Irumbu Dhoniyum Murattu Chennai Singangalum

The Hub : Sports Archived

Hello Guest, Login to post.

Irumbu Dhoniyum Murattu Chennai Singangalum - Part 4

Topic started by ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 1:19:20 2010.

THE CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai based franchise of the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming. The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (often referred to as Chepauk) is the Super Kings' home ground.

The Chennai Super Kings are a part of the Indian Premier League, made up of 10 teams. The franchise is currently owned by India Cements, who paid US$91 million to acquire the rights to the franchise for 10 years in 2008. N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the defacto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within the company. He is also the Secretary of the BCCI.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain of the Indian Cricket Team, is the brand ambassador for the franchise at present, and former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar is the Chief Selector.

The Economic Times commissioned UK-based Brand Finance to carry out brand evaluation of the IPL and also each of the eight franchise teams (that will increase to 10 in 2011). Chennai Super Kings, has been rated as this year’s “most valuable team” in Indian Premier League cricket with a brand value of USD 48.4 Million (app Rs 224 Crores).

Team Composition:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C)
Shadab Jakati
Mathew Hayden
Viraj Kabde
Suresh Raina
Suresh Kumar
Michael Hussey
Napolean Einstein
Anirudha Srikanth
Muralitharan
Subramaniam Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
George Bailey
Makhaya Ntini
Arun Karthik
Thilan Thushara
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
Ravichandran Ashwin
Abhinav Mukund
Manpreet Gony
Murali Vijay
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Andrew Flintoff
Palani Amarnath
Jacob Oram
Sudeep Tyagi
Albie Morkel
Chandrasekar Ganapathy
Parthiv Patel
Mohan Gandhi
Justin Kemp
Thissara Perera
Hemang Badani

Stephen Fleming - Coach
Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling coach
Gregory King - Trainer

www.chennaisuperkings.com

| RSS Feed | Email me when a reply is posted

Responses:

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 1:24:53 2010.

Suggestions on thread title awaited...
From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 22 1:25:04 2010.

i am the pirst

singara chennaiyin selvangal - chennai super kings
From: satissh_r on Thu Apr 22 1:45:00 2010.

Chennaiyin Seerum Singangal
From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 1:45:36 2010.

Hatrick IPL Semi-finalist - CSK
From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 2:20:09 2010.

Title:

"Irumbu Dhoniyum Murattu Chennai Sing'angalum"
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 2:22:23 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

Title:

"Irumbu Dhoniyum Murattu Chennai Sing'angalum"

i second this!
From: satissh_r on Thu Apr 22 2:25:26 2010.

jinju wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

Title:

"Irumbu Dhoniyum Murattu Chennai Sing'angalum"

i second this!

Third this
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 2:28:30 2010.

Naan inaiki CSK-ku support pannalaam-nu irrukEn!
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 2:41:09 2010.

Changed thread title...
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 2:50:40 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Changed thread title...
From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 2:51:36 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Changed thread title...

nanri ajay
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 2:54:35 2010.

joe wrote:

Joe nice to see you in sports section. 3 varushathuku munnadi neenga World Cup thread-la regular-a post panninona, India romba kevalama thOthu pOchu
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 2:58:10 2010.

19thmay wrote:

joe wrote:

Joe nice to see you in sports section. 3 varushathuku munnadi neenga World Cup thread-la regular-a post panninona, India romba kevalama thOthu pOchu

aaha ..enna oru paarrattu
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 3:00:32 2010.

Softsword Ajay

From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 3:02:48 2010.

joe wrote:

19thmay wrote:

joe wrote:

Joe nice to see you in sports section. 3 varushathuku munnadi neenga World Cup thread-la regular-a post panninona, India romba kevalama thOthu pOchu LOL

aaha ..enna oru paarrattu Laughing

Summa fun-ku sonnen Joe! Serious-a eduthukaadheenga.

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 3:04:06 2010.

CAPTAINS CORNER -We hope to make it count

It has been a topsy-turvy ride for Chennai Super Kings. However, when it matters, the boys have shown what they are capable of. A thrilling victory in our last league match against Kings XI Punjab has not only given us a ticket to the semifinals but it has also set the adrenalin flowing for our team. How much the boys yearned to grab the semifinal spot could be judged from the delirious faces in our dressing room soon after the game.

That excitement and enthusiasm was clearly evident as the team went through a gruelling practice session in Chennai before flying to Mumbai.As a captain, I was happy to see the spirit within the team. Having survived the heat and dust of a tough league phase, our teams big match temperament will face the ultimate test in the last two games of the tournament.

First up for us will be a semifinal clash against Deccan Chargers on Thursday evening at the lovely DY Patil Stadium. I am sure the atmosphere will be great and the team is looking forward to perform on the big stage. Like we did in some of our key games, we need to play some inspired cricket if we are to upset Deccan Chargers who have done well to bounce back from the brink of elimination by winning five games on a trot.

Quite a few people have asked me about my animated celebrations after hitting the winning runs against Kings XI Punjab. Actually even I was a bit surprised by my reactions. But, may be, there were lots of emotions choked inside and just the thrill of having survived another tough shootout saw me celebrating the way I did.

MS DHONI

From: joe on Thu Apr 22 3:06:26 2010.

19thmay wrote:

joe wrote:

19thmay wrote:

joe wrote:

Joe nice to see you in sports section. 3 varushathuku munnadi neenga World Cup thread-la regular-a post panninona, India romba kevalama thOthu pOchu LOL

aaha ..enna oru paarrattu Laughing

Summa fun-ku sonnen Joe! Serious-a eduthukaadheenga. Razz

lol pottalum serious-a ?

Naan cricket forum varrathe fun-kku thaan

From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 3:09:16 2010.

I know Joe, summa formality-ku sonnen. Btw neenga serious-aana pakkam pakkama-a thamizhla post pannuveenganu oorukE theriyume.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 3:09:26 2010.

COACHS VIEWPOINT - MSD's return to form a relief

With the IPL moving into the semi-finals stage, thoughts will naturally turn to the Champions League T20 as the top three will get a chance to play in it. It is also a massive factor in the T20 tournament back home in New Zealand. Besides the amount of money involved, it is a premier competition to be associated with. Central Districts won the T20 meet and will take part in this years contest. Ross Taylor was outstanding for them in taking them to the title. He is such an exciting player, and we have seen enough of him to know that he is a dangerous player, not just for Central Districts but Bangalore too. Something we will definitely keep in mind should we end up playing them in the IPL final!

There has been a lot of talk about a berth in the Champions League in the Chennai camp after we made the semi-finals. It is one of our goals because we want to be involved in it, and we want to win the IPL along the way. First, however, we have to get past Deccan Chargers.

The win over Punjab that got us to the knock-out stage was one of those special moments in ones career. It came right down to the wire, and hats off to the skipper for pulling it off.
It was an emotional moment for him, too, and he is usually such a calm character. Dhoni has had a quiet tournament and it was nice to see him get his confidence back. This was the last innings for him to deliver and he came good. I am delighted for him and the team. Raina has been the backbone in the middle and the team has batted around him, while Murali Vijay has been great at the top.

Now he is in the Indian Team for the T20 World Cup,even if by default, and it is a good opportunity for him. Injuries to Flintoff, Kemp and Morkel left the middle-order weak for a while, but we trusted in ourselves and turned it around after a not-so-great first half of the tournament. It was always going to be a grind and we had to go about things a bit differently this year and make more changes to the team than we usually do, and that has been unsettling. However, we remained composed and shone in the key games.

-Stephen Fleming
From: P_R on Thu Apr 22 3:15:32 2010.

joe wrote:

lol pottalum serious-a ?

இதுக்கு மேல ஒரு மனுசன் எப்பிடி மூஞ்சிய சிரிச்சா மாதிரி வச்சுக்க முடியின்

From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 3:44:48 2010.

P_R wrote:

joe wrote:

lol pottalum serious-a ? Smile

இதுக்கு மேல ஒரு மனுசன் எப்பிடி மூஞ்சிய சிரிச்சா மாதிரி வச்சுக்க முடியின் Laughing

atleast unga avatar madhiri avatar potta neenga romba jovial moodla irukinganu tak'nu purinjukkalaam...

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 3:48:03 2010.

for the thread title... SS
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 3:50:12 2010.

Thread titleaiyum first page pic aiyum match panni paarunga. Ungalukkae veri varum!!
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 3:51:42 2010.

Hayden needs to be removed from the playing XI
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 3:53:06 2010.

But he wont be....
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 3:55:16 2010.

thats what I worry..

His dismissal is inevitable in the first 2-3 overs...that will put us under unnecessary pressure and make opposition charged further
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 3:58:11 2010.

19thmay wrote:

I know Joe, summa formality-ku sonnen. Btw neenga serious-aana pakkam pakkama-a thamizhla post pannuveenganu oorukE theriyume.

Usupeththi usupethi ..hmm ..Ippallam naan asarurathilla
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 3:59:17 2010.

A clash of wills and willows

Thursday, Apr 22 2010

Mumbai: It is once again “lights-camera-action!” time for the Chennai Super Kings as they go for an eye-ball to eye-ball confrontation with the Deccan Chargers in the second semi-finals of the IPL-3 here tonight.

On the face of it, the Chargers appear to have an upper hand given the five-win streak that swept them into the semi-finals in contrast to the win-loss-win-loss-win sequence that the Super Kings endured while making a rather agonising (for their fans!) progress to the knock-out stage.

However, as Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist said, records and past performances count for nothing in a knock-out situation where no team gets a second chance. It is a new game altogether and everyone starts from Zero.

Obviously then, the league phase of the competition is irrelevant in the context of tonight’s shootout, but a lot would depend on the lessons learnt from the earlier performances that has exposed the chinks and also the strengths.

For Super Kings, it is a matter of picking four overseas players whose overall contribution this year has been less than satisfactory. At the top of the heap is Matthew Hayden who has fired just once, early in the competition, but otherwise has been struggling. The likes of Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thilan Thushara, Mike Hussey and Justin Kemp have been rather inconsistent.

The one overseas certainty is Doug Bollinger whose sharp pace and bounce have had batsmen ducking and weaving, although he too has gone for a few. Likewise, it looks unlikely that Hayden would be benched for such a big game if only on the premise that a “big one” is due from the giant Australian.

That leaves two spots to be filled with five frontline contenders. Much would depend on how skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni reads the pitch. If it is on the slower side, then he might be tempted to include Muralitharan who is chaffing at the bit after sitting out a couple of games.

The other big decision would be on the choice between having an all-rounder in either Morkel or Thushara or a batsman in Hussey. Given Dhoni’s pronounced faith in Morkel, the South African all-rounder could yet get the nod.

The rest of the team component falls into place with Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina and Subramaniam Badrinath besides Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati and Sudeep Tyagi (likely) completing the line-up, unless the captain comes up with a surprise selection!

From the Chargers’ perspective, they would be hoping for Gilchrist to regain his form and touch following a patchy tournament thus far. The team’s fortunes have revolved around the consistent trio of Tirumalasetti Suman, Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds.

Like their opponents, the Chargers have often been let down by their bowling attack and this one area Gilchrist would be looking closely at.

Although Chargers enjoy a 4-2 win-loss advantage over the Super Kings, the contest boils down to handling pressure of a big match. On paper, there is little to separate the two teams both of whom have greatly benefitted by their inspirational captains.

If anything, it promises to be a close battle. While Gilchrist is a non-believer in the law of averages, Dhoni would be hoping that his team would feed on the new-found confidence following the last-gasp win at Dharmasala.

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=277
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 4:06:54 2010.

Breaking News : Joginder is fit and will play today
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 4:11:11 2010.

That's great news......

..... For Deccan chargers
From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 4:21:52 2010.

no no jogi is final material... not for semis...

balaji... oru matchavadhu < 8 economy maintain panna mudiyadha unnala...
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 4:42:36 2010.

hamid wrote:

Hayden needs to be removed from the playing XI
yep.. morkel can be promoted to opening (adikkara 20 run'a enga adicha enna, who knows he may click ) and foreign player quota'la murali or tushara'va ushaar pannidanum
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 4:43:49 2010.

Stephen Fleming ippove champions league pathi pesaaran.. ozhunga semis jeyikka paakama, 3-4 play off pathi ippo enna kavalai
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 4:47:02 2010.

mgb wrote:

Stephen Fleming ippove champions league pathi pesaaran.. ozhunga semis jeyikka paakama, 3-4 play off pathi ippo enna kavalai

retire aagaathavanukk ore oru kavalai...retire aanavanukku aayiram kavalai!
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 4:51:56 2010.

Kud Title.. aanalum adhu flop padam idha hit aakiduvom

hamid wrote:

Breaking News : Joginder is fit
ivan vayasukku vandhaa enna varlaina enna?!
From: viraajan on Thu Apr 22 4:57:06 2010.

directhit wrote:

Kud Title.. aanalum adhu flop padam idha hit aakiduvom

andha padam innum varave illainga

BTW, very good title Liked it
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 4:59:09 2010.

directhit wrote:

hamid wrote:

Breaking News : Joginder is fit
ivan vayasukku vandhaa enna varlaina enna?!

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 4:59:55 2010.

mgb wrote:

hamid wrote:

Hayden needs to be removed from the playing XI

yep.. morkel can be promoted to opening (adikkara 20 run'a enga adicha enna, who knows he may click ) and foreign player quota'la murali or tushara'va ushaar pannidanum

Morkel openinga.. Badri can do it...

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 5:03:32 2010.

Dhonies are made out of irumbu

I though Dhonies are made out of wood

Nalla title pa
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 5:04:47 2010.

Excellent title AB ... ..

Kamaaan Chennnai...
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 5:05:20 2010.

Quote:

Semi-final entry was never in doubt - Badrinath
- Cricinfo
oru match adichittu enna bandha paaru ivan innaikku perform panna madhiridhaan

From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 5:06:55 2010.

directhit wrote:

Okie, Time for Second Semis - Which team has in it to face the Strong Mumbai Team? Would it be CSK or DC? Some expected comments from our Hub Experts...

Bala (Karthik) wrote:
I have a bad feeling about this match

Plum wrote:
Deccan have an intimidating Batting line-up. Yet another instance where an australian Captain is going to lift the IPL trophy, Kalyan and DH - annikke sonnene DC kku support pannadheenganu. DC ke paas Killchrist hain, Rohit Sharma hain. Dhoni has done his part for IPL3, he cannot fire again. Hayden and his mongoose would be a failure. Harmeet Singh would get him out easily.

Kalyasi wrote:
Dont worry, we are confirmed winners today

sankara70 wrote:
we have strong batsmen like

Vijay, Raina and Haydos

Dhoni might not be needed

Toss is not so important, even if we are batting or Deccan is bowling we will win

hamid wrote:
CSK will win today MSD would hit the winning runs

in Straight Drive thread - LM, Winner DC - 50,00,000 points MOM Gilchrist - 300, 000 points Sixer - Symonds - 20,000 points

venkkiram wrote:
இன்று டெக்கான் புயல் மும்பையில் வீசுமா அல்லது சென்னையிடம் வலுவிழந்து கரை கடக்குமா? இனிமேலும் பாலாஜியை சேர்க்காமல் இருந்தால் சென்னை அணிக்கு நெருக்கடி அதிகமாகும் என்றே சொல்லத் தோன்றுகிறது.

ajaybaskar wrote:
Mumbai, get ready for the match on Sunday

ajithfederer wrote:
DC, camaaaaaaaaaaaaan

joe wrote:
naan match ai paarkavaa vendaama

Thirumaran wrote:
CSK would win this match surely if they get 10 wickets of DC

Viraajan wrote:
MI would win today

Finals

Hope Lord clinches a wonderful victory

Edit : sorry guys, thought Finals had started
Last edited by Viraajan on Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:15 pm; edited 1 time in total

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:
Symonds playing ahead of Muralidharan is a joke Can't wait to see Mahela and Sanga handling Malinga bowling

From: raajarasigan on Thu Apr 22 5:08:50 2010.

mgb wrote:

Quote:

Semi-final entry was never in doubt - Badrinath
- Cricinfo
oru match adichittu enna bandha paaru ivan innaikku perform panna madhiridhaan
18 balla 20 run adikkaravanukku lolla paaru.. ekathalatha paaru.. lolaaithanatha paaru....mavane... nee mattum innaikku aadala moonjila sudu pottiya vachu theechiruven
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 5:15:01 2010.

Batsman ethana adi adichaalum confident-ayum, gethayum appadiye maindain pannuvaar L.Balaji
Badri-yum appadi thaan.
From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 5:23:01 2010.

indha madhiri neratthula dhaan rohit pattaya kelappuvaan...
symonds saniyan vera formla irukku....
sinnappayanu nenacha sumanum lasttime nalla vilayaandaan...

appaa saami...
rockers team/sharks team ipdi engayachum thaedi orae oru nalla bowler kootti vaangappa...

innakki namma vetri tholviya nirnayikka poradhu nammaloda bowling and fielding dhaan... not batting...
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 5:24:57 2010.

The elements are loaded against us. Indha venue naale oru iruttu thenpadudhu. Night matchu, pressure, batting or bowling attatayam edhavadhu onnu dhaan click aagum, marana form Gilly, Symonds, Thirumalasetti Suman, Purohit Sharma...

Ball swing/seam aagudhu (Praveen Kumar ellam 1 run over podraan), tan (turn) edutha Pojha will utilize it to the fullest. Shollinger is proving to be a one match wonder, Ashwin avar velaya kachidhama mudichu kuduppaar aana matravainga will bleed runs.

Above all, Chaminda Vaas will be miserly as usual and will also accavunt for Hayden

Dhoni, another miracle please...

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 5:28:21 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

The elements are loaded against us. Indha venue naale oru iruttu thenpadudhu. Night matchu, pressure, batting or bowling attatayam edhavadhu onnu dhaan click aagum, marana form Gilly, Symonds, Thirumalasetti Suman, Purohit Sharma...

Ball swing/seam aagudhu (Praveen Kumar ellam 1 run over podraan), tan (turn) edutha Pojha will utilize it to the fullest. Shollinger is proving to be a one match wonder, Ashwin avar velaya kachidhama mudichu kuduppaar aana matravainga will bleed runs.

Above all, Chaminda Vaas will be miserly as usual and will also accavunt for Hayden

Dhoni, another miracle please...

QUOTE:
nAn paravA illaidA...

From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 5:29:00 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Above all, Chaminda Vaas will be miserly as usual and will also accavunt for Hayden

Ryan Harris is fit and I feel Gilly will make the mistake of dropping Vaas
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 5:32:11 2010.

Plum wrote:

QUOTE:
nAn paravA illaidA...

Mere strategy illainga, remba feel panni ezhudhiyirukken

mgb,
Oh, aana prachanai ennamo onnu dhaan. Oruthan meduva pottu saavadippaan, innoruthan konjam vegama poduvaan

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 5:36:54 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

directhit wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds

From: joe on Thu Apr 22 5:41:01 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds

Ithu athai vida comedy
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 5:44:40 2010.

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds

Ithu athai vida comedy

Gum nu iraiya
naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn

From: joe on Thu Apr 22 5:50:09 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum

From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 5:59:01 2010.

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

snakes leg snakes know

From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 22 6:02:37 2010.

joe wrote:

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:11:19 2010.

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

I think Bala made a typing error

, I never said that

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:12:19 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

snakes leg snakes know

adEngappa eNa thathUvam eNa thathuvum

From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 6:12:44 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

I think this post made by you could be the inspiration for that imagination

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

mgb wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

Bravo ahead of Mathews in the batting line up Shocked

mumbai first batting panna, bravodane bat pannuvaaru.. kolkata bat pannumbodhu mathews bat pannuvaaru

Oh I yaam saary, I am half asleep Embarassed

vElala vEla jasthi Sad

From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 6:13:47 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

I think Bala made a typing error Twisted Evil

, I never said that Twisted Evil

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 6:19:29 2010.

Directhit, no parody can catch the essence - although your effort was stupendous, the original is breathtakingly funny in a way no parody can be!

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:20:47 2010.

mgb wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

I think Bala made a typing error Twisted Evil

, I never said that Twisted Evil

GanEsu anNe, NeengalumA

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 6:25:14 2010.
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:28:58 2010.

directhit wrote:

I yaam mad, y u laughing?
From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 6:37:07 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

directhit wrote:

I yaam mad, y u laughing?

aana sir...
itthana pera sirikka vekkavum oru thiramai venum...
vaazhtthukkal...
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:40:13 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

directhit wrote:

I yaam mad, y u laughing?

aana sir...
itthana pera sirikka vekkavum oru thiramai venum...
vaazhtthukkal...

Do you think, i didn't know the posting was done by x,y and Z, i am quite tensed at work today, so it was a good stress relief

any way,

ennaiku Match Ethana pEra sirikka vekum nu paRpOm
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:42:47 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

directhit wrote:

I yaam mad, y u laughing?

aana sir...
itthana pera sirikka vekkavum oru thiramai venum...
vaazhtthukkal...

enOda avatar pathumaa Sir nu koopudreenga pls avoid this Sir business in the future
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 6:43:38 2010.

From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 6:43:51 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

directhit wrote:

I yaam mad, y u laughing? Twisted Evil

aana sir...
itthana pera sirikka vekkavum oru thiramai venum...
vaazhtthukkal... Smile

enOda avatar pathumaa Sir nu koopudreenga Confused

pls avoid this Sir business in the future Mad

ok madam

From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 6:46:16 2010.

thappaa nenakkadheenga paramasivan...
summa thamaas...
From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 22 6:51:15 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

thappaa nenakkadheenga paramasivan...
summa thamaas...

idha onna vechurukeengayya ellarum

just kidding..summa jollikku sonnen...ulululaai...
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:53:15 2010.

Vivasaayi wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

thappaa nenakkadheenga paramasivan...
summa thamaas...

idha onna vechurukeengayya ellarum

just kidding..summa jollikku sonnen...ulululaai...

Captain : Thamizhla enakU pidikaatha varthaiyE intha 'Just kidding' thaan
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 6:54:14 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Gum nU iraiya, ellam ummal thaan vantha vinai
From: scorpio on Thu Apr 22 6:59:16 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Gum nU iraiya, ellam ummal thaan vinai:twisted:

PS- evlO dhaan naanum side-lerndhu vEdikkai paarthu sirikaradhu
From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 22 7:02:06 2010.

Vivasaayi wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

thappaa nenakkadheenga paramasivan...
summa thamaas...

idha onna vechurukeengayya ellarum

just kidding..summa jollikku sonnen...ulululaai...

avan avan yaar yaarayo vechukkuraan... vevasaayam paakkuraan...
naan idhu onnadhaane vechukkiraen..

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 7:02:08 2010.

scorpio wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Gum nU iraiya, ellam ummal thaan vinai:twisted: Laughing

PS-

evlO dhaan naanum side-lerndhu vEdikkai paarthu sirikaradhu Laughing

vaama vaa , itha thaan ozhingirunthu vedikai parkirathu enbadha

From: raajarasigan on Thu Apr 22 7:20:28 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

thappaa nenakkadheenga paramasivan...
summa thamaas...

idha onna vechurukeengayya ellarum

just kidding..summa jollikku sonnen...ulululaai...

avan avan yaar yaarayo vechukkuraan... vevasaayam paakkuraan...
naan idhu onnadhaane vechukkiraen..

thaniya padicha normala irukku... serthu padicha vevagaarama irukke

From: Dinesh84 on Thu Apr 22 7:39:44 2010.

digress.. digress.. and more ..

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 7:44:21 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

I think Bala made a typing error Twisted Evil

, I never said that Twisted Evil

3 hrs client meeting mudinju full tensionla vandhu Indha post padichen.. What to say? Meetingla discuss panna ella ezhavum marandhu pochu!

thanks PS.

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 7:49:49 2010.

enna title ithu .. pengalukaana matter pada title maathiri irukku
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 7:50:04 2010.

- 4 PS
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 7:50:49 2010.

TM, peNgalukkAna matter padam kUda ungaLukku athupadiyA? nInga periya thillAlangadi dhAn!

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 7:50:55 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

joe wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

yOv , naa eppO sonEn murali should bat before symonds Huh?!

Ithu athai vida comedy ROTFL

Gum nu iraiya Twisted Evil

naa mappula kood ipadi kaamedey panna maatEn Laughing

Thampi , Mappula irukkuravan serious-a thaan paNNuvaan ..maththavangaLukku thaan comedy-a irukkum Smile

I think Bala made a typing error Twisted Evil

, I never said that Twisted Evil

3 hrs client meeting mudinju full tensionla vandhu Indha post padichen.. What to say? Meetingla discuss panna ella ezhavum marandhu pochu! Laughing

thanks PS.

at your service sir

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 7:53:31 2010.

Plum wrote:

TM, peNgalukkAna matter padam kUda ungaLukku athupadiyA? nInga periya thillAlangadi dhAn!

avanagavanga side la irunthum yosichchu paarkanum..
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 7:59:18 2010.

ellaarum nallaa sirichittu irukeenga.. match mudiyum poathu kastapadaama irunthaa sari
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 22 8:02:12 2010.

Yerkanave oru thadavai ellorum adichukkittadhu patthadha
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 8:04:13 2010.

DC : Major threats = Vaas, Harris

CSK: Major threats = Vijay, Dhoni and Murali (if he plays)
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 8:08:28 2010.

ellathukkum thayar aagittom. Adhaan thalaivare sollittaare, inimel 'Lottery'thaannu. Vandha malai...
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 8:09:52 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Yerkanave oru thadavai ellorum adichukkittadhu patthadha

ellaam hubbers nanmaikae..

btw Sura thread poittu vanthen.. intha thread kkum athukkum periya difference irukira maathiri therila.. intha thread anga yo antha thread a ingayo join pannaa enna
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 8:19:52 2010.

2 more hours to go..
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 8:27:38 2010.

ajay,
Yosichchu paartha nee kooda irfan pathaan maathiri thaan irukka

btw naan sonna paecha kaekala, joe intha thread open panni iruntha CSK kandippa win panni irukkum.. hmmm.. let us see how dhoni's men tackles such a big hurdle..
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 8:28:16 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

2 more hours to go..

Time for your profile pic change
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 8:29:28 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

2 more hours to go..

Time for your profile pic change

innaikku match mudinjathum thaanae theriyum..yaar ilichcha vaayannu
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 8:31:55 2010.

Thiru

Ungalaku vEra signaturE kidaikaliya
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 8:34:05 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

2 more hours to go..

ajay innaiki beer+kola urunda unda?
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 8:36:51 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

Thiru

Ungalaku vEra signaturE kidaikaliya

bus stop la nalla figure illaatha poathu maathidaren..

sari got to go... Hope Chennai wins Today
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 8:42:35 2010.

Thiru, kamaan nInga vandhu sandai pOdunga CSK-vai kindal paNNi naalu post pOdunga. CSK fans-ai vamukku izhunga. Talk us, kamaan talk us I say
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 8:43:02 2010.

* innikku idhu dhAn chatterjee so...
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 8:48:36 2010.

Plum wrote:

Thiru, kamaan nInga vandhu sandai pOdunga CSK-vai kindal paNNi naalu post pOdunga. CSK fans-ai vamukku izhunga. Talk us, kamaan talk us I say

Plum

Ungala enNala purinchukavE mudiyala , neenga yaar katchi?
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 8:51:51 2010.

Params, apdiyE maindain paNNunga. match mudinjavuNE saavagAsamA idhai aarayalAm. For now, lets focus on the match.
enakku thEvai, a fight, with Thiru in the middle of action. adhai thAn instigate paNNikitturukkEn

From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 8:56:47 2010.

Plum wrote:

Params, apdiyE maindain paNNunga. match mudinjavuNE saavagAsamA idhai aarayalAm. For now, lets focus on the match.
enakku thEvai a fight with Thiru in the middle. adhai thAn instigate paNNikitturukkEn Smile

Thiru, cricket costumela varumbodhu box -a marakaama pottutu vaangO

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 8:59:07 2010.

Oh dabul meaning varudhO? Edited
From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 9:00:36 2010.

For those who got tired of Flam, here's a breather:

"Wigan Athletic footballer Charles N'Zogbia has been arrested over allegations that someone else completed the written part of his driving test.

He was held on suspicion of causing fraud by false representation as he turned up at Sale Driving Test Centre in Greater Manchester on Wednesday.

The French winger, 23, was at the centre to sit the practical part of his test when he was arrested, police said. "

Reminds me of a friend who used proxy for theory papers. He wasn't caught. He still failed the course.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 9:02:48 2010.

Sridhar,

Innaiku pachaithanni kooda pallula padaama match paaka poren. Jeicha dinner, thotha breakfast...
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 9:05:44 2010.

Tell you what.. Its easier to climb the Mount Everest rather than taking a license here.. First you need to pass the theory test with 50 questions (the study book of theory test contains 1000 questions ).. then you need pass something called a "hazard test", where you will act as a driver and point out possible hazards in a video.. Idhaiyellam mudishtuu thaan, you will have to take the practical test.. My friend used to travel from London to cambridge everytime he wanted to do a practical test (as he thought Cambridge test centers were lineant) but pakki, he failed 6 times before finally getting passed (out)

Quote:

The French winger, 23,

panradhe molla maari thanam, idhula French Finger , 23 vera
From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 9:08:16 2010.

Yuvi,
Wish he was caught last weekend. He wouldn't have scored the winning goal against us.
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 9:09:04 2010.
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 9:11:11 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Sridhar,

Innaiku pachaithanni kooda pallula padaama match paaka poren. Jeicha dinner, thotha breakfast...

- Enga avainga jeyichA sila pala kOdigaL(latchangaL for the lesser ones like Badri), roomukku mUNu kuttis(it seems after a KXIP match, some stud from the KXIP team(u no who) was caught instructing the reception in his hotel to send "a blonde, a brunette and a girl of your choice" to his room) idhellAm kedaikkum*

nInga edhukku ipdi ellAm thyAgam paNNarInga?

* For the kind attention of Thirumaran
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 9:13:18 2010.

kid-glove wrote:

Yuvi,
Wish he was caught last weekend. He wouldn't have scored the winning goal against us.

andha kodumaiyellam pesa koodaadhunnu thaan naan anniki football threadukae varala.. .. 80 mins varaikum nalla thaanae poyitu irundhuchunu nambi vera valai paakka aarambichaen.. Vengaayams !

Hamid.. please end ur diggression (appadinnu solla thaanae vareengga)
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 9:14:06 2010.
From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 9:16:56 2010.

CSK-ku whistle podu

dig
I understand how hard it is to get a driving license in England, Yuvi. In first episode of "Long Way Round", we see how a cameraman misses the motor riding journey that he is to shoot for a documentary after he fails his license test. Btb, driving isn't one of the pleasures in London. Hail the Tube !
/dig

CSK-ku whistle podu
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 9:17:38 2010.

CSK
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 9:31:06 2010.

<dig>
KG, people dont normally use to drive in the central london otherwise called Zone1 in London.. Couple of reasons..one for the traffic the other for the money. You will be charged something called a "Congestion tax" if you use the zone 1 roads on a week day.. Ulagathula endha oru pagudhiyilum illaadha oru tax-abase Londonla undu.. adhukaagavae ivingala naama paaratanum.. eppadii ellam panam pudunga mudiyumo appadi ellam pudunguvaayinga.. The best place to drive is anywhere out of the London, Birmingham, Manchester city..just go into those villages and even the single lane of these roads will look like Californian 8 lane interstate
</dig>

Chennai- Decann head to head

Head to Head Record: Deccan 4 Chennai 2 After today, it will be D 4 C 3

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 9:39:55 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

<dig>
KG, people dont normally use to drive in the central london otherwise called Zone1 in London.. Couple of reasons..one for the traffic the other for the money. You will be charged something called a "Congestion tax" if you use the zone 1 roads on a week day.. Ulagathula endha oru pagudhiyilum illaadha oru tax-abase Londonla undu.. adhukaagavae ivingala naama paaratanum.. eppadii ellam panam pudunga mudiyumo appadi ellam pudunguvaayinga.. The best place to drive is anywhere out of the London, Birmingham, Manchester city..just go into those villages and even the single lane of these roads will look like Californian 8 lane interstate
</dig>

Chennai- Decann head to head Embarassed

Head to Head Record: Deccan 4 Chennai 2 After today, it will be D 4 C 3 Yes

athu Congestion tax illa Congestion charge, it is in use between 7am to 6pm, Mon - Fri.. the purpose is to reduce congestion but it doesn't really work and it is a rip off, last mayor used to charge £5 per day, this mayor charges £8 per day, total rip off

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 9:41:53 2010.

pothum..ithooda nippaattikkunga...

From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 9:42:52 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

Me: OK sir
You: Look at me
Others: aiyo marupadiyum aarambithilirundhaa

From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 9:42:54 2010.

Stop the digression, folks...
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 9:44:12 2010.

hamid wrote:

pothum..ithooda nippaattikkunga...

yE intha kOlai vEri

Match aarambam ahaa munadi, yEthavathu araTai adikanUmE
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 9:48:00 2010.

will it be live in Youtube? or with 5 min delay?
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 9:49:02 2010.

hamid wrote:

will it be live in Youtube? or with 5 min delay?

I had this question and Youtube has been marketing that it will have 5 min delay only in India.. but buckets .. it is a 5 min delay live even outside India
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 9:50:35 2010.

No.. I heard somewhere from semis it will be live..

Also just saw in youteeb match starts at 8PM..
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 9:51:00 2010.

hamid wrote:

will it be live in Youtube? or with 5 min delay?
try crictime.. anyway you will be seeing it in TV right?
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 9:59:15 2010.

CSK
From: chevy on Thu Apr 22 9:59:20 2010.
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 10:00:42 2010.

vanakkam thambigalaa
From: Rocky89 on Thu Apr 22 10:01:08 2010.

CSK kamaan!!
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:01:20 2010.

mgb wrote:

hamid wrote:

will it be live in Youtube? or with 5 min delay?
try crictime.. anyway you will be seeing it in TV right?

Gans, right now watching in TV... but dont know how long my wife will allow (since there is no power at present..)
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:04:10 2010.

CSK wins the toss. CSK batting

MS : dont do anything different.. just keep it simple
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:04:14 2010.

Dhoni wins toss batting first
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:04:26 2010.

Chennai batting
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:05:18 2010.

Murali for Kemp

Aniruddh in for Tyagi..

Hayden also
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:05:31 2010.

CSK batting first...

Anirudh in place of Tyagi. Murali in place of Kemp..
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:05:34 2010.

Murali is back
anirudh is also in
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 10:06:45 2010.

I am hoping Haydos will fire today (kaaputhuppaa, unmela Dhoni vachirukkum nambikkaya)
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:07:05 2010.

Murali in
From: chevy on Thu Apr 22 10:07:19 2010.

directhit wrote:

Chennai batting
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:07:35 2010.

hamid wrote:

Hayden also
today Haydos day...
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:07:53 2010.

omega wrote:

I am hoping Haydos will fire today (kaaputhuppaa, unmela Dhoni vachirukkum nambikkaya)

No way...he wont..
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:08:31 2010.

directhit wrote:

hamid wrote:

Hayden also
today Haydos day...

ithu ethanaavathu thadava?????
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:08:38 2010.

Director Shankarai seruppaala adikkanum..
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:08:57 2010.

no vaas as well
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:09:21 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Director Shankarai seruppaala adikkanum..

Ajay.. ithu enna puthu katha?
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 10:09:23 2010.

Office la irukka vendiyadha pochu. Cafeteria and cricinfo la score paathuttu veetukku poradha illa suicide pannikkaradha nu mudivedukkanum. Maddy, Kalyan and Bala are closely monitoring the progress of our veerargal....
From: chevy on Thu Apr 22 10:09:39 2010.

mgb wrote:

hamid wrote:

will it be live in Youtube? or with 5 min delay?
try crictime.. anyway you will be seeing it in TV right?
I ll hafta to follow online..no tv now How u mgb uncle ji

http://live.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores-and-commentary-2.html
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:10:11 2010.

directhit wrote:

no vaas as well

thats real good news

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:10:32 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Office la irukka vendiyadha pochu. Cafeteria and cricinfo la score paathuttu veetukku poradha illa suicide pannikkaradha nu mudivedukkanum. Maddy, Kalyan and Bala are closely monitoring the progress of our veerargal....

try m.iplt20.com in ur phone.. video scorecard ..

From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 10:10:59 2010.

முரளிதரன் விளையாடுகிறார். சந்தோஷம்.
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:10:59 2010.

so Mahendran Brings back Muralitharan ...hmm.. Semi final AichE athuthaan Spin wizard ah re call pani irukarU
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 10:11:08 2010.

nandri guy (padichavainga padichavainga dhaen!)
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:11:56 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

முரளிதரன் விளையாடுகிறார். சந்தோஷம்.
மிக்க மகிழ்சி
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:12:18 2010.

Drohi Siddarthku chance koduthadu Shankarthaanae?
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:13:06 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Drohi Siddarthku chance koduthadu Shankarthaanae?
avane anniyan range la ulla onnu veliya onnu sollittu thiriyaraan
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:13:13 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Drohi Siddarthku chance koduthadu Shankarthaanae?

appa UPO telugu versionla Venkateshku chance koduthathukku
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 10:16:25 2010.

Chennaiiii
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 10:17:01 2010.

SS Vadivel enga?
From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 10:17:46 2010.

go csk!!
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 10:17:52 2010.

onnum seriyaa puriyalaye.. CSK spin heavy aa aalungala eduthu irukku, deccan o pace bowlers ku poi irukku. pitch report eppadi nu solraanga. enakku ippo live aa paakura chance illa
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:19:05 2010.

lots and lots of yellow in the stadium
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:21:37 2010.

As usual, there are plenty of complaints over the team composition. Liam from UK makes the case for Vaas: "Literally cannot believe Deccan aren't playing Vaas - 5th in the bowling averages in IPL 2010, economy of just over 6, bags of experience. Why is he not playing?"
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:22:15 2010.

Sivan,

The pitcch will assist Spinners... y'day pietersen ellam spin pannaan
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:23:25 2010.

Sivan Anna,

Going by yesterday's match, the pitch assisted spinners. But I am not sure if they are using the same pitch for this match. The pitch may also have something for the pace bowlers in the initial overs. So all we can do now is to keep our fingers crossed.

From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 10:24:41 2010.

sivank wrote:

onnum seriyaa puriyalaye.. CSK spin heavy aa aalungala eduthu irukku, deccan o pace bowlers ku poi irukku. pitch report eppadi nu solraanga. enakku ippo live aa paakura chance illa

கவலைப் படாதீங்க! முரளி கடற்கரை மண்ணுல கூட Spin அழகா போடுவான்!

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:25:05 2010.

Also good to have more spinners since we are bowling second and they are the ones who have done well in this tournament so far
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 10:25:49 2010.

Chennai Super Kings team

ML Hayden,
M Vijay,
SK Raina,
MS Dhoni*†,
JA Morkel,
S Badrinath,
S Anirudha,
R Ashwin,
SB Jakati,
DE Bollinger,
M Muralitharan

Batting order looks great on papers .. Bowling looks great on papers..

Jayam Chennai
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:26:05 2010.

playing on another strip - shud assist pacers initially and spinners later.... looking forward to a 170 plus score....
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:26:28 2010.

Ellaam adam gilchrist-nu solraanga ivvalo buildup kodutha evanum uruppattada sarithiram illa
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 10:27:44 2010.

hamid wrote:

Ellaam adam gilchrist-nu solraanga ivvalo buildup kodutha evanum uruppattada sarithiram illa

avanunga 5 match winning streakla irukkrathaala ethayavaathu solittuthaan iruppaainga....
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 10:27:55 2010.

how abt sending anirudh instead of hayden and ask him to bat like his dad
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:28:09 2010.

sherry yellow turbanoda thaan vanthrikapla
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 10:28:13 2010.

Thanks hamid, venki, ajay

I really wish that CSK wins tonight. BTW, heard anything about sachin whether he will be up for sunday finals or the injury will stop him from playing. Gavaskar was mentioning something like skipping
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:29:05 2010.

hamid wrote:

Ellaam adam gilchrist-nu solraanga ivvalo buildup kodutha evanum uruppattada sarithiram illa

enA super * mathir Punch dialaak ellam pEsurEl
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:29:35 2010.
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 10:29:38 2010.

The only weaklink for CSK on paper is Anirudha (Cheekaa ethavathu manthiruchu viduppaa)
From: chevy on Thu Apr 22 10:30:11 2010.

hamid wrote:

Ellaam adam gilchrist-nu solraanga ivvalo buildup kodutha evanum uruppattada sarithiram illa
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:30:14 2010.

Hayden ethana ball waste pannuvan innaiku?
Im being plummish here
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:31:06 2010.

PS
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:31:07 2010.

symonds to bowl
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:31:15 2010.

Symonds poduranamae
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 10:31:43 2010.

vanchi wrote:

symonds to bowl

vehamaa? vivehamaa (suzhala?)
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:32:19 2010.

omega wrote:

vanchi wrote:

symonds to bowl

vehamaa? vivehamaa (suzhala?)

vehamthan.
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:32:25 2010.

Here comes haydos to face the music
From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 10:32:52 2010.

hayden will get going today. I can sense it...
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:33:16 2010.

vijayku veham
haydenku viveham
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:33:27 2010.

KG, will hayden be sensing it??? already catch dropped
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:34:04 2010.

catch missed hayden
From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 22 10:34:08 2010.

kid-glove wrote:

hayden will get going today. I can sense it...

kaatchu droppudu
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:35:03 2010.

athua ball four
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:35:29 2010.

haydos need few more to get back to form..
From: Dinesh84 on Thu Apr 22 10:36:12 2010.

come on Hayden.. get the mangose and start swinging..
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:36:14 2010.

RP, idea fielding
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:36:30 2010.

haydos another chance
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:36:40 2010.

haydo survives
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:36:43 2010.

see,, it is clear.. another drop..

DC want Hayden in the middle..
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 10:36:49 2010.

Appreciate Gilly for bringing Symonds to bowl the first over!
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:37:16 2010.

Match pixing ?
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 10:37:33 2010.

hayd 4 adichutaaru

I am not able to see the match now
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:37:45 2010.

Haydos, use the chance to the best!
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:38:25 2010.

For every missed catch.. hayden will hit a four..thats the deal
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:38:47 2010.

haydo dropped again...

Haydo haydo,
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:39:42 2010.

haydos out
enna catching praticea
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:39:44 2010.

Yethana dropupa ? 2 ah 3 ah ?
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:40:13 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Yethana dropupa ? 2 ah 3 ah ?

2 drop
3vathu out
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:40:16 2010.

Gone now...
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:40:22 2010.

athaan rendu vututaangala konja neram porumaiya vilada vendiyahtu thaana
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 10:40:34 2010.

Among lefties, Badani is much better than Hayden!
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:40:44 2010.

DC erred by dismissing Haydon
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:40:55 2010.

pothumaayya.. ellarukkum santhooshamaa??
as I have said hayden puts team under pressure despite 2 chances.. big match player

Finals vanthaalum ithe logic padi avana aada vaippangalee..
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:41:52 2010.

vanchi wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Yethana dropupa ? 2 ah 3 ah ?

2 drop
3vathu out

DC fielders are like filmi heroes, rendu vaati vittu mooNaavadhu vaattidhaan adippaanga / pudippaanga

From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 10:42:04 2010.

hamid wrote:

pothumaayya.. ellarukkum santhooshamaa??
as I have said hayden puts team under pressure despite 2 chances.. big match player Hammer

Finals vanthaalum ithe logic padi avana aada vaippangalee.. Sigh2

Dhoni

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:42:22 2010.

oh..god.. please bring in some sense to CSK think-tank...
maybe not necessary any further
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:42:26 2010.

Vijay Classic shot!
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:42:33 2010.

vijay six
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 10:42:49 2010.

RP gets a seruppadi from Vj
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 10:42:58 2010.

Adutha auction la avana csk mangement edukka koodaadhu. vera yaaraavadhu nallaa action la irukkura vanga edukkanum ippadi retire aana pasangala eduthu naasam panraanga. ( I never thought I would ebver write about Hayden)
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:43:02 2010.

சுத்தம்

From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:43:02 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

vanchi wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Yethana dropupa ? 2 ah 3 ah ?

2 drop
3vathu out

DC fielders are like filmi heroes, rendu vaati vittu mooNaavadhu vaattidhaan adippaanga / pudippaanga Very Happy

From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:43:16 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

RP gets a seruppadi from Vj

Yes, RP shud be sent packing to UP
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:44:34 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

RP gets a seruppadi from Vj

Yes, RP shud be sent packing to UP

RP ku munadi Hayden ah kangaroo naatuku thirupi anupunga

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:45:38 2010.

sivank wrote:

Adutha auction la avana csk mangement edukka koodaadhu. vera yaaraavadhu nallaa action la irukkura vanga edukkanum ippadi retire aana pasangala eduthu naasam panraanga. ( I never thought I would ebver write about Hayden)

Sivan,

POna varusam lam Hayden nala thaana semis ponom. Retire aanavanu light ah pesitinga. Yetho intha varusam paavam neram seri illa pola. Avan batting mattum illa fielding kooda oru vagaila periya asset thaan namakku mathavanga pannura fieldingku.

From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:46:19 2010.

VJ out
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 10:47:28 2010.

Its bye bye CSK. We will end up a dismal 4th
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:47:40 2010.

thats a big blow...
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:47:42 2010.

VJ out
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:47:45 2010.

ohhh ohhhhhhhhhhh
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:48:23 2010.

Bala.. u shd have been in the Hiding
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:48:39 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Its bye bye CSK. We will end up a dismal 4th

I think u r trying to fulfill Plum's absence with chattergies

From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 10:48:47 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

sivank wrote:

True vinod, last year also he was not an active player. Moreover the pitches in SA were fast and lively and he could play as does in Aus. This season he has simply not played enough and it shows

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:49:26 2010.

aaha.. enna nadakuthu.. badri got a life.. but I can say he will use the chance
From: Movie Cop on Thu Apr 22 10:50:01 2010.

Wehn you hvae one opener (Hayden) who is woefeully out of form it's put all the pressure on the other (Vijay) and possibly the rest of the batting order.
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 10:50:15 2010.

team selection thappaayidcho?! netthu ore spin, innekku paathaa ore swing! haydos edging, raina edging!
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:50:20 2010.

DC dropping catches more frequently than Badri's off-to-leg swipes
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:51:06 2010.

hamid wrote:

thats a big blow...

அன்ணன் தொனி இருகர் இல்ல
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:51:42 2010.

Movie Cop wrote:

Wehn you hvae one opener (Hayden) who is woefeully out of form it's put all the pressure on the other (Vijay) and possibly the rest of the batting order.

namakku theriyuthu.. aana remba padichavangalukku eppavume sumaal matter ellam puriyaathu
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 10:51:47 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

hamid wrote:

thats a big blow...

அன்ணன் தொனி இருகர் இல்ல

Pls neenga englishlaye type pannunga. Adhuve nallaa puriyudhu
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:52:05 2010.

jinju wrote:

team selection thappaayidcho?! netthu ore spin, innekku paathaa ore swing! haydos edging, raina edging!

CAtch pudikirapa kooda ball swing aaguthu
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:52:08 2010.

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:53:41 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

hamid wrote:

thats a big blow... Cry2

அன்ணன் தொனி இருகர் இல்ல LOL

Pls neenga englishlaye type pannunga. Adhuve nallaa puriyudhu Very Happy

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:54:02 2010.
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:54:04 2010.

raina out
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:54:27 2010.

RCB... here we comeee
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 10:54:42 2010.

no doubt DC read the pitch better than chennai. symonds bowling medium pace too! gilly killaadi da. one of the rare instances where msd has been outsmarted!
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 10:55:15 2010.

pitch
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:55:45 2010.

Delhi match maari aagiruchu. Seri 109 kku aim pannuvom inga irunthu

From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:55:48 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

hamid wrote:

thats a big blow... Cry2

அன்ணன் தொனி இருகர் இல்ல LOL

Pls neenga englishlaye type pannunga. Adhuve nallaa puriyudhu Very Happy

EnNaku thamizla pidikatha varthaiyE intha English thaan

try panRen pa thamizh varuthilla, I mean converting form English to Tamil

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:56:08 2010.

Big strong batting line up - 29/3 aqfter 3 drops
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 10:56:17 2010.

one more down
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 10:56:17 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

jinju wrote:

team selection thappaayidcho?! netthu ore spin, innekku paathaa ore swing! haydos edging, raina edging!

CAtch pudikirapa kooda ball swing aaguthu

indian players remba cooperate pannaanga, rp, suman...indha aussie payals dhaan bad boys, ellaa catchum pudikkraanga!
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 10:58:14 2010.

Shutter-ஐ இழுத்து மூடுங்கப்பா!
From: chevy on Thu Apr 22 10:58:46 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Delhi match maari aagiruchu. Seri 109 kku aim pannuvom inga irunthu
Ha ha....DC will discharge 109 easily!
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 10:59:32 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

one more down

hello ellam mudinju adutha batsman vantha piragu one more downu sollathinga

enakku innoru wicket pona maari irruku
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 10:59:48 2010.

CSK's chances are very very little now

need a decent total.. at least 150+... if we get that then with the pitch behaving like this we have a good chance...lot depends on Dhoni..
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 11:00:51 2010.

Chennai needs to stay calm and bat for the next seven overs without losing any wickets.. even a run a ball should do them for next severn overs.. .. The next 10 overs should materialize eventually.. But no wickets please for the next 7 overs is the order of the day
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 11:01:34 2010.

yep hamid, 150 is a must! then, bollinger can do something on this pitch going by how its playing now!
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:02:54 2010.

Badri's approach shud help now..
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:02:56 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

one more down

hello ellam mudinju adutha batsman vantha piragu one more downu sollathinga

enakku innoru wicket pona maari irruku

sorry pa, I guess I am not that quick to post, velaila konjum busy

From: Movie Cop on Thu Apr 22 11:04:38 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

Chennai needs to stay calm and bat for the next seven overs without losing any wickets.. even a run a ball should do them for next severn overs.. .. The next 10 overs should materialize eventually.. But no wickets please for the next 7 overs is the order of the day

Very well said - the bolded one.. Can't agree with you more on that.

"Risk free" run-a ball for the next 6-7 overs from Dhoni/Badri is what we need to recover.

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 11:06:10 2010.

I hate to watch this match.. want to avoid another painful senseless collapse.. but cant remove my eyes off the TV..

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:06:12 2010.

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

PARAMASHIVAN wrote:

one more down

hello ellam mudinju adutha batsman vantha piragu one more downu sollathinga Sad

enakku innoru wicket pona maari irruku

sorry pa, I guess I am not that quick to post, velaila konjum busy Sad

no problem pesama Raina gone , Vijay gone nu poturunga prachana irukaathu

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:06:33 2010.

Harmeet Singh.. I thought Hayden would clobber him today!
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 11:06:35 2010.

Here comes the fastest spin bowler in the world - Harmeet Singh
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:07:08 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

Here comes the fastest spin bowler in the world - Harmeet Singh
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:08:01 2010.

Poor Badri is searching for the ball after hitting it..
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:08:44 2010.

Run rate below 6 Pori kalangumnu yehtirpaatha semi ippdi buzzzzzzzzzz nu aagiruchu
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:09:14 2010.

appada.. 50 up..
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 11:09:42 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Run rate below 6 Pori kalangumnu yehtirpaatha semi ippdi buzzzzzzzzzz nu aagiruchu

Neenga cricket pathina post kooda Vijay Padam post maadhiridhaan poduveengaLaa? JK

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:12:00 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Run rate below 6 Cry2

Pori kalangumnu yehtirpaatha semi ippdi buzzzzzzzzzz nu aagiruchu

Neenga cricket pathina post kooda Vijay Padam post maadhiridhaan poduveengaLaa? JK Very Happy

appdilam illing yetharthama vanthuruchu

From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 11:12:05 2010.

Badri great escape
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 11:12:08 2010.

Badri... not out..
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:12:53 2010.

Innaiku paathu ball vera spin aaga maatengudhu..
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:13:40 2010.

Ippo thaan Badriyum Dhoniyum irukaanga run out aagama iruntha seri nu nenachikitu irunthaen.
From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 22 11:14:27 2010.

Muralidharan spin pannuvaru :lo2:
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:14:43 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Innaiku paathu ball vera spin aaga maatengudhu..

Murali kku plan panni sooniyam vatchutaanga
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 11:16:11 2010.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:19:44 2010.

Badri living dangerously. He tried to play his trademark shot too..
From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 22 11:20:07 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Innaiku paathu ball vera spin aaga maatengudhu..

Murali kku plan panni sooniyam vatchutaanga

vinod... neenga yEn mudhugai kaatittu avatar vechurukkeenga..
nallaa veerama nenja nimuthuna madhiri oru avatar pOdunga
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:20:40 2010.

Badri oda first 4
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 11:24:41 2010.

epdiyanum 150 runsavadhu adichutta nalla irukkum

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:25:30 2010.

HonestRaj wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Innaiku paathu ball vera spin aaga maatengudhu..

Murali kku plan panni sooniyam vatchutaanga

vinod... neenga yEn mudhugai kaatittu avatar vechurukkeenga..
nallaa veerama nenja nimuthuna madhiri oru avatar pOdunga

intha match mudiyatum appuram vatchukuvom

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:28:18 2010.

RP oda economy 8 thaan irruku
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:29:07 2010.

CSK should start slogging now !
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:31:46 2010.

Badri should go for the big shots..
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:32:49 2010.

Hey dandanaka hey danaku naka

ennAtha solvEnungO
CSK thOkkudhungO
CSK thOkkattungO
Nesstu year paakalamungO
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 11:33:38 2010.

vaanga plum.. vandha udane dhoniya thookittingale
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:33:56 2010.

T this rate , I doubt if CSK would reach even 130
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 11:34:11 2010.
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:34:55 2010.

That's the final nail.
Harmeet - india pacer vechukittu pace bowling illainu solra dhoni enga, verum harmeet singh-ai matchwinner aakkina gilchrist enga.

Gilly - the man, the player, the captain. Deserving winner of ipl 2010, and I mean it, no chatterjee
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:35:03 2010.

Singam poiruchu
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:35:08 2010.

anNan out
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:35:08 2010.

Albie... Edhachum pannuppa..
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:35:48 2010.

Kudutha kaasuku Morkel innaikavathu vela seivaana ?
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:36:06 2010.

so 150 mudiyaathu ... oru 130 140 aachum please
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:37:45 2010.

Dhoni's legend takes a beating. Where is maddy? Innaikku vara mAttArO?
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:38:42 2010.

As usual

early wickets varuma , ippo 2 wicket vilundha thaan jeyika mudiyum casekku thallitaanga.
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 11:39:17 2010.

Plum antha pakkam support paNNurathu thaan namakku irukkuRa ore nambikkai
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 11:39:23 2010.

badri sixxxxxxxxxxxx
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:39:41 2010.

Plum wrote:

Dhoni's legend takes a beating. Where is maddy? Innaikku vara mAttArO?

sorry plum ji

but since when Dhoni was a legend??
From: Dinesh84 on Thu Apr 22 11:39:54 2010.

Badrinath 6 adichittar(n)..
From: Dinesh84 on Thu Apr 22 11:41:28 2010.

Morkel OUT! shutter ah moodiyachu..
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:41:39 2010.

pive dowun now
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:42:01 2010.

Well, bala, as predicted, albie let's us down in the semis. Nalladhu dhan - we know who all to shed in the next auction - hayden and albie, thanks for all the fish. No more playing in csk yellow for you - certainly not this year
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:42:21 2010.

Dinesh84 wrote:

Morkel OUT! shutter ah moodiyachu..

ippava moodenenga
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:43:40 2010.

Param, dhoni legend enbadhu hub aidheegam.
Enna irundhaalum hyderabad is my ex karma bhoomi. Sandhosham dhaan avanga jeyikkaradhula.
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 11:44:11 2010.

இனி எல்லா பந்துகளையும் பத்ரியே சந்தித்தாக வேண்டும். அப்படி இருந்தால் தான் சென்னைக்கு நல்லது.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 11:44:22 2010.

Srikanth maindhan in..
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 11:44:22 2010.

ada Krishnan oda pErandi Kalam irangiyirukurarU
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 11:45:46 2010.

Badri thani oru manithana poradikinu irukkaru
100 up
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:46:18 2010.

Gilly-symonds-suman-gibbs-rohit-mohnish-and caable tailendersku less than 150 target. - elephant hungerukku maize grain
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:47:34 2010.

Morkel la thooku potuka sollunga please
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:49:25 2010.

Thadangalukku varundhugirom - hub makkaL aavaludan edhirpaartha csk-mi finals rathu seiyapattadhu enbadhai varuthathudan therivithu koLgirOm. Idharku badhilaaga, one sided DC-Mi finals oLiarappapadum. NEyargaL dhayavu koorndhu idhaiyum aadharikkumbadi kEttu koLgirOm
From: kid-glove on Thu Apr 22 11:49:30 2010.

Badri - singam single-a vilaiyadudhu..
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:50:01 2010.

Allov badri - eli singleA muzhi pidhungudhu
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:51:00 2010.

#1 in league vs #2 in legue - a fair enough finals, isn't it
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 11:53:19 2010.

When cheeka recommended his son, he wouldn't have expected that he will actually get to bat paavam paiyan
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 11:56:04 2010.

Symonds - 4 overs 1/18 too much I say..

One national board bans the player from playing for the national side for the rest of his life for his attitude/behaviour.. who cares.. there calls the IPL.. more pay.. less play ...

If ACB is liaising with ICC and ICC inturn is connected to IPL, how come such players are allowed to play IPL ?

From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 11:56:36 2010.

Plum wrote:

Thadangalukku varundhugirom - hub makkaL aavaludan edhirpaartha csk-mi finals rathu seiyapattadhu enbadhai varuthathudan therivithu koLgirOm. Idharku badhilaaga, one sided DC-Mi finals oLiarappapadum. NEyargaL dhayavu koorndhu idhaiyum aadharikkumbadi kEttu koLgirOm

DC or MI ?

chollunga appu

From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 11:57:12 2010.

kid-glove wrote:

Badri - singam single-a vilaiyadudhu..

Single-ஆ விளையாடினாலும் அடிக்கடி Sixer அடிக்கணும். பத்து பதினைத்து Ballக்கு ஒரு Sixer என்ற அணுகுமுறையில் விளையாடினால் சிங்கம் அல்ல. பனங்காட்டு நரி.
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:57:49 2010.

Badri come on strike rate ah 100 ku mela kondu va
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 11:58:00 2010.

pitch maha mokkai

From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 11:59:22 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

kid-glove wrote:

Badri - singam single-a vilaiyadudhu..

Single-ஆ விளையாடினாலும் அடிக்கடி Sixer அடிக்கணும். பத்து பதினைத்து Ballக்கு ஒரு Sixer என்ற அணுகுமுறையில் விளையாடினால் சிங்கம் அல்ல. பனங்காட்டு நரி.

என்னங்க இது.. நல்லா அடிக்கிறவனக் கூட திட்டுவீங்க போல

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 11:59:25 2010.

Harmeet singh 4 overs 22 runs. karumam karumam
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:00:10 2010.

Dhoi irunthuruntha ippdi aagirukuma 150 vanthurukum
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:01:14 2010.

badriym out
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:02:08 2010.

Well, team selection lets csk down. So many spinners in a pitch like this
Badri gone

Well only csk can screw up after so many gifts of dropped catches
Well, the humiliation of facing RCB again will be insult over the injury

Gilchrist - greatest captain in ipl history
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:03:01 2010.

badari gali
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:03:44 2010.

Ashwin batting Chasing la yae adikala
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:03:46 2010.

RP lungi land adhu idhunnu kEvalmA pesaradhukku vazhi paNNiyAchu.

From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 12:03:47 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

venkkiram wrote:

kid-glove wrote:

Badri - singam single-a vilaiyadudhu..

என்னங்க இது.. நல்லா அடிக்கிறவனக் கூட திட்டுவீங்க போல

நான் திட்டல. பத்ரி என்னப் பொறுத்தவரை இன்னொரு ராபின் சிங். எப்போ மோசமா தோற்று போகப் போறமோ அப்போ கொஞ்சம் Decent-ஆ தோற்க உதவுவார். ஆனால் அதனால் பயனில்லை. தோற்பது நிச்சயம்.

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:03:59 2010.

Anirudha I love you
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:04:10 2010.

anirudh sixxxxxx
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:04:33 2010.

krishnarin pErandi just hit a 6
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:05:07 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Anirudha I love you
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:05:47 2010.

Cheeka paiyanukku run kuduthA teamla select paNNuvaarnu p thappu kaNakku pOdarAla
But it doesn't matter for deccan.
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:07:34 2010.

anirudh one more sixxxxx
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:07:53 2010.

enangada dei 140 aavathu adipEla
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:07:57 2010.

The good thing is fleming being sacked is a good possibility now.
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:08:17 2010.

Anirudha adutha IPL kku asthivaaram pottan
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:08:32 2010.

6 by pErandi
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:08:44 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Anirudha adutha IPL kku asthivaaram pottan

Solli mudikirathukula out aagitaan
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:09:05 2010.

crucial runs hopefully
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:09:12 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Anirudha adutha IPL kku asthivaaram pottan

Solli mudikirathukula out aagitaan
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:09:20 2010.

3 more runs please ...
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:09:54 2010.

Really Fleming is over-rated. Just because there were no expectations of NZ, he got away with ordinary results hailed as great captaincy. NallA vENum. Happy indru mudhal happy
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:10:00 2010.

142 to defend. rejent score
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:10:00 2010.

Ashwin whats this nonsense
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:10:03 2010.

appada 140 crossed.
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:10:04 2010.

anNan ,murali ah next , he can hit da baal
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:10:40 2010.

143 to win
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:12:15 2010.

ok baays

sOhathila 1/4 ellam adikak koodathu , OK
From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 12:12:28 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

CSK Vs DC

Winner - Sollanuma??? Chennai Chennai Super Kings (500000)
MOM - Ashwin (5000)
Most Sixers - Vijay (5000)

Bonus - DC (136-145) - 141

Kalyasi, if your bonus prediction comes true, you deserve to win "Straight Drive"

Go CSK!
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:12:46 2010.

Waiting for Gilly masterclass to start
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Thu Apr 22 12:14:07 2010.

Plum wrote:

Waiting for Gilly masterclass to start

you are adding more oil to the fire
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 12:14:38 2010.

Plum wrote:

Waiting for Gilly masterclass to start

We are already witnessing Plumji's Master Class
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 12:15:07 2010.

y r all the commentators biased against csk? even harsha of all people supporting aussieccan chargers!
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:15:39 2010.

Go CSK - there's a spicejet flight at 5:30 to Chennai. You can safely catch that and take rest at home...
...Oh sorru 3rd place match irukkulla. Ok, catch the flight on 25th morning.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:15:52 2010.

This post might be laughed at. But all I can say is that its going to be MI Vs CSK final.
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 12:15:52 2010.

jinju wrote:

y r all the commentators biased against csk? even harsha of all people supporting aussieccan chargers!

Backing the winning horse
From: sathya_1979 on Thu Apr 22 12:16:49 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

This post might be laughed at. But all I can say is that its going to be MI Vs CSK final.

No, what u r saying might become true. The match is not over till it is over.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:16:54 2010.

This post might be laughed at. But all I can say is that its going to be MI Vs CSK final.
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:17:45 2010.

Vijay fans TF section la oru range ah thaan poikitu irrukaanga
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 12:17:45 2010.

DC 114 allout......
Ashwin 2
Bollinger 2
Murali 3
RO 2
Jakatti 1
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:17:46 2010.

PasangaLA, harsha hyderabad vaadu. Avar deccanukku support pannaama vera enna pannuvaar
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:17:58 2010.

deleted for repeated posting
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 12:18:28 2010.

I still have a hope
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 12:19:20 2010.

joe wrote:

I still have a hope

தைரியமாக இருக்கவும், வெற்றி நமதே
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:22:49 2010.

Ajay, dinner AchA? IvanungaLa nambi innum pattiniyA?
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:23:47 2010.

Ashwin starts well
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:24:05 2010.

Yeha but we need wickets
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 12:25:21 2010.

Chennai is going to win this
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:29:21 2010.

19, Adhellaam nadakkadhu.
Today, for the first time, I will touch the lakh mark in Straight Drive thanks to Deccan
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:29:27 2010.

Plum bro,

Jeichuttu Poi saapudaren..
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:30:37 2010.

Seri nALaikku breakfast dhaan ungaluuku adutha meal-nu ezhudhi vechurundhaa, yaaru adhai maatha mudiyin?
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:31:19 2010.

Gilly

Captain's knock - dhoni, please learn
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 12:32:33 2010.

Illa ajay kandippa night saapduvaaru.....
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:32:43 2010.

need a wicket
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 12:34:06 2010.

After all hope is not a bad thing.

wicket kaavali.
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 12:35:20 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

need a wicket

dont worry require run rate is increasing
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:36:04 2010.

4 by gilchrist
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:36:26 2010.

evLO languagela sonnLum wicket kediakkadhu. Gilly has decided to win so he will
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:37:24 2010.

19thmay wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

need a wicket

dont worry require run rate is increasing

Sridhar run rate rendu six adicha koranjurum. Low scoring matches la wickets thaan mukkiyam
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 12:38:53 2010.

Plum wrote:

Gilly has decided to win so he will

Did he decide to loose in all matches they lost?
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 12:39:15 2010.

Wicket vizhum boss! Don worry
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:40:27 2010.

gillly outtttttttttttt
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:40:49 2010.

nalla vela anirudha catch ah vidala
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:40:54 2010.

19thmay wrote:

Wicket vizhum boss! Don worry

unga vaikku sakkaraithan
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:41:44 2010.

Gilly vizhundhuttArEnnu sandhOshapada vENAm. Idhu idea batting - since he is not able to kick on, he is leaving the field to more able generals. Suman will now start the dismantling of CSK
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:41:49 2010.

mistake....big mistake
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:42:26 2010.

hamid wrote:

mistake....big mistake
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 12:43:07 2010.

WTF suman lam four adikiraan
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:43:24 2010.

Yes
Suman
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:44:23 2010.
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:44:23 2010.

suman out
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 12:44:28 2010.

Vinod trust me .... Chennai is going to win this....
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 12:45:14 2010.

Athu
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:45:22 2010.

Bowlinger -
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:45:37 2010.

Ippo vaangada...
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:45:47 2010.

19thmay wrote:

Vinod trust me .... Chennai is going to win this....

appadi nadantha ubgada priety zintavooda serthu vaikkiroom
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 12:46:40 2010.

Hey what´s happening here? I just had the possiblity to look into comp and see that CSK is bowling super. Great bowling.
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:46:45 2010.

actually i feel itz a symo spl day today...
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:46:56 2010.

That's ok. Bad luck suman. Lucky catch there for Raina
Anyway, CSK fans better remember that Symonds or Rohit will walk in now .
It's Rohit, as I speak.

What a reassuring presence this lad has!
Raina, watch. Rohit will teach you how to play a match winning knock from 20 odd for 2 wickets

Oh,btw, gibbs is still there and symmo to come - who can stop deccan today
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 12:47:34 2010.

CSK win pannidum pola
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:48:43 2010.

Buffet bowler murali being milked
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:50:47 2010.

Sanjeevi nallA yosichu sollunga. Symmo-Rohit-Gibbs plus capable lower order batsmen. How the hell can CSK defend 142 against this deccan team?
Camaan city loyalty is one thing but konjamaavadhu practicalaa paakaNum illai
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:51:46 2010.

rohit outuuuuuuuuu
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 12:51:51 2010.

Hurray
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:52:12 2010.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:52:13 2010.

don't try to be too smart, Mr. Sharma...
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 12:52:28 2010.
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 12:52:38 2010.

Yes...ajay saaptruvaaru
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 12:53:32 2010.

Superb CSK
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 12:53:43 2010.

Plum enga.....

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 12:53:49 2010.

Plum wrote:

Sanjeevi nallA yosichu sollunga. Symmo-Rohit-Gibbs plus capable lower order batsmen. How the hell can CSK defend 142 against this deccan team? Huh?!

Camaan city loyalty is one thing but konjamaavadhu practicalaa paakaNum illai Huh?!

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:54:09 2010.

2 more wickets and the match is ours..
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 12:54:49 2010.

RRR is 9.0
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 12:55:00 2010.

so mr.harsha, now whose camp has more tension?
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 12:55:09 2010.

aur ek wicket gaya.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 12:56:20 2010.

four from gibbs
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 12:56:58 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

RRR is 9.0

Oh hooo

so it is now equal to Chennai made 180 runs
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 12:57:02 2010.

morkel konjam vizuthathan pudikarathu
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:57:06 2010.

Symmos wicket is important..
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 12:58:10 2010.

Ok no problem. Time for a symmo-Gibbs masterclass of how to keep your cool and build an innings for a succesful chase of 143
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 12:58:22 2010.

I think this low total also helps... DC thought of going slow at start without losing wickets...and now struggling..
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 12:58:33 2010.

hamid wrote:

Symmos wicket is important..

this(making or breaking) partership is going to be critical for the both teams.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 12:59:20 2010.

hamid wrote:

I think this low total also helps... DC thought of going slow at start without losing wickets...and now struggling..

this is the only consolation.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:00:49 2010.

ella fansum, indha matcha CSK win panna, Aaththavukku ponga vaikkirEnnu vEndikkanga. Aaththa kaivida maatta.

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:01:18 2010.

Sanjeevi wrote:

Plum wrote:

Sanjeevi nallA yosichu sollunga. Symmo-Rohit-Gibbs plus capable lower order batsmen. How the hell can CSK defend 142 against this deccan team? Huh?!

Camaan city loyalty is one thing but konjamaavadhu practicalaa paakaNum illai Huh?!

Wait wait. Symonds wicket edukka mudiyumA ungaLAla? No way Sanjeevi. Gibbs vEra irukkAn - really your team should have scored 160
atleast.
See, dhoni will regret not staying another 2-3 overs.

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 13:01:21 2010.

Plum wrote:

Ok no problem. Time for a symmo-Gibbs masterclass of how to keep your cool and build an innings for a succesful chase of 143

Plum sir, Unga veetu address Enakku PM pannunga. Oru parcel anuppanum..
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:03:21 2010.

great bowling and fielding so far

Need to use jakati and raina early

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:03:22 2010.

Plum wrote:

Sanjeevi wrote:

Plum wrote:

Sanjeevi nallA yosichu sollunga. Symmo-Rohit-Gibbs plus capable lower order batsmen. How the hell can CSK defend 142 against this deccan team? Huh?!

Camaan city loyalty is one thing but konjamaavadhu practicalaa paakaNum illai Huh?!

Wait wait. Symonds wicket edukka mudiyumA ungaLAla? No way Sanjeevi. Gibbs vEra irukkAn - really your team should have scored 160
atleast.
See, dhoni will regret not staying another 2-3 overs.

empa CSK, plummku innoru

parcel

From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:03:42 2010.

both fans please save the statemens for the end. Anything could happen.
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:04:15 2010.

Sanjeevi wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

RRR is 9.0

Oh hooo

so it is now equal to Chennai made 180 runs

Not really. 180 off 20 overs is far more difficult than 90 off 10 overs
Anyway, all this is for your consolation. Really, batsmen messed it up for CSK today sorry!!!
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:05:04 2010.

runrate nearly 10 for the chargers now. Come on CSK
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:05:06 2010.

required rr is upto 10 now

From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:05:27 2010.

Plum wrote:

Sanjeevi wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

RRR is 9.0

Oh hooo

so it is now equal to Chennai made 180 runs

Not really. 180 off 20 overs is far more difficult than 90 off 10 overs
Anyway, all this is for your consolation. Really, batsmen messed it up for CSK today sorry!!!

Being pessimistic really helps CSK. I agree that they did poor job with bat. But anything can happen now.

From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:05:44 2010.

RRR is 10:00
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:06:27 2010.

Plum ji, neenga eppavume ippadi thaana, illa idhukku pinnaadiyum oru chatterjeem , bannerjee, mukkarajee undaa?
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:07:53 2010.

gibbss oututtttt
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:08:06 2010.

parcel to Plum
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:08:12 2010.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:10:37 2010.

gibbs is gone.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:10:38 2010.

actor maddy in his twitter during half time : Ellan poochu .. Channai sapai kings today

and this moron wants to be the team ambassador
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:10:39 2010.

almost all bowlers bowled well so far and have good confidence in them.. hard to hit them out for more than 10 consistently..

need to use raina for a over or two and have buffer in the end...
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:11:21 2010.

Sivan, no chatterjee. Seriously I yam deccan today for my karam bhoomi hyderabad. Ask ajaybhaskar - evLO periya deccan supporter naannu solluvaar. Adhanaala dhaan parcel threat ellAm pandraar
Gibbs gone - but I think this is ideal platform for Symmo to prove his value. So far he hasn't got the opp to play a match winning knock. I guess it is his turn today so well my deccan's going to win and ajaybhaskar saappidaama thoonguvaarennu dhaan varuthamaa irukku
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:12:42 2010.

Albie bowling. Symmo batting. Most reassuring sight for a deccan fan like me. And there goes - boundary
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:12:46 2010.

directhit wrote:

actor maddy in his twitter during half time : Ellan poochu .. Channai sapai kinds today

and this motion wants to be the team ambassador

erichalla solli irupparnu ninaikiren..

he said "fingers legs eyes crossed for CSK win" before the match..
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:12:52 2010.

raina superb fielding
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:13:02 2010.

both symonds and mishra have very good t20 record. Still there is a possibility fo deccan. You never know. One more wicket needed.
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:13:11 2010.

namma pasanga maathi parcel pannitaanga plum
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:14:18 2010.

adutha aal kaali
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:14:21 2010.

misra gone
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:14:29 2010.

Jakati
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:14:54 2010.

now talk me talk me talk me
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:15:05 2010.

appadi podu podu podu
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:15:16 2010.

suda suda innoru parcel
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:15:19 2010.

still little worried abt Symmo in crease..
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:15:28 2010.

Well, I guess fate wants this to be a symonds show. No problem. If anyone can pull this off, symmo can. And it would have been unfair if he didn't get this opportunity to prove his skills. So,cool, let's sit back and watch the Symonds show!
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 13:16:00 2010.

I think its time for Raina to bowl.. top order collapsed by pace... now let the spin kill the rest!
From: chevy on Thu Apr 22 13:16:55 2010.

From shahid to venkatesh, everyone comes to support their team. Who's coming from Kolly??
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:17:02 2010.

still less than 2 runs required per ball. Still possible.

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:17:37 2010.

Plum wrote:

Sanjeevi wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

RRR is 9.0

Oh hooo

so it is now equal to Chennai made 180 runs

Not really. 180 off 20 overs is far more difficult than 90 off 10 overs
Anyway, all this is for your consolation. Really, batsmen messed it up for CSK today sorry!!!

Agreed in general, but also they don't have 10 wickets now. So kooti kazhichu paarunga, ellam sariya irukkum

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:17:55 2010.

hamid wrote:

still little worried abt Symmo in crease..

Ofcourse you should be because he is going to make every CSK batsman regret why they didn't stay another few balls. Even 1 extra 4 from top 5 would have helped us-nu avainga nenaichu nenaichu azha maadhiri panna poraan symmo
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:19:21 2010.

more than 2 runs per ball. One more wicket please.
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:19:46 2010.

Sumanth
Delicate **** against murali!
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:20:04 2010.

raina
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:20:07 2010.

MuraLi vanthale payama irukku .
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:20:12 2010.

Raina - brilliant in the field
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:21:09 2010.

Murali losing it for Chennai. What a fall for a great bowler!
And sumanth stopping it from being a symonds show. He is contributing beautifully!
What a team, deccan!
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 13:21:19 2010.

tamizharasan wrote:

still less than 2 runs required per ball. Still possible.

ரோஹித் இல்லாம டெக்கானுக்கு வெற்றி என்பதெல்லாம் கனவு மட்டுமே!
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:21:40 2010.

Raina what an effort

the energy in the field
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:23:09 2010.

Deccan superb tactics. Making it look like easy for CSK and stepping up the gas in last 6 overs - kind of fooling csk fans

Symmo boundary
Sixer to follow
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:24:28 2010.

Ok guys. The fun is over for you. Symonds dismantling chennai now. What a heartbreak for you guys!
And ajayn sorry about your dinner
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:24:30 2010.

leg sidelaye pottuttu irukkan

wides now
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:24:53 2010.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:25:07 2010.

pathetic over from chennai
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:25:40 2010.

Jakati
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:26:42 2010.

Symonds
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:26:56 2010.

Sanjeevi
SonnEnla! It was all an elaborate setup for symmo to be man of the match.
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:28:11 2010.

mmkhum naanga innum steadyathan irukkom
From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 13:28:21 2010.

Plum wrote:

What a fall for a great bowler!

நீங்க என்ன சொன்னாலும் அவர் Great Bowler தான்! He will prove it in his next over.
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:28:53 2010.

Sumanth - great support.
Symonds what a matchwinner.
Someone was complaining about him playing. How do you really keep out such talent.epdi ungalukku manasu vaudhu ofcourse if he wasn't there you would have won
Bad luck guys
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:29:37 2010.

symoonds outtttttttttttt
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:29:40 2010.

##### off sid and co..
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:29:44 2010.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:29:56 2010.

wicket please
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:30:00 2010.
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:30:10 2010.

ohhhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:30:13 2010.

ka ga ga po!!!

plum, have a break now!
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:30:18 2010.

Vijay's dance after that catch
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:30:30 2010.

what a timing
got the wicket of symonds. and csk will win this match.
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:30:30 2010.

what the &(*(() were they thinking of us
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:30:47 2010.

but no problem harris is a very good hitter. Harmeet can muscle it over.
Its ok. We'll win
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:30:50 2010.

"thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup: "thumbsup:

From: omega on Thu Apr 22 13:30:56 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

Plum wrote:

What a fall for a great bowler!

நீங்க என்ன சொன்னாலும் அவர் Great Bowler தான்! He will prove it in his next over.

venki, plum namakkaahathaan ivvalavu velayum panraaru, so don't worry.....symmo seekram gaali aayuduvaan

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:31:19 2010.

oohooooooo
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:32:20 2010.

please show the faces of siddharth, venkatesh, harsa pogule, n co now u ****%&^#^
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:32:27 2010.

sid not in the dug out for a long time
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:33:10 2010.

CSK ku whistle podu :smoksmirk:
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:33:25 2010.

Plum
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 13:33:38 2010.

Enna Hamid othukureengala?
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 13:33:41 2010.

Plum,

Guess what? I have already ordered Hyderbad Biriyani.
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:34:02 2010.

What a fine spell by Ashwin 4-0-14-1. Just missed a maiden of his first over
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:34:12 2010.

two morale boosting wins from losing positions (despite Hayden)

CSK.. is the winner of IPL 2010
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:34:24 2010.

Ashwain been spectacular today
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:34:50 2010.

jinju wrote:

please show the faces of siddharth, venkatesh, harsa pogule, n co now u ****%&^#^
nothing new from harsha, been doing that from season one - biased to the core....wait and see the finals
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:34:50 2010.

19thmay wrote:

Enna Hamid othukureengala?

daanks ba.
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:35:21 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Plum,

Guess what? I have already ordered Hyderbad Biriyani.

oru 10,15 order pannuppa
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:36:00 2010.

anaiya pora vilakku

From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:36:45 2010.

directhit wrote:

jinju wrote:

please show the faces of siddharth, venkatesh, harsa pogule, n co now u ****%&^#^

nothing new from harsha, been doing that from season one - biased to the core....wait and see the finals

Sorry guys, I am not watching this match live. can you pls tell me who siddharth, venkatesh and co is. why is Harsha biased. is he from dakshina dhesam

From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:37:00 2010.

Sutham
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:37:28 2010.

There you go we are winning
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:37:41 2010.

directhit wrote:

wait and see the finals

inga Hub-a ennaka pokuthoo
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:37:44 2010.

'sunny' gavaskar still hopeful
From: viraajan on Thu Apr 22 13:37:51 2010.

Wonderful!

Terrific bowling and tigerish fielding!

Kalakkal chennai!
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 13:39:09 2010.

Jakati,

yaenda ippadi?
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:39:33 2010.

Plum wrote:

There you go we are winning
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:40:19 2010.

See my maaplas deccan talend

Even tailenders can win match for us - even your topp order can't do that for you
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:40:30 2010.

jakkubai over quota mudinjudha illa innum irukka?!
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:40:35 2010.

Bollinger kanna vanga vanthu harris oru parcel pannunga
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:41:10 2010.

Dhoni field settings
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:41:33 2010.

all quotos over.. except for Murali and Albie
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:41:56 2010.

harris gone
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:42:07 2010.

yaasruppa parcel kettadu..panniyaachu
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 13:42:18 2010.

I was shocked when Harsha was saying that Chennai can still play for the third spot.
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:42:34 2010.

vijay
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:42:38 2010.

Murali enna oru asaaltaana catch be careful my dear...
From: viraajan on Thu Apr 22 13:43:16 2010.

So, this year it's gonna be an Indian lifting the cup!

From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:43:35 2010.

sivank wrote:

directhit wrote:

jinju wrote:

please show the faces of siddharth, venkatesh, harsa pogule, n co now u ****%&^#^

nothing new from harsha, been doing that from season one - biased to the core....wait and see the finals

Sorry guys, I am not watching this match live. can you pls tell me who siddharth, venkatesh and co is. why is Harsha biased. is he from dakshina dhesam

Boys Siddharth n UPO Venkateshnga. romba aadunaanga "go saargers go"nu ellaam aattam podraanga. harsa vera saargers dhaan jayikkumnu before the toss itself (reason being they have won 5 on a trot aamaaa

ivanukkellaam expert-nu peru vera!), plum sonnappo thaan nyaabagam vandathu avaru hydbadnu.

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:43:48 2010.

19thmay wrote:

I was shocked when Harsha was saying that Chennai can still play for the third spot.

eppa??? dey arsha... waitis... letz see u at the end of the match and the tournament

another one gone
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:43:55 2010.

Still morkel over is there for us. Deccan will win
Harmeet - you have done the job with the ball now show your batting talent

Sumanth telugu paurusham choopincharaa! Jeyam manadheraa!
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:44:09 2010.

another one gone
bowlinger
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:44:27 2010.

Innikku MOM Bowlinger thaan
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:44:30 2010.

he he he

From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 13:44:32 2010.

hamid wrote:

19thmay wrote:

I was shocked when Harsha was saying that Chennai can still play for the third spot.

eppa???

dey arsha... waitis... letz see u at the end of the match and the tournament

another one gone Boo

When Chennai was 115+

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:44:50 2010.

viraajan wrote:

So, this year it's gonna be an Indian lifting the cup!

Yes. and it is MSD
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:44:52 2010.

Bollinger singam la
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:45:21 2010.

anoteher one
From: viraajan on Thu Apr 22 13:45:29 2010.

Plum wrote:

Still morkel over is there for us. Deccan will win

but wicket is not there
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:45:46 2010.

9 down..
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:45:50 2010.

thanks jinju
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:45:51 2010.

Friends, Mr Chatterjeeya moottai kattalAmA?

Tok tok friends may I come in
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:46:02 2010.
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:46:18 2010.

viraajan wrote:

Plum wrote:

Still morkel over is there for us. Deccan will win

but wicket is not there
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:46:19 2010.

19thmay wrote:

I was shocked when Harsha was saying that Chennai can still play for the third spot.
am not..after what he and sunny did during first season finals...

sivan anna - actors sidharth and venkatesh supporting DC. Harsha for some reason always is against Chennai
From: Kumarappa on Thu Apr 22 13:46:28 2010.

9th gone, come on now make them all out
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:46:56 2010.

Plum commandable job
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:47:10 2010.

Plum wrote:

Friends, Mr Chatterjeeya moottai kattalAmA?

Tok tok friends may I come in

vaanga vaanga..
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:47:26 2010.

arushaa anna ippa enna solluraapla..

thanks anoop
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 13:47:52 2010.

Chennai

Excellent professionalism from all the players..

Only team where...

NO glamour added to the team,
NO owner has been visible on camera,
NO glamour/owner in the dug out

Way to goooo guys.. Chennai there for the finals and I already see Mumbai wanting to win the toss and to bat first..
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:48:37 2010.
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:48:45 2010.

Again my question which I asked earlier. What about Sachin? can he play the finals?
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 13:49:25 2010.

Harsha hyderabad kaaran. So is venky bhai. Avainga support andradhu nyaayam dhaane?
Indha siddarth paya dhaan dhrogi
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:49:43 2010.

raina doing final rites
From: Sanjeevi on Thu Apr 22 13:49:57 2010.

matter finise

nestu MI

CSK
From: 19thmay on Thu Apr 22 13:50:03 2010.

Congratulations all CSK supporters!
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 13:50:12 2010.

Chennai
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:50:22 2010.

CSK WIN BY 38 RHNS
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:50:27 2010.
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 13:50:39 2010.

sivank wrote:

Again my question which I asked earlier. What about Sachin? can he play the finals?

If God permits, Sachin will play the final.
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:50:44 2010.

S U P E R K I N G S
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 13:50:53 2010.

CSK.....
From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 13:51:31 2010.

Q: gilly vs ashwin, who will win?
A: R AshWIN

what a player!!!
From: BM on Thu Apr 22 13:51:36 2010.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:51:42 2010.

sivank wrote:

arushaa anna ippa enna solluraapla..

thanks anoop
he will start his stupid stuff again on sunday...this time mumbai vera
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:51:45 2010.

defending a score of 140 in semifinal against a lineup which is very strong.. against a team which has 5 wins in a row :awesong: commendable job...
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:52:05 2010.

so it's the dream final alright!
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 13:52:17 2010.

Did anyone talk about the catch of Vijay ?

I think someone might have something from behind (DC dugout).. He had a harsh but soft look at them after the catch.. Infact, it was directed towards the DC dugout that he took the catch.. illlaati he would have caught it with straight body..

Excellent show overalll ..

Vijay - The Chennai Sreesanth
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:52:41 2010.

it is a superb win. great captaincy
brilliant bowling and fielding
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:52:57 2010.

Bollinger

For Finals... They have to make just one change.. u know whom Im referring..
From: joe on Thu Apr 22 13:52:58 2010.

எல்லா மக்களுக்கும் நன்றி
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 13:53:14 2010.

harsha stop your fri*((((**( mouth
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 13:53:49 2010.

hamid wrote:

Bollinger

For Finals... They have to make just one change.. u know whom Im referring..

Harsha
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:53:53 2010.

Murali : Aswin did a commendable job.. his bowling made a difference..
From: viraajan on Thu Apr 22 13:54:05 2010.

Ultimate victory!
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:54:38 2010.

harsha still needling murali asking did you think you can win during inn break nu
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:55:39 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

hamid wrote:

Bollinger

For Finals... They have to make just one change.. u know whom Im referring..

Harsha

No..there r more changes in that dept..

In our lineup.. they need to remobve Hayden.. please at least in hub dont argue for hayden saying he will come good / big match player..

Bala.. u can come out of your hiding
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 13:56:05 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

hamid wrote:

Bollinger

For Finals... They have to make just one change.. u know whom Im referring..

Harsha
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:56:24 2010.

harsa struggling to put in a proper interview. now one doesnt see that often!

murali paiyyan eyes same to same round round big ones!
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 13:57:23 2010.

Mumbai,

Here we come...
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 13:57:24 2010.

no more arguing for haydos. put aniruddha at the top for the final!
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 13:58:09 2010.

So it was a golden decision to use more spinners tonight. Superb decision
From: viraajan on Thu Apr 22 13:59:07 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Mumbai,

Here we come...

Welcome
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:59:26 2010.

Badri can open and stop the wicket slide which is a problem in all the last 7-8 games...

we can see.. in all the games when Badri came in he provided solidarity.. his style suits well for the top order...
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 13:59:58 2010.

complete team effort..
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:00:41 2010.

Jakati was slightly off the rhythm today. He needs to pull up his socks for the final.
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:02:25 2010.

Inspite of failing with the bat today, Raina made up with his excellent fielding efforts. Gr8!!
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 14:03:30 2010.

jadeja needling dean jones regding aussie players n aussie players in ndtv!
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:03:31 2010.

Good to see Dhoni and Gilly sharing jokes during the presentation.
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:03:32 2010.

Yes..(except hayden.. nothing came his way while fielding though) everybody contributed to the win
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:07:04 2010.

MSD: MSD Vs ST .. that ends at the toss.,, after that it is MI vs CSK
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 14:07:56 2010.

bowlinger MOM
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 14:08:25 2010.

Hamid, enna solluranga, sachin aaduvaaraa? avaru aadalenaa, CSK thaan champion
From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 14:08:41 2010.

Dhoni = GOD
From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 14:08:45 2010.

Dhoni: "We didn't get enough runs on the board, Ashwin bowled well with the new ball, Bollinger's got the pace for us, he dug the ball in and got our job done. I think the batting performance can be better, good that Anirudha got a couple of big sixes, Badri also batted very well. We are playing at only 60-65% of our potential in the past seasons, looking at the players in the dressing room, if we perform at 90% we can beat any team in the world, not just in the IPL."
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:09:35 2010.

sivank wrote:

Hamid, enna solluranga, sachin aaduvaaraa? avaru aadalenaa, CSK thaan champion

Sivan

avar aadunaalum CSK thaan champions
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 14:10:43 2010.

hamid wrote:

sivank wrote:

Hamid, enna solluranga, sachin aaduvaaraa? avaru aadalenaa, CSK thaan champion

Sivan

avar aadunaalum CSK thaan champions

appadi solla mudiyaadhu illayaa? That particular gentleman is capable of anything
From: tamizharasan on Thu Apr 22 14:11:31 2010.

csk fans

Please show up on the final in the hub to support csk.
From: jinju on Thu Apr 22 14:12:09 2010.

paavam arsa, ennennamo olarraan!
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:12:22 2010.

ys.. no denying that... but as a CSK fan I sincerely and honestly belive CSK will win the finals despite Sachin playing or not..
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:12:50 2010.

MSD - need to learn to speak like him in Presentation Ceremonies
From: sivank on Thu Apr 22 14:14:19 2010.

directhit wrote:

MSD - need to learn to speak like him in Presentation Ceremonies

True gentleman and diplomat. In my opinion the best captain India ever had
From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 14:16:55 2010.

thalaivaaaaaaaaaa.. you rock
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:17:44 2010.

With this win, its again proved that team work is more important than individual performances to win matches. Not sure what CSK had in between the innings. They were like fire in the field. In the last edition, we were let down because of our poor fielding and this time it is the other way round.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:19:35 2010.

sivank wrote:

directhit wrote:

MSD - need to learn to speak like him in Presentation Ceremonies

True gentleman and diplomat. In my opinion the best captain India ever had
From: VENKIRAJA on Thu Apr 22 14:19:43 2010.

The margin and totals of the semi-finals make it clear. CSK will win this one! 3 Semis, 2 Finals and 1 Trophy! Go CSK! We roar for you.

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:20:34 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

With this win, its again proved that team work is more important than individual performances to win matches. Not sure what CSK had in between the innings. They were like fire in the field. In the last edition, we were let down because of our poor fielding and this time it is the other way round.

this match, the match v DD (even though we lost), KXIP match and KKR - stand out matches for this season - ellathayum full download vachukkanum

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:22:03 2010.

Dei Venki thambi,

Appo enna m****ukku unnoda semifinalists predictionla CSKva serkkala?

From: VENKIRAJA on Thu Apr 22 14:22:27 2010.

directhit wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

this match, the match v DD (even though we lost), KXIP match and KKR - stand out matches for this season - ellathayum full download vachukkanum Cool

marana mass Vijay century adicha RR shootout-a uttuteengale.. vaaipillamai personified!

From: VENKIRAJA on Thu Apr 22 14:23:23 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Dei Venki thambi,

Appo enna m****ukku unnoda semifinalists predictionla CSKva serkkala?

aavesatha korainga.. chatterjee.. naan andha ehavedutha team 4-ume vara koodathunnu nenachen baas.. ungalukke theriyum enakku RCB mela ellam evlo gaandu-nnu
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:25:41 2010.
From: Ramakrishna on Thu Apr 22 14:26:15 2010.

what was ur semi prediction?
From: VENKIRAJA on Thu Apr 22 14:27:24 2010.

Ramakrishna wrote:

what was ur semi prediction?

RR - For their awkward style
RCB - Saniyanunga
DC Non-Indian Captain
MI idhu CSK safety-ku

I think.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:28:46 2010.

CSK Mgmt - Getting Bollinger for Oram was the only thing they did in IPL3 and HATS OFF to that decision... whatever crap they did with the rest of squad this one seems to have covered it up all now... hope they dont let him go now for next season
From: Ramakrishna on Thu Apr 22 14:29:08 2010.

VENKIRAJA wrote:

MI idhu CSK safety-ku

thappicha

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:29:41 2010.

directhit wrote:

CSK Mgmt - Getting Bollinger for Oram was the only thing they did in IPL3 Bow

and HATS OFF to that decision... whatever crap they did with the rest of squad this one seems to have covered it up all now... hope they dont let him go now for next season

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:30:34 2010.

Bollinger + Ashwin - 8 overs 27 runs 5 wickets
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:32:27 2010.

From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:32:52 2010.

directhit wrote:

sivank wrote:

directhit wrote:

MSD -

need to learn to speak like him in Presentation Ceremonies Double Thumbs Up

True gentleman and diplomat. In my opinion the best captain India ever had Very Happy

From: vanchi on Thu Apr 22 14:33:13 2010.

directhit wrote:

Bollinger + Ashwin - 8 overs 27 runs 5 wickets
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:33:49 2010.

Match one sided ah pona maari oru feeling vanthuruchu. Konjam nalla opponent semis ku vanthurukalam
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:34:02 2010.

Sidarth Tweets "5 wins in a trot was a great ride. Great season for us chargers. Hope we make champions league..good luck csk for the finals. Whistle podu!!"

vaada un muthugu la naalu podaren
From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 22 14:34:36 2010.

Badrinath: i wanted to play until the last ball of the 20th over

my roomie: edhukku.. team thOkkuradhukka ..

Anirudh's sixes made the difference ...

M Vijay.. alEkka catch pudikkiran. .esp. Ryan Harris catch

Dhoni .. come chennai with the cup...

I st IPL -- Yusuf Pathan took away the cup from us..

will it be Kieron Pollard this time
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:35:02 2010.

Bollingerku neraiya oothikoduthu nammalodavae vechukkanum.. Orey prachanai ennana he has to be put in auction since he is a replacement player..

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:35:40 2010.

HonestRaj wrote:

Badrinath: i wanted to play until the last ball of the 20th over

my roomie: edhukku.. team thOkkuradhukka .. Laughing

Anirudh's sixes made the difference ...

M Vijay.. alEkka catch pudikkiran. .esp. Ryan Harris catch Cool

Dhoni

.. come chennai with the cup...

I st IPL -- Yusuf Pathan took away the cup from us..

will it be Kieron Pollard this time Embarassed

Wait and see.

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:36:26 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Bollingerku neraiya oothikoduthu nammalodavae vechukkanum.. Orey prachanai ennana he has to be put in auction since he is a replacement player..

Oh avan contract la illaya ithu enna rule IPL la enakku theriyala

From: Ramakrishna on Thu Apr 22 14:36:30 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Sidarth Tweets "5 wins in a trot was a great ride. Great season for us chargers. Hope we make champions league..good luck csk for the finals. Whistle podu!!"

vaada un muthugu la naalu podaren

avan ooru Hyd thaane ippo, whats wrong in him supporting it

From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 22 14:36:41 2010.

vanchi wrote:

directhit wrote:

Bollinger + Ashwin - 8 overs 27 runs 5 wickets

first 6 overs had 26(?) dot balls
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:37:02 2010.

saw this in twitter - so so so true

Murali Vijay is the Giorgio Armani of outfield catching super gethu
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:37:22 2010.

Last finals Raina dropped the catch of yusuf and the cup... So he will defly make up for that... Raina da
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:37:36 2010.

assault ah pudikiraan payan.
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:37:52 2010.

directhit wrote:

saw this in twitter - so so so true

Murali Vijay is the Giorgio Armani of outfield catching super gethu

yaaroda tweet? unga twitter id enna?

From: BM on Thu Apr 22 14:38:23 2010.

HonestRaj wrote:

Badrinath: i wanted to play until the last ball of the 20th over

my roomie: edhukku.. team thOkkuradhukka .. Laughing

Anirudh's sixes made the difference ...

M Vijay.. alEkka catch pudikkiran. .esp. Ryan Harris catch Cool

Dhoni

.. come chennai with the cup...

I st IPL -- Yusuf Pathan took away the cup from us..

will it be Kieron Pollard this time Embarassed

Pollard is a sumaal boy. Avan wicket thookrathuku namma Raina ve pothum

From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:38:24 2010.

Semma dance step vera onnu potaan... style a thaan irukaan payyan
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:38:38 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

directhit wrote:

saw this in twitter - so so so true

Murali Vijay is the Giorgio Armani of outfield catching super gethu

yaaroda tweet? unga twitter id enna?

send both of your twitter IDS

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:38:42 2010.

VENKIRAJA wrote:

directhit wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

this match, the match v DD (even though we lost), KXIP match and KKR - stand out matches for this season - ellathayum full download vachukkanum Cool

marana mass Vijay century adicha RR shootout-a uttuteengale.. vaaipillamai personified!

yeah that i'd remember for vijay's innings (amongst the best of ipl) - almost adichittainga vera

these matches stand above em

From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 22 14:38:43 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

assault ah pudikiraan payan.

. .good to see him in Indian squad..
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:39:01 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Semma dance step vera onnu potaan... style a thaan irukaan payyan

all came after that 100 athukku munnadi Ambi maari irunthaan ippo Remo maari aagitaan
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:39:21 2010.

hamid share urs... mine is sbullu

From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:39:51 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Semma dance step vera onnu potaan... style a thaan irukaan payyan

all came after that 100 Laughing

athukku munnadi Ambi maari irunthaan ippo Remo maari aagitaan

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:40:15 2010.

mine is rhamidsultan

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:41:04 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Semma dance step vera onnu potaan... style a thaan irukaan payyan

all came after that 100 Laughing

athukku munnadi Ambi maari irunthaan ippo Remo maari aagitaan

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:42:34 2010.

Vinod,

Players who are picked up in auction can be retained for the period in the agreement. For example, the players picked in 2008 can be retained for 3 seasons. However, the agreement can be altered with mutual consent just like the one happened in Mohd Kaif's case. If a player is injured, another player who is not in any other team can be picked. Bollinger was picked in the place of injured Oram. However, he can be retained only for that particular season.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:42:52 2010.

http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell

kalyan - ingerundhu... very funny tweets
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 14:43:54 2010.

directhit wrote:

http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell

kalyan - ingerundhu... very funny tweets

unga id ya kodum ooyi

From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:44:58 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Vinod,

Players who are picked up in auction can be retained for the period in the agreement. For example, the players picked in 2008 can be retained for 3 seasons. However, the agreement can be altered with mutual consent just like the one happened in Mohd Kaif's case. If a player is injured, another player who is not in any other team can be picked. Bollinger was picked in the place of injured Oram. However, he can be retained only for that particular season.

Ajay,

since the 3 yr contract period is over, and the whole setup can change there is no difference for Bollinger now.

From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:45:20 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Thanks Ajay.

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:45:24 2010.

Oooouuuvvvv...

Burping after sending in a Hyd Biriyani...
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 14:46:35 2010.

namma innings last 4 overs and DC full innings paaka mudila but i am very happy :multicolorjump:
From: mgb on Thu Apr 22 14:47:30 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Oooouuuvvvv...

Burping after sending in a Hyd Biriyani...
signature'a maathu
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:47:46 2010.

i missed the CSK innings after 8th over, watched only after 19.4 of csk batting...
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:49:08 2010.

ganesh anna,

Will be changing it in the morning..
From: hamid on Thu Apr 22 14:50:40 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

hamid share urs... mine is sbullu

Shriya, Trisha, genelia, Shruti - ellam kujaalaathan follow pannittu irukkinga pola irukku

Anoop.. whats ur twitter ID??
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 14:50:49 2010.

Which catch was the best? Anirudha's or Raina's? Please consider the context of the match then and also the stature of the batsmen.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:51:23 2010.

hamid and kalyan - see ur resp twitter a/c's
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:52:37 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Which catch was the best? Anirudha's or Raina's? Please consider the context of the match then and also the stature of the batsmen.

Anirudha's one. It was a half chance and he grabbed it well
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:53:48 2010.

Raina defnly - it was coming at him so fast... another attempt from him would have been the catch of IPL had he got it
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 14:54:33 2010.

directhit wrote:

Raina defnly - it was coming at him so fast... another attempt from him would have been the catch of IPL had he got it

Antha another attempt dive still kedacha super ah irrukum
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 14:55:44 2010.

btw, DY Patil stadium - empty crowds for semi and for sure the finals would be massive support for Mumbai plus the biased harsssa + sunny + pavi shast .. gonna be interesting

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 15:01:31 2010.

hamid wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Semma dance step vera onnu potaan... style a thaan irukaan payyan

all came after that 100 Laughing

athukku munnadi Ambi maari irunthaan ippo Remo maari aagitaan

AppappO anniyan maadhiryum aayidaraan

From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 15:01:56 2010.

That's a good thing indeed for CSK..
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 15:03:22 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Oooouuuvvvv...

Burping after sending in a Hyd Biriyani...

Kood kood
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 15:07:05 2010.

Ungalukkum oru parcel anuppathaan address ketten. Neenga ennavo bomb threat levelku buildup kodukkureenga!
From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 15:11:41 2010.

Ajay, adhu dhaan chatterjee. Atleast orutharAvadhu naan seriousA pEsarEnnu namba vekkaNum appo dhaan work aagum...adhukku dhAn build up

Btw, sema success - 2 daysA. Oruthanai pugazhndhu post submit press pandadhukkuLLa ovvoruthanum out. Almost 100 percent strike rate
From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 15:13:18 2010.

Mukkiyamaana oru Update:

For the first time in IPL history, an Indian captain will lift the trophy this year
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 15:15:11 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

Mukkiyamaana oru Update:

For the first time in IPL history, an Indian captain will lift the trophy this year
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 15:15:42 2010.

Yuvi,

Naan idha type panradhukkulla neenga post pannitteenga..
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 15:17:09 2010.

Innaiku madhiyamthaan Indha threadai open pannen. Adhukkulla 45 pages!
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 15:40:33 2010.

Namma oora kindal adichavaingalukkagave indha magathaana vetriyai arpanikka vendu(m).

What a dream matchup next - now i can sit back and truly wish that the best team wins on Sunday

Thalaivaaaaaaa, punn aaari sekkiram veliya va veliya va veliya vaaaaaaaaa!
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 15:42:39 2010.

Isn't this pitch disappointing? Providing help to bowlers is a very good thing but to have the match decided at the toss is ridiculous. Its like the Pudhudilli pitch. Had DC won the toss, they would have won, as simple as that. Idhukku Bangalore-laye vechirukkalaam, ennadhaan outfield sori madhiri irundhaalum. The pitch was true
From: Bala (Karthik) on Thu Apr 22 15:44:15 2010.

I heard that comment from Harsha ("If Chennai lose this, they can still qualify for the champions league" - when we were batting) - shocking.

Idha thavira vera edhavadhu indha madhiri sonnaangala commentary team?
From: ajaybaskar on Thu Apr 22 15:54:36 2010.

Commentary teamai thooki kuppaiyila podunga. Tamilnaattu singam LSRK oruththar podhum avangalai oda oda viratturadhukku...

From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 16:00:48 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

I heard that comment from Harsha ("If Chennai lose this, they can still qualify for the champions league" - when we were batting) - shocking.

Idha thavira vera edhavadhu indha madhiri sonnaangala commentary team?

Cricket commentary has been pathetic across all IPLs. The only person who did a decent job behind the oliperukki, imho, is Mr. Jeff Dujon - who has not found the producers' favor for big matches since he is not as hyper as some others. its getting to a point where I would like to watch the matches on mute...

From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 16:18:49 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Namma oora kindal adichavaingalukkagave indha magathaana vetriyai arpanikka vendu(m).

What a dream matchup next - now i can sit back and truly wish that the best team wins on Sunday Cool

Thalaivaaaaaaa, punn aaari sekkiram veliya va veliya va veliya vaaaaaaaaa!

Same here.. Tie aana kooda OK thaaan.. Super Overla Tie aana kooda OK thaan

From: Yuvi on Thu Apr 22 16:22:05 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Yuvi,

Naan idha type panradhukkulla neenga post pannitteenga..

Sevai yaar senjaa ennanga
From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 16:50:27 2010.

CSK had 4 chennai guys making important contributions - Vijay (good hitting + catching), Badri (sensible batting), Anirudh(crucial 6s), Ashwin(amazing spell)... well done 'C'SK! hope we retain most of the squad for the next season...
From: omega on Thu Apr 22 18:34:43 2010.

There were 3 wkt keeper captains..........
One was kicked out in the league stage (Sangu)
Second was kicked out in SF stage (Gilly)
Third? Will he be kicked out in the F

I think Plum's shutterji will be in these lines for the Final.....

Plum take a bow for your consistent effort in taking CSK thru'...
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 20:01:25 2010.

One more thing

First two editions were won by the team wears blue jerseys so ...

ada pongapa
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 22:10:13 2010.

CSK

But a very boring Semi Final

Team which did more Stupidity lost.

I think i was the first one who wished for MI and CSK Finals in hub and it happened
From: VinodKumar's on Thu Apr 22 22:11:24 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

CSK

But a very boring Semi Final

Team which did more Stupidity lost.

I think i was the first one who wished for MI and CSK Finals in hub and it happened
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 22:22:48 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

I think i was the first one who wished for MI and CSK Finals in hub and it happened
ithu thaane venaam ngarathu...
Naanga ellam 3 season a ithaye thaan sollikittu thiriyarom...

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 22:25:49 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

I think i was the first one who wished for MI and CSK Finals in hub Rolling Eyes

and it happened Cool2

ithu thaane venaam ngarathu...
Naanga ellam 3 season a ithaye thaan sollikittu thiriyarom...

That is the difference.. neenga summaa sollanumaennu 3 season aa sollittu thirinjeenga.. but i know this time is the best chance for that to happen and mentioned that rightly here long before in this IPL

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 22:28:40 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

I think i was the first one who wished for MI and CSK Finals in hub Rolling Eyes

and it happened Cool2

ithu thaane venaam ngarathu...
Naanga ellam 3 season a ithaye thaan sollikittu thiriyarom...

moonu season la indha vaati dhaan unga team enga esspectation kku vadhirukku

From: Plum on Thu Apr 22 22:31:46 2010.

Guys,no more shatterjee from me. As sahrudayar Bala saaid, two people in hub are guaranteed to be happy irrespective of sunday results. One is bala. Other is me.
Omega, thnks but chatterjee fun-ku pandradhu - uyirai kuduthu win pandradhu sachin, dhoni and their boys . Avangalukku dhaan namma bow pannanum.
3 yearsA edhirpaarthadhu idhu dhaan. Enna I have one more team - ddd - avanga semisku vandhirundha perfect ipl for me. But you can't have everything so...
Finally, one match I am going to sit back and truly enjoy - hope quality of cricket determines the final.
From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 22:37:19 2010.

Plum wrote:

Guys,no more shatterjee from me. As sahrudayar Bala saaid, two people in hub are guaranteed to be happy irrespective of sunday results. One is bala. Other is me.
aaactualllyyy.... guess its the other way around, amongst csk supporters very few (me and maddy in that few ) would be totally disappointed with a csk loss on sunday, the rest might be a lil disappointed, but still happy that sachin's team won

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 22:39:35 2010.

directhit wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

I think i was the first one who wished for MI and CSK Finals in hub Rolling Eyes

and it happened Cool2

ithu thaane venaam ngarathu...
Naanga ellam 3 season a ithaye thaan sollikittu thiriyarom...

moonu season la indha vaati dhaan unga team enga esspectation kku vadhirukku Yes Sir

MI did not play to the expection level of CSK.. Csk riding on their luck too unlike MI where they were depending only on their talents

So Definitely MI's are not upto CSK's expectation level

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 22:41:44 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

MI did not play to the expection level of CSK.. Csk riding on their luck too unlike MI where they were depending only on their talents Poke

So Definitely MI's are not upto CSK's expectation level LOL

what olarrings?!

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 22:43:45 2010.

directhit wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

MI did not play to the expection level of CSK.. Csk riding on their luck too unlike MI where they were depending only on their talents Poke

So Definitely MI's are not upto CSK's expectation level LOL

what olarrings?!

unakku puriyarathu kastam

nee ithukku munnaadi ularinathukku ennoada ularal nnu vachchikoyaen

From: venkkiram on Thu Apr 22 22:45:59 2010.

இறுதிப்போட்டியிலாவது சென்னை அணி ரன் மழை பொழிய வேண்டும். IPL போன்ற குறைந்த ஓவர் ஆட்டங்களில் 4, 6 ரன்கள் தான் அளவிலா இன்பத்தை தருபவை. 130, 140 ரன்கள் எடுப்பது, அதைக்கூட தாண்ட முடியாமல் எதிரணி வீழ்வது..இதெல்லாம் Bowlerகளின் ஆதிக்கம். ஆனால் 20 ஒவெர் ஆட்டங்கள் முழுக்க முழுக்க Batsmenக்குத்தான். ஒரு அணி குறைந்தது 180 அடிக்கணும்.. எதிர்த்து விளையாடும் அணி துணிச்சலாக துரத்தி ஜெயிக்கணும்..இல்லையேல், 160 - 170 ரன்களாவது எடுத்து தோற்கணும்.. Bowlers ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்துவதைத் தான்(ஒரு ஓவருக்கு அதிகபட்சமாக 5 அல்லது 6 ரன்கள் கொடுப்பது) நாம் டெஸ்ட் மற்றும் ஒருநாள் போட்டியிலேயே பார்த்து சலித்துப் போன ஒன்று.. அதை இங்கேயுமா தொடர்வது?

ரன் மழை வரும் சனி, ஞாயிறு கிழமைகளில் பெய்யென பெய்யட்டும்.

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 22:47:49 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

directhit wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

MI did not play to the expection level of CSK.. Csk riding on their luck too unlike MI where they were depending only on their talents Poke

So Definitely MI's are not upto CSK's expectation level LOL

what olarrings?!

unakku puriyarathu kastam Razz

nee ithukku munnaadi ularinathukku ennoada ularal nnu vachchikoyaen LOL

alloov, kalyan 3 varushamaa MI varumnu edhirpaarthar.. only this year they played to that expectation nu sonnen... ungalukku csk finals vandhadhaala vayuthula puliya karakkadhu pola, adhaan post laam rasam sambar madhiri irukku

From: directhit on Thu Apr 22 22:52:23 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

இறுதிப்போட்டியிலாவது சென்னை அணி ரன் மழை பொழிய வேண்டும். IPL போன்ற குறைந்த ஓவர் ஆட்டங்களில் 4, 6 ரன்கள் தான் அளவிலா இன்பத்தை தருபவை. 130, 140 ரன்கள் எடுப்பது, அதைக்கூட தாண்ட முடியாமல் எதிரணி வீழ்வது..இதெல்லாம் Bowlerகளின் ஆதிக்கம். ஆனால் 20 ஒவெர் ஆட்டங்கள் முழுக்க முழுக்க Batsmenக்குத்தான். ஒரு அணி குறைந்தது 180 அடிக்கணும்.. எதிர்த்து விளையாடும் அணி துணிச்சலாக துரத்தி ஜெயிக்கணும்..இல்லையேல், 160 - 170 ரன்களாவது எடுத்து தோற்கணும்.. Bowlers ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்துவதைத் தான்(ஒரு ஓவருக்கு அதிகபட்சமாக 5 அல்லது 6 ரன்கள் கொடுப்பது) நாம் டெஸ்ட் மற்றும் ஒருநாள் போட்டியிலேயே பார்த்து சலித்துப் போன ஒன்று.. அதை இங்கேயுமா தொடர்வது?

adhukku book cricket velayadalaame, just kidding

IMO low scoring games and bowlers defending them are the most interesting aspect in any form of cricket. 240 adicha kooda chase panniduvangangaradhula enna sandhosham

bore nga.. namma Lakshmi, Siva, Rama and Krishnan vera Oyaama kathittu irupaar - DLF Maximum nu...

well thts just me - taste differs

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 22:57:44 2010.

directhit wrote:

ungalukku csk finals vandhadhaala vayuthula puliya karakkadhu pola, adhaan post laam rasam sambar madhiri irukku

I know how to enjoy a game naan onnum ithukaaga saapidaama,thoongaama, sight adikaama elaam irukka poarathilla..

eththana naala thookkam illaama irunthiyo..
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 22 23:00:41 2010.

directhit wrote:

http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell

kalyan - ingerundhu... very funny tweets

Plum
Diamond Hubber

Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 8953
Location: EyePeeEll
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 23:06:46 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

அளவிலா இன்பத்தை தருபவை

allov match thaane paakareenga?
From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 22 23:09:58 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

venkkiram wrote:

அளவிலா இன்பத்தை தருபவை

allov match thaane paakareenga?

mid night layum match continue aarathaala vaera yaethaachchum
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 23:16:41 2010.

Dougie’s night out;Chennai Lions in final

Friday, Apr 23 2010

Mumbai: Doug Bollinger delivered two double strikes for a four-wicket haul and helped the Chennai Super Kings to a brilliant 38-run victory against defending champions Deccan Chargers in the semi-finals here tonight.

The Aussie fast bowler took two wickets each in his third and fourth overs as the Chargers, after restricting the Super Kings to 142 for 7, were all out for 104 in the final over.

The Super Kings next meet Mumbai Indians in the title match on Sunday in what promises to be a grand climax as the Chennai outfit would be keen to make up for the last ball defeat to the Rajasthan Royals in the 2008 final.

It was a top-drawer performance by the Chennai Lions who thus made it to their second IPL final in three seasons after losing in the semis last year, besides qualifying for the 2010 Champions League.

Bollinger was deservingly named Player of the Match for his outstanding performance with the ball and also took a catch. He bowled with typical aggression and was quick enough to trouble the batsmen.

Also chipping in significantly with the ball was Ravichandran Ashwin who shared the new ball with Bollinger. He gave away a mere 14 runs while picking up one wicket.

The Super Kings bowlers were on the button when the chase began and tied the Chargers batsmen in knots as Ashwin, operated with the new ball with Bollinger.

The spin-pace combination worked brilliantly for the Super Kings whose fielders backed the bowlers with electric fielding and some top class catching.

Bollinger struck twice in his third over as Anirudha and Suresh Raina came up with brilliant catches to get rid of opener Adam Gilchrist and in-form Tirumalasetti Suman.

The Chargers could never really recover from such a horrendous start as the Super Kings struck at regular intervals to put the opponents under tremendous pressure.

The asking rate swiftly went up and the Chargers batsmen, including Rohit Sharma and then Herschelle Gibbs fell trying to step up the pace.

Albie Morkel picked up a wicket in his very first over when Rohit Sharma holed out in the deep and then Jakati struck twice in consecutive overs when a desperate Gibbs played on and Mohnish Mishra was stumped in the space of three deliveries by the spinner.

It left Andrew Symonds to pull the Chargers out of the woods. He did come up with a few big hits, but fell to Ashwin in the 16th over, finding Murali Vijay in the deep. With his exit, it was all over bar the shouting for the Chargers.

Going into the final four overs, the Chargers were precariously perched on 84 for six and not much batting to follow.

On resumption, Jakati went for 17 runs as Ryan Harris helped himself to a six and a boundary and Sumanth Bodapati crashing one past the ropes.

Dhoni shrewdly introduced Bollinger for his fourth over and the Aussie fast bowler struck almost immediately, having Harris caught by Vijay who positioned himself well to pouch the ball. Two deliveries later, Bollinger castled Sumanth to virtually sound the death knell for the Chargers.

Muttiah Muralitharan then removed Harmeet Singh at the start of the 19th over, catching the rookie batsman plumb in front and the celebrations began among the Super Kings fans.

Dhoni tossed the ball to Raina for the 20th over and the offie who excelled in the field, obliged with a wicket to close the Chargers innings.

Earlier, the Super Kings were off to a nightmarish start with the out-of-form opener Matthew Hayden lasting a mere nine deliveries during which he was dropped twice, Murali Vijay (15) and Raina (2) dismissed by the end of fourth over and just 29 runs on the board.

Dhoni and Badrinath somewhat stabilized the innings, though the runs were difficult to come by and the Chargers bowlers maintaining a tight line on a pitch that offered some movement off the seam and also appreciable bounce.

The Super Kings pair added 52 runs for the fourth wicket before Dhoni, anxious to step up the scoring rate, chased a wide delivery to be caught by Rohit Sharma, the lone slip.

Dhoni’s exit pegged the Super Kings momentum just as it was gathering some steam. Badrinath, on his part, essayed a few lusty hits but could never dominate the bowling, though he ensured that the runs came at a steady pace.

With Morkel too departing, followed by Badrinath, who was stumped off seamer RP Singh, it was left to Anirudha to get a move on and he responded with a couple of sixes to help the Super Kings along.

In fact, Anirudha’s 15-ball cameo helped the Chennai Lions to eventually post a fighting total and give themselves a chance as they picked up 39 runs in the last four overs.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=278

From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 23:16:52 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

directhit wrote:

http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell

kalyan - ingerundhu... very funny tweets Smile

Plum
Diamond Hubber

Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 8953
Location: EyePeeEll

thinking

good catch... Plum, its time to come clean..

From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 23:18:33 2010.

Four he’s a Bolly good fellow

Navi Mumbai: The hero of Chennai Super Kings' splendid defence of a modest target was Doug Bollinger. The left-armer took 4-13 as the Deccan Chargers never seemed capable of overhauling CSK’s 142. Bollinger spoke to the media after a brilliant spell of bowling that helped his team into the IPL final.

Excerpts:
On his opening bowling combination with Ravichandran Ashwin: Yeah I think we have done a pretty good job actually. We have utilised it very, very well and Ashwin's bowling really well. I think that's the best part, getting a good start with the new ball and hopefully getting one, maybe two, wickets. I think we have done pretty well at that.

On playing the IPL final after a heady New Zealand tour: Yeah (smiles), it’s come pretty quick hasn't it? But, no, it’s been great - Chennai have been great company, a great cricket team, all the guys have been great. And [they] have welcomed me in and here we are. It’s been a great competition, [the] fans have been great. It’s a great opportunity to be playing the IPL final.

On the pitch: Well, it was a good wicket, had a bit of bounce in it. It was really good early. They bowled well. We played some bad shots. But that's cricket. That's why we love and hate the game. I think when we went out and bowled, the wicket was a bit slow and it turned. For us, with the fielding and bowling, it was all about attitude. We just went out there with nothing to lose and just enjoyed it. I think that's why we did well because we enjoyed it and just went out and played the game. It’s worked out in our favour.

On his four-wicket haul: It’s pretty exciting, yeah...specially in Twenty20 cricket where I am happy to get ones and twos. But 4-13 is a great achievement for me. Hopefully I can keep getting that. I think it just comes down to enjoying my cricket. Getting four-fors is brilliant, I really enjoyed my time.

On MS Dhoni as skipper: Mahi is a great captain and a great player. And he grabbed the bull by the horns against Punjab XI. He didn't get as many runs in this game, but he led as a captain should and everyone just followed him. And that's why we won. I think he has been a great captain, a great person for me and for the rest of the team.

On playing Mumbai Indians in the final: I think we have a good chance, the way we played today. I think we [have] just got to go out there and back our ability one hundred per cent and just go out there with nothing to lose, because an IPL final is right up there. [Mumbai Indians] have got a great team…but I am sure we can match it, like we have before. So we are going to go out there and give it everything.

On what makes IPL tick: I think it’s because every country is combined. Half of these guys in the team, I have never [met] before. And they have turned out to be great blokes and great players. I think that's a great thing for IPL cricket and world cricket. You are playing with all these guys that you are normally playing against. And now they are on your team. I think that's fantastic. And I think that's why everyone's enjoying it. You are enjoying each other's success. I think it’s just the company that you are with. Because I know Chennai have got a great bunch of guys.

On his approach to bowling on Indian pitches: I think it’s just adapting to the wicket. Obviously with Chennai it’s got a bit of pace and bounce so you can use that. But if it’s like Delhi, you [have] just got to bowl a bit straighter and hit the wicket a bit harder. I think that's the great thing about wickets all around the world, you know what I mean? It was different when we played in New Zealand. Every wicket was different. And here it’s been as well. It’s just…every player has to adapt their game and to the conditions.

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1630&category=news
From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 23:20:16 2010.

Numbers that mattered

Statistical Highlights of Match 58, Semi-Final 2, DC vs CSK

142 Chennai’s total is the lowest total successfully defended by a side in this IPL. Interestingly it was Deccan, who held the previous record with 145-7 against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on April 18 (Kings XI Punjab tied the match with Chennai [and then won in Super-Over] after making 136-8 at Chennai on March 21)

===========================================================================

91 Number of wickets taken by Albie Morkel in the Twenty20 cricket- most by any bowler. He was earlier at level with Yasir Arafat with 90 wickets.

===========================================================================

50 Pragyan Ojha became the second bowler after fellow teammate RP Singh to take 50 wickets in the IPL.

===========================================================================

38 Number of dismissals made by Adam Gilchrist in the IPL- most by any keeper in the tournament’s history. He was earlier at level with Delhi’s Dinesh Karthik with 37 dismissals.

===========================================================================

29 Number of wickets taken by Deccan Chargers in Powerplay – most by any side in this IPL.

===========================================================================

26 Number of dot balls played by Deccan batsmen out of the 36 bowled in the Powerplay.

===========================================================================

12.06 Average balls per innings for which Gilchrist has stayed on the wicket during this IPL.

===========================================================================

11.3 Overs taken by Deccan Chargers for their fifty – the slowest fifty in this IPL. It was also Deccan’s slowest fifty in all IPL matches.

===========================================================================

2 Doug Bollinger became the second bowler to bowl two maiden-overs in the tournament after Deccan’s Chaminda Vaas.

===========================================================================

1 Doug Bollinger’s figures of 4-13 are the best figures by a bowler in an IPL semi-final / final. The previous best was Anil Kumble’s 4-16 also against Deccan in 2009 final.

===========================================================================

From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 23:22:19 2010.

directhit wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

directhit wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

MI did not play to the expection level of CSK.. Csk riding on their luck too unlike MI where they were depending only on their talents Poke

So Definitely MI's are not upto CSK's expectation level LOL

what olarrings?!

unakku puriyarathu kastam Razz

nee ithukku munnaadi ularinathukku ennoada ularal nnu vachchikoyaen LOL

no fightings on this matter makkalae, please... we want sachin (and hence MI) to do well on sunday.. btw its his birthday on saturday!

as our thalaivar MSD said, we would like to fight against the best (Sachin) and win!

From: lawmani on Thu Apr 22 23:30:09 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Numbers that mattered

91 Number of wickets taken by Albie Morkel in the Twenty20 cricket- most by any bowler.

Well done AMor ... aana konjam economy rate maindain panna paarunga :p

From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 22 23:47:09 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

directhit wrote:

http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell

kalyan - ingerundhu... very funny tweets Smile

Plum
Diamond Hubber

Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 8953
Location: EyePeeEll

thinking

Romba kashtapattu pazhaya tweets ellam padichu confirm pannaren... Its Plum!!

From: MADDY on Thu Apr 22 23:50:25 2010.

directhit wrote:

Plum wrote:

two people in hub are guaranteed to be happy irrespective of sunday results. One is bala. Other is me.

aaactualllyyy.... guess its the other way around, amongst csk supporters very few (me and maddy in that few LOL

) would be totally disappointed with a csk loss on sunday, the rest might be a lil disappointed, but still happy that sachin's team won Razz

yes, i would want CSK to win even if GOD is the opposition

.........but im very happy that this team made it so far.....ivalavu dhooram varuvaanga-nnu nambikkaye illa - as annan said from here its all a lottery - onnum urudhiya solla mudiyaadhu

.......

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 0:10:01 2010.

enakku oru sumaal davut... Finals la Hayden irupaana?
From: VinodKumar's on Fri Apr 23 0:10:42 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

enakku oru sumaal davut... Finals la Hayden irupaana?

Kandippa irrupaan !!!
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 0:15:38 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

enakku oru sumaal davut... Finals la Hayden irupaana?

Kandippa irrupaan !!!

ethukku ngaren... avan nethikku velayadinatha paarthale theriyala... nemba kastam... Anirudha shld open with Vijay, Hussey and Badri in the middle order... MSD and Albie later for big hitting...
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 0:23:10 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

enakku oru sumaal davut... Finals la Hayden irupaana?

irukka kuudaathuthaan.. aana iruppan
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 0:37:51 2010.

In all IPL games...

TEAM MATCH WON LOST TIED N/R POINTS
Chennai Super Kings 46 25 20 0 1 47

Deccan Chargers 45 19 26 0 0 34

Delhi Dare Devils 44 24 19 0 1 49

Kolkata Knight Riders 42 16 24 0 2 34

Mumbai Indians 43 23 19 0 1 45

Punjab Kings 43 21 22 0 0 42

Rajasthan Royals 44 25 18 0 1 47

Royal Chellengers 45 20 25 0 0 38
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 0:39:57 2010.

Hayden kandippa iruppaan. Dhoni will assume that they are going into the field with only 10 players. Whatever comes from Hayden's bat will be considered as bonus.
From: VinodKumar's on Fri Apr 23 0:44:32 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Hayden kandippa iruppaan. Dhoni will assume that they are going into the field with only 10 players. Whatever comes from Hayden's bat will be considered as bonus.

Kalyasi ithaan ennoda bathilum. Naan captain ah iruntha kandipa Hayden team la irrupaan
From: directhit on Fri Apr 23 0:48:35 2010.

nice image

http://www.outlookindia.com/images/sachin_dhoni_20081110.jpg
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 0:50:45 2010.

Yes.. He will be my automatic choice too.. What if it is his day in the final? What if he makes amends for all his mistakes? A quickfire 50 will give a gr8 start for the team.

Agreed that his dismissal pumps in a lot of pressure on the other batsmen. But hAving him at the other end without scoring will again put pressure on the batsman. So it is better to ask him to go for the shots from ball one..

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 0:54:55 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

enakku oru sumaal davut... Finals la Hayden irupaana?

Kandippa irrupaan !!!

ethukku ngaren... avan nethikku velayadinatha paarthale theriyala... nemba kastam... Anirudha shld open with Vijay, Hussey and Badri in the middle order... MSD and Albie later for big hitting...

very good point kalyasi, i feel hussey or kemp might be better at this point...but, but.. lets put ourselves in the opposition camp, who would you want to bowl at during power play, Hayden or Anirudh/Badri?

In short, Hayden should stay in. Our hope is he scores big on Sunday.

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 0:55:17 2010.

ajay all accepted... but nethikku avan velayadinatha paathuma ungalukku nambikkai irukku? enakku suthama nambikkai illa...suthama form laye illa nu nenaikaren... Anirudh opening with Vijay will be a better saais...

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 0:57:16 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Hayden kandippa iruppaan. Dhoni will assume that they are going into the field with only 10 players. Whatever comes from Hayden's bat will be considered as bonus.

Kalyasi ithaan ennoda bathilum. Naan captain ah iruntha kandipa Hayden team la irrupaan Very Happy

Dhoni yoada Captaincy flaws a ennamaa sappa kattu katti maraikka paakureenga

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:02:07 2010.

Kalyan,

He is out of form. Its a known fact. But the swing that Harris extracted yesterday was troubling even the in form Raina. How could we expect an out of form batsman to face the music? I am not supporting Hayden here but I trust him more than Hussey or Kemp at this juncture. Hussey would save his wicket but would san the whirlwind start that Hayden normally gives.

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 1:02:30 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Hayden kandippa iruppaan. Dhoni will assume that they are going into the field with only 10 players. Whatever comes from Hayden's bat will be considered as bonus.

Kalyasi ithaan ennoda bathilum. Naan captain ah iruntha kandipa Hayden team la irrupaan Very Happy

Dhoni yoada Captaincy flaws a ennamaa sappa kattu katti maraikka paakureenga LOL

allov... athellam instinct... nethikku presentation la avar sonnatha paathengala... Ravi asked him, he got it right with the selection of 3 spinners nu... athukku Dhoni replied, "it just clicked... if it works in your favour you are credited else you are being ripped apart..."

ellarume waste vetti nu kai vitta badri mela nambikkai vachathu enga annan thaan ya...

Manushan ya

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 1:03:14 2010.

ok Ajay lets hope that Hayden delivers in the Final...
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 1:03:47 2010.

Right now.. the opposition will be v.happy to bowl to hayden
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 1:03:57 2010.

We are peaking at the right time: Badrinath

Navi Mumbai: Every team needs him, but no one envies him. He is the grit and spirit of the team but goes unnoticed almost all the time. Meet the fall guy – Chennai Super Kings’ amply talented yet unnoticed talisman. Subramaniam Badrinath once again played a gritty knock of 37 to help the Super Kings through to the IPL 2010 final at the expense of Deccan Chargers.

The 29-year-old engine room of CSK’s purring machine revealed his delight about reaching the final in an exclusive interview with iplt20.com.

With wickets falling around him, Badrinath came in with just one thing on his mind – to stay at the crease and weather the storm, which he did with ample élan.

The right-hander explained: “It was such a wicket that I could make out initially that it was tough for me to play shots after realising that I just wanted to play and take my team to a decent score. That’s what happened, I would have loved to stay though the innings and play a bigger knock but unfortunately that didn’t happen. I’ve learnt a lot from it and I am personally happy as well.”

Despite the IPL 2008 final not going to plan CSK at the DY Patil stadium, Badrinath is all smiles about getting to yet another showpiece occasion.

“It feels really good because we’ve been working hard for this and it feels really good to be in the final, we’ve been here before so [I’m] looking forward to it and [will] try and win the game,” he said. “Honestly it is something I’ve been looking forward to and you can’t ask for anything more, playing an IPL final, but it’s going to be good, obviously the crowd is going to be against us but that is part of the format and you really can’t help it.”

The partisan crowd is not the only thing that the Super Kings will have to contend with on D-Day. The Mumbai Indians will be waiting to pounce on any chinks in CSK’s armour, but Badrinath is anything but losing sleep over their final opponents.

“Mumbai is a good team, they have some fabulous players in their line-up and in this format you really can’t say this player is going to do this and this player is going to do that, but they have quite a few players that can destroy an attack on their day. I think we are the same as well, we have some quality players and we’ve been playing well, that’s why we are in the final and it’s going to be a great contest.”

A great contest is surely on the cards, and Badrinath feels his team’s recent performances in the tournament give them great hope.

“Our batsmen have been in good form throughout the tournament- we’ve been firing from all ends. And the bowling is coming good as well, we are defending par scores and low scores, the fielding is very good, we are peaking at the right time.”

Badrinath reserves special praise in CSK’s resurgence for captain MS Dhoni, who he believes has played a stellar role in the team’s shift in fortunes.

“He’s a great leader, you can see from his international record, the way he’s been leading the Indian side and CSK as well - we are the only team to make it to the semi-finals thrice and the final twice. Overall he’s been a great influence on our side.”

If Dhoni is CSK’s boy wonder, then leading their adversaries is the legend himself - Sachin Tendulkar. However, the MI skipper’s presence in the final is under question due to a hand injury.

Badrinath is honest enough to admit he would not be upset to see the little master fail his pre-match fitness test. “Personally I think my mind says if he (Sachin Tendulkar) is unfit then it’s good for us. But I am really looking forward to playing against Sachin, it is a great opportunity just to play against him. You can’t ask for anything more than playing Sachin in Mumbai.”

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1632&category=news
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:04:12 2010.

Thiru bhai,

Watch yesterday's match again and again until you understand what good captaincy is..
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 1:06:38 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

ok Ajay lets hope that Hayden delivers in the Final...

No.. for sure he wont.. He has lost his confidence.. it is very evident..
if it is not understood till now, y'days missed chances are there for making people understand..
two lives in two overs and still he is out in the third over...

Itz better to have kemp or Hussey in middle order..

From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 1:09:56 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Kalyan,

He is out of form. Its a known fact. But the swing that Harris extracted yesterday was troubling even the in form Raina. How could we expect an out of form batsman to face the music? I am not supporting Hayden here but I trust him more than Hussey or Kemp at this juncture. Hussey would save his wicket but would san the whirlwind start that Hayden normally gives.

Ajay...

Harris balle adikka mudiyalanna Malinga Zaher ball ellam epapdi adipan?? out of formnu solriinga.. appuram een avana serthukittu kastapadanum???

//whirlwind start that Hayden normally gives.//

normally gave- nu sollunga.. 100% he provides more problems than solutions right now..

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 1:12:34 2010.

Putting a spin on it

Ajit Tendulkar

Chennai Super Kings seized their berth in the final after beating Deccan Chargers in a low-scoring affair. Chasing modest targets can often be tricky and the second semi-final turned out to be an addition to the list.

It was never easy to chase on that wicket at DY Patil Stadium and MS Dhoni made it tougher for Gilchrist’s men. Deccan Chargers have not done well batting second in this tournament and have now lost six out of nine matches when set a target.

Dhoni used his spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati and Muttiah Muralitharan to maximum effect as the Chargers were bowled out for 104 in pursuit of 142. Although it was not a typically spin-friendly wicket, the Chennai tweakers looked settled as soon as they came on to defend their total.

The Chennai Super Kings’ management had tried out Sudeep Tyagi, Manpreet Gony and then Joginder Sharma during the initial stages of the tournament, but the medium-pacers from Indian domestic cricket failed to impress. However, things changed for the better when Doug Bollinger joined the squad and Dhoni started playing his spin trio.

In comparison, Adam Gilchrist never had that liberty of using many spin options. Pragyan Ojha has done a fantastic job but Rahul Sharma has to go a long way before he finds himself in that category. With his limited spin options, ‘Gilly’ went in for pacers. I think his move to open the bowling with Andrew Symonds was superb. He is one of the most successful bowlers this season. Symonds started with medium pace and then, when he saw Matthew Hayden at the crease, he started bowling off-spin.

The bounce on the pitch was a little variable. It was not exactly on the slower side and it was not a typically batsman-friendly wicket. I was impressed by Bollinger but one expects such performances from a man who sports the Baggy Green while representing his national side. His figures of 4-0-13-4 were remarkable.

Although Chennai had a poor start with the bat, the partnership of 51 runs between Subramaniam Badrinath and Dhoni gave them some stability in the middle. The stage was set and Srikkanth Anirudha, who was playing only his second game, played a cameo as Chennai crossed the 140-run mark.

I believe that it was the last four overs - that went for 39 runs - that hurt the Deccan Chargers.

While defending the total, Dhoni started off with Ashwin and Bollinger and the move paid off immediately. The Chennai skipper choked Deccan and even a batsman of the calibre of Adam Gilchrist was looking uncomfortable in the middle. The left-hander is capable of doing much more than what he did in this tournament. In fact, in the last five games he had performed miserably. The Twenty20 format is such that it is difficult to maintain consistency and even the old warhorse failed to maintain the promise he showed at the start of the tournament.

Gilchrist’s uncharacteristic stay at the wicket and quick fall of wickets created the pressure on the middle order batsman Rohit Sharma. It was also the lack of partnerships while chasing that ultimately did them in.

I think the performance of Ashwin and Jakati must have given a lot of confidence to Dhoni and he continued with them in the semi.

The stage is now set for the IPL’s 2010 grand finale and I think Mumbai Indians have a slight edge on the Super Kings. As far as bowling is concerned, the Indians have a better attack. Chennai don’t have a pace combination like Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga so are likely to rely heavily on spin.

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1633&category=news
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:13:57 2010.

Hamid,

Even I am not against Hussey's inclusion in the eleven. But I would do that only if the final is played in yesterday's strip. Otherwise I would take the risk of playing Hayden.
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:16:31 2010.

This AJit Tendulkar is the brother of Sachin, right?

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:20:44 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Hayden kandippa iruppaan. Dhoni will assume that they are going into the field with only 10 players. Whatever comes from Hayden's bat will be considered as bonus.

Kalyasi ithaan ennoda bathilum. Naan captain ah iruntha kandipa Hayden team la irrupaan Very Happy

Dhoni yoada Captaincy flaws a ennamaa sappa kattu katti maraikka paakureenga LOL

This is true for any Team be it good or bad.

ajay/Kalyasi,
First basic thing for a Leader/ Captain is getting ur team right.
Hayden was completely out of form and almost thadavifying. Naethae yaaro kooda news poataanga he is not in good touch in practice session also.. I am pretty sure no other captain would select hayden / anyone in that case. point to note is it is semifinal and hayden is not a youngster who is out of form. even i would not have selected him for the crucial match against Punjab..
Clearly yesterday u would have seen his missed chances and wicket put pressure on the rest of battting line up and they ended up scoring less.. That too a new comer scored in the end which no one here would have expected for sure.

Now where CSK won is, there is other captain who did a bigger blunder of Selecting Gibbs and chose to open with him..

With Gilchrist not in form and Gibbs also not in form. Gilchrist captain ..sari onnum panna mudiyaathu.. innoru out of form aalayum select panni, rendu paerum open panna stupidy i think this is the first time in cricket history.. their struggle added pressure to others, and eventually kept pressure on them when the asking rate is high.

Dhoni has to thank Gilchrist first

Naan munnamae sonna maathiri naethaya match la yaaru athikamaa stupidity pannaangalo avanga lost.

Of course Dhoni maintains his coolness in field and great body language. No denying that.. That is positive signs for captaincy.
But ellaathayum kanmodi thanamaa support panna mudiyaathu.

From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 1:24:10 2010.

Ajay,

IMO that cant be simply termed as risk.. it is an assured failure..

anyway letz see what happens on sunday..
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 1:25:06 2010.

Letz select a team based on ability and current form.. not based on hope... on this topic
From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 1:29:04 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

But ellaathayum kanmodi thanamaa support panna mudiyaathu.

sonnenga, kalyasi, anoop kittayum - Dhoni-a romba pugazhadhinga-nnu, sonna ketkaraangala...........kanmoodi thanamaana support panradha pathhi oorukkulla yaar yaaro vandhu advice pannittu povaanga idhellam thevaya-nnu sonnen appove ??
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:30:22 2010.

Thiru, kamaan vidunga - today is a day for Dhoni fans. As Dhoni said it was a lottery and CSK and MI won the lottery in Semis but MI jeyichA Sachin captaincy-num, CSK jeyichA Dhoni captaincy-num dhAn praise paNNuvAnga fans. enna, Sachinku captaincy oru poruttillai - he has huge achievements unmatchable elswhere in the game - so the volume of Sachin fans on his captaincy being the sole reason for MI victory will be less compared to the volume of MSD fans hailing him as the sole reason for dhanda karumAndhara CSk team winning it.
From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:31:06 2010.

hamid wrote:

Letz select a team based on ability and current form.. not based on hope.

Makes perfect Sense.

Example is there in the CSK Team itself.. Oru Great Bowler (of course in past) muralitharan ayae, despite bowling better,was kept outside of the team considering situations, Hayden's inclusion is Silly. Who knows he may score in finals if gets a chance. But that does not make his inclusion right.
From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:32:19 2010.

Hamid,
Absolutely! Just because we won doesn't mean we got it all right. Farex should come in for Hayden and Thushara should replace Shutup Jakati
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:32:40 2010.

I still stand with Dhoni's decision to retain Hayden. IMO, he is the best captain I have ever seen, atleast from the day I started watching cricket. Vijay was not looking good in the first 3,4 matches. It was Dhoni who fought for his place and made him open. Similarly, it was Dhoni's decision to open the bowling with Ashwin. No komban would'Ve gone for the field setting that Dhoni opted for Gilly and Gibbs. Apart from getting the team right, a captain's quality is to take the balme when team loses and dedicate the win to the team members. It is a well known fact that it was Dhoni who brought the team to the SF. But he didn't take any credit for that but attributed the success to Badri and Raina. Captain courageous, captain class and captain cool.. Meet you again on 25th...

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:33:09 2010.

MADDY wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

But ellaathayum kanmodi thanamaa support panna mudiyaathu.

sonnenga, kalyasi, anoop kittayum - Dhoni-a romba pugazhadhinga-nnu, sonna ketkaraangala...........kanmoodi thanamaana support panradha pathhi oorukkulla yaar yaaro vandhu advice pannittu povaanga idhellam thevaya-nnu sonnen appove ?? Razz

U made allegation, right.. I wouldlike u to show my kanmoodi thanamaana support .. Cricket nnu illa, may be any other fields

Are u ready for that?

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 1:35:07 2010.

hayden is out form but his possible replacements - hussey and kemp are in worser form - idha thaan naa remba naala sollittu irukken - we have a poor squad-nnu.......bollinger, ashwin and annan's captaincy illaina - namma maanam tappa dance aadirukkum ........

but i agree that dhoni's penchant for "all-rounder" is quite irritating.......i mean Albie morkel - avanukku sathyama seettaada theriyuma .........dhoni, being my age, our cricket watching days was marred with lack of all rounders in BCCI team - maybe andha oru kola veri for all rounders .........but the way he absorbs pressure from the performers to balance out things - only Dhoni possible

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:35:45 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

I still stand with Dhoni's decision to retain Hayden. IMO, he is the best captain I have ever seen, atleast from the day I started watching cricket. Vijay was not looking good in the first 3,4 matches. It was Dhoni who fought for his place and made him open. Similarly, it was Dhoni's decision to open the bowling with Ashwin. No komban would'Ve gone for the field setting that Dhoni opted for Gilly and Gibbs. Apart from getting the team right, a captain's quality is to take the balme when team loses and dedicate the win to the team members. It is a well known fact that it was Dhoni who brought the team to the SF. But he didn't take any credit for that but attributed the success to Badri and Raina. Captain courageous, captain class and captain cool.. Meet you again on 25th...

Ajay,
Dhoni nalla captain dhaan. Adhu prachanai illa. How can you justify Hayden's inclusion? Have they started to reward getting out without scoring runs? Enna solreenga?

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:36:32 2010.

MADDY wrote:

hayden is out form but his possible replacements - hussey and kemp are in worser form - idha thaan naa remba naala sollittu irukken - we have a poor squad-nnu.......bollinger, ashwin and annan's captaincy illaina - namma maanam tappa dance aadirukkum Smile

........

but i agree that dhoni's penchant for "all-rounder" is quite irritating.......i mean Albie morkel - avanukku sathyama seettaada theriyuma Razz

.........dhoni, being my age, our cricket watching days was marred with lack of all rounders in BCCI team - maybe andha oru kola veri for all rounders Laughing

.........but the way he absorbs pressure from the performers to balance out things - only Dhoni possible Cool

Farex run-a-ball la oru 15-20 aavadhu adippaan-ga...

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:37:51 2010.

ada adhellAm irukkattum innikku lotterynu solrOm. jeyichA captaincy-nu solrOm. adhu epdi?
From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 1:37:52 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

U made allegation, right.. I wouldlike u to show my kanmoodi thanamaana support .. Cricket nnu illa, may be any other fields Are u ready for that?

enakku idhu enna pudhusa.........rajasaranam, Mr.Judge ellam paathaavan naan
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:38:16 2010.

Bala bro,

Known devil is better than Unknown angel.

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:38:40 2010.

Plum wrote:

Thiru, kamaan vidunga - today is a day for Dhoni fans. As Dhoni said it was a lottery and CSK and MI won the lottery in Semis but MI jeyichA Sachin captaincy-num, CSK jeyichA Dhoni captaincy-num dhAn praise paNNuvAnga fans. .

majaority appadithaan solluvaanga..
but hubla yaaru antha maathiri paesittu irunthaanga..

Sachin's Presence make difference.. that is different..

Naanae intha IPL la solli irukaen.. When things dont go Sachin's way he does not maintain his coolness nnu.

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:40:01 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

directhit wrote:

http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell

kalyan - ingerundhu... very funny tweets Smile

Plum
Diamond Hubber

Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 8953
Location: EyePeeEll

thinking

Twitter Shutter ellAm I yam not even there. To day, I havent even seen a twitter interface.

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:41:32 2010.

sari adhellAm vudunga - you are reaching 12000 posts, I am reaching 9000. nInga Sachin, nAn Jayawardene

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:42:49 2010.

MADDY wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

U made allegation, right.. I wouldlike u to show my kanmoodi thanamaana support .. Cricket nnu illa, may be any other fields Huh?!

Are u ready for that?

enakku idhu enna pudhusa.........rajasaranam, Mr.Judge ellam paathaavan naan Razz

naan avanga elaam paarthathilla, fine.. naan kaekurathu simple.. naan kanmoodi thanamaa support panrathaa sonneengalae, oru example sollunga poathum..

ethukku suththi valaichchu paesikittu

illa vaera yaarayo mention panna en post use pannittu irunthaa sollidu.. i dont mind

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 1:42:54 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Farex run-a-ball la oru 15-20 aavadhu adippaan-ga...

avan remba mukkiyamana batsman aache ......IMO, avanalaa dhaan punchaap match-e thoethom........i mean, Bala, in a big game, even i would prefer a "out of form hayden" than a parthiv
From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:44:26 2010.

By the by, inga onnu sollikka virumbaren.
In spite of
1. Sachin being the guiding force of MI in their campaign
2. this MI team being a better squad than the Indian and previous MI teams he has captained, they do not have the best names in batting (or the best names have been inconsistent)
no MI fan in the hub has proclaimed the greatness of Sachin's captaincy while we have every right to.

I don't know or care if Sachin is a better captain than Dhoni but the fact (as i see it) is that for the first time, a comparison is possible because Sachin has been entrusted with a decent team. One just cannot dismiss Sachin's captaincy
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 1:45:01 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Farex run-a-ball la oru 15-20 aavadhu adippaan-ga...

Bala anna, much respect to ur thoughts but MHay can play such innings too.. but PPat cannot do what MHay can do..

looks like MHay has a certain role and he's trying his best to go about doing it... i can understand why some people feel so strongly about dropping MHay, but I stand by ajay on this, will play MHay.
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:45:37 2010.

yes yes, no farex please! Punjap match he was the reason. Apart from other things, he drains away confidence from other batsmen making the wicket look like a mud cake.

I venture Kemp for Hayden - maddy, i dont know why you say Kemp is out of form - he hardly got any chances and bowled well when he got the opp, and hit a couple of balls which we got pretty well.
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:45:39 2010.

Idhathaan Maddy naanum solren. Its an all important final. If I were the captain, I would go with the known devil.
From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:47:55 2010.

Podhukkuzhuvula ellarum Farex danger pathis tronga irukkeenga..
Naanum Kalyanum thittura thittulla Badri, Anirudhan ellam six adikkaraanga, Hayden ku dhaan effect-e illa. Anjaneya, final-la yavadhu unakku Rosham varattum
From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:47:59 2010.

Plum wrote:

sari adhellAm vudunga - you are reaching 12000 posts, I am reaching 9000. nInga Sachin, nAn Jayawardene

af 13000 posts vanthaachu.. May be he is sachin

appa naanu .. ayyo ponting aa
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:48:25 2010.

Quote:

no MI fan in the hub has proclaimed the greatness of Sachin's captaincy while we have every right

As you would say, says without going. adhu avarukku avasiyamE illai - ippO poor captainnu solrAngannu vechukOngaLEn - appo kooda his stature as a pure batsmen is higher than anyone else in Indian Cricket history ( I mean consider Gavaskar and put all his achievements as Player, Administrator, Commentator, columnist, vetti officer in ICC, IPL benaami owner etc together and he will still be less than Sachin the batsman. Goes for everyone)
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:49:05 2010.

Nanbargale,

Edhukku vetti argument? What is that u need ultimately? CSK lifting the trophy, right? Wait for 2 more days..

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:49:36 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

Plum wrote:

sari adhellAm vudunga - you are reaching 12000 posts, I am reaching 9000. nInga Sachin, nAn Jayawardene Laughing

af 13000 posts vanthaachu.. May be he is sachin Cry3

appa naanu .. ayyo ponting aa Banging Head

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:49:54 2010.

Plum wrote:

Quote:

no MI fan in the hub has proclaimed the greatness of Sachin's captaincy while we have every right

As you would say, says without going. adhu avarukku avasiyamE illai - ippO poor captainnu solrAngannu vechukOngaLEn - appo kooda his stature as a pure batsmen is higher than anyone else in Indian Cricket history ( I mean consider Gavaskar and put all his achievements as Player, Administrator, Commentator, columnist, vetti officer in ICC, IPL benaami owner etc together and he will still be less than Sachin the batsman. Goes for everyone)

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:50:30 2010.

Naalaikku yaara support panradhu?
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:51:49 2010.

BTW, this Anirudha looks like a king size Raina.
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:52:24 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Naalaikku yaara support panradhu?

you mean DC vs RCB?
Despite my aversion for Killchrist(eppO nI Rayuduvai midhichaiyO appOvE unakku ketta kAlam aarambichudhudA!), I am unable to work up any partisanship for this match
From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 1:52:30 2010.

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 1:52:50 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Podhukkuzhuvula ellarum Farex danger pathis tronga irukkeenga.. Laughing

Naanum Kalyanum thittura thittulla Badri, Anirudhan ellam six adikkaraanga, Hayden ku dhaan effect-e illa. Anjaneya, final-la yavadhu unakku Rosham varattum Twisted Evil

lol... yaaro hubbula vadamaala vendindu innum saatala polrukku :p

yaarairundhaalum pannidraappa ambi

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 1:52:52 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Naalaikku yaara support panradhu?

veetu vaelaila wife kku support pannunga
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 1:55:07 2010.

Nalaaiku DC all the way... no RCB... No "aa cey bey" ala the DJ in Chinnaswamy...
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 1:56:44 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Nalaaiku DC all the way... no RCB... No "aa cey bey" ala the DJ in Chinnaswamy...

.. nalikku win-win situation... yaaru thothallum santhosham
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 1:56:57 2010.

My Playing Xi for the finals wud be

M Vijay
S Anirudha
S Raina
S Badrinath
M Hussey
A Morkel
M S Dhoni
R Ashwin
M Muralidharan
S Jakati
D Bollinger...
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 1:57:18 2010.

SivamAni missing for the last few games, enga ponaaru?
From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 1:57:40 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

no MI fan in the hub has proclaimed the greatness of Sachin's captaincy while we have every right to

yaaru ungala thaduthha?? dharalaama sachin perumai, indha thread-laye adichukonga ......infact his selection of rayudu, sathish, saurabh tiwary, mclaren has been top notch ........comparison with Dhoni - hmmm, why not
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 1:59:07 2010.

kalyasi, like it. MI have off-spinner, so may be JKem in place of Mr. Cricket? Ofcourse, still my pick would be MHay
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 1:59:33 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

My Playing Xi for the finals wud be

M Vijay
S Anirudha
S Raina
S Badrinath
M Hussey
A Morkel
M S Dhoni
R Ashwin
M Muralidharan
S Jakati
D Bollinger...

Same but replace Hussey with Kemp. Move Morkel ahead of him in the order. 1-7, that will be the set of best batsmen we have on current form. Remember that Hussye has had a night mare 2 years, and struggled even in the NZ tour.
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:00:06 2010.

Still standing by my words...

"Sachin has the most intelligent cricketing brain in this planet" Cricket is purely abt anticipation... and no one can match Sachin in this regard...

MSD btw is not far behind...

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:01:51 2010.

Plum wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

My Playing Xi for the finals wud be

M Vijay
S Anirudha
S Raina
S Badrinath
M Hussey
A Morkel
M S Dhoni
R Ashwin
M Muralidharan
S Jakati
D Bollinger...

Same but replace Hussey with Kemp. Move Morkel ahead of him in the order. 1-7, that will be the set of best batsmen we have on current form. Remember that Hussye has had a night mare 2 years, and struggled even in the NZ tour.

Kemp a paathale oru nambikkai vara matenguthu.. en ne theriyala...

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:02:51 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Still standing by my words...

"Sachin has the most intelligent cricketing brain in this planet" Cricket is purely abt anticipation... and no one can match Sachin in this regard...

MSD btw is not far behind...

- there has never been any doubts about Sachin's cricketing brain but dealing with lesser talents, and keeping cool in adversity all have been problem areas. He needed a good team, and I daresay, if he had the teams that Dhoni had, he would have been a great captain. Remember that he had to deal with Azharuddhins who actually sold the country and worked against winning the match. And he had no power to stop them getting selected unlike Ganguly, who had Dalmia to support him through and through with his decisions

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 2:04:08 2010.

MADDY wrote:

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

no MI fan in the hub has proclaimed the greatness of Sachin's captaincy while we have every right to

yaaru ungala thaduthha?? dharalaama sachin perumai, indha thread-laye adichukonga Cool

......infact his selection of rayudu, sathish, saurabh tiwary, mclaren has been top notch Bow

........comparison with Dhoni - hmmm, why not Smile

CSK kuzhuvinar dhaan enakku asylum kuduthutteengale (as an MI fan)

(comparison): My point is that, i'm not interested in the comparison per se. Thevayilladha sandaigal varum. Bottom line is, idhukku munnadi there was no strong basis for comparison *itself*. Ippo oru basis irukku, appadi panna

P.S: "Seri, ippo enna solla vara?" nu kekkalaam... well.... "Aauuu" dhaan as usual

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:04:36 2010.

Plum wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 2:04:49 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

MSD is totally a different animal - i mean the way he carries himself even in tough situations and when u see veterans like kumble & others collapsing under pressure is awesome........best thing abt MSD is his people management and why shuldnt we boast abt it and be proud of it without invoking comparison to sachin & others is a point im not getting answers for..........i mean, is our praise for dhoni is very intimidating or irritating that people bring in sachin's greatness to attempt to dwarf us

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 2:05:19 2010.

MSD vs Sachin comparisonnna, naa well left...

what i liked about Sachins captaincy this year, was not picking rayudu, tiwary etc... but making them bat ahead of JPDum, KPol, DBra etc. ~ masterstroke and good for indian cricket
From: raajarasigan on Fri Apr 23 2:05:25 2010.

adapaavigala... overnightla 30/35 pages poiyiduche.. eppo padichu mudikkarathu... .. match pathi analyzis nnu post podalamannu paartha ippadi aayiduche...

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:06:26 2010.

MADDY wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

i mean, is our praise for dhoni is very intimidating or irritating that people bring in sachin's greatness to attempt to dwarf us Rolling Eyes

athaan enakkum puriyala...

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:08:03 2010.

lawmani wrote:

naa well left...

Gully cricket la.. pasanga sollarathu ... machaan well left uttuko..
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 2:08:29 2010.

Sachin is the greatest batsman I have ever seen and Dhoni is the greatest captain I have ever seen. Comparing Sachin's captaincy with that of Dhoni is no different from comparing Dhoni's batting with Sachin's...
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:09:10 2010.

ok no comparisons... MSD the man.. Mahi da... inniku enga dhinam!!
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 2:10:20 2010.

raajarasigan wrote:

adapaavigala... overnightla 30/35 pages poiyiduche.. eppo padichu mudikkarathu... .. match pathi analyzis nnu post podalamannu paartha ippadi aayiduche...

Wrong thread,bro..

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 2:10:25 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Sachin is the greatest batsman I have ever seen and Dhoni is the greatest captain I have ever seen. Comparing Sachin's captaincy with that of Dhoni is no different from comparing Dhoni's batting with Sachin's...

Maddy,
You got the answer for your question.

Andha thread la poi pesunganna ketta kovam vandhurum aamaam. Manusan enga dhaan pesaradhu?

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:10:31 2010.

AttemptlAm thEvai illai Maddy. MSD has a long way to go before he matches Sachin's stature in Cricket history. We'll appreciate every victory of his. Even 3 World Cups as captain for MSD cannot give him the stature of Sachin overall in Cricket history, IMO. So, insecurity-nu oNNu vandhA, definitely Sachin fansku illai.

Even today, every game is a home game in IPL for only one man - who is that? That has been earned over years of achievement. innoruthan....porandhu dhAn varaNum.

(This is apart from Captaincy debate - I am willing to concede that debate and still this would hold)

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 2:10:33 2010.

MADDY wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Maddy, neenga solradhu puriyidhu, aana MSD did not have to face a string of defeats or go longs periods without winning any cup and thats because hes had a good squad both for India and CSK, so its easier for him to be cool even when the team loses 1/2 games here and there.. i think we should atleast concede this..

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 2:11:45 2010.

Sandai varakkoodaadhu nu solli solli naane sandaya mootti vittutten
Ok, appeat for now..... Nestu meet panren..
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:11:57 2010.

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:12:10 2010.

Enga team north indies ellam vanthu "M Vijay has attitude...very bad for indian cricket" nu sollaraanga...

dei dei dei... enna da aniyaayam pannareenga...

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 2:13:13 2010.

Plum wrote:

AttemptlAm thEvai illai Maddy. MSD has a long way to go before he matches Sachin's stature in Cricket history. We'll appreciate every victory of his. Even 3 World Cups as captain for MSD cannot give him the stature of Sachin overall in Cricket history, IMO. So, insecurity-nu oNNu vandhA, definitely Sachin fansku illai.

Even today, every game is a home game in IPL for only one man - who is that? That has been earned over years of achievement. innoruthan....porandhu dhAn varaNum.

(This is apart from Captaincy debate - I am willing to concede that debate and still this would hold)

Arumayaa sonneenga Plum, every word

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 2:15:01 2010.

Plum wrote:

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...

oho... appo idhu kaaveri prechanamaadri thaan, theerevey kadayathu

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:17:14 2010.

Plum wrote:

I accept.....

Naangaa yaarume MSD ya Sachin oda compare pannala... pannavum virumbala...

MSD is in a different league... A player from Jharkhand to have had no proper coaching, was earlier a football goalkeeper to have come into the national side as a big hitter and to have adapted himself to situations and to have been playing in this level of intensity is in itself amazing...

Anga nikkaraar MSD!!

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 2:18:55 2010.

who compared Dhoni with Sachin, here? Sachin is a 'Chellakutty' of all indians, no matter whether he is a cricket fan or not. I would be fool to compare Dhoni with Sachin. But on captaincy front, I rate Dhoni much higher and it doesn't make sense to bring in Azharuddins and Sauravs. IPL 1 and 2 MI squads didn't have them, if iam not wrong.

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:19:33 2010.

lawmani wrote:

Plum wrote:

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...

oho... appo idhu kaaveri prechanamaadri thaan, theerevey kadayathu

idhula enakku prachnai ennannA, not that MSD is being hailed as great but enga pasangaLa(and yes, Maddy, enga TN Ranji pasanga - CSK-ku Loan kuduthurukkOm avLO dhAn, CSK sondham koNdAda mudiyAdhu!) kutham solrAinga.

Yesterday, 4 TN players were the key reason - idhellAm oru 4 weeks Dhoni kUda irundhadhAla vandhudhAm. 4-8 Years-A avainga Ranji trophyla, ODI tournamentsla achieve paNNappO vandhadhillaiyAM

That is the point against which I fight here...

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 2:20:45 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Andha thread la poi pesunganna ketta kovam vandhurum aamaam. Manusan enga dhaan pesaradhu?

though not a rib tickler but imagined this line with vaigai puyal's pace ........btw got ur point but i think Ajay too, like me, has problems not just with "results" of sachin's captaincy but "methods" * ........

*siladhu hearsay, siladhu srinath madhiri sachin-a verukkra aalunga sonnadhu dhaan but still comblete-a unselett panna mudiyadhu ......anyways, it was so heartening to see sachin winning as captain and making all the right moves in this IPL.......i hope he goes wrong on sunday for our sake

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:21:17 2010.

Plum wrote:

lawmani wrote:

Plum wrote:

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...

oho... appo idhu kaaveri prechanamaadri thaan, theerevey kadayathu

Summa thatti vidatheenga Plum... yaarume apdi sollala...

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:23:09 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

who compared Dhoni with Sachin, here? Sachin is a 'Chellakutty' of all indians, no matter whether he is a cricket fan or not. I would be fool to compare Dhoni with Sachin. But on captaincy front, I rate Dhoni much higher and it doesn't make sense to bring in Azharuddins and Sauravs. IPL 1 and 2 MI squads didn't have them, if iam not wrong.

IPL 1- Durby and Pollock captained mostly. When Sachin returned, there was a string of victories but it wasnt enough
IPL 2 - a mix of poor squad, and captaincy errors. Captaincy errror dhoniyum pandrAr but he has some luck which negates the errors. Sachinku andha luck indha varusham dhAn kedaichirukku

India teamla ippO oru Mongia, Azharuddin varaNum - kaasu vaangikittu Dhoniya thalaiya pichukka vekkaNum. Seriously, going by the posts here, I wish for this to happen. India thOthAlum paravA illai.

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 2:23:38 2010.

Plum wrote:

Exactly !!

Anyway Hayden's inclusion (considering the situations) kooda best captaincy nnu solravanga kitta onniyum solla mudiyaathu..

Any Me out of this and have some works to do..

BTW Sachin innings kaaga mattumae for past few years cricket watch pannittu irukkira naan intha time konjam Athikamaavae IPL paarthutaen..

Finals paarka mudiyumaannu therila as some other thcings to do

Ithoada intha corrupted IPL kku oru

and once again back to Original form... inimae sachin matches thaan main..

that too only for indian Cricket not IPL or So.

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:24:21 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Plum wrote:

lawmani wrote:

Plum wrote:

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...

oho... appo idhu kaaveri prechanamaadri thaan, theerevey kadayathu

Summa thatti vidatheenga Plum... yaarume apdi sollala...

Maddy, ennanga idhu? appO CSK squad super squadA? nInga idhai othukkarIngaLA?

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 2:25:36 2010.

Plum wrote:

lawmani wrote:

Plum wrote:

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...

oho... appo idhu kaaveri prechanamaadri thaan, theerevey kadayathu

Appadi paatha ellarumae domestic levella vilayaadittuthaan intl matchesku vandhuruppanga. Idhu oru prachanaiya? Puriyalai Unga logic...

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:27:21 2010.

Squad still not the best... Bowling la onniyum pramaadham illa... S Jak, M Murali, A Morkel, L Balaji ellam waste thaan

We never said Badri, M Vijayan ellam Dhoni oda coaching la thaan nalla vilayadinaaga nu... Dhoni trusted them and backed them nu thaan sonom... ok... Talent is nothing without an opportunity my friend nu Sidhu vanthu sonna thaan othupeenga pola...
From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 2:28:18 2010.

lawmani wrote:

so its easier for him to be cool even when the team loses 1/2 games here and there.. i think we should atleast concede this..

i have been following Dhoni since his India-A days - neenga vena concede pannunga, dont ask me to ......

Plum, let me put this short here

Sachin is a unscalable peak for me in history of world cricket......i place him above W.G.Grace or even Don Bradman - if thats sacrilegous for some, im sorry.........

Dhoni is not at all abt history and achievements - he is something abt street smartness, sharp day-to-day winner - maybe after 10 yrs he might have a history that we can boast of
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 2:29:30 2010.

the ultimate irony in this so-called debate here is, as we all know, allegedly it was sachin who recommended MSD for indian captaincy.. tells a lot about the judgment of sachin...

my stand: we are lucky to have a captain like MSD and not RPon (both have the luxury of leading good squads) and a player like Sachin who wanted MSD to be captain!

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:29:43 2010.

MADDY wrote:

lawmani wrote:

so its easier for him to be cool even when the team loses 1/2 games here and there.. i think we should atleast concede this..

i have been following Dhoni since his India-A days - neenga vena concede pannunga, dont ask me to Very Happy

......

Plum, let me put this short here

Sachin is a unscalable peak for me in history of world cricket......i place him above W.G.Grace or even Don Bradman - if thats sacrilegous for some, im sorry.........

Dhoni is not at all abt history and achievements - he is something abt street smartness, sharp day-to-day winner - maybe after 10 yrs he might have a history that we can boast of Smile

english theriyathathunaala intha icon onnum unga postum nalla help pannuthu...

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 2:35:26 2010.

MADDY wrote:

lawmani wrote:

so its easier for him to be cool even when the team loses 1/2 games here and there.. i think we should atleast concede this..

i have been following Dhoni since his India-A days - neenga vena concede pannunga, dont ask me to Very Happy

......

oho appo unga knowledge about MSD better than mine and hence you dont have to concede :p

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 2:39:24 2010.

Plum wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Plum wrote:

lawmani wrote:

Plum wrote:

sattaBell, angE dhAn prachnaiyE. ippO enna solrAngannA, CSK squad Bangladesh levellu adhaiyE World Cup jeyikka vekkaraarunnu...

oho... appo idhu kaaveri prechanamaadri thaan, theerevey kadayathu

Summa thatti vidatheenga Plum... yaarume apdi sollala...

Maddy, ennanga idhu? appO CSK squad super squadA? nInga idhai othukkarIngaLA?

i know u want to blow this over and over by painting strokes of "anti-sachin", "anti-tamilnadu" to garner support for dhoni bashing and maddy bashing but nadakkadhu

1. squad is poor, annan's captaincy is a major factor - yes

2. whom are we blaming - hayden, mike hussey, kemp, morkel, parthiv etc - idhula yaarunga thamizhan??

.......

3. replacements are bad or nonexistent - yes - india cements mandayile kottanum........avanga onniyum thamizh kaavalargal illa......oru corporate house ambuttudhen

4. Ashwin, Vijay matrum badri(last 2 matches) thevayana azhavu paarattittom..........btw, neenga yaarunga ketkaradhukku?? mumbai team-la yaar irundhalum, IPL/ranji trophy-nnu vandhutta mumbai v TN match vandha dhairiyama tamilnadu-kku support panra pachha thamizhan saar naan - are u ready to prove it??

5. praising Dhoni = insulting other team members - wrong........im reminded of kaminey dialogue of milk and sugar only here - dhoni is the sugar ofcourse

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 2:46:16 2010.

last but not least - naalaikku dhoni plays for jharkand in a match against TN - avan out aagarathukkum kadavula venduvom - im thamizhan .......

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 2:48:22 2010.

lawmani wrote:

MADDY wrote:

lawmani wrote:

so its easier for him to be cool even when the team loses 1/2 games here and there.. i think we should atleast concede this..

i have been following Dhoni since his India-A days - neenga vena concede pannunga, dont ask me to Very Happy

......

oho appo unga knowledge about MSD better than mine and hence you dont have to concede :p

sorry, that came out rude from me

.......i meant, i dont agree to "good results=dhoni cool" thingy.......u r open to disagree with me

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 2:49:18 2010.

MADDY wrote:

last but not least - naalaikku dhoni plays for jharkand in a match against TN - avan out aagarathukkum kadavula venduvom - im thamizhan .......

Well Said Maddy!!
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 2:51:58 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

My Playing Xi for the finals wud be

M Vijay
S Anirudha
S Raina
S Badrinath
M Hussey
A Morkel
M S Dhoni
R Ashwin
M Muralidharan
S Jakati
D Bollinger...

Almost the same team as mine with one change...replace Hussey or Albie with Thushara to strengthen Bowling..

I will open with Badri and keep Anirudh at No.7 or send him as pinch hitter based on situation..
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 2:52:41 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Hamid,
Absolutely! Just because we won doesn't mean we got it all right. Farex should come in for Hayden and Thushara should replace Shutup Jakati

Balaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. athuku Haydene irunthuttu pokattum
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 2:56:24 2010.

Maddy, you are mistaken. I have no stake in marking you.

Support for TN players is only recent. adhukku munnAdi, oru heatla nInga ennayA squad idhu, matha teamlalAm local players ennamA perform pandraingannu neraiyavE pEchu irundhudhu inga. Even Parthiban got support over Vijay. Then it all changed and now the targets are Hayden, Hussey.
Point to note: It is because of Hayden we reached Semis last year. So, squad is pretty good - TN players came good this year, Hayden and foreign players were good last 2 years.

SariyAna samayathula Doug Bollingerai kondu vandhadhum idhE management dhAn. So, overall, Dhoni has got a good team most of the times. Bangaloreum dhAn vinayl kumarAla sufffer Achu - Edho rendu mUNu wicket Osila eduthuttAn so he looked better than Tyagi etc initially.

Dhoni didnt face any major squad problem not faced by other captains*

* Except Gambhir who screwed up with an awesome squad
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:00:34 2010.

Plum wrote:

Dhoni didnt face any major squad problem not faced by other captains*

* Except Gambhir who screwed up with an awesome squad

always enjoy ur footnotes
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:02:06 2010.

MADDY wrote:

last but not least - naalaikku dhoni plays for jharkand in a match against TN - avan out aagarathukkum kadavula venduvom - im thamizhan .......

appidi podu aruvala...

like TR said "why are u trying to oppress suppress and depress a tamilian ya "

From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 3:02:13 2010.

Plum wrote:

Plum,

u have been saying this very often.. but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.. time and again it is said NO CSK or Mahi fans dislike Sachin.. ( yep..thr cud be exemptions. but very very few).. but on the other hand we have seen all Sachin fans hate Dhoni... (yes there are exceptions.. but that is very very few)

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 3:03:49 2010.

Hamid, I dont know what to say. I dont dislike MSD for sure. I just dont by the great captain theory yet.
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:07:56 2010.

Plum wrote:

Hamid, I dont know what to say. I dont dislike MSD for sure. I just dont by the great captain theory yet.

Plum u've lost me here... i thought u did feel that MSD is a great captain, but just that u didnt want to attribute every success of his team (India/CSK) to his captaincy?!?
From: hamid on Fri Apr 23 3:08:11 2010.

Plum.. great captain theroy..that can be debated. I dont have any problems.. though I like him I do feel many times offlate Dhoni is adamant and some of his decisions( especially team selection) lack logic as per my opinion.. But on the field his almost all the times his usage of available resources, his coolness streetsmart moves makes us feel he is a great captain...

reg.. dhoni liking.. u can see as pattern in hub. mostly when MSD achieves r wins u can see some direct or indirect posts ( you also posted few) against MSD... and provoke MSD fans..

I have seen >80% of sachin bashing( if u can call that) has happened only because of provocation from Sachin fans..
From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 3:12:40 2010.

Plum wrote:

Support for TN players is only recent

its a support for performance..........kandippa Plum, if tn players are not playing well, they will be dissed - our support for tamil players and TN/CSK is always there but its not a blind one which will affect team performance.......but obviously when they play against other teams - we will support them - with or without form.......neenga namba maattenga, even dinesh karthik plays in DDD there is a wish from our side to perform well.....

reg squad strength of CSK - sorry i have to disagree and i dont want to further argue on that since we are not even agreeing 1% there
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:13:37 2010.

one point i would like to make here .. street-smartness is not a huge merit.. infact i dont think we should be calling MSD a street-smart captain.. he is an intelligent captain and doesn't let tough situations affect his decision making for the most part (this is not equivalent to street-smart)

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 3:18:14 2010.

hamid wrote:

Plum.. great captain theroy..that can be debated. I dont have any problems.. though I like him I do feel many times offlate Dhoni is adamant and some of his decisions( especially team selection) lack logic as per my opinion.. But on the field his almost all the times his usage of available resources, his coolness streetsmart moves makes us feel he is a great captain...

reg.. dhoni liking.. u can see as pattern in hub. mostly when MSD achieves r wins u can see some direct or indirect posts ( you also posted few) against MSD... and provoke MSD fans..

I have seen >80% of sachin bashing( if u can call that) has happened only because of provocation from Sachin fans..

naanga Dhoni-a praise pannave koodadhu as per Plum......

i feel its like "dhoni enna periya ivana - avana praise panni ezhudha nee enna periya avana" is the line of thinking

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 3:19:30 2010.

But no denial that streetsmartness is one of his strengths.

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 3:20:17 2010.

MADDY wrote:

hamid wrote:

naanga Dhoni-a praise pannave koodadhu as per Plum...... Laughing

namakkum aasa paasam irukadha enna?

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 3:21:02 2010.

Can Fleming Replace Hayden??
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 3:23:09 2010.

BTW, How would you stop a man like Pollard on Sunday? Any expert advice?
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 3:24:24 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

BTW, How would you stop a man like Pollard on Sunday? Any expert advice?

Ashwin ku oru over baaki vachukanum...
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 3:24:37 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Can Fleming Replace Hayden??

Yes. He can. But not now. This decision should've been made couple of matches ago..
From: raajarasigan on Fri Apr 23 3:31:52 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Can Fleming Replace Hayden??

Yes. He can. But not now. This decision should've been made couple of matches ago..
Flemingkku match practice ellam edhum kedaiyathunnu nenaikkareen.... ippo avaru full time coacher...
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:31:54 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

BTW, How would you stop a man like Pollard on Sunday? Any expert advice?

one solution is not to take more than 3 wkts.. let tiwary/rayudu finish the innings :p
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:34:20 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Can Fleming Replace Hayden??

yov, MHay va ippdi kevala paduthitaye ya.... mansu nemba novuthiya

From: raajarasigan on Fri Apr 23 3:37:20 2010.

lawmani wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

BTW, How would you stop a man like Pollard on Sunday? Any expert advice?

one solution is not to take more than 3 wkts.. let tiwary/rayudu finish the innings :p

pinish the innings OR pinish the CSK... nalla kudukkaaraingya detailu...if he comes before 15th over, them Murali should tackle him... not sure whether he can play spin bowling well.... else, the only option is dougy...

From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 23 3:39:40 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

MADDY wrote:

hamid wrote:

naanga Dhoni-a praise pannave koodadhu as per Plum...... Laughing

namakkum aasa paasam irukadha enna?

enakennamo nee same side goal poadura maathiri thaan irukku

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 3:40:25 2010.

Last time MI Played CSK, it was Ashwin who picked the wicket of Pollard. even in another match, I noticed Pollard was not very comfortable with spin.
From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:42:34 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Last time MI Played CSK, it was Ashwin who picked the wicket of Pollard. even in another match, I noticed Pollard was not very comfortable with spin.

dho paaruya, solutiona therunjukittae namlaanda vlandukittu irukkaaru
From: raajarasigan on Fri Apr 23 3:44:15 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Last time MI Played CSK, it was Ashwin who picked the wicket of Pollard. even in another match, I noticed Pollard was not very comfortable with spin.
appadinna Muralidhar than correct.... straightla innoru muraliya nikka vachu eduthudanum.... avanukku than ellarum aadama asaiyma catch pudikkara maadhiri nera adikkarainga...

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 3:44:21 2010.

lawmani wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Last time MI Played CSK, it was Ashwin who picked the wicket of Pollard. even in another match, I noticed Pollard was not very comfortable with spin.

dho paaruya, solutiona therunjukittae namlaanda vlandukittu irukkaaru

Unga advice kettadhu oru thappaa?

From: lawmani on Fri Apr 23 3:51:57 2010.

raajarasigan wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Last time MI Played CSK, it was Ashwin who picked the wicket of Pollard. even in another match, I noticed Pollard was not very comfortable with spin.

appadinna Muralidhar than correct.... straightla innoru muraliya nikka vachu eduthudanum.... avanukku than ellarum aadama asaiyma catch pudikkara maadhiri nera adikkarainga...

illa RR, avaru avvolavu vegama odaraaru.. camera focus panrathukulla he gets under the ball

From: ajaybaskar on Fri Apr 23 4:09:26 2010.

LSRKyoda commentarythaan highlight.. 'Murali Vijay in the deep is as safe as a house'.
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 4:37:15 2010.

'Want to see Sachin in final'

VB Chandrashekhar

At one point of time we [Chennai Super Kings] were struggling to get into the first four [on the points table] and it seemed pretty the team had to do something special. At that time, things started to turn around, we started winning some games. At Chennai we beat MI - by far the best team in the tournament so far - and we defended something like 160. There was a lot of self belief that turned up with that game and although we went on to lose against DD, going into the last game we knew we could pull it off and did in a spectacular fashion.

Coming into this game [the semi-final against Deccan Chargers] there were a lot of nerves for sure and we knew we were getting into a situation where it was [victory] or nothing. 140 did look a very competitive score and I thought we might have lost our way a fraction. But fortunately I think the bowling came good and we had the right sort of bowlers. Particularly the way [Doug] Bollinger came in and snapped up two early wickets was what we needed.

We had to keep getting the wickets and the fielding was spectacular too. On a day when a challenge was thrown onto the team, they really came out trumps. That was special. We had to wait [to qualify] for the final and it’s better waiting for the final than playing a play-off. From that sense I think we are quite happy with what we have achieved over three years - getting into the semi-finals on all three occasions and into the final [this year]. Hopefully this time around it will be different from the first year’s final.

I think the way Doug Bollinger came on and picked up those early wickets - particularly [Adam] Gilchrist’s - you never know [how he might perform]. Haydos [Matthew Hayden] has been struggling and Gilly has also been struggling so we did not want [Gilly] to come up with something special. It was important that we got him out early on. That to me was the turning point and the spinners altogether came in and made it so difficult for the batters to strike the biggies. As the run-rate keeps going up, we knew we had one over from Bollinger coming and the time we brought in Bollinger was perfect, all thanks to Dhoni - he knew he had to get a wicket and make sure that the last overs would [see the asking rate mount] and he just knocked things out in the 18th over.

The final’s just another game but it is going to be a big final - everybody is going to be geared up. There will certainly be no nervousness about that game because nerves the nerves will be with the local team here. I know the crowd will be rooting for them and today we were quite happy to get the crowd backing us. Although the fans were not here in large numbers, the fact that we have beaten the best team in the tournament so far [speaks volumes]. They are a really well-balanced side and it’s just a question of [what happens during the hours of the game]. Sometimes one important catch at the right time could change the game around.

Of the players to impress me, one has been [Murali] Vijay. There was [always] a lot of talent [in him] and it was just that the talent was not directed as well [as it should have been] - he needed one or two good innings and a lot of talking to. With Haydos not clicking the way we expected him to, we had to have someone or the other [who came good]. We certainly tried different combinations but they did not work out and with this young guy coming good, that’s when I felt that people could be [inaccurate] judges of talent and overlook it too. This was one case where talent was spotted - the question was merely, when would he deliver? The fact that he delivered so well certainly stunned me. I’m sure lot of people who watch cricket around here have been stunned with his timing and his abilities – he has done so without looking explosive. I hope he gets a good final in before he flies off to the West Indies [for the ICC World T20 Cup].

Despite the injury to Sachin [Tendulkar], we would still want him to [play] the final and see the God of Indian cricket [in action]. [His absence] would be a huge disappointment personally. As a team, I am sure [CSK] wouldn’t mind Tendulkar playing and failing against us rather than not playing at all.

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1636&category=news
From: mgb on Fri Apr 23 4:38:06 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Can Fleming Replace Hayden??
I think he might.. the team management might surprise MI and upset their calculations
From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 4:38:10 2010.

It’s about taking wickets: Dougie

Friday, Apr 23 2010

Mumbai: If anything, Douglas Erwin Bollinger is a quintessential Aussie - fiercely competitive and aggressive, and one who likes to just get on with the job and life. Accolades, it seems, are water off duck’s back for him. He understands his role and makes an honest attempt to deliver. No frills please, I am Dougie, he might say!

His in-your-face bowling last night at the DY Patil stadium set up another come-from-behind victory for the Chennai Super Kings and his efforts with the ball, including some “chin music” that would have been pleasant to the ears of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, won him the “Player of the Match” award.

Bollinger’s typical reaction to the prize was: “It is all about taking wickets and it is all about confidence. There was some bounce and it helped.” Not a word more or less, and uttered with that happy smile that comes after a day’s honest work.

Be it the scrambled seam or the seam-up bullets, Bollinger, nicknamed Eagle, had the Deccan Chargers hopping about the crease and his four for 13 in just four overs did the job for the Super Kings who were defending a small total of 142.

Dhoni, of course, heaped praise on the 28-year old left-arm seamer who loves to bowl fast as much as he does mowing the lawn, eight months old daughter Skye and wife Tegan.

“Bollinger is the one who did the job of us and he has made a big difference to our bowling,” said Dhoni who, it must be said, has used Bollinger very shrewdly, like bringing him on a little earlier than expected last night resulting in two more wickets.

Bollinger, who switched full time to cricket after giving up rugby and worked his way from playing “park cricket” in Sydney to the Australian side, has already taken 11 wickets in just seven games in his first IPL with an average of 16 and economy rate of 6.51, besides a strike rate of 14.7.

Exceptional figures considering that his spells have been during the power plays and the death overs when the Super Kings depended so much on his pace and guile to not only check scoring but also to take wickets – a dual role that Bollinger has performed to near-perfection.

The energy, enthusiasm and freshness that Bollinger brings to the table have certainly lifted the team’s spirits and morale. Further, his commitment in the field has been infectious and inspirational. Remember the catch he took off Yusuf Pathan at Chepauk within 48 hours after landing in Chennai?

Yet, for all his achievements, Bollinger remains firmly grounded and it has much to do with his approach to cricket that despite being his profession, remains just a game for him. That perhaps puts him under less pressure.

He did go for a few in the high-scoring game at Dharmasala, but he bounced back brilliantly last night to deliver telling strikes that undid Chargers.

Bollinger’s approach to bowling and his cricketing career perhaps reflect his philosophy in life which, as he says, is, if you do too much, you get into too much trouble. Keeping it simple, like mowing the lawn or doting on his family, is what gives him the greatest pleasure.

On Sunday, Bollinger will be up against Sachin Tendulkar (if fit and plays) and that will be a battle worth going miles to see.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=279
From: SoftSword on Fri Apr 23 4:45:35 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

SS Vadivel enga?

ullaen ayya...
netthu nite appeat aagittaen...
thread title ellaam getthaa vechom... indha sodhappu sodhappurangalaenu... first half patthu tension aagi en frienda thevai illama thitti... pongada ma*runu innings breakla beer vaangittu vandhu paattha... gilly out...
apram "kazhugae kazhugae poo podu"nu apdiyae sarakkoda ukkandhaachu...
"velaikku velayum aachu... alamaariyum vellai aachu..."

From: SoftSword on Fri Apr 23 4:48:06 2010.

Plum wrote:

Guys,no more shatterjee from me. As sahrudayar Bala saaid, two people in hub are guaranteed to be happy irrespective of sunday results. One is bala. Other is me.
Omega, thnks but chatterjee fun-ku pandradhu - uyirai kuduthu win pandradhu sachin, dhoni and their boys Smile

. Avangalukku dhaan namma bow pannanum.
3 yearsA edhirpaarthadhu idhu dhaan. Enna I have one more team - ddd - avanga semisku vandhirundha perfect ipl for me. But you can't have everything so...
Finally, one match I am going to sit back and truly enjoy - hope quality of cricket determines the final.

one more...
i have already told...
i want CSK to come in to the final and sachin to lift the trophy..
sachin win panna satisfaction... dhoni win panna pride...
for the first time am gonna watch one final in which sachin and dhoni playing without any tension...

From: SoftSword on Fri Apr 23 4:50:03 2010.

did anyone notice what murali said...
in the innings break dhoni said to his team like... "for this pitch i thought 140 will be enough... we have got 4 runs more... "
From: raajarasigan on Fri Apr 23 4:58:38 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

did anyone notice what murali said...
in the innings break dhoni said to his team like... "for this pitch i thought 140 will be enough... we have got 4 runs more... "
Yes... Dhoni - Confident Personified....

From: directhit on Fri Apr 23 7:20:40 2010.

hamid wrote:

MADDY wrote:

every csk match we have won or celebrated plum (after all his match winning strategies) comes and mocks here. reason, well we know

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Apr 23 8:44:18 2010.

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much
From: venkkiram on Fri Apr 23 10:26:09 2010.

இறுதிப் போட்டியில் ஒருவேளை சச்சின் விளையாடினால் அஷ்வின் மற்றும் Bollinger பந்துகளை எப்படி விளையாடுவார் என்பதுதான் சுவாரஸ்யமான எதிர்பார்ப்பாக இருக்கிறது. எப்படி டெக்கான் சுமன்,ரோஹித் ஆரம்பத்திலேயே வீழ்ந்தார்களோ, அதுபோல நாயர், ராயுடுவை வீழ்த்திவிட்டால் வெற்றி இலக்கை பாதி அடைந்துவிட்ட மாதிரிதான். .. பதானியை ஒரு ஆட்டத்திலாவது விளையாட வைக்காமல் Dhoni இருந்தது வருத்தம் தான்.

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 10:33:12 2010.

directhit wrote:

hamid wrote:

MADDY wrote:

every csk match we have won or celebrated plum (after all his match winning strategies) comes and mocks here. reason, well we know LOL

ada pOngappA! Dhoni is not big enough for a Sachin fan to be insecure really. "thavarAna pAdalukku mannar parisu koduthAl" maadhiri over-praise irundhA, adhai point out paNNi dhAnE aagaNum?

In my opinion, individual achievement can be easily attributed to an individual but captaincy achievements are grey areas - as a manager I know that credit that I get for my team's achievements are sometimes deserved, sometimes not, and LUCK is a crucial factor in me being considered a good manager. Credit is always a grey area here. It can never be clear cut as in the case of an individual achievement. nAn manage paNNadhAla dhAn project succeeed aachhunu endha komban managerAlu solla mudiyAdhu.

So, per se, the point of comparision, Captaincy vs Individual Contribution will ALWAYS be tilted towards the latter. As such, even if Dhoni wins 3 World Cups as captain, it is not the same as Tendulkar's individual achievements. The gist of this is that someone who understands this will never feel insecure as a Sachin fan. Which is why I am ok with CSK winning the trophy - to me that doesnt mean Dhoni is a better captain than sachin or Dhoni has a bigger achievement than Sachin. Heck, that is why I hope for a CSK win and do all the clowning around to that end...

From: Nerd on Fri Apr 23 10:35:45 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

இறுதிப் போட்டியில் ஒருவேளை சச்சின் விளையாடினால் அஷ்வின் மற்றும் Bollinger பந்துகளை எப்படி விளையாடுவார் என்பதுதான் சுவாரஸ்யமான எதிர்பார்ப்பாக இருக்கிறது.

அடடே

From: sathya_1979 on Fri Apr 23 10:45:32 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much

Sema comedy. When we are wosrhipping the incomparable GOD, why shud we feel insecure if few others celebrate mere mortals?
Everyone have the right to celebrate and are celebrating personalities of their choice. But, Sachin is above all these.

From: VinodKumar's on Fri Apr 23 10:47:01 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much

Sema comedy. When we are wosrhipping the incomparable GOD, why shud we feel insecure if few others celebrate mere mortals? Very Happy

Everyone have the right to celebrate and are celebrating personalities of their choice. But, Sachin is above all these.

It is true only for Sachin fans. You cannot make it generalized for everyone.

From: Bala (Karthik) on Fri Apr 23 10:48:39 2010.

Indha thread-kum oru kumbidu

Soonapaana, supreengort-e vandhaalum unna asaikka muidyaadhu da...
From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 10:50:37 2010.

Bala, pinna oru atmosphere create paNNa vENAvA finalsku.

en latchiyam Maddy match mudinjavuNE Victory Speechku mattum varAma, matchum bodhu vandhu full capacityla kalandhukkaNumnu dhAn...adhukku dhAn...

From: sathya_1979 on Fri Apr 23 10:53:51 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much

Sema comedy. When we are wosrhipping the incomparable GOD, why shud we feel insecure if few others celebrate mere mortals? Very Happy

Everyone have the right to celebrate and are celebrating personalities of their choice. But, Sachin is above all these.

It is true only for Sachin fans. You cannot make it generalized for everyone.

It is not my opinion, IT IS A FACT. Check fact books and then come back please. Sachin had out performed his contemporaries and 99.99% of all-time greats in most of the criteria and in most of the formats. Please check Vinod. Please check Mr. Ananth Narayan's Blog on All time batting greats. After a helluava lot of analysis and substantiating numbers, Sachin is rated at number 1.

From: omega on Fri Apr 23 10:54:31 2010.

Plum, enakkennavo unga kanavu palikkaathunnu thonuthu....
Athaavathu, Dhoniya epdiyaavathu (-/+ jitterji) Finals varaikkum konduvanthu Sachin kaiyaala kariya poosa vaikkanumnungra unga nenappukku irukku aappu....
From: venkkiram on Fri Apr 23 11:00:44 2010.

Plum wrote:

nAn manage paNNadhAla dhAn project succeeed aachhunu endha komban managerAlu solla mudiyAdhu.
why not? If individual member can be proud about team's win due to his contribution, same rule can be applied to manager too. Managerial skills always play a vital role in succeeding a project. The very important and basic thing a good manager to possess is common-sense.

From: VinodKumar's on Fri Apr 23 11:01:11 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much

Sema comedy. When we are wosrhipping the incomparable GOD, why shud we feel insecure if few others celebrate mere mortals? Very Happy

Everyone have the right to celebrate and are celebrating personalities of their choice. But, Sachin is above all these.

It is true only for Sachin fans. You cannot make it generalized for everyone.

Satya,

There is no doubt that Sachin is the # 1 cricketer in the world. Atha ellorum othukuvaanga but athukaaga avangaluku pudicha aala vuda SAchin ah perusa ninaika sonningana celebrate panna sonningna eppdi mudiyum ?

From: tamizharasan on Fri Apr 23 11:01:24 2010.

Nerd wrote:

venkkiram wrote:

அடடே

idhu avarudaiya sondha karuththu. Idha poyi seriousa eduththukkittu?

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 11:02:53 2010.

omega wrote:

Plum, enakkennavo unga kanavu palikkaathunnu thonuthu....
Athaavathu, Dhoniya epdiyaavathu (-/+ jitterji) Finals varaikkum konduvanthu Sachin kaiyaala kariya poosa vaikkanumnungra unga nenappukku irukku aappu....

Seriously, if I wish ill on Dhoni, I'd rather wish a humiliating pre-qualifier defeat on him - like I did for Warne. As Dhoni himself observed, qualifying for Semis, all are good sides. After that it's a lottery. A victory for Dhoni in the finals will not mean much to me in placing him as a captain . Bringing the team to the semis was a bigger achievement by Dhoni than winning the Semis or the Finals(if). And yeah, 3 successive Semis is a huge achievement and places him as the most consistent captain in IPL. All Magic Warnes and Charismatic Gillies can recede to the background.

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 11:05:35 2010.

Omega, here's a deal. I will not call Sachin a "great captain", "proved he is above others", "best Indian captain ever" "what a captain" "he nurtured the MOM otherwise the MOM is nothing" "because of his guiidance only Rayudu hit 40" "because of his backing only Duminy won the match" etc if MI wins but if CSK wins same statements will not be made with Dhoni's name-nu ungaLAla urudhiyA solla mudiyumA?

From: sathya_1979 on Fri Apr 23 11:08:42 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much

Sema comedy. When we are wosrhipping the incomparable GOD, why shud we feel insecure if few others celebrate mere mortals? Very Happy

Everyone have the right to celebrate and are celebrating personalities of their choice. But, Sachin is above all these.

It is true only for Sachin fans. You cannot make it generalized for everyone.

Vinod u have mistaken my posts. Pls read them again. I never said that everybody shud follow Sachin. My posts was aimed only at the post which mentioned that sachin's fans diss and feel insecure abt others being praised. My point - Sachin fans don't even bother about what other fans do. Why shud we feel insecure? Hope my point and stand is clear.

From: VinodKumar's on Fri Apr 23 11:12:03 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

hamid wrote:

but I do feel the insecurity is only with Sachin fans.. they r not able to digest anybody other than Sachin is celebrated.

Too much

Sema comedy. When we are wosrhipping the incomparable GOD, why shud we feel insecure if few others celebrate mere mortals? Very Happy

Everyone have the right to celebrate and are celebrating personalities of their choice. But, Sachin is above all these.

It is true only for Sachin fans. You cannot make it generalized for everyone.

From: venkkiram on Fri Apr 23 11:15:02 2010.

tamizharasan wrote:

Nerd wrote:

venkkiram wrote:

அடடே

idhu avarudaiya sondha karuththu. Idha poyi seriousa eduththukkittu?

நிகழ்தகவுகளில் எது நடந்தாலும் நடக்கலாம். நாளை நீங்கள் எதிர்பார்த்தது போல அஷ்வின், Bollinger பந்துகளை அடித்து விளையாடலாம். இல்லை ஆட்டத்தையே இழக்க நேரிடலாம். துணிந்து யாருமே இப்படித்தான் நாளைக்கு நடக்கும் என அறுதியிட்டு சொல்லவே முடியாது என்பதற்கு இந்த IPL ஆட்டங்களே சாட்சி. நேற்று 142 ரங்களை டெக்கான் அணி எடுக்க முடியாது என 95 சதவீத மக்கள் நம்பவேயில்லை. இருந்தாலும் நடந்ததென்னவோ தலைகீழ். அதன்படி பார்த்தா, நான் சச்சின் எப்படி விளையாடுவாரோ என எதிர்ப்பார்ப்பது தவறேயில்லை.

From: omega on Fri Apr 23 11:18:07 2010.

Plum wrote:

Omega, here's a deal. I will not call Sachin a "great captain", "proved he is above others", "best Indian captain ever" "what a captain" "he nurtured the MOM otherwise the MOM is nothing" "because of his guiidance only Rayudu hit 40" "because of his backing only Duminy won the match" etc if MI wins but if CSK wins same statements will not be made with Dhoni's name-nu ungaLAla urudhiyA solla mudiyumA?

Antha uruthumozhi ellaam ennaala kudukka mudiyaathungren...
Naane entha pakkamnu theriyala (

)...
But epdi namma angle of thought (ungalukku porunthutho illayo theriyaathu, but neenga thaan ilichavaayan j/k)

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 11:25:17 2010.

I am also worried about how Yusuf Pathan will face Shapoor Zadran in the T20 World Cup. You can never say!

From: Plum on Fri Apr 23 11:26:36 2010.

omega wrote:

Plum wrote:

Antha uruthumozhi ellaam ennaala kudukka mudiyaathungren...
Naane entha pakkamnu theriyala ( Laughing

)...
But epdi namma angle of thought (ungalukku porunthutho illayo theriyaathu, but neenga thaan ilichavaayan j/k)

ennamO pOnga - nAnE apdi sindhikkalai.

From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 23 14:11:21 2010.

Movie Cop wrote:

My instinct tells me that the winner of CSK/Deccan semi's is going to lift this year's IPL. Paapom.

I yaam repeat - My instinct tells me that Chennai's Spirit will prevail over Mumbai's Talend!
Superb team effort in the semis to stop Deccan's five match winning streak. Badrinath/Dhoni/Anirudha/Bollinger and more importantly our fielding/catching.
Cornered Tigers - "Superstar" Dhoni led CSK, what a comeback into the tournament after facing an embarrasing elimination prospect for being stuck into the lower half of the points table!

Go CSK go! Let's get them in their own backyard!
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 23 14:20:21 2010.

I thing Muralitharan's morale/confidence would have been boosted with the semi-final outing. Let's hope that he doesn't go erratic in the finals (if selected).

Hayden seems to be the big elephant in the dressing room. Enna pannuradhu-nu Dhoni-ke onniyum puriyale pole irrukku! Let's see

From: ajithfederer on Fri Apr 23 14:31:21 2010.

Bat aala thaanga.

venkkiram wrote:

இறுதிப் போட்டியில் ஒருவேளை சச்சின் விளையாடினால் அஷ்வின் மற்றும் Bollinger பந்துகளை எப்படி விளையாடுவார்

From: Kalyasi on Fri Apr 23 23:11:55 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Indha thread-kum oru kumbidu

Soonapaana, supreengort-e vandhaalum unna asaikka muidyaadhu da...

why na? what problem... ? sollunga ...ungal sevai intha thread ku thevai.... stay back... pesi theethukalaam...

From: MADDY on Fri Apr 23 23:18:32 2010.

Plum wrote:

en latchiyam Maddy match mudinjavuNE Victory Speechku mattum varAma, matchum bodhu vandhu full capacityla kalandhukkaNumnu dhAn...adhukku dhAn...

idhu ennanga vamba poechhu

naanum, yen annan dhoni-um neenga imagine panni vechhirukkra caricature aana dhaan summa viduveenga pola

Plum wrote:

i too can come to sachin thread and request all the fans to stop pouring superlatives on him.........maybe thats what u want - a clash between the powerful Sachin lobby and a developing Dhoni lobby

Dhoni greatest captain-a illaya - kaalam badhil sollum.......Dhoni backs or guides players-a illaya - team members interviews-la theriyum.........Dhoni great captain - is a FACT thats accepted by most ex-cricketers and pundits......what a captain Dhoni is - HUB-la valarndhu varum rasigar koottam badhil sollum

.....

From: ajaybaskar on Sat Apr 24 0:10:19 2010.

Its hard to believe that ppl who are against Dhoni being called the greatest captain ever are Sachin fans. I wouldn't be surprised if it was Ganguly fans because IMO he is the one who comes in close proximity.
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Apr 24 0:29:57 2010.

Dhoni great captain illainnu ippo endha Sachin fan vandhu inga sonnadhu?
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 24 0:44:23 2010.

Thats their cover up every time lm. And I've said umpteen times that Plum is NOT a SACHIN FAN.

Plum

You don't understand that every time you ask them something the blame is on sachin and his fans.
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 1:02:24 2010.

Bala, namma oru thread ArambippOm. Rendu sidelayum strittu citeia vechurukkainga
From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 1:19:48 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Dhoni great captain illainnu ippo endha Sachin fan vandhu inga sonnadhu?

Ajay too says the same - that he doesent think it is sachin fans who would contest claims of "dhoni being great captain" ......

but you cant deny that there is a lot of provoking of Dhoni and his fans using sachin's name........and thanks to AF for condemning it ......
From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 1:31:47 2010.

Yes, no true fan of Sachin will pull down any other player (Unless he is pitted against Sachin with the claim of better player). When Sachin himself recommends / supports Dhoni as a Captain, we shud also accept (Considering his performances as captain, which is very good so far) that Dhoni is a very good captain for the team now (Considering the other options in front of us). Dhoni had done most things correctly, so far. Best wishes to him and the team
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 1:35:28 2010.

I don't need a certificate as either sachin fan or csk fan.
Af, ninga solradhu puriyudhu but I have my views.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 24 1:46:03 2010.

Enakkum puriyudhunga plum. I just don't understand that how they club you as a sachin fan when you ask SPECIFIC Questions. May be you should clarify them. I hate coming here for this.

Plum wrote:

Af, ninga solradhu puriyudhu but I have my views.

From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 1:53:09 2010.

AF, look the post below:

Quote:

if i come to ur thread and if i post "i wont call ricky ponting as great batsman, so u also dont call Sachin as great batsman"-nnu sonna summa iruppengala?? when sachin's name is being used to bash dhoni, its obvious that reply would have sachin's name in it........

LM kitta kaettu paarunga - does he allow IR bashing in name of ARR in our sections?? simple logic yaa Huh?!

From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 1:55:34 2010.

MADDY wrote:

AF, look the post below:

Quote:

MADDY, this is called playing into the hands

From: ajaybaskar on Sat Apr 24 2:01:54 2010.

Idhukkuthaanya padichavanga venumgradhu.. (Bala style)

From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 2:04:02 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

MADDY wrote:

AF, look the post below:

Quote:

MADDY, this is called playing into the hands Very Happy

then it needs some sachin fans to disown the provokings on dhoni made in sachin;s name............when someone unneccessarily posts negative abt IR in our section - its either deleted or condemned by LM, ARR fan illaya - andha madhiri edhavadhu pannunga.............why does hamid get a impression that Plum is a sachin fan - i mean, ok me and kalyan are bad people - but why so many people think bashings are from sachin side- that bcos sachin;s name is used........i get a feeling that sachin fans sit back and enjoy plum bashing dhoni using sachin's name......this should be changed

From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 2:08:08 2010.

MADDY wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

MADDY wrote:

AF, look the post below:

Quote:

MADDY, this is called playing into the hands Very Happy

appadiyellaam illai. As I mentioned no TRUE fan of Sachin will bash Dhoni. Mods, your attention pls. Do not allow Dhoni bashing (Or bashing of any Player, except Pricky

) in the name of Sachin. This is a direct insult to Sachin.

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 24 2:15:52 2010.

Maddy,

Thats for plum to answer. I will wait for to see what he has to say. Over the last 2+ years this sach/dhoni fights are getting on my nerves and I always try bypassing that.

From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 2:15:57 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

appadiyellaam illai. As I mentioned no TRUE fan of Sachin will bash Dhoni. Mods, your attention pls. Do not allow Dhoni bashing (Or bashing of any Player, except Pricky Laughing

) in the name of Sachin. This is a direct insult to Sachin.

P_Rkku ippadi oru sodhanai-ya

From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 24 2:26:51 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

As I mentioned no TRUE fan of Sachin will bash Dhoni.

Nice Thought. Let me go to a basic level.

If a person has a self love for himself he will not bash anyone for no valid reason, be it Sachin, Dhoni or any Kuppan or Suppan.

So we have a basic problem with our own SELF.

Finally a Quote from Munivar Kalyasi

Kalyasi wrote:

Maddy ku enga aaya va romba pidikum... so Maddy Sachin a thittina enga aaya va ellarum thittuveengala? ithu enna logic?
From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 2:29:17 2010.

ah, was looking for more examples - thanks for showing up Thiru

btw, thiru - oru basic difference in your quoting of kalyasi here........nobody has bashed sachin back whenever dhoni was being bashed.......its just that people got the feeling why sachin fans bash dhoni.......neraya difference irukku
From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 24 2:42:59 2010.

naan pothuvaa thaan sonnaen Maddy.
Enakku enna nadanthuchunnu therila.. Last 2 pages thaan paarthen.. niraya paer tension aa paesumboathu perusaa nadanthirukumoannu thoanuchu.. Still the words i used can be taken by all for avoiding future clashes.

BTW naethikku naan iruntha varaikkum Plum kooda dhoni ya bash panna maathiri therila

Have works to do.. Kadaisiyaa onnu..

Sachin ayo Dhoni yayo avangala personalaa onnum theriyaatha yaaro bash panrathaala avamaanam avangalukilla..

Example kku sollanumnaa...

Kaakaa Kamaraajar sila maela kakkaa poanaa, asingam Kamaraajar kku illa..

Let us relax.
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 2:50:12 2010.

Dhoni bashing
NallA establish pandrAngaiyyA!
Bashing definition has to be changed in OED now
From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 24 2:53:08 2010.

Plum wrote:

Dhoni bashing
NallA establish pandrAngaiyyA!
Bashing definition has to be changed in OED now

naanga nallavanukku nallavan, kettavanukku kettavan, sagunikku saguni... ithu eppudi
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 3:37:00 2010.

16v
Rajni: idhu epdi irukku
Gounder: (enna solvaa3nu marandhu pochu)

Kals, ippo enna naan sonnennu therinjikkalama dhoni bashing?
Maddy is quoting out of context discussion with omega - omega and I were having a light conversation and he took it in the right spirit - out of context maddy picks it up and quotes that as "dhoni bashing"
(Dhoni fans ipdi praise pannuvaangannu sonnA dhoni bashingA?)

And podhuvaa hardcore sachin fans hardly come to this thread - af is right about that. I am not a true sachin fan, whatever that means
If tomorrow mi loses, I won't be disappointed.whereas someone like sathya might be.

Where did I bash dhoni? Adhai sollunga modhalla
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 3:43:11 2010.

To put in perspective

Last year, Plum wrote:

Dhoni is selfishly coming in at #3
Dhoni is discriminating in favour of farex
Etc

Adhu bashingnu sonna oru nyaayam irukku

Ippolam dhoni is spelt d-h-o-n-i nu nan sonna kooda bashingraingappA

From: directhit on Sat Apr 24 5:36:58 2010.

MADDY wrote:

why does hamid get a impression that Plum is a sachin fan - i mean, ok me and kalyan are bad people - but why so many people think bashings are from sachin side- that bcos sachin;s name is used........i get a feeling that sachin fans sit back and enjoy plum bashing dhoni using sachin's name......this should be changed Very Happy

same thoughts, IMO except for AF and LM! as for Plum being a Sachin fan or not - i always have the feel that though he does like Sachin and enjoy his batting etc etc Plum uses Sachin's name for the very fact that a reply bashing Sachin or his fans is going to dig up bigger fights in Hub, which is perhaps the very reason the needling starts in the first place....

Plum - its a very well established fact that u hate even if MSD eats Idly Vada. Then why do u get so worked up every time?

well if u have issues in him captaining CSK pls go and talk to N Srinivasan and get him out of the job. or start a bashing blog ala one started for Ganguly!!

Talking some sense or cricketing strategies or anything valid is worth anyone's time - racist nonsense/regional crap etc is better to be limited to Rediff messageboard - maybe you could prove your worth there

there are a lot of people discussing there you know.

From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 5:40:05 2010.

Why everyone is having kolai veri on Plum?
From: PARAMASHIVAN on Sat Apr 24 6:23:02 2010.

ahaa Plum Ji must be heart broken after CSK victory
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 6:25:06 2010.

Sathya -
Racist allegations - oldest trick in bailing out of a discussion. Good, it is only a few more posts before you use the n-word(nazi). Standard stuff.

Bashing engannu kEttA nI bash pandra bash andrannu mattum solla vENdiyadhu. 100 dhadavai apdi sonnA fact aayidumnu aidheegamO ennamO
From: directhit on Sat Apr 24 6:27:10 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

Why everyone is having kolai veri on Plum?
cos thts what he wants innum avar characteraye neenga purinjukkala
From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 6:29:33 2010.

directhit wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

Why everyone is having kolai veri on Plum?
cos thts what he wants innum avar characteraye neenga purinjukkala

Enakku thalaye vedichidum pola irukku enakku thalaye vedichidum pola irukku!
From: jinju on Sat Apr 24 6:32:59 2010.

y unnecessary fightings/allegasons in MSD's thread ya?! that too aal u senior people
From: directhit on Sat Apr 24 6:34:24 2010.

jinju wrote:

y unnecessary fightings/allegasons in MSD's thread ya?! that too aal u senior people
welcome to Hub
From: jinju on Sat Apr 24 6:37:57 2010.

directhit wrote:

jinju wrote:

y unnecessary fightings/allegasons in MSD's thread ya?! that too aal u senior people
welcome to Hub

thanku bro
From: jinju on Sat Apr 24 7:08:19 2010.

don't remember which brand, think it was Peter England, saw ad in yesterday's The Hindu.

Dhoni sitting on a chair lifted by Gony on one side n Raina n Vijay on the other. Gony sema personality-a irukka formalsla. pesaama indha bowling machine careera vuttuttu modeling-e pannalaam!
From: Bala (Karthik) on Sat Apr 24 7:23:05 2010.

Oru pakkam certifications, fatwas and Orkut-Raj. Inga enna da na everybody is ganging up on one guy (i was the one who inadvertently triggered this whole Sachin-Dhoni fight and not Plum)
Plum, idhukku melayum inga yen neenga pesitrukkeenga nu puriyala.

All,
Nejamave inadvertent-dhaan. Edho solla poi ippadi sodhaffals aiduchu. Adhu vayitherichal, insecurity, sitting back and enjoying ne irundhuttu pogattum. And idhanaala bonafide, Six Sigma compliant *real* Sachin fans ku ava peru vandhirundha adhayum mannitharulunga. Indha sandaya ithoda vitrunga.
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 7:45:10 2010.

Bala, namma thani katchi aarrambikkalaama? Umnu oru vaarthai sollu thalaiva hub-la nestu cm aakki kaattaen unnaiya!
From: raghavendran on Sat Apr 24 8:12:43 2010.

directhit wrote:

jinju wrote:

y unnecessary fightings/allegasons in MSD's thread ya?! that too aal u senior people
welcome to Hub

From: directhit on Sat Apr 24 8:24:31 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

sitting back and enjoying ne irundhuttu pogattum.

idhellam confirm panna thevayillainalum, since i also did a 'exactly' on that post, 'en manasula yaaru, avarukku enna peru' listla neenga kattayam illa

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Bala, well if u believe this is the only instance of a MSD-SRT fight happening, edhum solradhukku illa.

sari ganging up on one guy nellam vandhu pochu, the only people doing that to plum would be ofcourse urs truly, maddy, kalyan and occasionally hamid - i am backing out, oru 'edhiri' koranjidum paarunga

no more replies/arguments from me

adikkadi vandhu colour colouraa jump mattum adichittu poren

From: P_R on Sat Apr 24 8:25:30 2010.

MADDY wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

appadiyellaam illai. As I mentioned no TRUE fan of Sachin will bash Dhoni. Mods, your attention pls. Do not allow Dhoni bashing (Or bashing of any Player, except Pricky Laughing

) in the name of Sachin. This is a direct insult to Sachin.

P_Rkku ippadi oru sodhanai-ya Laughing

Saturday backpages padikkura vaikkeengaLE

What problem ? yaar vENaa yaarai vENaa bash paNNikkunga. DejentA irunga. Thassal teacher.

From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 24 8:31:38 2010.

Ok Bala anna... No more replies from my end... no worries.... Peace!!
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 8:41:25 2010.

Bala, thanks but for the record I didn't really feel any ganging up. Least of all kalyasi.
Feel free to shoot guys.
From: P_R on Sat Apr 24 8:47:16 2010.

btw vandhadhukku naan oru nee methad-la oru kostin kEttu vaikkirEn.

Sachin or Dhoni - what exactly does a captain bring to the table in T20? Field setting, bowling change - are likely to have only marginal impact in a format like this, no ?

EA Sports Cricket game1-la Mark Nicholas commentary-la solluvaapla : "you can't set fields for a shot like that. Brilliant. That's good to watch for the neutral not so much for the bowler"
From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 8:50:14 2010.

Feeyaar - welgam. Ungalukku pudhu katchila gen secy post reserve paNNi vekkarE, seekiramA vandhudunga
From: P_R on Sat Apr 24 8:52:15 2010.

Rejeeted. Note the Mark Nicholas quote to infer my status

From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 24 8:52:24 2010.

P_R wrote:

EA Sports Cricket game1-la Mark Nicholas commentary-la solluvaapla : "you can't set fields for a shot like that. Brilliant. That's good to watch for the neutral not so much for the bowler"

manapaadam... Ippo puthu patch oda Cricket 2009 irukku... aana athu ungalukku pudikuma nu theriyala.. en na athula IPL irukku...

From: P_R on Sat Apr 24 8:54:50 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

manapaadam... Ippo puthu patch oda Cricket 2009 irukku... aana athu ungalukku pudikuma nu theriyala.. en na athula IPL irukku...
No praablam. It fits perfectly with my opinion that IPL's correct format is video game only.
btw stickcricket IndhiyAvula vEroonRa mukkiya kaaraNigaLil naanum oruvan

From: Kalyasi on Sat Apr 24 9:14:53 2010.

P_R wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

manapaadam... Ippo puthu patch oda Cricket 2009 irukku... aana athu ungalukku pudikuma nu theriyala.. en na athula IPL irukku... Very Happy

No praablam. It fits perfectly with my opinion that IPL's correct format is video game only.
btw stickcricket IndhiyAvula vEroonRa mukkiya kaaraNigaLil naanum oruvan LOL

but athula enna oru praablem na... evvalo thaan ideal a time pannalum level 2 difficulty la kooda romba rare a thaan six pogum... athaan diff b/w that and cric 2007... ok next engayavathu hub meet la neenga vantheenga na naa DVD kondu varen..

From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 9:15:30 2010.

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

Oru pakkam certifications, fatwas and Orkut-Raj. Inga enna da na everybody is ganging up on one guy (i was the one who inadvertently triggered this whole Sachin-Dhoni fight and not Plum)
Plum, idhukku melayum inga yen neenga pesitrukkeenga nu puriyala.

All,
Nejamave inadvertent-dhaan. Edho solla poi ippadi sodhaffals aiduchu. Adhu vayitherichal, insecurity, sitting back and enjoying ne irundhuttu pogattum. And idhanaala bonafide, Six Sigma compliant *real* Sachin fans ku ava peru vandhirundha adhayum mannitharulunga. Indha sandaya ithoda vitrunga.

Bala, idhula ungalakku endha sammandhamum illa.......i mean this arguement was not abt ur post.........should we call Dhoni a great captain and attribute team's success to him or not?? adhu dhaan arguemente.......

problem eppadi solve-aagumnaaa - after a victory, i should not post praises on dhoni..........idhuvum oru vidhamaana orkut-raj, certification dhaan

From: Nerd on Sat Apr 24 10:06:23 2010.

directhit wrote:

Bala (Karthik) wrote:

sitting back and enjoying ne irundhuttu pogattum.

idhellam confirm panna thevayillainalum, since i also did a 'exactly' on that post, 'en manasula yaaru, avarukku enna peru' listla neenga kattayam illa

appO yaaru naanaa?? I don't even have the time to read all the posts. I only post during mi matches. and if I want to bash dhoni I would do it myself. Btw plum engappaa dhoniya bash pannaar??

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 24 10:47:46 2010.

Ada aandavaa . Neenga brian lara fan-nnu solla vandhenga. Naan endha authority-um illeenga ayya saami . You know how it works in hub right. Avan edhavadhu sonna avanukku evan venumo avanai pudichu thittungra rangela than ingae poitirukku.

Plum wrote:

I am not a true sachin fan, whatever that means
From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 24 11:14:20 2010.

Does not feel good guys.. Oru fellow hubber maela ivvlo veruppu ethukku kaatanum nnu therila.

At least i would like to see where in this IPL Plum was bashing Dhoni. Enakku past history ellaam theriyaathu.. Intha IPL la oaralavukku inga involve aagi irukkaen.. naan paartha varaikkum appadi pannatha enakku therila.
I hope some one clarifies.

Athu illaama Sachin fans maraimugamaa enjoy panraangalaa..Well and good.

From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 11:17:51 2010.

Thirumaran wrote:

Does not feel good guys.. Oru fellow hubber maela ivvlo veruppu ethukku kaatanum nnu therila.

At least i would like to see where in this IPL Plum was bashing Dhoni. Enakku past history ellaam theriyaathu.. Intha IPL la oaralavukku inga involve aagi irukkaen.. naan paartha varaikkum appadi pannatha enakku therila.
I hope some one clarifies.

Athu illaama Sachin fans maraimugamaa enjoy panraangalaa..Well and good.

Idhudhaan enakkum sema comedyaa pattadhu!

From: Plum on Sat Apr 24 11:27:18 2010.

Thiru, all in the game. if I felt I had bashed Dhoni somewhere, I would have apologised and put an end to this but nejamAvE enakku apdi edhuvum paNNadhA thONala.
But avangaLukku apdi oru feel vandhirundhA oNYum paNNa mudiyAdhu - vENumnE avangaLum solla mAttAnga illaiyA? Since they feel that way, their posts are justified. Since I don't feel I have bashed dhoni, my posts are also justified. idhellAm personal attack against me-nu enakku thONavE illai.
And AF, hardcore sachin fan illainnu solla vandhEn. You know that already I expressed that no big deal if mumbai lose so I guess I don't feel for sachin evLO varutha paduvaarnu - I guess that is enough to disqualify me from the gang, which I can understand.

Maddy feels always that I target him - adhu apdi amainju pOchu - adhukkAga I won't be too careful about expressing my opinion and I guess both of us can handle it so no big deal again

Btw, maddy, dhoni nadal fan-AM so fundamentally oru matching pattern irukku ungaLukku dhoni/nadal En pidikkudhu enakku federer/sachin En pudikkudhunnu
From: tamizharasan on Sat Apr 24 11:51:47 2010.

Go CSK.
From: Thirumaran on Sat Apr 24 12:01:23 2010.

Plum

Naan kooda naethu Dhoni Hayden a select pannathu Captaincy mistake num, atha kooda inga irukiravanga support panrathaa sollitaen. Probably few might not not have expected that too in this thread. Sorry if anyone hurted for that.

Me out of any discussions here
From: joe on Sat Apr 24 12:19:53 2010.

Naanum Rowdy thaan aana inga enna pesikkuRangannu oru ezhavum puriyala
From: VinodKumar's on Sat Apr 24 12:26:39 2010.

joe wrote:

Naanum Rowdy thaan aana inga enna pesikkuRangannu oru ezhavum puriyala

Ellorukum unmai therinjuruchu
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 24 12:29:58 2010.

joe wrote:

Naanum Rowdy thaan aana inga enna pesikkuRangannu oru ezhavum puriyala

Me too!
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 24 12:33:47 2010.

tamizharasan wrote:

Go CSK.

Less than a day to go! Go CSK Go!
From: VinodKumar's on Sat Apr 24 12:33:51 2010.

Ippdilam ad podalama ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxQsnK8Yuq0&feature=related
From: VinodKumar's on Sat Apr 24 12:35:08 2010.

Virgin mobile ads lam intha maari thaan irruku
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 24 12:39:06 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Ippdilam ad podalama ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxQsnK8Yuq0&feature=related

Shabba... Marana mokkai. 3 or 4'th std iskool pasanga kooda konjam machoor-uhh joke adipainge.
From: sathya_1979 on Sat Apr 24 12:39:35 2010.

Virgin Mobiles and Docomo ads are disgusting lot!
From: VinodKumar's on Sat Apr 24 12:39:57 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN4MurrEuKw

"Adanga marutha unna alichiduvaan" - Theron

"Ivanala adangum aniyayam" - Yuvaraj misfield
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 24 12:46:22 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN4MurrEuKw

"Adanga marutha unna alichiduvaan" - Theron

"Ivanala adangum aniyayam" - Yuvaraj misfield

"badA mast" video! Superstar Dhoni & CSK!
From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 12:48:30 2010.

naa sonnadhu dhaan thappa poechhu ........engala provoke pannadhu, enga victory time-la vandhu disturb pannadhu, sachin-a vechhi naanga chinna pasanga-nnu prove panradhu - ellam rightu.........super-nga - appadiye irukkattum........

as plum said, avaru solla vendiyadha sollitaaru, naan reply panradhu reply-ittom.............indha "dont show hatred to hubber", "dont gang up on one innocent" - indha madhiri advice ellam dhaan valikkudhu .....

Plum - not just dhoni and nadal - arr, sampras, anurag kashyap, bollywood, abhay deol, amir khan, MGR - namakku meeting point-e kedayadhu........
From: hamid on Sat Apr 24 12:50:25 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN4MurrEuKw

"Adanga marutha unna alichiduvaan" - Theron

"Ivanala adangum aniyayam" - Yuvaraj misfield

"oodu..oodu.oodu.oodu" on boundary lines

From: tamizharasan on Sat Apr 24 14:00:31 2010.

MADDY wrote:

naa sonnadhu dhaan thappa poechhu Smile

........engala provoke pannadhu, enga victory time-la vandhu disturb pannadhu, sachin-a vechhi naanga chinna pasanga-nnu prove panradhu - ellam rightu.........super-nga - appadiye irukkattum........

as plum said, avaru solla vendiyadha sollitaaru, naan reply panradhu reply-ittom.............indha "dont show hatred to hubber", "dont gang up on one innocent" - indha madhiri advice ellam dhaan valikkudhu Laughing

.....

Plum - not just dhoni and nadal - arr, sampras, anurag kashyap, bollywood, abhay deol, amir khan, MGR - namakku meeting point-e kedayadhu........ Laughing

I like everyone in the list.

Don't you like Federer also?
I am a big fan of federer too...

From: tamizharasan on Sat Apr 24 14:03:35 2010.

CSK fans please have a get together at forum tomorrow during ipl final and give uninterrupted support for CSK. One more time go CSK go.
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 24 14:11:09 2010.

tamizharasan wrote:

CSK fans please have a get together at forum tomorrow during ipl final and give uninterrupted support for CSK. One more time go CSK go.

Definitely TA. You can bet your money on the support from CSK fans. After all, we will be nailing them in front of their home crowd illaya?

Semi-finals match nadakum podhu, CSK "Samepions league" qualify aaga try pannunge-nu sonnare Harsha Googly... Naalaikku enna solluraaru-nu papom!
From: VinodKumar's on Sat Apr 24 14:17:56 2010.

tamizharasan wrote:

CSK fans please have a get together at forum tomorrow during ipl final and give uninterrupted support for CSK. One more time go CSK go.

nammalam 2-5 nu down la irunthappavae thaaru maara support pannom ippo panna maatoma

Aana naan vara mudiyaathu. Planning to watch the match in Big Cinemas so anga poiruvaen mostly

From: tamizharasan on Sat Apr 24 16:23:32 2010.

Movie Cop wrote:

tamizharasan wrote:

CSK fans please have a get together at forum tomorrow during ipl final and give uninterrupted support for CSK. One more time go CSK go.

Definitely TA. You can bet your money on the support from CSK fans. After all, we will be nailing them in front of their home crowd illaya? Razz

Semi-finals match nadakum podhu, CSK "Samepions league" qualify aaga try pannunge-nu sonnare Harsha Googly... Naalaikku enna solluraaru-nu papom! Twisted Evil

thanks very much

From: tamizharasan on Sat Apr 24 16:24:09 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

tamizharasan wrote:

CSK fans please have a get together at forum tomorrow during ipl final and give uninterrupted support for CSK. One more time go CSK go.

nammalam 2-5 nu down la irunthappavae thaaru maara support pannom ippo panna maatoma Smoke Smirk

Aana naan vara mudiyaathu. Planning to watch the match in Big Cinemas so anga poiruvaen mostly Embarassed

Ungalapaththi enakku theriyaadha neenga eppavumae namma katchi.

From: lawmani on Sat Apr 24 19:16:12 2010.

thala on thala using thala as an example
"While Federer's one big wish is to see his twin daughters watch him play at a Grand Slam tournament, Sachin's son Arjun has already had the privilege of watching his father from the stands. That says a lot about his skill and endurance." - MSD

From: MADDY on Sat Apr 24 22:02:34 2010.

lawmani wrote:

thala on thala using thala as an example
"While Federer's one big wish is to see his twin daughters watch him play at a Grand Slam tournament, Sachin's son Arjun has already had the privilege of watching his father from the stands. That says a lot about his skill and endurance." - MSD

what a quote - Mahendra

.......one of the best quotes on sachin i have heard

From: lawmani on Sat Apr 24 23:26:36 2010.

warm-up before the final begins....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi6jFI1jwI
From: VinodKumar's on Sat Apr 24 23:37:44 2010.

http://www.iplt20.com/fairPlay.php
From: hamid on Sat Apr 24 23:53:17 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

http://www.iplt20.com/fairPlay.php

Full points on all matches even in prev editions we have done well in this dept too
From: hamid on Sat Apr 24 23:54:55 2010.

Dhoni's backing brought the best out of me - Raina
From: ajaybaskar on Sat Apr 24 23:57:21 2010.

during the first edition, we won the FP award. During the second we were in the bottom half of the table..

From: hamid on Sat Apr 24 23:57:46 2010.

Tiwary has impressed me - Dhoni

Quote:

the fact that we are playing in Sachin paaji's home means that we wont have the crowd on our side.. But that is the same everywhere in India because that is the kind of respect Tendulkar commands

From: hamid on Sat Apr 24 23:58:54 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

during the first edition, we won the FP award. During the second we were in the bottom half of the table..

apdiya?
From: Vivasaayi on Sun Apr 25 0:00:27 2010.

naan inga vandhu matchappa edhuvum eludhama irundha team pattaya kelapudhu.so i am today comp off
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:02:31 2010.

CSK are more battle-hardened - V.Prasad

We need that one solid performance - Fleming

Time we taste a win - Mk Hussey

We must hit MI's top order hard - Murali

Tiwary, rayudu wil be tested - Gavaskar

Team atmosphere, planning responsible for MI's success - malinga

CSK enjoy the edje - Dhilshan ( nee innuma kelambala? )

Sachin's injury unfortunate - Manjrekar
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:03:12 2010.

Viv anyway thanks
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:06:48 2010.

Hayden needs to be dropped.. in this pitch he cant do anything..

with the current state of the pitch in mumbai, batsmen need to give respect and play responsibly.. it wont be a 180+ pitch..Hussey and Badri will be suitable for this pitch.. I would like to see both of them in the squad and in top order.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:09:27 2010.

I do have a ill feeling Jayasuriya might be dangerous.. in both batting and bowling..

Also, I truly wish Zaheer will be the captain in case Tendulkar decides not to play.. not Jayasuriya (as Sidhu wishes)..
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 0:20:04 2010.

hamid wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

during the first edition, we won the FP award. During the second we were in the bottom half of the table..

apdiya?

Kings XI Punjab was the winner.

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:23:54 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

hamid wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

during the first edition, we won the FP award. During the second we were in the bottom half of the table..

apdiya?

Kings XI Punjab was the winner.

thas even more shocking, Ajay

From: MADDY on Sun Apr 25 0:26:01 2010.

hamid wrote:

Dhoni's backing brought the best out of me - Raina

Hamid - pls avoid such posts in future
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 0:27:17 2010.

lawmani wrote:

warm-up before the final begins....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi6jFI1jwI

Pul arikkuthu ba...

"Athaan vanten la"

"Namma captain thaan peteru... India captain later"
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 0:28:46 2010.

MADDY wrote:

hamid wrote:

Dhoni's backing brought the best out of me - Raina

Hamid - pls avoid such posts in future

Maddy lawmani oda link a paarunga... pul arichings
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:31:41 2010.

MADDY wrote:

hamid wrote:

Dhoni's backing brought the best out of me - Raina

Hamid - pls avoid such posts in future

Better inform Raina/others not to say this
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:33:57 2010.

Kalyan/Maddy,

did u see the mass song video..thats even better
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 0:34:55 2010.

hamid wrote:

Kalyan/Maddy,

did u see the mass song video..thats even better

Ellame super mass thaan...
From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 0:35:42 2010.

hamid wrote:

Kalyan/Maddy,

did u see the mass song video..thats even better

Hamid,

Kalyanuku athu pudichirukaathu
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 0:37:53 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

hamid wrote:

Kalyan/Maddy,

did u see the mass song video..thats even better

Hamid,

Kalyanuku athu pudichirukaathu

Apdi ellam onnum illa... nijama ve super thaan athuvum...
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:39:33 2010.

Vinod,

oh... appadi oru angle irukkilla marantutten

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 0:40:23 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

hamid wrote:

Kalyan/Maddy,

did u see the mass song video..thats even better Cool

Hamid,

Kalyanuku athu pudichirukaathu Mr. Green

Apdi ellam onnum illa... nijama ve super thaan athuvum...

Noted.. and will be quoted

if needed..

From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 0:40:36 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZyw7BYo1tw
From: lawmani on Sun Apr 25 0:46:04 2010.

power!!!! thala's dancing rocks

From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 0:58:42 2010.

hamid wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

hamid wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

during the first edition, we won the FP award. During the second we were in the bottom half of the table..

apdiya?

Kings XI Punjab was the winner.

thas even more shocking, Ajay Laughing

Actually. Csk didn't receive any points for a washed out match and the idiotic judges didn't consider that - I think they have realised that and are calculating the average instead of absolute total fairplay points this year. Otherwise, csk would have won last year also.
Note: dhoni

- he has turned the notorious tn team into fair play winners

From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 1:00:19 2010.

Plum wrote:

Note: dhoni - he has turned the notorious tn team into fair play winners
From: Vivasaayi on Sun Apr 25 1:00:21 2010.

notorious tn players?

plum..can u throw some light on this..sounds interesting.
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 1:00:50 2010.

Vivasaayi wrote:

notorious tn players?

plum..can u throw some light on this..sounds interesting.

Viv oru 10 page padichuttu vantha puriyin
From: lawmani on Sun Apr 25 1:11:58 2010.

how to run between the wickets - the CSK way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH4CSrHU0j0
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 1:12:36 2010.

My Playing XI for today

M Vijay
S Anirudha
S Raina
M Hussey
S Badrinath
M S Dhoni
A Morkel
R Ashwin
S Jakati
D Bollinger
M Muralitharan...
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 1:19:09 2010.

Vijay
Badri
Raina
Dhoni
Morkel
Anirudha
Kemp/Thushara
Muralitharan(must come ahead of dour ashwin)
Jakati
Ashwin
Bollinger
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 1:20:14 2010.

Plum wrote:

Vijay
Badri
Raina
Dhoni
Morkel
Anirudha
Kemp/Thushara
Muralitharan(must come ahead of dour ashwin)
Jakati
Ashwin
Bollinger

Bollinger kooda nalla thaan bat pannaraan... in slow wickets Hussey will be useful...
From: Vivasaayi on Sun Apr 25 1:20:22 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

notorious tn players?

plum..can u throw some light on this..sounds interesting.

Viv oru 10 page padichuttu vantha puriyin

purinjiduthu...I thought he was talking something related to domestic history of TN players..

ippo than puriyudhu..avar yarukku proxy potrukarunnu
From: lawmani on Sun Apr 25 1:23:41 2010.

My prediction:

1. MVij
2. MHay
3. SRai
4. Badri
5. MSD
6. AMor
7. Anirudh
8. DBou
9. RAsh
10. SJak
11. Murali
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 1:34:02 2010.

The Chennai Super Kings supporters may be hoping that Tendulkar doesn't play. But, knowing Mahendra Singh Dhoni, there is no doubt that he will want Tendulkar to be fit and playing. He does not want to win a game and then be told that his team won because the opposition did not have its skipper and best player on the pitch - Sunil Gavaskar in 'The Hindu' dated 25/04/10.

From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 1:40:23 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

The Chennai Super Kings supporters may be hoping that Tendulkar doesn't play. But, knowing Mahendra Singh Dhoni, there is no doubt that he will want Tendulkar to be fit and playing. He does not want to win a game and then be told that his team won because the opposition did not have its skipper and best player on the pitch - Sunil Gavaskar in 'The Hindu' dated 25/04/10.

appdinu avarae nenachikitu kandatha pesa vendiyathu

From: lawmani on Sun Apr 25 1:57:48 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

The Chennai Super Kings supporters may be hoping that Tendulkar doesn't play...

Mr. SunnyG, you got that wrong.

ajaybaskar wrote:

...knowing Mahendra Singh Dhoni, there is no doubt that he will want Tendulkar to be fit and playing. He does not want to win a game and then be told that his team won because the opposition did not have its skipper and best player on the pitch - Sunil Gavaskar in 'The Hindu' dated 25/04/10.

Mr. SunnyG, you got that right.

From: Dinesh84 on Sun Apr 25 2:36:13 2010.

My 11

M Vijay
S Anirudh
S Raina
S Badrinath
M S Dhoni
J Kemp
A Morkel
R Ashwin
S Jakati
D Bollinger
M Muralitharan..
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 2:55:51 2010.

My 11

Badri
Vijay
Raina
Hussey
Dhoni
Aniruddh
Albie/Thushara
Ashwin
Bollinger
Jakati
Murali
From: kid-glove on Sun Apr 25 3:04:36 2010.

I sincerely hope the master plays, and we tame him on the day.
From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 3:17:18 2010.

Naaliku Hayden neraya peruku badhil solluvaan

From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 3:33:08 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

7-1/2 hrs to go!

Man this is really getting big!

From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 3:57:30 2010.
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 4:13:16 2010.

In the event of chennai batting first, they should aim at 150+ and should not go for big shots in the first 3 or 4 overs
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 10:20:35 2010.

Ok guys. Let us get the job done.
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 10:40:16 2010.

dhoni won the toss and chose to bat.
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 10:40:32 2010.

CSK WINS TOSS BATS FIRST
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 10:42:12 2010.

yeah
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 10:44:35 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Naaliku Hayden neraya peruku badhil solluvaan

avan sollalanna niinga sollanum
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 10:50:21 2010.

Hi guys, let us enjoy the game and hope that CSK can make it
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 25 10:52:20 2010.

mgb wrote:

avatar-la alex dhaanE
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 10:55:27 2010.

Nerd wrote:

mgb wrote:

avatar-la alex dhaanE

enna Rajini fan neenga. Ithellam oru keliviyaa?
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 25 10:57:36 2010.

sari sari vidunga
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 10:59:42 2010.

vanchi wrote:

CSK WINS TOSS BATS FIRST

Adra Adra Adra AdraAra Adra! Good toss to win but hope we doesn't repeat the semi-final show! They have got a better batting line-up so we need at least 160, I thing!

Pitcc pathi evanum oniyum solla maathengaraainge! Is is same as SF2?
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 11:00:21 2010.

MC yes, same pitch as SF2
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 11:00:23 2010.

Nerd wrote:

sari sari vidunga

no problem bro. Just kidding. nalla streaming site sollunga.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:04:59 2010.

Vijay shud have completed 3 runs for that last ball..
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 11:05:22 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

MC yes, same pitch as SF2

oh ok. thanks Sathya.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:11:55 2010.

Hayden..
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 11:12:28 2010.

Hayden sixxxxxx
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:12:33 2010.

paravalla..avanukku soranai irukku pola
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 11:15:37 2010.

vijay sixxxxxx
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:15:45 2010.

Vijay! what a six!
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 11:17:25 2010.

Vijay
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 11:17:31 2010.

Sch.................... i am not getting youtube relay.. what a CF
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:18:14 2010.

Murali.. dont get run out dear.....be carfeul
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 11:21:00 2010.

vijay
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 11:22:41 2010.

vijay risky singles
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 11:23:01 2010.

sivank wrote:

Sch.................... i am not getting youtube relay.. what a CF
try itv.com/ipl
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:25:47 2010.

Regardless of wicket fall or not, run rate is still very low against the expected one that too for a final match like this.
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 11:26:52 2010.

mgb wrote:

sivank wrote:

Sch.................... i am not getting youtube relay.. what a CF
try itv.com/ipl

thanks ganesh, will try
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:27:21 2010.

Venki.. if they maintain a runrate of around six for the first six overs without losing wickets .. thats great actually...
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 11:27:52 2010.

Fernando thambi - over loooooooooooong over pOdappA!
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:28:11 2010.

in the process Malinga's 2 overs Bhajji's 2 overs and Khan's 1 overs gone.. good news..
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 11:28:26 2010.

hayden has to make amendments in this match.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:29:03 2010.

Vijay
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 11:29:15 2010.

Vijay kalakkal six
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:31:28 2010.

With hayden not falling initially Im worried about Badri now

he might be kept for last and sothappify..
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 11:31:46 2010.

sensible batting by the openers. Setting small targets from now on would help a lot.
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 11:32:09 2010.

innikku nu parthu ennala live a paakkaa mudiyala.
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 11:32:46 2010.

it doesn't look like a threatening pitch..
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 11:35:46 2010.

Kood over from Zak!
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 11:36:34 2010.

sivank wrote:

innikku nu parthu ennala live a paakkaa mudiyala.
sivan.. indha link work pannalaiyaa ? http://www.itv.com/sport/indianpremierleague/watchlive/
idhu work pannalana, try crictime.com
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 11:36:36 2010.

finally watching the match. good over from zak
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:37:16 2010.

Murali
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 11:37:57 2010.

che, naan pakkum bodhu thaan vijay out
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:38:19 2010.

Murali has to change his attitude of hitting high each and every ball..
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:41:11 2010.

hamid wrote:

Venki.. if they maintain a runrate of around six for the first six overs without losing wickets .. thats great actually...

Hamid, 7 overs 44 runs is very average dude.. somebody has to accelerate from the initial overs.. otherwise, new batsmen eventually try to make mistakes in the process of raising the run rate after 10 overs..
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 11:42:02 2010.

hayden do something, otherwise get lost.
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 11:42:33 2010.

Hayden

Our RR vs Deccan was better than this after 7 ov
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:43:04 2010.

Venki.. the equation has changed after Vijay's exit.. Hope hayden understands he is playing T20..
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:44:59 2010.

Hayden gone.... he could have gone long before at least..
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 11:45:15 2010.

hayden
irutha oru chanceiyum vittachu vennai
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 11:45:27 2010.

Hyden
From: Dinesh84 on Sun Apr 25 11:45:56 2010.

Hayden um gaali..
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:46:12 2010.

hamid wrote:

Venki.. the equation has changed after Vijay's exit.. Hope hayden understands he is playing T20..

Hayden is out.. now who is going to manage his 14 dot balls.. we are wasting the golden opportunity of winning the toss.. hate to see this happening..
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 11:46:39 2010.

hayden would have cost us the cup already
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 11:47:36 2010.

Hayden was clueless in the middle - isn't he? Agreed he is woefully out of form but should have looked out for singles for the next couple of overs and should have at least allowed Raina to settle in.

For an experienced player, absolute lack of common sense from Hayden!
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 11:47:39 2010.

having hayden was very big mistake.
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 11:49:29 2010.

mumbai has edge now.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:49:32 2010.

am recollecting the match where gilly made a firing century in just 10 overs finished.. top batsman shud fire from the first ball.
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 11:51:53 2010.

don't worry... Match is verymuch in our hands...
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:52:58 2010.

Slowest team 50 in this IPL series!
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 11:54:10 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

don't worry... Match is verymuch in our hands...

yes..still I have a hope.. but if you think about sachin, then I am feeling scared.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:54:17 2010.

Venki,

I wanted to be positive since that stupid hayden is selected again and again.. and in Finals he did more damage.. even parthiv could have done better..

I afraid hayden has done the damage already...
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 11:54:24 2010.

Thanks to Hayden, ODI match-oda kevalama irrukku scorecard
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:55:36 2010.

thank god..thr is no more IPL match...
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:56:34 2010.

Whoever selected Hayden it is a blunder.. no two ways about it..
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:58:33 2010.

eyepeeyell

Quote:

This CSK perf is giving me the same feeling that I used to get when I picked up a porn movie frm a video rental&it turned out to be softcore
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 11:59:13 2010.

Hamid, who is this eyepeeyell?
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 11:59:18 2010.

yaaraavathu haydena kevalama thittungappa.. ippayaavathu...
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 12:00:02 2010.

Badri..also gone...

Satya,

this is a guy on twitter..
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 12:00:34 2010.

Ok, thanks, I will become his fan
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:03:00 2010.

if mumbai wins then hayden should be man of the match.
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:04:49 2010.

Dhoni huge sixxxxxx
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:06:07 2010.

one handed six. dhoni you only possible
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:07:43 2010.

Raina only player to agg 400 runs in every IPL.
consistency.
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:09:05 2010.

If CSK wins, Pollard shud be the MOM.
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:09:08 2010.

Dhoni as always the only hope. What a player.
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 12:09:24 2010.

Dhoni & Raina have just started their a/c
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:13:47 2010.

I don't want this Ambani owned team to lift the cup.. Go Dhoni go....
From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 12:14:54 2010.

captain changing the match right from the time of his arrival at the crease...captainna ippdi dhaan irukkanam!
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 12:15:28 2010.

catch miss
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:15:54 2010.

37 dot balls so far
From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 12:16:41 2010.

idhu dhaan raina prob..faulty shot selection...lucky that it was dilhara!
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:17:16 2010.

100 up
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:17:43 2010.

raina sixxxxxx
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:17:57 2010.

Dhoni and Raina please do it for chennai.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 12:18:14 2010.

vanchi wrote:

37 dot balls so far

out of that at least 25 dot balls by Hayden alone
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 12:18:39 2010.

Aattam soodu pidikkuthu finally, Dhoni and Raina come on!!
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:21:08 2010.

more sixes please.
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:22:20 2010.

partnership 50 runs off 30 balls
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:22:21 2010.

one more six from raina.
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:23:18 2010.

raina one more sixxxx
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 12:23:54 2010.

Rainaaaa...paying back for all the missed catches!! Continue maapla...
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 12:24:37 2010.

Atleast not a sluggish low score chase this time.
Mumbai have to play out of their skin now.
But I am reminded of india 2003 - players seem overwhelmed by the occasion
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:24:41 2010.

please raina go for more sixes.
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 12:24:49 2010.

Gud gud
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:25:46 2010.

evanyaa indha timeoutai kandupidichadhu?
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:26:50 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

evanyaa indha timeoutai kandupidichadhu?

Don't worry it will favor our kings.
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:29:00 2010.

Raina,

Tamizhanda nee...
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:29:02 2010.

one more favor from raina. fifty for him.
From: Dinesh84 on Sun Apr 25 12:29:07 2010.

Raina
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:29:09 2010.

Raina 50
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:29:44 2010.

fastest fifty in ipl final for raina . what else you can ask.
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:34:34 2010.

dhoni is gone.
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 12:36:18 2010.

Raina thambi T20 WC-la ipdi thUkki kuduthA, safrica, australia ellAm kOttai vuda mAttAngam pAthu aadu thambi
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:38:49 2010.

T20 WCla pitch ivlo kevalamaa irukkadhu..
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:41:08 2010.

morkel six
innikavathu adichiye
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:42:40 2010.

just 11 runs in 19th over. Please compensate in the final over.
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 12:43:33 2010.

Enna pitchnAlum shot selection batsman kaiyil. Raina really needs to work on it. Same with vijay.
Vijay looks so comfortable every ball he plays that it is a travesty the way he throws his wicket
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 12:44:41 2010.

Malinga
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:45:15 2010.

Bayandhaangolli pasanga.. Wide wideah poduraanga.. Dhil irundha neraa podu thambi..
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 12:45:22 2010.

Now Albie out and raina off strike.. 3 dot balls in final over....
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 12:45:42 2010.

what a suicidal run it is!
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 12:45:52 2010.

Malinga
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:45:59 2010.

painful last over.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 12:47:49 2010.

விளையாட்டை விளையாட்டாய் விளையாடாமல் விளையாட்டாய் விளையாடுகிறார்கள்.
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:47:50 2010.

some sense at last a four
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 12:49:19 2010.

CSK

Raina what a player
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 12:49:21 2010.

168 is the score
oru timela nenachu pakka mudiyatha score
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 12:50:01 2010.

some consolation finally.
they should have scored at least 175 runs.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 12:50:51 2010.

I still think 169 is easily chase-able if sachin stands for 10-12 overs.
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 12:51:19 2010.

it is a competitive total. Only hurdle between CSK and the title is the master.
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 12:52:26 2010.

Good total indeed for CSK
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 12:52:29 2010.

Sachin's wicket is the key... It will be very difficult for others to handle the pressure of the final when the RRR goes up..

Pollard is another danger man.. but he wont fire today
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 12:53:14 2010.

funny to see the last 2 overs..the first 3 balls were not yielding any runs.. last 3 balls we managed..
From: Dinesh84 on Sun Apr 25 12:54:27 2010.

*IPL Fact*

This is the highest total in a IPL final
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 12:54:33 2010.

Match is fully depending on Bollinger, ashwin, murali and raina under the leadership of Dhoni..

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 12:54:45 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

விளையாட்டை விளையாட்டாய் விளையாடாமல் விளையாட்டாய் விளையாடுகிறார்கள்.

From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 12:55:15 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

I still think 169 is easily chase-able if sachin stands for 10-12 overs.

Sachin mattum ileeng... Rayudu/Tiwary/Pollard elalm tp gear-le irrukainge! Naama avaingale ellam remba vevarama "correct" pannanum!

Magic Murali - hope it's not a "off day" for you!
From: Punnagai Mannan on Sun Apr 25 12:57:11 2010.

Sachin who cannot even hold the bat is crucial for the chase he he what an analysis
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 12:58:33 2010.

Very good comedy is the Raina's first dropped catch

Kalloori comedy came to mind,

neenga pidinga
eenga neenga pidinga
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 12:58:49 2010.

Punnagai Mannan wrote:

Sachin who cannot even hold the bat is crucial for the chase he he what an analysis

Neenga net practise-le poi paartheengalA? Bayangara thilaalangadi-uhh irukeenga?
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 12:59:20 2010.

Sidhu ha ha hah ha hah ha. really funny but lot of truth in it
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 12:59:39 2010.

sivank wrote:

Sidhu ha ha hah ha hah ha. really funny but lot of truth in it
Enna sonnaar?
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 13:00:14 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

it is a competitive total. Only hurdle between CSK and the title is the master.
If bolli can bowl some short of length and closer to the body and make sachin use the bottom hand then there is a good chance of taking his wicket
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 13:01:48 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

sivank wrote:

Sidhu ha ha hah ha hah ha. really funny but lot of truth in it
Enna sonnaar?

He was criticising MI for the chances lost in his usual way of looking for pearls in ground instead og diving deep for it
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 13:02:36 2010.

Maiden by Ashwin
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 13:02:42 2010.

ashwin
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 13:02:48 2010.

Maiden over
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 13:02:51 2010.

Ashwin starts with a maiden
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 13:03:25 2010.

good over from ashwin. maiden. wow
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 13:03:37 2010.

one consolation is first over is maiden.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:04:22 2010.

Great over from Ashwin! very sensible bowling..
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 13:04:53 2010.

Ashwin
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 13:06:16 2010.

Bolli
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 13:06:21 2010.

Bowlingrer strikes
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 13:06:55 2010.

Bollinger!
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 13:07:05 2010.

Congrats CSK for the trophy!
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 13:07:46 2010.

Dougiee First gone
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:08:07 2010.

Bollinger! உன்னால் உன்னால் உன்னால் முடியும் வாடா!
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 13:08:42 2010.

what a bowler, hope he plays for csk the next season too
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:09:16 2010.

Anirud! you missed a golden opportunity!
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 13:09:49 2010.

Sathya,

Chatterjeeya?
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 13:11:06 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Sathya,

Chatterjeeya?

Not at all, manam vedhumbi solgiren. Poor Sachin
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 13:11:46 2010.

Sachin opened his account
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 13:12:24 2010.

Satya... till Sachin is there the chances for MI are definitely there.. Dont worry
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 13:17:34 2010.

fact: MI are yet to be all out in IPL 2010.
From: Ramakrishna on Sun Apr 25 13:18:26 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

fact: MI are yet to be all out in IPL 2010.

aahn..rombo mukkiyam
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:22:02 2010.

தம்பி அஷ்வின்! என்னாடா ஆச்சு உனக்கு!
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 13:27:06 2010.

Ah Murali! Run out saance.
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 13:30:50 2010.

Legend Sachin-a thookuna thaan undu
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:33:46 2010.

Excellent over Muthu!
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:36:02 2010.

Sofar 3 chances missed !
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 13:37:44 2010.

I thing Mumbai has upper hand. They have got plenty of wickets in hand which can make any dejent asking rate gettable.
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 13:38:15 2010.

maybe. Missed run outs and catches are costing the csk.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:39:09 2010.

joe wrote:

Legend Sachin-a thookuna thaan undu

நம்ம ஒவ்வொரு ஓவருக்கும் 3, 4 ரன்களை மட்டும் தந்தால் சச்சினும் பதட்டத்தில் விளையாடி ஆட்டத்தை இழக்க வாய்ப்பு அதிகம்.. அதுதான் நடக்கப்போகுதுன்னு பட்சி சொல்லுது!
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 13:39:15 2010.

another run out missed.. super
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 13:39:51 2010.

Dhomi smartly not running out nayar. That is why he is called street sdmart?
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 13:40:42 2010.

evvalavu run out chances
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:41:33 2010.

Another excellent over by Muthu!
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 13:42:06 2010.

hayden catchyavathu pudichu tholaikka koodatha
maha vetti
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 13:42:39 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

Another excellent over by Muthu!

Superb bowling from Murali! Enna turn, enna control.
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:45:02 2010.

We made 50 runs from 55 balls. Now there are still reaching that score.. good to see Mumbai struggles for runs!
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 13:46:03 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

We made 50 runs from 55 balls. Now there are still reaching that score.. good to see Mumbai struggles for runs!
wkts irrukunge avaingalukku. one or two good overs for them can shift the balance dramatically in their favour!
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 13:46:52 2010.

Ok..now it is intresting...
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 13:48:44 2010.

yeah mumbai has good chances unless csk take some crucial wickets
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 13:53:49 2010.

dhoni
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:54:03 2010.

Good throw Dhoni!
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 13:55:09 2010.

Harbhajan in..
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 13:56:42 2010.

bhaji gone
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 13:57:08 2010.

Durbyai nambinOr kai vidapaduvAr. Poor move by sachin
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 13:57:32 2010.

hamid wrote:

Harbhajan in..
and out
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:58:03 2010.

Harbhajan out...
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 13:59:21 2010.

Jagati! be sensible going forward! the whole match is fully in your balls!
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:00:34 2010.

Badri
From: Nerd on Sun Apr 25 14:02:24 2010.

Sachin epdi ungalaala mattum.. Dheivamyaa nee

But idhu thErAdhu..
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:02:38 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

Jagati! be sensible going forward! the whole match is fully in your balls!

Edhukku sirikkirennu kekkaadheenga...
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 14:06:54 2010.

why sachin didn't walk out?
From: Ramakrishna on Sun Apr 25 14:08:35 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

why sachin didn't walk out?

Why should he?
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:09:08 2010.

master blaster nikkira varaikkum onnum solrathukkillai...
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:09:26 2010.

he neednt and that's absolutely inside the laws.
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 14:09:33 2010.

Sorry Master
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:09:46 2010.

sachin out
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 14:11:12 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

venkkiram wrote:

Jagati! be sensible going forward! the whole match is fully in your balls!

Edhukku sirikkirennu kekkaadheenga...
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 14:11:18 2010.

hope comes back.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:11:52 2010.

Next one gone Raina
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:12:01 2010.

So the lottery goes to csk today!
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:12:03 2010.

tiwari is gone
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:12:05 2010.

Another wicket and on the way to win
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:12:10 2010.

there comes the catch of the final...
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 14:12:26 2010.

Comonnnnnn Chennai
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:12:48 2010.

brilliant catch by Raina
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:12:55 2010.

what a catch... Raina
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 14:13:11 2010.

Raina ..what a player
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 14:13:17 2010.

guys please get ready for celebrations. Celebration time for chennai, which is very much deserved.
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 14:13:45 2010.

Raina what a catch!

Five down!
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:14:07 2010.

Raina deserves his fielding award. Hope nobody calls yuvraj a good fielder any more. Anna voonna best fielder in indiannu yuviya paarthu solradhai inimelavadhu niruthungada commentatorsgaLA
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:16:21 2010.

Ashwin
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:16:47 2010.

Raina excellent catch
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 14:18:45 2010.

"Jai Ho" is playing now!

Spirit of Chennai
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:20:00 2010.

Ashwin powerplay-la beow 3 rpo
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:21:46 2010.

Muralidhar brilliant man
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:22:20 2010.

Jagati good catch
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:23:19 2010.

Harsha sounding funereal. Gavaskar's tone down.
But feel sorry for Sachin.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:23:25 2010.

3 overs remaining.. Bollinger has 2 and Albie will bowl one
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:23:49 2010.

keiron has done this before..
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:25:20 2010.

aahaaah... Vachuttanda sooniyatha..
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:25:34 2010.

What a mistake to leave pollard so late. Durby ellam munnadi anupichu
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:26:36 2010.

wide-a podungappa.. learn from your oppenents..
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:26:55 2010.

Too late for pollard to do anything now. Sachin must be ruing leaving pollard so late
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:27:23 2010.

Harsha romba kushi aayittapla...
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:28:08 2010.

Appu s wrote:

Harsha romba kushi aayittapla...

Yes. gavaskar too biased
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:28:44 2010.

Dhoni shud introduce Raina now.
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:29:10 2010.

spinner should be brought on..
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:29:50 2010.

Pollard
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:30:00 2010.

Dhoni is making a mistake here..
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:30:44 2010.

No.. Albie is better here...
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:32:34 2010.

If pollard had come before duminy
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 14:33:03 2010.

Oh god, I can't watch this anymore...
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 14:33:04 2010.

Full toss!
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:34:42 2010.

run out
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:35:22 2010.

hahaha run out

but still Pollar is in
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:35:46 2010.

Excellent over from Albie..
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:36:06 2010.

hayden..
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:36:22 2010.

Polllard is out
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:36:29 2010.

that is why I said Hayden is required, Hamid.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:36:45 2010.

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:36:47 2010.

hip hip hurraayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 14:36:51 2010.

Pollard out

HAYDEN!!!
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:36:54 2010.

Hayden finally redeems himself
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:36:55 2010.

Pollard

finally Hayden
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 14:36:56 2010.

super catch haydos. justified his inclusion
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:37:22 2010.

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru

Directed towards Plum eh?
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:37:26 2010.

who'l bowl the last over?
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:37:35 2010.

sivank wrote:

super catch haydos. justified his inclusion

ithellam overu..anyway not time to discuss that
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 14:37:38 2010.

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:37:42 2010.

morkel
nee mukkiyamana matchla
nalla bowling
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:38:22 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru

Directed towards Plum eh?

Satya...
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:38:53 2010.

onre more take it
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 14:40:03 2010.

Against most of the experts and pundits here in Hub , Chennai Super Kings lifting the CUP
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:40:36 2010.

Congrats to all saga CSK fans Kalyan, Anoop, Maddy, Hamid, Vinod, Ganesh Anna.
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 14:40:56 2010.

Yeah..... yeah...... yeah..... yeah... IPL winners CSK yeah
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:41:00 2010.

CSK has started celebration
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:41:05 2010.

bhogle stuff your mouth with your own expletives
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 14:41:44 2010.

We are the champions.... we are the champions... we are the champions
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:41:59 2010.

most deserved win Champions of IPL 2010 :whistle_podu:
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:42:03 2010.

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru

Harsha gava moonjila kari

Brilliant fielding placement by Annan Dhoni..
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:42:06 2010.

Congrats to "Well-Deserved" Winners CSK! Held the nerve well. MI were too dependent on Sachin (To some excent Pollard towards the later part of the tourney). Story of Sachin's career before late 90's resurfaced today.
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:42:16 2010.

Today morning malinga wrote
"I have a new bat sponsor but they won't be happy about me not batting even once in the tournament"

Nalla vaai mugoortham
Congrats csk!
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:42:22 2010.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS CHAMPIONS

LED BY ONE AND ONLYYYYYYYYYYYYY DHONIIIIIII
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 14:42:33 2010.

CSKs are the Champions
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:43:30 2010.

Deserved team

Chennai Singangal
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 14:43:56 2010.
From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 14:44:22 2010.

Chennaiiiiiii...

CHAMPIONS!!!
From: tamizharasan on Sun Apr 25 14:44:24 2010.

Very well deserved victory for the most successful team in the ipl so far.
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:44:46 2010.
From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:44:54 2010.

hamid wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru

Directed towards Plum eh?

Satya...

Hmm...semisla chatterjee paNNi kondu vandhdhukku nalla return pandreengappA.
From: satissh_r on Sun Apr 25 14:45:06 2010.

Dhoni, Raina and team
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:45:18 2010.

Still MI remains unbeaten throughout the tourney..
From: ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar on Sun Apr 25 14:46:07 2010.

at this juncture i take immense pleasure in wishing dhoni's men for winning the third edition......hat's off lions..
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:46:09 2010.

DHONI

bowling changesm, field placements, run outs

what is left out man. you are one man army
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:49:04 2010.

vanchi wrote:

DHONI

bowling changesm, field placements, run outs

what is left out man. you are one man army

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:49:16 2010.

Plum wrote:

hamid wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru

Directed towards Plum eh? Laughing

Satya...

Hmm...semisla chatterjee paNNi kondu vandhdhukku nalla return pandreengappA.

Plum,

no hard-feelings.. itz celebration time

From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 14:49:23 2010.

Congrats Super kings
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:49:29 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Still MI remains unbeaten throughout the tourney..

Idpi oru cup irukkaa?
From: MADDY on Sun Apr 25 14:52:07 2010.

annan engal kannan, mannan, anja nenjan

ennada blueuuu - adida :yellowjump: :yellowjump: :yellowjump: :yellowjump::yellowjump: :yellowjump::yellowjump: :yellowjump: :yellowjump: :yellowjump:
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 14:52:09 2010.

Wish muralidharan gets MOM for his excellent bowling figure!
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 14:52:35 2010.

adhaaan vandhutomla
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:53:55 2010.

Jadeja in NDTV: The whole city of Chennai loves Dhoni and things are going to get better only from now. Hope he stops visiting red light areas.

From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 14:54:05 2010.

hamid wrote:

Plum wrote:

hamid wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

hamid wrote:

Brilliant captaincy...
ayayyo..naan sollala.. MI supporter Gavaskar thaan sonnaru

Directed towards Plum eh? Laughing

Satya...

Hmm...semisla chatterjee paNNi kondu vandhdhukku nalla return pandreengappA.

Plum,

no hard-feelings.. itz celebration time Cool

Ofcourse it is. Match was good to watch, too.
Congrats to dhoni. After 2 years of losing the lottery, this year he finally got it.
After Warne and gilly, the third winning captain in ipl. Pona varusham gilly is the great captain, adhukku munnadi warne is magic captain indha. Varusham dhoni. Dhoni might be the first to repeat the feat unlike the lucky aussies.

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:54:11 2010.

Itz Raina undoubtedly the MOM...
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:55:20 2010.

hamid wrote:

Itz Raina undoubtedly the MOM...

Yes, shud be given the MOM especially for the Duminy catch
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 14:55:23 2010.

Congrats to Maddy and all CSK supporters
From: MADDY on Sun Apr 25 14:56:01 2010.

enga annan dhaan olagathhaluye best captain, vallavan , manmadhan, kettavan (for MI), perazhagan, - o podu annanukku...........Mahendra Singh Dhoni - the man with the trophy

and team - wats capatain without a great team,.........murali made a fool out of MI batsmen except sachin.......ashwin, jakati, raina

special thanks to fernando and zaheer khan
From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:56:21 2010.

It should be Raina
From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 14:57:19 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

hamid wrote:

Itz Raina undoubtedly the MOM...

Yes, shud be given the MOM especially for the Duminy catch

Boss ! he shud have missed that catch! our win would have certain even at that time itself.. the moment Duminy comes into the ground, he brings the success to CSK too.

From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:57:53 2010.

MADDY wrote:

enga annan dhaan olagathhaluye best captain, vallavan , manmadhan, kettavan (for MI), perazhagan, - o podu annanukku...........Mahendra Singh Dhoni - the man with the trophy Bow

and team - wats capatain without a great team,.........murali made a fool out of MI batsmen except sachin.......ashwin, jakati, raina Bow

special thanks to fernando and zaheer khan Bow

From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 14:58:06 2010.

MADDY wrote:

enga annan dhaan olagathhaluye best captain, vallavan , manmadhan, kettavan (for MI), perazhagan, - o podu annanukku...........Mahendra Singh Dhoni - the man with the trophy Bow

and team - wats capatain without a great team,.........murali made a fool out of MI batsmen except sachin.......ashwin, jakati, raina Bow

special thanks to fernando and zaheer khan Bow

From: Appu s on Sun Apr 25 14:58:29 2010.

The trophy is in the right hands now

From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 14:58:35 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

sathya_1979 wrote:

hamid wrote:

Itz Raina undoubtedly the MOM...

Yes, shud be given the MOM especially for the Duminy catch Clap

Boss ! he shud have missed that catch! our win would have certain even at that time itself.. the moment Duminy comes into the ground, he brings the success to CSK too.

I mean, for that effort.

From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 14:58:50 2010.

the commentary team praises Dhoni for not showing any dissent during that life for Sachin.
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 14:59:30 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

Wish muralidharan gets MOM for his excellent bowling figure!

Murali bowled extremely well-ngradhu vera vishayam. (The delivery to Nayar in his last ball of his second over was a sheer work of a genius).

But Raina MOM is no brainer.
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 14:59:40 2010.

Venki.. r u serious????? Itz coz of Raina we reached the score of 168..otherwise it wud be max 120-130.... not for catch or wicket or fielding.. his batting alone can fetch him the MOM.. he has taken wickets, catches too..
From: MADDY on Sun Apr 25 14:59:42 2010.

joe wrote:

Congrats to Maddy and all CSK supporters

thanks Joe - we havent won a trohpy like this in a long time - it feels really great ............enter the celebrations
From: MADDY on Sun Apr 25 15:01:08 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

the commentary team praises Dhoni for not showing any dissent during that life for Sachin.

idhellam adhuva varradhu dhaan.........fairplay nayagan Dhoni vaazhga.....
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 25 15:01:21 2010.

So finally an IPL championshiop by an Indian captaincy
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 15:01:30 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

the commentary team praises Dhoni for not showing any dissent during that life for Sachin.
ajay.. naalaiya signature, fernando n zaheer annangala thank pannidane
From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 15:02:51 2010.

CONGRATS CSK....CONGRATS CAPTAIN COOL MSD!!! This man captaining in that 2003 final wud've made a lot of difference to the attitude of our team and result of that match i feel, seeing him lead the team in big matches!
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 15:03:12 2010.

Hayden vekkame illama mike pidichi pesaraan paaren

From: venkkiram on Sun Apr 25 15:03:48 2010.

hamid wrote:

Venki.. r u serious????? Itz coz of Raina we reached the score of 168..otherwise it wud be max 120-130.... not for catch or wicket or fielding.. his batting alone can fetch him the MOM.. he has taken wickets, catches too..

Yes sir, am serious

I always feel that 168 against MI is a low score!

From: Kumarappa on Sun Apr 25 15:03:50 2010.

This trophy is especially for the team's outstanding fielding and their catches!! Extraordinary..

From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 15:04:04 2010.

mgb wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

the commentary team praises Dhoni for not showing any dissent during that life for Sachin.

ajay.. naalaiya signature, fernando n zaheer annangala thank pannidane Razz

From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 15:04:07 2010.

Raina ofcourse.
Maddy, after a long time. Ipl-E 3 varushamA dhAnE irukku.

TN won 3 limited overs titles in last 2 years. It is not too long back for tn supporters for the last trophy won. Joe-kku idhu theriyumAnnu theriyla but I think you must know this already?
From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 15:04:15 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Jadeja in NDTV: The whole city of Chennai loves Dhoni and things are going to get better only from now. Hope he stops visiting red light areas.

what does this sentence mean?!
From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 15:04:15 2010.

Nice of Hayden prqising Sachin. Real sportsman
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 15:04:34 2010.

hayden
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 15:04:38 2010.

hamid wrote:

Hayden vekkame illama mike pidichi pesaraan paaren
avana team celebrations'la sekkalaiya irukkum

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 15:05:09 2010.

venkkiram wrote:

hamid wrote:

Yes sir, am serious Smile

I always feel that 168 against MI is a low score!

Ok.. venki.. lets agree to disagree.... Celebration time it is...

From: MADDY on Sun Apr 25 15:05:50 2010.

Plum wrote:

Raina ofcourse.
Maddy, after a long time. Ipl-E 3 varushamA dhAnE irukku.

TN won 3 limited overs titles in last 2 years. It is not too long back for tn supporters for the last trophy won. Joe-kku idhu theriyumAnnu theriyla but I think you must know this already?

i meant ranji trophy

From: sivank on Sun Apr 25 15:06:03 2010.

hamid wrote:

Hayden vekkame illama mike pidichi pesaraan paaren
But, he spoke very highly of CSK, Raina and Sachin and finally thanked the chennai fans
From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 15:06:09 2010.

hey haydos used some poignant words i felt in that interview of his...gud speech!
From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 15:06:54 2010.

mgb wrote:

hamid wrote:

Hayden vekkame illama mike pidichi pesaraan paaren
avana team celebrations'la sekkalaiya irukkum

irukkum irukkum

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 15:07:17 2010.

jinju wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Jadeja in NDTV: The whole city of Chennai loves Dhoni and things are going to get better only from now. Hope he stops visiting red light areas.

what does this sentence mean?!

allov..athu traffic signala solraaga....

From: hamid on Sun Apr 25 15:07:58 2010.

sivank wrote:

hamid wrote:

Hayden vekkame illama mike pidichi pesaraan paaren
But, he spoke very highly of CSK, Raina and Sachin and finally thanked the chennai fans

pinna.. avana ellaam kadaisi varaikkum kootikittu vanthathukku athu kuuda panna venaama????

From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 15:08:06 2010.

hamid wrote:

jinju wrote:

ajaybaskar wrote:

Jadeja in NDTV: The whole city of Chennai loves Dhoni and things are going to get better only from now. Hope he stops visiting red light areas.

what does this sentence mean?!

allov..athu traffic signala solraaga.... Laughing

adhaan naanum appdiye "shaaackaayitten!"

From: Plum on Sun Apr 25 15:09:03 2010.

Ranji Trophyum IPL-um oNNa compare paNNA moderator saarkuu pudikkAdhu!

From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:09:50 2010.

jinju wrote:

CONGRATS CSK....CONGRATS CAPTAIN COOL MSD!!! This man captaining in that 2003 final wud've made a lot of difference to the attitude of our team and result of that match i feel, seeing him lead the team in big matches! Rolling Eyes

Pls don't remind me that

From: VENKIRAJA on Sun Apr 25 15:10:28 2010.

idhu allavo vetri!
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:13:04 2010.

VENKIRAJA wrote:

idhu allavo vetri!

vaazhthukkaL Venki! UngaL manam thaLaraa CSK supportkku

From: Rocky89 on Sun Apr 25 15:14:24 2010.

jinju wrote:

Hello boss. Ethuku ippo pazhasellam izhukareenga

From: jinju on Sun Apr 25 15:16:53 2010.

rocky n sathya...edho MSD captaincy in big matches paakkumbodhu adhu dhaan nyaabagam varudhu, adhunaala mention pannen sorry...!
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:18:13 2010.

Jinju, edhukku sorry ellaam? Adhaan sirippu emoticon pottirukenla?
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 15:20:11 2010.

Raina mom
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 15:24:14 2010.

Fair Play Award to CSK
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 15:33:21 2010.

vasishtar vaayala brahmarishi pattam: Sachin to CSK team, 'Congratulations and you deserved this one'.
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:34:56 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

vasishtar vaayala brahmarishi pattam: Sachin to CSK team, 'Congratulations and you deserved this one'.

No doubt about that. Today they were definitely the better team and raised their game when it mattered the most.
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:37:22 2010.

<<Digression>>
Hope Sun Pictures / Cloud Nine / Red Giant dnt take over CSK , the only business in which they haven't set their foot on
<< End Digression>>
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 15:39:34 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

<<Digression>>
Hope Sun Pictures / Cloud Nine / Red Giant dnt take over CSK , the only business in which they haven't set their foot on
<< End Digression>>

remba valid questionsga
From: vanchi on Sun Apr 25 15:40:25 2010.

DHONI AND CSK LIFTS THE CUP
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:42:12 2010.

I think autos are on the way to my home
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 15:46:51 2010.

What a moment this is! I still haven't come out of the shock! Beating the best team of the tournament in their own den is something amazing.
From: sathya_1979 on Sun Apr 25 15:48:40 2010.

Hub's MOM - LM for conducting a great game
From: Yuvi on Sun Apr 25 15:51:37 2010.

Excellent display of professional cricket by Chennai.. Hayden can be forgiven for the abysmal batting he displayed for his excellent catch of Pollard.. Morkel was just awesome in the 19th over.. CLAP CLAP CLAP

Suresh (Runs) Rain(a) - I hope Chennai retains Raina for the Modi free IPL 4 next year ... Has been the man for Chennai all along with exceptional batting and the best outfielder of the tournament..

Dhoni - Awesome.. I cant remember the last time I saw you smiled even before the match was over.. You were like a little child when Hayden took the catch of Pollard.. Hope you repeat the same in the next month in West Indies.. All the best for you..

A word on Mumbai crowd at the stadium - Shame on you

Chennai - The Champions
From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 15:55:07 2010.

vanchi wrote:

DHONI AND CSK LIFTS THE CUP

CSK really played like champions and brought MI on to their knees. What a great sight it is to see us lifting the trophy.

1 Finals, 1 SF's and 1 trophy! CSK can call themselves as the best IPL team, I say!
From: VENKIRAJA on Sun Apr 25 15:56:05 2010.

sathya_1979 wrote:

Hub's MOM - LM for conducting a great game

Really deserves it! For that patience and managing skills
From: mgb on Sun Apr 25 15:56:43 2010.

hamid wrote:

mgb wrote:

hamid wrote:

Hayden vekkame illama mike pidichi pesaraan paaren
avana team celebrations'la sekkalaiya irukkum

irukkum irukkum
dhoni says, it was nice having haydos.. does that mean next year haydos wont be playing for csk

From: Movie Cop on Sun Apr 25 15:59:30 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

Excellent display of professional cricket by Chennai.. Hayden can be forgiven for the abysmal batting he displayed for his excellent catch of Pollard.. Morkel was just awesome in the 19th over.. CLAP CLAP CLAP

Suresh (Runs) Rain(a) - I hope Chennai retains Raina for the Modi free IPL 4 next year ... Has been the man for Chennai all along with exceptional batting and the best outfielder of the tournament..

Dhoni - Awesome.. I cant remember the last time I saw you smiled even before the match was over.. You were like a little child when Hayden took the catch of Pollard.. Hope you repeat the same in the next month in West Indies.. All the best for you..

A word on Mumbai crowd at the stadium - Shame on you

Chennai - The Champions Cool

From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 15:59:57 2010.

Yuvi,

What did the Mumbai crowd do?
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 16:07:25 2010.

CSK MSD Raina
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 16:07:59 2010.

News la poora Lalit Modi thaaan... dei naanga jeichu irukom da
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 16:08:14 2010.

Oh.. That's too harsh.
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 16:08:15 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Yuvi,

What did the Mumbai crowd do?

They Booed Murali
From: Yuvi on Sun Apr 25 16:11:10 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Yuvi,

What did the Mumbai crowd do?

and to add.. nobody was there for the presentation ceremony. Ofcourse, they can justify that its already midnight, but again they werent there to support their own team who have the successful team in terms of matches won in IPL3..
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 16:12:52 2010.

chennaikum mumbaikum vithiyaasam irukkulla, boss?
From: Prabo on Sun Apr 25 16:13:15 2010.

Though I dont encourage this IPL business, its after all Chennai team which has won the finals. Congrats CSK . Its tough to see Sachin on the loosing side, but why mess the batting order , that too vengaya bhajji at 2 down when pollard, duminy, tiwari are still there romba chellam koduthuteenga antha bahjji payalluku
From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 20:58:08 2010.
From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 21:05:17 2010.

Dhoni

When we needed the momentum in batting he hit the huge six and started it

When we needed the wicket and run outs were missing he stood for a moment and aimed the stumps well

Mr. Cool

Raina - nee veeran da

Catch miss aana adutha ballae yeanda vuttomnu feel panna vacha paaru

Murali

He delivered it at the right time. Nayar catch drop aana ball

Matha ellorukum :kodi kumbud:

Pollard

Moonavathu maadiku adichu oru 10 nimisathuku vayithula puliya karaichitaan.

Sachin

Mumabi crowd :kaa thu: Chennai crowd ah paathu kathukongada.
From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 21:08:44 2010.

We went to big cinemas today and rocked the theater. We were provoked by the front seaters who are MI supporters when Chennai lost their 3rd wicket. Athukapuram oru oru moment um thalichachu avanungala

Thanks KING Dhoni and Raina

I also thank our hub CSK supporters
From: VinodKumar's on Sun Apr 25 21:09:21 2010.

Ajay first page la foto va maathunga.

Annan Cup vatchuruka foto podunga
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 23:31:57 2010.

sure Vinod..

BTW, that one handed six from Dhoni left Pollard fuming and he stared at Dhoni for a while. It was shown in the post match review. Did anybody notice that?
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 23:35:01 2010.

Dhoni Tweets after the win

"Win or lose at the end of the day its just a sport"...
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 23:35:55 2010.

Super Kings crowned champions

Monday, Apr 26 2010

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings played the smarter cricket and deservingly won the IPL Cup by defeating fancied Mumbai Indians by 22 runs at the packed DY Patil Stadium, here today.

Batting first after winning the toss, the Super Kings shrugged off a slow start as “Player of the Match” Suresh Raina (57 not out), dropped twice, led from the front to pile up 168 for five and then turned in some brilliant performance in the field to restrict Mumbai Indians to 146 for nine.

The much-heralded Mumbai batting line-up caved in under pressure despite a brave 48 by skipper Sachin Tendulkar and big-hitting by Kieron Pollard (27 off 10) even as the Super Kings took some brilliant catches with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni yet again spot-on with his field placements and bowling changes.

Apart from Raina, there were quite a few other heroes for the Super Kings. Spinners Muttiah Muralitharan (17 runs in four overs), Shadab Jakati (2 for 26 from three) and Ravichandran Ashwin (24 in four) and later, seamers Albie Morkel and Doug Bollinger, all chipped in at the right moment to author a historic victory for the Super Kings who had finished runners-up in 2008.

The other factor that tilted the scales in the Super Kings, who also won the Fair Play trophy, favour was the team composition, besides of course their superior fielding. The Chennai outfit kept their faith in their three specialist spinners and held their catches.

The Mumbai Indians went in with just one in Harbhajan Singh while opting for an overly pace attack that was not as effective on a pitch that grew progressively slower.

The home team, faced with a big target, never got into their stride despite a promising second wicket partnership between Tendulkar and Abhishek Nayar who put on 66 runs. But Nayar committed a blunder attempting a non-existing single and was run out. The rot well and truly set in at that point.

Later, despite Tendulkar farming the bowling, wickets fell at the other end. The spinners came into their own with Ashwin up front followed by Muralitharan and Jakati, who dismissed Tendulkar and the dangerous Saurabh Tiwary in one over, doing the bulk of damage.

The Mumbai Indians kept back the powerful Pollard and when he came into bat, the asking rate had climbed to over 15. He blasted some massive hits, but it was all too little too late and he eventually fell to a brilliant catch by Matthew Hayden who thus atoned for a dropped chance earlier in the evening.

The turning point of course was Jakati’s third and the 15th over of the innings when he removed Tendulkar and Tiwary. Thereafter, the rest of the batsmen, barring Pollard, were simply not up to the task and although Pollard took 22 off Bollinger in the 18th over, his exit signaled the end of the Mumbai Indians’ challenge.

Super Kings did well not to look the gift horse in the mouth when they batted. The going in the initial overs was rather painful and scratchy despite a few big hits by the two openers, Murali Vijay and Hayden who looked distinctly out of depth.

In fact, Hayden was lucky to survive a plumb leg-before decision early in his innings, but even otherwise, was unconvincing. At the other end, Vijay batted quite beautifully until he tried to break the shackles and departed in the eighth over.

Hayden followed his partner back into the dugout, miscuing a big hit. Subramaniam Badrinath did not stay long and with the runs all but dried up, he too fell trying to force the pace and the Super Kings were reduced to 67 for three in the 12th over.

In walked skipper Dhoni and almost immediately set about repairing the damage. Raina, meanwhile, lived a charmed life, being dropped when on 13 and 28 and the Mumbai Indians were to pay a heavy price for these lapses.

The pair went on at a good clip to add 72 runs for the fourth wicket before Dhoni fell in the 18th over trying to maintain the brisk pace.

At this stage, the Super Kings still did not have enough runs on the board, but Raina and Albie Morkel came up with some big hits to push the score along. However, just when the partnership appeared to be flourishing, Morkel was run out attempting a bye in the final over.

Lasith Malinga sent down two dot balls to Raina and off the third, the southpaw batsman attempted a suicidal bye that caught Morkel well short of the crease. Another dot ball followed to new man Anirudha Srikkanth and then five wides. Anirudha hit the fifth legal ball to the boundary and finished the innings with a two.

Thus, a total of 168 gave the Super Kings lots to play with after looking hopelessly out of the contest in the first 10 overs when they scored a mere 59 runs.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=281
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 23:37:40 2010.

CSK crowned IPL 2010 Champions

Navi Mumbai: The Super Kings from Chennai beat Mumbai Indians by 22 runs and won the IPL 2010 trophy at the end of a scintillating final.

The team from Chennai put up a spirited performance in the field, unlike the one by Mumbai Indians who dropped Suresh Raina twice to hand the match to CSK.

It was clearly Suresh Raina’s day - the southpaw scored 57* off 35 balls, took a brilliant catch and claimed the wicket of Harbhajan Singh with his off-spin helping the Chennai emerge winners for the first time on the grandest stage.

It was a difficult wicket to bat on and the slowness of the pitch was reflected in the sluggishness of the Mumbai Indians’ chase. Abhishek Nayar, who joined Sachin Tendulkar after the fall of Dhawan, initially looked out of touch.

But the all-rounder finally seemed to have found his groove. But then Nayar got himself run-out in the 12th over. Tendulkar’s angry reaction to Nayar’s run-out showed how desperate he was to win the trophy.

It was then that Mumbai seemed to lose the plot. Harbhajan Singh was sent ahead of Kieron Pollard. Harbhajan, though, failed in his pinch-hitting role. And when Tendulkar fell in the 15th over, the match seemed all over.

Pollard, though, had other ideas. The tall Trinidadian then decided to show what a big mistake sending him late was by letting his bat do the talking. He hit the unplayable Bollinger for 22 runs in the 18th over (the scorecard: 4, 6, 2, 4, 0, 6) to raise hopes of an improbable win. But when the all-rounder got out in the 19th over, it was actually all over.

Earlier in the night, Chennai Super Kings began on a cautious note with Matthew Hayden looking to settle down and find his form. The Super Kings’ strategy seemed to be one of not losing early wickets and then exploding at the end. They were hitting the occasional boundary and six, but nothing spectacular.

Murali Vijay was outscoring Hayden, but then the stylish CSK opener failed to read a slower one from Dilhara Fernando and holed out to Saurabh Tiwary. Haydos couldn’t deliver on the big night either, with another slower delivery getting a wicket. This time, Kieron Pollard was the bowler.

CSK skipper MS Dhoni and his deputy joined forces to rescue the innings. Raina and Dhoni set about making it a real contest.

Raina was his usual effervescent self finding the boundary at regular intervals. He would be grateful to the MI fielders, having first been dropped by Zaheer Khan on 28 and later being given another life – a moment that proved to be the funniest moment of the match. Fernando and Abhishek Nayar went after a Raina skier but ended up looking facing each other blankly having missed the catch altogether.

Dhoni departed after a quick-fire 22 that included one audacious six off Pollard.

Raina’s two lifelines proved costly for MI with the southpaw hitting Pollard for 18 runs in the 16th over. CSK ended the innings at 168, the highest target by a team in an IPL final.

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1683&category=news
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 23:39:41 2010.

Numbers that mattered

Statistical Highlights of IPL 2010 Final: MI vs CSK

618 Runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar in the tournament - the maximum by any batsman in a single edition of IPL. Shaun Marsh had aggregated 616 runs in 2008.

===========================================================================================

168 Chennai Super King’s total was the highest total in an IPL final.

===========================================================================================

100 Runs scored by Chennai Super Kings batsmen in last eight overs.

===========================================================================================

57 Raina’s innings was the highest by a batsman in an IPL final. Yusuf Pathan had made 56 for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai at this same venue in 2008. Interestingly, Raina had also top-scored for CSK with 43 in the 2008 final against Rajasthan Royals.

===========================================================================================

33 Runs scored by Mumbai Indians in the Powerplay - the least they scored in this IPL. This was also the lowest Powerplay score in an IPL final.

===========================================================================================

26 Number of sixes hit by Murali Vijay in the tournament – second most in this IPL after Robin Uthappa (27).

===========================================================================================

5 Number of times R Ashwin bowled the first over of opposition innings in this IPL. He conceded only 12 runs (RpO 2.40) while capturing one wicket.

===========================================================================================

3 Ashwin’s first over was a maiden, which made him the third bowler to bowl a maiden in an IPL final after Mkhaya Ntini (2008) and Ryan Harris (2009).

===========================================================================================

http://iplt20.com/news_detail.php?id=1684&category=news
From: Kalyasi on Sun Apr 25 23:41:00 2010.

Poor media coverage... Ithey Mumbai jeichu iruntha theru theruva poi petti eduthu 24 Hrs um antha news aye pottrupaanga... afterall Madarasis won ngara attitude...
From: ajaybaskar on Sun Apr 25 23:52:19 2010.

This NI media's attitude is sickening. Leave aside that roadside interviews. They are not even reporting the win in the headlines. Modi's suspension has become their biggest news and after showing every other silly news, they touch this one.. Disgusting..
From: joe on Sun Apr 25 23:54:52 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Mumabi crowd :kaa thu: Chennai crowd ah paathu kathukongada.

Never Mind .. Chennai will remain the cultural capital of India.

Ithuve Chennai-la nadanthu MI win panniruntha , Chennai people would have shown what does the spirit mean.
From: VinodKumar's on Mon Apr 26 0:11:01 2010.

cant even see an image of dhoni with cup
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 0:21:54 2010.

Whole of India apart from Chennai is sad that Chennai lifted the cup???
From: joe on Mon Apr 26 0:30:47 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Whole of India apart from Chennai is sad that Chennai lifted the cup???

Ithu enna puthusa ..vidunga
From: Movie Cop on Mon Apr 26 0:36:42 2010.

Chennai Super Kings - Whistle podu!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gExoAZDWy5I

"Thala" Dhoni - Enna style ya!
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 0:49:33 2010.

Chennai Super Kings are the IPL champions

Chennai Super Kings were crowned Indian Premier League 3 champions after thumping Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in a thrilling summit clash here on Sunday night.

Electing to bat, Chennai posted 168 for five, thanks to Suresh Raina's unbeaten 57 and then restricted Mumbai to 146 for nine to win their maiden IPL title in the grand finale at the packed D Y Patil Stadium.

Chennai though had to spend some anxious moments towards the close of Mumbai run chase with big-hitting Kieron Pollard threatening to almost singlehandedly win the match before he was out in the penultimate over for a 10-ball 27 which was studded with three fours and two sixes.

For Chennai, who were playing in their second final after finishing runners-up to Rajasthan Royals in 2008, it has been a roller coaster ride having made it to the semifinal in their last league match.

Mumbai, who were playing in an IPL final for the first time, were the most consistent side in the tournament having won 10 of their 14 league matches, but they faltered at the final hurdle.

For Mumbai, captain Sachin Tendulkar, who declared himself fit for the grand finale after sustaining a right hand webbing split in first semifinal, top-scored with a 45-ball 48 which was studded with seven fours but he did not get enough support from his batting colleagues.

Tendulkar's 66-run stand from 58 balls for the second wicket with Abhishek Nayar was the only substantial partnership for Mumbai. Left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati emerged the most successful Chennai bowler with two for 26 while Doug Bollinger, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan and Suresh Raina took a wicket apiece.

Mumbai began their run chase of 169 on a shaky note with opener Shikhar Dhawan failing to score the opening over from Ravichandran Ashwin and was out in the second over bowled by Bollinger for an eight-ball duck.

Mumbai struggled for runs before Tendulkar and Nayar took 10 runs from the fifth over by hitting a four each off Ashwin. Tendulkar, who celebrated his 37th birthday yesterday, then smote Albie Morkel for two fours to take Mumbai to 33 for one after the first power-play.

With off-spinner Muralitharan introduced in the seventh over, runs came in trickles and he was unlucky not to have got Nayar with Matthew Hayden dropping the batsman when on eight. Nayar struck two sixes in as many balls off Jakati in the 10th over to take Mumbai score to 58 for one at the halfway mark.

With the asking rate over 11 by the 10th over, Mumbai looked like pressing the accelerator but they lost two wickets in the 12th over with Nayar and Harbhajan Singh returning to the hut in the space of five balls. Nayar was run out for a 26-ball 27 after being sent back by Tendulkar and Harbhajan, who was surprisingly sent up the order, was LBW to Raina for just one.

Mumbai's hopes almost ended with the departure of Tendulkar in the 15th over and the veteran batsman, who wore the orange cap for being the tournament top scorer, was out while trying to pushed the run rate, holing out to Murali Vijay off Jakati.

Saurabh Tiwary, who has been in fine form in the tournament, followed Tendulkar three balls later as he holed out to Raina off Jakati for a duck.

Mumbai needed 68 from the last five overs and JP Duminy's (6) departure in the 17th over did not help the Mumbai cause. But big-hitting Kieron Pollard, who was surprisingly sent in number eight, raised hopes of a stunning victory for Mumbai by singlehandedly taking 22 runs from the 18th over bowled by Bollinger.

Mumbai needed 33 runs from the last two overs but a mix up led to Ambati Rayudu's run out in the fifth ball of the penultimate over and next ball Pollard was out to end Mumbai's dreams of winning the title.

Earlier, Raina took advantage of some sloppy catching by Mumbai Indians as he struck an unbeaten 57 to pilot Chennai Super Kings to 168 for five in the summit clash which was preceded by a 40-minute closing ceremony.

The left-handed Raina, who came one down on team score of 44, was dropped twice -- on 14 and 28 -- before making a crucial 57 not out in 35 balls embellished with three sixes and as many fours.

But for Raina's knock and his 72-run partnership with his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22 in 15 balls) for the fourth wicket, Chennai would have ended with a much lesser score. Electing to bat, Chennai made a decent start with openers Matthew Hayden (17) and Murali Vijay (26) putting on 44 runs.

The Mumbai Indians bowling attack then put an effective shackle on the batsmen on a wicket that offered good bounce but on which the ball stopped a bit on the batsmen. For Mumbai, tall Sri Lanka pace bowler Dilhara Fernando emerged the most successful with 2 for 23 while Zaheer Khan and Kieron Pollard picked one wicket apiece.

Openers Hayden and Vijay started cautiously and saw off one over each from Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga before stepping on the accelerator. It was the left-handed Hayden, who has been struggling in the tournament, who started the attack by hoisting Harbhajan over long on for the first six of the match in the third over.

Vijay then pulled Zaheer Khan into the stands beyond the mid-wicket area and then punched Malinga exquisitely to the extra cover fence for a four.Malinga was then square cut by Hayden and the duo looked all-set for a big stand. But Vijay fell caught just inside the boundary line off a skier by Saurabh Tiwary off Fernando. His 26 came off 19 balls and included two sixes and a four.

From 44 for one, it became 47 for two when Hayden, who survived a close leg before wicket appeal off Zaheer earlier, tried to charge out to Kieron Pollard and mistimed a pull to be caught behind by wicketkeeper Ambati Rayudu.

Chennai progressed to 58 for two after 10 overs, sign that Mumbai have bounced back into the game. Raina and S Badrinath (14) got together briefly before the latter got out, caught at fine leg for 14 off Fernando. Then came the most fruitful stand of the innings between Raina and Dhoni. They put on 72 runs in 35 balls.

But after Dhoni fell in the 18th over, it was Raina --who struck Pollard for two sixes in the 16th over in which the bowler conceded 29 runs -- who made sure that his team ended with a decent total.

http://cricket.ndtv.com/IPL2010/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20100139442&keyword=news
From: MADDY on Mon Apr 26 1:10:14 2010.

my stratergy was simple - post only after result - bcos it didnt work for last 2 yrs when i used to post during the match and this year too - i posted during dreaded punchaap and i stopped posting after that.........sila per nakkal panraanga that i hid when CSK lost and posted only when CSK won - appadiye irukkattum........aaana indha provking-a naa counter panna koodadhu - it will become ganging up on innocents, no respect for co-hubbers-nnu enakke advice pannuvaanga.....

anyways, Dhoni proves what kind of achiever he is........talent or lack of it neednt be a obstacle for achievement is what Dhoni symbolises........planning, adjusting to others', inviting other ideas, giving a free hand to team, absorbing pressure, stay calm/cool and take smart decisions without letting emotions influence it - these are winning characteristics......yesterday too

1. though raina was the main scorer, after annan came to the crease only - the balance of the game shifted........and raina himself says its annan's backing that keeps him going

2. Opening with ashwin and setting run saving fields instead of traditional wicket taking fields - ultimately choking the MIs for runs.....

3. Using raina and Murali intelligently - to plug the non-bollinger/ashwin overs

4. bringing in raina to mid-on as soon as Tiwary came on

5. keeping straightish midoff and long off to get pollard out

6. Showing no dissent or disgust when sachin was not given out even when the latter was clearly out......

with every achievement of his, scaling of new peaks, my belief on "decentralised management" style jumps a step high......Dhoni, with his coolness and calmness, no-nonsense attitude - made IPL win look as easy as a lottery ticket win (that too over torunament favorites and giants like MI )
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Apr 26 1:15:14 2010.

MADDY wrote:

Opening with ashwin and setting run saving fields instead of traditional wicket taking fields - ultimately choking the MIs for runs.....

I had always thought Dhoni is weak while it comes to defending. In recent ODIs, I had seen him simply give up when the opposition counterattacks while chasing a high score (Ex: vs NZ in Christchurch, vs SL in Rajkot). He had done exceedingly well in SF and finals in field settings and bowling changes
From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 26 1:16:56 2010.

Maddy,

An interesting writeup on the way...
From: jinju on Mon Apr 26 1:25:42 2010.

MADDY wrote:

5. keeping straightish midoff and long off to get pollard out

MSD spelling out this plan in the postmatch interview was throwin a rare insight into the strategies that go on in matches...great question by Ravi Shastri and an elaborate answer by MSD which is usually rare in postmatch q n a's..."bowled in right areas" "boys played well" cliche ellaam illaama, making a normal cricket fan understand the team's strategies in simple words...that they practiced it with setting such a field for haydos and getting him out at midoff and added a crucial sentence too that it's alright to make strategies but one needs luck also to go it ur way! even ravi was stunned and replied it was not just any other match ms, it was a final and it was a crucial moment to try it (dei, idhu creasela irundhu 10 steps eduthittu perfect defence vilayaadura kaalam illa)!
From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 26 1:26:25 2010.

Super Kings: The team that never gave up

Dwaipayan Datta | TNN

Remember West Germany of the 1982 and 1986 World Cup football. They made two consecutive World Cup football finals in 1982 and 86 sans too many stars but didnt win it. But they built a unit quietly and when it came to 1990, they exploded on the scene to lift the world title. Theres something about this CSK side that reminds one of that German unit.No stars, no flashes, just work ethic, determination and working towards a common goal under a brilliant leader MS Dhoni that helped them win their first IPL title after two failed bids.

A week before the IPL,the CSK management got to know that they wont get Jacob Oram for the tournament. Shocked, that was one word to describe the mood of the CSK management. They had lost Freddie Flintoff by then to an injury and were banking heavily on the Kiwi to deliver the goods in the IPL. But in the hour of crisis, the think-tank didnt lose its head. The management sat down, along with skipper MS Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming, and zeroed in on Doug Bollinger. No Bollinger isnt the biggest star in the business, but the management knew that he is one player who could carry their bowling on his shoulders. They were spot on and Bollinger came in midway through the tournament, and delivered the goods for CSK.

The Bollinger episode was not a case in isolation. Right through the IPL, the CSK management showed that they are a thinking lot.At one point of time, CSK looked a side dead and buried with four losses on the trot and even their biggest fans had given up hope. But not the team management and the skipper Dhoni. The captain, easily the best leader in the IPL (this is being written keeping Sachin Tendulkar in mind), just chalked his own strategy.
He got the players ready for different slots. As Matthew Hayden struggled, he gave M.Vijay the instructions to go for broke early in the innings, used S.Badrinath as a floater, and had Suresh Raina and himself as the fulcrum of the batting. Each one fitted into their slots very well and CSK started turning things around. Yes, Vijay played two of the best knocks of the IPL (against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals) that won them two difficult games, but that didnt mean that the Yellow Brigade was banking on one man to deliver the goods.

While R Ashwin, another Dhoni tool that fitted the slot wonderfully, opened the bowling against KKR to win it for CSK, it was the skipper himself who came to the party just when it mattered in a mustwin game against Kings XI. It reflected in their performance in the final as well. Even Hayden's painstaking 17 off 31 balls served a purpose, it ensured that CSK didnt lose too many wickets in the beginning. It all seemed a part of a design as they raced away to more than 100 runs in the last 10 overs that made Chennai the Super Kings of India!
From: steveaustin on Mon Apr 26 1:32:04 2010.

Captain Super Kool Dhonikku whistle podu.

Wonderful strategy to place mid-off to dismiss Pollard, the most dangerous player at the moment.

For the first time in this IPL edition, everybody contributed in CSK's victory in the final at least once in this match. Collective performance of the players has made the difference.

Even though Hayden and Morkel were failures in this IPL, they have provided crucial breakthroughs in this match. Hayden might have failed with the bat, but took the important catch to dismiss Pollard. Morkel kept his cool and bowled one of the important overs of the match.(i.e. 19th over) Jakati too played his part with a dismissal of Tendulkar.

CSK, the only team to play the IPL fairly and they got the reward for that. Dhoni showed his real character and sustained his reputation to play calmly. His character was tested when Rudi given a wide for a dismissal. He has taken the umpire's decision in the right spirit and showed no emotion. Koertzen's rude decision would have made any other captain to explode. Just imagine Warne in place of Dhoni. Dhoni has kept his nerve and played the game with veracity.

Congrats CSK and Captain cool once again for playing the game in right spirits.

From: MADDY on Mon Apr 26 1:34:27 2010.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

MADDY wrote:

Opening with ashwin and setting run saving fields instead of traditional wicket taking fields - ultimately choking the MIs for runs.....

I had always thought Dhoni is weak while it comes to defending. In recent ODIs, I had seen him simply give up when the opposition counterattacks while chasing a high score (Ex: vs NZ in Christchurch, vs SL in Rajkot). He had done exceedingly well in SF and finals in field settings and bowling changes Clap

yea, he was getting bit stale, tired and adamant with his ideas - this IPL was a good turnaround in that aspect......but still he has to improve upon his "excessive penchant" for all rounders and trusted aides like mathew hayden.....

From: lawmani on Mon Apr 26 1:35:11 2010.

MADDY wrote:

my stratergy was simple - post only after result - bcos it didnt work for last 2 yrs when i used to post during the match and this year too - i posted during dreaded punchaap and i stopped posting after that.........sila per nakkal panraanga that i hid when CSK lost and posted only when CSK won - appadiye irukkattum........aaana indha provking-a naa counter panna koodadhu - it will become ganging up on innocents, no respect for co-hubbers-nnu enakke advice pannuvaanga.....

anyways, Dhoni proves what kind of achiever he is........talent or lack of it neednt be a obstacle for achievement is what Dhoni symbolises........planning, adjusting to others', inviting other ideas, giving a free hand to team, absorbing pressure, stay calm/cool and take smart decisions without letting emotions influence it - these are winning characteristics......yesterday too

1. though raina was the main scorer, after annan came to the crease only - the balance of the game shifted........and raina himself says its annan's backing that keeps him going

2. Opening with ashwin and setting run saving fields instead of traditional wicket taking fields - ultimately choking the MIs for runs.....

3. Using raina and Murali intelligently - to plug the non-bollinger/ashwin overs

4. bringing in raina to mid-on as soon as Tiwary came on Smile

5. keeping straightish midoff and long off to get pollard out Bow

6. Showing no dissent or disgust when sachin was not given out even when the latter was clearly out......

with every achievement of his, scaling of new peaks, my belief on "decentralised management" style jumps a step high......Dhoni, with his coolness and calmness, no-nonsense attitude - made IPL win look as easy as a lottery ticket win Bow

(that too over torunament favorites and giants like MI )

and infact it was given as a wide.

From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 1:43:45 2010.

http://cricket.ndtv.com/gallerydetails.aspx?ID=7277&Title=Chennai+win+IPL
From: P_R on Mon Apr 26 1:52:22 2010.

With the updated pic in the first post via ajaybaskar

Congratulations CSK fans

oru catch-ai pudichupputtu, out kudukkalainnAlum tensan aagaama viLayAdina Dhoni-ku oru
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 2:06:04 2010.

Thanks P_R... Ajay Title change pls... CSK Champions IPL 2010..
From: raghavendran on Mon Apr 26 2:07:10 2010.

P_R wrote:

With the updated pic in the first post via ajaybaskar

Congratulations CSK fans

oru catch-ai pudichupputtu, out kudukkalainnAlum tensan aagaama viLayAdina Dhoni-ku oru

nadri p_r....thavair dhonikku oru
From: hamid on Mon Apr 26 2:07:22 2010.

Kalyan.. innum bettera title suggest pannunga
From: raghavendran on Mon Apr 26 2:10:01 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Thanks P_R... Ajay Title change pls... CSK Champions IPL 2010..

kalyan...namme nenachadhu nadandhiduchu...vetri vetri..neenge sonningalle..ungalukku dhoni cup thookradhu kannule theriyudhunnu...adhu nadandhiduchu..

From: raghavendran on Mon Apr 26 2:12:11 2010.

MADDY wrote:

1. though raina was the main scorer, after annan came to the crease only - the balance of the game shifted........and raina himself says its annan's backing that keeps him going

5. keeping straightish midoff and long off to get pollard out Bow

6. Showing no dissent or disgust when sachin was not given out even when the latter was clearly out......

that mid off field placing for pollard...master stroke

From: Plum on Mon Apr 26 2:17:31 2010.

A fine performance by CSK, capped by captain smart's moves. Last year, he looked tired and under pressure, unable to change the losing momentum when in dumps but after the injury return, this year, one could see a very calculative and intelligent captain. Fair to say that TN squad needs a leader like him or Sachin to lift big titles against the big boys.
Yesterday
* batting momentum change - sheer determination got him that one handed six that played havoc with youngster Pollard's mind
* Reaction to sachin's non-dismissal
* field setting for Pollard all stand out

Ashwin deserves praise(apart from dhoni backed him kind of praise) as well. If you bowl a maiden in the final under pressure, a lot of it is your achievement - nobody else deserves credit for that.

Both Sachin and Dhoni created fighting units and backed youngsters - both of them deserved to win but yesterday, the lottery went to MSD. More than anyone else, MS would know that and his brushing off of the pollard field setting as normal shows he is not going to waste too much time on adulation. That places him in the league of Tendulkar for "ability to focus on unfulfilled goals rather than basking on achieved glory".

Despite an ordinary team, india can look up to a succesful campaign in the T20 WC thanks to Dhoni's smartness.
From: kid-glove on Mon Apr 26 2:24:39 2010.

Dhoni = cojones without bravado

Wonderful tactician. As Maddy would put (if I think what he is hitting at), "decentralised management" style.

We all love and respect him for the gentleman he is, much evident in aftermath of Sachin's catch not given.

Awesomeness of a different kind

From: lawmani on Mon Apr 26 2:27:15 2010.

Plum wrote:

A fine performance by CSK, capped by captain smart's moves. Last year, he looked tired and under pressure, unable to change the losing momentum when in dumps but after the injury return, this year, one could see a very calculative and intelligent captain. Fair to say that TN squad needs a leader like him or Sachin to lift big titles against the big boys.
Yesterday
* batting momentum change - sheer determination got him that one handed six that played havoc with youngster Pollard's mind
* Reaction to sachin's non-dismissal
* field setting for Pollard all stand out

Ashwin deserves praise(apart from dhoni backed him kind of praise) as well. If you bowl a maiden in the final under pressure, a lot of it is your achievement - nobody else deserves credit for that.

Both Sachin and Dhoni created fighting units and backed youngsters - both of them deserved to win but yesterday, the lottery went to MSD. More than anyone else, MS would know that and his brushing off of the pollard field setting as normal shows he is not going to waste too much time on adulation. That places him in the league of Tendulkar for "ability to focus on unfulfilled goals rather than basking on achieved glory".

Despite an ordinary team, india can look up to a succesful campaign in the T20 WC thanks to Dhoni's smartness.

Welcome to the MSD fan club!

From: lawmani on Mon Apr 26 2:29:26 2010.

kid-glove wrote:

Dhoni = cojones without bravado

Wonderful tactician. As Maddy would put (if I think what he is hitting at), "decentralised management" style.

We all love and respect him for the gentleman he is, much evident in aftermath of Sachin's catch not given.

Awesomeness of a different kind Not Worthy

MSD - Awesomeness of a different kind

From: 19thmay on Mon Apr 26 2:41:26 2010.

Many congratulations CSK and its fans!

You people clearly deserve this victory!

Kalyan, Ajaybaskar and other CSK supporters, take a bow

And Kalyan & AB congratulations for the straight drive

From: raghavendran on Mon Apr 26 2:42:36 2010.

19thmay wrote:

Many congratulations CSK and its fans! Cool

You people clearly deserve this victory! Thumbs Up!

Kalyan, Ajaybaskar and other CSK supporters, take a bow Not Worthy

And Kalyan & AB congratulations for the straight drive Thumbs Up!

thnx sridhar...its been a fairytale journey for us...

From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 2:44:10 2010.

Innum kooda media la onnume kaanum.. Sun TV news layavathu kaaminga ba...
From: raghavendran on Mon Apr 26 2:47:39 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

Innum kooda media la onnume kaanum.. Sun TV news layavathu kaaminga ba...

nethu pathingala?...neraya commentators pesumbodhe therinjudhu avange mumbai supportnnu...esp shastri..."they r going for thew single"nnu azhuthi solraaru...semme tension ayitaaru
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 2:55:24 2010.

http://ibnlive.in.com/

http://www.ndtv.com/news/index.php

oh nethikku IPL finale nadakala pola..
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 3:08:38 2010.

Dhoni: The pep-talk that inspired the Chennai win

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday revealed that team owner N Srinivasan gave his players a pep talk before the semifinals and that inspired his side winning their maiden IPL title on Sunday night.

"We booked a semifinal berth only in the last league match but after that owner N Srinivasan gave a brief talk with the players. He said we have been playing well and we would do well in the knock-out stage. That has boosted our confidence," Dhoni said at the post-match press conference after his side beat Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in the grand finale here.

Dhoni said his players were together only 10 days before the tournament but everybody gelled in well quickly which helped in winning the title.

"We got together 10 days before the tournament and that too without some top players including Andrew Flintoff. But we worked out well and it was a team effort which gave us the title. Still I feel that we have played just 60-70 per cent of what we can actually play," he said.

Asked why Chennai fielded three spinners, Dhoni said it was due to lack of success by domestic seamers in the tournament and most of pitches becoming slow as the tournament progresses.

"Domestic seamers have not been performing that well. Then the wickets have been becoming slow as the IPL progresses due to wear and tear as most venues were using only one or two pitches," explained Dhoni.

On why opening the innings with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and pacer Doug Bollinger, he said, "The combination may look strange but it had been successful. We had to try it out as the domestic seamers had not been successful also. Ashwin has been very successful he has the carrom ball bowling also."

Asked who have been the find of the tournament, he said, "Many players including Indian Cricket League returnees like Ambati Rayudu. But you have to be careful while choosing them in longer formats."

Dhoni said he was 100 per cent sure that Sachin Tendulkar would play despite injuring his right hand webbing in the first semifinal.

"I was 100 per cent sure that he would play. It was the final match. He had come back from much more severe injuries in the past," Dhoni said.

Dhoni also said that all the Indian players are fit for the Twenty20 World Cup beginning on April 30 in the West Indies.

"I can't predict whether we will win the Twenty20 World Cup but we are very good side. The important thing is we have to adapt quickly to the conditions. I am happy that all the players are and that is the positive sign."

http://www.ndtv.com/news/sports/dhoni-the-pep-talk-that-inspired-the-chennai-win-20920.php

From: MADDY on Mon Apr 26 3:48:38 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Super Kings: The team that never gave up

Dwaipayan Datta | TNN

Remember West Germany of the 1982 and 1986 World Cup football. They made two consecutive World Cup football finals in 1982 and 86 sans too many stars but didnt win it. But they built a unit quietly and when it came to 1990, they exploded on the scene to lift the world title. Theres something about this CSK side that reminds one of that German unit.No stars, no flashes, just work ethic, determination and working towards a common goal under a brilliant leader MS Dhoni that helped them win their first IPL title after two failed bids.

A week before the IPL,the CSK management got to know that they wont get Jacob Oram for the tournament. Shocked, that was one word to describe the mood of the CSK management. They had lost Freddie Flintoff by then to an injury and were banking heavily on the Kiwi to deliver the goods in the IPL. But in the hour of crisis, the think-tank didnt lose its head. The management sat down, along with skipper MS Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming, and zeroed in on Doug Bollinger. No Bollinger isnt the biggest star in the business, but the management knew that he is one player who could carry their bowling on his shoulders. They were spot on and Bollinger came in midway through the tournament, and delivered the goods for CSK.

The Bollinger episode was not a case in isolation. Right through the IPL, the CSK management showed that they are a thinking lot.At one point of time, CSK looked a side dead and buried with four losses on the trot and even their biggest fans had given up hope. But not the team management and the skipper Dhoni. The captain, easily the best leader in the IPL (this is being written keeping Sachin Tendulkar in mind), just chalked his own strategy.
He got the players ready for different slots. As Matthew Hayden struggled, he gave M.Vijay the instructions to go for broke early in the innings, used S.Badrinath as a floater, and had Suresh Raina and himself as the fulcrum of the batting. Each one fitted into their slots very well and CSK started turning things around. Yes, Vijay played two of the best knocks of the IPL (against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals) that won them two difficult games, but that didnt mean that the Yellow Brigade was banking on one man to deliver the goods.

While R Ashwin, another Dhoni tool that fitted the slot wonderfully, opened the bowling against KKR to win it for CSK, it was the skipper himself who came to the party just when it mattered in a mustwin game against Kings XI. It reflected in their performance in the final as well. Even Hayden's painstaking 17 off 31 balls served a purpose, it ensured that CSK didnt lose too many wickets in the beginning. It all seemed a part of a design as they raced away to more than 100 runs in the last 10 overs that made Chennai the Super Kings of India!

:goosebumps:

From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 5:00:50 2010.

Captain’s cool makes the difference
Monday, Apr 26 2010

Mumbai: A genius finds his inspiration in adversity that usually fells lesser mortals. Last night at the DY Patil Stadium, Chennai Super Kings’ iconic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni demonstrated this special ability that defined the final and turned it irrevocably in his team’s favour.

The move to shift Matthew Hayden from a wider position to a virtually “straight mid-off” almost behind the bowler in the 19th over when Kieron Pollard was at full throttle, was at once daring yet subtle. In fact, not many noticed Hayden until he took a catch to dismiss Pollard two deliveries later as the batsman converted a yorker-length delivery into a full toss, smashing it straight at Hayden.

Never mind that Dhoni dismissed this (so typical of him to underplay his own role), by saying: “We had worked this field position with Hayden during a practice game and in fact, got Haydos out! I remembered this. The big-hitters kept going down the ground and so I thought why keep a fine-leg? I hoped that Albie (Morkel) would bowl a yorker and he (Pollard) would mishit. It was no rocket science.”

To the discerning, that was the big moment of the game that could have gone either way, but on the night, the Super Kings came together for one final time in a spectacular fusion that blew apart their opponents.

The other move was to toss the ball to Suresh Raina for the 12th over with Sachin Tendulkar and Abhishek Nayar looking well set. The over resulted in two wickets with Nayar run out and next man, Harbhajan Singh trapped leg-before.

“I give full credit to the team and the support staff. We were under pressure in mid-tournament when we lost a few matches. Our franchise owner Mr N Srinivasan kept telling us that we will make it to the semifinals. That gave us the confidence,” said Dhoni.

Looking back at the final, he pointed out that the excellent start off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and fast bowler Doug Bollinger was critical to the team’s success.

“We were expecting Ashwin and Bollinger to give us a good start. Both bowled well and the pressure kept mounting on Mumbai Indians. Not many, except Sachin Tendulkar, can deal with such pressure,” said the skipper.

There was just a touch of sentiment when Dhoni recalled the six weeks on the road with the Super Kings bunch and living together for such a long period helped the players to bond.

“We spent a lot of time together and had fun. It will be sad that some of the players might not be there with us after the next auction.

“The IPL gets bigger (with the addition of two more franchise teams) and better every year and the benchmarks keep going higher. Next year, we have more games and the players will have to sweat a bit more. The pressure also will be much more, but it will be exciting,” he said.

On his part, Morkel, the South African all-rounder who has been an integral part of the team over three seasons, admitted that there was pressure on him bowling the 19th over with Pollard going hammer and tongs with big hits.

“To be on the winning side is amazing and we won when it mattered most,” he summed up and recalling his bowling at the death, added: “When Dougie went (for 22 runs in the previous over), my heart skipped a few beats. Pollard is a serious talent.”

In fact, it was a particularly brilliant over from Morkel as he ran out Ambatti Rayudu and then got rid of Pollard the next delivery, conceding just five runs in the process.

Bollinger shrugged off the punishment that Pollard handed out to him by saying it was part of T20 cricket. “We thought 140 was a par score. We started slowly, but MS and Raina were awesome. And Pollard, well, that’s T20!” he summed up.

For Mumbai Indians, as skipper Sachin Tendulkar said, it was a case of dropped catches costing them matches. “Catches win matches,” said Tendulkar, repeating a cliché that put the game into perspective.

Raina was dropped on 13 and 28, both relatively sitter catches. The southpaw rode his luck to make an unbeaten 57 that helped Super Kings post a total that proved beyond the reach of the Mumbai Indians.

It is debatable as to how much more pressure can Dhoni handle with his customary calm composure. Even when Hayden dropped a sitter in the slips off Abhishek Nayar (on eight, score 38 for one) in the seventh over bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan, Dhoni did not react, but gestured to Hayden to get a move on.

While batting, he walked into a crisis situation, but along with Raina added 72 runs for the fourth wicket and more importantly, gave the much needed momentum to the innings with a 15-ball 22.

For sure, “Captain Cool” and “3-in-one champion” has been the cornerstone of Super Kings success.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=282
From: kid-glove on Mon Apr 26 5:01:04 2010.

Staying with that analogy,

Lothar Matthaus : Maradona (1990 WC final) :: MSD : SRT (IPL 3 final)

Of course, the FIFA World cup is something else, and both the footballers were moronic (more so in Maradona's case) and intense when they needed to be (as the game demands).
From: Yuvi on Mon Apr 26 5:40:03 2010.

Time to change the thread title..

Chennai - The Champions
From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 26 5:51:15 2010.

http://cricketnext.in.com/slideshow/g915/view.html

The first pic is awesome...
From: Yuvi on Mon Apr 26 5:56:50 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

http://cricketnext.in.com/slideshow/g915/view.html

The first pic is awesome...

Championsla C -ya kaanom P-ya kaanom

Ham Lions maadhiri theriyudhungO

From: Yuvi on Mon Apr 26 6:05:12 2010.

cricinfo 'Plays' wrote:

Mahi gets Pollard: Yes, the card will reveal Hayden caught him off Albie Morkel. But the dismissal was plotted by Dhoni. As Pollard took 22 runs off Doug Bollinger in the 18th over and threatened Chennai, Dhoni moved Hayden from mid-on to an unorthodox straight mid-off, anticipating that Pollard would go for the straight boundary. So when Morkel bowled a fuller length in the channel, Pollard scooped a straight and low catch to Hayden, who finally had his first smile of the evening.

From: Plum on Mon Apr 26 6:12:15 2010.

This is the sort of North Indies Crap that gets one to support CSK vehemently, although one knows that it is merely a club tournament, and not Ranji trophy.

See this daamadji talends:

Quote:

What was Robin Singh thinking ? Did he want his native city to win the IPL ?

epdillAm yOsikkarAnga!

Quote:

CSK are IPL Kinks.

Quote:

Dhoni came at 5 after Dabri. Why ? Dhoni any day is a better batsman than the Dabri guy

Dabri = BadriyAm.

Plus he keeps harping on how Cheeka is getting in Chennai players undeservedly and had a go at Ashwin and Vijay recently

ivanukku nAn commentsla pOtta pOdula oru kattathula comments section-aiyE thUkkittAn.

indha maadhiri vishayangaL dhAn makes one wish Rahman had played tamil songs yesterday - we have to assert our identity to such morons.
From: kid-glove on Mon Apr 26 6:18:41 2010.

How about Vande Mataram in Thamizh plus Indhi? But good to see extras in CSK colors flanked him and not MI
From: Yuvi on Mon Apr 26 6:39:52 2010.

kid-glove wrote:

How about Vande Mataram in Thamizh plus Indhi? But good to see extras in CSK colors flanked him and not MI

I was about to post this.. Though I didnt get the privilege to watch the entire episode of Rahman LIVE - thanks to Mr. Modi and his business mind, I did catch a glimpse of ARR on ITV here.. He did sing Vande Mataram (not sure whether it went onto saranams etc) and he was very clever in choosing his dress - Peace - White.. Hail ARR
From: Yuvi on Mon Apr 26 6:41:18 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

http://ibnlive.in.com/

http://www.ndtv.com/news/index.php

oh nethikku IPL finale nadakala pola..

IPL finals - Chennai - These tags are not even in the front page.. Thanks to BCCI and Modi - ketta vaarthai pesakoodaadhunu paakaraen.
From: jinju on Mon Apr 26 6:44:35 2010.

not that it matters a big deal - i dont think the maestro 'sang' it was plain lip synching by him and his chorus singers....only thing is it shudn't have been so obvious thalaivaaa!

From: Yuvi on Mon Apr 26 6:45:28 2010.

jinju wrote:

not that it matters a big deal - i dont think the maestro 'sang' it was plain lip synching by him and his chorus singers....only thing is it shudn't have been so obvious thalaivaaa! Sad

Blame it on Camera crew - I think they rectified it later.. but again, we would have complained again that they didnt show Rahman on TV..

From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 26 6:48:21 2010.

Plum wrote:

we have to assert our identity to such morons.

Plum,

He is really a moron.

Arm Ball wrote:

Hayden was patchy in the entire tournament and his struggle tonite ensured that the team got to the slowest 50 in a IPL final.

He easily forgot that MI now holds that record..

From: jinju on Mon Apr 26 6:51:11 2010.

Yuvi wrote:

jinju wrote:

not that it matters a big deal - i dont think the maestro 'sang' it was plain lip synching by him and his chorus singers....only thing is it shudn't have been so obvious thalaivaaa! Sad

Blame it on Camera crew - I think they rectified it later.. but again, we would have complained again that they didnt show Rahman on TV.. Smile

yeah, atleast one song i expected to be really "live"! but adhuvum nadakkala...never thot shahid had the guts to risk his throat to such an audience...i thot he did a fair job with it too...lott of energy in that perfo...but the mokkai of the day/night was undoubtedly bipaaasaa bosaaa haiyyo haiyyo, wot on earth was that bimbo doing there on such a stage! kodumai!

From: Plum on Mon Apr 26 6:53:53 2010.

A Mumbai Newspaper, today, wrote:

When Raina came in, CSk were 44/1, with Hayden and Vijay struggling to get a go

dEi, Hayden dhAndA struggling, Vijay was fluent. But varalaaru miga mukkiyamilla. Same reporter reported the semis something like "The fluent Rohit Sharma went against the run of play".

I can easily imagine a conversation at the editorial desk
Editor: ennappA, thappu thappA ezhudhiirukka
Reporter: varalaaru miga mukkiyam, editor-E
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 9:09:36 2010.

Shuruthi paapa tweets

"chennai chennai sooooooooper kings!!!! still happy and screaming from last nights awesome victory!! yay:)"
From: lawmani on Mon Apr 26 9:37:54 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZNT2DLOmLg
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 10:55:18 2010.

Allov naama nethikku jeichoma illati athu en kanava? evanum news la solla matengaran.. Modi Sacked nu mattume varuthu?

Ithey Mumbai jeichuruntha veedu veeda poi petti eduthu pottu irupeenga...
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 12:27:57 2010.

Suruthi paapa tweets again

"wow..some major aggro cricket fans!! bah.. i'm still happy csk won! "
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 12:54:33 2010.

Mumbai better learn from Chennai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjfWrCpnnig&feature=player_embedded#!
From: Kalyasi on Mon Apr 26 13:05:37 2010.

intha video va paakum pothu kannula thanni varuthu... flashback... happy to be a part of that wonderful crowd which still remains wonderful....
From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 26 14:24:15 2010.

Innum 5 monthsla thirumba ivangalai veriththanama support pannanum!!
From: tamizharasan on Mon Apr 26 14:51:10 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Innum 5 monthsla thirumba ivangalai veriththanama support pannanum!!

quite natural again. I atleast owe this to a place which played a major role in my upbringing.
From: lawmani on Mon Apr 26 20:43:44 2010.

telugu media!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7RoEVmwwRw

DC fans please translate salient points... tia
From: lawmani on Mon Apr 26 21:12:05 2010.

defying the laws of gravity!

http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00109/IN25_I3_109909g.jpg
From: MADDY on Mon Apr 26 23:07:13 2010.

lawmani wrote:

defying the laws of gravity!

http://beta.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00109/IN25_I3_109909g.jpg

what a photography
From: joe on Mon Apr 26 23:45:47 2010.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1222478
From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 26 23:51:34 2010.

TEAM CHENNAI'S VICTORY WAS JUST AS PREDICTED... CHENNAI ROCKS! - A R RAHMAN
From: VinodKumar's on Mon Apr 26 23:57:09 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

TEAM CHENNAI'S VICTORY WAS JUST AS PREDICTED... CHENNAI ROCKS! - A R RAHMAN
From: lawmani on Tue Apr 27 0:06:21 2010.

joe wrote:

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1222478

perum maghizhchi adainthom
From: ajaybaskar on Tue Apr 27 1:21:00 2010.

Excerpts from Ajay Jadeja/Dean Jones chat show in NDTV.

Q: Which innings would you rate as the best of IPL 3?

A.J: I didn't see that innings live. But going by the scorecard I would pick MSD's onslought on Pathan to clinch a semifinal spot. It may not be a huge innings but without that knock, CSK wouldn't have reached the SF and eventually lost the trophy.

Dean Jones: I would pick Murali Vijay's knock against the Royals. Breathtaking strokeplay and I have'nt seen such a clean striking of the cricket ball for a long long time.

Q: The Mumbai team doesn't have any Aussie in their squad. What does that mean?

A.J: We are Mumbai Indians and we don't need an Aussie in our squad.

Dean Jones: That means you'l lose the final.
From: MADDY on Tue Apr 27 2:39:40 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

TEAM CHENNAI'S VICTORY WAS JUST AS PREDICTED... CHENNAI ROCKS! - A R RAHMAN

Dhoni fan club-la new member
From: kid-glove on Tue Apr 27 2:51:49 2010.

Did anyone watch Jadeja's scathing attack on Raina (after suggestions of him to be named MOS)

AJ being in NDTV's panel to discuss on match-fixing and betting was

His pick Dhoni vs KXI was probably the most important, but he didn't even see the innings (esp. the dropped catches). But Dhoni vs KKR in Eden Gardens (on a much more bowler friendly wicket ) completely dismantled 'em IMHO. Shane Pandu's debut was looking good until Dhoni (and Badri) would totally destroy his confidence. To my mind, he turned worse by changing his line & length after that trepidation caused by Dhoni.

Concur with Deano's pick. That was awesome stuff by Murali Vijay. Come on bro, now for T20..
From: ajaybaskar on Tue Apr 27 7:00:54 2010.

Dhoni speaks on CSK's path to glory

Nandakumar Marar

MUMBAI: M.S. Dhoni's ability to remain level-headed, at the height of success or depths of failure, stands out.

“T20 is good enough to spot talent but at the end of the day it is very different when you play 50-overs or the day game. You have to be careful not to be carried away (by T20 performances). It is a very good platform where youngsters are put under pressure and you can see how they react and what type of talent they have got,” said the Chennai Super Kings captain, about the emergence of young talent like Ambati Rayudu, Saurabh Tiwary and Harmeet Singh via the Indian Premier League.

Chennai Super Kings outwitted Mumbai Indians to win the DLF IPL-III title as Dhoni scored over his counterpart Sachin Tendulkar with quick decisions in the decisive phase. CSK refused to be rattled by the sight of Tendulkar opening the batting, nor by Kieron Pollard's assault in the closing stages. Three run-outs, brilliant catches by Suresh Raina and Shadab Jakati snuffed out the home team's hopes at the D.Y. Patil stadium.

The CSK skipper talks about the turning points in the final:

On plotting Pollard's dismissal:

It was a gut feeling. At the end of the day, you know big hitters look to hit straight. At times you get the ball right. If they don't get the elevation, that is the height more often than not where the ball goes from. He is not the sort of player comfortable with the sweep shot, so I thought of taking the gamble. I am happy it worked. It was a simple idea. Just that the ball went there.

On Pollard's ability to go for big shots:

Of course the way he was batting and scores runs… he hits those big sixes and take you to victory or gets out. Pollard won't be the one hanging around at the crease, so I was a bit worried. At the end of the day we thought of putting the pressure on other batsman and not letting them change strike, at the same time keep their (asking) run-rate mounting.

On Mumbai's decision to send J.P. Duminy ahead of Pollard:

Maybe they tried to push the big-hitters down the order so that my left-arm spinner (Jakati) can't really bowl with Duminy at the crease. So it was a move and at times it works. With the kind of hitters they have, promoting Harbhajan Singh and asking Pollard to bat lower… even if they needed 30-odd runs in three overs, we have seen it can be achieved in T20 format. It was one of those days that tactics never really worked for Mumbai.

On Sachin Tendulkar's decision to play despite a hand injury:

I was 100 per cent sure he would play the game unless the injury is very bad. He has done it in the past and is a very brave character. He has gone through worst injuries and come back strongly. I always knew reaching the final and not playing would be a big blow.

On CSK bowling combinations in IPL-III:

As a team we struggled with our domestic seam bowlers. So we decided that our strength was spinners. We have Muralitharan and Jakati. Ashwin was one of the bowlers who has done really well throughout the tournament. He has done the work of a seamer very well, getting wickets as well as keeping the opponents quiet in the first six overs. So we said okay, it may not sound like the right combination, it worked for us. We played our five best bowlers.

On Murali Vijay coming off the bench and performing:

Vijay was not playing his normal shots. I told him, you are a good timer of the ball and have to be in good position to play the shots. So for the first one or two weeks he played in the one or two games and used time in the nets. When he came back, he was a completely different batsman, well balanced and very good feet position.

On the confidence shown in Ashwin:

As far as Ashwin is concerned I have seen him in the Challengers. He is not one of those bowlers whom you watch and fancy that he is really a good bowler. He is very effective, is consistent in line and length. He has got the carom ball also, so can really confuse the batsmen. It was good to have him in the side because he was bowling the first three overs consistently for us.

On Suresh Raina's form:

Raina batted really well. He just takes the opponents on and has started to finish the games. It is not just about reaching 30 or 40 runs, he looks to play the shots but at the same time he gives respect to the bowler also. I think in this format, we have to take a bit of risk and he has done that really well. And whenever it was needed to, he rotated the strike and he did that well also.

On playing Matthew Hayden in the final:

What really worked for us was the pressure was taken off Hayden. Somebody stood up and took up the responsibility. With Vijay and Raina batting well and others contributing, we decided to take the risk of playing Hayden.

If he gets going, like he did against Delhi, it really worked for us. He is like Gilchrist, never scored in the World Cup and just scored in the final. So we took one of those chances but it didn't work. However, the intimidating factor is there with Hayden. I'm not really disappointed, don't regret playing him.

On the confidence shown by franchise owner N. Srinivasan:

There was a phase when we needed to win quite a few games to qualify for the semifinals. Mr. Srinivasan came up to us and said “we have confidence in you guys and the team will easily qualify.” I was not sure about it. So that brief motivational speech really worked for us.

On his approach to T20 as captain:

CSK were never under pressure going into the semifinals. As a team we wanted to do well, always go on the field and give 100 per cent. Even then if we are outplayed by the opponent, we can't really do much. T20 cricket is a format where we lose some and win some. At the end of the day, if you are preparing well and executing the plans, and still they don't work and you end on the losing side you have to accept it.

On waiting for two years to be on the winning side:

Two years is a not a long time. A lot of time went in preparation because we don't get time throughout the year. Maybe just one week or 10 days before the start and between matches. We have to jell well as a team… the dressing room atmosphere is very important.

On injuries dogging CSK:

We signed Flintoff. He got injured and then Balaji got injured for a season. Tyagi was injured last season. I think we were on the backfoot for quite sometime, but we were able to manage our resources very well. I think we were one of the best sides to play consistent cricket over the last three editions of IPL.

Considering the side, we played to 60 to 70 per cent to our potential. We could have played much better cricket but at the end of the day what really matters is that we have won.

On India's chances at the T20 World Cup:

I don't predict much in cricket. It is important to prepare well, handle the pressure and execute plans.

If you can do that, adapt to the conditions, then we are a difficult side to beat. More often, instead of losing, I would prefer that the opponents defeat us.

In this format, though India is a strong side we can be beaten at times. All I would say is we have got a good side and most of the players are fit. We hope to give our best and accept whatever the result is.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/27/stories/2010042762061800.htm

From: Plum on Tue Apr 27 7:42:06 2010.

Quote:

So it was a move and at times it works. With the kind of hitters they have, promoting Harbhajan Singh and asking Pollard to bat lower… even if they needed 30-odd runs in three overs, we have seen it can be achieved in T20 format. It was one of those days that tactics never really worked for Mumbai.

This smartness is what makes him succesful. StreetSmart, as someone described, is most apt.

From: raghavendran on Tue Apr 27 8:40:05 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

TEAM CHENNAI'S VICTORY WAS JUST AS PREDICTED... CHENNAI ROCKS! - A R RAHMAN
From: SoftSword on Tue Apr 27 9:03:20 2010.

Congrats Achilles, Raina and the unit Chennai
From: ajaybaskar on Tue Apr 27 9:09:58 2010.

Softy,

Match nadandha andha pitchla pullu kooda molachuruchunnu kelvipatten.
From: SoftSword on Tue Apr 27 9:17:06 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Softy,

Match nadandha andha pitchla pullu kooda molachuruchunnu kelvipatten.

i din check hub for the past two days...
was in my hometown for my roomie's marriage...

i could not catch most part of the match as we were busy in the marriage, though we could catch the match thru the big projector-screen setup just adjacent to the marriage hall...

i know i was late...
but better late than never...
From: ajaybaskar on Tue Apr 27 9:21:17 2010.

Oh ok.. Repeat telecast paatheengala?
From: SoftSword on Tue Apr 27 12:05:06 2010.

ya... but i could only catch the CSK innings... it was 4am and i went to sleep as i had to wake up by 5 30
any links for the second/sachin innings?
From: vanchi on Tue Apr 27 12:09:56 2010.

ivlo periya vetrrrrrri.
ellam lalit pathi mokkai podaranuga. csk win pathi alattikkave illa. enna theviyillama kelichuttaama. enna puthi

enna amukanalum, jeyichathu jeyichathu thaan Dhoni
gelusil pocket nirya supply thevai pola.
From: vanchi on Tue Apr 27 12:15:27 2010.

http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article412380.ece

When the last rites of Mumbai’s innings were being completed, one man, clad in yellow and wearing a thin smile, was vindicated beyond measure. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ice-cool persona and confidence in his boys — more importantly his educated gambles — once again won the day and the IPL-3 Trophy for Chennai Super Kings. The better captain came out on top in the final.

Opting to go with Albie Morkel in the nineteenth over (the impressive Shadab Jakati had one over left) was the ultimate gamble, but the lanky South African all-rounder did not disappoint. Bowling beautifully, Morkel conceded just six in the over, also dismissing Kieron Pollard, who was going hammer and tongs. An experienced performer, Morkel had taken a bit of stick from the batsmen in the tournament, but delivered when his captain summoned him during crunch time.

While Dhoni kept it simple and did not experiment too much, Sachin Tendulkar – a dodgy captain at best - promoted Harbhajan Singh, delayed Pollard's explosive abilities and used Abhishek Nayar at three instead of the in-form Ambatti Rayudu, all moves that in hindsight proved expensive for the home side.

Super Kings had earlier dealt a telling blow when Dhoni and Suresh Raina decided to go after the bowling earlier than usual. On the slow and low Indian pitches, teams had tried to conserve wickets till the 16th or the 17th over, and then launch an offensive. But Dhoni and Raina went ballistic right from the 13th over. With no Plan ‘B’ in his arsenal, Tendulkar failed to restrict the assault.

The tournament, on the whole, was a remarkable renaissance for Super Kings.

Fighting with Kings XI Punjab for the right to dwell at the basement at the half-way point, the Chennai side produced an amazing turnaround. The arrival of Australian import Doug Bollinger provided a much needed balance and also coincided with home boys M. Vijay and R. Ashwin striking form.

Dhoni, before the crucial game against Kings XI in Dharamshala, wrote in a daily, “Though batting is our strength, somehow, we still haven't played to our potential apart from that one game against Rajasthan where we scored close to 250 runs. Mathew Hayden has been off colour and, since he is one of our leading batsmen we have seldom had good starts. I am not happy with my own form either. After returning from injury midway through the competition, I haven't pulled my weight in the team as a batsman. The thing is, I like to spend some time in the middle and that hasn’t happened.”

Against Kings XI, Dhoni pulled a rabbit out of the hat and took Chennai to the semifinals. The local players also came to the party. Vijay, S. Badrinath and Ashwin were all castigated for varying degrees of failure, but the way they came back after the initial disappointments speaks volumes for their mental fortitude.

Ashwin, against the Kings XI Punjab, hit the last ball straight into the hands of Mohammad Kaif at Chepauk, bringing about the Super Over, bowled exceptionally in the tournament thereafter. The 23-year-old won an award at the IPL Awards Night for the bowler with the best economy rate.

Badrinath, blamed for not accelerating at the death, pulled up his socks too and contributed handsomely. With Dhoni at the other end, Badri forged influential partnerships, erasing from memory his staidness in the initial part of the tourney.

From a technically sound Test-match player to a raging bull in cricket's latest format, Vijay turned his fortunes on their head. His thrill-a-minute hundred against Rajasthan Royals started a fairytale and he did not look back. As a reward for an outstanding season, Vijay booked a ticket to represent India at the World Twenty20 Championships in the Caribbean starting next week.

Although the best team of IPL-3 might not have won the final, the most consistent team over the last three editions definitely did.
From: joe on Tue Apr 27 12:18:47 2010.

vanchi wrote:

ivlo periya vetrrrrrri.
ellam lalit pathi mokkai podaranuga. csk win pathi alattikkave illa. enna theviyillama kelichuttaama. enna puthi

அதாவது , சென்னை ஜெயித்தது செய்தி அல்லவாம் ..மும்பை ஏன் தோற்றது என்பதே ஆராய வேண்டியதாம்.

மும்பை சரியாக விளையாடாததால் சென்னை ஜெயித்ததே தவிர சென்னை நன்றாக விளையாடியதால் ஜெயிக்கவில்லையாம் .

மொத்தத்தில் சென்னையிடம் மும்பை தோற்றுவிட்டதால் கிட்ட தட்ட ஒரு இழவு விழுந்த கணக்கில் தேசிய அவமானம் நடந்துவிட்டதாக துக்கம் விசாரித்துக் கொள்கிறார்கள்.

ஸப்பா ..முடியல்ல

From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 27 12:30:41 2010.

interviewer wrote:

On India's chances at the T20 World Cup:

S U P E R S T A R Dhoni wrote:

I don't predict much in cricket. It is important to prepare well, handle the pressure and execute plans.

If you can do that, adapt to the conditions, then we are a difficult side to beat. More often, instead of losing, I would prefer that the opponents defeat us.
In this format, though India is a strong side we can be beaten at times. All I would say is we have got a good side and most of the players are fit. We hope to give our best and accept whatever the result is.

Dhoni's punch dialaak!

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/27/stories/2010042762061800.htm

From: vanchi on Tue Apr 27 12:43:25 2010.

yes. Dhoni has some style of replying. no beating around

From: HonestRaj on Tue Apr 27 12:46:28 2010.

joe wrote:

vanchi wrote:

ivlo periya vetrrrrrri.
ellam lalit pathi mokkai podaranuga. csk win pathi alattikkave illa. enna theviyillama kelichuttaama. enna puthi Banging Head

அதாவது , சென்னை ஜெயித்தது செய்தி அல்லவாம் ..மும்பை ஏன் தோற்றது என்பதே ஆராய வேண்டியதாம்.

மும்பை சரியாக விளையாடாததால் சென்னை ஜெயித்ததே தவிர சென்னை நன்றாக விளையாடியதால் ஜெயிக்கவில்லையாம் .

மொத்தத்தில் சென்னையிடம் மும்பை தோற்றுவிட்டதால் கிட்ட தட்ட ஒரு இழவு விழுந்த கணக்கில் தேசிய அவமானம் நடந்துவிட்டதாக துக்கம் விசாரித்துக் கொள்கிறார்கள்.

ஸப்பா ..முடியல்ல Smile

idhukkagave ini eppavum league matchla ellam saanthama velayadittu eppadiyavadhu top 4 poyi finals'la nachunnu jeikkanum...

cha.... always Cricket will unite people in India.. but IPL divided us

From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 27 13:01:08 2010.

HR,
Don't worry. Tonty Tonty WC is not too far away.
From: vanchi on Tue Apr 27 13:01:58 2010.

dividea
intha newschannels, commentators kilappi vidra matternga ithu. vadivel solara mathiri, world cup vantha sariyayidum.
From: vanchi on Tue Apr 27 13:03:48 2010.

Movie Cop wrote:

HR,
Don't worry. Tonty Tonty WC is not too far away.
From: lawmani on Wed Apr 28 2:24:03 2010.

pul-arichings....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac9uCIEmwDg
From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 28 2:25:19 2010.

lawmani wrote:

pul-arichings....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac9uCIEmwDg

enna ithu? yeeteeb blocked...
From: lawmani on Wed Apr 28 2:26:51 2010.

CSK theme song... full version HQ
From: raghavendran on Wed Apr 28 8:35:45 2010.

lawmani wrote:

CSK theme song... full version HQ

apdiyaa...parpom
From: raajarasigan on Wed Apr 28 9:24:26 2010.

rag,

athenna பெச்சு saravadi... ithai neenga signarurela vera vachirukkeenga... solli vacha maadhiri ellarum ore stilleye avatara vachirukkeenga
From: SoftSword on Wed Apr 28 9:44:17 2010.

raajarasigan wrote:

rag,

athenna பெச்சு saravadi... ithai neenga signarurela vera vachirukkeenga... solli vacha maadhiri ellarum ore stilleye avatara vachirukkeenga

rettaisuli poatta shankar case potruvaarnu bayam pola.

guess his disp pic is from vaettaikkaaran... if i am not wrong..

From: raajarasigan on Wed Apr 28 9:57:48 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

raajarasigan wrote:

rag,

athenna பெச்சு saravadi... ithai neenga signarurela vera vachirukkeenga... solli vacha maadhiri ellarum ore stilleye avatara vachirukkeenga

rettaisuli poatta shankar case potruvaarnu bayam pola. Smile

guess his disp pic is from vaettaikkaaran... if i am not wrong..

you are wrong... ennanga neenga mudhal muraiya vijay suitellam pottu surala nadichirukkiraaru... vettaikkaarannu solreenga...

From: SoftSword on Wed Apr 28 13:05:02 2010.

raajarasigan wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

raajarasigan wrote:

rag,

athenna பெச்சு saravadi... ithai neenga signarurela vera vachirukkeenga... solli vacha maadhiri ellarum ore stilleye avatara vachirukkeenga

rettaisuli poatta shankar case potruvaarnu bayam pola. Smile

guess his disp pic is from vaettaikkaaran... if i am not wrong..

you are wrong... ennanga neenga mudhal muraiya vijay suitellam pottu surala nadichirukkiraaru... vettaikkaarannu solreenga...

oh... appo indha padatthula get-up change'nu sollunga...

From: VinodKumar's on Wed Apr 28 14:58:04 2010.

SoftSword wrote:

raajarasigan wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

raajarasigan wrote:

rag,

athenna பெச்சு saravadi... ithai neenga signarurela vera vachirukkeenga... solli vacha maadhiri ellarum ore stilleye avatara vachirukkeenga

rettaisuli poatta shankar case potruvaarnu bayam pola. Smile

guess his disp pic is from vaettaikkaaran... if i am not wrong..

you are wrong... ennanga neenga mudhal muraiya vijay suitellam pottu surala nadichirukkiraaru... vettaikkaarannu solreenga...

oh... appo indha padatthula get-up change'nu sollunga... Smile

RR and SS

From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 29 2:55:45 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

raajarasigan wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

raajarasigan wrote:

rag,

athenna பெச்சு saravadi... ithai neenga signarurela vera vachirukkeenga... solli vacha maadhiri ellarum ore stilleye avatara vachirukkeenga

rettaisuli poatta shankar case potruvaarnu bayam pola. Smile

guess his disp pic is from vaettaikkaaran... if i am not wrong..

you are wrong... ennanga neenga mudhal muraiya vijay suitellam pottu surala nadichirukkiraaru... vettaikkaarannu solreenga...

oh... appo indha padatthula get-up change'nu sollunga... Smile

RR and SS

no tension

cool down cool down!!

From: Kalyasi on Sat May 1 3:49:48 2010.

‘Next target, Champions League’
Saturday, May 01 2010

Chennai: It was “lights, camera, action” time again at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here last evening, but with a difference. No cricket was played, but it was time to parade some silverware that the Chennai Super Kings had won in the just concluded IPL-3.

Mr N Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, India Cements, the franchise owners of the Super Kings, proudly displayed the glittering IPL trophy and the shutter-bugs went into overdrive.

While thanking the Media for its support through the IPL competition, Mr Srinivasan said the next target for the Super Kings was the Champions League tournament to be held in South Africa in September.

When asked about possible changes in the line-up for the next year, Mr Srinivasan said: “We first have to play the Champions League in September and let us hope that we will win it. Only after that will we look at the auction.”

For the IPL-4 season, the franchise teams are allowed to retain four Indian and three foreign players while releasing the rest of the squad for the auction.

In his address to the Media, Mr Srinivasan also briefly touched upon the renovation of the MA Chidambaram Stadium that will have a new look with modern facilities and more spectator-friendly.

“A lot of people have appreciated the stands we have put up on one side of the ground. We will be completing the renovation of the other part of the stadium in time for the 2011 World Cup (50-over),” he declared.

The renovated eastern stands have already attracted a lot of praise for its aesthetic design and the gaps between the enclosures facilitates free flow of the sea breeze that provide some comfort to the players on the field.

“I would like to thank the Media for the support it extended through the IPL season,” he said in conclusion.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=283
From: Kalyasi on Sat May 1 3:52:51 2010.

Happy to contribute: Ashwin

Saturday, May 01 2010

Chennai: Away from the buzz of the IPL and back home after winning the trophy, Ravichandran Ashwin could put his feet up for a while and savour the success that at one stage looked beyond the reach of the team.

The tall, 23-year old off-spinner, after a quiet start to his IPL career, developed into one of the best in the competition, repeatedly playing a lead role in the Chennai Super Kings’ victory.

Entrusted with the new ball to open the bowling, Ashwin showed a big heart and courage to operate in the power plays. Such was his performance that he became a major hit the fans and looked upon as a match-winner or at least someone who set up the game for his team.

It was hardly a surprise then that Ashwin won the award for the “Most Economical Bowler” in IPL-3 as he came away with a haul of 13 wickets in 12 games and an economy rate of 6.10 (average 22.53).

Excerpts:

Q: Congrats on winning the IPL Trophy. Your thoughts winning “Most Economical Bowler” award in IPL-3.

Ashwin: It is great. I must say that this is just a start. I should maintaining the momentum and continue to do good work for years to come. I was over the moon when I got the award. It was a hard earned one. I was struggling a lot and was down sometimes, and had to pick myself up. I feel extra happy that I contributed to the team’s success.

Q: Compared to the earlier two tournaments, in the third IPL event, you had been part of the playing eleven for number of matches. Did you visualize as the event commenced that you are going to be in this kind of role?

Ashwin: I have been having a great season running in to this year IPL. Not only this season and four good seasons in the domestic levels, I have been shinning well. Every time I ran into IPL, I was always hoping…I mean… irrespective of whether I am going to get long stints. In fact, I used to dream of getting every wicket against every team in the IPL. Watching the two editions of the IPL, our team was really struggling on the bowling front. We were always leaking runs and even with 190, we were not able to defend.

It is very easy to sit outside and say that I will do this and that. Thinking from outside and when we were leaking runs, I would always put myself in their shoes and say probably I knew that this batsman is going to come at me and I would have done a better job. I always used to think that way.

I had the chance to watch the games at close quarters all of the first two seasons. Watching from close quarters, I gained lot of experience and I used to tell the person sitting next to me, probably VB or someone else, that this over is vital and the batsman will come hard. I was able to make such judgements. Probably, those judgements always helped me in the middle this year.

Whenever I thought that the batsman was going to come at me, I always had the option of bowling a fuller length or probably reducing the length. Sitting and watching the first two editions had definitely helped me greatly. More so, this edition was very important because I was knocking at the doors of India selection. I definitely thought that the captain and the coach would show more faith in me and probably give me a more chances, better than the one or two games that I got in the second edition.

I have played cricket with great amount of zeal and passion. I always play to excel. Even in my studies, I try my best to excel. I wanted to be in thick of action. I always wanted to do the KING SIZE. I make sure that if I get a chance, I make a great impact.

Q: You have shown an ability to think on your feet. Is this something you learnt or natural?

Ashwin: As a bowler, if you really watch the game, you can analyse whether the batsman is going to succeed coming at you or you will take his wicket. I am pretty good at batting too. Being an Indian, obviously I play spin well and being a batsman, I know how easy it is to hit a spinner. If you want to hit a spinner long, it is going to tough if you are going to sit back in the crease. Unless and until the ball is really short, you cannot hit over the mid-wicket for six or four. Otherwise, you have to step out and use your feet to dominate a spinner.

All those powerful hitters of the ball around the world cannot play spin that well. I just made up my mind and whenever I felt that a batsman was going to take a chance at me, I was sure that I can control that delivery pretty well and I held back. If a batsman was going to step out to me, I am very sure that I can bowl that delivery for a single or a brace maximum. I have the option attacking the batsman and if the batsman is not going to come out at me, I always take the chance of attacking him and get a wicket. If you pick a wicket, automatically the batsman coming in will not attack you and play you off.

Q: What have you to say that ever since you started opening the attack for CSK, you were not giving away as many runs compared to bowling in the middle overs?

Ashwin: All the games that I played, I had bowled inside the power play period. Before opening the attack and bowling the third or fourth over in power play, my intention was to cut down the run rate and be smart. I do not think it is a bad thinking on the part of a bowler. It somehow did not work because the batsman was trying to play for boundaries. They were trying to be smart as I was. I have given easy boundary options along the ground. When I tried and made my come back, I decided that I should not give them anything loose. That was the compromise I made to myself. Another compromise that I made was that this is 20-20 game and in this format you are a hero or a zero. I preferred not to be moderate.

Q: You had any role model in your younger days?

Ashwin: As a spinner, I did not have any role model. But as I grew up as a spinner, I saw lot of Harbhajan Singh on television and I always used to love him for the way he used to be aggressive and come hard at the batsman. Especially when in challenger role, he was fantastic. I admired him as a cricketer. But, if you talk about a cricket and a role model, it is only Anil Kumble for me.

Q: Great bowlers like Prasanna and Bishen Bedi always used to say that in longer version of cricket a spinner had to lure the batsmen to come out and play them and their top spinners will help them get wickets. Do you have any such attributes in you?

Ashwin: It is very hard to be comparing those kinds of bowlers including Venkatraghavan. I was not born in that era. Whatever I have heard of the Indian quartet is phenomenal. I do not know whether any spinner in the world possesses those attributes, but if anyone says that he has those attributes, I am really happy for them.

Honestly speaking, that is one of the arts of spin bowling. You are not putting speed on the ball and the batsman has to do all the work. That is exactly phenomenal job that they have done. Those days, so many good bats were not available and even if a mistimed shot will not go off the ground. And, the skills that they possessed they could really do whatever they wanted to. Honestly, if you give me an opportunity of watching Bedi or Prasanna or Venkat bowl these days, I will pay millions to go and see them in action.

Q: You were denied a hat-trick against Knight Riders by Umpire Simon Toffel. You had also said that it happens and the Umpire had said sorry to you. When you look back, do you wish the umpire had not erred?

Ashwin: A hat-trick is something very special to any bowler not only in T-20 but also in every format. The way the dismissals happened – one was stumped and the other was caught at fine-leg and there was a stumping and a catch at backward short-leg that were denied. It was like classical dismissals. It was not like hit on the fence or caught on the line. So, I was really happy with the overall dismissals in the tournament

http://chennaisuperkings.com/interview/InterviewContent.aspx?IvID=21

From: raghavendran on Sun May 2 4:55:35 2010.

Kalyasi wrote:

‘Next target, Champions League’
Saturday, May 01 2010

Chennai: It was “lights, camera, action” time again at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here last evening, but with a difference. No cricket was played, but it was time to parade some silverware that the Chennai Super Kings had won in the just concluded IPL-3.

Mr N Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, India Cements, the franchise owners of the Super Kings, proudly displayed the glittering IPL trophy and the shutter-bugs went into overdrive.

While thanking the Media for its support through the IPL competition, Mr Srinivasan said the next target for the Super Kings was the Champions League tournament to be held in South Africa in September.

When asked about possible changes in the line-up for the next year, Mr Srinivasan said: “We first have to play the Champions League in September and let us hope that we will win it. Only after that will we look at the auction.”

For the IPL-4 season, the franchise teams are allowed to retain four Indian and three foreign players while releasing the rest of the squad for the auction.

In his address to the Media, Mr Srinivasan also briefly touched upon the renovation of the MA Chidambaram Stadium that will have a new look with modern facilities and more spectator-friendly.

“A lot of people have appreciated the stands we have put up on one side of the ground. We will be completing the renovation of the other part of the stadium in time for the 2011 World Cup (50-over),” he declared.

The renovated eastern stands have already attracted a lot of praise for its aesthetic design and the gaps between the enclosures facilitates free flow of the sea breeze that provide some comfort to the players on the field.

“I would like to thank the Media for the support it extended through the IPL season,” he said in conclusion.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/News/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=283

From: VinodKumar's on Mon May 3 15:06:26 2010.

Quote:

For the IPL-4 season, the franchise teams are allowed to retain four Indian and three foreign players while releasing the rest of the squad for the auction.

Dhoni Raina Vijay Ashwin uruthiya irrupaanga. Badri ah yarum eduka mattanga so avanayum eduthukalam.

From: sivank on Mon May 3 15:55:26 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Quote:

For the IPL-4 season, the franchise teams are allowed to retain four Indian and three foreign players while releasing the rest of the squad for the auction.

Dhoni Raina Vijay Ashwin uruthiya irrupaanga. Badri ah yarum eduka mattanga so avanayum eduthukalam.

Yaar indha 3 foriegn players aa irukkum? kandippaa Doug the Rug a kodukka koodaadhu. Albie might be retained.

From: VinodKumar's on Mon May 3 16:02:45 2010.

sivank wrote:

VinodKumar's wrote:

Quote:

For the IPL-4 season, the franchise teams are allowed to retain four Indian and three foreign players while releasing the rest of the squad for the auction.

Dhoni Raina Vijay Ashwin uruthiya irrupaanga. Badri ah yarum eduka mattanga so avanayum eduthukalam.

Yaar indha 3 foriegn players aa irukkum? kandippaa Doug the Rug a kodukka koodaadhu. Albie might be retained.

As far as I heard from our fellow hubbers we cannot retain Doug for next season. He should be released to pool.

Albie dhoni oda chella kutty kandipa eduthukuvaanga.

Murali vilada varuvaranu therla. hayden

From: ajaybaskar on Tue May 4 1:41:23 2010.

VinodKumar's wrote:

Quote:

For the IPL-4 season, the franchise teams are allowed to retain four Indian and three foreign players while releasing the rest of the squad for the auction.

Dhoni Raina Vijay Ashwin uruthiya irrupaanga. Badri ah yarum eduka mattanga so avanayum eduthukalam.

Actually Kochi and Pune are oppsing this. They want all the players to be released for auction. But the existing franchisees have replied that they took the risk in 2008 and hence this rule cannot be challenged.

From: Plum on Tue May 4 3:43:16 2010.

Seems Sahara is trying to lure Dhoni at any cost, and to facilitate that remove the "Retain 4 players" clause. There is also talk that N Srinivasan will be next BCCI president -a nd he is using his considerable influence to applying his own pressure to keep the "Retain 4 Players" clause.

Interesting times ahead. I wouldnt want to be in Jatayu Ameen's shoes now!
From: joe on Fri May 14 11:12:51 2010.

http://dondu.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_14.html
From: Kalyasi on Fri May 14 17:26:26 2010.

Abhinav: All set for England tour

Friday, May 14 2010

Chennai: Two years ago, Abhinav Mukund made it to the Indian Under-19 team for the World Cup in Malaysia, but did not play a game due to poor form in the run-up to the competition. But the discerning noted the talent in the opening batsman and it was no surprise when he signed up with the Chennai Super Kings.

If the 2008 World Cup was a personal disappointment to him since he didn't get to play a game, then Abhinav did not allow that to weigh him down. Rather, he continued to score runs heavily in the domestic competition.

His persistence and consistency have now won him a berth in the India 'A' team that is set to tour England later this summer.

The left-handed batsman who also bowls leg breaks, has played 25 first class matches, scoring 2,034 runs with 300 not out as his highest and an average of 53.52.

Reacting to his selection to the India A team, Abhinav said: ''I am overjoyed first of all for having been selected to the India-A team. It is a great opportunity for me. I was kind of expecting it. I do not usually look at team selections. I did not know that the team was getting selected on that particular day.

"I am pleased that I made the cut. I am looking at this tour as a great exposure for me. I think I will do well because I have prepared enough and this is one of few chances that had come by your way.''

Abhinav is only too aware that age is on his side and is not unduly worried about having to wait for his chance to gain selection, especially at the international level, considering the close competition that exists in his age group.

"I usually do not think about all these factors. It is a matter of time because there were so many players before you who have come through the grind. But I have no problem in waiting for my chance. I do not expect anything, but if it comes, well and good," he said.

He firmly believes that he is as fit and ready for the England tour as he can be after working on his fitness and also the game in the past couple of months when he was part of the Super Kings squad in the IPL.

''Mentally, I have prepared for it and when you start playing, you always dream of playing for the country. Physically, I have been preparing well for the past two months. If you had spoken to me before the IPL, I would have told you that I wanted to get stronger.

''For the past two months, I have worked a lot on it and become a lot stronger. Whoever gets settled or acclimatizes faster in those conditions, should have an edge. I have a positive mind set and I am confident about it. And, gelling with others will not be a problem at all,'' he said looking ahead to the England tour.

He felt that his previious visits to England, first with his father who played club cricket and a few friendlies that he played before his entry into first class, would help him settle down to English conditions.

''I had travelled to England when I was very young with my father, who used to play Club cricket in the Kent and Surrey league. I had played couple of games too when I was much younger and it was well before I took to serious cricket. I am able to recollect all my past experiences in England and they will help me,'' he said.

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=284
From: satissh_r on Fri May 14 23:56:33 2010.

Namma entha 3 foreign playersa retain pannuvomnu nenaikiringa ellarum? Especially after this innings from Hussey?
From: VinodKumar's on Sat May 15 1:08:50 2010.

Morkel uruthiya irrupaan :bet:
From: Kalyasi on Sat May 15 4:56:50 2010.

M Hussey!!
From: vanchi on Sat May 15 10:31:58 2010.

ethana nallada kathikinu iruntheenga. ipdi pottu dhonia
pranduranga.

nadakkathu makane nadakkathu.
From: Kalyasi on Mon May 17 4:16:04 2010.

Ashwin - A reward for hard work
Monday, May 17 2010

Chennai: When skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni threw the new ball to Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl in the power play phase in the IPL, the tall off-spinner grabbed the opportunity with both hands to emerge as a key bowler for the Chennai Super Kings. Ashwin, in fact, played a crucial role in the team's success and it was no surprise when he was picked for the tour of Zimbabwe beginning in the last week of May.

Modest to a fault, Ashwin is one of only two Super Kings players in the Indian team for the Zimbabwe campaign, the other being opener Murali Vijay.

With Harbhajan Singh firmly in the saddle, Ashwin obviously has to bide his time. He was in the Indian team for the ODI series against South Africa but did not get to play a game. Yet, Ashwin kept chipping away and the the IPL season saw him blossom forth into one of the top bowlers.

His IPL performance earned him a berth in the team for Zimbabwe and Ashwin is obviously keen to make the best of the opportunity.

"Getting selected is omething that I was looking forward to like everybody who picks up the bat and ball at the age of eight dreams about getting selected. Like many others, I have also been performing well in the domestic season and in the IPL events. I am delighted to have been selected and raring to join the team. Hope to get my game and prove my worth in the team," he said.

Focus and determination played were his major attributes in the IPL and Ashwin hopes to continue the good work in Zimbabwe as he feels that he is in the 'zone'.

"Preparation is very important. I am totally focused to perform in a positive manner. I am getting to be in the zone of feel good factor and I have practiced enough and technically well equipped to deliver the results," he said.

Although only 23, Ashwin has equipped himself with a lot of knowledge about the conditions he is likely to encounter in Zimbabwe and prepare accordingly for his maiden visit to that country.

"Generally, I do not ignore any cricket that is telecast. Whatever I have seen of how cricket is being played in Zimbabwe, it must be pretty sunny but there is a lot of breeze around, I guess. The wickets are rather slow because of the black soil.

"I think it should help the team as we have right combinations. We also have lot of slow bowling options. I think we are well equipped going there."

Ashwin does not believe in over-reaching himself but keeping his mind focussed on the job on hand rather than thinking too far ahead.

"Whenever I go into tournaments or whenever I am bestowed with a chance, I do not look at further deeds or gifts that are going to come my way. I want to fulfill the job on hand. Tomorrow is rather uncertain. It is nature of life. I am happy with whatever I get to do and work towards proving my mettle," he said rather philosophically while signing off.

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=285
From: Kalyasi on Fri Jun 11 0:00:20 2010.

Super Kings hoping for Freddie’s return
Wednesday, Jun 09 2010

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings, the 2010 Indian Premier League champions, received a boost ahead of the Champions League T-20 tournament in South Africa in September with all-rounder Andrew Flintoff deciding to get into competitive cricket after having recovered from a knee injury.

Confirming that Flintoff will be available for the Champions League, Kasi Viswanathan of the Super Kings hoped that the Team Management gets the fitness certificate from the doctors attending on the England star.

“Flintoff had informed the Super Kings that he will surely be available for the Champions League if fit by July this year,” Viswanathan said, adding: “The information that he will be available is nothing new, but the fact that Flintoff being fit and officially informing his county Lancashire is welcome news.”

However, Viswanathan said Flintoff’s inclusion in the Super Kings team was subject to him producing a fitness certificate and in which case, the former England all-rounder would replace Justin Kemp.

“Unless Super Kings get an official fitness certificate from the doctors of Flintoff, his replacement Justin Kemp would be in the team to tour South Africa for the Champions League.

“Kemp would not find a place in the team if Flintoff is available for the Champions League. Flintoff is a quality all-rounder and he can really be a match-winner on South African pitches.”

Flintoff, who was purchased for a record USD 1.5 Million at the 2009 auction, went down with a torn meniscus in his right knee after appearing in just three matches for the Super Kings in South Africa.

Following his surgery, he suffered a side strain to be out of the England team for their Caribbean tour. He underwent rehabilitation in Dubai later which also forced him out of the 2010 IPL that the Super Kings won on Indian soil.

In the 2009 IPL that was shifted to South Africa due to security concerns in India, Flintoff played just three matches, scoring 62 runs with a highest of 24 and a strike rate of 116 while picking up two wickets for 105 runs (11 overs).

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=286
From: ajaybaskar on Fri Jun 11 1:40:24 2010.

Freddie should be a good inclusion to the side...
From: VinodKumar's on Fri Jun 11 10:48:30 2010.

Want to see Dhoni and Freddie together in action
From: ajaybaskar on Wed Jun 30 3:38:02 2010.

CSK to start CL campaign vs Stags

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: The Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings will start their Champions League 2010 campaign against Central Stags of New Zealand at Durban on September 11. Mumbai Indians will play the opening match of the tournament against Highveld Lions of South Africa in Johannesburg on September 10 while the other Indian team,Royal Challengers Bangalore will play their first match on September 12.

This years Champions League has a different format from that of the 2009 edition. The 10 teams have been divided into two groups comprising five teams each competing in a roundrobin format. The top two sides from each group will make it to the semifinals. Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK are in Group A along with Warriors (South Africa), Victorian Bushrangers (Australia), Wayamba Elevens (Sri Lanka) and Central Stags.

Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore are placed in Group B along with Highveld Lions, South Australia Redbacks and West Indies champions who will be confirmed in late-July. In the last edition, two teams from four groups of three teams each, qualified for another league stage from where the semifinalists were spotted. However,the number of matches (23) remains the same this year.
From: raghavendran on Wed Jun 30 5:19:03 2010.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Freddie should be a good inclusion to the side...

| RSS Feed | Email me when a reply is posted

Want to post a response?

(Hello Guest, you need to Login to post a response. Are you a New User? Register first.)

Back to Sports Archived forum