mela ivlo gaandu irukka koodaadhu
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 3:01:07 2008.

theliva players a list panniyirukkein la
From: CEDYBLUE on Thu Feb 21 4:00:07 2008.

mgb wrote:

anoops wrote:

Priety Zinta seems to have picked all the good looking (or popular) faces
ungalukku romesh pawar mela ivlo gaandu irukka koodaadhu
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:10:00 2008.

anoops wrote:

Priety Zinta seems to have picked all the good looking (or popular) faces - Lee/Pathan + Yuvi who is supposed to be the girl's choice

Dhoni Namma Payyila... Kavala Padatheenga..
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 4:22:16 2008.

i wud love to see MSD/India Cements go and get Balaji/Badrinath for Chennai!!
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:23:41 2008.

'Happy faces' after the auction, says Jayawardene

Ponting surprised at his low price

Brydon Coverdale

February 21, 2008

Ricky Ponting says he is disappointed he did not sell for more at Wednesday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, where he was valued nearly US$1 million lower than Andrew Symonds. However, Ponting said there would be no friction in the Australian dressing room following the bidding war, during which he went to Kolkata for $400,000.

"I thought I might have been able to attract a little bit more than that," Ponting said. "The fact I haven't made a lot of runs over the last couple of weeks probably hasn't helped much. But realistically we as Australian players probably won't be able to take part in the first couple of years of the event anyway."

Symonds, who Hyderabad purchased for $1.35m, has not had a strong CB Series either, while the in-form Brett Lee fetched $900,000. Ponting, Matthew Hayden ($375,000) and Michael Hussey (350,00) may have been under-valued, however Ponting said there would be nothing but light-hearted banter in the Australian camp.

"I'll have a bit of a laugh and joke with everybody today," he said. "I've already sent Symmo a few messages saying that any time I go out with him from now on it's his shout, which is not always the case with Symmo either, he's pretty much the first one to dodge a shout whenever he can."

Both Australia and Sri Lanka must put the monstrous pay-cheques out of their minds while they keep pushing to win the CB Series, which continues with a clash between the two sides in Melbourne on Friday. Like Australia, there were some lofty price-tags placed on Sri Lanka players, notably Sanath Jayasuriya, who went to Mumbai for $975,000.

Mahela Jayawardene was sold to Mohali for $475,000 and he will be in familiar company, with Kumar Sangakkara also at the franchise which will be coached by Tom Moody, their former mentor of the national side. Jayawardene said there were "a few happy faces" after the auction.

"It's good that it's over now and we can concentrate [although] we were never that much focused on IPL," Jayawardene said. "This is the start of a good event and it will probably be very successful. All the guys are very keen, it'll be great.

"I had a chat to Tom last night, that's about it. It was a good chat we had and he just sent a text saying welcome back. Both Kumar and myself, it will be good to work with him again. [But] IPL is in April, so we have got much more cricket ahead of us before IPL."

At least Sri Lanka's players should be free of other commitments at the time, whereas Australia have tours of Pakistan and West Indies that are complicating matters. Last week Ponting called for the IPL to be included in the Future Tours Programme to allow all players from all nations the chance to participate and he said it was now even more important the ICC considers the idea.

"I read a few things in the paper a couple of days after [I first said] that, some people sat back and had a bit of a laugh and joke at what I had to say," he said. "I think everyone now understands that with the amount of money that's been bandied around and spent over the last couple of days there is going to be some tough decisions to be made for international cricketers.

"If it doesn't fit into an international programme then you could see lots and lots of very good Test and one-day players just giving it up and going and playing in the Twenty20 tournament." However, it seems Ponting's plea has fallen on deaf ears with the ICC announcing it would not squeeze the IPL into the existing international calendar.
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:27:52 2008.

IPL will lead to signifcant change - Hayden

Lee sees auction as pivotal moment

Cricinfo staff

February 21, 2008

When Brett Lee looks back at the Indian Premier League auction in 10 years he will judge it as a "massive landmark" that changed the game. Lee was picked up by the Mohali franchise for US$900,000 during the bidding and is looking forward to "having a bit of fun" whenever he has a chance to appear in the tournament.

While Lee, whose participation depends on the tour of Pakistan, is convinced of the importance of the competition, he does not believe it will usurp the game's traditional format. "It's completely different from Test cricket, it's completely different from one-day cricket," Lee said in the Daily Telegraph.

"I've always enjoyed putting the baggy green cap on and I've loved playing one-day cricket, but since Twenty20 cricket has come in it's been pretty exciting. To me we take it serious and enjoy it, but it's also having a bit of fun."

The auction of players, which was held in Mumbai on Wednesday, was approved by Lee. "It's definitely history," Lee said. "If we look back in 10 years this is going to be a massive landmark in cricket I think. It's a bit like when the World Series started."

Matthew Hayden, who was picked up by Chennai for $375,000, said the players were excited to be part of an event that would "ignite cricket". "I get the feeling that the IPL and other Twenty20 competitions will lead to significant changes in cricket, not dissimilar to the way Super 14s has moved rugby forward," Hayden told the Australian.

"This is going to have significant implications in the way cricket will be viewed and played. If I was a consumer of the game I'd want to go and see it because it's bloody exciting. It's still got all the skills. When players start to really get amongst this game and start specifically training for it, it can only get better.
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:30:30 2008.

Captain says all players have concerns

Symonds will be breaching contract - Ponting

Brydon Coverdale

February 21, 2008

Ricky Ponting says most of Australia's players have concerns about touring Pakistan next month but he believes any individual who pulls out of the series will be in breach of their Cricket Australia contract. Andrew Symonds said on Wednesday he was unlikely to make the trip even if Cricket Australia deemed it safe, but Ponting said in that situation the players would be contractually obliged to tour.

"The rest of us, we've all got our concerns," Ponting said. "Cricket Australia have obviously got their concerns as well or we wouldn't be here talking about it now. Some of the players have got some concerns and Andrew has been a bit more public with his.

"It would actually be some sort of breach of a Cricket Australia contract, I would imagine. I think that's how it is set out at the moment, that you are to make yourself available for any international games that are scheduled to be played. I think that's how the Cricket Australia contract reads now. Whether it's unfair or not, we've all signed off on it."

The tour might still be cancelled, if Cricket Australia's security delegation decides the team's safety cannot be guaranteed, however Ponting said it would not be up to individual players to make those decisions. He said it was a completely different situation to when Stuart MacGill boycotted the tour of Zimbabwe in 2004 due to moral concerns.

"That's where the grey area will come out of this. There will be lots of safety and security measures put in place and there'll be all sorts of security checks done throughout Pakistan over the next few weeks to let us know as a player group whether it's actually safe to tour or not. If it is seen to be safe and you don't go, I think that's where the breach of your contract would be."

Symonds has voiced his concerns over the situation in Pakistan since November and his latest comments left little room for doubt about his reluctance to visit the country. Just hours after he said he was unlikely to go, Symonds was sold to Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League auction for US$1.35 million, which was the highest price paid for an Australian player.

Ponting said the timing of Symonds' statement was regrettable, as it would lead to speculation he was angling for more money due to his potential availability while the rest of the Australians might be in Pakistan. "I don't think it was planned for him to come out and make those statements yesterday," Ponting said.

"I just think it was a bit unfortunate that he was probably out doing a promotion appearance just before the events took place yesterday, otherwise we wouldn't have heard of it until today or the next opportunity he had to front the media. It's not the first time he's said it, he said it earlier in the year as well. So I think we all understand his feelings on touring Pakistan."
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:37:11 2008.

Australia consider a shorter trip

'I don't think I'll go to Pakistan' - Symonds

Cricinfo staff

February 20, 2008

Andrew Symonds says he is likely to pull out of Australia's tour of Pakistan next month even if Cricket Australia declares the country safe to visit. Symonds has voiced his concerns about playing in Pakistan following the assassination of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December, but he made his position even plainer when speaking on Australian television on Wednesday.

"I don't think I would go," he told Ten. "I just dread to think what would happen if someone got hurt, let alone killed. It's just a situation you'd never want to find yourself in." He is still likely to tour in April, but India will be the destination after he sold for US$1.35m in the Indian Premier League auction in Mumbai.

Symonds said Cricket Australia was aware of his views about the tour, which may be delayed by a month and shortened by 18 days after officials of the two boards met in Kuala Lumpur to thrash out a deal to save the trip. The players are so concerned about the safety situation in the country, which held elections on Monday, that there are reports other individuals may also boycott the visit and a second-string side might have to be sent.

Last week the Australian said some players were reluctant to travel to Pakistan and the Herald Sun has quoted an unnamed team source saying: "There is no way the players want to go."

"Nothing has changed," the paper reported a "high-ranking cricket source". "A few weeks isn't going to make much difference here or there. There are a lot of players who will decide not to go. Australia may have to field a second-string side if the tour goes ahead."

The original 48-day itinerary has been culled to 30 in a bid to stop the trip being cancelled and the schedule of three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 will be reviewed. Cricket Australia is due to send a security delegation to Pakistan in early March - if it is safe - to assess the venues and off-field arrangements. A joint statement by the boards said: "Subject to the appropriate security clearance, and by mutual consent, the tour would be compressed and will be played tentatively between March 29 and April 27."

"We were assured that Cricket Australia was committed to touring Pakistan," Shafqat Naghmi, Pakistan's chief operating officer, said after talks in Kuala Lumpur. James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, said Australia "remain committed to tour Pakistan" and " the PCB's preparedness to take a flexible approach to this tour is much appreciated".

"This delay will certainly assist us to better assess the post-election situation in Pakistan," Sutherland said. Last week Pakistan suggested Sri Lanka as an alternative venue if Australia was not content with the security arrangements, and India has also been mentioned as a possible substitute.
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:40:17 2008.

Indian Premier League

Jaipur franchise to be penalised

February 20, 2008

The Jaipur franchise has been penalised for falling short of spending the mandatory minimum amount in the IPL players' auction, Cricinfo has learnt.

Jaipur bought only eight players, spending US$2,925,000, a figure well below the required US$3.3 million mark.

"We have asked them to deposit the difference between the minimum of US$3.3 million and the amount they have spent at the auction," IS Bindra, a senior member of the IPL governing council told Cricinfo. "This could also be deducted from the amount that the IPL will pay the teams. But I believe they have a strategy and wanted to save their money for purchases outside the pool."

"Apparently, Jaipur had some confusion over the auction process rules," Charu Sharma, the CEO of Bangalore Royal Challengers, told Cricinfo. "We were told by the IPL management that they have been penalised. They will have to pay the remaining amount to the IPL, who will use the money to reimburse players whose names were withdrawn."

Mohammad Yousuf and Ashwell Prince were the two players who were withdrawn from the auction as they didn't attract any bids. A part of the money paid by the Jaipur side could be used to compensate the duo.

At the other end of the spectrum, five teams - Mohali, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata - have gone above the maximum limit of US$5 million that was set for the auction. However, the IPL rules state that if a player is expected to be "either completely unavailable or only available for less than four of the matches in 2008, 25% of the player fee bid for that player in the auction will count against the US$5 million purse."

Many players, including all the centrally-contracted Australian cricketers, will fall in this category and the figures spent for the players who are not available will need to be modified accordingly. All the above teams have players who are likely to skip a part or whole of the inaugural season. "For example, the purchase for US$400,000 of a player, who is expected to be completely unavailable in 2008, will cause a deduction of US$100,000 from the franchise's overall $5m purse," the rules state.
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Feb 21 4:42:14 2008.

It is purely a business not a wealthy sport event. Since only popular Indian players are getting too much money, one thing is clear that popularity wins quality. Still some players are in waiting list because nobody bought them. It is funny Ricky Ponting is less than many players and MS Dhoni has beaten all.
From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:43:00 2008.

New Zealand allrounder amazed at his IPL worth

Playing for New Zealand is No.1 priority: Oram

Cricinfo staff

February 21, 2008

Jacob Oram, trying to figure out just how his worth was perceived to be $US675,000 for the Indian Premier League's Chennai franchise, the Super Kings, says his priority is still with New Zealand. While he was very excited to be a part of the inaugural Twenty20 tournament, whose eight teams were finalised in a much-hyped auction in Mumbai yesterday, Oram remained unsure about the extent of his participation.

The 44-day competition, starting on April 18, clashes with New Zealand's tour of England and Oram was waiting for details to be worked through with New Zealand Cricket. "Playing for New Zealand and the English tour is priority No.1," he told the website sportal.co.nz.

"It is massive money they are throwing around and the IPL have stated that this is here to stay and everything around the IPL has just been out of the top drawer so while it is going to be great opportunity and experience to be part of it for me No.1 is still going to be to go back and play for New Zealand."

"I'll need warm-ups in England. I'll need preparation that is the same as for other tours which is to get myself right for Test matches which is every cricketers' No.1 goal."

Oram said that his view was shared by Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum, who have also been snapped up by IPL franchises. "I don't want to get into a situation where I turn up two or three days before the Lord's Test and have egg on my face because I'm not prepared for a Test match because they are two totally different games.

"I would need to prepare as I would any other Test match which means I get overs under my belt and time at the crease," he said. ""It changes your life and security for us for the future and family, if that comes around, so it is a massive shift in my whole life."

Oram, who will be play alongside the likes of Stephen Fleming, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Muttiah Muralitharan, Matthew Hayden, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini and Michael Hussey for Chennai, felt the atmosphere in the dressing room would be something to look forward to.

"I've never been in a situation where that sort of money is being thrown around or talked about and to be right in the mix of it is quite surreal...and pleasant," he said. "We were just sitting at the hotel having a few beers celebrating Jamie's [How's] wonderful knock, the wonderful game that it was.

"We were getting second-hand information through friends and family. When I first head it I didn't want to believe it until I saw it for myself in black and white on the internet and when I saw that it took my breath away to be honest."
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 4:44:02 2008.

Total of 56 T20 matches to be played over a span of 40 days!! ppl in chennai (india) can enjoy, 7 matches at each of the franchise locations - hope they get the chidambaram stadium into great condition by end of IPL 2008!!

From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:44:47 2008.

It is purely a business not a wealthy sport event. Since only popular Indian players are getting too much money, one thing is clear that popularity wins quality. Still some players are in waiting list because nobody bought them. It is funny Ricky Ponting is less than many players and MS Dhoni has beaten all.

Obviously the Indian Players are available for all the 3 years of IPL whereas the other nationals are not that sure///

From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 4:46:50 2008.

true, the amounts bid for all players are not proportional to the quality of cricket they play coz its also inclusive of advertisement contracts etc - ie India cements can use Dhoni / Murali for ads etc - so they have to think of Off-field use of the players too - thts one of the main reasons for indian players getting more.

From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:54:20 2008.

How the teams stack up

http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/338106.html

From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 4:54:49 2008.

Whatever we have a exciting season ahead...

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Feb 21 5:02:40 2008.

From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 5:04:01 2008.

But aren't the players embaressed by being sold in public...

From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 5:05:50 2008.

kalyasi - why shud they be?! after all we get to know the contract rates per year and what contract each player is in for the Indian Team - so there should not be any issue over that. and its not that they are 'sold' they have just made themselves available for 44 days in a year for playing cricket

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Feb 21 5:16:25 2008.

But aren't the players embaressed by being sold in public...

Yeah, it may end with boycott from some players?

kalyasi - why shud they be?! after all we get to know the contract rates per year and what contract each player is in for the Indian Team - so there should not be any issue over that. and its not that they are 'sold' they have just made themselves available for 44 days in a year for playing cricket

You may correct but it has changes to burn some players stomach.

From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 5:20:13 2008.

You may correct but it has changes to burn some players stomach.

Of course... Nammala vida kammiya knowledge irukaravan nammala vida athigama sambalam vaanguna nammakellam Gaanda thaane irukum...I dont understand the logic behind this.. But lets not dig much into this ... Lets Njoy the fun that'll be provided by IPL...

From: sriranga on Thu Feb 21 5:25:30 2008.

You may correct but it has changes to burn some players stomach.

unga manager-a pathi sollareengala?

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Feb 21 5:27:57 2008.

Apart from these kind views, there is another view I strongly belive. IPL is no equal to England county cricket match. Or the teams can not equal to Eueropean professional football cricet clubs such as Sevilla, AC Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea, etc. IPL teams (Mumbia, Chennai, Kolkotta, Delhi, etc) have given opportunities (or booked players for their sponsor's advertisement) to only established players who are in National teams of theair countries or retired players. Clearly they are not helpful for young i.e growing players.

Intha aarpaattangala matha vilaiyattugal-a kattina etho kongam olympic medals kidaikalam. hmmm
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Feb 21 5:28:56 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Lets Njoy the fun that'll be provided by IPL...

I agree this

From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 5:38:50 2008.

Apart from these kind views, there is another view I strongly belive. IPL is no equal to England county cricket match. Or the teams can not equal to Eueropean professional football cricet clubs such as Sevilla, AC Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea, etc. IPL teams (Mumbia, Chennai, Kolkotta, Delhi, etc) have given opportunities (or booked players for their sponsor's advertisement) to only established players who are in National teams of theair countries or retired players. Clearly they are not helpful for young i.e growing players.

Intha aarpaattangala matha vilaiyattugal-a kattina etho kongam olympic medals kidaikalam. hmmm

sanjeevi, the IPL teams are allowed to use only 4 International players per match in the playing eleven - so 7 others have to be included - 7 players for 8 franchises = 56 players - even if you consider the indian team established players as 25-30 itself, still a lot of youngsters get a chance.
added to this, the franchises having spent so much of money on players are gonna invest on foreign coaches + top quality support staff which is good for upcoming youngsters. plus they have a chance to share the dressing room with the biggest stars in world cricket.
i love this concept

as for vayitherical/stomach burnings etc - we are sitting side by side with leads/colleagues who earn more/less than us and might be more/less talented dont we

it wont affect the game as such - if it does, then it shud have affected the indian team itself aint it?!

these are all professionals - if they boycott, the loss is for them and even more embarassment. infact there is a concept of trading players after first or second year or so - and the trading amt would be more depending on ur performance, so players wont risk playing under their 100% also

From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 5:44:28 2008.

OTOH - if ur talking abt improving domestic talent for Test cricket, well nothing would come from IPL
and matha games and olympic medals, this is business and ppl investing would be interested in ROI - what would they get out of olympic medals
Finance Minister can do this - tax the amount of players (even international) playing IPL in india and then use that money for development of other sports - at 30% that itself would be staggering

From: Kalyasi on Thu Feb 21 5:46:50 2008.

You may correct but it has changes to burn some players stomach.

unga manager-a pathi sollareengala?

Epdi correct a sollareenga.....

From: Arthi on Thu Feb 21 9:46:43 2008.

they have just made themselves available for 44 days in a year for playing cricket Laughing

after knowinng about the auction and price bid for Dhoni

i feel so much of hype to only cricket in india. it is a well known sports having enough sponsorship to promote the game, but SRK said that he wants to give enough oppurtunity to youngsters

Instead of choosing cricket why can he choose "Chak De" hockey in do that service of motivatio youngsters

only in cinema he does promote hockey i feel

ppl are giving tooooooooooo much of importance to cricket

From: selvakumar on Thu Feb 21 9:52:02 2008.

Arthi,
Actually, SRK's favorite game is FOOTBALL. BTW, Cinema la Hockey support pannuna, real life la ellam pannanumaa. naanga ellam invest pannuna RETURN ethir paarpoem

From: Arthi on Thu Feb 21 9:58:06 2008.

BTW, Cinema la Hockey support pannuna, real life la ellam pannanumaa. Razz

Arthi,
Actually, SRK's favorite game is FOOTBALL. Laughing

naanga ellam invest pannuna RETURN ethir paarpoem Cool

yes i agree... but more than enough importance to cricket...

other sports in India are just deprive of even getting teh attention

From: Arthi on Thu Feb 21 10:00:09 2008.

got to see SHARTH(Tamilnadu A team player in TV)
gud batsman but have not got a chance to showcase his talent in international arena
From: Arthi on Thu Feb 21 10:01:53 2008.

It seems Ricky Pointing was sad and shocked to know about his rate
courtesy: SUN TV News
From: sriranga on Thu Feb 21 10:45:07 2008.

Nerd wrote:

hyderabad > mumbai > kolkatta > chennai > others
Dhoni-kku ivLO kaasu-eh They dint watch him play in the last 6 months, looks like (his strike rate )

ennanga ithu, they haven't selected a wicket keeper batsman in the auction. avinga epdi kolkota, chennai kku mela varuvanga?

From: Devar Magan on Thu Feb 21 15:58:48 2008.

hyderabad > mumbai > kolkatta > chennai > others
Dhoni-kku ivLO kaasu-eh ROTFL

They dint watch him play in the last 6 months, looks like (his strike rate LOL

)

ennanga ithu, they haven't selected a wicket keeper batsman in the auction. avinga epdi kolkota, chennai kku mela varuvanga?

GOD irukaare..

btw, at a time u can play only 4 foreign.. so picking lots of them is waste of money.. mumbai picked 3 biggies..

sanath, pollock, malinga and one more...

intelligent i say..

From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 20:57:22 2008.

Arthi wrote:

It seems Ricky Pointing was sad and shocked to know about his rate
courtesy: SUN TV News
hope he gets more irritated seeing gillie/lee and symonds' rates and then dont give em enuf support in the CB series
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 21:09:19 2008.

Roy's pockets so full he cannot leap

By Ricky Ponting

IT has been an amazing couple of days with the amounts of money that have been paid for players to compete in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

And in our dressing room, this has given us another subject to wind each other up about. There's always chiacking going on among the players so with something like this it's too good an opportunity not to have a dig.

Of course Andrew Symonds, as the highest-paid among us in the IPL, has copped the brunt of it. He's our new million-dollar man. We were asking him about bodyguards and that sort of stuff. We were playing a game of touch footy out on the MCG to warm-up before training in preparation for the game against Sri Lanka and there were a few high balls Symo missed. He jumped up but couldn't reach them so we reckon his pockets were too full and he couldn't leap high enough.

There will be plenty of banter about it, which I think is good. It creates a bit of life and a bit of energy, and it generally freshens us up to help us play good cricket.

While we have been having plenty of fun about the many millions the eight IPL franchises have paid out, there is a very serious side to this. With the amount of money being freely paid for cricketers around the world, there is a real danger that some guys will find the IPL more attractive than playing for their country.

Even with Australian players, who are among the best paid in the world, there could come a point where they look at someone such as Adam Gilchrist, who has retired and just signed a big contract with the IPL, and see him earn all that for a couple of months' cricket.

Making more money and spending most of the year with your family by playing in the IPL instead of for your country could start to look pretty attractive to some blokes. I'm sure a lot of cricketers around the world will look at it that way. And if there are potential stars of Test or one-day cricket who might have any sort of thoughts like that, I think it is really dangerous for the game.

I think it's really important that the International Cricket Council and the various cricket boards around the world have a look at the long-term impact this competition will have. If the ICC is saying it can't find a window for the IPL, those running the game will have to be careful how they handle this Twenty20 phenomenon.

The amount of money being bandied around, and the amount of money and power the Indian board, the BCCI, has, who knows how cricket administration worldwide is going to pan out.

Twenty20 cricket has been big at domestic level for most of this decade in England, then South Africa and now Australia. It was obvious by the crowds at that level that it was going to be big. If the ICC had jumped on it then and developed Twenty20 cricket to its potential instead of trying to keep a lid on it then there might not have been any need for an IPL to counter the rebel Indian Cricket League.

If you look at Symo's situation at the moment, where he is obviously concerned about touring Pakistan and has a $1.5 million deal with the IPL, which is played at the same time as the tour he's concerned about, then there could be some serious implications.

If he doesn't want to go to Pakistan and the tour's on and Cricket Australia says you can't play in the IPL, there will be some serious decisions that will have to be made - and there will have to be some serious thinking that will have to go into those decisions.

That's where I think it could get dangerous, especially for countries such as New Zealand. We've already seem how many Kiwis have signed with the IPL and ICL, which includes their premier fast bowler Shane Bond.

I'll be playing with New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum at the Kolkata franchise of the IPL, and no doubt we'll have a good talk about it.

And I'm not just concerned about New Zealand. More than 20 Pakistan players have signed with the ICL and IPL. All those guys who signed with the ICL, which make up a big chunk, can no longer represent their country so it's getting to a dangerous point already.
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 21:09:56 2008.

Riches 'won't fracture squad'

BEWILDERED Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes he has been undervalued by the Indian Premier League, but he is adamant that money matters won't split his team.

While teammate Andrew Symonds landed a $1.47 million-a-year deal, earning him a staggering $35,000 an hour in the 44-day tournament, Ponting and Matthew Hayden surprisingly lacked star power in the IPL auction, going for $436,000 and $408,000 respectively.

Even Victorian batsman David Hussey, who has managed just one Twenty20 international, and occasional Australia all-rounder Cameron White pocketed more, auctioned for $740,000 and $546,000 respectively.

The Australians have been distracted by on and off-field issues this summer, and the discrepancy in IPL contracts could become another major distraction - with a high-placed source reported to have claimed that noses are already out of joint over the huge differences in IPL payments - but Ponting and Australia coach Tim Nielsen have addressed the squad to ensure their focus is on the tri-series one-day match against Sri Lanka at the MCG.

"It's probably only me and Matty that will have any reason to be jealous of anybody else," Ponting said.

"Matty and I aren't that sort of people. The other guys have done pretty well out of it so far. There will be a lot of laughs and joking going on for the rest of the summer."

Ponting, who will link with former Australia coach John Buchanan at the Kolkata franchise if the tour of Pakistan is called off, admitted he was surprised by his fee.

"I was a little bit, probably disappointed," he said.

"I thought I might have been able to attract a little bit more than that. The fact I haven't made a lot of runs over the past couple of weeks probably hasn't helped much."

Ponting, the No.1-ranked Cricket Australia-contracted player, was understandably stunned as he is regarded as the game's best batsman.

"I have had my fair share of endorsements over the years and always felt the Indian people have warmed to me when I have been there," Ponting said.

"Lots of things have gone through my mind in the past couple of days. Even my involvement in the Harbhajan thing but I thought, 'hang on, Symo was involved in it as well'."

Symonds said he was particularly surprised to have earned more than Ponting.

"That's quite amazing how that's unfolded," he said.

"Unfortunately it's got nothing to do with me but that's just the way things turned out."

Asked if he felt like a cricket mercenary, he said: "That's what they offered to pay for me, I didn't ask for it."

Ponting also was disappointed when International Cricket Council boss Malcolm Speed declared the IPL would not be given a stand-alone spot in the international calendar.

Ponting again warned of the detrimental impact this could have on the game.

"I think everyone now understands with the amount of money that is being bandied about, there is going to be some tough decisions made by international cricketers," he said.
From: anoops on Thu Feb 21 21:12:05 2008.

IMO HYDERABAD> CHENNAI> KOLKATTA> MOHALI> DELHI> MUMBAI> BANGALORE> JAIPUR

Bangalore's squad can be named as 'OLD AGE HOME' would love to see Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer come up to open in a T20 competition
From: Nerd on Thu Feb 21 23:02:19 2008.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/foul-play-big-bucks-for-cricket-little-hope-for-rest/59526-5.html

From: Devar Magan on Fri Feb 22 2:56:51 2008.

IMO HYDERABAD> CHENNAI> KOLKATTA> MOHALI> DELHI> MUMBAI> BANGALORE> JAIPUR

Bangalore's squad can be named as 'OLD AGE HOME' LOL

would love to see Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer come up to open in a T20 competition Razz

their CEO was busy seeing the kingfisher swimsuit calendar while the bidding was going on..

From: Wibha on Fri Feb 22 3:00:34 2008.

IMO HYDERABAD> CHENNAI> KOLKATTA> MOHALI> DELHI> MUMBAI> BANGALORE> JAIPUR

Bangalore's squad can be named as 'OLD AGE HOME' LOL

would love to see Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer come up to open in a T20 competition Razz

bangalore support pannanuma illa mumbai support pannanuma

GO bangalore

From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 3:10:39 2008.

Bangalore team kku supportaaa

Wibha, you are aware that IPL is Twenty Twenty right, i mean just 20 overs a side to bat and it is not test match competition
From: Wibha on Fri Feb 22 3:20:57 2008.

ean naan support panna koodadha

bangalore en FULL SUPPORT UNAKKU DHAAN
From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 3:30:29 2008.

Wibha wrote:

ean naan support panna koodadha

bangalore en FULL SUPPORT UNAKKU DHAAN

Yet again badluck Wibha... You r going to end up in the losing side...
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 3:34:02 2008.

have put up the polls - but guess too early with no information on full squad for all teams. Lets see how much of support for Wibha err Bangalore
From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 3:38:53 2008.

IPL SCHEDULE

April 19 : Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi

April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai

Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata

April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur

April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad

April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai

April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad

April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali

April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore

Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai

April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai

Mohali v Delhi at Mohali

April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore

April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata

April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.

May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad;

Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur

May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.

May 3: Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad;

Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali

May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai;

Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur

May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore

May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai

May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai

May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi;

Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata

May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur

May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore;

Chennai v Mohali at Chennai

May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad;

Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur

May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali

May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata

May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai;

Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali

May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi

May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai

May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi;

Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur

May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad;

Kolkata v Chenna at Kolkata

May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore

May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata

May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai;

Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai

May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi

May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali.

May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi;

Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai

May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore;

Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata

May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur

May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad

May 28 and 29: Rest days

May 30: First semi-final at Mumbai

May 31: Second semi-final at Mumbai

June 1: Final at Mumbai
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 3:40:51 2008.

phew - 44 days of continuous cricket and most of em should be in the time i get to watch Hope setmax is brought to singapore
From: mgb on Fri Feb 22 3:42:33 2008.

anoop.. neenga singaporela irukkingalaa ?
From: sriranga on Fri Feb 22 3:42:42 2008.

anoops wrote:

phew - 44 days of continuous cricket and most of em should be in the time i get to watch Hope setmax is brought to singapore

all of them will be evening/night games, right?
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 3:43:33 2008.

mgb wrote:

anoop.. neenga singaporela irukkingalaa ?
yup - i think earlier for some series setmax vandhudhunnu - cant remember though!!
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 3:48:37 2008.

yeah all matches are at 7/8 PM IST or 3 PM IST - Finals and Semis are Day Night at 7 PM IST.
From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 3:51:11 2008.

Get ready for another partying season...
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 3:55:49 2008.

last time during T20 in that stupid neo sports, there was the ad of shock laga shock laga - IRRITATED me to the core esp when our batsmen were gettng out or something, this ad used to come - indha vaati hope the set max guys atleast show the 6 balls of each over

From: sriranga on Fri Feb 22 3:59:36 2008.

last time during T20 in that stupid neo sports, there was the ad of shock laga shock laga - IRRITATED me to the core esp when our batsmen were gettng out or something, this ad used to come - Mad

indha vaati hope the set max guys atleast show the 6 balls of each over

T20 WC was in espn star sports, i guess.

From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 3:59:56 2008.

last time during T20 in that stupid neo sports, there was the ad of shock laga shock laga - IRRITATED me to the core esp when our batsmen were gettng out or something, this ad used to come - Mad

indha vaati hope the set max guys atleast show the 6 balls of each over

From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 4:03:34 2008.

oh is it, anyways i got to watch only at neo sports here
From: Wibha on Fri Feb 22 4:06:35 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Yet again badluck Wibha... You r going to end up in the losing side...

i dont care

participation is important

bangalore illati MUMBAI

so no probs
From: sriranga on Fri Feb 22 4:08:14 2008.

anoops wrote:

oh is it, anyways i got to watch only at neo sports here

neo sports has tv rights for all the matches happening in india.

espn star sports has the rights for all the ICC events
(World cup, champions trophy)

Now, sony has rights for IPL for 10 years for a whopping billion dollors.

From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 4:11:26 2008.

Yet again badluck Wibha... You r going to end up in the losing side...

i dont care Poke

participation is important Exactly

bangalore illati MUMBAI Boo

so no probs Razz

Why Mumbai

Sachin kaagava...

From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 4:13:43 2008.

sriranga - yeah you are right - appo espn star la dhaan andha ad a paathu tholacheno - anyways set max ila andha ad varaama irundha sari
From: Wibha on Fri Feb 22 4:17:34 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Why Mumbai Sachin kaagava...

aaamaam

dada kaaga KOLKATA

pathan kaaga mohali
From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 4:20:02 2008.

Wibha wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Why Mumbai Sachin kaagava...

aaamaam

dada kaaga KOLKATA

pathan kaaga mohali

Appo Dhoni kaaga Chennai en Koodathu?
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 4:23:29 2008.

Wibha wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Why Mumbai Sachin kaagava...

aaamaam

dada kaaga KOLKATA

pathan kaaga mohali
Munaf Patel kkaaga Jaipur
From: Wibha on Fri Feb 22 4:23:41 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Appo Dhoni kaaga Chennai en Koodathu?

enaku chennaiyum pidikaadhu dhoniyum pidikaathu

wibha escapeeeeee
From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 4:26:02 2008.

Wibha wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Appo Dhoni kaaga Chennai en Koodathu?

enaku chennaiyum pidikaadhu dhoniyum pidikaathu

wibha escapeeeeee
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 4:34:57 2008.

The intriguing IPL
By: Harsha Bhogle

So every player now has a price attached to him; like a film or television actor does, like a retired president on the speaking circuit does, like, come to think of it, everybody in a free market economy does.

So do we embrace these latest valuations? Do we see this as the inevitable consequence of sport as entertainment? Is this the brave new world of today?

And so do we want to be free market people or remain socialists? People with traditional values who bemoan the passing of life as they knew it? And where, in God�s name, or in the name of the God of Capitalism, is our sport headed amidst all this?

At the moment, we don�t know. Nobody does. Lalit Modi has his vision, the traditionalists and lovers of test cricket, and may they never die, have their own. And all of us, sitting on the sidelines, have our own.

Unlike economists who have data and predictive models, we have none. We have our hunches, and we need to be careful not to mistake them for the truth, but it would be a safe hunch to say that we are in for an eventful time. And so, I am going to take a look through my looking glass as well and, of the many variables furiously flying in our midst, am going to pick up three that I believe will be crucial to the success, or otherwise, of the IPL.

The first concerns you and me; the public that loves the game, that watches and pays to go to stadiums. Why do we love our game?

Do we love it because we love the great cricketers and their skills? If so, we should appreciate a Ponting and a McGrath and a Gilchrist and, dare I say, a Symonds as much as we should a Tendulkar, a Kumble, a Dhoni and, dare I say, a Harbhajan. But do we? Or do we love our game because it allows us to wear our nationality on our sleeve? To root for our land and find a common culture? In which case we can understand why a lot of Indians were outraged by what happened in Australia and why a lot of Australians can find nothing right about Indian cricket. And why the minority in either country (the sensible minority as they would like to believe) is getting outshouted!

And so the question that the public will ask is: will Ponting and Symonds and Gibbs and Oram and Afridi and Gayle play for our money or for our team? Will they exploit our love or will they sustain and nurture it?

Will they remain outsiders in our land? Or will they merge into the identities of our cities? These are early days and I don�t think we will find our answers in the first year but we will get pointers from their attitude. Will Chandigarh love Lee and Hyderabad Symonds in the manner that Manchester loved Cantona and London�s Arsenal loved Bergkamp?

The second factor I want to look at closely is the role of the coach. In such a fast and short game, coaches may not need to work on techniques or delivery strides too much. I suspect a good coach will be one who thinks differently, almost as quickly as a cricketer will have to.

Fielding, catching and throwing will become critical and coaches will have to address such issues as much as they would batting and bowling. Bowling in specific areas and being able to change pace at will become critical. A coach who is very good at working with a young bowler and explaining to him the need to bowl consistently on a length outside the off stump may be as irrelevant as the bowler who can only do that. Batsmen will have to be shown how they can broaden their minds with respect to shot making. The scoop to fine leg and the reverse sweep may become more important than the scorching cover drive.

But I believe the key will still lie in the man that prepares the pitch and the man who decides where the humble boundary rope will be. If the curator prepares a flat deck where the ball does nothing and batsmen merely hit through the line, 20-20 will become boring. As boring as asking the defenders to move aside and making the goalkeeper the only defender in football.

And if we bring the boundary rope in, in the utterly mistaken belief that more sixes will mean good cricket, 20-20 will become as exciting as playing book cricket. The bowlers must have a chance and the batsman must know that he can get out looking for a six. Just as there are minimum spending levels so too must there be a minimum boundary size. Nothing under 70 or ideally, 75 metres.

I think the reformists will prevail over the traditionalists in the end. But just as in parliament, they need to be in a very healthy minority.
From: anoops on Fri Feb 22 10:35:01 2008.

"It's great to play for Mumbai along with Sachin, but it would have been a lot nicer if we had Symonds, who is such a wonderful player."
Harbhajan Singh's regret after the IPL auction

From: sriranga on Fri Feb 22 10:41:32 2008.

"It's great to play for Mumbai along with Sachin, but it would have been a lot nicer if we had Symonds, who is such a wonderful player."
Harbhajan Singh's regret after the IPL auction Shocked

' i can take racist taunts from team mates but not from others" nnu symmonds sonnatha thappa purinchikitaro

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Feb 22 13:06:59 2008.

How far this IPL series will reach the whole Indian population? We have 8 teams agreed! But who does the non playing states like Gujarat, Kerala or Orissa will support?

Instead of 8 teams they could have make it as Zones comprising all states

From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 22:14:32 2008.

"It's great to play for Mumbai along with Sachin, but it would have been a lot nicer if we had Symonds, who is such a wonderful player."
Harbhajan Singh's regret after the IPL auction Shocked

' i can take racist taunts from team mates but not from others" nnu symmonds sonnatha thappa purinchikitaro Laughing

From: Kalyasi on Fri Feb 22 22:15:28 2008.

How far this IPL series will reach the whole Indian population? We have 8 teams agreed! But who does the non playing states like Gujarat, Kerala or Orissa will support?

Instead of 8 teams they could have make it as Zones comprising all states

Orissa - Calcutta
Gujarat - Mohali
Kerala - Chennai

From: sriranga on Fri Feb 22 22:27:44 2008.

8 teams will be expanded in trhe coming years, i think.

for now, they will support whichever team they like.

From: Arthi on Fri Feb 22 23:43:06 2008.

How many pople wld like to cast their vote???
I don't like to do it, bcoz i agree this Twenty20 could be a visual feast, but spectators will have the same emotional effect???

I doubt

This mixed composition removes the emotional attachment towards our team.

I would like to support India a team where only Indians play, at the state level i would like the watch matches like TN vs Mumbai or Karnataka VS Kolkata where I can distinguish the team state wise which gives me a sense to watch the match and interestingly i would support a team

But in this IPL Twenty20, I don't think so tht i would emotionally attatch to any team where i can appreciate when Ricky hits a four or warne claims a wicket.

This emotional attachment is a stuff where this mixed composition can not buy
From: Kalyasi on Sat Feb 23 0:14:53 2008.

If i have go against Sachin It would be Only in IPL
From: Kalyasi on Sat Feb 23 0:38:59 2008.

Indian Premier League

David Hussey in doubt, Langer pulls out

Cricinfo staff

February 23, 2008

David Hussey, the Victoria batsman, may have been purchased for US$625,000 by the Kolkata franchise in the Indian Premier League's auction, but his county side Nottinghamshire have insisted he is contracted to play for them this season. Hussey's participation in the IPL, which runs from April 18 to June 1, would mean he misses the first five County Championship matches and eight games in the Friends Provident Trophy.

Mike Newell, Nottinghamshire's director of cricket, said: "We are currently talking to David and his advisors, so I would prefer not to comment at this stage other than to say that he signed a new two-year contract with us after the end of last season."

Hussey was one of the surprise buys at the IPL auction, being picked up well above his initial base price of $125,000. He even outdid his more famous brother, the Test player Michael, who went for $350,000. Unlike Michael, David was reportedly available for the entire tournament, which perhaps was one of the reasons why he sold for a higher price than the likes of Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden

Meanwhile, Justin Langer, the former Australian Test opener, has indicated he will play for Somerset and won't turn out for the Jaipur franchise. Langer collected his base price of $200,000, but Jaipur paid only $75,000 for him, with the Indian board covering the difference.

"I have made a commitment to Somerset and I intend to honour it," Langer told the Age. "I made that clear when I first signed with IPL and I have no hesitation sticking to it."

Langer fears the IPL will damage the game. "When you go to your grave," he said, "people will remember what you did with your life rather than how much money you made."

The newspaper also reported Luke Ronchi, the Western Australia wicketkeeper, is considering an A$100,000 (approx US$92,000) offer to join the Mumbai franchise, while his team-mate Luke Pomersbach, who earned a car park call-up to play a Twenty20 international for Australia, is also set to join an IPL team. The Mumbai franchise failed to buy a wicketkeeper-batsman at the auction held on Wednesday.
From: Kalyasi on Sat Feb 23 0:40:14 2008.

Indian Premier League

Dravid satisfied with Bangalore squad

Ajay S Shankar

February 22, 2008

Rahul Dravid is pleased with the players the Bangalore franchise had procured in the IPL auction, and believes his side has individuals who can handle pressure.

Dravid, the icon for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, played down the talk of his side not buying any big names. "This is an erroneous perception," he told Cricinfo. "The quality of Indian and international players in our team speak for themselves. They may not be glamorous in the areas people typically judge them by, but in terms of cricket they are fantastic and at the end of the day this is a cricket tournament and cricket is what is important.

"We are fortunate to have such great players in the side. With them in the squad, we will get so much more experience and ability."

Unlike the others, the Bangalore franchise preferred innings builders, like Jacques Kallis, Wasim Jaffer and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, to aggressors. "We have players who have played under pressure," Dravid said, "and therefore are confident that under similar circumstances in the Twenty20 matches, they will perform exceedingly well."

Although the franchise bought Anil Kumble, they failed in their bid to purchase Robin Uthappa, another Bangalore-based player in the Indian team. Uthappa, who was bought by the Mumbai franchise for a whopping US$800,000, would have not only provided a balance to Bangalore's batting line-up but his purchase would have also helped fill up one slot among the four catchment area players.

"As a Bangalore player, I obviously would have liked to have had Robin, who is from our catchment area, in the team," Dravid said. "However, in an auction where there are rules and restrictions, it is not always possible to get every player one wants.

"In fact, none of the teams were able to get all the players they would have liked to. However, having said that I would like to add that I am excited with the team we have got."

On the potentially match-winning bowling attack that his team has lined up - Dale Steyn, Nathan Bracken, Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble, Dravid said, "The idea was to have a good balance, which is very important for the tournament."

Dravid said Australian allrounder Cameron White, whom Bangalore bought for US$500,000 at the auction, was an "exciting" addition.

"I think people are getting a bit confused by the price aspect. It's just reflective of the current situation in cricket and what people want. White is a very exciting Twenty20 player and his domestic record [with two Twenty20 hundreds] in Australia is phenomenal. He was always on our wishlist."

Asked whether he viewed the 44-day Twenty20 tournament starting in April 18 as a platform to stage a comeback into the Indian one-day team, Dravid said: "I am not looking at this that way. To be honest, this is something new for all of us. There are so many things you want to experience as a player. Personally, I have seen and experienced a lot over the last 12 years [in international cricket]. Now, I am just so glad that at this point of my career, I will be a part of this new experience."

Dravid didn't want to divulge much about the strategies that his side were planning to adopt during the tournament, set to start on April 18. "It is still too early for me to comment on this. At the moment I am focused on getting fit after my finger injury [sustained during the Test series in Australia] and preparing for the Test matches against South Africa."
From: Wibha on Sat Feb 23 0:54:09 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

If i have go against Sachin It would be Only in IPL

same here sachin y rnt u in bangalore team .............cha :heartbreak: .................... I wud love 2 see sachin play 4 blore...... but its impossible
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Feb 23 0:59:13 2008.

Wibha,

Idhu unakke over-a illa Sachin hates Bangalore
From: Wibha on Sat Feb 23 1:05:05 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Wibha,

Idhu unakke over-a illa Sachin hates Bangalore
ithu ellam rombo over....... u just broke my lil heart sachin oru naal velayaduvaaru
UNLIKE POLES ATTRACT so do sachu and blore and I
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Feb 23 1:06:42 2008.

Sachin may play in Bangalore, but not for Bangalore. I bet my life
From: Wibha on Sat Feb 23 1:09:11 2008.

I don't care....... its his wish his life as long as he's happy.....and doesn't play for chennai
From: ThalaNass on Sat Feb 23 4:13:41 2008.

Voted for Chennai but i think Mohali gonna win d cup.........
From: ThalaNass on Sat Feb 23 4:13:58 2008.

Wibha wrote:

I don't care....... its his wish his life as long as he's happy.....and doesn't play for chennai
From: sriranga on Sat Feb 23 6:06:10 2008.

bangalorekku ore oru votu

hyderabad kku oru vote
From: anoops on Sat Feb 23 7:29:42 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha
actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum

From: anoops on Sat Feb 23 7:34:15 2008.

This mixed composition removes the emotional attachment towards our team.

But in this IPL Twenty20, I don't think so tht i would emotionally attatch to any team where i can appreciate when Ricky hits a four or warne claims a wicket.

This emotional attachment is a stuff where this mixed composition can not buy

valid points

same thoughts is in the below article too - but IMO, this sort of thing would start in india too - but could have been more easy if they had lots of local heroes playing for their own states as much as psbl - like rohit sharma for mumbai/DK for chennai etc - dont think spectators would mind having say fleming play for chennai but i would have preferred DK to play for chennai and say balaji get wickets for us etc - anyways the format is that way and its way the local guys get more money too (if they are auctioned). The regional support thing is gonna be the change india is gonna notice now - enna north vs south fights poda innoru kaaranam kadachidum

From: anoops on Sat Feb 23 7:35:05 2008.

The joy of being a sports fan lies not in your team�s victory but in the sweet pain that comes with defeat. When you win after years of suffering, cursing, cussing, but still faithfully turning up at the stadium every weekend in hope that today might be the dawn of a new era, that is when you truly get elated.

Liverpool fans who went to Istanbul, despite 21 years of despair, for the Champions League final against AC Milan in 2004, will tell you. Boston Red Sox fans, who waited 86 seasons at Fenway Park for a World Series title, will tell you some more. They had stuck it out through the bad times; that�s why they wept on the streets in the good.

It�s on this sentiment of ecstasy in agony that club sport is based. It takes time � years, decades � to get such loyalty. And it takes as long for that devotion to translate into good business for those who own the clubs from the day of their inception.

When you support a club, you love everything about it � the players, no matter what creed or colour they belong to; a great manager in a game such as football becomes a father figure; and the stadium is a holy shrine whose mud you proudly smear on your forehead.

Any league needs this passion in order to be successful. The Indian Premier League (IPL), with its brand icons and its millions of dollars, will have to strive for that much in order to survive.

So, sorry for being a voice of dissent in these times when everyone wants to celebrate the power of India�s cricket economy, but true loyalty is not easy to buy � especially not in a country such as ours, where cricket is linked so closely with national pride.

Think about it. Indian cricket is almost jingoistic. We feel shame as a nation when the team loses, so we go into the streets to burn effigies and carry out mock funerals. When Harbhajan Singh is charged with racism, we forget that he�s an individual and react as if the whole country has been called racist. The print and TV media show us non-stop live coverage of a victory march following the Twenty20 World Cup victory, and programmes such as Match ka Mujrim become instant TRP leaders.

Picture this: if Brett Lee of Mohali is bowling to M.S. Dhoni of Chennai, sitting in the heart of Punjab, whom will you support? Will you feel enough loyalty for your city that you cheer against a national hero? Will you jump up in joy in Jaipur if, with four runs needed to win, Mumbai�s Sachin Tendulkar is caught on the fence by Shane Warne off the last ball of the match?

The entire auction in Mumbai on Wednesday was a reflection of that same national pride. Ishant Sharma was bought for Rs 3.8 crore and Ricky Ponting for 1.6, Rohit Sharma went for Rs 3.1 crore and Matthew Hayden for 1.5. Corporate India showed where its priorities lay. They wanted crowd pullers, not necessarily the best team available. Nationalism was the mantra, not cricketing logic.

And, even if India were to suddenly shed its patriotism for the love of cricket, is it being given enough time to form links with the new stars of its regions? The IPL runs for just 45 days. There is no telling if the players you have in the team this season will be sold to someone else next year, or will even be available because of his international commitments. The Andrew Symonds you had just started to love may be batting for another side in 2009, or may not be there at all till 2012.

We are not being sold genuine league cricket, but glitz, glamour and razzmatazz. It could end up making money, but I wonder if it will ever establish the connection with fans that is the soul of sport.

Nobody is too bothered, however. The BCCI has already made its hundreds of millions and the players have cashed in as well. For India Inc, perhaps the returns don�t matter too much anyway. It�s just small change: a tiny price to pay for national pride in this ever-growing economy.

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/275591.html
From: Arthi on Sat Feb 23 7:52:31 2008.

anoops wrote:

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha
actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum

enna madiri ethana pEr ootu poda ma erupaangalO

From: sriranga on Sat Feb 23 8:44:56 2008.

The rules state that IPL teams have to choose 4 players from the
respective local team ( to bring the emotion factor to the game ).

The purists ( that includes me as well

valid points Thumbs Up!

) are sceptical about the T20 game killing the tradional variety and will remove skill from the game and promote slam bang type cricketers.
I think to avoid that, the T20 game needs to bring some changes like award more runs for a boundary played along the ground and less runs for a six to encourage players to go for pure cricket shots.

From: sriranga on Sat Feb 23 8:45:52 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha Razz

actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum Laughing

enna madiri ethana pEr ootu poda ma erupaangalO Rolling Eyes

votu pottuteenga pola irukku. mumbai opened its acount.

From: Arthi on Sat Feb 23 9:29:04 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha Razz

actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum Laughing

enna madiri ethana pEr ootu poda ma erupaangalO Rolling Eyes

votu pottuteenga pola irukku. mumbai opened its acount.

naan illai adhu

i will not cast my vote for any team

From: Devar Magan on Sat Feb 23 11:36:51 2008.

chennai all the way...........

but, Hyd is the favourite team to win the tournament

From: Arthi on Sat Feb 23 11:43:23 2008.

The rules state that IPL teams have to choose 4 players from the
respective local team ( to bring the emotion factor to the game ).

The purists ( that includes me as well Wink

) are sceptical about the T20 game killing the tradional variety and will remove skill from the game and promote slam bang type cricketers.I think to avoid that, the T20 game needs to bring some changes like award more runs for a boundary played along the ground and less runs for a six to encourage players to go for pure cricket shots.

rightly said, I am also worried about that.
T20 is very attractive i agree, but it is a fastfood.

whenever it is necessary/undercompulsion people prefer fastfood. When it is preferred frequently obviously it is not good for health

the above analogy holds good for T20 against Test matche and 50 overs one day match

Too much of T20 is not good for other classical form of cricket

From: Arthi on Sat Feb 23 11:44:35 2008.

inga erukaravanga enna adichu virataama erundha sari
From: Devar Magan on Sat Feb 23 13:23:27 2008.

arthi,
ur correct.. too much to t20 is not good.. but IPL season is for just 45 days or so..
From: Arthi on Sat Feb 23 13:34:45 2008.

Devar Magan wrote:

arthi,
ur correct.. too much to t20 is not good.. but IPL season is for just 45 days or so..

it is just started, if it goes at this speed, then cricket will become a sheer business(already this T20 spoiled teh spirit of the game IMHO)

From: Devar Magan on Sat Feb 23 13:38:11 2008.

arthi,
ur correct.. too much to t20 is not good.. but IPL season is for just 45 days or so..

it is just started, if it goes at this speed, then cricket will become a sheer business(already this T20 spoiled teh spirit of the game IMHO)

already its sheer business only

From: Arthi on Sat Feb 23 13:43:11 2008.

arthi,
ur correct.. too much to t20 is not good.. but IPL season is for just 45 days or so..

it is just started, if it goes at this speed, then cricket will become a sheer business(already this T20 spoiled teh spirit of the game IMHO)

already its sheer business only

now bcoz of this T20 and its consecutive bid gave chance to outside world red carpet welcome to poke their nose into this business.

From: anoops on Sat Feb 23 23:34:34 2008.

mmm, T20 killing the spirit of the game - the issue is more with the audience mindset who around the world are not prepared for sitting thru 5 days of a test match

and sriranga, those kinda incentives to players might keep the audience away

IMO a T20 match makes guys start inventing new kinda shots and go after the bowling and invariably those skills shows in ODIs also. And with the ODIs coming in and fast scoring skills developed nowadays we see lesser test matches played out for a draw - T20 might improve that too -- but the threat of young guys with such huge money for jus 40 odd days of T20 ignoring totally test cricket is ominous
From: Wibha on Sun Feb 24 0:06:56 2008.

anoops wrote:

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha
actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum

singam eppovumea single dhaan

From: Devar Magan on Sun Feb 24 5:53:38 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha Razz

actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum Laughing

Banglore is a team of oldies

wasim jaffer and dravid are gonna open for bangloe.. sema comedy-aa irukkum

From: Kalyasi on Sun Feb 24 8:59:12 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha Razz

actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum Laughing

1 down Kallis and 2 down Chanderpaul.... Avanunga set aagarathukulla 20 Ovrs mudinjudum.... 80 odd adippanga...

Banglore is a team of oldies Laughing

wasim jaffer and dravid are gonna open for bangloe.. sema comedy-aa irukkum Laughing

From: Devar Magan on Sun Feb 24 9:05:07 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha Razz

actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum Laughing

1 down Kallis and 2 down Chanderpaul.... Avanunga set aagarathukulla 20 Ovrs mudinjudum.... 80 odd adippanga... Laughing

Banglore is a team of oldies Laughing

wasim jaffer and dravid are gonna open for bangloe.. sema comedy-aa irukkum Laughing

kallis, chanderpaul and dravid can score quickly,.. but the chances are lesser compared to the batsment from other teams..

From: Kalyasi on Sun Feb 24 9:29:25 2008.

I'm happy Ishant Sharma is in my team!

The wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has been disappointing right through this season. It was low and slow during the Boxing Day Test and has been pretty ordinary for the one-day games as well. Against Sri Lanka, there was no way any batsmen could trust the bounce on that wicket, which is why Michael Hussey said that we had a winning total when he came off the field after our 50 overs. To think that we won the game with a bonus point after scoring just 184 proves that the wicket was below par for a one-day international.

We are now in the final and would like to use the next couple of games to rediscover some batting form. The team for Sunday will be pretty much the same, the only change being Brett Lee coming in in place of Mitchell Johnson. The latter has stayed back in Melbourne, where he will join us for our game next week.

The team dispersed for a couple of days, and by the time we re-assembled on Thursday, a couple of us had become millionaire. There was a lot of joking and leg-pulling at Andrew Symonds' expense thanks to the amazing price he commanded at the IPL auction. We started our practice with some touch rugby, and right through Brett Lee and Symonds were at the receiving end of a lot of banter. The auction has really improved the mood in the dressing room, and we all know who's going to pay for the drinks from now on.

The auction is proof of how seriously the franchisees are about the IPL. Personally, I am excited by the glitz and glamour that the league promises, and it's going to be great to share the dressing room with the likes of Sourav Ganguly, with whom I get along really well as well as Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle and of course, Shoaib Akthar. And yes, I am happy that Ishant Sharma is in my team!

The only issue for the Australians is whether the Pakistan tour will take place. Cricket Australia has just received a request for the tour to be postponed by three weeks. If that happens, it's unlikely that any of us will be able to take part in the IPL's inaugural year. There is also no chance of individual players who pull out of the Pakistan tour on security grounds, playing in the IPL. Cricket Australia's contract will prevent them from taking part in the league when the rest of the team is on tour.

The ICC must recognize that the IPL is a great opportunity as well as a great temptation. They must make it a part of the Future Tours Programme as soon as possible, because if players are constantly made to choose between national duty and the IPL, premature retirements and defections will affect teams worldwide.

I am truly looking forward to the IPL, but right now there is some unfinished business in the CB triseries. We need to discover our A game and have to work on our batting. Speaking for myself, I have been finding new ways of getting out, and was really unhappy about my run-out in the last game. I had expected Michael Clarke to run between Maharoof and the ball, but when he stayed in his crease, I did not have a chance. I am stroking the ball well right now, so hopefully I will score big in the next couple of games.

From: Wibha on Sun Feb 24 20:10:02 2008.

bangalore kku ore vote dhaan kadaisi varaikkumnu nanaikkirein - right aa wibha Razz

actually hub la poll vachaa chennai dhaan win pannum Laughing

1 down Kallis and 2 down Chanderpaul.... Avanunga set aagarathukulla 20 Ovrs mudinjudum.... 80 odd adippanga... Laughing

Banglore is a team of oldies Laughing

wasim jaffer and dravid are gonna open for bangloe.. sema comedy-aa irukkum Laughing

OLD Is gold

all experienced players.................. go bangalore

watch out for BANGALORE

From: anoops on Mon Feb 25 2:56:19 2008.

Bangalore line up Martin Crowe

The Indian Premier League's player auction on Wednesday saw the eight franchises battle with bids, but the process of building a team has only begun ahead of the tournament in April.

The IPL's Bangalore franchise, Royal Challengers, are on the verge of signing Martin Crowe as part of their strategic management team, Cricinfo has learned, with only the paperwork left to be completed. Hyderabad have snapped up Robin Singh, India's fielding coach. Vijay Mohanraj, the team's chief executive, confirmed Singh's appointment as the team's coach.

Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, is expected to be a backroom player for Bangalore, handling key responsibilities in cricket and marketing, while Venkatesh Prasad, India's bowling coach, is likely to play a more visible, hands-on role.

Crowe, Prasad and Singh join a high-profile list of names of IPL support staff, which includes John Buchanan, the former Australia coach, for Kolkata, and Tom Moody, the former Sri Lanka coach, for Mohali.

Among the other franchises, Delhi had already designated Victoria's Greg Shipperd as their coach. Mumbai, Chennai and Jaipur are yet to reveal their cards.

Bangalore believe Crowe is the kind of innovator and out-of-the-box thinker the team, led by Rahul Dravid, needs for the Twenty20 format. Apparently, Crowe's record of having invented the Cricket Max format as far back as 1996 has gone in his favour. Besides, some of the innovations in Cricket Max have found a place in the Twenty20 format.

Crowe as New Zealand captain was also the prime mover behind launching the burly left-hander Mark Greatbatch as an aggressive opener during the 1992 World Cup, and even got offspinner Dipak Patel to open the bowling in that tournament.

Bangalore will hope that Crowe lends just the right kind of drive to a team that's currently leaning on the traditional batting foundation of Dravid and the two signings from the auction: South Africa's Jacques Kallis and India's Wasim Jaffer.

Hyderabad, who bought Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds for US$1.35 million, said Singh was their "logical choice" for coach.

"Former Hyderabad offspinner and domestic veteran Kanwaljit Singh will assist Robin," Mohanraj, a former Ranji opener for Hyderabad, said. "Robin is a logical choice as he understands the Indian conditions. The tournament is just over a month away, and he wouldn't need any time to adjust to the situation here, unlike maybe some of the foreign coaches. He has also worked with our Indian players [VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma and RP Singh], which makes it easier."

The Bangalore franchise, meanwhile, will unveil their team logo on Friday evening at their home ground, Chinnaswamy Stadium, which will also host the IPL's opening ceremony on April 18.
From: anoops on Mon Feb 25 3:01:50 2008.

Wait before you sign, BCCI to junior cricketers

The Indian board has clearly instructed all junior cricketers to not sign up for the Indian Premier league on an individual basis until they decide on a procedure to adopt for the same.

The board plans to consult the franchises while deciding a common procedure to adopt while signing up junior domestic cricketers. "An instruction has been sent to all players," said Niranjan Shah, the secretary of the Indian board told Cricinfo. "The BCCI will decide what procedure to adopt for the franchises signing up players."

Contracts that have been signed till now will be deemed null and void. The same automatically holds for 15 of India's U-19 cricketers are currently taking part in the World Cup in Malaysia. The IPL rules dictate that each franchise must have at least four U-22 players in their side, as well as four players from the respective catchments.

It's been learnt that several franchises are unhappy with the manner in which players have been poached - especially with player agents getting involved in the process.

"Too many agents have cropped up and some of the Under-19 players [currently away in the World Cup] are away on tour and already poaching has started," a member of a franchise said. "So it's good that BCCI is considering a ruling to ban any young player from being picked now."

There is also a concern about players being lured with big bucks so early in their careers. A couple of franchises are advocating there be a limit for the amount that can be paid for junior players.

"It's sad that young kids are being exposed to so much money so early," said a representative from another franchise. "What kind of an example are we setting? You have not even played a Test but already you're demanding so much money. Maybe, it would have been better had a price been fixed by the IPL board for these players. It might have solved many problems."

The board is expected to take a decision on the process in a few days time. However, they may be reluctant to do so before the end of the U-19 World Cup (which concludes on March 2) to ensure the youngsters are not distracted during the event.
From: anoops on Mon Feb 25 3:04:23 2008.

Player hunt

It is learnt that Hyderabad have signed up Venugopal Rao , Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, Arjun Yadav and M Sarveesh Kumar, Kalyan Krishna, P Vijay Kumar and Halhar Das from Orissa. Sarveesh, a young player from the districts, is the surprise package.

Bangalore have signed up Sunil Joshi (same guy or diff one?!?! if same, Bangalore is Sure OLD AGE HOME ), R Vinay Kumar, Balachandra Akhil, Devraj Patil and are in talks with Bharat Chipli and J Arun Kumar. The under-22 players recruits includes Manish Pandey and KP Appanna while Saurabh Tiwary is also likely to join.

Delhi have roped in Rajat Bhatia and the likes of Virat Kohli , Pradeep Sangwan , Tanmay Srivastava, Mithun Manhas and Shikhar Dhawan are being touted as possible recruits.

The Chennai outfit has been in touch with Abhinav Mukund and Napoleon Einstien (this guy was pathetic at U19 WC ) and it is learnt that Yo Mahesh , pending fitness issues, and S Badrinath are likely to play.

The Bengal franchise will select the final list from a pool comprising Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sourashis Lahiri, Ranadeb Bose and Shib Shankar Paul. Lahiri would have been certain entry but it's learnt that he is in the BCCI's list of bowlers with suspect actions, and hence they want to wait and watch. The U-22 players from Bengal who are being looked at are Arindam Ghosh and Debabrata Das.
From: P_R on Mon Feb 25 5:36:53 2008.

Enakku IPL contracts/bidding sariyaa puriyalai ?

1) When a player signs up for IPL ? Is it directly to one of the teams or is it to BCCI (and he is later assigned/bid for). I assume it it is the latter.
2) If so what are the terms ? Is their pay linked to the amount they get bid for ?
3) Do the bid amounts go to the BCCI (who contracted the players). Or is it split between BCCI and the players ?
4) What exactly do the teams bid for ? Just playing or also endorsements. i.e. do the teams get a cut in the endorsement revenues of the players.

Informed Hubbers please comment
From: anoops on Mon Feb 25 6:01:06 2008.

from what i know ---

1) When a player signs up for IPL ? Is it directly to one of the teams or is it to BCCI (and he is later assigned/bid for). I assume it it is the latter.
It is to BCCI
2) If so what are the terms ? Is their pay linked to the amount they get bid for ?
their pay is the amount they were bid for - ie. MSD gets 1.5 M PER YEAR for the next 3 years (ofcourse after year 2 he can be bought by another franchise or so - ie traded)
3) Do the bid amounts go to the BCCI (who contracted the players). Or is it split between BCCI and the players ?
Bid Amounts go directly to the players - BCCI gets a share of the Television Rights/Stadium ticket amounts etc (this also i guess is only for franchise and not BCCI)/Title bid (DLF bid for 50 million USD for the title - ie. they get to name it as DLF IPL tournament)
4) What exactly do the teams bid for ? Just playing or also endorsements. i.e. do the teams get a cut in the endorsement revenues of the players.
Teams/Franchises bid and pay the players - they in turn can use these guys for endorsements/matches etc in the duration of this 45 odd days and get that revenue
From: sriranga on Mon Feb 25 6:20:47 2008.

from what i know ---

1) When a player signs up for IPL ? Is it directly to one of the teams or is it to BCCI (and he is later assigned/bid for). I assume it it is the latter.
It is to BCCI

2) If so what are the terms ? Is their pay linked to the amount they get bid for ?
their pay is the amount they were bid for - ie. MSD gets 1.5 M PER YEAR for the next 3 years (ofcourse after year 2 he can be bought by another franchise or so - ie traded)
the teams have a minimum and maximum limit on the total amount they can spend for signing the players. the players will have to play a minimum number of 6 matches to get paid the full amount.

3) Do the bid amounts go to the BCCI (who contracted the players). Or is it split between BCCI and the players ?
Bid Amounts go directly to the players - BCCI gets a share of the Television Rights/Stadium ticket amounts etc (this also i guess is only for franchise and not BCCI)/Title bid (DLF bid for 50 million USD for the title - ie. they get to name it as DLF IPL tournament)
IPL has already sold the teams and got around $100 million per team, also the TV rights have been sold to sony or 10 years for around $1b. The stadium ticket sales will go the individual teams.

4) What exactly do the teams bid for ? Just playing or also endorsements. i.e. do the teams get a cut in the endorsement revenues of the players.
Teams/Franchises bid and pay the players - they in turn can use these guys for endorsements/matches etc in the duration of this 45 odd days and get that revenue
From: P_R on Mon Feb 25 9:15:20 2008.

Thanks anoops and sriranga
From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Feb 25 10:43:20 2008.

today saw the advertisement for Chennai super stars....... semai ragalaya irukku....

jujube
From: anoops on Mon Feb 25 21:32:09 2008.

chennai superstars is the team from ICL aint it
From: anoops on Tue Feb 26 3:45:37 2008.

Shoaib Akhtar ready to share tips with Ishant

Mumbai: Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will soon be seen in action in India when he comes out wearing the Kolkata team colours in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.

And he is ready with some advice for Indian�s young pacer Ishant Sharma as well.

Shoaib has already spent a few days in Mumbai and after a trip to Haji Ali and Shah Rukh Khan; he is now gearing up to put his best foot forward for the Kolkata IPL Team.

"Our team is a very good team. It is a very balanced team and very good unit - it has got Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, Ishant Sharma, Ajit Agarkar. So, it is undoubtedly a very balanced and a very aggressive team," said Shoaib.

Shoaib is likely to share the new ball with Ishant when the two turn out for the Kolkata team and the fast bowler is looking forward to sharing some tips with the young Indian pace sensation.

"He is still growing up. Till now, even his body is not fully prepared and by the time he will be 21 or 22-year-old, he will be able to bowl even quicker. And I will also give him a few tips - and tell him how he can bowl faster. I would help him during the training," said Shoaib.

Shoaib maintains he shares a special bond with Shah Rukh Khan and perhaps a memorable show by him for the Bollywood superstar's team would go a long way in cementing their friendship.

Gonna be awesome to watch these two guys bowl in tandem to say SRT and Sanath
From: CEDYBLUE on Thu Feb 28 6:05:49 2008.

seems keppler wessels is going to be the coach of the chennai super kings squad!

Shane Warne has been named the player coach of the jaipur team! Geez! the jaipur guyz r stingy!
From: ajithfederer on Sun Mar 2 21:08:56 2008.

Can IPL stand the test of money and time?

Monday March 03, 2008
Now that the dust has settled and the Indian - world cricket fraternity has been forced to reconcile with the IPL, it is time to probe what this new hyper commercialized spectacle means for global cricket at large.

The first question that the IPL has raised is about the way it was kickstarted with the cricketers coming under the hammer.

Moralists and politicians the country over has been up in arms against the auction and there have been threats to raise the issue in Parliament. Sena supreme Bal Thackerey has gone on to castigate BCCI President Sharad Pawar for turning cricketers into commodities.

Gurudas Dasgupta of the Communist Party of India is on record saying the auction has sounded the death knell of the gentleman�s game. Perhaps the most aggressive has been respected media personality Vinod Mehta, Editor of Outlook.

Writes Mehta, �The spectacle of international stars and our own icons being "sold" was a nauseating ordeal. It was both vulgar and tasteless as hundreds of crores were thrown around in the name of jazzing up cricket�My anger is directed at the BCCI which conceived, organised and presided over this prime-time rape of the game. The men who run the BCCI, past and present, have much to answer for, but president Sharad Pawar and his cronies are especially culpable. They must explain how this terminal perversion of the game is in the best interests of cricket.�

Such arguments, while rooted in conventional morality, seem to have missed the point.

While striking a heartfelt emotional chord, the real issues have been missed. The moot question is not whether the auction is good or bad, for, as Mehta himself agrees, it was inevitable.

If cricket is to survive in this modern global village of the twenty-first century, it has to go down the commercial route.

Sportsmen, there�s little doubt, are gladiators who entertain and cricketers, it is time to accept, are no different. Had the players not been auctioned they would have been given away to the various franchise owners, hardly a better form of commodification.

Rather, of central importance are the questions on the possible impact of this commercialization.

Will the benefits of this monetization filter down to the grassroots as is being bandied around by the organizers? Will the average first class player benefit from IPL? Will the fans support a tournament of this nature and spend thousands to watch games in the oppressive April-May heat? Will the IPL survive the test of time and finally will the organizers recover the huge amounts spent?

For the benefits to filter down to the grassroots, the tournament has to benefit the state cricket associations hosting the games.

If the hosts are able to spread part of the booty to the clubs that are its affiliates and serve as the supply line for cricketers, the IPL can add significant value to improving domestic cricket.

Most of these clubs suffer for want of funds and can hardly afford proper cricket gear for its players. With IPL money, all of these problems can be solved in a whiff.

At the moment, however, the whole tournament appears like a Bollywood item number. At the center of it are the iconic franchise owners and cricket stars from the world over. The first class cricketers and players from the catchment areas are like the extras dancing around aimlessly with little or no attention on them.

Unless the first class player becomes the true focus, which appears unlikely, the IPL will remain a star studded jamboree with little impact on the grassroots. In fact, by making players richer than the others in an arbitrary fashion, it might well end up destroying the foundation of first class cricket.

For example when a Manoj Tiwari, the youngster from Bengal who is just a match old in India colours steps out onto the middle with the tag of crorepati player on him, the kind of pressure he will be under is unprecedented in the history of Indian sport. Also, when some of the other crorepatis like Yusuf Pathan return to play for their regional teams for the Ranji or Duleep Trophies, which might soon lose importance courtesy IPL, the reception they may get from their not so fortunate teammates is a matter of conjecture.

The other cardinal question, referred to above, is whether the cash rich league will generate the huge crowds necessary for the franchise owners to break even. While a definitive answer is impossible to provide at this stage, it can be suggested that the hype generated assures it of crowds at the initial stages of the tournament. At the same time for a city based competition to create sustained fan loyalty, star players should have played for host cities.

With Ishant Sharma turning up for Kolkata against Delhi, which boasts of Kolkata lad Manoj Tiwari in its ranks, fans may find it difficult to get themselves charged up.

Will Kolkata celebrate if Ishant bowls Manoj?

In fact, in this scenario, more than cricket, it will be the cricket-entertainment mix that will draw spectators to the grounds. Whether or not fans will want to be �entertained� for forty-four days in the absence of a strong sense of �regionalism/cityism�, crucial to the currency of sport globally, will determine crowd presence in IPL games.

Finally, the core cricketing aspect of whether IPL will strengthen the edifice of Indian cricket is a non-starter. If anything, it will encourage players under-22 (four under 22 players will have to be part of every team) to slog or restrict from ball one and will train them into 20-20 specialists who can hardly ever aspire to win India Test matches or even fifty over contests. The experience of the young Indian batting line up down under is testimony to this argument.

While a Robin Uthappa is certainly a star in the shortest format of the game, that he still has miles to go to emerge as a Test player has been brought to light in Australia.

The same, sadly for India, applies for Yuvraj Singh. While he is back in form for the one day version, that he will have to sit out in the forthcoming Test series against South Africa is certain with seniors like Laxman or Ganguly continuing to do an excellent job for the country.

While the IPL is surely an exciting proposition, whether or not it will stand the test of time is a million dollar guess. Survival, in the long run, will depend on its relationship with cricket, the sport, and that�s where IPL appears to be on a sticky wicket. This is because batting on a difficult twenty-two yard strip isn�t the forte of either Shahrukh Khan or Preity Zinta or even a Vijay Mallya or Mukesh Ambani.
From: directhit on Sun Mar 2 21:52:46 2008.

very good article
From: directhit on Mon Mar 10 5:47:28 2008.

Draft system for Under-19 players

The sixteen Under-19 players will be picked by the eight Indian Premier League franchises based on the "draft system" that is in practice in the various US leagues, according to Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman.

The prices of the players have been fixed at US$30,000 for this year, ending all speculation about whether the players will be auctioned in a manner similar to the seniors. The U-19 selection will be held during the second IPL auction, which will also include 18 foreign players, on March 11 in Mumbai.

"The U-19 selection will be based on the draft system based on leagues like US NFL system," Modi told Cricinfo. "This year, since, we don't have a ranking, it will be a draw of lots," Modi said. "From next year the team's ranking will be based on the first year's performance."

It's a system used in American National Football League, where team with the lowest winning percentage gets the first option. However, since this is the first year of the IPL they have no previous record to go by and have chosen to implement the draft system.

Sundar Raman, the CEO of IPL, explained the process: "The franchises will be randomly allotted numbers, from 1 to 8, on the basis of lots and the players will be ranked by the IPL governing council. The franchise which is assigned the number 1 will get the chance to pick any player of their choice and then the second franchise can select their player and so on.

"After eight players are picked in this manner, the order of the bidding gets reversed. The eight franchise will have the first choice to pick their player, then the seventh franchise can select the player of their choice and so on. The franchises can also choose not to pick any player."

A list of 15 players has been circulated already and the franchises have been told that an extra, 16th player, will be added today.

Unlike the NFL, the National Basketball Association uses a draft lottery system where the positions are obtained by semi-random selection. This deters teams from deliberately playing poorly in the end of the season to get a higher draft position.

The US$30,000 tag has found favour with some of the franchises. "It's a good move. There was a danger of spoiling the young kids with too much money at this stage in their career, "TA Sekhar, Delhi's cricket operations chief, told Cricinfo.

The IPL council was earlier considering incorporating a clause to give franchises a preference while picking players from their catchments. However, the draft system now allows a franchise to pick a player from some other region and we might see a situation where Delhi's Virat Kohli turns out for another side.
From: directhit on Tue Mar 11 2:02:17 2008.

these guys have so much money and their website s**ks
http://www.indianpremierleague.com/

OTOH see the site for ICL - topclass http://www.indiancricketleague.in/
From: Kalyasi on Tue Mar 11 3:17:30 2008.

ICL Site is too good...
From: Kalyasi on Tue Mar 11 6:43:00 2008.

Enna Ithu IPL 2nd Auction inniku poittu irukku.. no news over here...
From: Kalyasi on Tue Mar 11 6:45:20 2008.

Latest Update:

* India U-19 captain Virat Kohli bought by Bangalore

* Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razaaq bought by Bangalore

* India U-19 seamer Pradeep Sangwan bought by Delhi

* Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir & Morne Morkel go to Jaipur

* No takers for Pakistan's Mohd Yousuf at the auction. Yousuf to be paid his base price of $ 330,000 by IPL.

* South Africa's Ashwell Prince bought by Mumbai

* Bagladesh spinner Abdur Razaq goes to Bangalore

* Salman Butt and Mohd Hafeez of Pak bought by Kolkata

* Luke Pomersbach and James Hopes bought by Mohali
*

* Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan bought by Bangalore IPL team

* Shah Rukh Khan names his team 'Kolkata Knight Riders'
From: Kalyasi on Tue Mar 11 6:49:00 2008.

IPL Teams So Far

The Indian Premier League is just about a month away. As the eight franchise teams go into the second phase of player auction in Mumbai on Tuesday, here is a lowdown on which team has got which cricket star in its ranks so far.

DELHI DAREDEVILS

One of the slow movers during the auction, they might just have to rely more on the home grown pair of in-form Gautam Gambhir and icon player Virender Sehwag. The presence of Glenn McGrath, Mohammad Asif and Daniel Vettori means bowling can be a depended on by this team owned by the GMR Group.

The Team:-

> Virender Sehwag ; Indian ; Right hand batsman, Off-break

> Gautam Gambhir; Indian; Left-hand batsman

> Manoj Tiwari; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly

> Md Asif; Pakistani; Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Daniel Vettori; New Zealander ; Left-hand batsman, slow left-arm orthodox

> Dinesh Karthik; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper

> Shoaib Malik; Pakistani; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> A B de Villiers ; South African; Right-hand batsman

> Tillekaratne Dilshan ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Farveez Maharoof; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Glenn McGrath ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

HYDERABAD:

VVS Laxman abdicated the icon player tag in a bid to help franchisee Deccan Chronicle build a solid team, which was achieved with much success. The likes of Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi make it the team to look out for.

The Team:-

> Andrew Symonds ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> RP Singh ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium fast

> Rohit Sharma ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Adam Gilchrist ; Australian; Left-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper

> Shahid Afridi ; Pakistani; Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly

> Herschelle Gibbs ; South African; Right-hand batsman

> VVS Laxman ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Chaminda Vaas ; Sri Lankan; Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium

> Scott Styris ; New Zealander; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Nuwan Zoysa ; Sri Lankan; Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium

> Chamara Silva ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman

RAJASTHAN ROYALS(Jaipur)

Yusuf Pathan was a costly buy for Emerging Media, but might just have a big role to play in a team that has Justin Langer, Shane Warne, Graeme Smith and Younis Khan forming the backbone. Not very aggressive during the bidding early on, the franchisee did not capitalise on not having an icon player and was also fined for not spending enough.

The Team:-

> Shane Warne ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Leg-break Googly

> Md Kaif ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Graeme Smith ; South African; Left-hand batsman, Off-break

> Yusuf Pathan ; Indian; Right-hand batsman

> Munaf Patel ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast

> Younis Khan ; Pakistani; Right-hand batsman

> Kamran Akmal : Pakistani; Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper

> Justin Langer ; Australian; Left-hand batsman, Right medium

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Franchisee Shah Rukh Khan and icon player Sourav Ganguly were supposed to have planned a lot for their team but an off-colour Ricky Ponting and a fragile Shoaib Akhtar might prove big only on paper. In the event, their fortunes will depend a lot on sole Twenty20 centurion Chris Gayle and a rapidly improving Ishant Sharma.

The Team:-

> Sourav Ganguly ; Indian; Left-hand batsman, Right medium

> Ishant Sharma ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right medium

> Chris Gayle; West Indian; Left-hand batsman, Off-break

West Indian

> Brendon McCullum : New Zealander; Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper

> David Hussey ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Shoaib Akhtar ; Pakistani; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast-bowler

> Ricky Ponting ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break, Right medium

> Ajit Agarkar ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Murali Kartik ; Indian; Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox

> Umar Gul ; Pakistani; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Tatenda Taibu ; Zimbwean; Right-hand batsman, Right medium, Wicket-keeper

MOHALI

Cine star Preity Zinta�s pre-auction bid was a harbinger of good times if not great ones. The Sri Lankan pair of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene backed by the likes of Brett Lee and Irfan Pathan lends hope. And don�t forget, icon player Yuvraj Singh had slammed six sixes in an over not too long ago!

The Team:-

> Yuvraj Singh ; Indian; Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox, Left-arm medium

> Irfan Pathan ; Indian; Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium

> Brett Lee ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler

> Kumar Sangakkara; Sri Lankan; Left-hand batsman, Off-break

>S Sreesanth ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Mahela Jayawardene ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Right medium

> Piyush Chawla ; Indian; Left-hand batsman, Leg-break Googly

> Ramesh Powar ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Ramnaresh Sarwan ; West Indian; Right-hand batsman

> Simon Katich ; Australian; Left-hand batsman

MUMBAI INDIANS

The Mukesh Ambani-owned team has Sachin Tendulkar as the icon player, but still not very high on the star factor. Ageing all-rounders Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Pollock provide depth with the hope that Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa will give something to cheer about.

The Team:-

> Sachin Tendulkar ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break, Right medium

> Sanath Jayasuriya ; Sri Lankan; Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox

> Harbhajan Singh ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Robin Uthappa ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right medium

> Shaun Pollock; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Lasith Malinga ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler

> Dilhara Fernando ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Loots Bosman ; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right medium
ROYAL CHALLENGERS (Bangalore)

With a batting line-up that is steady but short on fire-power, this team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya has Rahul Dravid as an icon player. The likes of Jacques Kallis, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Cameroon White and Nathan Bracken can expect to be in the thick of things.

The Team:-

> Rahul Dravid; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Jacques Kallis ; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Anil Kumble ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Leg-break Googly

> Cameron White ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Leg-break Googly

> Zaheer Khan ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium

> Mark Boucher ; South African; Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper

> Wasim Jaffer ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Dale Steyn ; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler

> S Chanderpaul ; West Indian; Left-hand batsman

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Boasting of India skipper Mahendra Dhoni, the highest bid player in the inaugural edition, it is one of the better sides in the tournament with Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Stephen Fleming, Jacob Oram and Muttiah Muralitharan the ones to watch out for. It is owned by India Cements.

The Team:-

> MS Dhoni ; Indian; Wicket-keeper, Right-hand batsman

> Jacob Oram ; New Zealander; Left-hand batsman, Right medium

> Albie Morkel ; South African; Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast

> Suresh Raina ; Indian; Left-hand batsman, Off-break

> Muttiah Muralitharan ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Matthew Hayden ; Australian; Left-hand batsman, Right-medium

> Stephen Fleming ; New Zealander; Left-hand batsman, Right-slow medium

> Parthiv Patel ; Indian; Wicket-keeper, Left-hand batsman

> Joginder Sharma ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Makhaya Ntini ; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler

> Michael Hussey ; Australian; Right-hand batsman, Right medium
From: Kalyasi on Tue Mar 11 6:50:22 2008.

Australians no certainty for IPL - Sutherland

Cricinfo staff

March 11, 2008

Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and their team-mates no longer have commitments in Pakistan but they still have a West Indies tour to prepare for in May � Getty Images

Australia's players will not necessarily be free to play in the Indian Premier League this year despite the postponement of their tour to Pakistan. The series would have clashed with the IPL, however Cricket Australia's chief executive James Sutherland has said they still have the tour of West Indies to consider.

"The Indian Premier League is due to commence on April 18," Sutherland said. "The Australian team is due to arrive in the West Indies for a tour in early May. So there is a small window of opportunity there for players to perhaps play in IPL.

"But at the same time we've now got this calendar issue, where players won't have had much preparation leading into the West Indies tour. So our coaching staff and team management are now considering what the appropriate lead-in is going to be for the team."

Australia's first tour match in the Caribbean is scheduled to start on May 16, which would seem to give the players time for a short IPL hit-out before flying in to the West Indies. The first Test begins in Jamaica on May 22.

That means the IPL-signed Test players Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden, Brett Lee and Michael Hussey need to be in the Caribbean from early May. One-day specialists like Nathan Bracken, however, might have the chance for a longer IPL spell with the limited-overs contests in the West Indies starting in mid-June.

But Sutherland said it was too soon to confirm any involvement of Australia's cricketers in the IPL. "With this decision being made today we need to do a little bit more work," he said, "just to work out exactly what the best preparation for the West Indies tour is going to be."
From: Kalyasi on Tue Mar 11 6:51:39 2008.

Bangalore snap up Misbah-ul-Haq

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan batsman, and India's Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Virat Kohli have been bought by the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second round of the Indian Premier League's player auction in Mumbai on Tuesday. Misbah, who nearly took Pakistan to victory in the ICC World Twenty20 last year, was bought for US$125,000.

Dimitri Mascarenhas, the England allrounder, was signed on by the Jaipur franchise for $100000, making him the first England player to be auctioned at the IPL. There had been a question mark over the participation of English players - excluded from the first round of the auction - in the IPL season, as it overlaps with the beginning of the county season. However, his county, Hampshire, has said it will give Mascarenhas the necessary no-objection certificate.

The Jaipur franchise also signed up South African fast bowler Morne Morkel ($60,000), Australian allrounder Shane Watson ($125000), Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir ($100000) and a couple of Indian U-19 players in Taruwar Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja.

The Kolkata franchise, now named the Kolkata Knight Riders, has bought two Pakistanis - Salman Butt ($100,000) and Mohammad Hafeez ($100,000) - and two U-19 players in Siddarth Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla.

The Australians James Hopes ($300,000) and Luke Pomersbach ($50,000) and New Zealand bowler Kyle Mills ($150,000), have been bought by the Mohali franchise, in addition to two U-19 players in Tanmay Srivastava and Ajitesh Argal.

Pradeep Sangwan, the left-arm seamer who impressed in his debut Ranji Trophy season and at the U-19 World Cup, will represent the Delhi Daredevils, as will uncapped Tasmanian fast bowler Brett Geeves ($50,000).

Bangalore also signed up Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak ($50,000), New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor ($100,000) and Indian U-19 wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami.

South African batsman Ashwell Prince was bought by the Mumbai Indians for $175,000, in addition to U-19 players in Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey. Napoleon Einstein and Abhinav Mukund, two Tamil Nadu players from the U-19 World Cup, and Vidarbha's Viraj Kadbe will represent the Chennai Super Kings.
From: directhit on Tue Mar 11 8:11:36 2008.

Kohli + Misbah makes up the bangalore team now

Delhi looks ominous too with Gambhir+Sehwag+Tiwari along with Pradeep Sangwan all from India!!

team looking useless is Jaipur

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Mar 11 8:49:42 2008.

IPL Teams So Far

MUMBAI INDIANS

The Mukesh Ambani-owned team has Sachin Tendulkar as the icon player, but still not very high on the star factor. Ageing all-rounders Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Pollock provide depth with the hope that Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa will give something to cheer about.

The Team:-

> Sachin Tendulkar ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break, Right medium

> Sanath Jayasuriya ; Sri Lankan; Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox

> Harbhajan Singh ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Off-break

> Robin Uthappa ; Indian; Right-hand batsman, Right medium

> Shaun Pollock; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Lasith Malinga ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler

> Dilhara Fernando ; Sri Lankan; Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium

> Loots Bosman ; South African; Right-hand batsman, Right medium

Mumbai Indians-a?

Pollock,Malinga ellam eppo citizenship maathinaanga?

From: directhit on Tue Mar 11 21:43:19 2008.

ha ha IPL team names um comedy - website um comedy - gotto see the team uniforms
matches enna lakshanathula irukkumo am hoping to watch some good stuff
From: villan007 on Tue Mar 11 23:35:55 2008.

IPL will be aired thru Set max ?

ICL entha channel-la telecast panrainga ?
From: sriranga on Wed Mar 12 0:57:03 2008.

villan007 wrote:

IPL will be aired thru Set max ?

ICL entha channel-la telecast panrainga ?

ICL in zee sports/ ten sports
lahore beat chennai yesterday.
imran nazir, salman butt, rana, inzy all play for lahore.
From: directhit on Wed Mar 12 2:32:29 2008.

adhu pak v chennai saw only chennai innings
From: directhit on Wed Mar 12 3:25:31 2008.

http://www.kolkataknightriders.com/index.html
From: villan007 on Wed Mar 12 8:57:43 2008.

directhit wrote:

http://www.kolkataknightriders.com/index.html

work aavala edho .js file missing nu solludhu
From: directhit on Wed Mar 12 20:55:23 2008.

is it? its working for me - i even caught up with their promo videos - one video titled cricket soccer Rocks and they have a team anthem vera - good website
From: directhit on Wed Mar 12 22:54:44 2008.

'You need to treat this as a scientific project'
http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/342120.html

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has a new role. He's now the Chief Cricket Officer of the Bangalore Royal Challengers and will work with modern legends like Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Mark Boucher. He speaks to Cricinfo about his team's plans and its core values.

From: Kalyasi on Wed Mar 12 23:07:10 2008.

http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/342120.html

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has a new role. He's now the Chief Cricket Officer of the Bangalore Royal Challengers and will work with modern legends like Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Mark Boucher. He speaks to Cricinfo about his team's plans and its core values.

'You need to treat this as a scientific project' Shocked

Pesaama Martin Crowe a Indian Team Coach a pottu irukalaam... Instead of Gary... Lets see how Gary does...

From: directhit on Wed Mar 12 23:10:01 2008.

kalyasi, did you see the site of knight riders? and the videos in there?
chennai team onnum pannadha madhiri irukku esp the u-19 players they got are that einstein and some opener wonder why Balaji aint a part of the team - he is busy attending shreya reddy's marriage
From: Kalyasi on Sun Mar 16 23:11:24 2008.

Batsman prepared to offer olive branch after spiteful series

Hayden seeks talks with Harbhajan

Cricinfo staff

Matthew Hayden could meet with Harbhajan Singh, who has became Australia's least-favourite opponent, during the Indian Premier League next month in an effort to sort out their differences. Harbhajan reportedly called Hayden a "liar" when he returned home to India, which followed Hayden referring to Harbhajan as an "obnoxious little weed" in the lead-up to the CB Series finals defeat.

"I want to sit down with him and see if there is any way we can move forward with our relationship because it hasn't been great," Hayden said in the Sunday Mail. "I'd like to see where he's at and see if we can patch up our differences. Frankly, everyone is sick of it."

Hayden said he made an error with his choice of words and maintained he did not want to "disgrace or denigrate Harbhajan". "In the end all I did was put fuel on a fire that already existed," he said. "It wasn't necessary. It was a mistake."

The IPL tournament is a likely time for the two players to meet, but Australia will also tour India for a Test series in October. Hayden is keen to take part in the IPL to fine-tune for the trip to the West Indies starting in May.

"If anything, the IPL will help us," he said. "I've told Chennai I will be playing. I'm committed to going, if Cricket Australia allows me to go.

The tit-for-tat arguments between Australia and India were a feature of a long Test and one-day campaign, but Hayden said the relationship had not reached rock bottom. "There's definite tension, but if I was a spectator, that's what I'd want to see," he said. "If I was a fan and I went to a game that was far from contrived but didn't have a competitive edge, I'd be unimpressed straight away.

"There can be a sense of hypocrisy there. You know, I cross myself when I get 100, then I'm at first slip giving it to the Indians. At what point do you cross the line?"

The confrontations have not diminished Hayden's desire and the 36-year-old is targeting the 2009 Ashes tour. "I don't like speculating too far but if the ingredients are there there's no point stopping," he said. "I'd love to go to England. It's a tour that, yeah, the carrot's dangling.

"I've had great success in county cricket but every time I've gone there [for Australia] I've averaged around the mid-30s without really excelling. And it's a place I know I can excel."

For the full interview go here

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23379641-10389,00.html

From: Kalyasi on Sun Mar 16 23:12:44 2008.

kalyasi, did you see the site of knight riders? and the videos in there?
chennai team onnum pannadha madhiri irukku Embarassed

esp the u-19 players they got are that einstein and some opener Sad

wonder why Balaji aint a part of the team - he is busy attending shreya reddy's marriage Laughing

Yes anoops I checked out their site.. It was too good.. Was a bit busy last week so cudn't reply to your post...

From: directhit on Mon Mar 17 4:27:05 2008.

np Kalyasi

hayden kku dhideer manamaattram - chennai crowd a nanachu bayandhuttaaro nammalunga nalla pasangalaache

If I'm playing Australia I will sledge - Uthappa - http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/342310.html
From: kb on Tue Mar 18 15:42:29 2008.

vijay to endorse chennai super king.. appo kootam athigama thaan varum pola

From: directhit on Wed Mar 19 0:03:31 2008.

Quote:

If the IPL is a success, don't be surprised if the franchises open their own academies and nurture youth teams - it is in their financial interest to do so. Precisely such feeder systems have developed in the Premier League in England, and all for the sake of the much-maligned profit motive.

Think of what this will mean for the players. A talented young cricketer frustrated by the BCCI will no longer have to suck up to officials and hope that they notice his talent in the handful of games he gets in local cricket. Instead, he will find eight potential buyers for his services. If he has either talent or potential, they will compete to employ him.

The BCCI has helped this process along with the mandate that each team employ at least four cricketers under 22. As a result, the players of the current Under-19 side have suddenly become much sought after. This will happen to every future Under-19 side. Young talent will be less likely, in future, to fall by the wayside and be ignored. Callow fast bowlers will be less likely to be injured for long periods of time, for their employers will hire the best trainers to look after their assets - cold as it sounds to call them that.

http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/342143.html

From: directhit on Wed Mar 19 9:08:33 2008.

http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/343135.html

Balaji joins Chennai Super Kings
From: CEDYBLUE on Thu Mar 20 4:09:46 2008.

nice to see balaji back in action! lets see how he comes out of the 'mystery' injury of his! will be good if he gets back in shape and challenge the likes of sreesanth d others for s spot in the indian side! to me he can be a better bowler than sreesanth!
From: Nerd on Thu Mar 20 20:17:38 2008.

ennathu Chennai pEru super kings-A yEdhO seerettu pEr maadhiri irukku Mod konjam viLakkam kudunga
From: selvakumar on Fri Mar 21 12:09:57 2008.

I think I should support all these teams since every team plays for INDIA.. I mean.. Indian Primier league. Infact, I should support all the teams in ICL as well. Extending it further, I think I should support all the teams that have 'INDIA' as a substring.. Prob, something like west indies even
Otherwise, patriotism will be questioned.
From: directhit on Sat Mar 22 10:12:15 2008.

you can support 'Mumbai Indians'
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 23 7:43:37 2008.

Nerd wrote:

ennathu Chennai pEru super kings-A yEdhO seerettu pEr maadhiri irukku Mod konjam viLakkam kudunga

Selva,

Any hubber who supports any team other than our Thamizhar team or Singam's team should be banned
From: wrap07 on Sun Mar 23 12:43:59 2008.

It is going to be quite fun or otherwise for all the team members of IPL. They will play with other country top players with whom they had fought hard. Since everyone has been purchased, whether spirit is there or note, they will play to justify their auction
From: wrap07 on Sun Mar 23 12:46:05 2008.

From the interviews of players, it seems that they are bit embarassed to be sold like this . But now they cannot help it. As long as the money generated by this IPL is put to use for promotion of cricket and (any other sport ), it will be appreciable

From: MADDY on Sun Mar 23 19:52:33 2008.

I think I should support all these teams since every team plays for INDIA.. I mean.. Indian Primier league. Infact, I should support all the teams in ICL as well. Extending it further, I think I should support all the teams that have 'INDIA' as a substring.. Prob, something like west indies even Confused

Otherwise, patriotism will be questioned. Confused

seriously selva - if we think Indian angle - then we shuld detest IPL - BCCI has declined to celebrate 25 yrs of 1983 WC win

.......Niranjan shah states - during 1983 BCCI was not representing India and hence they wont celebrate

........the real reason being they wud have to invite Kapil for any function - how cheap BCCI can get.........they are entirely anti-India

....

i request all Indian cricket supporters to support ICL

....

hope this is my last post in this thread, unless badly provoked......

From: ajithfederer on Sun Mar 23 23:16:16 2008.

From: Devar Magan on Mon Mar 24 4:47:54 2008.

Any hubber who supports any team other than our Thamizhar team or Singam's team should be banned Twisted Evil

i heard that Sachin wont play in any of the IPL matches

Any hubber who supports any team other than our Thamizhar team or Singam's team should be banned Twisted Evil

From: Ramakrishna on Mon Mar 24 5:02:55 2008.

chummaa adichu vidaatheenga DM
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 24 6:55:14 2008.

Nerd wrote:

ennathu Chennai pEru super kings-A yEdhO seerettu pEr maadhiri irukku Mod konjam viLakkam kudunga

ITC sponser pannina correct-a irrukum

Ennakku Mumbai Indians-ngura peru thaan remba comedy-a irruku
From: Devar Magan on Mon Mar 24 7:05:53 2008.

Ramakrishna wrote:

chummaa adichu vidaatheenga DM
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=sachin+non-playing+captain+IPL&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Mar 24 7:08:12 2008.

appo strictly oNNLy Thamizhan Karunchiruthai Lachumipathy Balaji team

Any hubber who supports any team other than our Thamizhar team or Singam's team should be banned Twisted Evil

i heard that Sachin wont play in any of the IPL matches Laughing

From: Devar Magan on Mon Mar 24 7:12:08 2008.

appo strictly oNNLy Thamizhan Karunchiruthai Lachumipathy Balaji team Yes

Any hubber who supports any team other than our Thamizhar team or Singam's team should be banned Twisted Evil

i heard that Sachin wont play in any of the IPL matches Laughing

team captain Dhoni-nu oorukkula pesikiraangale..

From: crajkumar_be on Mon Mar 24 7:21:33 2008.

yevan avan?
namma Thamizh naadu vandhaarai vazha vaikkum.. adhanaala edho paavam.... pozhachu pottum..
From: P_R on Mon Mar 24 8:20:31 2008.

crajkumar_be wrote:

yevan avan?
namma Thamizh naadu vandhaarai vazha vaikkum.. adhanaala edho paavam.... pozhachu pottum..

ஏதோ பாவம் பொழைச்சு போகட்டும்னுதான் எண்ணி ஆறே ஆறு கோடி குடுத்திருக்கு

From: raaja_rasigan on Mon Mar 24 9:50:12 2008.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

namma Thamizh naadu vandhaarai vazha vaikkum.. adhanaala edho paavam.... pozhachu pottum..

yevan avan? Twisted Evil

ஏதோ பாவம் பொழைச்சு போகட்டும்னுதான் எண்ணி ஆறே ஆறு கோடி குடுத்திருக்கு Smile

நூறு கோடில ஒரு ஆள், ஆறு கோடில மொதோ ஆள்....... அதூ!!!!!!!

From: ajithfederer on Mon Mar 24 12:34:27 2008.

Great news Razz

. Chinna pasangalukum singathukkum vithyasam irukku Cool

.
Tests followed by ODI's should be the Master's priority Smoke Smirk

From: Ramakrishna on Mon Mar 24 12:45:29 2008.

Any hubber who supports any team other than our Thamizhar team or Singam's team should be banned Twisted Evil

i heard that Sachin wont play in any of the IPL matches Laughing

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 24 12:41:41 2008.

crajkumar_be wrote:

appo strictly oNNLy Thamizhan Karunchiruthai Lachumipathy Balaji team

Yeah...!

chennai super kings

Chennai Team Punch :

Mudinja modhi paaru ; Illana Odi poidu...!
From: ajithfederer on Mon Mar 24 12:45:21 2008.

Ingayum punch dialaak eh

appo strictly oNNLy Thamizhan Karunchiruthai Lachumipathy Balaji team Yes

Yeah...!

chennai super Smoke Smirk

kings

Chennai Team Punch :

Mudinja modhi paaru ; Illana Odi poidu...!

Cool

nallaa usupethunga...aana team flop aagurathu uruthi

From: Ramakrishna on Mon Mar 24 12:45:59 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingayum punch dialaak eh

pinna, avaroda team thalaivar thaan Ilayathalapathy Vijay-aache
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 24 12:47:09 2008.

Yaaradhu?! Ramki thambiya... ??

Bangalore Ramki thaane nee..!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 24 12:48:04 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingayum punch dialaak eh

Punch-um pesuvom Punch-um kodupom
From: ajithfederer on Mon Mar 24 12:49:48 2008.

Sridar Madras la mazhai nilamai eppdi irukku... Match ozhunga nadakuma

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingayum punch dialaak eh

Punch-um pesuvom Punch-um kodupom
From: Ramakrishna on Mon Mar 24 12:51:18 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingayum punch dialaak eh

Punch-um pesuvom Punch-um kodupom

mothathla match-a jeikka maatteenga.. adithadiliye irukkuraangappa ivanunga athunalathaan action hero va kooda sekkapdaathunnu solrathu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 24 12:53:08 2008.

No idea Stan! dheedirnu mazha peyyudhu, dheedirnu veyyil adikudhu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Mar 24 12:55:21 2008.

aaanalum Ram Bangalore team-la Dravid,Kallis ellam vachukittu 20/20 aada pora neenga ivvalavu pesapadaadhu
From: Ramakrishna on Mon Mar 24 12:58:11 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

aaanalum Ram Bangalore team-la Dravid,Kallis ellam vachukittu 20/20 aada pora neenga ivvalavu pesapadaadhu

youngu teamu
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Mar 24 12:59:06 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

aaanalum Ram Bangalore team-la Dravid,Kallis ellam vachukittu 20/20 aada pora neenga ivvalavu pesapadaadhu

You missed their team opener Jaffer
From: kb on Mon Mar 24 15:47:53 2008.

Ramakrishna wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingayum punch dialaak eh

pinna, avaroda team thalaivar thaan Ilayathalapathy Vijay-aache

first match-ku kootatha mattum gavani
From: ajithfederer on Mon Mar 24 16:37:39 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

aaanalum Ram Bangalore team-la Dravid,Kallis ellam vachukittu 20/20 aada pora neenga ivvalavu pesapadaadhu
From: directhit on Wed Apr 2 10:09:14 2008.

IPL - SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkepglo1oo
From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 2 10:53:47 2008.

directhit wrote:

IPL - SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkepglo1oo

Thaaru Maaru...
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 2 11:19:21 2008.

directhit wrote:

IPL - SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkepglo1oo
From: Movie Cop on Wed Apr 2 20:42:05 2008.

directhit wrote:

IPL - SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkepglo1oo

"KING" Khan!
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 2 20:52:51 2008.

No offence to anyone enakennamo athai paatha sirippu thaangala
From: Movie Cop on Wed Apr 2 21:02:03 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

No offence to anyone enakennamo athai paatha sirippu thaangala

AF Dude,
Agree with you... It's a typical SRK style "masala" video Indha maadhiri videos ellam anubavikanum... Aaraya Koodathu
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 2 21:17:46 2008.

MC
From: directhit on Wed Apr 2 21:17:50 2008.

looks more like the SRK KBC video - wud be interesting when they bring in Dada/Shoaib/Ishant etc into it
Can't wait for the Ilayathalapathy + Dhoni video music by Manisharma
From: selvakumar on Thu Apr 3 3:54:26 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

directhit wrote:

IPL - SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkepglo1oo

"KING" Khan!
From: MrJudge on Thu Apr 3 3:58:51 2008.

How come Vijay is the brand ambassador of Superkings? He doesn't like cricket at all, panam vantha enna venumanalum pesalaam seiyalaam pola
From: villan007 on Thu Apr 3 4:07:43 2008.

directhit wrote:

Can't wait for the Ilayathalapathy + Dhoni video music by Manisharma

sutham
From: directhit on Thu Apr 3 4:26:08 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

Can't wait for the Ilayathalapathy + Dhoni video music by Manisharma

sutham
From: villan007 on Thu Apr 3 4:33:25 2008.

Dhoni kuthu paatuku aaduvaara illai vijay cricket aaduvaara ?
From: selvakumar on Thu Apr 3 4:44:45 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Dhoni kuthu paatuku aaduvaara illai vijay cricket aaduvaara ?

Nayantara ball poduvaanga . Vijay bat pannuvaaru . Dhoni nayantara podura ball ah WK ah irunthu catch pannuvaaru . Srikanth umpire pannalaam
From: wrap07 on Thu Apr 3 12:17:52 2008.

run eduthalum edukkattalum scoreboard
250 not out than
From: villan007 on Thu Apr 3 13:11:49 2008.

ithoda nippatikuvom..appuram avinga sandaiku vandhuda porainga
From: Ramakrishna on Thu Apr 3 13:19:51 2008.

yaarudaa Thalapathy ya pathi thappaa paesurathu
From: kb on Thu Apr 3 13:21:07 2008.

Ramakrishna wrote:

yaarudaa Thalapathy ya pathi thappaa paesurathu

unna paththi theriyumadda.. ramakisna unaku iruku paar kisnaoil
From: villan007 on Thu Apr 3 13:22:22 2008.

Srikanth-oda payyan chennai team la irukar pola
From: wrap07 on Thu Apr 3 13:23:14 2008.

Ramakrishna wrote:

yaarudaa Thalapathy ya pathi thappaa paesurathu

don't get emotional if you are actually. Just for fun.
No offence meant
From: wrap07 on Thu Apr 3 13:42:02 2008.

mr Ramakrishna,

your words are scary.
From: Ramakrishna on Thu Apr 3 13:51:33 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

mr Ramakrishna,

your words are scary.

y?

From: Movie Cop on Thu Apr 3 15:13:04 2008.

. Dhoni nayantara podura ball ah WK ah irunthu catch pannuvaaru Razz

Dhoni kuthu paatuku aaduvaara illai vijay cricket aaduvaara ? Rolling Eyes

Nayantara ball poduvaanga Wink

. Vijay bat pannuvaaru Rolling Eyes

. Srikanth umpire pannalaam LOL

Enakku ennavo Dhoni-aiyum Vijay-aiyum thaniya tonty tonty vellaiyaada vittutu - Srikanth Nayanthara-ve kelatikinu thaniya one day match aada kelambiduvaaru-nu thonudhu!

Just kidding folks! Take is easy. Ennakulle irrukura "lollu" sense-uhh adakkave mudiyale

From: wrap07 on Thu Apr 3 23:13:14 2008.

Ramakrishna wrote:

wrap07 wrote:

mr Ramakrishna,

your words are scary.

y?

just the language

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Apr 9 2:37:33 2008.

. Dhoni nayantara podura ball ah WK ah irunthu catch pannuvaaru Razz

Dhoni kuthu paatuku aaduvaara illai vijay cricket aaduvaara ? Rolling Eyes

Nayantara ball poduvaanga Wink

. Vijay bat pannuvaaru Rolling Eyes

. Srikanth umpire pannalaam LOL

oru thirutham! srikkanth ji thaan ball boy!

From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Apr 9 2:41:33 2008.

Second season from April 10

Calcutta: Lalit Modi, IPL chairman and commissioner, on Tuesday announced that the second season of the IPL would start tentatively from April 10, 2009 and continue till May 29, according to a release.

Modi also announced that the format would remain the same as that of the inaugural season.

The eight franchises will play against one another on a home and away basis.

The top four will then figure in the two semi-finals and the winners of the semi-finals will clash in the final.

Modi said: �The dates were decided at a meeting of the governing council in Mumbai.�
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080409/jsp/sports/story_9113465.jsp

From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 9 4:05:37 2008.

. Dhoni nayantara podura ball ah WK ah irunthu catch pannuvaaru Razz

Dhoni kuthu paatuku aaduvaara illai vijay cricket aaduvaara ? Rolling Eyes

Nayantara ball poduvaanga Wink

. Vijay bat pannuvaaru Rolling Eyes

. Srikanth umpire pannalaam LOL

Audience Clean Bowled aayiduvaanga. Especially Selva.

From: villan007 on Wed Apr 9 5:10:08 2008.

Thirumaran wrote:

Audience Clean Bowled aayiduvaanga. Especially Selva.

neenga uthamar maariye pesureengale adhu epdi
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 9 6:20:36 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

Audience Clean Bowled aayiduvaanga. Especially Selva.

neenga uthamar maariye pesureengale adhu epdi

Well... naan.... Athu vanthu... ennatha.. naama eppavumae...hayyo hayyo
From: Devar Magan on Wed Apr 9 7:50:42 2008.

IPL kolkata match ticket sales big flop-nu kelvipatten.. unmaya
From: CEDYBLUE on Wed Apr 9 8:01:47 2008.

Devar Magan wrote:

IPL kolkata match ticket sales big flop-nu kelvipatten.. unmaya

appadiya! but i guess before the tournament begins everybody concerned will get charged up! BTW ICL is making all the right noises and they need to be there challenging the BCCI always....so that these guys never relax!

good days for cricket i believe!
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 10 2:34:20 2008.

Aussies prefer IPL to national caps

Melbourne: Nearly half of the Australian cricketers contracted with their board are willing to give up their international careers for playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) or its rival Indian Cricket League (ICL), a survey conducted by the country's Players' Association has revealed.

According to the survey, the findings of which were reported by the 'Sydney Morning Herald' Tuesday, 47 per cent of the national players and 49 per cent of the state players responded in 'yes' when asked if they were willing to give up international cricket for playing in the rival twenty20 leagues in India.

"Whilst it is surprising that players would want to quit international cricket to play in a lesser competition, the players' responses highlight how much the pressure, difficulties of so much time away from families, and the restrictions and obligations associated with being an international cricketer can affect their desire to continue playing international cricket for a long period of time," Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) chief executive Paul Marsh was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

The ACA survey also revealed that the players were dissatisfied with Cricket Australia and 80 per cent of them wanted a change in its style of functioning.

Almost two thirds of the respondents also condemned ICC's decision to remove Steve Bucknor from the Test series against India after the Jamaican's bloopers during the infamous Sydney Test infuriated the visitors, who threatened to abandon the tour at one point.

A whopping 93 per cent of the players surveyed said they wished to continue playing cricket after retirement and Marsh felt the only way to prevent a mass exodus was to make room for IPL in the international calender.

"Cricket needs to carve a window out of the Future Tours Programme for IPL, ICL or any other Twenty20 event that emerges, so that players won't be lost to international cricket. "Cricket has the choice as to whether it competes or co-exists with these leagues and if it chooses to compete it may well lose many of its players," he said.

However, CA chief James Sutherland felt creating a window for IPL would eat into the seasons of several teams. "These are major issues for everyone to consider before they jump at a window," Sutherland said.

From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 10 2:42:15 2008.

It can be planned but at the end the probability of it turning out to be a futile exercise is very high. And imho there is no freakkin need to adjust Test and ODI scenarios for this IPL Cool

[b]
However, CA chief James Sutherland felt creating a window for IPL would eat into the seasons of several teams. "These are major issues for everyone to consider before they jump at a window," Sutherland said.

From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 10 3:08:38 2008.

Kanya akka magimai LOL

Thirumaran wrote:

Audience Clean Bowled aayiduvaanga. Especially Selva. LOL

Thirumaran wrote:

neenga uthamar maariye pesureengale adhu epdi Laughing

Well... naan.... Athu vanthu... ennatha.. naama eppavumae...hayyo hayyo Embarassed

From: directhit on Fri Apr 11 22:41:29 2008.

Bangalore team kku Fan club aarambingappa

http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2008/apr/10sld1.htm
From: selvakumar on Sat Apr 12 3:25:29 2008.

Just had a look up on all the IPL team websites...

kolkataknightriders site chance ae illappa.. SRK would have become a great business man had he not entered into film industry

mumbai site

From: directhit on Mon Apr 14 6:07:54 2008.

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/apr/14shah.htm

Quote:

Khan said he is "very tired" by the IPL experience. "I never thought so many problems would crop up when I bought the Knight Riders. I was not prepared for these circumstances. A rosy picture, removed from reality, was painted to me," he said.

shabbaa ippove kanna kattudhe Wink

From: villan007 on Tue Apr 15 22:46:16 2008.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080415/jsp/sports/story_9139890.jsp
From: directhit on Wed Apr 16 3:47:04 2008.

Injured MSD may hand gloves to Parthiv

Chennai: Ever since Mahendra Singh Dhoni burst onto the scene in 2005, Parthiv Patel has struggled to work his way back into the Indian cricketing consciousness, not to mention, the team. The baby-faced Ahmedabad boy�s wicketkeeping skills have improved, as has his ability to hit the ball and accumulate runs, but that coveted India spot has continued to elude him.
Finally, Parthiv looks poised to get the �keeper�s gloves back, and that for a team that will be led by Dhoni himself. According to Kepler Wessels, the coach of the Chennai IPL team, Parthiv has a good chance of keeping wickets against their Chandigarh opponents in their opener at Mohali on April 19. �Dhoni has bruised fingers. We�ll see how things shape up in the next couple of days, but with Parthiv there, we don�t want to put unnecessary pressure on the Indian captain,� Wessels said after the Chennai team�s final practice session here before they leave for Chandigarh on Wednesday.
While Parthiv is here, working with his teammates for the last couple of days, his captain will join the squad in Mohali on Wednesday. Aussie superstar Matthew Hayden too reached Chennai on Tuesday, but didn�t attend the practice session. Wessels, who rejoined the team�s practice on Tuesday after finishing his commentary stint with a TV channel for the India-South Africa Test, said that Parthiv is in redhot form. �I saw him in practice today and he looked good. His presence opens up options.�
If Parthiv keeps wickets, Dhoni will play purely as a batsman, but there�s a possibility that the Gujarat player may get a chance to open the batting as well, alongwith Hayden.
Does Parthiv see this as an opportunity to outshine Dhoni? �I never think on those lines. Dhoni is a fantastic cricketer and he has changed the way a wicketkeeper should approach his game,� Parthiv told The Times of India. Meanwhile, former India medium-pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji didn�t feature in the 17-member Chennai squad that was announced on Tuesday for the Chandigarh game.
Squad for Chandigarh tie: MS Dhoni (capt.), Matthew Hayden, Stephen Fleming, Jacob Oram, Michael Hussey, Muttiah Muralitharan, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Joginder Sharma, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, S. Aniruddha, R. Ashwin, Shadab Bashar Jakati, P. Amarnath, KB Arun Kartik, S. Badrinath, Manpreet Singh Goni.

From: villan007 on Wed Apr 16 14:09:23 2008.

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/apr/16knight.htm

Knight riders 14 member squad announced for the opening tie

Quote:

Sourav Ganguly (captain), Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Mohammed Hafiz, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Murali Kartik , Ishant Sharma, Debabrata Das and Iqbal Abdullah.

From: Nerd on Wed Apr 16 14:16:24 2008.

The batting looks very strong.. But agarkar more than makes up for it
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 16 14:28:21 2008.
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 16 14:48:27 2008.

intha agarkar ku ellam Injury-yE aagatha

Bowling options are very less

Karthik , Gayle and D.Hussey will play a major part, I guess as the slower blowers have known to be more effective than the quickies in 20-20
From: directhit on Wed Apr 16 21:10:25 2008.

Agarkar
From: directhit on Thu Apr 17 2:46:53 2008.

Stage set for IPL opening

It will probably be for the first time in their lives that Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, former India captains and now rival skippers in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will walk out for the toss in a stadium plunged in darkness.

Minutes after a "short, sharp and sweet" opening ceremony on Friday to launch the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 tournament, the organisers are planning to switch off all lights at the Chinnaswamy Stadium before the first match between Dravid's Bangalore Royal Challengers, the hosts, and Ganguly's Kolkata Knight Riders, the visitors, which begins at 20.00 local time. "Then, the spotlights will come on, and focus on the two skippers as they walk out for the toss," Charu Sharma, the Royal Challengers' chief executive, told Cricinfo.

"We are pushing to have the toss under spotlights and are waiting for permission from local authorities, considering the number of people who will be there at the stadium when the lights will be switched off. This is something that has not really been tried before," he said.

After the toss, a couple of players from the fielding side will be "miked up" to chat directly with the TV commentators during the match. "Another attraction for the TV audience, but this has been done before, I guess," Sharma said.

However, the "most poignant moment" of the 45-minute opening ceremony starting 18.30, Sharma said, would be when all the captains gather mid-pitch to jointly read out a pledge reaffirming the IPL's faith in the spirit of cricket. "There will also be speeches by Ray Mali, the ICC president, Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president, and Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman."

The rest of the ceremony will be a "slick" blend of fireworks, stilt walkers, aerial gymnasts, performers in a bubble suspended over the ground and some Bollywood glitter with the presence Shah Rukh Khan, also the co-owner of the Kolkata team, and Preity Zinta, co-owner of the Mohali franchise. "Shankar-Ehsan-Loy (the Bollywood music directors) will be the central performers who will keep the crowd enthralled throughout the ceremony even as the other performers go through their acts," Sharma said.

Bangalore is also banking on 12 cheerleaders from the Washington Redksins, the 'First Ladies of American Football', to draw more fans to the stadium. "The entire exercise is to have the right balance of glamour and cricket. Usually, cricket is not associated with such ceremonies, and this will be a novelty. At the same time, we would not want the genuine cricket fan to get frustrated waiting for the game to start. Our aim is to present a spectacle that's short, sharp and sweet, which reflects the spirit of the IPL," Sharma said.

Bangalore Royal Challengers, which is owned by Vijay Mallya, the business tycoon, is playing a key role in organising the opening ceremony on their home ground in association with the local cricket association and the IPL.
India's best ever captain (along with IMO worst ever too ) involved in IPL's first ever Toss
From: wrap07 on Thu Apr 17 9:44:59 2008.

The way they have advertised will put even movies to shame.
Crowd response thaan IPLta fatea mudivu pannum.

BCCI porutha varai evvalvu selavu pannalum, bank balance nichayam irukkum. this is one way of making them spend

IPLa villayadatha overseas players eppa varalamnu waiting.
Everyone is assured of full retirement benefits
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 17 9:53:01 2008.

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!
From: wrap07 on Thu Apr 17 12:04:31 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess
From: kb on Thu Apr 17 20:48:41 2008.

http://www.vijaynet.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10871/VFN_ChennaiSuperKings.jpg
From: directhit on Thu Apr 17 21:11:24 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess
kalyan and me are CSK supporters
From: directhit on Thu Apr 17 22:27:05 2008.

Mumbai seems to have got a good wicket-keeper batsman now - http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/346851.html

From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 17 22:54:01 2008.

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess Smile

kalyan and me are CSK supporters Razz

From: Nerd on Thu Apr 17 23:13:36 2008.

I am supporting Mumbai Indians, though they have a dumb name their team roster has the GOD's name The support will be rendered ONLY for the games in which the GOD is in the playing XI

From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 17 23:20:59 2008.

Adhu

I am supporting Mumbai Indians, though they have a dumb name their team roster has the GOD's name Cool

The support will be rendered ONLY for the games in which the GOD is in the playing XI Cool

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 18 1:12:09 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess

How about Yorker for this guys?

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 1:14:33 2008.

I am supporting Mumbai Indians, though they have a dumb name their team roster has the GOD's name Cool

The support will be rendered ONLY for the games in which the GOD is in the playing XI Cool

Nerd intha vishayam Sathyaraj ukku theriyuma... Avar vada nattu kadavula kumbuda koodathu nu sonnare... Inimel namma Dinesh Karthik a thaan GOD nu Sollanuma

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 2:49:33 2008.

Cool video for Mohali - http://www.behindwoods.com/features/videos/ipl/preity-zinta.html
But, who asked Priety to come in the video

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 3:28:27 2008.

Quote:

"I believe it's my duty to entertain people whether it's in films or in the IPL matches. Though I am not going to dance at the gallery, I will be present at the Eden (Garden). Rani (Mukherjee), Bipasha (Basu) and Kareena (Kapoor) have verbally confirmed their presence. With Kareena, now-a-days, we get a Saif Ali Khan free. So Saif can also be expected. I will personally try to convince John (Abraham) and Karan (Johar) to fly down as well."

Quote:

"We have arranged for a procession from Hatibagan in central Kolkata to the Eden Gardens. Twenty belly dancers will dance their way to the ground on a 16-wheeled container trailer," said Arnab Roy, joint secretary of Shah Rukh Khan Fans Club.

Villain, are you part of the procession

From: mgb on Fri Apr 18 3:32:16 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess

donno who will win.. but my favourite is Mohali
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 3:49:03 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess

Jai Dada
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 3:50:33 2008.

directhit wrote:

Villain, are you part of the procession

epdium TV la kaatuvaingalla ?

From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 3:54:52 2008.

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess Smile

How about Yorker for this guys? LOL

can u explain

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 4:05:21 2008.

After the Chinnaswamy Stadium is plunged in darkness, a spotlight will focus on the rival captains, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. The duo has been solid for India for over well over a decade and would've played against each other on the domestic front but this is something completely new.

Bangalore (likely) 1 Praveen Kumar, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Cameron White, 7 B Akhil, 8 Mark Boucher (wk), 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ashley Noffke, 11 R Vinay Kumar

Kolkata (likely) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 3 Ricky Ponting, 4 Brendon McCullum (wk), 5 David Hussey, 6 Debabrata Das, 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/346793.html

Opening Ceremony Starts at 18:30 IST followed by Match at 20:00 IST. Kolkatta team looks way too strong compared to B'lore
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 4:12:37 2008.

directhit wrote:

Kolkatta team looks way too strong compared to B'lore

yea.. but you never know..esp with guys like C.White... 2,3 bad overs can seal the game

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 18 4:13:15 2008.

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess Smile

How about Yorker for this guys? LOL

can u explain

We did this last year for the world cup!

http://mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=9373&start=0

Winner was in the last page, last person Razz

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 18 4:15:46 2008.

We will go match by match

Match No:01

Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Which team you are supporting today? Who will win!?
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 4:17:07 2008.

Knights

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 4:23:03 2008.

Kolkatta team looks way too strong compared to B'lore Razz

yea..

but you never know..esp with guys like C.White... 2,3 bad overs can seal the game Neutral

yeah but Jaffer/Kallis/RD wud seal the game!!

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 4:23:24 2008.

wah - Yorker is interesting - AM IN!!
Knights Today!!
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 4:23:31 2008.

Match 8pm IST ah?? Then ingga 10.30 pm... im going to watch Santosh Subramaniyam today so im gonna miss the match...

Sri anna

My pick : KKR DADA rockssss...
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 4:24:35 2008.

directhit wrote:

yeah but Jaffer/Kallis/RD wud seal the game!!

Kallis can play big shots... Jaffer and Dravid
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 4:24:44 2008.

Knight Riders for today's game...
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 4:25:27 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

yeah but Jaffer/Kallis/RD wud seal the game!!

Kallis can play big shots... Jaffer and Dravid
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 5:03:57 2008.

Jaffer ku Lee-a paatha odane thalainagaram vadivelu mari basementu weak aayidum

From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 5:22:22 2008.

1 more day to go... Lets get ready for the Action!!!

which team do you think will win. Just a guess Smile

How about Yorker for this guys? LOL

can u explain

We did this last year for the world cup!

http://mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=9373&start=0

Winner was in the last page, last person Razz

thanks. It is very interesting.

From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 5:28:59 2008.

Knights looks really strong with that lineup.
Bangalore royal mindset porutthu matchla fight irrukuama/illayanu theriyum.

After few matches only, things will become clearer.
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 5:42:19 2008.

All TV channels are fully concentrating only the T 20 now. so much hype. It is said that tickets for today match fully sold out.
From: Devar Magan on Fri Apr 18 6:42:30 2008.

Kolkata Knight riders all the way..
From: CEDYBLUE on Fri Apr 18 7:46:54 2008.

IPL website launched
check it out
iplt20.com
From: Raghu on Fri Apr 18 7:59:45 2008.

er which ever side has 'Master' Blaster known as 'Jayasurya' will win, can't wait for him to smash the ball into the indian Ocean :

ChumMa Ball Parakumelle
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 8:08:58 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

We will go match by match

Match No:01

Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Which team you are supporting today? Who will win!?

Bangalore Royal Challengers
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 8:16:23 2008.

CEDYBLUE wrote:

IPL website launched
check it out
iplt20.com
wah looks nice - the beta site (http://195.20.222.30/) looked like crap
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 8:18:34 2008.

CEDYBLUE wrote:

IPL website launched
check it out
iplt20.com

site is good.

From: mgb on Fri Apr 18 8:51:08 2008.

We will go match by match

Match No:01

Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Which team you are supporting today? Who will win!? Wink

Bangalore Royal Challengers Wink

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 9:02:42 2008.

Opening Ceremony started
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 18 9:59:11 2008.

Kolkata Knight Riders

1. Villan007
2. directhit
3. Thalanass
4. Kalyasi
5. Devarmagan

Bangalore Royal Challengers

1. Littlemaster
2. mgb

Lets see who wins

This is not Yorker game, Chumma..!
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 10:05:49 2008.

Pawar and Lalit Modi booed heavily Sachin gets the HIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHEST Cheers not surprisingly
From: Raghu on Fri Apr 18 10:07:48 2008.

I feel Kolkata will win, cos of the 'dada' factor!
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 10:09:53 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kolkata Knight Riders

Bangalore Royal Challengers
emoticons ae solludhe resulta
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Apr 18 10:12:03 2008.

I am there with bangalore team

__

Hey the opening ceremony has cheer leaders (foreign women) dancing.

Very NON-INDIAN feel we get. Unwanted unwarranted thing to digest (my feeling)
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 10:12:38 2008.

directhit wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kolkata Knight Riders

Bangalore Royal Challengers
emoticons ae solludhe resulta

mod-Oda favorite royal challenger dhaan
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 10:14:54 2008.

aaha
anyways, RD wins the toss and fields first - Wow, can see Dada/Ponting face Praveen!! Agarkar is in the team
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 10:49:22 2008.

McCullum
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 10:50:09 2008.

kali.. enna adi

Bangalore
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 10:57:43 2008.

Mc Cullum - PHEW!! Dravid is already crying
Dada goes now
uninterruped (no ads) live coverage here and its AWESOME
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 10:59:44 2008.

and whts more match is coming live in the IPLT20 website - thts really coool!!
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 11:00:55 2008.

directhit wrote:

uninterruped (no ads) live coverage here and its AWESOME

Set max inga sothapuran
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 11:24:06 2008.

Indha adi adikkaraanunga Wasim Jaffer holds the key in chasing
From: kannannn on Fri Apr 18 11:25:27 2008.

Ellam seri, adhu enna Shaktiman madhiri oru jersey? Match-la oru thrille illa..
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 11:25:58 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Wasim Jaffer holds the key in chasing
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:27:43 2008.

kannannn wrote:

Ellam seri, adhu enna Shaktiman madhiri oru jersey? Match-la oru thrille illa..
sir, jersey ya vachu ippadi mudivu pannitteengalae
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:28:42 2008.

Mc Cullum is playing a dream innings here!!
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 11:29:11 2008.

villan007 wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Wasim Jaffer holds the key in chasing

I'm serious. If Jaffer gets out in first two overs, Bangalore has a chance of hitting some lusty blows. Otherwise, it is gone case
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:29:54 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

uninterruped (no ads) live coverage here and its AWESOME

Set max inga sothapuran
cheerleaders kku badhil ungalukku Ads aa!!
From: kannannn on Fri Apr 18 11:30:11 2008.

directhit wrote:

sir, jersey ya vachu ippadi mudivu pannitteengalae

Adhellam illa. Summa oru kalavai maadhiri teams. I still can't round to watching people from different countries playing together. Maybe it will grow on me..

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:31:51 2008.

I'm serious. If Jaffer gets out in first two overs, Bangalore has a chance of hitting some lusty blows. Otherwise, it is gone case Neutral

Wasim Jaffer holds the key in chasing Cool

yaaru Dravid adippaara

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 11:32:55 2008.

Wait and see
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 11:36:08 2008.

McCullum

A lot will depend on how Cameron White playes
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:38:30 2008.

Century for Mc Cullum - one of the best knocks I've EVER seen
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 11:38:52 2008.

Brendon McCullum Great knock
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:43:57 2008.

Kudutha Kaasukku eppadi adichaan paaru
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 11:45:36 2008.

directhit wrote:

Kudutha Kaasukku eppadi adichaan paaru

Hyderabad team-a nenacha
From: mgb on Fri Apr 18 11:46:13 2008.

Some great hitting by Macullum and the ball is coming nicely to the bat.. wonder who will open for RC may be boucher
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 11:48:32 2008.

Brendon brilliant... hussey out.. and who is this hafeez?? pakistan or bangladesh????

by the by, bangalore's jersey
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 11:49:52 2008.

Agarkar'a nenachaa thaan
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:51:10 2008.

oh man - this guy is UNBELIEVABLE!!
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 11:53:55 2008.

200 and 12 sixes
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 11:54:33 2008.

konjam kammiya adingada dei
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 11:54:45 2008.

engappa LM and MGB
From: mgb on Fri Apr 18 11:55:05 2008.

12th six
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 11:55:51 2008.

mccullam is simply unbeleivable man

150 in a T 20 match . sixer mazhai
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 11:57:54 2008.

Mccullam finishes with a six.

simply awesome. intha mari play quite rare to see. It is stunning
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 11:58:37 2008.

222/3 almost a oneday score guys.
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 11:58:49 2008.

158-laam team score-a irukka vendiyadhu. Orutthane adichuttaan adhai
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 12:00:05 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

158-laam team score-a irukka vendiyadhu. Orutthane adichuttaan adhai

unmaithaan. nenachae pakka mudiyalae. Bangalore team
aadi poyittanga pavam
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:00:05 2008.

222 Go McCullum go

Blore
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:00:13 2008.

Brendon 'PowerHouse' McCullum
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 12:00:34 2008.

just checked the scores.. 20-20 genius was at work
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:01:20 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

158-laam team score-a irukka vendiyadhu. Orutthane adichuttaan adhai

avarukku konjam mariyaadhai kudungo
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:03:16 2008.

Nass, nee vera vayatherichalai kilappaadha
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:03:55 2008.

nalla vela gayle illa.... RC thappichutainga
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:04:28 2008.

yes Gayle + Mc Cullum would have been
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 12:06:56 2008.

And what an advertisement for bcci.. lucky $&@^%
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 12:09:54 2008.

Yaaruppa anga... RC supporters....

Ivanga adicha adiya pathu Dravid kettu irupaaru,, En pa Intha pasanga set aayi velayaada maatangala? Badhil vanthu irukkum - ippo puriyuthu dhoni en ungala thookunaar nu...
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:11:23 2008.

Jaffer and Dravid at the crease
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:12:32 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

ippo puriyuthu dhoni en ungala thookunaar nu...

are you comparing 50 overs with this

From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 12:14:18 2008.

Yaaruppa anga... RC supporters....

Ivanga adicha adiya pathu Dravid kettu irupaaru,, En pa Intha pasanga set aayi velayaada maatangala? Badhil vanthu irukkum - ippo puriyuthu dhoni en ungala thookunaar nu...

mccullum can not repeat it in a odi where the risk factor is high and dhoni can only dream if such an innings in t20

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:15:25 2008.

Most fearsome opening pair in the middle. Opening-kku vera aale illaiya
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:16:23 2008.

Ishant RD
V Kohli to come gotto see how he fares in the big league
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:17:37 2008.

Ishant
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:18:39 2008.

that was sooooooooooo cute to see Punter/Hussey congratulate Ishant - Punter shuffled Ishant's hair
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 12:19:43 2008.

Ishant seems to in continuous and prime form
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:21:30 2008.

directhit wrote:

that was sooooooooooo cute to see Punter/Hussey congratulate Ishant - Punter shuffled Ishant's hair

yea great to watch
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:22:27 2008.

tangga thalaivar Ishant vazhga
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:23:21 2008.

Virat Kohli failed miserably in big game
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:24:12 2008.

Idhuvallavo batting line-up
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:24:25 2008.

Jaffer innings build panrAra ?
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 12:25:29 2008.

Enna kodumai idhu 158(73) balls
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 18 12:28:25 2008.

McCullum 158* 222/3 in 20 overs is freakin' huge total! Good job McCullum - it's literally a one man hitting!

Ganguly-kku engayo macham!
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:28:45 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Enna kodumai idhu 158(73) balls

you missed the action - 13 SIXES!!!
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:29:54 2008.

Jaffer

Mallya thanni adikka aarambichuttaar
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 18 12:31:41 2008.

Jaffer & Dravid opening in a tonty tonty circus Irony ain't it?
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:32:07 2008.

Kallis
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:35:51 2008.

Jaffer nalla kaathu veesuraaru
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:36:56 2008.

If White and Boucher win it from here..
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:37:11 2008.

directhit wrote:

Jaffer

Mallya thanni adikka aarambichuttaar

Is that Vijay mallya?? Force India F1 car owner?? ennapaa F1 layum kavukuraanga IPl layum kavuraanga.. pavam paa ivaru
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:37:20 2008.

che Jaffer out now the royal challengers cannot win

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:38:15 2008.

Is that Vijay mallya?? Force India F1 car owner?? ennapaa F1 layum kavukuraanga IPl layum kavuraanga.. pavam paa ivaru Cry2

Jaffer

Mallya thanni adikka aarambichuttaar Razz

yes, he is the owner of Bangalore Franchise - Katrina is in the ground to cheer the team

From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:38:24 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Jaffer nalla kaathu veesuraaru

live streaming is not working for me...

From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:39:51 2008.

Mallya thanni adikka aarambichuttaar Razz

Is that Vijay mallya?? Force India F1 car owner?? ennapaa F1 layum kavukuraanga IPl layum kavuraanga.. pavam paa ivaru Cry2

yes, he is the owner of Bangalore Franchise - Katrina is in the ground to cheer the team LOL

pasanga ellam batting la gavanam seluttama katrina'va site adikiraanunga nu ninaikaren

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:40:18 2008.

directhit wrote:

Katrina is in the ground to cheer the team

avingala paathu than jaffer out aayitaro
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:42:38 2008.

Cheerleaders will be out of job, if Royal Challengers keep playing like this
From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 12:45:28 2008.

crowd is dead silent. banglaore team innum
mccullam inningsl irunthu meendu varalaenu
theriyuthu.
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 12:45:56 2008.

Ivaingalukku Washington redskins football team cheer leaders for your kind inbormesan

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Cheerleaders will be out of job, if Royal Challengers keep playing like this
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:46:09 2008.

Thalaivar bowling.... namaku yen intha veen velai thalaiva ?
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:46:52 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Cheerleaders will be out of job, if Royal Challengers keep playing like this
adhukkavadhu adingadaaaa
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 12:46:58 2008.

Enna kodumai idhu agarkar 2 overs and just 15 runs

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:47:11 2008.

Ivaingalukku Washington redskins football team cheer leaders for your kind inbormesan LOL

Cheerleaders will be out of job, if Royal Challengers keep playing like this Sad

Yeah, theriyum. Namma news channels-kku vera enna velai

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:47:46 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

villan007 wrote:

Jaffer nalla kaathu veesuraaru

live streaming is not working for me...
try www.iplt20.com - match is comin live there!!
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:48:43 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Thalaivar bowling.... namaku yen intha veen velai thalaiva ?
got a wicket - infact all bowlers are indians in KKR
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:49:45 2008.

Thalaivaa
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:49:50 2008.

Anoops,

i meant that site only. Its not working...
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:50:40 2008.

DADA got wicket ah?? aww amazing.............
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:50:43 2008.

yeah, now only noticed - too much bandwith maybe!
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:51:38 2008.

he he he he !! THANKS RC, I can go to sleep early!!
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:51:39 2008.

yes maybe i have to depend on you guys then
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:51:45 2008.

wth

I feel bad for Dravid
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:52:08 2008.

another one ah??
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:52:22 2008.

Awesome captaincy by Dada - YOU ROCK!!
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:52:23 2008.

38/6. It can't get better than this
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:53:18 2008.

yeah its gonna be 1am here

and dravid paavam thaan
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:54:00 2008.

Where's Arshu?? She must be really proud of BRC
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:54:13 2008.

Intha Agarkar innum thirunthave illaya wide-ah potu thalran
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:55:00 2008.

Nass - acricket.com has working sopcast feeds from setmax
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:55:09 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Intha Agarkar innum thirunthave illaya wide-ah potu thalran

Engalukku varra onnu rendu run-ayium kedutthuduveenga pola irukke
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:55:55 2008.

one more - 43/7 - seekirampaa 1 AM aachu
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 12:56:48 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

villan007 wrote:

Intha Agarkar innum thirunthave illaya wide-ah potu thalran

Engalukku varra onnu rendu run-ayium kedutthuduveenga pola irukke

7 down pangaali

looks like there will be a tuff fight bet. B'lore and Jaipur for the last spot
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:56:54 2008.

thanks anoops but sopcast konjam problem thaan.. try panren
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 12:57:22 2008.

Jaffer 6 (15) balls

From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 12:57:39 2008.

looks like there will be a tuff fight bet. B'lore and Jaipur for the last spot LOL

Intha Agarkar innum thirunthave illaya Huh?!

wide-ah potu thalran

Engalukku varra onnu rendu run-ayium kedutthuduveenga pola irukke Twisted Evil

7 down pangaali Crying or Very sad

From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 12:58:30 2008.

no batsman into double figures

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 12:59:11 2008.

looks like there will be a tuff fight bet. B'lore and Jaipur for the last spot LOL

Intha Agarkar innum thirunthave illaya Huh?!

wide-ah potu thalran

Engalukku varra onnu rendu run-ayium kedutthuduveenga pola irukke Twisted Evil

7 down pangaali Crying or Very sad

Avvalo easy-a enga idatthai yaarukkum vittu thara mattom

From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 12:59:55 2008.

Sennayy team match eppo?
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:00:25 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Sennayy team match eppo?
tmrw vs Mohali
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:01:23 2008.

directhit wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Sennayy team match eppo?
tmrw vs Mohali

naalaiku rendu match-a ?
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:01:39 2008.

Sennayy kum Blore gathi thaan
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:02:07 2008.

50
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:02:10 2008.

yup 2 match.. sennayy match is day game.. another game is D/N
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:02:17 2008.

Nass - BRC kku no competition
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:02:54 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

Sennayy kum Blore gathi thaan
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:03:34 2008.

directhit wrote:

Nass - BRC kku no competition

hehehe
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:04:11 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

Sennayy kum Blore gathi thaan
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:04:53 2008.

You too AF
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:05:37 2008.

KKR kku kevalamaaaaaaana Cheer Leaders

now Agarkar effects a runout
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:05:45 2008.

8 down
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:06:01 2008.

Chumma damasu LM . Thalaivar velayadraara enna?

littlemaster1982 wrote:

You too AF
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:06:46 2008.

directhit wrote:

KKR kku kevalamaaaaaaana Cheer Leaders

seri seri vidunga unga kObam puriuthu
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:06:55 2008.

Enaku bangalore ippadi kevalama thotathula kooda varutham illai aana agarkar kellam nalla bowling figures varudhennu nenaicha than
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:06:56 2008.

first match for Mumbai is against Bangalore - Sachin can afford to miss it by ALL MEANS
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:08:14 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

KKR kku kevalamaaaaaaana Cheer Leaders

seri seri vidunga unga kObam puriuthu
SRK kku puriyalaye - avar Arjun Rampal/Karan Johar ellarayum koottittu vandhurukaar cheering panna THOO
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:09:38 2008.

directhit wrote:

SRK kku puriyalaye - avar Arjun Rampal/Karan Johar ellarayum koottittu vandhurukaar cheering panna THOO

Naanga jeyika aadurom ... mallaya maathiri timepass ku illa
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:10:41 2008.

villian - nambittom

PK - what a SIX!!! RD/WJ can stay out of playing 11
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:10:43 2008.

What a grand start for IPL(BCCI), SRK and last but not least Ganguly

ICL , I think you will be in for some tough time
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 13:10:51 2008.

EKBLRI

From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:10:53 2008.

SRK kku puriyalaye - avar Arjun Rampal/Karan Johar ellarayum koottittu vandhurukaar cheering panna THOO LOL

KKR kku kevalamaaaaaaana Cheer Leaders Twisted Evil

seri seri vidunga unga kObam puriuthu Razz

avanga SRK ku bodyguard velai parkuraanganu ninaikaren

ccheer panna vantha madhri teriyaae..

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:13:06 2008.

directhit wrote:

villian - nambittom

adhan Interview la sonnar la.. kareena varuvanga nu :p

wait till sunday !
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:14:28 2008.

villa, what's the next game for KKR??
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:14:56 2008.

Dada gets no 9 and Punter congratulates him
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:16:38 2008.

Jai DADA
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:16:40 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Chumma damasu LM . Thalaivar velayadraara enna?

littlemaster1982 wrote:

You too AF

Seems unlikely
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:16:55 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

villa, what's the next game for KKR??

Sunday..against Hyderabvad
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:19:03 2008.

Cool!!!

villan007 wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

villa, what's the next game for KKR??

Sunday..against Hyderabvad
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:19:18 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Chumma damasu LM . Thalaivar velayadraara enna?

littlemaster1982 wrote:

You too AF

Seems unlikely
first match for Mumbai is against Bangalore - Sachin can afford to miss it by ALL MEANS
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:19:39 2008.

no worries.. we can win
From: directhit on Fri Apr 18 13:19:52 2008.

Ishant back, match should be over anytime now
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:21:23 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

no worries.. we can win

Hope Gayle Joins the squad tommorow
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 13:22:50 2008.

villan007 wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

villa, what's the next game for KKR??

Sunday..against Hyderabvad

Gilli, symonds, Gibbs, Afridi, Stysis But their bowling is a little weak..

From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:24:35 2008.

My roommate is in hyderabad now and he is going to get the entire Hyderabad IPL team's kit Razz

But their bowling is a little weak..

villa, what's the next game for KKR?? Very Happy

Sunday..against Hyderabvad Shaking With Fear

Gilli, symonds, Gibbs, Afridi, Stysis Smoke Smirk

From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 13:24:45 2008.

intha match anti climax thaan. whoever loses, they must give some fight. bangalalore crowd for all their vocal support ..pity them.

SRK is gesturing to the crowd and making fun of them
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:27:19 2008.

Cricinfo:

Still a good crowd in the ground, though I suppose the alcohol being served is a big reason
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:28:03 2008.

That is sick . A few days before he was lamenting that tickets arent being sold at the rate he expected

wrap07 wrote:

SRK is gesturing to the crowd and making fun of them
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:28:47 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

Cricinfo:

Still a good crowd in the ground, though I suppose the alcohol being served is a big reason

Bangalore is the only ground in India where beer is served, I guess.
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:29:02 2008.

OVER... CONGRATS DADA
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 13:29:28 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

Cricinfo:

Still a good crowd in the ground, though I suppose the alcohol being served is a big reason

ennathu India-la stadium-la thanni adikkalaamaa?? (I mean legally )
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:30:53 2008.

Bye guys.. wanna sleep... c ya all tomorrow

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:33:14 2008.

Cricinfo:

Still a good crowd in the ground, though I suppose the alcohol being served is a big reason

LOL

ennathu

India-la stadium-la thanni adikkalaamaa?? (I mean legally Razz

)

Andha kodumaiyai yen kekkaringa

Match paarakkave vida mattanunga

Beer mug-ai kaila vachukittu kurukkum nedukkum nadandhukitte iruppanunga

Worst crowd

From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 18 13:33:29 2008.

New record : 158 not out, the highest score in Twenty20 cricket. congrats to brendon
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 18 13:35:32 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Andha kodumaiyai yen kekkaringa Match paarakkave vida mattanunga Beer mug-ai kaila vachukittu kurukkum nedukkum nadandhukitte iruppanunga Worst crowd

Wow.. I never knew !!

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:38:39 2008.

It's only in Bangalore, I think.

Andha kodumaiyai yen kekkaringa Sad

Match paarakkave vida mattanunga Mad

Beer mug-ai kaila vachukittu kurukkum nedukkum nadandhukitte iruppanunga Evil or Very Mad

Worst crowd Hammer

Wow.. I never knew !! Razz

From: wrap07 on Fri Apr 18 13:44:19 2008.

The expectation of a cracking match is laid to rest courtesy mega Mccullum.

For crowds sake, future matches should be interesting.
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 13:44:59 2008.

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From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 13:53:08 2008.

To my surprise none of the BLR RC ers tried to improvise... No body used the crease as brendon did... Avan kittenthu kathukalaam illa.... Ennamo pongappa....

Nalaikku irukku ellarukkum...

Vanagayya Vaanga....
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:55:50 2008.

bye guys... naalaiku Chennai match ku aajar aayidunga
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 13:57:18 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

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depends how the tournament is gonna shape up..inniku maari one sided-aave irundhichinaa
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 18 13:57:39 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

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From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 13:57:58 2008.

villan007 wrote:

bye guys... naalaiku Chennai match ku aajar aayidunga

Kandippa

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 14:00:43 2008.

IMO HYDERABAD> CHENNAI> KOLKATTA> MOHALI> DELHI> MUMBAI> BANGALORE> JAIPUR

Bangalore's squad can be named as 'OLD AGE HOME' LOL

would love to see Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer come up to open in a T20 competition Razz

bangalore support pannanuma illa mumbai support pannanuma Confused2

GO bangalore RedJump

Poye Poitaanga

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 14:01:30 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Wibha wrote:

ean naan support panna koodadha

bangalore en FULL SUPPORT UNAKKU DHAAN

Yet again badluck Wibha... You r going to end up in the losing side...

Periyavanga Sonna Kekanum....
From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 14:01:46 2008.

Ingae ramakrishna ramakrishna nnu oru manasthar bangalore teamkku support senjittu irunthar avar enge
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 14:03:28 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingae ramakrishna ramakrishna nnu oru manasthar bangalore teamkku support senjittu irunthar avar enge

Avar travelling to Chennai for ARR's show on sunday....
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 18 14:04:03 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ingae ramakrishna ramakrishna nnu oru manasthar bangalore teamkku support senjittu irunthar avar enge

avaru chennai la maddy veetla irupaar ippo.. sunday ARR concert la

From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 14:06:50 2008.

Any guesses on the number of versions this thread would reach Razz

Thanks to our hubbers(including myself) Laughing

depends how the tournament is gonna shape up..inniku maari one sided-aave irundhichinaa Fatigue

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 14:08:56 2008.

Any guesses on the number of versions this thread would reach Razz

Thanks to our hubbers(including myself) Laughing

depends how the tournament is gonna shape up..inniku maari one sided-aave irundhichinaa Fatigue

Athellam irukathu... Only in matches involving Jaipur and Bangalore u can expect such one sided results...

From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 14:09:01 2008.

Wibha

IMO HYDERABAD> CHENNAI> KOLKATTA> MOHALI> DELHI> MUMBAI> BANGALORE> JAIPUR

Bangalore's squad can be named as 'OLD AGE HOME' LOL

would love to see Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer come up to open in a T20 competition Razz

bangalore support pannanuma illa mumbai support pannanuma Confused2

GO bangalore RedJump

Poye Poitaanga

From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 18 14:16:01 2008.

Paakalam

littlemaster1982 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Any guesses on the number of versions this thread would reach Thanks to our hubbers(including myself)

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From: kb on Fri Apr 18 14:26:14 2008.

ivaney intha adi adikaraan..

appo hayden & DHONI

looks like IPL will become a hit is advertised properly.

dress colour thaan kannu valikuthu..

Utappa is in which team

looking forward for Chennaikalakalmannargal

PUNCH:
vaazhkaila jeyka friends venum.
vaazhkaila eppavum jeychikittey irruka Ethiri venum
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 18 15:24:08 2008.

kb wrote:

PUNCH:
vaazhkaila jeyka friends venum.
vaazhkaila eppavum jeychikittey irruka Ethiri venum

Neega Kuruvi fever-la irukeenga pola irruku!

Today's game was like McCullum vs. RC!
EKRCI!
From: karthik_sa2 on Fri Apr 18 15:56:05 2008.

hi guys...

mcullum semma addi pola....avan mattun dhaan aadirkaan match'la... anyways nice to see agarkar bowling well...naalayku match naanum join pannidruaen hub'la....

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 18 22:19:45 2008.

kb wrote:

ivaney intha adi adikaraan..

appo hayden & DHONI Confused

looks like IPL will become a hit is advertised properly.

dress colour thaan kannu valikuthu.. Shocked

Utappa is in which team Question

looking forward for Chennaikalakalmannargal Cool

PUNCH:
vaazhkaila jeyka friends venum.
vaazhkaila eppavum jeychikittey irruka Ethiri venum Evil or Very Mad

Uthappa Mumbai Indians ku Velayadaraan...

From: karthik_sa2 on Sat Apr 19 3:31:17 2008.

today dhoni vs yuvi semmma contest edhiparkalam...hayden, murali,dhoni,hussey key for chennai...punjab'ku yuvi, sarwn,sangakara, bretlee....hope it doesn turn out to be a one sided match like yesterday

From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 5:17:50 2008.

It's only in Bangalore, I think.

Andha kodumaiyai yen kekkaringa Sad

Match paarakkave vida mattanunga Mad

Beer mug-ai kaila vachukittu kurukkum nedukkum nadandhukitte iruppanunga Evil or Very Mad

Worst crowd Hammer

Wow.. I never knew !! Razz

in mohali also

From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 7:16:18 2008.

Dhoni has won the toss and csk is batting
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 7:23:43 2008.

YAAAAA! Chennai to bat first Hayden and Parthiv to open
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 7:25:57 2008.

Hayden Vs lee ...
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 7:26:05 2008.

Greg Chappel for the toss and the %#%@^& is not even holding the mike for MSD/Yuvi
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 7:29:17 2008.

Mohali jersey etho NFL team odathu maari iruku
From: omega on Sat Apr 19 7:30:48 2008.

Chennai's bowling seem to be weak......Jogindar, Oram & Murali....
They have to make it up with their big batting lineup...
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 7:34:08 2008.

good first over by lee
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 7:35:20 2008.

sreesanth
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 7:36:02 2008.

Parthiv smashing Sreesanth
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 7:41:22 2008.

directhit wrote:

Parthiv smashing Sreesanth
he might make a comeback in place of dinesh karthik
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 7:43:35 2008.

lee strikes
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 7:43:42 2008.

lee takes the wicket of parthiv
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 7:44:26 2008.

mgb wrote:

directhit wrote:

Parthiv smashing Sreesanth
he might make a comeback in place of dinesh karthik
yeah he is a good prospect., now out - but wud defnly do well in this series
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 7:44:53 2008.

directhit wrote:

Parthiv smashing Sreesanth

nalla vela chennai avara vaangala
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 7:45:24 2008.

two aussies in play hussey and hayden
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 7:46:33 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

Parthiv smashing Sreesanth

nalla vela chennai avara vaangala
dont fear when joginder is there
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 7:46:35 2008.

preity zinta ve vandhu ticket vithum kootam kammiya iruku
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 7:50:46 2008.

villan007 wrote:

preity zinta ve vandhu ticket vithum kootam kammiya iruku

Yes. niraya seat galiya irukku.
From: sriranga on Sat Apr 19 7:53:46 2008.

villan007 wrote:

preity zinta ve vandhu ticket vithum kootam kammiya iruku

2000, 3000 ticket vela vecha evan varuvaan?

the best moment of IPL so far was when shard pawar was booed.
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 7:55:38 2008.

Hussey

From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 7:56:01 2008.

2000, 3000 ticket vela vecha evan varuvaan?

the best moment of IPL so far was when shard pawar was booed.

preity zinta ve vandhu ticket vithum kootam kammiya iruku Confused2

and Lalit Modi too booed and finally ending up hastily declaring the IPL open

From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 7:58:57 2008.

sriranga wrote:

2000, 3000 ticket vela vecha evan varuvaan?

200 , 300 per match ku reasonable thana ?
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 7:59:11 2008.

Hayden first six. cool
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:03:51 2008.

audience at Mohali
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:04:33 2008.

hayden out bowled
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:05:16 2008.

directhit wrote:

audience at Mohali

It is not like yesterday at bangalore
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:06:00 2008.

directhit wrote:

audience at Mohali

sappa thanama iruku paaka ...
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:06:11 2008.

yeah it looks so stupid - no noise whatsover!! Chennai sure would be different/so would be Kolkatta and Mumbai too - not sure on Hyd/Rajasthan!!
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:09:58 2008.

che MSD LBW
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 8:10:03 2008.

dhoni gone
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:10:17 2008.

dhoni out
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:12:01 2008.

hopes tight bowling ippa varaikkum
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:12:50 2008.

Raina
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:13:33 2008.

time for Raina and more importantly Badrinath to put BCCI into shame
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 8:13:44 2008.

directhit wrote:

yeah it looks so stupid - no noise whatsover!! Chennai sure would be different/so would be Kolkatta and Mumbai too - not sure on Hyd/Rajasthan!!
why do you think people of Mohali should give the same importance to IPL like Bangalore IPL need not be patroned by every centre in India
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:17:23 2008.

directhit wrote:

time for Raina and more importantly Badrinath to put BCCI into shame

yes. this is atleast a platform for them to showcase their potential

From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:22:15 2008.

yeah it looks so stupid - no noise whatsover!! Chennai sure would be different/so would be Kolkatta and Mumbai too - not sure on Hyd/Rajasthan!!

why do you think people of Mohali should give the same importance to IPL like Bangalore Confused

IPL need not be patroned by every centre in India

no no its their choice very much!! depends very much on crowd gen behaviour and am jus saying its that kinda crowd - same like how Chennai is sportive and Kolkatta is too possessive etc!!

From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:22:33 2008.

HUGE SIX by hussey
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:25:17 2008.

Great display by Raina... that straight drive
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:26:10 2008.

Mike Hussey
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:26:34 2008.

hussey in full flow
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:26:38 2008.

Raina and Hussey!! Marana Adi spinners being smashed

From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 8:26:48 2008.

yeah it looks so stupid - no noise whatsover!! Chennai sure would be different/so would be Kolkatta and Mumbai too - not sure on Hyd/Rajasthan!!

why do you think people of Mohali should give the same importance to IPL like Bangalore Confused

IPL need not be patroned by every centre in India

no no its their choice very much!! depends very much on crowd gen behaviour and am jus saying its that kinda crowd - same like how Chennai is sportive and Kolkatta is too possessive etc!!

the atmosphere electrifying if it is any international match involving India

From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 8:27:45 2008.

another 220+ target likely
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:28:12 2008.

yes mgb - true!! perhaps they might cheer more when Mohali is batting - lets see
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:28:12 2008.

Srikanth dancing
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:30:06 2008.

raina out
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:40:30 2008.

Sreesanth
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 8:41:50 2008.

some amazing hitting by hussey
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:42:28 2008.

hussey belting like anything. almost toying with bowling
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:43:39 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Sreesanth

catch kaiyelaye nikka mattenguthu pavam
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:43:47 2008.

Hussey - Pathan taking Oram
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:44:40 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

hussey belting like anything. almost toying with bowling

and no one wanted him in the auctions
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:45:49 2008.

villan007 wrote:

wrap07 wrote:

hussey belting like anything. almost toying with bowling

and no one wanted him in the auctions
he got less than 50% of his bro i guess
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:47:19 2008.

directhit wrote:

he got less than 50% of his bro i guess

Yea.. may be cuz D.Hussey belted a 63 ball hundred against NSW on the auction day
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:47:57 2008.

villan007 wrote:

wrap07 wrote:

hussey belting like anything. almost toying with bowling

and no one wanted him in the auctions

surprising
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:49:06 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

he got less than 50% of his bro i guess

Yea.. may be cuz D.Hussey belted a 63 ball hundred against NSW on the auction day
true, that guy is AWESOME!! but i myself am surprised seeing the way M.Hussey is batting now
now again a six and 4 of sreesanth
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:49:29 2008.

Hussey belting Sreeshanth :rofl: treat to watch
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:51:03 2008.

directhit wrote:

but i myself am surprised seeing the way M.Hussey is batting now

hes a busy player but never seen him play this kinda explosive inning
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:52:04 2008.

badri has played a brilliant improvised shot
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:53:38 2008.

sreesanth is having a hard day in field
messing up everything
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:53:50 2008.

oh man - what a straight six now off pathan
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:54:24 2008.

200 up for csk
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:54:27 2008.

200 up wow... another one-sided match ?
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:55:03 2008.

directhit wrote:

oh man - what a straight six now off pathan

we have to thank sreesanth
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:56:22 2008.

Badri playin soooooo welll!!! man i love IPL - i dont mind even when Sreesanth/Piyush are being smahed by aus players for Chennai
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:57:16 2008.

100 for hussey brilliant
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:57:41 2008.

Way to go Mike ella team koodium century adinga...except vs knights
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 8:58:40 2008.

now Lee flicked for a six
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:58:44 2008.

directhit wrote:

man i love IPL - i dont mind even when Sreesanth/Piyush are being smahed by aus players for Chennai

yea yea
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 8:59:32 2008.

overseas players are having a ball in T 20
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 8:59:33 2008.

directhit wrote:

now Lee flicked for a six

was that a chance ?
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:00:03 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

now Lee flicked for a six

was that a chance ?
nope, the next ball was - but again in no man's land
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:00:20 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

now Lee flicked for a six

was that a chance ?

yes. went throgh yuvi fingers
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:01:00 2008.

directhit wrote:

nope, the next ball was - but again in no man's land

Badri smashing another six ... Dhoni's macham continues
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:01:24 2008.

toooooooooo tough to call it a chance - yuvi might have lost some fingers
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:01:35 2008.

badri joined the party two sixes off hopes
230 reached
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:01:54 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

nope, the next ball was - but again in no man's land

Badri smashing another six ... Dhoni's macham continues
idhaye embuttu naal sollluveenga
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:02:13 2008.

Badri smashin hopes all over the park...
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:03:02 2008.

directhit wrote:

toooooooooo tough to call it a chance - yuvi might have lost some fingers

you may be right. Even yuvi hands may be trembling
at the pounding they are getting
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:03:43 2008.

Hope this match also doesnt end up one sided
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:04:26 2008.

omega wrote:

Chennai's bowling seem to be weak......Jogindar, Oram & Murali....
They have to make it up with their big batting lineup...
done,
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:05:04 2008.

directhit wrote:

idhaye embuttu naal sollluveenga

seri seri freeya vidunga... Chennai jeyika povuthu !
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:05:20 2008.

240/5 sema adi. stunning
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:06:00 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

idhaye embuttu naal sollluveenga

seri seri freeya vidunga... Chennai jeyika povuthu !
ADHU - he he he
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:06:52 2008.

directhit wrote:

ADHU - he he he

We'll cross swords in the Kings Vs Knights enounter
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:12:49 2008.

Kandippa Chennai showed its calibre today Lets see how Mohali (Yuvi) fare...
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:14:14 2008.

set max's coverage is dumb advt. immedietly after a wicket is down.. evan out aanane therla
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:16:35 2008.

Mohali starts with a boundary of the first ball
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:19:46 2008.

villan007 wrote:

set max's coverage is dumb advt. immedietly after a wicket is down.. evan out aanane therla
no ads for me
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:22:08 2008.

directhit wrote:

no ads for me

vendha punnula petrol-a oothatheenga
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:23:27 2008.

Murali - dropped the catch and pushed it to 4
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:24:23 2008.
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:33:10 2008.

good six by karan.. he has to do much more of this
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:33:57 2008.

mgb wrote:

good six by karan.. he has to do much more of this
ayyooo adikkiraainga
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:38:34 2008.

hopes hits a six.
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:39:41 2008.

stunning catching effort by murali
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:41:21 2008.

one wicket down
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:44:35 2008.

murali on now
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:44:51 2008.

Murali bowling to Sangakara
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:44:57 2008.

can sangakara despatch murali's delivery
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:50:21 2008.

atleast this match is not onesided like yesterday.. mohali's hopes lying on hopes shoulders
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:52:03 2008.
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:52:05 2008.

hopes 50
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:52:09 2008.

half century to hopes
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:52:55 2008.

villan007 wrote:

ennaachchu ?
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:53:29 2008.

joginder into the attack
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:53:49 2008.

mgb wrote:

villan007 wrote:

ennaachchu ?

chennai's bowling

morkel seekiram vaapa
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:54:46 2008.

mgb wrote:

joginder into the attack

greeted with a four

edit: make it two
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 9:54:52 2008.

joginder is taken to task
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 9:58:16 2008.

jogi gave only 13 of his first over
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 9:59:04 2008.

bowling a lot weak - if we cant defend 240 then aana one or two wkts is gonna change the match situation though
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 9:59:16 2008.

mgb wrote:

jogi gave only 13 of his first over

ada konjam porunga innum 3 over podanumla
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:00:08 2008.

bowling jenjation joginder a thappa pesadhenga
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:00:37 2008.

hopes hits murali over the ropes
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:01:38 2008.

and kumar hits him for a boundary
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:01:57 2008.

mgb wrote:

jogi gave only 13 of his first over

yes yes
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:03:36 2008.

hopes gone for mohali as well
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:03:42 2008.

Priety's hopes gone
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:04:15 2008.

murali wud take care of Yuvi
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:04:23 2008.

yuvi to come in
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:04:50 2008.

mgb wrote:

hopes gone for mohali as well

Katich , yuvraj , pathan .... pretty strong line-up
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:05:22 2008.

directhit wrote:

murali wud take care of Yuvi
kumar will take care of murali
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:05:34 2008.

All 3 captains have failed in the league so far.. yuvi
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:07:54 2008.

villan007 wrote:

All 3 captains have failed in the league so far.. yuvi
nethu dada paththu run adichaare
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:09:20 2008.

kumar pulls jogi over the ropes
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:10:11 2008.

and a boundary now
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:10:50 2008.

mgb wrote:

nethu dada paththu run adichaare

10 run lam oru runna ...nalla 2 wicket eduthar

misfield by Goni has left Jogindher fuming
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:12:25 2008.

2nd overla jogi gave only 12 runs.. 1 run less than his 1st over
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:12:57 2008.

villan007 wrote:

misfield by Goni has left Jogindher fuming
illanaalum
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:13:48 2008.

yuvi hits over the ropes
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:16:20 2008.

100 to win of 7 overs.. looks tight
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:17:20 2008.

murali to yuvi
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:18:59 2008.

yuvi hits murali for a six, hitting against the spin
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:19:40 2008.

Yuvi hits murali for a six
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:24:08 2008.

Yuvi goes Chennai's Strike bowler Jogi
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:24:12 2008.

yuvi goes that too to jogi
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:24:56 2008.

it may be tough for punjab from now on
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:25:37 2008.

atleast, some interest is there in this match unlike yesterday
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:25:42 2008.

Badri's Knock made the difference
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:26:42 2008.

Katich shud've opened.. hes done it for NSW before :Cool:
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:31:41 2008.

65 from 4 overs.. very very difficult
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:32:21 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Katich shud've opened.. hes done it for NSW before :Cool:
i too felt so
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:34:30 2008.

unknown bowler is bowling well
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:35:19 2008.

sangakara deserving 50. well played
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:36:33 2008.

T20 at its best - virtual Heart Attacks every match
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:37:29 2008.

mgb wrote:

unknown bowler is bowling well
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:38:12 2008.

once again Dhoni might go for the Jogindher trick

spoke too early - Muthiah strikes
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:38:39 2008.

The players look like formula 1 drivers with all the advertisements
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:38:44 2008.

well played kumar
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:40:15 2008.

pathan enna katai vekkuraru
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:40:47 2008.

CSK wins its first match
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:44:52 2008.

atleast the interest was kept alive until the 17th over
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 10:48:09 2008.

CSK has won. final overs bit anticlimax
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 10:48:10 2008.

mgb wrote:

atleast the interest was kept alive until the 17th over
yeah, thrilling match!!
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 10:50:46 2008.

Great win for Chennai hope to see Kolkata vs Chennai in final
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:51:11 2008.

lets watch delhi vs jaipur now
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:52:01 2008.

Chennai

Arunlal is in the commentary panel for the delhi match.. ... naa cricinfo liye paathukren
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:52:26 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

hope to see Kolkata vs Chennai in final

yea
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 10:52:54 2008.

mgb wrote:

lets watch delhi vs jaipur now

who is the key player for Delhi and Jaipur??
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 10:53:43 2008.

Villa, today MAN UTd vs Blackburn
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:55:05 2008.

warne won the toss and elected to bat first
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:55:22 2008.

Jaipur to bat first

looks like a weird side S.Watson thavira evanum adika maatan pola iruku
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:56:16 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

mgb wrote:

lets watch delhi vs jaipur now

who is the key player for Delhi and Jaipur??
sewag and warne respectively
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 10:56:56 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

Villa, today MAN UTd vs Blackburn

Jeyika poromnu therinjathukapram paaka interest illa

MU-Chelsea eppo ?
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 10:59:15 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Jaipur to bat first

looks like a weird side S.Watson thavira evanum adika maatan pola iruku
yusuf pathan and T Kohli ( U-19 ).. should be a better pair than jaffer and dravid
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 11:01:26 2008.

glen mcgrath to bowl. such a disciplined bowler.
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 11:03:04 2008.

dinesh is wk for delhi
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:03:22 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

glen mcgrath to bowl. such a disciplined bowler.

His line and length is still impeccable
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:03:58 2008.

mgb wrote:

yusuf pathan and T Kohli ( U-19 ).. should be a better pair than jaffer and dravid
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 11:04:07 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Chennai

Arunlal is in the commentary panel for the delhi match.. ... naa cricinfo liye paathukren
naan thoonga porein appo
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 11:04:44 2008.

T Kohli hits Mcgrath for a six
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 11:07:51 2008.

Villa, next sunday

look out for this guy T Kohli... promising youngster...
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 11:08:35 2008.

wanna see thalaivar Y Pathan
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 11:11:30 2008.

Kholi dismissed by glen. brilliant off stump line bowling
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 11:13:53 2008.

wicket maiden by Mcgrath
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 19 11:14:36 2008.

Dhoni
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 11:14:52 2008.

first maiden over by Glen also a wicket maiden.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:17:38 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Dhoni
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:17:38 2008.

directhit wrote:

wanna see thalaivar Y Pathan
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:18:11 2008.

Annan Mcgrath vaazgha
From: mgb on Sat Apr 19 11:19:00 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Dhoni
oru run adichadhukkulaam clapsa
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 11:19:39 2008.

villan007 wrote:

directhit wrote:

wanna see thalaivar Y Pathan
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:21:01 2008.

Kaif
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 11:21:41 2008.

Enna pa idhu?? Bangalore oda mosama irukaanga jaipur

Delhi to win... But nice to see Kaif playing.. havent seen him playing for quite a while
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:21:41 2008.

Watto
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 19 11:22:26 2008.

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Dhoni
oru run adichadhukkulaam clapsa
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:24:51 2008.

Ahaa

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Dhoni
oru run adichadhukkulaam clapsa
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 11:25:51 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ahaa

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Dhoni
oru run adichadhukkulaam clapsa

pongappa poi velaya paarunga
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 19 11:26:15 2008.

kb wrote:

ivaney intha adi adikaraan..

appo hayden & DHONI

I yam saari, just now saw this post, could not resist to reply,

EKKBI, have you ever seen Mccullum bat? People like him are 20-20 geniuses and you are comparing him with
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:26:38 2008.

directhit wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Ahaa

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Dhoni
oru run adichadhukkulaam clapsa

pongappa poi velaya paarunga

From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 11:27:57 2008.

I yam saari, just now saw this post, could not resist to reply,

EKKBI, have you ever seen Mccullum bat? People like him are 20-20 geniuses and you are comparing him with Shocked

kb wrote:

ivaney intha adi adikaraan..

appo hayden & DHONI Confused

yeah KB, why do you compare Hayden and Mc Cullum - see Nerd is feeling bad

From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 11:28:11 2008.

Dhoni yedhirpOr sangam vaazhga
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 19 11:29:30 2008.

directhit wrote:

pongappa poi velaya paarunga

vERedha pAkkurOm
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:30:11 2008.

40-3 ... Watson goes.. only batsman in their team who can hit well
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 19 11:30:46 2008.

Watson out
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:31:00 2008.

Nerd wrote:

EKKBI, have you ever seen Mccullum bat? People like him are 20-20 geniuses and you are comparing him with

naan sollanumnu nenachein... guru neenga solliteenga

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:31:58 2008.

EKKBI, have you ever seen Mccullum bat? People like him are 20-20 geniuses and you are comparing him with Shocked

naan sollanumnu nenachein... guru neenga solliteenga LOL

From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:31:59 2008.

lehmann... thanni taanki maari irukaar :p
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:32:35 2008.

Sennay team jeichiruchaa
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:34:16 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Sennay team jeichiruchaa

ennathu India-ku sudhanthiram kedachirhca
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:34:31 2008.

...

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Sennay team jeichiruchaa

ennathu India-ku sudhanthiram kedachirhca
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:37:56 2008.

hey yaarupa addhu

ThalaNass wrote:

Dhoni yedhirpOr sangam vaazhga
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:40:40 2008.

mokka poduthuba
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:41:30 2008.

Rajasthan team nalla ODI match velayaddhu
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:41:31 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

hey yaarupa addhu

Stan, Katie cricket paapangala
From: directhit on Sat Apr 19 11:41:45 2008.

thoo idhellaam oru match -
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 19 11:43:37 2008.

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

hey yaarupa addhu

Stan, Katie cricket paapangala

Oh.. kutty naem is katie-eh
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:45:19 2008.

Indha arunlal commentaryu vandhale ipdi than mokkai aayiduthu
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:46:48 2008.

Nerd wrote:

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

hey yaarupa addhu

Stan, Katie cricket paapangala

Oh.. kutty naem is katie-eh

Sorry Stan
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:49:48 2008.

shabba..adingada dei
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 11:49:52 2008.

Kaif 9(19)
From: Devar Magan on Sat Apr 19 11:50:12 2008.

dhoni

paarthiv patel-ta irunthu WK gloves-a pudingitaaru..

nee ennatha pudungunanu yaarum kettura koodaathu illa..
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 11:50:42 2008.

royals 59/5. spineless display
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:52:00 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Kaif 9(19)

foundation strong pannaru..building weak aayiduchu
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 19 11:52:11 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorJL2X1ylM&feature=related
Whoa! The IPL captains intro. The last one minute of the video is highly recommended for repeated viewing, may be at the rate of 10 times a day
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 11:54:17 2008.

match seekiram mudinjidum pola

From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 11:54:33 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorJL2X1ylM&feature=related
Whoa! The IPL captains intro. The last one minute of the video is highly recommended for repeated viewing, may be at the rate of 10 times a day Cool

From: bingleguy on Sat Apr 19 11:55:34 2008.

Chennai Super Kings !!!!

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:00:16 2008.

Just listen to the crowd roaring sachin!! sachin Smoke Smirk

Enna walk-u.. enna oru simplicity... enna oru style... '
'mmaala innoruthan poranthu than varanum Not Worthy

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 13:10:34 2008.

From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 12:05:25 2008.

sachin deserves all the applause and the crowd always enjoy his prescence.
it is sheer joy to watch him play

I am waiting for him to have a go at T20
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 12:05:56 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

I am waiting for him to have a go at T20

naanum
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 12:08:56 2008.

Warne
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:46:14 2008.

Gambhir straight drive
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 12:47:05 2008.

sehwag special two fours
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:47:18 2008.

shewag 1st ball swing for a four
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 12:48:15 2008.

sehwag out bowled by watson
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 12:48:19 2008.

Watto
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:48:50 2008.

3 4's in a row
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:51:56 2008.

Good comeback watson
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 12:53:37 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Good comeback watson

neenga ellathuliume late-u
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:56:27 2008.

villan

Nalaikki enna match
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 12:58:43 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

villan

Nalaikki enna match

Mumbai vs Bangalore

Kolkata vs Hyderabad
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:59:09 2008.

Delhi reigning in 4's
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 12:59:44 2008.

Kandippa Kolkata vs hyd paakanum

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

villan

Nalaikki enna match

Mumbai vs Bangalore

Kolkata vs Hyderabad
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 13:02:31 2008.

Gambhir kilikuraan
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:02:49 2008.

Hyderabad
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:04:21 2008.

Indian team konja naal la England football team maari aagapoguthu nu nenaikren
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 13:05:07 2008.

Gilly
afridi
symonds
gibbs
styris
Blasters all the way

villan007 wrote:

Hyderabad
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:06:36 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Gilly
afridi
symonds
gibbs
styris
Blasters all the way

yeah..but only 4 international players should be there in the final playing eleven.. ivingala ellathium edutha bowling ku aal illa apram namma lachu than off-spin podanum

Go go hyderabad LOL

yeah..but only 4 international players should be there in the final playing eleven.. Wink

Gilly
afridi
symonds
gibbs
styris
Blasters all the way ROTFL

ivingala ellathium edutha bowling ku aal illa LOL

apram namma lachu than off-spin podanum LOL

From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:11:09 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Gilly
afridi
symonds
gibbs
styris
Blasters all the way

We have Agarkar with us
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:12:47 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Go go hyderabad
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 13:12:51 2008.

All these players love agarkar

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Gilly
afridi
symonds
gibbs
styris
Blasters all the way

We have Agarkar with us
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:13:45 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

All these players love agarkar

Agarkar suffering from a groin strain... will sit out tomm
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:16:11 2008.

Munaf misfield.. Jus recalled what sunny said about munaf in the CB series.. " He is useless as a fielder, hopeless as a batsman "
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 13:16:32 2008.
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 13:19:04 2008.

Warne on in
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 13:22:05 2008.

tomorrow whether sachin is playing. any idea
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 19 13:24:56 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

tomorrow whether sachin is playing. any idea

he might play
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 19 13:25:21 2008.

Theriyalayae pa

wrap07 wrote:

tomorrow whether sachin is playing. any idea
From: wrap07 on Sat Apr 19 13:37:56 2008.

Let us hope he recovers quickly and gives us joy.

Today's match waste. no charm.

let us see tomorrow
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 1:21:45 2008.

ennappA sachin is playing or not.. Should I wake up early tomorrow or not
From: thilak4life on Sun Apr 20 3:31:17 2008.

What if SRT gets out for a duck, then one would imagine what state you guys would be in.
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 20 3:34:34 2008.

thilak4life wrote:

What if SRT gets out for a duck, then one would imagine what state you guys would be in.

If that happens, this thread will reach 100 pages
From: thilak4life on Sun Apr 20 3:39:00 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

thilak4life wrote:

What if SRT gets out for a duck, then one would imagine what state you guys would be in.

If that happens, this thread will reach 100 pages
From: Meera-ssg on Sun Apr 20 6:15:07 2008.

hey whoa a thread for ipl

GOOD SHOW

CSK rocked yesterday!
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 6:23:47 2008.

Laxman wins the toss and to bat first - FIREWORKS to begin
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 6:40:41 2008.

pitchu ivlo kevlama keedhu
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 6:47:21 2008.

one of the guys i HATE the most - Venugopal Rao
hayyaaaaaaaa he is out now
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 6:49:04 2008.

Lachu in
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 6:54:36 2008.

'KEY' player of Hyd to come in
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 6:55:21 2008.
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 6:58:22 2008.

Agarkar
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 6:58:26 2008.

Agarkar
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 7:00:28 2008.
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 7:02:39 2008.

Double paced pitch. not ideal for this game at all

symonds and gilly
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 7:02:41 2008.

Dada - gr8 move to get Murali
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 7:12:34 2008.

Gilly goes to murali.

damp squib pitch
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 7:41:36 2008.

120-130 should be match winning total on this pitch
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 7:51:45 2008.

mgb wrote:

120-130 should be match winning total on this pitch

10 short

apart from Symonds no one tried to play themselves in
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 7:54:18 2008.

RP/Vaas plus Ojha/Symonds - can they do it Priyanka/Rahul Gandhi cheering KKR!!
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 8:09:58 2008.

directhit wrote:

one of the guys i HATE the most - Venugopal Rao
hayyaaaaaaaa he is out now

he got 14 of 14 balls.. much better than rohit sharma and laxman who could not open their accounts
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 8:15:24 2008.

From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 8:16:58 2008.

one of the guys i HATE the most - Venugopal Rao Mad

hayyaaaaaaaa he is out now Razz

he got 14 of 14 balls.. much better than rohit sharma and laxman who could not open their accounts

not coz of his today's innings - been carrying that hatredness from the innings he played for indian team

From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 8:18:53 2008.

Saha
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 8:19:48 2008.
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 8:20:23 2008.

villan007 wrote:
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 8:20:49 2008.

ponting, billy bowden'a morakkaraan
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 8:20:57 2008.

Today might be Dada's day
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 8:21:08 2008.

they have made this a bowling pitch

ponting gone 16/2.
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 8:25:14 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

they have made this a bowling pitch

"making the pitch"laam kedayaadhu.. adhu adhuvaa amaiyaradhudhaan
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 8:26:56 2008.

pitch looks like a sandbox
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 8:29:52 2008.

3 down doubtu than
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 8:31:24 2008.

mgb wrote:

wrap07 wrote:

they have made this a bowling pitch

"making the pitch"laam kedayaadhu.. adhu adhuvaa amaiyaradhudhaan

see. Arun lal in his pitch report said the pitch will be slow and difficult to bat. Curator for all his experience should be aware of this. It may be ok for a test match. but not T20.
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 8:33:02 2008.

sourav got a bad bounce and got hit in chest
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 9:17:34 2008.

extras is going to clinch it for kolkatta
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:20:18 2008.

Hafeez wow this ones gonna get more exciting
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:42:47 2008.

ha ha as per D/L this would be a TIE!!!
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:43:58 2008.

directhit wrote:

ha ha as per D/L this would be a TIE!!!

really ??
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:44:28 2008.

yeah - if the lights dont come on, its a tie
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:46:09 2008.

directhit wrote:

yeah - if the lights dont come on, its a tie

oh adhan laxman umpires kitta bayangarama argue pannitu irukaara ?
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:47:17 2008.

yeah but Laxman IMO would be happy with a tie - Symonds messed up his overs
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:48:29 2008.

Hyderabad dress - the pants near the waist line looks soooooo funny with skin colour
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:48:54 2008.

Best match so far in the league evrything has gone wayward..
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:55:18 2008.

and now a bowl-out
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:56:22 2008.

directhit wrote:

and now a bowl-out

karthik is padded up
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:57:36 2008.

lights came back and match starts again
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:58:00 2008.

no bowl out ... game will continue
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 9:59:05 2008.

SRK lights off pannadhu waste aayiduchu - D/L la tie sonnavudane lights on pannitaanga
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 9:59:41 2008.
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:04:53 2008.

Styris
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:08:18 2008.

Hussey... Show the kolakattans what are you capable of
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:13:08 2008.

Hussey
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 10:16:11 2008.

Hussey Dada's army wins again my second support team
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:16:29 2008.

lachu
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:18:33 2008.

Sachin not to play... Bhajji to captain the side
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 10:21:14 2008.

love seeing IPL jus for the camaraderie b/w players - Ishant being congratulated by Punter/offering tips etc. today it was great to see VVS/Symo talking so often to each other on strategies etc
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 10:23:11 2008.

Bajji wins the toss - habbaaaa Sanath/Uthappa batting paathuttu thooonga pogalaam - test team batting paaka vendaam
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 20 10:30:10 2008.

RCB romba manatha vaangama konjama vaangaraangala parkaren
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:31:07 2008.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

RCB romba manatha vaangama konjama vaangaraangala parkaren

hehe
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 10:31:37 2008.

Sanath and Luke Ronchi to open
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 10:49:17 2008.

directhit wrote:

Ishant being congratulated by Punter/offering tips etc.
rundhaan adikkala.. vaangara kaasukku idhayaavadhu pannattum

From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Apr 20 11:10:57 2008.

From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:31:51 2008.

From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Apr 20 11:13:03 2008.

ThalaNass wrote:

Sennayy kum Blore gathi thaan
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 11:52:19 2008.

banaglore bowling/fielding better today.

batting
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:03:03 2008.

pollock pollakurar
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:26:24 2008.

This time its Chanderpaul and Dravid to open for the RCs
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:26:43 2008.

challenging score for RC 166 to win
chanderpaul and dravid in
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:31:29 2008.

sachin aadalaya
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:31:35 2008.

Consecutive fours for Chanderpaul
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 12:32:16 2008.

Nerd wrote:

This time its Chanderpaul and Dravid to open for the RCs
already 2 4s in the first over
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:32:23 2008.

banglore'ku indha total jaasthi dhaan...paavam dravid'ku indha format othe varala
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:33:16 2008.

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

This time its Chanderpaul and Dravid to open for the RCs
already 2 4s in the first over

Actually I am supporting RC today
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:34:02 2008.

i feel dravid can take time... take singles as of now
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:34:24 2008.

Dravid struggling
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:34:58 2008.

Nice to see Dravid playing for singles I am sure he can blast after 2-3 overs..
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:35:06 2008.

4 dot balls sorry 5 now..
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 12:35:35 2008.

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

This time its Chanderpaul and Dravid to open for the RCs
already 2 4s in the first over

Actually I am supporting RC today
enna irundhaalum namma brand illaiyaa
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:35:52 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Nice to see Dravid playing for singles I am sure he can blast after 2-3 overs..

yeah.. he has to be patient.. he seems to be deperate right from the first ball
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:36:09 2008.

now he will blast...jus watch
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:36:51 2008.

pollock is as mean as ever in bowling
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:37:05 2008.

Last ball single But I like that

mgb: Moderator kOvichikkuvaaru
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:37:18 2008.

first one
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:37:25 2008.

dravid first boundary
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 12:37:27 2008.

dravid took a single of the last ball.. oru velai dravid aadina run adikka maattaarnu avangale single kuduthutaangalo
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:37:30 2008.

karthik_sa2 wrote:

now he will blast...jus watch

4
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:38:19 2008.

wow..evryone wants Dravid to perform
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:38:22 2008.

seeing ashish nehra bowl after a long time
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:38:40 2008.
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:39:50 2008.

Way to go Dravid 2nd four
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:39:50 2008.

dravid
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:39:51 2008.

dravid second four
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:40:06 2008.

ippO dhAn note pannREn, kannannn sonnadhu correct dhaan shaktimaan
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:41:02 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Way to go Dravid 2nd four

inge remmbba slow-a varudhu.. But what a SHOT!!
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:42:28 2008.

Quote:

seeing ashish nehra bowl after a long time

yes looks like akram
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:44:11 2008.

shaun pollock'a maximum single dhaan eduka mudiyudhu
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:45:35 2008.

Who is Ronchi And why the heck do the commentators trouble him in the middle of an over
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:47:00 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Who is Ronchi And why the heck do the commentators trouble him in the middle of an over

Ronchi is the WK/Batsman of Western Australia...

So many OZ county players are playing

Dominic Thornely , Ronchi , D.Hussey, B.Geeves
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:47:17 2008.

dravid third four
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:47:38 2008.

indha format'layium ivalo neat'a bookish'a aadraaru dravid
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:47:58 2008.

dravid and chanderpaul are running singles also well. good sign
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:48:36 2008.

They're trying to emulate KFC big bash tournament with all those talking with Wicket keepers
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:48:42 2008.

karthik_sa2 wrote:

indha format'layium ivalo neat'a bookish'a aadraaru dravid

Adhu! No slogging so far, but he can slog as well!
From: always on Sun Apr 20 12:50:11 2008.

interesting match. Don't know which team to support
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:51:09 2008.

villan007 wrote:

They're trying to emulate KFC big bash tournament with all those talking with Wicket keepers

will it not disturb the batsman. may be batsman will get used to that in future
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 12:53:28 2008.

rameez is talking rubbish to the wk
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:55:02 2008.

cp gone
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:55:05 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

rameez is talking rubbish to the wk

Chanderpaul goes
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:56:03 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

rameez is talking rubbish to the wk

He generally talks rubbish. Him and sunny Gavaskar is a terrific combo next combo arun-lal and srk eh
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 20 12:57:12 2008.

Nerd wrote:

wrap07 wrote:

rameez is talking rubbish to the wk

He generally talks rubbish. Him and sunny Gavaskar is a terrific combo next combo arun-lal and srk eh

Arunlal and Shiva....
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 20 12:57:38 2008.

Jeingappa RCers inniku... Hope Ross taylor can take them home...
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:57:44 2008.

Nerd wrote:

next combo arun-lal and srk eh

What a genius
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:58:04 2008.

Quote:

He generally talks rubbish. Him and sunny Gavaskar is a terrific combo next combo arun-lal and srk eh
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 12:58:13 2008.

Robin Jackman and SRK.. Listening to RJ aafter a long time..
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:58:34 2008.
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 12:59:36 2008.

Ross Taylor is a shaky starter... If he gets going
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 12:59:42 2008.

pollock is jus awesome
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:02:01 2008.

It will be difficult to get after bhajji.... he'll be firing every delivery into the legs like he did in the T20 world cup
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:02:37 2008.

super shot dravid
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:02:54 2008.

oh my..whatta shot... SHot of the day
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:03:46 2008.

villan007 wrote:

oh my..whatta shot... SHot of the day

yes. just brilliant
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:04:08 2008.

Shot of the day
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:06:21 2008.

Seri OK Dravid othukkuROm, Please open up your shoulders, this is getting a little out of their hands
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:08:42 2008.

jayasurya slow ball podraru
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:08:57 2008.

bhajji into the attack
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:09:40 2008.

Rass Taylor we need more
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:09:40 2008.

welcome baajjiiii
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:10:26 2008.

taylor astralian'ah
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:10:27 2008.

another six... boy the kiwis are on a roll in this league
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 13:10:38 2008.

villan007 wrote:

It will be difficult to get after bhajji.... he'll be firing every delivery into the legs like he did in the T20 world cup
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:10:41 2008.

taylor 2 stunners of sixes
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:11:05 2008.

karthik_sa2 wrote:

taylor astralian'ah

New Zealand
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:11:47 2008.

I hate Bhajji!!
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:11:56 2008.

mgb wrote:

villan007 wrote:

It will be difficult to get after bhajji.... he'll be firing every delivery into the legs like he did in the T20 world cup

seri seri..nane adha edit pannalamnu irundhen..adhukulla thedi pidichu quote pannanuma
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:12:12 2008.

ada paavi
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:12:20 2008.

poor dravid
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:12:22 2008.

Dravid out
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:13:17 2008.

[quoNew Zealandte][/quote]

oh bajji'a appadi adichadhanala oru sandhegam
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:13:35 2008.
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:14:57 2008.

Kallis to replace Dravid
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:15:12 2008.

Taylor
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:15:43 2008.

Jayasuriya turn lam panraaru
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:17:02 2008.

Taylor holds out RCs are sinking
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:17:02 2008.

taylor gone
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:17:14 2008.

Sure shocker! 40 Pages in 2 days! Great going guys!

Naan idha yedhir paakala
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:17:19 2008.

it seems no luck for dravid & co
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:17:21 2008.

ayyo taylor out..he was lookin good...would have loved if bajji had taken his wicket
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:18:40 2008.

RC waste.. brand-a maathanum pOla.. ippO dhAn thalaivara pAthEn in the boundary line cheering for Mumbai
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:21:29 2008.

Quote:

RC waste.. brand-a maathanum pOla.. ippO dhAn thalaivara pAthEn in the boundary line cheering for Mumbai
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:22:15 2008.

IMO, local players should represent their respective states. For eg Bhajji for Punjab, Karthik for Chennai, Uthappa for Bangalore etc., Against-a aaduradha paakuradhukku oru maadhri irrukku!

Dhoni has masked number '0' in his shirt and made it as 7, numerology?

Commentators are sponsoring Pepsi or what?! Sometimes they talk about Pepsi or they are showing Pepsi cans in the desk

Oru ponna[Prethy] 11 pasanga serndhu azhavaikiradha naan vanmayaga yedhirkiren eventhough Chennai won the match.
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 13:22:55 2008.

V Kohli doing some hitting
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:24:23 2008.

Kohli U-19 captain -nu prooof panraapla..
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:26:07 2008.
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:27:51 2008.

Whoa.. that kid's awesome
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 13:29:38 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Kohli U-19 captain -nu prooof panraapla..
captaincykum scoringkum enna connection
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:29:38 2008.

kholi
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:30:00 2008.

very much possible for rcb
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:30:43 2008.

mgb wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Kohli U-19 captain -nu prooof panraapla..
captaincykum scoringkum enna connection

In the U-19 world, they only appoint the best of the lot as the captain, not like in tests and ODIs

U-19 captain -nu prooof panraapla..

Kohli

captaincykum scoringkum enna connection Mad

In the U-19 world, they only appoint the best of the lot as the captain, not like in tests and ODIs Mad

From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:32:00 2008.

4 down
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:32:13 2008.

Captains have started this series so badly!

Ganguly,Dhoni,Laxman,Kaif, Dravid [today exception]
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:33:23 2008.

boucher
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:33:32 2008.

Nehra Come back soon to the Indian team
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:34:04 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Captains have started this series so badly!

Ganguly,Dhoni,Laxman,Kaif, Dravid [today exception]

Warne captains the Royals
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:34:31 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Nehra Come back soon to the Indian team

yes and Agarkar too..
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:35:06 2008.

He is better than sreesanth for sure

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Nehra Come back soon to the Indian team

yes and Agarkar too..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:35:44 2008.

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Nehra Come back soon to the Indian team

yes and Agarkar too..

No! Please dont compare Nehra with Agarkar! Nehra is a very good bowler. His 2002 wc performance was
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:35:46 2008.

Quote:

yes and Agarkar too..

yes he shd be back...
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:36:53 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

His 2002 wc performance was

modhalla Kaif captain-nu sonneenga.. ippO idhuvaa
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:36:53 2008.

karthik_sa2 wrote:

Quote:

yes and Agarkar too..

yes he shd be back...
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:37:49 2008.

karthik_sa2 wrote:

Quote:

yes and Agarkar too..

yes he shd be back...

naa summa thaamasuku sonneinga...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:37:52 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

His 2002 wc performance was

modhalla Kaif captain-nu sonneenga.. ippO idhuvaa

2002 thaane!
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:38:11 2008.

Quote:

No! Please dont compare Nehra with Agarkar! Nehra is a very good bowler. His 2002 wc performance was

agarkar has played many match winning performances too....and he is good this domestic season
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:38:31 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

His 2002 wc performance was

modhalla Kaif captain-nu sonneenga.. ippO idhuvaa

2002 thaane!

2003
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:39:22 2008.

aenpaa yaarukum agarkar'a pidikala
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:39:48 2008.

Oh! 4 varushathukku orukka ulaga koppai-la ...

koppai-naale kai slip aagudhu
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:40:05 2008.

karthik_sa2 wrote:

aenpaa yaarukum agarkar'a pidikala

ella opposite team batsman-kum pidikuthe..adhan
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:41:15 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Oh! 4 varushathukku orukka ulaga koppai-la ...

koppai-naale kai slip aagudhu

UngaL sEvai RC-kku thEvai Please support them..
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:41:32 2008.

Pollock vs Kallis , Boucher ..shud be interesting
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:42:03 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Oh! 4 varushathukku orukka ulaga koppai-la ...

koppai-naale kai slip aagudhu

UngaL sEvai RC-kku thEvai Please support them..
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:43:04 2008.

Quote:

ella opposite team batsman-kum pidikuthe..adhan
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:43:24 2008.

villan007 wrote:

karthik_sa2 wrote:

aenpaa yaarukum agarkar'a pidikala

ella opposite team batsman-kum pidikuthe..adhan
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:43:56 2008.

Ennatha support panni enntha panradhu? Mallaya avan vayasukaaranellam team-la pudichu pottrukkan Joshi,Dravid,Jaffer-nu loosu payya
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:45:01 2008.

Wow kallis and boucher playing against pollock
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:45:41 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Wow kallis and boucher playing against pollock

Boucher clobbered him over extra-cover
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:46:37 2008.

4 overs 40
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:47:27 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Wow kallis and boucher playing against pollock

Australia pasanga avanuga kullara adichikiradhu thamasa irrukku naina ...gavunichiya?!!
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:47:32 2008.

Boucher If the RCs are gonna win thats gonna be coz of this man
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:48:47 2008.

Nerd wrote:

4 overs 40

Enakennamo RC jeichruvaainga-nu thonudhu
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:49:12 2008.

Appo dravid

villan007 wrote:

Boucher If the RCs are gonna win thats gonna be coz of this man
From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 13:49:26 2008.

Dravid'a kooda adikka vechchaachu.. indha kalis adippanaangraan :evi:
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:50:13 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Appo dravid

avaru summa lololai-ku
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:50:42 2008.

mgb wrote:

Dravid'a kooda adikka vechchaachu.. indha kalis adippanaangraan :evi:
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:50:54 2008.

appa kallis finally semma adi
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:51:03 2008.

mgb wrote:

Dravid'a kooda adikka vechchaachu.. indha kalis adippanaangraan :evi:

take it thats what Kallis is capable of and Dravid is not
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:51:22 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

4 overs 40

Enakennamo RC jeichruvaainga-nu thonudhu

Even I think so.. 3 overs 30..

Anyway thalaivar team-kkuLLa vandhOnna no mercy
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:53:04 2008.

sure RCB win 21 off 14 balls
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:53:32 2008.

Nehra
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:53:45 2008.

nehra
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:54:21 2008.

boucher spectacular
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:54:31 2008.

Boucher hits one to the roof
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:54:34 2008.

boucher
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 20 13:55:02 2008.
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:55:39 2008.

idhula kooda nehra'va drop panniduvanga pola
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 13:55:52 2008.

Shakthiprabha wrote:
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:56:03 2008.

Boucher-ku indha Jalsa rap-a dedicate panniduvom

a caal in the cool cool angry maan super andraa desaa
its the time for the toll and the beat cumon cumon karo jalsaaaaaa jalsaaaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaaaa...yooo...yooo...yoooo..yoooo

(song)he is the man yoo the jaaaakichain....he is the king of the andhraa
his blud is the super movie andhraa hydraabaadh and she is baby gold sandra
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:56:34 2008.

Nehra Thalaiva, next match-la dhayavu seidhu avana edukkaatheenga

Boucher The thing is NONE of the Indian batsmen have made an impression so far..
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 13:56:38 2008.

dravid can smile now
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:56:48 2008.

Four Boucher
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 13:57:18 2008.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

Vaanga!! Ungga avatar-la ulladhu neengala? Brush panni romba naal aagudho?!!
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:58:13 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Boucher The thing is NONE of the Indian batsmen have made an impression so far..

and we are T20 champs

Kallis goes

From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 13:58:15 2008.

Boucher-ku indha Jalsa rap-a dedicate panniduvom LOL

a caal in the cool cool angry maan super andraa desaa
its the time for the toll and the beat cumon cumon karo jalsaaaaaa jalsaaaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaaaa...yooo...yooo...yoooo..yoooo

(song)he is the man yoo the jaaaakichain....he is the king of the andhraa
his blud is the super movie andhraa hydraabaadh and she is baby gold sandra

EKRCI

From: mgb on Sun Apr 20 13:58:55 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

dravid can smile now
apdiye next matchla opening pannaama, ross taylor and chanderpaul'a anuppattum
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 13:59:03 2008.

indian future fielding lookin good
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 13:59:42 2008.

3 runs required from tha last over
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 14:02:27 2008.

scores level
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 14:04:02 2008.

3 balls one run...
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 14:04:39 2008.

Dravid deserves this win guys.

boucher and kallis has made this possible

bravo boucher
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 14:04:47 2008.

Thats it Dravid looks happy
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 14:04:48 2008.

aahaaa one run'ku ivalo kastaamaa
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 14:06:07 2008.

super! congrats Mallaya & team! Night-u party thaan....
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 14:06:32 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

boucher and kallis has made this possible
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 14:06:42 2008.

Tomorrow what match-ya?
From: wrap07 on Sun Apr 20 14:06:44 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Thats it Dravid looks happy
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 14:06:51 2008.

Dravid's all pumped up Anyway naaLikku yaaru??
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 20 14:07:59 2008.

atlast!

Nobody had ever seen a worst cheer for WIDE ever like they did just a few mis ago

Sridhar,

antha singam RCB victory kku garjikarathu

bye pps
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 20 14:09:26 2008.

Jaipur vs Punjab

Hyderabad vs Delhi
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 14:10:58 2008.

Mumbai bowling - Pollock is pathetic nalla vELa agarkar home team-kku veLaadala..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Apr 20 14:11:27 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Jaipur vs Punjab

Hyderabad vs Delhi

Ok my pick Priety Punjab and Hyderabad
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Apr 20 14:18:01 2008.

Superb innings by Boucher.

Ashish Nehra
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 14:18:35 2008.

Once we have sachin with us we will definitely rock - Harbhajan singh
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Apr 20 14:19:35 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Once we have sachin with us we will definitely rock - Harbhajan singh
From: karthik_sa2 on Sun Apr 20 14:55:34 2008.

Quote:

Once we have sachin with us we will definitely rock - Harbhajan singh

thalaivar opening with jayasurya...ninachu paarakavae ennamo aagaudhu...aana paaavam evalo pressure avaruku....idhula ennana endha ground'ku poi aadinaalum avanuku dhaan cheer pannuvanga irrespective of their home team
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 15:03:39 2008.

Annan SRT illadha orae karanathinaal vendra bangalore anikku ennudaya vaazhthukalai therivithu kolgirein (Read it in Amaithipadai Manivannan voiceover)
From: Devar Magan on Sun Apr 20 15:59:40 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Mumbai bowling - Pollock is pathetic nalla vELa agarkar home team-kku veLaadala..
what nonsense...

pollock bowled a great spell of 4 overs for just 17 runs, in addition to his blistering 28 of just 12 balls..

From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 16:05:37 2008.

Nerd pollock bowled beautifully. It was Nehra who lost the match for mumbai Cool

. Pollock almost bowled a maiden on dravid Rolling Eyes

. And as dm says he belted some beautiful sixers as well

nalla vELa agarkar home team-kku veLaadala..

Mumbai bowling - Pollock is pathetic Crying or Very sad

what nonsense... Evil or Very Mad

pollock bowled a great spell of 4 overs for just 17 runs, in addition to his blistering 28 of just 12 balls..

From: Nerd on Sun Apr 20 16:30:04 2008.

That was supposed to be a "-" (minus sign)
From: ajithfederer on Sun Apr 20 16:39:22 2008.
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 21:11:05 2008.

Old Age Home jayichuduchu all coz of that stupid innings by thalaivar Uthappa - he was trying for all 'cute' shots for most of the time, wasting nearly 20 deliveries for that. Pollock shud have come up the order - today SAPPA match, Rajasthan Priety Zinta sirikkaradha paakalaam, Lalit Modi vera avangalukku thunaiyaa irukkkaar

From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 20 23:00:10 2008.

all coz of that stupid innings by thalaivar Uthappa - he was trying for all 'cute' shots for most of the time, wasting nearly 20 deliveries for that. Pollock shud have come up the order - today SAPPA match, Rajasthan Cry2

Old Age Home jayichuduchu Banging Head

Priety Zinta sirikkaradha paakalaam, Lalit Modi vera avangalukku thunaiyaa irukkkaar LOL

From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 20 23:01:28 2008.

Today we can Relax coz KXP will win it for sure....

But Nalikkum, Wednesday um... Ultimate contest on hands... Cant wait for that...

Wow IPL is getting interesting....
From: directhit on Sun Apr 20 23:04:53 2008.

today vethu match , one interesting battle would be Irphan Pathan vs Yusuf Pathan though - Wednesday would be Bajji vs Hayden, the ultimate battle - hope Sachin is fit by then
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 0:16:00 2008.

Rajasthan is not that bad team. Once Pakistan team is back from Bangladesh this team might get stronger - Younis Khan, Tanvir, Akmal are all good players.

Smith and Mascarenhas played against Delhi?

From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 21 0:18:05 2008.

Rajasthan is not that bad team. Once Pakistan team is back from Bangladesh this team might get stronger - Younis Khan, Tanvir, Akmal are all good players.

Smith and Mascarenhas played against Delhi?

No Sridhar anna.. Smith and Mascarenhas weren't part of that losing team...

From: Billgates on Mon Apr 21 0:23:22 2008.

Going by big names, VVS xi should take the cup but Dada is lucky guy

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 2:57:22 2008.

Rajasthan is not that bad team. Once Pakistan team is back from Bangladesh this team might get stronger - Younis Khan, Tanvir, Akmal are all good players.

Smith and Mascarenhas played against Delhi?

No Sridhar anna.. Smith and Mascarenhas weren't part of that losing team...

Then defly its a good team

From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 3:26:25 2008.

Every team seems to have good names and much would depend on the international players available to them at their disposal. Any team with least dependency on Intl stars might be a lot better.
Chennai - Raina/Badri/Dhoni/Parthiv - (Bowling is weak though )
Delhi - Viru/Dhawan/Gambhir/Tiwary plus DK -
Mohali - Yuvi/Srivastava/Irphan/Goel - not bad
Mumbai is not bad with Sachin/Uthappa/Abhishek Nayar in their squad.
Hyderabad - too is a bit weak in that aspect with only VVS/Bangar and Rohit sharma with them.
Kolkatta - has only Pujara/Dada
Bangalore - looks weakest with only V Kohli capable of hard hitting plus Dravid to some extent
Jaipur is weak with Jadeja/Kaif/T Kohli/Yusuf Pathan

also 4 mathes over and not even one great performance by Indian team members. Badrinath was AWESOME in his first match. Ishant was good, Uthappa tried a lot of useless stuff yesterday. Yet to fire - Yuvi might start today

From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 3:44:42 2008.

Quote:

The absence of Sachin Tendulkar might have thrown the Mumbaikars off course, although they had their fix when the Little Master milled around on the outfield before the game got under way. Instead, as the Mumbai innings developed, they chanted for "Robin" (Uthappa of Karnataka) and "Bhajji" (their new captain Harbhajan Singh, from the Punjab). And they went positively berserk as Shaun Pollock creamed R Vinay Kumar over extra cover for four and six in successive balls with that languid swing of his. The run-out of Sanath Jayasuriya was greeted with silence.
The Mumbai cricket fan has always prided himself on his knowledge of the game. It looks as if that might extend to knowing how to support a team

Hope, Chennai crowd is also like that

Quote:

Rahul Dravid, so used to being the darling of fans in this country wherever he goes, the experience was a novel one. "It was a fantastic atmosphere," he said, "but I'm not used to a crowd like that. Whenever I've played here before for India, the crowd have been rooting for you. But here, I hit a four and no one clapped. I think I'll have to get used to that over the rest of the tournament."

From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 3:46:03 2008.

Quote:

Uthappa enjoyed most success against Vinay Kumar, his Karnataka colleague (17 from 10 balls), and Jacques Kallis (16 from seven). Watching him bat though, it was impossible not to be struck by how limited he is as a player. Apart from the hoick over midwicket and the scoop to fine leg, a shot for which he seems to have developed an unhealthy fetish, there was little to his repertoire.

No matter what the line or length, the shovel past the wicketkeeper seemed to be his first choice. You couldn't help but contrast his methods with those of Suresh Raina and S Badrinath Cool

, both of whom batted with such elegance on Saturday while scoring at the frenetic pace required in this format.

His dismissal was as inevitable as a sunset. One paddle too many, and a smart stumping from Mark Boucher

ivan batting paaka night oru mani varaikkum muzhichikittirundhein vera

From: mgb on Mon Apr 21 3:54:19 2008.

However hard i try, i am still not able to get over my hatred for Ponting, Hayden and Symonds.. and for the same reason my heart doesnt go with the teams they are associated with.. i hope some other team other than Kolkatta, Chennai or Hyderabad wins the IPL ( this is despite my home town is chennai, my most admired captain is dada and i regard laxman as the most stylish batsman of our time )

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:03:14 2008.

However hard i try, i am still not able to get over my hatred for Ponting, Hayden and Symonds.. and for the same reason my heart doesnt go with the teams they are associated with.. i hope some other team other than Kolkatta, Chennai or Hyderabad wins the IPL ( this is despite my home town is chennai, my most admired captain is dada and i regard laxman as the most stylish batsman of our time )

Idhu ungalukke konjam too much-a therila

but I can understand your point.

From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 4:03:27 2008.

mgb, Ishant/Ponting/Dada ve patch up aayachu - you would see Hayden and Bajji being friends on wednesday's match and also Symonds/Bajji soon - namakku edhukku hatredness

My admiration for Punter went up a lot after seeing him ruffle Ishant's hair after Dravid dismissal and the way he reacts to every wicket falling. Also sterday he came in from first slip to pass on some tips to Ishant, this when Symo was at the crease and he is interacting with Dada frequently too -- Ricky
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:14:38 2008.
From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 4:30:43 2008.

villan007 wrote:
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:33:59 2008.

inniku mathchuke ivlo biuld-up paaathu tha
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:35:25 2008.

villan007 wrote:

inniku mathchuke ivlo biuld-up paaathu tha

Enna build-up?!
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:36:30 2008.

title lam pottu asathureengale
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:37:23 2008.

villan007 wrote:

title lam pottu asathureengale

ada idhu daily pannanum-nu irruken, makkaluku useful-a irrukum-la
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 21 4:37:56 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

villan007 wrote:

title lam pottu asathureengale

ada idhu daily pannanum-nu irruken, makkaluku useful-a irrukum-la

Ungal sevai Hub-kku thevai
From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 4:38:29 2008.

Today match is fight b/w Pathan biradhars - adhaan and Sridhar is die-hard supporter of Rajasthan Royals
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:40:10 2008.

directhit wrote:

Today match is fight b/w Pathan biradhars - adhaan and Sridhar is die-hard supporter of Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan team pudikkum bur Preethy adha vida pudikume!

Punjab rocks!
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:40:56 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ada idhu daily pannanum-nu irruken, makkaluku useful-a irrukum-la

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:40:58 2008.

ada idhu daily pannanum-nu irruken, makkaluku useful-a irrukum-la Razz

title lam pottu asathureengale LOL

Ungal sevai Hub-kku thevai Not Worthy

Nanri nanri!

Idhula yedhuvum Ul-kuthu illaye

From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:41:59 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Preethy adha vida pudikume!

neengalum Lalit Modi-oda sernthutengala
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:43:14 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Preethy adha vida pudikume!

neengalum Lalit Modi-oda sernthutengala

avan kedakuraan! nalla erumamaatukku tie katna maadhri
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:44:45 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

nalla erumamaatukku tie katna maadhri

unga kobam puriuthu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 4:45:55 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

nalla erumamaatukku tie katna maadhri

unga kobam puriuthu

/dig

Enna innum Coimbi-ya?! Romba naala irrukura maadhri theriyudhu?

end dig /
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 4:47:52 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Enna innum Coimbi-ya?! Romba naala irrukura maadhri theriyudhu?
end dig /

yea oru exam onnu ezhthunam and company maara poren

mite be b'lore from mid-may

From: mgb on Mon Apr 21 5:26:33 2008.

My admiration for Punter went up a lot after seeing him ruffle Ishant's hair after Dravid dismissal and the way he reacts to every wicket falling. Also sterday he came in from first slip to pass on some tips to Ishant, this when Symo was at the crease Laughing

and he is interacting with Dada frequently too -- Ricky Bow

what other choice he has ? already he hasnt scored runs, indha maadhiri edhavadhu thalaya kodhi vidaradhu, odambu pudichu vidaradhu, ipdi edhavadhu pannadhaan avana dada teamla vechchupaarnu nenakkaraan pola.. if he is not taken into the playing 12 for atleast 4 matches, he doesnt get his full fees.
Modhalla avana run adikka sollunga. That is the primary job for which he has been picked in the auction. Dada will take care of the advise to Ishant and Co.

From: mgb on Mon Apr 21 5:27:15 2008.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Punjab rocks!
apram edhukkaaga Punjab teamku vote pannala
From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 5:27:26 2008.

mgb wrote:

indha maadhiri edhavadhu thalaya kodhi vidaradhu, odambu pudichu vidaradhu
From: mgb on Mon Apr 21 5:28:04 2008.

villan007 wrote:

mite be b'lore from mid-may
adhukku yen indha nadukkam welcome welcome
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 5:32:50 2008.

mgb wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Punjab rocks!
apram edhukkaaga Punjab teamku vote pannala

Naan yaarukume vote podala
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 21 7:14:33 2008.

Inniku Rajashtan Royals Jeikka En Vazhthukal...
From: Nerd on Mon Apr 21 9:23:27 2008.

mgb wrote:

what other choice he has ? already he hasnt scored runs,.

dada reNdu match-la reNdu fifty adichittApla
From: sriranga on Mon Apr 21 9:49:43 2008.

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

what other choice he has ? already he hasnt scored runs,.

dada reNdu match-la reNdu fifty adichittApla

nethiki kooda nenjula balla vaanginaaru, aana valila thudichatha paartha vera engayo patta madhiri irundhudhu.
From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 10:58:23 2008.

Rajasthan doing well - Warne still rocks
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 11:23:08 2008.

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

what other choice he has ? already he hasnt scored runs,.

dada reNdu match-la reNdu fifty adichittApla

pucha potrukura rule padi kaptan lam run adika koodathu
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 21 11:34:09 2008.

Rajasthan's fielding is shocking. Lehmann & Kaif dropped sitters

From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 21 11:41:25 2008.

ada idhu daily pannanum-nu irruken, makkaluku useful-a irrukum-la Razz

title lam pottu asathureengale LOL

Ungal sevai Hub-kku thevai Not Worthy

Nanri nanri! Laughing

Idhula yedhuvum Ul-kuthu illaye Embarassed

Cha cha!! Adhellam illai

From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 21 11:56:34 2008.

Yuvi

Proves once again why he is a tonty tonty specialist
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 21 12:02:00 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Yuvi

Proves once again why he is a tonty tonty specialist

Rendu catch droppu
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 21 12:36:15 2008.

It ain't his fault at all. Did u see those sixes ?? Worth every paisa of your ticket

littlemaster1982 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Yuvi

Proves once again why he is a tonty tonty specialist

Rendu catch droppu
From: Devar Magan on Mon Apr 21 12:45:33 2008.

shane warne
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Apr 21 13:00:01 2008.

Rajasthan looks to be struggling! Watson/Lehmann should play for another 5 to 6 overs.
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:33:01 2008.

rajasthan on course to win

142/4

some lusty blows by jadeja and watson
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:37:49 2008.

jadeja seems to be brilliant and innovative batter.

two boundaries in lee over
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 21 13:40:13 2008.

Was sreesanth booed in the match or what??
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:42:50 2008.

he is having real hard time in the field
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:45:30 2008.

The problem with sree is he thinks too much what to bowl

finalling ending up with a boundary ball
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 13:47:00 2008.

Watto

Preity Punjab
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:48:08 2008.

if advised properly, for his action and movement, he could become a good bowler.
He must first stop his off/onfield nonsense and concentrate to improve himself
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:49:40 2008.

rajasthan royal has won the match
From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 13:52:52 2008.

shane specifically calls jadeja and congratulates him. Warne has captained well today and bowled brilliantly
From: villan007 on Mon Apr 21 13:54:12 2008.

wrap07 wrote:

shane specifically calls jadeja and congratulates him. Warne has captained well today and bowled brilliantly

With Smith and M.Morkel due to join the Royals will grow stronger

From: wrap07 on Mon Apr 21 14:01:20 2008.

shane specifically calls jadeja and congratulates him. Warne has captained well today and bowled brilliantly

With Smith and M.Morkel due to join the Royals will grow stronger

yeah. absolutely

From: directhit on Mon Apr 21 21:11:07 2008.

Yuvi had an LBW escape plus two dropped catches and still they lost the match Shane warne Priety

From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 21 22:41:48 2008.

It ain't his fault at all. Did u see those sixes ?? Worth every paisa of your ticket Not Worthy

I didn't see those sixes. Anyway, no questions about his batting talents (in ODI and T20's)

Yuvi

Proves once again why he is a tonty tonty specialist Very Happy

Rendu catch droppu Wink

From: mgb on Tue Apr 22 3:52:52 2008.

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

what other choice he has ? already he hasnt scored runs,.

dada reNdu match-la reNdu fifty adichittApla
adhanaaladhaan solren, oru oraila rendu kaththi irukka mudiyaadhu.. oru teamla rendu dada irukka mudiyaadhu.. so drop ponting
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 5:05:34 2008.

mgb wrote:

oru oraila rendu kaththi irukka mudiyaadhu..
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:11:01 2008.

hope Hyd wins the toss and bats first and can see Afridi/Gillie to open even otherwise the indian duo of Sehwag/Gambhir - gr8 match today!!
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:13:01 2008.

ground kaali ya keedhu ?
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 22 10:16:33 2008.

eppo matchu
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:17:38 2008.

8.00
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:20:45 2008.

Hyd la ICL support mattum dhaano
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:20:56 2008.

yaruba adhu match referee... heads-a tails nu sonnavaru
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:21:52 2008.

Hyd to bat
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:23:32 2008.

directhit wrote:

hope Hyd wins the toss and bats first and can see Afridi/Gillie to open even otherwise the indian duo of Sehwag/Gambhir - gr8 match today!!

your hopes come true regarding toss.
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:24:55 2008.

villan007 wrote:

yaruba adhu match referee... heads-a tails nu sonnavaru

kadaisi varai avarkku doubt. even sehwag oru thadavai confirm pannikittar. hilarious

From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:25:59 2008.

hope Hyd wins the toss and bats first and can see Afridi/Gillie to open Cool

even otherwise the indian duo of Sehwag/Gambhir Cool

- gr8 match today!!

your hopes come true regarding toss. Very Happy

yes

, hope afridi opens

- btw no vettori and YoMahesh is playing

have read some good things abt him - gotto see

From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:28:37 2008.

Venugopal Rao
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:28:44 2008.

My zapport is for any team other than sannay
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 22 10:29:51 2008.

Go Hyderabad go
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:29:52 2008.

Annan Mcgrath bowling
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:30:45 2008.

Wow gilly facing mcgrath

I love IPL
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:34:25 2008.

Great first over
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:34:39 2008.

glenn as always perfect start
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:34:41 2008.

directhit wrote:

Venugopal Rao
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:35:16 2008.

Mcgrath na summava

villan007 wrote:

Great first over
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:36:36 2008.

Delhi has Asif
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:36:54 2008.

gilly blow six
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:39:04 2008.

gilly gone bowled
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:39:18 2008.

Asif
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:40:27 2008.

VVS and Venugoap Rao.. wow fireworks to begin
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:40:35 2008.

Mc Grath alongside Asif is

Rameez Raja meanwhile at his best - 'batsman has to start hitting Asif from the start, otherwise he would be all over you like a Rash'
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:41:32 2008.

villan007 wrote:

Asif
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:42:21 2008.

directhit wrote:

directhit wrote:

Venugopal Rao

neega kopappadurathale artham irukku, at least till now
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:43:05 2008.

VVS tried to get rid of VENU - che sust miss
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:43:58 2008.

directhit wrote:

VVS tried to get rid of VENU - che sust miss

Inzamam's style it is
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:44:19 2008.

directhit wrote:

Mc Grath alongside Asif is

Rameez Raja meanwhile at his best - 'batsman has to start hitting Asif from the start, otherwise he would be all over you like a Rash'

loose comments and lusu comments irandukkum
best commentrator of IPL awared ivarukkuthaan
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:45:18 2008.

avaru pak players varaadhadhala moodittu irundhaaru imbuttu naal - inime saakada dhaan
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:47:03 2008.

directhit wrote:

avaru pak players varaadhadhala moodittu irundhaaru imbuttu naal - inime saakada dhaan

and Ranjith fernando too
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:48:28 2008.

4 overs 16 runs in T20 - to Mr. Venu and Mr.captain who sent him to open
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:49:09 2008.

Go delhi go

ThalaNass wrote:

Go Hyderabad go
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:50:13 2008.

ajithfederer wrote:

Go delhi go

ThalaNass wrote:

Go Hyderabad go

Don't worry rendum poidum

Will be a Kolkata-Chennai final
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:50:47 2008.

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Go delhi go

ThalaNass wrote:

Go Hyderabad go

Don't worry rendum poidum

Will be a Kolkata-Chennai final
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:51:39 2008.

directhit wrote:

directhit wrote:

Venugopal Rao
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:52:20 2008.

Nenappu

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Go delhi go

ThalaNass wrote:

Go Hyderabad go

Don't worry rendum poidum

Will be a Kolkata-Chennai final
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 10:52:39 2008.

anoops..vidunga...

paavam Hyderabad... outtum aaga maatengranga runn-um vara maatanenguthu
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:52:49 2008.

amrutanjan venuma

directhit wrote:

directhit wrote:

directhit wrote:

Venugopal Rao
From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:53:05 2008.

lakshman bowled
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:53:50 2008.

one small doubt - do they show the cheerleaders at wonderful camera angles in setmax too - wonder how no objections yet on that or is it not shown in setmax coz it happens during break
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 22 10:55:37 2008.

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Go delhi go

ThalaNass wrote:

Go Hyderabad go

Don't worry rendum poidum

Will be a Kolkata-Chennai final

India > the individual states.. Mumbai Indians all the way
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 10:55:58 2008.

Delhi looks one heck of a side
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:56:42 2008.

Delhi team is goood, also their costume is

From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 22 10:56:52 2008.

one small doubt - do they show the cheerleaders at wonderful camera angles Razz

in setmax too - wonder how no objections yet on that Rolling Eyes

or is it not shown in setmax coz it happens during break Confused

//dig//

yesterday i went to watch Olympic torch relay, and the cheerleaders there were damn good and sexy

From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:59:01 2008.

From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 22 10:57:19 2008.

Symonds

one small doubt - do they show the cheerleaders at wonderful camera angles Razz

in setmax too - wonder how no objections yet on that Rolling Eyes

or is it not shown in setmax coz it happens during break Confused

//dig//

yesterday i went to watch Olympic torch relay, and the cheerleaders there were damn good and sexy Double Thumbs Up

this cheerleaders for IPL esp today and sterday have been

enjoooy madi

cameraman camera enga engayo

but all b/w overs- so cut in india i guess

From: wrap07 on Tue Apr 22 10:59:44 2008.

two fours by symmo off glenn
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 10:59:57 2008.

symonds smashing Mc Grath - I love this
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 11:00:35 2008.

Symonds

From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 22 11:01:26 2008.

one small doubt - do they show the cheerleaders at wonderful camera angles Razz

in setmax too - wonder how no objections yet on that Rolling Eyes

or is it not shown in setmax coz it happens during break Confused

//dig//

yesterday i went to watch Olympic torch relay, and the cheerleaders there were damn good and sexy Double Thumbs Up

pity the Indians in India

enjoooy madi LOL

this cheerleaders for IPL esp today and sterday have been Slurp

cameraman camera enga engayo Embarassed

but all b/w overs- so cut in india i guess Razz

wow Symondu

From: villan007 on Tue Apr 22 11:01:39 2008.

directhit wrote:

so cut in india i guess

vaazhga valamaudan
From: directhit on Tue Apr 22 11:03:04 2008.

Villan -
V Rao improvised and played a late cut

From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 22 11:03:51 2008.

yeah yeah naanum inge paathein Slurp

one small doubt - do they show the cheerleaders at wonderful camera angles Razz

in setmax too - wonder how no objections yet on that Rolling Eyes

or is it not shown in setmax coz it happens during break Confused

//dig//

yesterday i went to watch Olympic torch relay, and the cheerleaders there were damn good and sexy Double Thumbs Up