INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE - SEASON2 - 2009 (Part2)

Topic started by sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 28 6:59:47 2009.

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Who will win the second edition of Indian Premier League? Chennai Super Kings [ 9 ] Mumbai Indians [ 6 ] Deccan Chargers [ 5 ] Delhi Daredevils [ 4 ] Kings XI Punjab [ 0 ] Kolkata Knight Riders [ 0 ] Rajasthan Royals [ 0 ] Royal Challengers Bangalore [ 0 ]

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• From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 28 7:00:52 2009.

  Kingfisher Fair Play Standings
  
  -------- Team -------- Spirit of the Game ---- Respect for the Opposition ---- Respect for the laws of the Game ---- Respect for Match Officials ---- Total
  Bangalore (7 Matches) ------- 24 ----------------------- 13 -------------------------------- 12 --------------------------------- 12 --------------- 61
  Punjab (6 Matches) ---------- 24 ----------------------- 12 -------------------------------- 12 --------------------------------- 12 --------------- 60
  Kolkata (7 Matches) ---------- 23 ----------------------- 12 -------------------------------- 12 --------------------------------- 11 --------------- 58
  Mumbai (6 Match) ------------- 20 ----------------------- 10 -------------------------------- 10 --------------------------------- 10 --------------50
  Rajasthan (6 Match) ----------- 20 ----------------------- 10 -------------------------------- 10 --------------------------------- 9 -------------- 49
  Delhi (5 Match) ---------------- 18 ----------------------- 10 -------------------------------- 10 --------------------------------- 10 ------------- 48
  Chennai (6 Matches) ----------- 18 ----------------------- 10 -------------------------------- 10 --------------------------------- 10 ------------- 48
  Deccan (5 Matches) ----------- 18 ------------------------ 9 --------------------------------- 9 ---------------------------------- 9 -------------- 46
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 28 7:01:39 2009.

  Squad:
  
  Rajasthan Royals (RR):
  Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Kamran Akmal (unavailable in 2009), Sohail Tanveer (unavailable in 2009), Robert Quinney, Shaun Tait, Tyron Henderson, Mohammad Kaif, Munaf Patel, Yousuf Pathan, Siddharth Trivedi, Swapnil Asnodkar, Neeraj Patel, Mahesh Rawat, Ravindra Jadeja, Sumeet Khatri, Anup Revandkar, Dinesh Salunkhe
  
  Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
  Local players (11): Napoleon Einsteen, Suresh Kumar, Arun Karthik, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Murali Vijay, Ramachandran Ashwin, Palani Amarnath, Subramaniam Badrinath and Lakshmipathi Balaji.
  Outstation players (6) – MS Dhoni (captain), Sudeep Tyagi, Parthiv Patel, Joginder Sharma, Suresh Raina and Manpreet Singh Gony.
  Foreign players (10): George Bailey, Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey (all Australia); Stephen Fleming (coach-cum-player), Jacob Oram (both New Zealand); Thilan Thushara, Muttiah Muralitharan (both Sri Lanka); Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) and Andrew Flintoff (England).
  
  Delhi Daredevils (DD):
  A B de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, David Warner, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof, T. Dilshan, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Avishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Yomahesh, Pradeep Sangwan, Umesh Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Tejashwi Yadav, Amit Mishra.
  
  Kings XI Punjab:
  Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, K. Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Jerome Taylor, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, S. Sreesanth, R. Powar, V.R.V. Singh, Piyush Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, T. Srivastava, Sonny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Yash Gandhi.
  
  
  Mumbai Indians (MI):
  Lasith Malinga, Jean-Paul Duminy, Graham Napier, Ryan McLaren, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dwayne Bravo, Mohammad Ashraful, Kyle Mills, Luke Ronchi, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Shikar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jude Singh, Jaydev Shah, Rahil Shaikh, Yoghesh Takawale, Pinal Shah, Ajinkya Rahane, Chetanya Nanda, Rohan Raje, Saurab Tiwary.
  
  Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
  International Players (10): Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, David Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Umar Gul, Ajantha Mendis, Brad Hodge, Moises Henriques, Angelo Mathews, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
  Indian Players (14): Sourav Ganguly, Ishant Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Aakash Chopra, Iqbal Abdulla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yashpal Singh, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sourasish Lahri, Rohan Banerjee, Debabrata Das, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashoke Dinda.
  
  Royal Challengers, Bangalore (RSB):
  Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Cameron White, Nathan Bracken, Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Srivats Goswami, R. Sutheesh, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvanesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohannan, Bharat Chipli, B. Akhil, Devraj Patil, J. Arun Kumar, K.P. Appanna, Sunil Joshi, Gaurav Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, A. Mithun, S. Arvind, Kedar Jadhav, C.M. Gautam, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi, Rohit Sabharwal.
  
  Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad (DCH):
  Adam Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Chamara Silva, C. Vaas, N. Zoysa, V.V.S. Laxman, Rohit Sharma, R.P. Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Venugopala Rao, D. Ravi Teja, T. Suman, Arjun Yadav, D. Kalyankrishna, P. Vijay Kumar, Abhinav Kumar, Manvinder Bisla, Jaskaran Deep Singh, Harmeet Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Halhadar Das, Syed Mohammad, Shoaib Ahmed.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue Apr 28 7:01:55 2009.

  Reserved.
  
  

• From: Plum on Tue Apr 28 8:08:59 2009.

  Some of my replies in previous thread - in the interest of posterity not losing out on my wisdom, reposting here
  From: Plum on Tue Apr 28 7:59:50 2009. [Full View]
  
  
  crajkumar_be wrote:
  Kamaan Warnie
  
  DD should bite the dust
  
  Getting Sehwag out cheaply would be ultimate
  
  Aana the fact is DD extremely dangerous and strong contenders for the title
  
  CR, en Delhi mela kolai veri? Sehwag, Gambhir ellame likeable fellows dhaane? Besides, it is the only team otehr than CSK to play 2 tamilians, isnt it? . (CSK may end up with only one tamilian in next matchngaradhu vera vishayam. Dhoni is talking about Jatti or jakati or someone. Enda, Ashwin ellam un kannula padave maattana? Tamizhanna en indhai kolai veri unakku Dhoniya?)
  
  
  
  From: Plum on Tue Apr 28 8:04:47 2009. [Full View]
  
  
  Kalyasi wrote:
  ... Fidel Edwards kelambiduvaru innum 2 match ku apparom...... lets see...
  
  
  Appuram, Chaminda Vaas, Doddapaneni Kalyanakrishna, Paladikavla Vijayakumar maadhiri stalwarts varuvaanga team-la
  
  
  
  From: Plum on Tue Apr 28 8:06:11 2009. [Full View]
  
  
  mgb wrote:
  Albie was ur TP initially.
  
  
  Enna dhaan avan sodhappinalum, TP adhu idhunu thittaradhu remba over
  
  

• From: Anban on Tue Apr 28 8:21:43 2009.

  first,
  
  Rajasthan should bat well.. their batting is pathetic except for our Kaattu manithan..
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 8:24:13 2009.

  Anban wrote:

  first, Rajasthan should bat well.. their batting is pathetic except for our Kaattu manithan..

  
  Smith....innum onnum adikkala... Warne mela irukkura pazhaya gaandala kavukkuraraa?
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 8:29:07 2009.

  Voted 4 MI...
  innum 10+ votes irukku...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 10:03:55 2009.

  Toss: Delhi have won the toss and they will be batting.
  
  Kammaaan DD....Destroy RR!
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Apr 28 10:10:56 2009.

  potomla DC-ku vote-a!
  
  Jeikka poradhu naanga thaan! Parakka povadhu erumai maatin kodi!
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 10:14:48 2009.

  Camaan RR
  
  Kalyasi, vENAm. IthOda niruthikkanga. Warne is my most favorite spinner all-time. Avana thittineengannA, naan pOna season mAthiri Dhoni-ya pathi pEsavENdiyadhu varum
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 10:22:23 2009.

  Padhaan kaattaan na appo Sehwag-um Kaattaan dhaane?
  
  "Kolai kutham na yuthamum kutham"
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 10:24:30 2009.

  Delhi Daredevils team
  G Gambhir, captainV Sehwag, TM Dilshan, AB de Villiers, wicketkeeperKD Karthik, M Manhas, DL Vettori, A Mishra, P Sangwan, A Nehra, DP Nannes
  
  Rajasthan Royals team
  GC Smith, SA Asnodkar, RJ Quiney, YK Pathan, AD Mascarenhas, RA Jadeja, PC Valthaty, captainSK Warne, wicketkeeperM Rawat, MM Patel, Kamran Khan
  
  PC Valthaty
  http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/player/35630.html
  
  25 vayasu aacchu..but, 2 match than aadirukkan?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 10:39:02 2009.

  Camaan warnie, We need a twist in IPL !!
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 10:40:41 2009.

  Idhu baetting pitch-aam. RR-kku no saans
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 10:45:16 2009.

  Openers gone ABD, Dilshan mattum dhAn.....
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 28 10:45:18 2009.

  gauthi out!! dissapointing tournament for him
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 28 10:46:13 2009.

  Sehwag
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 10:46:43 2009.

  Ennamo vittu kodukura madhiri solreenga??
  

  MADDY wrote:

  Ramakrishna wrote: KKR on their way to join CSK and BRC i think bottom 4 would be KKR, BRC, CSK and RR in ascending order.............MI, DC, DD, K XI would make it to semis........yappa Mumbai jeikkatum paa indha dhadava - enga paathhalum avangalakku dhaan support - all commentators, cricketing brains, arteries, veins ellam , enga office-la kooda ellam Mumbai supporters dhaan......gavaskar, ravi shastri ellam finals-la mumbai-kkaga item song aaduna kooda aachiriyam illa.....as harsha says - mumbai jeichha indian cricket is in good shape-nnu artham..... (pudhiya thathhuvam 30004)

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 10:47:22 2009.

  Sehwag, nalla vela 16 ku out aanaaru
  
  Anyway, bet win chesthanu, Kalyan you owe me one
  Berthuday treat vera kanakku
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 10:52:05 2009.

  Dilshan - Again, very effective and great value for money but ugly. Oditte adippaan.. shot complete pannrathukulla oda arambicha enna artham?.. enna avasaram?
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 28 10:57:16 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Sehwag, nalla vela 16 ku out aanaaru Anyway, bet win chesthanu, Kalyan you owe me one Berthuday treat vera kanakku

  
  
  naanum ottu kettutean..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 10:58:32 2009.

  Dilsan-um pOyittAn! Innum Warne oru over kooda pOdalai
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 10:58:42 2009.

  Yebbaa namma Bala naaku karinaaku .
  
  Deel-shaan outtu.
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 28 11:00:25 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Dilshan - Again, very effective and great value for money but ugly. Oditte adippaan.. shot complete pannrathukulla oda arambicha enna artham?.. enna avasaram?

  
  
  Patel to Dilshan, OUT, Another one bites the dust! Short delivery on the stumps and Dilshan pulls it away high towards deep midwicket. Asnodkar runs around and nicely settled under it. Royals on top here
  TM Dilshan c Asnodkar b Patel 7 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 70.00
  
  odittaan..
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Apr 28 11:06:06 2009.

  Sehwag
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 11:06:47 2009.

  Enna, fantasy league la unga main player eh?? . Podhumpa, Team owner vida kavalapadueengale.
  

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Sehwag

  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 28 11:06:49 2009.

  DD in real trouble.. 4 wickets down..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 11:07:28 2009.

  KKD Karthik out.. C&B Warnie
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 11:08:43 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Enna, fantasy league la unga main player eh?? . Podhumpa, Team owner vida kavalapadueengale. littlemaster1982 wrote: Sehwag

  
  
  
  

• From: steveaustin on Tue Apr 28 11:10:06 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Camaan warnie, We need a twist in IPL !!

  
  
  If RR improve their batting, then the Captain Warne, the magician will do everything for them in the field. So far, I think RR is the only team to remove all the openers cheaply. If I am wrong, please correct it. While I am posting this one, Delhi Daredevils is struggling at 50 for 4. As far as the captainship is concerned in T-20 format, Warne is very impressive and he is the real master utilizing the available resources very well than any one in this IPL edition too.
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Apr 28 11:17:04 2009.

  Irundhaalum oru poruppu venaam
  
  

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Enna, fantasy league la unga main player eh?? . Podhumpa, Team owner vida kavalapadueengale. littlemaster1982 wrote: Sehwag

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 11:18:15 2009.

  Plum,
  Warne pudikkadha?
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 28 11:18:44 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Irundhaalum oru poruppu venaam ajithfederer wrote: Enna, fantasy league la unga main player eh?? . Podhumpa, Team owner vida kavalapadueengale. littlemaster1982 wrote: Sehwag

  
  
  Gambir and Sehwag.. ennOda team la Trump players vera
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Tue Apr 28 11:37:31 2009.

  DEL: 94/4 (13.0)
  
  

• From: Plum on Tue Apr 28 11:38:25 2009.

  CR, Warnenu illai, Australianale pudikkadhu. Exceptions romba kammi. Maybe, Mitchell Johnson's girlfriedku exception certificate koduppaen.
  
  

• From: Plum on Tue Apr 28 11:39:17 2009.

  Enna kodumaina DC vs RR-nu Finals varum. yaarai support pandradhu - rendume Aussie led.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 11:43:21 2009.

  Aahaa!! enna oru uyarndha ullam.
  

  Plum wrote:

  CR, Warnenu illai, Australianale pudikkadhu. Exceptions romba kammi. Maybe, Mitchell Johnson's girlfriedku exception certificate koduppaen.

  
  

• From: vasanth2006 on Tue Apr 28 12:05:15 2009.

  steveaustin wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Camaan warnie, We need a twist in IPL !! If RR improve their batting, then the Captain Warne, the magician will do everything for them in the field. So far, I think RR is the only team to remove all the openers cheaply. If I am wrong, please correct it. While I am posting this one, Delhi Daredevils is struggling at 50 for 4. As far as the captainship is concerned in T-20 format, Warne is very impressive and he is the real master utilizing the available resources very well than any one in this IPL edition too.

  
  
  Warne is the Best captain in the IPL IMO....
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 12:11:49 2009.

  144 is the target - RR can go to jaipur if they don't win this easy target.
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 28 12:38:35 2009.

  Most boring batting team is RR(except Pathan)
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 12:39:32 2009.

  ivangalum thenarraanga batting la...
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 28 12:41:51 2009.

  Asnodhkar out
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 13:11:49 2009.

  Ramakrishna wrote:

  Asnodhkar out

  
  You support DD?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 13:14:34 2009.

  Raassasthan
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 13:15:48 2009.

  Bathaan innum varala
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 13:27:54 2009.

  Padhaan gives hope
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 13:30:36 2009.

  KAttAn kAttrAn Mascerenhas irukkAn innum...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 13:46:53 2009.

  RR kAttAn is brining them close now...
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 13:51:21 2009.

  Kaatan Pathan
  
  

• From: omega on Tue Apr 28 13:53:38 2009.

  Vara Kaattana iruppan pola...
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue Apr 28 13:53:56 2009.

  Goyyaala
  
  DD suffer their first loss. Tomorrow camaan MI. Title jeyikkalainAlum paravaillai, please don't lose to savraj.
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Apr 28 13:56:05 2009.

  Yusuf Pathan manidhanae alla
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 28 13:56:38 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Ramakrishna wrote: Asnodhkar out You support DD?

  
  
  apdi illai, i don't like Asnodhkar's batting.Waste of time.
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Apr 28 13:56:48 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Tomorrow camaan MI. Title jeyikkalainAlum paravaillai, please don't lose to savraj.

  
  
  Pazhaiya kanakku baakki irukku
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 28 13:58:15 2009.

  Pathan is really something. Even though he is a Kaattaan, he doesn't play blind shots. He gets into good positions to play shots. His footwork is not bad. He is very powerful.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 28 14:00:55 2009.

  Yusuf Pathan
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Tue Apr 28 14:01:59 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Yusuf Pathan manidhanae alla

  
  
  there is only one GOD in Cricket
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 28 14:03:36 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  littlemaster1982 wrote: Yusuf Pathan manidhanae alla there is only one GOD in Cricket

  
  
  human illanaa God thaana, yaen intha animal ellaam koodaatha
  
  

• From: thamizhvaanan on Tue Apr 28 14:03:45 2009.

  Quote:

  Smith; "We had the power hitters and we knew we could get through." A tough game coming up for the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on thursday.

  
  
  Innuma indha ooru nammala nambitu irukku
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 14:09:21 2009.

  MI has the best runrate 1.650
  
  http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/series/374163.html?view=pointstable
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Tue Apr 28 14:09:26 2009.

  Ramakrishna wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: littlemaster1982 wrote: Yusuf Pathan manidhanae alla there is only one GOD in Cricket human illanaa God thaana, yaen intha animal ellaam koodaatha

  
  
  Perarasu innum thamizh padam thaan eduthittu irukaapla
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Tue Apr 28 14:11:02 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Yusuf Pathan

  
  munnamae therinjiruntha sharukh kitta solli JKR team captain aaki irukalaamla
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 14:12:17 2009.

  thamizhvaanan wrote:

  Quote: Smith; "We had the power hitters and we knew we could get through." A tough game coming up for the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on thursday. Innuma indha ooru nammala nambitu irukku

  
  naan sollalaam nu vandhen
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 14:21:21 2009.

  Actually i want annan to bowl spin to yuvraj 2moroww . What a lovely sight that would be.
  
  

• From: Anban on Tue Apr 28 17:44:41 2009.

  RR won.. pathan
  
  

• From: Anban on Tue Apr 28 17:45:25 2009.

  thamizhvaanan wrote:

  Quote: Smith; "We had the power hitters and we knew we could get through." A tough game coming up for the Rajasthan Royals against the Chennai Super Kings on thursday. Innuma indha ooru nammala nambitu irukku

  hayden-naala thaan
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 21:56:43 2009.

  Pathan.... match winner.
  (He was my TP y'day... )
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Apr 28 23:12:29 2009.

  I'll quit if we don't make semis - McCullum
  
  Coaching in IPL tougher than Tests and ODIs - Buchanan
  
  KKR
  
  

• From: thamizhvaanan on Tue Apr 28 23:32:55 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Pathan.... match winner. (He was my TP y'day... )

  Ganesh anna ku thanks sollungo
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 23:41:07 2009.

  http://cricket-online.tv/rajasthan-royals-vs-delhi-daredevils-highlights/
  
  Manasaatchi illadha Innings.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 23:43:33 2009.

  thamizhvaanan wrote:

  sourav wrote: Pathan.... match winner. (He was my TP y'day... ) Ganesh anna ku thanks sollungo

  
  //Dign.,
  S... U r a silent hubber nowadays? Athigama post panrathulla. Y u didnt participate in cricinfo hubbers league game? Thillangadi idea ellam use pannuveengale..
  //
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 23:48:17 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  http://cricket-online.tv/rajasthan-royals-vs-delhi-daredevils-highlights/ Manasaatchi illadha Innings.

  ya... intha spin antha spin entha spin-a irunthalum adikkuraan... wagon wheel paatha off side la 5 runs kooda irukkathu....lol... Did he ever played square cut, cover drive, single to 3rd man strokes b4?...nan paathathu illa...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue Apr 28 23:51:00 2009.

  Wed 29 (4 PM IST)
  19th match - BRC v KKR
  Kingsmead, Durban
  
  Wed 29 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
  20th match - K-XI v MI
  Kingsmead, Durban
  
  

• From: thamizhvaanan on Tue Apr 28 23:56:04 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  //Dign., S... U r a silent hubber nowadays? Athigama post panrathulla. Y u didnt participate in cricinfo hubbers league game? Thillangadi idea ellam use pannuveengale.. //

  andha thillalangadi ellam selladhu enakku munnadiye therinjiduchu.. .adhaan try panradhu illa
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 0:28:28 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: http://cricket-online.tv/rajasthan-royals-vs-delhi-daredevils-highlights/ Manasaatchi illadha Innings. ya... intha spin antha spin entha spin-a irunthalum adikkuraan... wagon wheel paatha off side la 5 runs kooda irukkathu....lol... Did he ever played square cut, cover drive, single to 3rd man strokes b4?...nan paathathu illa...

  super over'la mendis'a first ball off'ladane saathinaan
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 0:33:39 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sourav wrote: ajithfederer wrote: http://cricket-online.tv/rajasthan-royals-vs-delhi-daredevils-highlights/ Manasaatchi illadha Innings. ya... intha spin antha spin entha spin-a irunthalum adikkuraan... wagon wheel paatha off side la 5 runs kooda irukkathu....lol... Did he ever played square cut, cover drive, single to 3rd man strokes b4?...nan paathathu illa... super over'la mendis'a first ball off'ladane saathinaan

  nethu off side-la onnum adikkala-nu sonnen...i dont blame him...summa than ketten. nesstu match-um ivanayae TP-a pottura vendiyathu than...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 1:28:25 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Wed 29 (4 PM IST) 19th match - BRC v KKR Kingsmead, Durban

  
  idhula yendha team jeichaalum CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. even if the match is washed out, CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. yenna koduma sir idhu.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 1:30:42 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: Wed 29 (4 PM IST) 19th match - BRC v KKR Kingsmead, Durban idhula yendha team jeichaalum CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. even if the match is washed out, CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. yenna koduma sir idhu.

  And if MI beat KXI today and CSK beat RR tomm, CSK will be back in top4.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 1:39:05 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: Wed 29 (4 PM IST) 19th match - BRC v KKR Kingsmead, Durban idhula yendha team jeichaalum CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. even if the match is washed out, CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. yenna koduma sir idhu.

  
  hmmmmm...3 matches thottha kooda Run Rate +la than irukku,..ellamae close matches...pinnadi use aanaulm aagum.
  Chennai--------------5------1-----3-----0------1-----2------+0.702------670/80.0------610/79.3
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 1:51:28 2009.

  Sachin (163 runs) need 53 more runs today to take the orange cap from Hayden (215 runs).
  Malinga (9 wkts) shares purple cap with RP Singh (9 wkts). 1 more wicket today will make him the leader for purple cap.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 2:18:48 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Camaan RR Kalyasi, vENAm. IthOda niruthikkanga. Warne is my most favorite spinner all-time. Avana thittineengannA, naan pOna season mAthiri Dhoni-ya pathi pEsavENdiyadhu varum

  
  
  We will meet.... will meet.... meet...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 2:25:42 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: sourav wrote: Wed 29 (4 PM IST) 19th match - BRC v KKR Kingsmead, Durban idhula yendha team jeichaalum CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. even if the match is washed out, CSK 7th place ku pOyidum. yenna koduma sir idhu. hmmmmm...3 matches thottha kooda Run Rate +la than irukku,..ellamae close matches...pinnadi use aanaulm aagum. Chennai--------------5------1-----3-----0------1-----2------+0.702------670/80.0------610/79.3

  hm, but if the teams have equal points for 4th place, team with more number of wins wud qualify for semis. if the number of wins is also equal, run rate wud be considered.
  
  

  IPL wrote:

  5.2 The Team with the highest number of points shall be at the top of the table and the Team with the lowest shall be at the bottom. Where Teams have an equal number of points their relative positions shall be determined by the following: (a) the Team with the most wins in Matches in the League that Season will be placed in the higher position; (b) if there are Teams with equal points and equal wins in that Season, then in such case the Team with the higher net run rate (as calculated in Rule 21.9.5 of the ICC World Twenty20 Playing Conditions 2007) will be placed in the higher position; (c) if following the net run rate calculation above there are Teams which are still equal, then the Team with the higher number of wickets taken per balls bowled in the Matches played that Season in which results were achieved will be placed in the higher position; (d) if still equal at the end of the regular Season then the Team position will be determined by drawing lots.

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 2:49:42 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  I'll quit if we don't make semis - McCullum

  
  paavam ya ivan, seriously..
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 29 2:50:52 2009.

  He has become a pawn in the games played by Bucchanan and co
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 2:52:08 2009.

  Buchanan a yaarume edhuvum kekka mudiyaadha?
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 2:52:08 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Sehwag, nalla vela 16 ku out aanaaru Anyway, bet win chesthanu, Kalyan you owe me one Berthuday treat vera kanakku

  
  
  ok ok Bet nene loose chesthanu.... inku okka saari bettu chesthanu...
  
  but for yesterday's win we shld credit CSK....
  
  coz when DD bowled with spinners at the death, we were not able to get them off... so sehwag thought of applying the same strategy which didn't work out against kaateri pathan....
  
  Mathukku apparom...
  Sehwag to his team - Machi CSK remba nallavanga da... death la kooda spinners pota adikaama vittutanunga....
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 2:53:25 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  .. coz when DD bowled with spinners at the death, we were not able to get them off... so sehwag thought of applying the same strategy which didn't work out against kaateri pathan.... .

  
  Thamizhan vaazha maram madhiri
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 3:00:38 2009.

  Nalaikku game wud be the best contest of IPL2....
  
  CSK - Top Order Batting is very strong
  RR - Bowling is Good
  
  RR - Middle overs bowling not very strong
  CSK - Middle Order batting is very weak
  
  CSK - Middle overs bowling have brought them back into the contest in most of the games
  RR - Middle order batting is very strong with Kaateri in full form
  
  CSK - Bowling is very weak
  RR - Top order batting is not that good....
  
  What a contest it wud be...
  
  Go CSK.... I bet CSK wud win the contest...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 3:09:31 2009.

  Ok Kalyan, i'm betting on RR, aligning with my win-win policy of betting.
  
  P.S: If Karunchiruthai is not included tomorrow, my resolve will be immensely tested
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Wed Apr 29 3:23:52 2009.

  DD had a miserable fielding day also. pathan was dropped once, and two easy runouts missed by dilshan (smith).
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 3:27:38 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Ok Kalyan, i'm betting on RR, aligning with my win-win policy of betting. P.S: If Karunchiruthai is not included tomorrow, my resolve will be immensely tested

  
  
  Karunchiruthai will be included in the playing XI for sure...
  
  If dhoni had not trusted him, he wud not have given the last over to our man in the last game as well as the finals last year...
  
  Dhoni still trusts him...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 3:29:07 2009.

  Gayle friday kelamburaan....athukkappuram KKR-ku ooooooo....oooooooo...
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Wed Apr 29 3:34:54 2009.

  http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/007200904291131.htm
  
  Those who think T20 is for young don't know cricket: Sachin
  
  Durban (PTI): Those who consider Twenty20 a young man's game don't know much about cricket, says Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, insisting that age has got nothing to do with a player's performance in the shortest format of the sport.
  
  "I don't know who says that it's a young man's game. Clearly, he doesn't know much about cricket. It's a cricketers' game so it really doesn't matter whether you are young or old. It is a cricketer's match," Tendulkar told the Indian Premier League's official website.
  
  The 36-year-old skipper of the Mumbai Indians team has been in sparkling form in the IPL having scored 163 runs at an average of over 80 in three matches. He is currently fourth on the leading IPL-II scorers' list.
  
  Tendulkar said opening the Mumbai innings with Sri Lanka's ageless swashbuckler Sanath Jayasuriya has been a fantastic experience so far.
  
  "... even last year I enjoyed batting at the other end and it was fantastic. He has got excellent hand-eye co-ordination, very quick feet, very quick hands. Needless to say that he is one of the best strikers in the world," said Tendulkar.
  
  The right-hander said he is not chasing hundreds in the event and remains focussed on ensuring wins for his team.
  
  "I am not playing for 100s, I am playing for the team. And, if I score a hundred even better for the team. The idea is not to chase a 100. If it comes my way it's fine.
  
  "As long as my contribution is there for the team, that is what matters. If it has helped us to get to a good total, I am a happy person," he said.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 3:43:09 2009.

  Best economy
  
  Minimum eight overs bowled
  
  Player Team Matches Overs Econ Rate Wickets Average Strike Rate Best Bowling
  Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians 3 10.2 4.35 9 5.00 6.8 3/11
  Muttiah Muralitharan Chennai Super Kings 3 11.0 4.90 4 13.50 16.5 3/11
  Pragyan Ojha Deccan Chargers 4 14.0 5.21 8 9.12 10.5 3/21
  Piyush Chawla Kings XI Punjab 4 10.5 5.63 3 20.33 21.6 2/22
  Anil Kumble Royal Challengers Bangalore 5 19.1 5.79 6 18.50 19.1 5/5
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 3:47:25 2009.

  IPL captains check!
  
  http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2009/apr/29sld1-whos-the-best-captain.htm
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 3:51:45 2009.

  CSK should bring back Amarnath. They did not lose a single match that Amarnath played last year. Or at the max, only one of the matches Amarnath played was lost. Badrinath, Amarnath - pilgrimage team maadhiri irukku idhu. Innum Kedarnath onnu dhaan baakki.
  
  But Badrinath will be dropped for next match. Vijay might replace Badri rather than replacing Parthiv.
  Dhoni was talking about some jatti or jakatti. So he may also come in place of Gony. Theermanama irukkan Dhoni - non-tamil players dhaan team-la kondu varanumnu. CR, high time you lose that resolve. Indha team peyarla dhaan Chennai. mathabadi, it is cow belt team dhaan. Mumbaikku maaridunga. Illaina, enna maadhiri Deccan-ku maaridunga.
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 4:04:54 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Gayle friday kelamburaan....athukkappuram KKR-ku ooooooo....oooooooo...

  ippo mattum enna vaazhudhaam
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 4:07:11 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  I'll quit if we don't make semis - McCullum

  
  semi final pogalainna adhukku apram next seasondane.. where is the question of quitting
  if he is as sincere as he tells, he should come down the order and allow dada to open the batting with gayle
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 29 4:07:47 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sourav wrote: Gayle friday kelamburaan....athukkappuram KKR-ku ooooooo....oooooooo... ippo mattum enna vaazhudhaam

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 4:08:43 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sourav wrote: Gayle friday kelamburaan....athukkappuram KKR-ku ooooooo....oooooooo... ippo mattum enna vaazhudhaam

  
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 4:15:47 2009.

  Battle of the losers
  
  It was a short and sweet trip to Port Elizabeth. We went in, we got ****, and we came out. Pretty simple and a highly memorable trip indeed. The one good thing coming out of our fantastic performance is that Dildo's returned to India and I am pretty sure that's the last we have seen of him, unless of course we reach the semis. But, I can assure you, we will try our best to save him the trip to SA.
  
  We arrived in Durban yesterday. The weather's much better here, especially compared to Cape Town. The bad news is that we will have a full game, which of course means we have that much of a lesser chance to win.
  
  Today is the mother of all clashes. The two must muddled up teams of the competition go head-to-head. It's almost like a battle for the bottom of the barrell. Both of us have tried every rule in the book to ensure that we finish last. Now, this is the chance to prove to the world that WE are the worst team and not the Bevdaas. I am pretty sure that the Bevdaas are also equally determined to be last. But, my friends, I have full faith in my team and am confident that we will pip them to the post and finish last.
  
  The silent mutiny building up was threatening to explode last night. We had a scheduled team meeting last night. Prior to the meeting, 8 of the 11 Indian team members had met and decided to voice what we feel about our situation, about how we are being treated, and about the fact we have no faith left in Bhookha Naan any more. Most of the guys are insecure that they may be sent back soon. Gilli Danda, the sane man he is, pointed out that with only 11 of us left, if someone was sent back, then Dildo himself will have to pad up for the next match. The logic didn't quite hold in the highly charged and paranoid environment in the room. Mangal Pandey agreed to take the lead. Just for the record, Lordie wasn't in this meeting. It was discussed whether Lordie should be brought into the fold, but Mangal (who probably fancies himself as skipper for the next season) said that we have to fight this out without Lordie. And in the meeting we went with all our guns pointed at the enemy.
  
  Entering the meeting room I got a really funny feeling. Boy George, Bhookha Naan, Phoren Babas and the entire coaching staff (which now probably is larger than the playing staff) was seated and looking at us as we entered. Somewhat like the 70s films when the worker's union went in to negotiate with the management. As we sat down, all of us were looking at Mangal to take out his gun out and start firing. But, the dude must have suddenly developed cold feet and just sat there with his mouth open. Lordie walked in about 3 minutes late. Boy George was the first to start the proceedings with his usual management bull **** about how we are down but not out, we need to stay together, play as a unit etc etc. Come on man. Cut the crap, at least now! Skipper took over from there and offered to resign. He said that he has spoken to Bhookha, and owns up responsibility for the team's performance and is ready to step down if the team is not happy with him. He asked Lordie if he'd like to take over the captaincy. There were signs of some guys hoping for Lordie to say yes. But Lordie is a smart dude. He knows there's very little he can do with this bunch of players. Why clean up after others have crapped all over the house. He played the role the statesman and said that it will be disastrous to change captains midway. There was a discussion on what all has gone wrong so far. Given that almost everything's gone wrong from the time we landed, the discussion was pretty short. There were some discussions on team selection. It was quite obvious that skipper and Bhookha have had a fall out. Bhookha was quiet most of the time. Skipper wants Bhookha to settle his problems with Style Bhai spinner. Style Bhai's been kept out becoz of Bhookha's issues with his attitude. And the skipper wants him back - attitude problem or not. It seems to me that skipper's had enough of it and now wants to stand on his own 2 little feet. Style Bhai told in unequivocal terms that he wants to play. Bhookha is still non committal. Lordie wants Bangla Tiger to be drafted in. Skipper seems to be agreeing. Bhookha has not openly disagreed. But that means that Junta will have to sit out and Style Bhai will come in. Now, whether Bhookha swallows his pride and lets it happen today is a different matter altogether. Bhookha has realised that the water has risen beyond the danger line. I think he is aware that he can't push things much at this stage. Boy George is his best friend at the moment. The 2 of them are responsible for where we find ourselves today.
  
  Now on to some interesting stuff. News from Sheikh's camp is that he has tried every trick up his fingers but Big Sister's still eluded him. Looks like he is finding Big Sister harder to get than even his national captaincy. For now, he seems to be settling for Little Sister. It's not known yet whether the issue has been nailed or not.
  
  Gilly Danda has an interesting take on why skipper's not scoring runs in this tournament. It seems skipper is scared of the consequences, as to what Dildo may expect from him after the match. For hints, please see picture.
  
  http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/04/battle-of-losers.html
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 4:17:29 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  But Badrinath will be dropped for next match. Vijay might replace Badri rather than replacing Parthiv. Dhoni was talking about some jatti or jakatti. So he may also come in place of Gony. Theermanama irukkan Dhoni - non-tamil players dhaan team-la kondu varanumnu. CR, high time you lose that resolve. Indha team peyarla dhaan Chennai. mathabadi, it is cow belt team dhaan. Mumbaikku maaridunga. Illaina, enna maadhiri Deccan-ku maaridunga.

  
  
  balaji bowling nalla potta edhukunga team a vittu thooka porainga
  
  badrinath - not apt for t20 ..
  
  Murali oru thamizhan thana
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 4:30:13 2009.

  Vivs, I am talking in general about Dhoni's attitude. Idhula specific case edhukku kondu vareenga?
  Balaji nalla podaliya - pona matchla dhaana 3/19 eduthan? Marandhu pocha? Flintoff-lam sema damage aanappo avan dhaane konjamavadhu maanathai kaapathinan? Even otherwise, Joginder Sharma-lam vidapidiya vechukarache, Balajikku enna kuraichal?
  Anyway, do you get my point is Dhoni seems to be hindi-belt biased?
  Badri did well last year in IPL, and that is what brought him into natl focus. Adhukku munnadi only Ranji trophy fans like me knew him. Dhoni didnt handle him well at all promoting the likes of Kapugadera. That is what I am asking - a proven failure like Kapu was given preference by Dhoni as against a proven success like Badri in last year's final. Idhu bias illama enna? How do you explain it? The only alternate explanation is Dhoni is dumb beyond reason. That doesnt wash. So it must be bias. adhuvum illama, his failure to keep Abhinav Mukund in the squad as against the northie players in the squad is baffling. Abhinav was the best batsman in Ranji 1-day league which TN won last year.
  
  Now, tell me this - Tamil nadu actually wins the Ranji ODI league in 2009 yet none of them are good enough for Dhoni to play even in the Chennai team? I dont buy that. This can only be bias. But what Dhoni is failing to realise is that he is shooting himself in his own foot by doing this.
  This is where Saurav Ganguly stands out as a great captain for India. Now, thats a man who actually brought in a culture of no regional bias in the natl dressing room. Adhu dhaan great captainkum(Saurav) good captainkum(Dhoni) vidhyasam.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 4:30:56 2009.

  Amnesty for ICL players - BCCI
  
  Cricinfo staff
  
  April 29, 2009
  
  The BCCI has announced an "amnesty" to all Indian players associated with the ICL and said that they can return to official cricket if they cut all ties with the unofficial private league within May 31. The players who chose to return to the official fold will eligible to play international cricket after a 'cooling period' of a year, but can play domestic cricket from June 1, when the ICC's new rules on official and unofficial cricket come into force.
  
  It's learnt that other national boards who have banned their ICL players from official cricket are expected to follow suit. The Indian board announced its decision after a meeting of its working committee in Mumbai.
  
  "The BCCI has taken a decision to grant amnesty to players who have been associated the ICL," Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president, said. "They have been given time till May 31 during which they need to sever all ties with the ICL and come back to the BCCI and inform the board.
  
  "We have taken a further decision on those players and the support staff of the ICL that they will not be able to play international cricket or given international assignments for a period of one year from the date they sever their allegiance with the ICL."
  
  Sathish, Vignesh ellam seekarom kootitu vaanga pa... illati Shane Bond a sign pannunga CSK ku
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 4:32:44 2009.

  http://content.cricinfo.com/icl2008/content/current/story/402028.html
  Anyway, here's good news for ICL players. This also means a shot in the arm for Deccan Chargers. If Rayudu is available, then that team becomes only stronger.
  BTW, I just realised the reason DC are winning this year - they have eliminated Arjun Yadav, the management recommendation candidate in their team. Shivlal Yadav pulliayandan was adept at internal politics and strutting around thanks to his father's influence in Hyderabad cricket. Cutting him down to size probably enhanced the spirit of the local players in the team.
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 4:33:37 2009.

  Also, for CSK, guys like the R.Sathish, Jesuraj can make a big difference.
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 4:36:08 2009.

  Kalyasi, exactly. I forgot Vignesh. I think Srinivasan should immediately contact him and book him a flight to South Africa.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 4:41:22 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Vivs, I am talking in general about Dhoni's attitude. Idhula specific case edhukku kondu vareenga? Balaji nalla podaliya - pona matchla dhaana 3/19 eduthan? Marandhu pocha? Flintoff-lam sema damage aanappo avan dhaane konjamavadhu maanathai kaapathinan? Even otherwise, Joginder Sharma-lam vidapidiya vechukarache, Balajikku enna kuraichal? Anyway, do you get my point is Dhoni seems to be hindi-belt biased? Badri did well last year in IPL, and that is what brought him into natl focus. Adhukku munnadi only Ranji trophy fans like me knew him. Dhoni didnt handle him well at all promoting the likes of Kapugadera. That is what I am asking - a proven failure like Kapu was given preference by Dhoni as against a proven success like Badri in last year's final. Idhu bias illama enna? How do you explain it? The only alternate explanation is Dhoni is dumb beyond reason. That doesnt wash. So it must be bias. adhuvum illama, his failure to keep Abhinav Mukund in the squad as against the northie players in the squad is baffling. Abhinav was the best batsman in Ranji 1-day league which TN won last year. Now, tell me this - Tamil nadu actually wins the Ranji ODI league in 2009 yet none of them are good enough for Dhoni to play even in the Chennai team? I dont buy that. This can only be bias. But what Dhoni is failing to realise is that he is shooting himself in his own foot by doing this. This is where Saurav Ganguly stands out as a great captain for India. Now, thats a man who actually brought in a culture of no regional bias in the natl dressing room. Adhu dhaan great captainkum(Saurav) good captainkum(Dhoni) vidhyasam.

  
  Plum,
  mmm.... Yes, Palani irundha match ellam jeichom - indha varushamum try pannalaam, nothing to lose
  
  Yes, Badri is not a guy who should be sent at the death. In fact, Dhoni should stop promoting himself at every opportunity and even when opportunity doesn't exist. Maram vetta thaan varume, end overs la poondhu oru kaattu kattalaam illa.
  
  Viv,
  Badri has a very decent IPL average and strike rate.
  
  I don't have the stats in front of me so i may be wrong but for quite a while, Dhoni has been playing this way: Come up the order, have a strike rate of 4-6 an over, make some runs, get out. Fortunately for him, others have been able to score and hence the T20 WC win and IPL finals. Is it just to save his hide or a genuine intent of dropping anchor (thevai illadhadhu of course)?
  
  Perusa adikkalennaalum parava illa, that doesn't piss one off. Its this outright blaming and passing the buck which does it.
  
  CSK - as it is, romba periya team ellam illa, idhula irukkaravangala ippadi waste panradhu is criminal i say!
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 4:45:15 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Vivs, I am talking in general about Dhoni's attitude. Idhula specific case edhukku kondu vareenga? Balaji nalla podaliya - pona matchla dhaana 3/19 eduthan? Marandhu pocha? Flintoff-lam sema damage aanappo avan dhaane konjamavadhu maanathai kaapathinan? Even otherwise, Joginder Sharma-lam vidapidiya vechukarache, Balajikku enna kuraichal? Anyway, do you get my point is Dhoni seems to be hindi-belt biased? Badri did well last year in IPL, and that is what brought him into natl focus. Adhukku munnadi only Ranji trophy fans like me knew him. Dhoni didnt handle him well at all promoting the likes of Kapugadera. That is what I am asking - a proven failure like Kapu was given preference by Dhoni as against a proven success like Badri in last year's final. Idhu bias illama enna? How do you explain it? The only alternate explanation is Dhoni is dumb beyond reason. That doesnt wash. So it must be bias. adhuvum illama, his failure to keep Abhinav Mukund in the squad as against the northie players in the squad is baffling. Abhinav was the best batsman in Ranji 1-day league which TN won last year. Now, tell me this - Tamil nadu actually wins the Ranji ODI league in 2009 yet none of them are good enough for Dhoni to play even in the Chennai team? I dont buy that. This can only be bias. But what Dhoni is failing to realise is that he is shooting himself in his own foot by doing this. This is where Saurav Ganguly stands out as a great captain for India. Now, thats a man who actually brought in a culture of no regional bias in the natl dressing room. Adhu dhaan great captainkum(Saurav) good captainkum(Dhoni) vidhyasam.

  
  
  Sir inga ukkanthu paakarathuku ellame vera maadri thaan theriyum, If you have that mindset you'll not be able to digest whatever decision that Dhoni makes....
  
  Nambikkai illama thaan Balaji ku last over of the Final in IPL and Last over against deccan, kuduthaara dhoni...
  
  Balaji screwed it up both the times... but it happens and thats how the game is played....
  
  You never know whether Badri wanted to come in lower down the order or he himself was not comfortable playing up the order....he might have told Dhoni that... Ethuvume theriyama naama inga ukkanthu pesarathu avvalo nalla illa....
  
  Appadi paatha Ranjis leading wicket taker Dhawal Kulkarni is being ignored by sachin nu naangalum solluvom..... but there are other factors that we might not be knowing.... please take that into consideration...
  
  Dhoni opp kudukala kudukala nu sollareenga....
  
  Last season Badri came in @ no 3 or No 4 in 6 matches... of that we lost 4 and won only 2... Athula he scored couple of half centuries...
  bakki four matches less than 3 and 2 ducks..
  
  Stats will prove it better
  
  http://specials.msn.co.in/scorecardarchive/scorecard_archive.aspx
  
  Also in the matches when he came in down the order he did score a couple of quick fire cameos.... the one against KXIP 31*(13) is a good example... Apparom enna he is not comfortable palying in that position nu sollareenga....
  
  Dravid was given an opportunity to Keep Wickets and to bat lower down the order to keep his place in the Indian team... He did that extremely well and maintained his place in the Playing XI.. this is what u call as adapting to a situation perfectly....
  
  For a new found Talent VVS Laxman, Dravid(The WALL) was asked to bat at no 6 in tests and he took it as a challenge and proved that he could bat at any position.... Athu pulla....
  
  Dhoni is not obsessed with batting up the order.... he just wants to give it a try as it worked out well in the last season.... for sure from now on he will come lower down the order....
  
  If not for Dhoni Badri wudn't have found a place in the Indian National squad which toured to Srilanka in 2008 as Kris Srikanth did not take up the role in the selection committee at that time....
  
  Let badri or other tamilians give an open statement that they are not happy playing under dhoni.... For the sake of the team some hard decisions need to be taken and thats the way it goes... we'll have to take it in the right spirit till it reaches the threshold of tolerance.....
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 4:48:08 2009.

  Who said giving Balaji the last over was a good decision?
  Actually, to his credit i think there's very little to choose from in our attack
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 4:51:43 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Nalaikku game wud be the best contest of IPL2.... CSK - Top Order Batting is very strong RR - Bowling is Good RR - Middle overs bowling not very strong CSK - Middle Order batting is very weak CSK - Middle overs bowling have brought them back into the contest in most of the games RR - Middle order batting is very strong with Kaateri in full form CSK - Bowling is very weak RR - Top order batting is not that good.... What a contest it wud be... Go CSK.... I bet CSK wud win the contest...

  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 4:57:02 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Sir inga ukkanthu paakarathuku ellame vera maadri thaan theriyum, If you have that mindset you'll not be able to digest whatever decision that Dhoni makes....

  
  Kalyan,
  Seri, appadiye irukkattum. Neengalo, DH-o, Maddy-o Dhoni-a yellalavu kooda criticize panni paarthadhe illa. Edhu senjaalum justify panna enna artham??
  
  
  

  Kalyasi wrote:

  You never know whether Badri wanted to come in lower down the order or he himself was not comfortable playing up the order....he might have told Dhoni that... Ethuvume theriyama naama inga ukkanthu pesarathu avvalo nalla illa....

  
  Idhellam overu. Appo yaarume edhuvume solla mudiyaadhu. Dropping SRT to #2 - idhu dumb decision nu solrathukku dressing room-liya okkaranum?
  
  

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Sir inga ukkanthu paakarathuku ellame vera maadri thaan theriyum, If you have that mindset you'll not be able to digest whatever decision that Dhoni makes....

  
  
  
  

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Dhoni is not obsessed with batting up the order.... he just wants to give it a try as it worked out well in the last season.... for sure from now on he will come lower down the order....

  
  Adhu seri. "Wants to give it a try" madhiri therila...
  And "worked out well", well, as debatable it was last year (avaru naala dhaan work aacha illa in spite of him coming up the order work aacha. If stats prove me wrong i plead guilty anyway).
  Ippo dhaan work out aagalaye, keezha yerangi varalaame, illa konjam adikkalaame
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 5:08:06 2009.

  idhellAm CSK thread la discuss pannA konjam pages Odum illa.
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 5:09:25 2009.

  "You never know whether Badri wanted to come in lower down the order or he himself was not comfortable playing up the order....he might have told Dhoni that... Ethuvume theriyama naama inga ukkanthu pesarathu avvalo nalla illa.... "
  
  Enna solradhunne theriyalai idhukku! Adhu eppadi...sari vidunga.
  
  Have you played street cricket? Do you know any batsman at any level worth his salt who DOESNT want to go in the top order in any level of a match? I am sure anyone who has played street cricket and fancies his batting skills can tell you that it is impossible for a batsman to ask to come in when only 20 balls are remaining in a 20 over match. Trust me on this.
  Besides, if Dhoni is that great a captain as claimed, then even if Badri asks for lower order, he'll say "moodittu ozhunga mariyadaiya top orderla po, Because you need to setttle down and only then you can hit. You wont fit in the lower order in a T20". If he is a great captain, he should have the nous to understand this, and the guts to tell it ti Badri even assuming Badri requested for #8 position in batting order(LOL! Are you really arguing that Badri requested for #8 position in batting order possibly?)
  
  Besides, as CR says, dressing roomla irundha dhaan comment panna mudiyumna, indha forum-aiye izhuthu moodikittu poikitte irukkalam.
  
  Now, explain me this. Joginder Sharma has played all matches so far. Why? Why?Why? Apdi enna kizhichuttan avan? Parthiv Patel? Team-la vera aale illaiya? M Vijaylam illaya teamla. Why doesnt Dhoni know about his players at all? Does he know that Abhinav Mukund who was sent back was the BEST player in the Ranji ODI league? Does he know that Vidyut is a decent performer, who can offer variety as left arm part timer? Given that even ordinary spinners are doing decently, wouldnt Vidyut do better than Joginder as a #8 hitter and a bowler who can slip in 2 overs or so? So, why did Dhoni agree to send these 2 back while retaining Arun Karthik, Jatti Jakatti et al? Neither of them have any performances to speak of in the last year in Ranji or Ranji ODIs. So, Dhoni doesnt even know about his squad. How can he be a great captain? Look at Warne, even though I dont like him. Now there's a captain who can quickyl identify talent, actually take effort to understand his team, motivate them and get them performing. Dhoni laam andha zoneleye illai. So why is he being hyped as a great captain, even greater than Ganguly? IMO, Dhoni has a lot to prove to even be called a good captain. The alternative argument is he is not so interested in CSK to put in full effort. In that case, he should be kicked to Jharkand to launch a Ranchi Rascals team.
  
  Anyway, I hope R Sathish and Vignesh can be drafted into this team, and immediately at that. Or may be next year.
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 5:18:17 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  idhellAm CSK thread la discuss pannA konjam pages Odum illa.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 5:20:47 2009.

  Note that even the much maligned KP is giving space to Vinay Kumar and Appanna, both local talents in Bangalore. Appanna infact repaid the faith with 4-0-24-1. Now, that is good captaincy regardless of the match result. You are actually building a team there and it will eventually pay back results.
  But Dhoni? Does he want to build a foundation for a solid CSK team? Does he want to look at local talent, give them a chance, encourage them, and motivate them? For once, can eh admit that 22 off 22 balls was pathetic , especially after hayden had given that start, and that was the reason the team lost instead of passing the blame on to bowlers? There is little even McGrath and Warne can do on a flat pitch against Gilchrist and Gibbs in that mood. The onus was on the batsmen to score 20 runs more. If Dhoni admits like a man that "I got the batting order wrong. And I screwed up by scoring at run aball when I should have scored at a larger rate, especially considering that I was silent last year when the seniors were being hammered for merely scoring at 120 strikerate. I admit I have lost it. I admit I need to improve. I admit the buck stops at me. I admit that I dont know the players in my squad and their capabiltiies. I am so ignorant that I keep going back to proven failures. I will correct this now." instead of saying "the bowlers take the blame". Appadi sonna, I will respect him. Illaina kolai veri dhaan
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 5:23:21 2009.

  Ordinary spinners who have done well in this tournament:
  KP Appanna
  Rohit Sharma
  Suresh Raina
  
  Good spinners who have performed to "great" levels:
  Daniel Vettori
  Praghyan Ojha
  
  Clearly, the pattern is clear. Dhoni idhai 2 match munnadiye purinjirukkanum. Ippavum purinjikkalaina wooden spoon dhaan. Given what has happened, I will not be unhappy if that happens. Dhoni legend puncture aachunna, indian cricketku nalladhu dhaan
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 5:30:38 2009.

  Othukaren there have been certain bad calls that he has made.... Probably he needs to rethink abt that.....
  
  Aana he has tried sending Badri up the order 6 times out of which 4 attempts were flops in IPL season 1.... That could be in the back of his mind....
  
  Why don't you criticize Sachin for not giving an opp to Dhawal Kulkarni ahead of Zaheer Khan opening the bowling attack for MI.... coz it would be absurd Picking him up ahead of Zaheer as Zaheer plays for the national side.... Then again here Sending in Badri ahead of Big hitters like Albie, Freddie, Dhoni, Oram also wud not make sense as they are capable of doing that more often than not.... Sometimes it doesnt work they way u want it...
  
  If at all Chennai had lost 2 early wickets, it would have been a wise decision to send in Badri early to consolidate.... Every player has a role in a team... Badris role is to consolidate if wickets fall early which never happened in the case of CSKs batting... This is just the start... let us give them more time b4 commenting abt their decisions....
  
  I am asking you whether in a situation where your top order has laid a wonderful platform for your middle order to come and cash in... Will you send Badri ahead of Freddie, Oram, Albie or Dhoni.... Will you not be tempted to send the big hitters in and capitalize on that start....
  
  Now what was bugging me was Dhoni coming in and trying to settle in b4 playing the big shots... May be he has lost his big hitting capabilities or it wasn't really easy for a new batsman to come in and play his shots... That surely is called for criticism...
  
  But you shld make mistakes and learn from it... lets see how our man takes it up...
  
  Sometimes brave decisions work out your way, sometimes it doesn't.... Now we are in such a situation that we dont have any time to test a new combination of team... What if that also doesnt work....
  
  I still dont know what makes Dhoni hold Joginder in the CSK Playing XI.. which I am also against of... But you cant call it blindly call that he is biased to the hindi belt... coz even Joginder was dropped for the later half of the IPL season 1....
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 29 5:37:37 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Why don't you criticize Sachin for not giving an opp to Dhawal Kulkarni ahead of Zaheer Khan opening the bowling attack for MI.... coz it would be absurd Picking him up ahead of Zaheer as Zaheer plays for the national side.... Then again here Sending in Badri ahead of Big hitters like Albie, Freddie, Dhoni, Oram also wud not make sense as they are capable of doing that more often than not.... Sometimes it doesnt work they way u want it...

  
  
  Indha point konjam idikkudhu. Zaheer is already bowling well. Appuram edhukku Dhawal Kulkarni patthi yosikkanum?
  
  In CSK's case, except Oram to some extent, none of the 'hitters' did hit the ball as expected. Thottha 3 match-laiyum idhey kadhaithan. Velila ukkandhu paakkaravangalukke batting order thappu-nu theriyudhu. Dhoni-kku yen theriyala-nudhan kelvi.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 5:40:35 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  This is where Saurav Ganguly stands out as a great captain for India. Now, thats a man who actually brought in a culture of no regional bias in the natl dressing room. Adhu dhaan great captainkum(Saurav) good captainkum(Dhoni) vidhyasam.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 5:47:00 2009.

  Kalyan
  
  1. D.K ahead of ZK? But why?
  
  2. "Then again here Sending in Badri ahead of Big hitters like Albie, Freddie, Dhoni, Oram also wud not make sense as they are capable of doing that more often than not"
  - (a) The very point of sending Badri up is because he is NOT a big hitter
  (b) Big hitters havent done much so far
  
  3. "I am asking you whether in a situation where your top order has laid a wonderful platform for your middle order to come and cash in... Will you send Badri ahead of Freddie, Oram, Albie or Dhoni.... Will you not be tempted to send the big hitters in and capitalize on that start."
  - Middle order is either crumbling or stagnating. Not much of big hitting anyway from these blokes. The middle order has failed to cash in till now, why not try something else?
  
  P.S: Badri might well be sent up and he might fail but there's nothing to lose in trying because nothings happening now...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 5:47:50 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Ordinary spinners who have done well in this tournament: KP Appanna Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Good spinners who have performed to "great" levels: Daniel Vettori Praghyan Ojha

  
  Idhellam over
  Where is Warnie the Great?!!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 5:50:42 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Note that even the much maligned KP is giving space to Vinay Kumar and Appanna, both local talents in Bangalore. Appanna infact repaid the faith with 4-0-24-1. Now, that is good captaincy regardless of the match result. You are actually building a team there and it will eventually pay back results. But Dhoni? Does he want to build a foundation for a solid CSK team? Does he want to look at local talent, give them a chance, encourage them, and motivate them? For once, can eh admit that 22 off 22 balls was pathetic , especially after hayden had given that start, and that was the reason the team lost instead of passing the blame on to bowlers? There is little even McGrath and Warne can do on a flat pitch against Gilchrist and Gibbs in that mood. The onus was on the batsmen to score 20 runs more. If Dhoni admits like a man that "I got the batting order wrong. And I screwed up by scoring at run aball when I should have scored at a larger rate, especially considering that I was silent last year when the seniors were being hammered for merely scoring at 120 strikerate. I admit I have lost it. I admit I need to improve. I admit the buck stops at me. I admit that I dont know the players in my squad and their capabiltiies. I am so ignorant that I keep going back to proven failures. I will correct this now." instead of saying "the bowlers take the blame". Appadi sonna, I will respect him. Illaina kolai veri dhaan

  
  100%
  
  " Ranchi Rascals "
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 5:50:54 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Where is Warnie the Great?!!

  
  
  first match thavira perusa onnum podaliye...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 5:52:53 2009.

  Oh, appadiya? Nalla pottaaru nu nenachene.. (stats pakka sombala irukku )
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 29 5:55:04 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: Why don't you criticize Sachin for not giving an opp to Dhawal Kulkarni ahead of Zaheer Khan opening the bowling attack for MI.... coz it would be absurd Picking him up ahead of Zaheer as Zaheer plays for the national side.... Then again here Sending in Badri ahead of Big hitters like Albie, Freddie, Dhoni, Oram also wud not make sense as they are capable of doing that more often than not.... Sometimes it doesnt work they way u want it... Indha point konjam idikkudhu. Zaheer is already bowling well. Appuram edhukku Dhawal Kulkarni patthi yosikkanum? In CSK's case, except Oram to some extent, none of the 'hitters' did hit the ball as expected. Thottha 3 match-laiyum idhey kadhaithan. Velila ukkandhu paakkaravangalukke batting order thappu-nu theriyudhu. Dhoni-kku yen theriyala-nudhan kelvi.

  
  
  Comeon LM... out of the 3 matches that he has played he has just picked up 1 wicket that too the wicket of Laxmi Shukla when he was trying to go after him. As a new ball bowler more is expected out of him... Whereas Dhawal has done whatever he could possibly do to get the notice of the National selectors.. But still his local captain doesn't trust him.. Why coz Zaheer has performed well for the national side..but over here he has leaked runs from one end where as Malinga is putting pressure on the batsmen from the other end...
  
  Thats where the temptation is.. whether to go for a experienced pro or to go by your instincts.... I am not criticizing Sachin here coz you have the belief in your main bowler and u hope that he will deliver someday if not today...
  
  Same applies to Dhoni as well... weren't you guys hoping that Albie, Freddie or Oram could do the finishing job well for CSK? I was coz they had done it many a times for their national side... This time it hasn't worked out the way we wanted it to happen....
  
  Now that everything has flopped, it is not good to persist with these so called big hitters... and it time to go for a change... lets hope that Dhoni is in Sync with us.... or maybe he has other plans as well.... who knows...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 5:59:51 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Now that everything has flopped, it is not good to persist with these so called big hitters... and it time to go for a change... lets hope that Dhoni is in Sync with us.... or maybe he has other plans as well.... who knows...

  
  Maybe Sachin will replace ZK if MI start losing and that proves to be one of the main reasons they are losing.
  
  And moreover, Parthiv vs Murali, Balaji vs Joginder (first match), we are not comparing international versus local...
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:00:15 2009.

  Chennai-Kolkatta match ku rendu 6000 vaangi vechi ukkantha mazhai vandhu sothapirchu aniyayama oru point poiduchu
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:04:04 2009.

  Kolkatta batting..Gayle maatu mandaiya century adichu kuduthitu po...vera yaarum adikra maari therla
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 6:06:35 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Chennai-Kolkatta match ku rendu 6000 vaangi vechi ukkantha mazhai vandhu sothapirchu aniyayama oru point poiduchu

  
  
  machi 6000 ulla poiduchula..
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 6:07:06 2009.

  LM1982, correct. I say, make Sachin the WC captain. Current form should dictate selection choices-nu solli Dhoni-yai captain aakkina makkal ellam enge ippo? Current form-la, Sachin-ai captain aakiralama?
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:08:57 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  LM1982, correct. I say, make Sachin the WC captain. Current form should dictate selection choices-nu solli Dhoni-yai captain aakkina makkal ellam enge ippo? Current form-la, Sachin-ai captain aakiralama?

  
  
  asku busku..ithu youngistan chellam
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 6:09:37 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Plum wrote: Ordinary spinners who have done well in this tournament: KP Appanna Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Good spinners who have performed to "great" levels: Daniel Vettori Praghyan Ojha Idhellam over Where is Warnie the Great?!!

  
  Enna CR ipdi kettuteenga? You want Warnie to come in the "ordinary spinners" and "good spinners" list? Naane avarai Great spinner list-la vekkum bodhu, ungalukku enna kovam?
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:10:28 2009.

  ArulprakasH wrote:

  machi 6000 ulla poiduchula..

  
  
  adhellam
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 6:14:21 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Plum wrote: Ordinary spinners who have done well in this tournament: KP Appanna Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Good spinners who have performed to "great" levels: Daniel Vettori Praghyan Ojha Idhellam over Where is Warnie the Great?!!

  
  
  Kumble kooda first matchla 5 wickets eduthaaru.. avaraiyum kanOm..
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 6:17:36 2009.

  Arul, ennappa idhu. Kumble, Warne ellam eppadi Ordinary matrum Good category-la varuvanga? Warne great category. Kumble very good category. I am very discriminative w.r.t skill - indha maadhiri vishayathula kooda, I have hierarchy based on skill in my mind
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 6:21:18 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Arul, ennappa idhu. Kumble, Warne ellam eppadi Ordinary matrum Good category-la varuvanga? Warne great category. Kumble very good category. I am very discriminative w.r.t skill - indha maadhiri vishayathula kooda, I have hierarchy based on skill in my mind

  
  
  k..k.. unga previous posta parthuttean..
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 29 6:28:27 2009.

  KKR
  VS BANG- Kokka makka, innaiku evanavadhu oruthan jeichuthaane aavanum
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:29:53 2009.

  Agarkar in Bhookanan deivamba
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 29 6:30:34 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  KKR VS BANG- Kokka makka, innaiku evanavadhu oruthan jeichuthaane aavanum

  
  
  
  
  Fake IPL Players says thus,
  
  

  Quote:

  Today is the mother of all clashes. The two must muddled up teams of the competition go head-to-head. It's almost like a battle for the bottom of the barrell. Both of us have tried every rule in the book to ensure that we finish last. Now, this is the chance to prove to the world that WE are the worst team and not the Bevdaas. I am pretty sure that the Bevdaas are also equally determined to be last. But, my friends, I have full faith in my team and am confident that we will pip them to the post and finish last.

  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:30:52 2009.

  McCulum apdiye odiru NZ-ku
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:39:36 2009.

  Why isnt Ganguly coming in at No.3 Buchanan nee vaadi kolkata ku
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 6:39:43 2009.

  KP evlo manasu veruthu poyirundhaa avane vandhu first over poduvaan.. adhulayum McCullam out aagaraan
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 6:41:02 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Why isnt Ganguly coming in at No.3 Buchanan nee vaadi kolkata ku

  He should open batting and McCullam should bat at No.7
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 6:41:19 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  McCulum apdiye odiru NZ-ku

  
  
  natheri..
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 6:43:18 2009.

  I feel MI will lose today - because I am supporting Mumbai for this match, and seeing Yuvraj defeated makes me happy - and all teams I support lose.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 6:43:41 2009.

  Hodge..soober..juicy half-tracker..nalla thadavi kudukran
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 6:45:20 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  I feel MI will lose today - because I am supporting Mumbai for this match, and seeing Yuvraj defeated makes me happy - and all teams I support lose.

  
  Neenga support panradha vechcha IPL match results decide aagudhu.. neenga vera.. pesaama match paarunga
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 6:48:25 2009.

  mgb, ada oru jinx-breaking technique-kaga sonnenpa
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Wed Apr 29 6:55:58 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Hodge..soober..juicy half-tracker..nalla thadavi kudukran

  
  
  kumble takes his wkt.
  //utthappa not in team//
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 7:09:03 2009.

  5 wicketkeepers playing in this match.
  
  

  cricinfo wrote:

  Eijaz Rashid: "Great start, Pietersen! But how about this - about five wicketkeepers playing this game. McCullum, Saha, van Wyk for Kolkata, and Goswami and Boucher for the Royal Challengers of Bangalore. And good to see sanity prevail, as the deserving van der Merwe gets a game."

  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 7:10:14 2009.

  8.3 Kumar to Ganguly, OUT, and the short ball works again, how many times in this man's career have we seen him succumb to that, even I've lost count! After the fuller slower ball, PK changes up with a short delivery on the stumps and Ganguly makes a real mess of that, just lobbing it over the infield and straight to the man running in from the deep midwicket boundary, easiest catch he'll get
  SC Ganguly c Kallis b Kumar 1 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.50
  
  FOW 54/3 (8.3 ov)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 7:13:01 2009.

  hm, lot of new faces.
  
  Kolkata: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Brendon McCullum (capt/ wk), 3 Brad Hodge, 4 Sourav Ganguly, 5 Laxmi Shukla, 6 Morne van Wyk, 7 Wriddhiman Saha, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Murali Kartik, 11 Ashok Dinda.
  
  Bangalore: 1 Sreevats Goswami, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Kevin Pietersen (capt), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Roelof van der Merwe, 6 Mark Boucher, 7 V Kohli, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Pankaj Singh, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 KP Appanna.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 7:15:54 2009.

  KKR - 61/3 (10 ov)
  
  Gayle - 33 (32)*
  
  Kumble - 6/1 (2 ov)
  P.Kumar - 13/1 (3 ov)
  Pietersen - 13/1 (2 ov)
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 7:33:29 2009.

  oru 130 runs adichaa podhumnu decide panni aadura madhiri irukku
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Wed Apr 29 7:46:00 2009.

  ganeshji,
  
  kumble again 2 wkts. economical also.
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 7:48:55 2009.

  KP kelambinadhum they should make Kumble as captain and drop Kallis
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Wed Apr 29 7:56:33 2009.

  yes. ithula kp apparam kallis captainnu news vera. coach has now said it is open issue. kumble would be most ideal.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 8:02:38 2009.

  KKR
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 8:03:04 2009.

  KKR - 139/6 (20 ov)
  
  Last over.
  
  19.6 van der Merwe to van Wyk, 1 run, super bowling, full and flat and slapped to KP at cover for one
  19.5 van der Merwe to Agarkar, 1 run, full and flat and square-driven to a tumbling KP at backward point
  19.4 van der Merwe to van Wyk, 1 run, he too comes out but miscues the full toss over midwicket
  19.3 van der Merwe to Agarkar, 1 run, makes room and skips out, van der Werwe fires it full and wide but Agarkar gets some bat on it, slashing down to third man for a single
  19.2 van der Merwe to van Wyk, 1 run, too full down the pads and he paddles it away to the sweeper
  19.1 van der Merwe to Agarkar, 1 run, gives him the charge and hits a rank full toss to cover where KP dives
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 8:04:01 2009.

  Bangalore have read this pitch superbly. Kolkata have not. KP went with four spinners and got in 15 overs of the slow stuff. Each spinner did his job. Kolkata went the other way, dropping Ajantha Mendis. They have Murali Kartik and Gayle to roll their arms over. We will bring you their chase shortly.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 8:08:23 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  KKR VS BANG- Kokka makka, innaiku evanavadhu oruthan jeichuthaane aavanum

  
  
  

  Thirumaran wrote:

  KKR

  
  Yethukku urundu porandu sirikkureenga? Avanga aadura ella match-ume ipdi thane...Ithu enna puthusa?
  I m happy that W Saha is back...very talented.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 8:16:46 2009.

  140 target....BRC-um namba mudiyathu....itukke thadavunaalum aaccharya padurathukkilla,..
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 8:36:22 2009.

  Agarkar
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 8:38:49 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Yethukku urundu porandu sirikkureenga? Avanga aadura ella match-ume ipdi thane...Ithu enna puthusa? I m happy that W Saha is back...very talented.

  
  
  ganguly adicha 1 run in 8 balls kku sirikalaamnu ninaichaen.. namma pasanga manasu pun pada kooadathunnu KKR kku urundu purandaen
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 8:39:20 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Agarkar

  
  
  sharukh aanalum innum coach a nambittu irukaapla
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed Apr 29 8:51:42 2009.

  End of over 10 (8 runs) - Royal Challengers Bangalore 65/0 (75 runs required)
  
  No DLF maximum so far for BRC.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 9:30:06 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  KKR VS BANG- Kokka makka, innaiku evanavadhu oruthan jeichuthaane aavanum

  
  evan thOkkuradhu-nu kadumaiyaana pOtti
  
  Plum, annA kaalai kAttungannA.. Naan ellAm dhoni basher-nu sollokkiradhula arthamE illai. Only you fossible!
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 9:47:37 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote: KKR VS BANG- Kokka makka, innaiku evanavadhu oruthan jeichuthaane aavanum evan thOkkuradhu-nu kadumaiyaana pOtti

  BRC is trying their best to lose the game.. but wide, full tossnu edhavadhu pottu KKR BRC'a win panna vechchuvaanganu nenakkaren
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 9:48:44 2009.

  Pandey last ball-la single???!! 10 off 6
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Wed Apr 29 9:50:40 2009.

  Boucher 4 adichutaapla, 5 off 5
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Wed Apr 29 9:52:06 2009.

  1 run required, 2 balls remaining...
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 9:53:00 2009.

  Boucher
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 9:53:48 2009.

  appaadaa KKR thoathuduchu
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Wed Apr 29 9:53:59 2009.

  boucher
  BRC finally.
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Wed Apr 29 9:54:16 2009.

  Boucher :wwowwwwwieee:... 4.... RCB oru vazhiya win pannittaanga... with 1 ball remaining... @ Boucher...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 9:54:47 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  140 target....BRC-um namba mudiyathu....itukke thadavunaalum aaccharya padurathukkilla,..

  
  19.5th ball-la remmmmmbha kashtapattu oru vazhiya....
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 9:55:51 2009.

  SRK - A self made man fighting amidst tycoons like mukesh ambani
  
  He deserves better really.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 9:55:55 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  appaadaa KKR thoathuduchu

  illana BRC-ku 2 ROTFL potturuppenga...vera enna...
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 9:57:26 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: appaadaa KKR thoathuduchu illana BRC-ku 2 ROTFL potturuppenga...vera enna...

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 9:59:41 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  SRK - He deserves better really.

  
  Yes. IdhellAm pathAdhu.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 10:00:23 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Vivasaayi wrote: SRK - He deserves better really. Yes. IdhellAm pathAdhu.

  s...
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:02:14 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Vivasaayi wrote: SRK - He deserves better really. Yes. IdhellAm pathAdhu.

  
  
  
  
  but yosichu parunga...look at owners of other teams...sharukh khan owning the team itself is such a pride and he must be
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 10:04:02 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  but yosichu parunga...look at owners of other teams...sharukh khan owning the team itself is such a pride and he must be

  Sharukh'um adha yosichu paathudhaan, owning a team'e podhumnu mudivu pannitaar pola
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 10:04:14 2009.

  Dinda-ku oru over kooda kodukkala.....appuram yethukku team-la serthanga?
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:04:50 2009.

  director of operations for kkr..
  
  indha madhiri oru dop irundha ella matchum jeyikanum
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 10:05:01 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Dinda-ku oru over kooda kodukkala.....appuram yethukku team-la serthanga?

  indha madhirilaam question kekka koodaadhu KKR teamla
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:06:00 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Dinda-ku oru over kooda kodukkala.....appuram yethukku team-la serthanga?

  
  
  edhavadhu strategya irukkum...
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 10:08:43 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Sir inga ukkanthu paakarathuku ellame vera maadri thaan theriyum, If you have that mindset you'll not be able to digest whatever decision that Dhoni makes.... Nambikkai illama thaan Balaji ku last over of the Final in IPL and Last over against deccan, kuduthaara dhoni... Balaji screwed it up both the times... but it happens and thats how the game is played.... You never know whether Badri wanted to come in lower down the order or he himself was not comfortable playing up the order....he might have told Dhoni that... Ethuvume theriyama naama inga ukkanthu pesarathu avvalo nalla illa.... Appadi paatha Ranjis leading wicket taker Dhawal Kulkarni is being ignored by sachin nu naangalum solluvom..... but there are other factors that we might not be knowing.... please take that into consideration... Dhoni opp kudukala kudukala nu sollareenga.... Last season Badri came in @ no 3 or No 4 in 6 matches... of that we lost 4 and won only 2... Athula he scored couple of half centuries... bakki four matches less than 3 and 2 ducks.. Stats will prove it better http://specials.msn.co.in/scorecardarchive/scorecard_archive.aspx Also in the matches when he came in down the order he did score a couple of quick fire cameos.... the one against KXIP 31*(13) is a good example... Apparom enna he is not comfortable palying in that position nu sollareenga.... Dravid was given an opportunity to Keep Wickets and to bat lower down the order to keep his place in the Indian team... He did that extremely well and maintained his place in the Playing XI.. this is what u call as adapting to a situation perfectly.... For a new found Talent VVS Laxman, Dravid(The WALL) was asked to bat at no 6 in tests and he took it as a challenge and proved that he could bat at any position.... Athu pulla.... Dhoni is not obsessed with batting up the order.... he just wants to give it a try as it worked out well in the last season.... for sure from now on he will come lower down the order.... If not for Dhoni Badri wudn't have found a place in the Indian National squad which toured to Srilanka in 2008 as Kris Srikanth did not take up the role in the selection committee at that time.... Let badri or other tamilians give an open statement that they are not happy playing under dhoni.... For the sake of the team some hard decisions need to be taken and thats the way it goes... we'll have to take it in the right spirit till it reaches the threshold of tolerance.....

  
  
  Kalyan why reply to such posts with incredible logic? paul collingwood is a kick-ass batsman and he is not even being used - adhunaala sehwag biased against englishmen-nnu sollura madhiri irukku......Sachin is not using dilhara fernando becos he is sinhalese and wants to punish him for opression on tamils.....
  
  i know i know i know - Dhoni jeikkumbodhe sema bashing pogum inga - when he is losing, i knew it would explode here......lets sit tight kalyan,DH and myself - tough times are ahead for us
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 10:12:39 2009.

  Kalyasi othukkittAr that playing Jogi/Parthiv etc ahead of local talents is sickening-nu Plum-Oda Ranji-ODI point has already clinched it.
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:15:27 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Vivs, I am talking in general about Dhoni's attitude. Idhula specific case edhukku kondu vareenga? Balaji nalla podaliya - pona matchla dhaana 3/19 eduthan? Marandhu pocha? Flintoff-lam sema damage aanappo avan dhaane konjamavadhu maanathai kaapathinan? Even otherwise, Joginder Sharma-lam vidapidiya vechukarache, Balajikku enna kuraichal? Anyway, do you get my point is Dhoni seems to be hindi-belt biased? Badri did well last year in IPL, and that is what brought him into natl focus. Adhukku munnadi only Ranji trophy fans like me knew him. Dhoni didnt handle him well at all promoting the likes of Kapugadera. That is what I am asking - a proven failure like Kapu was given preference by Dhoni as against a proven success like Badri in last year's final. Idhu bias illama enna? How do you explain it? The only alternate explanation is Dhoni is dumb beyond reason. That doesnt wash. So it must be bias. adhuvum illama, his failure to keep Abhinav Mukund in the squad as against the northie players in the squad is baffling. Abhinav was the best batsman in Ranji 1-day league which TN won last year. .

  
  
  badrinath was a good player even when ganguly was leading the team..he got many chances only after dhoni was captaining...
  
  dont talk abt past ipls...in this ipl badrinath is not playing good.
  
  and balaji...with his slower full tosses - velaikavadhu!.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 10:16:54 2009.

  Kings to bat first
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 10:17:13 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Kalyasi othukkittAr that playing Jogi/Parthiv etc ahead of local talents is sickening-nu Plum-Oda Ranji-ODI point has already clinched it.

  
  
  but to paint it a "bias for hindi belt" is
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:17:53 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Kalyasi othukkittAr that playing Jogi/Parthiv etc ahead of local talents is sickening-nu Plum-Oda Ranji-ODI point has already clinched it.

  
  
  badrinath got as many chances one can give a player...
  
  and remember that a tamilian is the selection committee chairman...he plays the powerful role in selecting team than dhoni.
  
  idhuve velaya pochu tamilnatukarangaluku
  
  srilankan warku 40 mp vechutu onnum pannadha thamizhan kalaingar karanam..aanaa indhiyava potu thitradhu
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 10:18:05 2009.

  come on Yuvvvrrrrrraaaaaaaaajjjjjjjjjjjjjj and KingX1
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 10:21:14 2009.

  vivs wrote:

  in this ipl badrinath is not playing good

  
  CR/Plum,
  Dhoni tekknikki work aayiduchu
  
  Btw, ippO edhukku SL, thamizhan etc with sweeping statements
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 10:23:44 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Kings to bat first

  
  
  good.. veetukku poi MI innings paarkalaam...
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:24:23 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  vivs wrote: in this ipl badrinath is not playing good CR/Plum, Dhoni tekknikki work aayiduchu Btw, ippO edhukku SL, thamizhan etc with sweeping statements

  
  
  nono...i mean we always have that habit of "thamizhanukku edam irukka etc etc"
  
  plum/nerd/anyone...
  
  tell me whom u will replace in current odi team and put badrinath(considerably the best player of TN) in please
  
  sachin
  sehwag
  gambir
  raina
  yuvi
  dhoni
  yusuf pathan
  4 bowlers
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 10:25:02 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  come on Yuvvvrrrrrraaaaaaaaajjjjjjjjjjjjjj and KingX1

  
  
  kavalapadaatheenga... semi finals enter aagaam seekiram india vanthiduvaanga
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 10:25:40 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  nono...i mean we always have that habit of "thamizhanukku edam irukka etc etc" plum/nerd/anyone... tell me whom u will replace in current odi team and put badrinath(considerably the best player of TN) in please sachin sehwag gambir raina yuvi dhoni yusuf pathan 4 bowlers

  
  
  Dhoni
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 10:26:16 2009.

  Nerd
  For dhoni supporters, here's the deal:
  Dhoni basically sent or agreed to sent back abhinav and vidyut. There are only two possibilities for the reason he did this;
  1. He is obsessed with joginder etc and is biased against tn players
  2 or he genuinely doesn't know the record of the players in his squad so he didn't know who to keep, who to select etc.
  Which option do you choose?
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:26:20 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Dhoni

  
  
  nenachen...appave nenachen..aanaa dhoni is the wicket keeper batsman in the team
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:27:39 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Nerd For dhoni supporters, here's the deal: Dhoni basically sent or agreed to sent back abhinav and vidyut. There are only two possibilities for the reason he did this; 1. He is obsessed with joginder etc and is biased against tn players 2 or he genuinely doesn't know the record of the players in his squad so he didn't know who to keep, who to select etc. Which option do you choose?

  
  
  jogi is a blower and vidyut and abinav are batsmen..rendukkum yen mudichu podreenga?
  
  look at the battin line up and tell whether they have a space
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 10:29:32 2009.

  Vivs, idhu CSK team pathi dhaanE.. Chennai team-la thamizhanukku (that too deserving-Ranji-OdI-performers ahead of non-performing guys like Parthiv, Jogi) oru thappA? Jogi kazhatturadha, vidyut kazhatta mAttAnA in bowling?? I can't believe Jogi has a supporter
  
  Seri seri match mudiyattum!
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 10:31:47 2009.

  Kings XI Punjab team
  RS Bopara, K Goel, captainYuvraj Singh, wicketkeeperKC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, IK Pathan, RR Powar, WA Mota, VS Malik, PP Chawla, YA Abdulla
  
  Mumbai Indians team
  ST Jayasuriya, captainSR Tendulkar, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, DJ Bravo, AM Nayar, SS Tiwary, wicketkeeperPR Shah, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, SL Malinga
  
  Punjab have won the toss and opted to bat. Thoonginaalum thoongiruven..
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 10:32:10 2009.

  Vivs, enna pesareenga. We are discussing selection in ipl team and deciding batting order in csk team.why should this mean that I want badri in indian odi team?
  
  Dhoni doesn't know his squad - this is my point - I believe he is exhausted and too tired to think about csk this year. He is taking it easy. Idhukku opt out panni irukkalam.
  Secondly, the point of ipl is to encourage local talents and give them opps to brush shoulders with intl players and develop themsleves. This doesn't mean that a rubbish loval player shd be selected over a good non local player. But a young local player can certainly be given a chance over a mediocre non local(read joginder). Dhoni's reluctance to do this is certainly pointing to. A certain mentality
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:32:36 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Vivs, idhu CSK team pathi dhaanE.. Chennai team-la thamizhanukku (that too deserving-Ranji-OdI-performers ahead of non-performing guys like Parthiv, Jogi) oru thappA? Jogi kazhatturadha, vidyut kazhatta mAttAnA in bowling?? I can't believe Jogi has a supporter Seri seri match mudiyattum!

  
  
  jogi supportera?...
  
  
  
  idhukku enna neenga asingama thitirukalam
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:35:14 2009.

  plum,
  
  balaji and badrinath get their oppurtunities..right?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 10:49:39 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: Dhoni nenachen...appave nenachen..aanaa dhoni is the wicket keeper batsman in the team

  
  Just Kidding..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 10:54:05 2009.

  10 off 3. 70 off 20 then
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 10:56:34 2009.

  sachin captaincy
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 10:57:44 2009.

  first wicket gone
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:00:32 2009.

  Malinga still has three overs. Short spells of one over each in regular intervals I think
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:01:26 2009.

  18/2. Yuvi?? Bhajji is bowling at the other end
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 11:01:50 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:02:33 2009.

  Sachin's widish slip ideas (also in the previous match)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:06:25 2009.

  MI Bowling
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 11:07:49 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  MI Bowling

  
  
  match mudinjappuram sollurathu thaanae
  
  ithula cigarette vaera
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:12:23 2009.

  Duminy bowling - Thalaivaa
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:13:21 2009.

  Feddy watching it? Or cricbuzz?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:15:22 2009.

  Maarar enna solla vareengannu puriala !!!
  
  
  Nerd, This link is working for me now
  
  http://iplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/04/tv-9-alterante-link.html
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:15:25 2009.

  Savraaj
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:16:26 2009.

  9 overs 42/3 and this a tonty tonty.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:17:23 2009.

  Pollock hi-fi(ing)zaheer after the catch. Way ti go Mumbai
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:18:43 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Maarar enna solla vareengannu puriala !!! Nerd, This link is working for me now http://iplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/04/tv-9-alterante-link.html

  
  Recession time- la cricinfo-vE thappu.. Idhu vErayaa
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:18:51 2009.

  Ennadhu KKR thothutaingala
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 11:19:20 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Maarar enna solla vareengannu puriala !!!

  
  nee enna solla vanthaennu ippa thaan enakku purinjathu
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 11:20:05 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Ennadhu KKR thothutaingala

  
  
  iyalba nadakura vishayam thaanae.. ithukellaam shock aa
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:22:15 2009.

  50-3 at satterjee break. And we still have 3 Slinga overs
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 11:36:01 2009.

  Nerrd, weell said. Joginder kazhattaradha Vidyut kazhatta maattana - adhuvum in a season when spinners are doing better than seamers. Parthiv vs Abhinav Mukund. Parthiv is mediocre non local. Abhinav is promising local. Try the promising local especially when the mediocre non local is not performing. That is the point.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 11:58:33 2009.

  Malinga annnaa (Inimel ivarae annaannu dhan koopidanum pola)
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 11:59:44 2009.

  Sachin can bat at #11 today
  
  

• From: salem.saravanan on Wed Apr 29 12:09:15 2009.

  sankagara innum Kelambaama adam pudikaraaru..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 12:13:14 2009.

  Run-a-ball to win. Savi captaincy pArkkalAm
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 12:13:23 2009.

  120 target.. not that bad
  
  

• From: P_R on Wed Apr 29 12:21:08 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  9 overs 42/3 and this a tonty tonty.

  
  
  oNNu appidi pEsa vENdiyadhu
  illai ippidi pEsa vENdiyadhu
  
  
  btw today I was watching a match and saw that there was a ten minute break in the middle of an innings
  
  They are calling sixes as DLF. That's the first DLF of the evening etc.
  
  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 12:37:49 2009.

  OhO pAkka aarambuchitteenga..
  
  MI
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 12:38:28 2009.

  Sachin gone too
  
  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 12:40:11 2009.

  
  
  no problem MI will win
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 12:47:11 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  OhO pAkka aarambuchitteenga..

  
  
  A citi moment of success
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 12:52:08 2009.

  ST Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 1 0 0 0.00
  SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Malik 1 6 0 0 16.66
  
  hmmm, i think Sachin should drop his "old guys" bias and recruit some fresh legs
  
  one more wicket gone......are we looking at the lowest ever T20 score
  
  

• From: P_R on Wed Apr 29 12:55:07 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  OhO pAkka aarambuchitteenga..

  
  Nevaire.... was in a waiting room.
  Time out nu solli ukkAndhirukkAinga. moththamE 20 over dhaanE. idhukku indha alumbu paNraingalEnnu
  
  

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  A citi moment of success

  
  
  I was amused my how easily the commentator started using DLF instead of sixer. Wicket-kku enna pEru ?
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 12:55:46 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  ST Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 1 0 0 0.00 SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Malik 1 6 0 0 16.66 hmmm, i think Sachin should drop his "old guys" bias and recruit some fresh legs .are we looking at the lowest ever T20 score

  
  I don't know about that but you have made the funniest post in this thread. No two ways about it.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 13:00:55 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  I don't know about that but you have made the funniest post in this thread. No two ways about it.

  
  
  oh yea, Nerd - the judge of funny posts competition in Sports section of HUB thanks sir...
  
  but i thot people switched off their house's main supply once sachin gets out - ellarum innum paathuttu dhaan irukkaangala
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed Apr 29 13:02:10 2009.

  Prabhu Ram wrote:

  Wicket-kku enna pEru ?

  
  
  ada adhukuthan
  
  "its another citi moment of success for he bowlong team" apdimbainga
  
  sachin out aanappa they told
  
  "its just not a single citi moment of success for the bowling team...it actually worth two citi moment of successes" adhavadhu huge wicketaam!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 13:05:07 2009.

  Pona maatch appo saar enga venuslayae irundheenga? .
  

  MADDY wrote:

  ST Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 1 0 0 0.00 SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Malik 1 6 0 0 16.66 hmmm, i think Sachin should drop his "old guys" bias and recruit some fresh legs one more wicket gone......are we looking at the lowest ever T20 score

  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 13:06:18 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Pona maatch appo saar enga venuslayae irundheenga? . MADDY wrote: ST Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 1 0 0 0.00 SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Malik 1 6 0 0 16.66 hmmm, i think Sachin should drop his "old guys" bias and recruit some fresh legs one more wicket gone......are we looking at the lowest ever T20 score

  
  
  yen indha match paakka neenga ellam venus poitteengala?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 13:08:10 2009.

  Oru matchkku indha pogaichalaa.. Remba pun pattirukeenga pola
  

  MADDY wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Pona maatch appo saar enga venuslayae irundheenga? . MADDY wrote: ST Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 1 0 0 0.00 SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Malik 1 6 0 0 16.66 hmmm, i think Sachin should drop his "old guys" bias and recruit some fresh legs one more wicket gone......are we looking at the lowest ever T20 score yen indha match paakka neenga ellam venus poitteengala?

  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 13:09:00 2009.

  Maddy saar mattum coach/captain-A irundhA, ovvoru maetchukkum team-A mAthuvaar. 15 member squad ellAm pathAdhu. We need 55 members for a five match series
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 13:11:23 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  We need 55 members for a five match series

  
  
  kolkata has 54 member squad rite anyways, looks like mumbai will limp to victory.....
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 14:03:47 2009.

  6 balls 12 runs needed..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:07:05 2009.

  Duminy kadEsi nErathula kavuthuttAn
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Wed Apr 29 14:09:02 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:10:59 2009.

  pOyum pOyum savaraaj team-Oda
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:11:52 2009.

  Mumbai looooooooosttttttttttttttttttttttttt
  
  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:13:30 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Mumbai looooooooosttttttttttttttttttttttttt

  
  
  bayanthu oadi poanavanukku ippa enna vaela
  
  

• From: mgb on Wed Apr 29 14:13:36 2009.

  i guess it is 3 out of 3 for punjab against mumbai in ipl
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:15:07 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  MADDY wrote: Mumbai looooooooosttttttttttttttttttttttttt bayanthu oadi poanavanukku ippa enna vaela

  
  
  thothhu mannu kavvunnu neengaellam post pannumbodhu naa yen panna koodaadhu
  
  meanwhle on a serious note, i think sachin has once again proved he is one of the worst captains that cricket has ever seen.........Bravo as captain
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:16:22 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  meanwhle on a serious note, i think sachin has once again proved he is one of the worst captains that cricket has ever seen.........

  
  
  athuvae sirippa vara vaikuthu
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:16:24 2009.

  Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:17:32 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL

  
  
  dhoni captain illa maranthae poachu hayden manasu vachu yaethaavathu panna.. ivaru nalla captain nnu paeru vaangittu poagalaam
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:18:32 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL

  
  
  hahaha cant get team chase down even 119 sachin
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:19:34 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Sachin can bat at #11 today

  
  
  no worries, opening-la vandhu no.11 madhiri dhaan aadunaaru
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:21:11 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Sachin can bat at #11 today no worries, opening-la vandhu no.11 madhiri dhaan aadunaaru

  
  
  eppavumae appadi aadura dhoni paththi enna ninaikureenga
  
  u can teach him how to hold he bat first
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:22:03 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL hahaha cant get team chase down even 119 sachin

  
  
  muthalla dhoni ya oru match win panni kodukka sollupaa appuram paesalaam
  
  thalaiar already 2 MOM
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:22:34 2009.

  ithula vaera T20 youngsters game aam
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:22:53 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  eppavumae appadi aadura dhoni paththi enna ninaikureenga u can teach him how to hold he bat first

  
  
  hahahaa......so u guys will take care of training sachin
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 14:23:57 2009.

  Madras la veyyil remba jaasthio !!..
  

  MADDY wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL hahaha cant get team chase down even 119 sachin

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:25:31 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: eppavumae appadi aadura dhoni paththi enna ninaikureenga u can teach him how to hold he bat first hahahaa......so u guys will take care of training sachin

  
  
  u itself know how stupid ur joke was
  
  dhoni captaincy nallaa irukkunnu paer vaanga innum yaarellaam team la vaenum
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:27:23 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Madras la veyyil remba jaasthio !!.. MADDY wrote: Nerd wrote: Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL hahaha cant get team chase down even 119 sachin

  
  And Dr. Dhoni, India's greatest captain lost pathetically to THIS team. Rockers Raghu could do better
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:28:24 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Madras la veyyil remba jaasthio !!.. MADDY wrote: Nerd wrote: Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL hahaha cant get team chase down even 119 sachin

  
  
  neenga chennai vandhappo evalavu irundhudho avalavu dhaan irukku
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 14:32:57 2009.

  Nalla velai naan oru naalaikku mela thangala .
  

  MADDY wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Madras la veyyil remba jaasthio !!.. MADDY wrote: Nerd wrote: Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL hahaha cant get team chase down even 119 sachin neenga chennai vandhappo evalavu irundhudho avalavu dhaan irukku

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 14:36:05 2009.

  When sachin gets out we have a batting collapse and team loses and sachin is credited for the failure. Mind you no credit for bowling changes and keeping the opposition for a low score.
  
  Enna logic, brilliant, endha schoolna neenga??
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:36:47 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Sachin, worst captain? He is at least much better than Dhoni in this IPL dhoni captain illa maranthae poachu hayden manasu vachu yaethaavathu panna.. ivaru nalla captain nnu paeru vaangittu poagalaam

  
  Chennai super Hayden nu pEra mathalaam..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:42:40 2009.

  Achchually CSK kEvalamA thOthappA MI supporter yaarum bluejumpalayE.. Periya manushanga
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 14:47:14 2009.

  What do you expect then??. Sambandhamae illama vandhu sachin-ae nottai sonna do you expect me to sit quiet. What abt the tag "worst captains cricket has ever seen" you gave. He has 2 MOM's in this very tournament for godsakes! . And you were a fan of him sometime before??. All this for a silly close loss game??. I am stunned actually .
  
  In the past one year I have literally stopped talking anything about dhoni. As nerd said putting bluejump for a loss is extremely disgusting. Naanga edhavadhu andha madhiri senjomaa?
  

  MADDY wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Team bowling appo namma dhoni abhimaani vaayayum adhayum saathitu irundhaaru. // hey this is really disgusting feddy //

  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 14:50:06 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  What do you expect then??. Sambandhamae illama vandhu sachin-ae nottai sonna do you expect me to sit quiet. What abt the tag "worst captains cricket has ever seen" you gave. And you were a fan of him sometime before??. All this for a silly close loss game??. I am stunned actually In the past one year I have literally stopped talking anything about dhoni. As nerd said putting bluejump for a loss is extremely disgusting. Naanga edhavadhu andha madhiri senjomaa? MADDY wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Team bowling appo namma dhoni abhimaani vaayayum adhayum saathitu irundhaaru. // hey this is really disgusting feddy //

  
  
  but did i say anything personally abt u or use cheap words?? come on man, i thot we were frnds.....seriously, i;m not trying to gain any sympathy - but this is really shocking i say.....i never expected all of u to be so rude to me in a personal way........
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:54:05 2009.

  no seriousness please... coool down
  
  thaeva illaam ennayum maddy yayum 3 manikku ezhunthu varumbadi vachidaatheenga
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 14:55:20 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  no seriousness please... coool down thaeva illaam ennayum maddy yayum 3 manikku ezhunthu varumbadi vachidaatheenga

  
  ippayE alarm vechitteengaLA? naan thoongavE pORadhillai, naaLaikku CSK match vERa...
  
  freeyA vidunga Feddy/Maddy
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 14:58:48 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: no seriousness please... coool down thaeva illaam ennayum maddy yayum 3 manikku ezhunthu varumbadi vachidaatheenga ippayE alarm vechitteengaLA? naan thoongavE pORadhillai, naaLaikku CSK match vERa... freeyA vidunga Feddy/Maddy

  
  
  alarm ellaam thaeva illa.. daily eppavum oru 2, 3 manikku muzhippu vanthiduthu appuram thirumba thoonga oru 30 mintes aagum
  
  hmmm.. IR paththi ippa engaavathu perumayaa sollanumae
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 15:03:02 2009.

  I also thought we were friends. Neenga ippadi vandhu pesina eppadi?. If you have any arguments against sachin fans please take it with them appropriately. Yen ya ennai ippad pesa vekkureenga??. Insulting a great man who has given his heart and soul for the country and his team and easily one of the most respected gentleman ever to be born in India, for such a silly reason.
  
  I am sorry, If i was rude.

  MADDY wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: What do you expect then??. Sambandhamae illama vandhu sachin-ae nottai sonna do you expect me to sit quiet. What abt the tag "worst captains cricket has ever seen" you gave. And you were a fan of him sometime before??. All this for a silly close loss game??. I am stunned actually In the past one year I have literally stopped talking anything about dhoni. As nerd said putting bluejump for a loss is extremely disgusting. Naanga edhavadhu andha madhiri senjomaa? MADDY wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Team bowling appo namma dhoni abhimaani vaayayum adhayum saathitu irundhaaru. // hey this is really disgusting feddy // but did i say anything personally abt u or use cheap words?? come on man, i thot we were frnds.....seriously, i;m not trying to gain any sympathy - but this is really shocking i say.....i never expected all of u to be so rude to me in a personal way........

  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 15:07:25 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hmmm.. IR paththi ippa engaavathu perumayaa sollanumae

  
  Ada thookkam varalEnA, sugamaa IR songs kEttuttu nimmadhiyA thoonga pOveengalla, adha sollunga
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed Apr 29 15:13:22 2009.

  Maddy, I don't understand this. Why are you attacking rahman(sachin) and supporting harris jayaraj(dhoni) ?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 15:18:46 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: hmmm.. IR paththi ippa engaavathu perumayaa sollanumae Ada thookkam varalEnA, sugamaa IR songs kEttuttu nimmadhiyA thoonga pOveengalla, adha sollunga

  
  
  athuvum sarithaan naalaikku paarthukalaam
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 29 15:21:01 2009.

  Endha teamo jeichu tholaingaayya, unga sondha prechanaikellam sachin-ae izhukadheenga
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 29 15:26:13 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Endha teamo jeichu tholaingaayya, unga sondha prechanaikellam sachin-ae izhukadheenga

  
  
  vidunga.. critics ngura paerla konja paer pannaathatha .. Maddy eppavum manasula romba mariyaatha vachirukuravangala paththi velila nakkal pannuvaaru .. vaera onnum illa
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 21:02:49 2009.

  Plum - Arun LOL/Savaramakrishnan/Ransit Fernando/Rameez Rasa ellam sendhu ore room la ninnaalum mmmm unga kitta nikka mudiyadhu 5 rooba kooda vaangaama 5000 ruvaikku comedy panreenga, kantinuu - rasiga kanmaniga vera irukku pola
  but wud be better if u stopped the suffix prefix adding to MSD - illaina naangalum ungaloda 'prospective' captain-to-be kku adhellam poda vendi varum
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 21:08:21 2009.

  Maddy, bottom of the table ellam ledhu - CSK is gonna breeze thru to semis
  
  two super matches today
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 29 21:10:36 2009.

  Mumbai what went wrong actually? the pitch???
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed Apr 29 21:18:51 2009.

  MI-
  didnt watch the match....Kings batting paathu apdiye thooongitten...
  
  TM'na- Enge intha match-ku ROTFL pottu paarunga paapom.. Round kattiruvaanganu theriyum....
  
  

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  Nerd wrote: OhO pAkka aarambuchitteenga.. A citi moment of success

  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 22:04:03 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Plum - Arun LOL/Savaramakrishnan/Ransit Fernando/Rameez Rasa ellam sendhu ore room la ninnaalum mmmm unga kitta nikka mudiyadhu 5 rooba kooda vaangaama 5000 ruvaikku comedy panreenga, kantinuu - rasiga kanmaniga vera irukku pola

  
  DhonikkE rasigargaL irukkumbOdhu
  
  Actually the same MADDY wrote a long post 3-4 years back comparing the lives of Sachin and ARR and how they have become the icons/inspirations etc for the youth. ippO
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 22:06:59 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  DhonikkE rasigargaL irukkumbOdhu

  andha rasigargal count dhaan stomach burn kku reason nu theriyum
  
  

  Nerd wrote:

  Actually the same MADDY wrote a long post 3-4 years back comparing the lives of Sachin and ARR and how they have become the icons/inspirations etc for the youth. ippO

  
  ppl grow wise with age
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 22:12:27 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Nerd wrote: DhonikkE rasigargaL irukkumbOdhu andha rasigargal count dhaan stomach burn kku reason nu theriyum

  
  Enga mass-A adichikka innoruthan poRanthu varanum!
  
  So annArudaya second statement implies that Maddy has realized sachin is a wastrel now which implies sachin's been a wastrel always. You condinoo comparing Sachin and Dhoni and you are only making fun of yourself putting sachin below Dhoni or whatever you meant to do
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 22:23:48 2009.

  Nerd, you wanna compare MSD and SRT on batting - go ahead. I dont remember doing that in any of the sports threads here World knows who is a better batsman amongst them - is there a need to reiterate?
  Its SRT fans who have been spewing venom on him whenever you get a chance and yeah we know why. Oru arivujeevi had asked SRT to be made captain of Indian team for T20, perhaps Gilchrist or Hayden also would be a good choice considering the batting form!!
  that line of mine was a joke and even on a serious note, cant he change loyalties? sari vidunga 'kadavul' bakthargal/veriyargal thread/forum la oru 'nasthigan' pechu edhukku
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 22:35:50 2009.

  I did not expect a reply from you on that MADDY thing. I posted that because I was curious how would maddy react to that. And yes, I did not get the joke.
  
  Btw, Plum Sachin fan-nE sollaliyE or at least he won't be as hardcore as CR/Feddy etc. When was the last time Feddy/myself spewed venom on Dhoni? (CR annaikku thittinAr but, that was more of a knee-jerk reaction to CSK's loss) As I said earlier, I did not even react to the four CSK defeats. Maddy's posts today were certainly in bad taste and again, I logged in just to remind maddy of one of his earlier posts. I don't have any problems with him changing favorites either.
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 22:52:35 2009.

  Nerd - in a forum for discussions its always nice to see some humor and also some friendly attacks. CR (and a million others ) has made fun of Mahi's batting style and its not a big deal to make fun of it once a while and so on (though I know it'd be a SIN to even talk anything at all abt the 'other' person).
  But 'supporting hindi belt'/x person to be made captain and all nonsense is sheer stupidity. I did restrain from replying to the verbal diarrhoea, even advised Kalyan to not fall into the bait. Am sure Maddy responded only coz of those kinda posts (well i think again am speaking for him - wud leave it to Maddy to respond). Who cares if he is a hardcore SRT fan or not, his posts have been based on SRT as a protagonist so naturally our response is gonna be only in that direction. Jus coz you/LM and Feddy (CR not incl ) have been good how can that change?
  
  PS : yeah, i shudnt have replied to the thing for Maddy!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 29 23:01:09 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Who cares if he is a hardcore SRT fan or not, his posts have been based on SRT as a protagonist so naturally our response is gonna be only in that direction.

  
  
  There was only one post by Plum which had Sachin and Dhoni in comparison. Sachin-ai thittaradhukku kaaranam venum-nu thedittu irundhiruppeenga pola irukku. Rendu kaaranam kidaichuduchu. Onnu Plum, innonnu netthu match.
  
  Edhukku indha excuse ellam?
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 23:13:26 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  There was only one post by Plum which had Sachin and Dhoni in comparison. Sachin-ai thittaradhukku kaaranam venum-nu thedittu irundhiruppeenga pola irukku. Rendu kaaranam kidaichuduchu. Onnu Plum, innonnu netthu match. Edhukku indha excuse ellam?

  LM - netthu match? I didnt speak abt that? (if u were referring to me) and yeah all this responses are not coz MI lost sterday , nethu was busy at work no time to respond and wanted to b4 CSK match starts today). as for comparisons - go back and read it urself - 1 in 3 posts of his has references to current batting form/captaincy change to SRT and blah blah blah. So what do you want us to do - keep quiet coz its a bakthargal only area? or plead to PR and ask him to give warning to 'mozhi veri' posts here or try uploading sense in return to nonsense posts?
  
  excuses? why do we need that? we arent the ones comparing - aarambichavangala nirutha sollunga naangalum nirutharom
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Apr 29 23:13:53 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Nerd - in a forum for discussions its always nice to see some humor and also some friendly attacks. CR (and a million others ) has made fun of Mahi's batting style and its not a big deal to make fun of it once a while and so on (though I know it'd be a SIN to even talk anything at all abt the 'other' person).

  
  Do you think there is even a room for criticizing the 'other' person's batting? Be it the style or the form?
  
  

  directhit wrote:

  But 'supporting hindi belt'/x person to be made captain and all nonsense is sheer stupidity.

  
  idhula unga side-E konjam weak. Kalyasi almost conceded yesterday. Honestly don't you feel its stupid persisting with Jogi/Parthiv and criticizing Badri (taking only this edition of IPL into consideration)? And Plum made a good point - Ranji-ODIs which most of us are unaware of!
  
  Seri seri, I don't want to lose my sleep over it
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 29 23:18:46 2009.

  Anoop,
  
  You=Dhoni fans. I searched for Plum's posts and I could find only one regarding Sachin and Dhoni. Andha post-dhan Maddy-oda replies-kku kaaranam-na, I'm right in my previous post.
  
  I'll wait for Maddy's reply.
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 23:38:37 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Do you think there is even a room for criticizing the 'other' person's batting? Be it the style or the form?

  there is no room since God doesnt make mistakes, but human beings do. its all in the mind
  
  

  Nerd wrote:

  directhit wrote: But 'supporting hindi belt'/x person to be made captain and all nonsense is sheer stupidity. idhula unga side-E konjam weak. Kalyasi almost conceded yesterday. Honestly don't you feel its stupid persisting with Jogi/Parthiv and criticizing Badri (taking only this edition of IPL into consideration)? And Plum made a good point - Ranji-ODIs which most of us are unaware of! Seri seri, I don't want to lose my sleep over it

  Ranji ODIs, Ashish Chopra is the no.3 batsman there TN won it yeah, but both the best batsmen of that tournament Badri and Vijay are already in CSK team. and compare it against the top guys' performances so far in IPL
  
  Parthiv is in coz MS is suffering from back pain and doesnt prefer to keep and thts the reason Vijay is missing out, though i guess we might see him today. Jus citing Tamil/North stuff aint gonna get any brownie points - Tamizh pechu engal moochu program illa idhu. Read some points on Badri not being elevated, he was promoted in the last year IPL and didnt do worthwhile - this topic of he is a accumulator doesnt hold stead coz we need to jus look at BRC and Dravid's awesome batting to be proven wrong.
  
  What has been wrong with CSK so far is the bowlers not bowling to the field set so far (b4 CR jumps onto me, 179/190 and 165 w/o MS/Morkel/Badri firing is more than enuf for me) - MS's captaincy has been always on this lines - either he leaves it to the bowlers to set their field and bowl accordingly or once things go wrong he sets a field and asks his bowlers to bowl to that, thts what he has been saying for a long time. All of our Indian bowlers have been doing that perfectly and the results were there to see (yeah 2-3 YEARS of LUCK as per Plum ) CSK bowling right from Flintoff and Morkel has been outright stupid at the death. Bala is bowling perfectly to that other than an occasional bad over or two. Gony too did well in the initial matches. When all the other teams' spinners have been bowling so well the Great Murali hasnt been that effective. Anyways all this would be sorted out and it would be CSK time again
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 23:43:51 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  ganguly adicha 1 run in 8 balls kku sirikalaamnu ninaichaen.. namma pasanga manasu pun pada kooadathunnu KKR kku urundu purandaen

  
  
  naanga 8 baal na neenga 6 ball
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 23:53:54 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  directhit wrote: Who cares if he is a hardcore SRT fan or not, his posts have been based on SRT as a protagonist so naturally our response is gonna be only in that direction. There was only one post by Plum which had Sachin and Dhoni in comparison. Sachin-ai thittaradhukku kaaranam venum-nu thedittu irundhiruppeenga pola irukku. Rendu kaaranam kidaichuduchu. Onnu Plum, innonnu netthu match. Edhukku indha excuse ellam?

  
  
  LM, dhoni thitturadha paathu kulir kaayura group inga irukku.......avanga thuninju, Dhoni-a unfair/personal bashing pannumbodhu detest pannangaana, naangellam varathukku avasiyame illa........
  
  

• From: directhit on Wed Apr 29 23:54:58 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Anoop, You=Dhoni fans. I searched for Plum's posts and I could find only one regarding Sachin and Dhoni. Andha post-dhan Maddy-oda replies-kku kaaranam-na, I'm right in my previous post. I'll wait for Maddy's reply.

  LM - there were atleast three 1, 2 and 3. and lots more seperately attacking Mahi. So naturally he is a 'xyz' supporter or atleast a pretender of that. Though there is no point in responding to 'guys with experience to beat me with that experience', wanted to clarify some things and also get rid of that suffix adding and thts why this nasthigan posted in Gods own forum
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed Apr 29 23:57:16 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Anoop, You=Dhoni fans. I searched for Plum's posts and I could find only one regarding Sachin and Dhoni. Andha post-dhan Maddy-oda replies-kku kaaranam-na, I'm right in my previous post. I'll wait for Maddy's reply.

  
  
  naa eppo dhoni and sachin-a compare pannen?? naanum kooda thaan pannala........so will u accept, my criticism of Sachin is genuine and does not involve dhoni angle......
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 0:07:55 2009.

  Anoop,
  I don't get the suffix/prefix thingi. I don't see Plum or for that matter anybody doing that to Dhoni.
  
  And your 'other' 'xyz' etc is nauseating to say the least, I am trying my best to be *nice*.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 0:11:50 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Actually the same MADDY wrote a long post 3-4 years back comparing the lives of Sachin and ARR and how they have become the icons/inspirations etc for the youth. ippO

  
  
  ippo - post comparing lives of Dhoni and Amit Trivedi panna poren...... .....ofcourse, sachin remains one of the biggest heroes of my life along with rahman and sampras but that doesent stop me from supporting Dhoni
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 0:12:49 2009.

  adadaa - okie i guess this thread is at hot levels now with anything said being distorted, better i return back when its cool
  jus for the record, i used XYZ coz i donno who he is supporting (with LM saying he is not a fan of SRT) and not to undermine anyone
  as for plum using suffixes you can go thru his posts!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 30 0:13:19 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  littlemaster1982 wrote: Anoop, You=Dhoni fans. I searched for Plum's posts and I could find only one regarding Sachin and Dhoni. Andha post-dhan Maddy-oda replies-kku kaaranam-na, I'm right in my previous post. I'll wait for Maddy's reply. naa eppo dhoni and sachin-a compare pannen?? naanum kooda thaan pannala........so will u accept, my criticism of Sachin is genuine and does not involve dhoni angle......

  
  
  Neenga compare panneenga-nu naanum sollalaiye. And I didn't claim Plum's criticism is genuine. Plum's issues with Dhoni are based on North/South bias rather than his affinity to Sachin (avar Sachin fan-a illaiya-nne sariya theriyaadhu). Atleast that's what I perceive.
  
  Avar Sachin perai oru post-la mention pannadhukku, you went overboard with Sachin bashing. That's why I asked were you waiting for this?
  
  Anoop,
  
  1st post is made after Maddy's posts. 2 & 3 are same points. Whatever it is, it is not yet known if he is a Sachin fan or not.
  
  When we (Sachin fans+Dhoni haters) didn't provoke anyone even when CSK is not doing good, Sachin bashing is unnecessary.
  
  Idhukku mela idhula solradhukku onnum illa.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 0:23:24 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  When we (Sachin fans+Dhoni haters)

  
  LM, sollavE illai
  
  Anoop, naanum tharuvEn link-u
  1
  2
  And on the 'XYZ', It doesnt need one to know rocket science to infer who your 'xyz' referred to.
  
  

• From: Anban on Thu Apr 30 0:23:39 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Mumbai what went wrong actually? the pitch???

  sachin and sanath were sent back early.. avvalavu thaan. match over!!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 30 0:25:08 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  littlemaster1982 wrote: When we (Sachin fans+Dhoni haters) LM, sollavE illai

  
  
  I'm a cat on the wall
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 0:25:45 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Anoop, 1st post is made after Maddy's posts. 2 & 3 are same points. Whatever it is, it is not yet known if he is a Sachin fan or not. When we (Sachin fans+Dhoni haters) didn't provoke anyone even when CSK is not doing good, Sachin bashing is unnecessary. Idhukku mela idhula solradhukku onnum illa.

  LM, picture this - one adhimedhavi hubber comes in and says MS has hit two 50s and india wins, SRT didnt score well, lets drop SRT from the team and make MSD open the innings and say one of us (me/maddy/kalyasi) welcomes with a 'adikkadi indha thread pakkam vaanga' and garland him with the no1 sachin basher in the forum etc etc. Naturally what follows after all this would be MSD bashing aint it sari ungalukku oru nyayam oorukku onnu...
  
  on a lighter note, andha we nu bracket la pottirukeengalae adhenna?
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 0:26:03 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Avar Sachin perai oru post-la mention pannadhukku, you went overboard with Sachin bashing. That's why I asked were you waiting for this?

  
  
  i dont know where i went overboard......i hate mumbai indians bcos there is too much of hype to those guys....if u see y'day night - i just said mumbai lost and put 10-15 bluejumps and all my other posts were just replies........reg my criticism of sachin's captaincy - i never like sachin's captaincy - even during my sachin fanatism peak, i used to detest his captaincy........
  
  

  LM wrote:

  n fans+Dhoni haters) didn't provoke anyone even when CSK is not doing good, Sachin bashing is unnecessary

  
  
  his post reg dhoni-HJ and sachin-rahman clinches it for me......his intentions are pretty clear........he is just like any other sachin fan oh i'm sorry dhoni hater......Dhoni-a sachin fans bash pannagnna - sachin criticism-um varum......but i can assure there will be decent, healthy critical analysis of sachin's mistakes and not personalised, spweing venom as done by sachin fans....
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 0:28:58 2009.

  Rajasthan beat Delhi.
  Punjab beat Mumbai.
  very bad news for CSK.
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 0:29:55 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  And on the 'XYZ', It doesnt need one to know rocket science to infer who your 'xyz' referred to.

  adhaanga naanum sonnen - i used to refer to him as SRT supporter and since there was a talk on he aint a SRT supporter for sure i put ok xyz supporter
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 0:31:17 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Rajasthan beat Delhi. Punjab beat Mumbai. very bad news for CSK.

  
  inga thread enna ranagalam aagitturukku...ippo kooda idailyla vanthu update pannitu irukkeenga....unga kadamai unarsikku alave illaya...
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 30 0:31:49 2009.

  Yeah right !!! Critical analysis. I can't laugh out loud as I am in a library. Maddy your jokes are awesome.
  
  Calling a worst captain cricket has ever seen, batted like a number 11 ... idhellam critical analysis. Kekkuravan kenayana irundha thirukuralae ezhudinadhu thirupachi director nnanam.
  
  LM/Nerd you are wasting your goddamm time.
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 0:33:37 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Kekkuravan kenayana irundha thirukuralae ezhudinadhu thirupachi director nnanam. .

  idhula kooda double attack avaru thirupathi nu oru padam eduthaarla - adha ezhudhina enna
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 0:33:47 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  \ LM, picture this - one adhimedhavi hubber comes in and says MS has hit two 50s and india wins, SRT didnt score well, lets drop SRT from the team and make MSD open the innings and say one of us (me/maddy/kalyasi) welcomes with a 'adikkadi indha thread pakkam vaanga' and garland him with the no1 sachin basher in the forum etc etc. Naturally what follows after all this would be MSD

  
  Echoos me. Andha make-sachin-captain was in lighter note and he was just venting out his frustrations on dropping the seniors. And my appreciation was for the obvious bias. Playing Jogi/patel etc.,
  
  And OK, 'XYZ'-a vittA kooda, what about 1 and 2? 'Other' batsman? Doesn't he have a name?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 0:34:22 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: ganguly adicha 1 run in 8 balls kku sirikalaamnu ninaichaen.. namma pasanga manasu pun pada kooadathunnu KKR kku urundu purandaen naanga 8 baal na neenga 6 ball

  
  
  ethu better nnu naan sollanumaa muthalla ozhunga oru match win panni kodukattum for KKR appuram vanthu paesalaam
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 0:35:29 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Do you think there is even a room for criticizing the 'other' person's batting? Be it the style or the form? there is no room since God doesnt make mistakes, but human beings do. its all in the mind Nerd wrote: directhit wrote: But 'supporting hindi belt'/x person to be made captain and all nonsense is sheer stupidity. idhula unga side-E konjam weak. Kalyasi almost conceded yesterday. Honestly don't you feel its stupid persisting with Jogi/Parthiv and criticizing Badri (taking only this edition of IPL into consideration)? And Plum made a good point - Ranji-ODIs which most of us are unaware of! Seri seri, I don't want to lose my sleep over it Ranji ODIs, Ashish Chopra is the no.3 batsman there TN won it yeah, but both the best batsmen of that tournament Badri and Vijay are already in CSK team. and compare it against the top guys' performances so far in IPL Parthiv is in coz MS is suffering from back pain and doesnt prefer to keep and thts the reason Vijay is missing out, though i guess we might see him today. Jus citing Tamil/North stuff aint gonna get any brownie points - Tamizh pechu engal moochu program illa idhu. Read some points on Badri not being elevated, he was promoted in the last year IPL and didnt do worthwhile - this topic of he is a accumulator doesnt hold stead coz we need to jus look at BRC and Dravid's awesome batting to be proven wrong. What has been wrong with CSK so far is the bowlers not bowling to the field set so far (b4 CR jumps onto me, 179/190 and 165 w/o MS/Morkel/Badri firing is more than enuf for me) - MS's captaincy has been always on this lines - either he leaves it to the bowlers to set their field and bowl accordingly or once things go wrong he sets a field and asks his bowlers to bowl to that, thts what he has been saying for a long time. All of our Indian bowlers have been doing that perfectly and the results were there to see (yeah 2-3 YEARS of LUCK as per Plum ) CSK bowling right from Flintoff and Morkel has been outright stupid at the death. Bala is bowling perfectly to that other than an occasional bad over or two. Gony too did well in the initial matches. When all the other teams' spinners have been bowling so well the Great Murali hasnt been that effective. Anyways all this would be sorted out and it would be CSK time again

  
  
  DH, dont even bother........parthiv patel is a gujarati and not a north indian as genuises infer here.........if there is anything betn gujjus and biharis it is fight only...........if Dhoni has regional bias - he should have actually left out parthiv.......they dont even know the dynamics of hindi/gujarati equations - vandhuttaanga
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 0:35:30 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Kekkuravan kenayana irundha thirukuralae ezhudinadhu thirupachi director nnanam. . idhula kooda double attack avaru thirupathi nu oru padam eduthaarla - adha ezhudhina enna

  
  
  first impression is the best impression illayaa athaan
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 30 0:36:56 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  i dont know where i went overboard......i hate mumbai indians bcos there is too much of hype to those guys....if u see y'day night - i just said mumbai lost and put 10-15 bluejumps and all my other posts were just replies........reg my criticism of sachin's captaincy - i never like sachin's captaincy - even during my sachin fanatism peak, i used to detest his captaincy........

  
  
  What about that #11 post? Valid/healthy criticism? Failed chase-kkum captaincy-kkum enna sammandham? Thideernu enga irundhu worst captain point vandhudhu?
  
  

  MADDY wrote:

  LM wrote: n fans+Dhoni haters) didn't provoke anyone even when CSK is not doing good, Sachin bashing is unnecessary his post reg dhoni-HJ and sachin-rahman clinches it for me......his intentions are pretty clear........he is just like any other sachin fan oh i'm sorry dhoni hater......Dhoni-a sachin fans bash pannagnna - sachin criticism-um varum......but i can assure there will be decent, healthy critical analysis of sachin's mistakes and not personalised, spweing venom as done by sachin fans....

  
  
  None of us did post anything about Dhoni. Neenga convenient-a Plum-ai ulla serthutteenga. Your intentions are also very clear Maddy
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 0:37:22 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Rajasthan beat Delhi. Punjab beat Mumbai. very bad news for CSK.

  
  
  KKR beat pannaama paarthukittaa, athuvae periya vishayam
  
  Forgot CSK has hayden
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 0:38:18 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  - vandhuttaanga

  
  aang saar. oru 8 hours munnAdi perssanal attack pannittAnga-nu oora kootineengaLE, idhu ennadhu? And we were talking about leaving out thamizh makkaL who bothers if he selects Gujjus or Arunachal Pradesh guys? Its CHENNAI super kings.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 0:39:43 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  villan007 wrote: Thirumaran wrote: ganguly adicha 1 run in 8 balls kku sirikalaamnu ninaichaen.. namma pasanga manasu pun pada kooadathunnu KKR kku urundu purandaen naanga 8 baal na neenga 6 ball ethu better nnu naan sollanumaa muthalla ozhunga oru match win panni kodukattum for KKR appuram vanthu paesalaam

  Neenga side track-la oru fight ottalaamnu vills-i vambu izhukkureengala?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 0:41:10 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Neenga side track-la oru fight ottalaamnu vills-i vambu izhukkureengala?

  
  
  Rajini Kamal fights bore adichuthunnaa, Vijay Ajith fights kku poaruthuthaanae hub nyaayam
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 0:46:22 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  sourav wrote: Neenga side track-la oru fight ottalaamnu vills-i vambu izhukkureengala? Rajini Kamal fights bore adichuthunnaa, Vijay Ajith fights kku poaruthuthaanae hub nyaayam

  naan hub meet-la irukkura maathiriye hub-layum silent-ave irunthuduren....athan nallathu....lol.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 0:48:35 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  naan hub meet-la irukkura maathiriye hub-layum silent-ave irunthuduren....athan nallathu....lol.

  
  
  neengalae ippadi sonnaa eppadi.. ungala thaane mala poala nambi irukkoam
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 0:48:36 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  MADDY wrote: - vandhuttaanga aang saar. oru 8 hours munnAdi perssanal attack pannittAnga-nu oora kootineengaLE, idhu ennadhu? And we were talking about leaving out thamizh makkaL who bothers if he selects Gujjus or Arunachal Pradesh guys? Its CHENNAI super kings.

  
  
  how does that become personal abuse?? here again i'm criticising the posts not the person and his a** hole as done by ur frnds
  
  thamizh makkal - oh ok.......hindi bias-nnu eppadi solreenga - adhukku pathhhu per support?? gujarati-kkum hindikkum evalavu difference iruuku theriyuma??? i need to check where joginder sharma belongs to.......first of all bihar-laye bhojpuri dhaan pesuvaanga predominantly..........illaina kooda "taet-hindi"nnu pesuvaanga........avangale suthhamana hindi kaaranga kedayadhu.....
  
  LM - getting out for 1 run from 6 balls - is a tail ender score - adha thaan sonnen..........no way tried to bring down his batting prowess - who am i to do it i sincerely believe saCHIn is a very bad captain.......hit me, shoot me - i would still say that.......IMO, thats no way derogatory to sachin, the batsman & sachin, the cricketing great.......
  
  reg Plum - why this disownment doesent come before?? after sachin gets attacked - all of a sudden plum becomes a non-sachin fan..........
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 0:52:11 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  sourav wrote: naan hub meet-la irukkura maathiriye hub-layum silent-ave irunthuduren....athan nallathu....lol. neengalae ippadi sonnaa eppadi.. ungala thaane mala poala nambi irukkoam

  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 0:53:12 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Nerd wrote: MADDY wrote: - vandhuttaanga aang saar. oru 8 hours munnAdi perssanal attack pannittAnga-nu oora kootineengaLE, idhu ennadhu? And we were talking about leaving out thamizh makkaL who bothers if he selects Gujjus or Arunachal Pradesh guys? Its CHENNAI super kings. how does that become personal abuse??

  
  AFAIK, vandhuttAnga is said in a condescending tone. OnniyumE theriyAdhu (dumb people), vandhuttAnunga.. there you go.
  
  And for majority of thamizh makkaL anything north of AP is indhi. Mumbai belongs to north India for 95% of thamizh makkaL. Why do you want to pick on a geographic/demographic error in that post? We meant to say thamizhans are being sidelined.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 30 0:57:29 2009.

  Forgetting the context of the discussion/tournament performances/team performances and dissing a great player as a worst captain is INDEED a personal abuse when the man himself has done nothing wrong.
  
  Where was Mr. Maddy when MI won 2 comfortable games. Why didn't he say anything when the team was winning?.
  How on earth can anybody make such a lame claim. .
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 30 0:58:31 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  LM - getting out for 1 run from 6 balls - is a tail ender score - adha thaan sonnen..........no way tried to bring down his batting prowess - who am i to do it i sincerely believe saCHIn is a very bad captain.......hit me, shoot me - i would still say that.......IMO, thats no way derogatory to sachin, the batsman & sachin, the cricketing great.......

  
  
  Oh yeah, one bad day and he becomes a tailender. All these days I didn't know this.
  
  Sachin captaincy patthi arguement-e illadhappo, neenga edhukku adhai mention panneenga? Oops, I forgot. It's healthy criticism.
  
  

  Quote:

  reg Plum - why this disownment doesent come before?? after sachin gets attacked - all of a sudden plum becomes a non-sachin fan..........

  
  
  Why should the disownment come before? What's the necessity for us?
  
  Maddy, no matter how you hide it, your hatred for Sachin is way too obvious.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 0:59:37 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  We meant to say thamizhans are being sidelined.

  
  
  ok, but the reason given to this "sideline" is dhoni being a hindi guy - which is itself a wrong assumption, so i have serious doubts on credibility of that accusation....i suspect whether there is a clear understanding of dynamics of this country before making such sweeping racist accusations
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 30 1:00:18 2009.

  LM/nerd : Poi vivasaayam paarunga, Pulla kuttigalai padikka veyyunga .
  
  I have nothing else to say in this rotten discussion.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 1:03:44 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Maddy, no matter how you hide it, your hatred for Sachin is way too obvious.

  
  
  i dont feel bad abt it at all when u say this:
  
  

  Quote:

  we(sachin fans+dhoni haters)

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Apr 30 1:05:50 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  littlemaster1982 wrote: Maddy, no matter how you hide it, your hatred for Sachin is way too obvious. i dont feel bad abt it at all when u say this: Quote: we(sachin fans+dhoni haters)

  
  
  I mentioned that to exclude Plum. I should have put it as LM/AF/Nerd.
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 1:38:37 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Andha make-sachin-captain was in lighter note and he was just venting out his frustrations on dropping the seniors.

  oh tis was a joke, mm too bad i didnt know that!
  
  

  Nerd wrote:

  And OK, 'XYZ'-a vittA kooda, what about 1 and 2? 'Other' batsman? Doesn't he have a name?

  my mistake, I take that back
  
  

  Thirumaran wrote:

  KKR beat pannaama paarthukittaa, athuvae periya vishayam Forgot CSK has hayden

  vanakkam, sweden la unga address enna?
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 1:42:18 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: KKR beat pannaama paarthukittaa, athuvae periya vishayam Forgot CSK has hayden vanakkam, sweden la unga address enna?

  
  jollu street, gujaal apartment, Sweden...
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 1:45:30 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  And we were talking about leaving out thamizh makkaL who bothers if he selects Gujjus or Arunachal Pradesh guys? Its CHENNAI super kings.

  Nerd wrote:

  We meant to say thamizhans are being sidelined.

  Nerd, just curious, which IPL team plays their own state players in big numbers - except Mumbai out of which 2 are players of indian team? This is not a Tamilnadu or Chennai team participating in any domestic championship. Its a private orgainzation fielding players who they feel are best among the lot. 4 foreign players + MSD + Raina + Balaji + Gony are almost final and there is only place for 3, parthiv is in for MS backup. the rest two has been Badri+Joginder. Though for me he is Joker sharma, i feel he is better than Amarnath. Sudeep Tyagi might be a better pick. The reserves are bad coz we are looking at reserves for bowling and not batsmen - Vijay wud do more than good at the top when parthiv is made to sit out
  
  

  MADDY wrote:

  after sachin gets attacked - all of a sudden plum becomes a non-sachin fan..........

  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 2:00:17 2009.

  ennappa ellaam mudijiduchaa
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 2:01:52 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  directhit wrote: Thirumaran wrote: KKR beat pannaama paarthukittaa, athuvae periya vishayam Forgot CSK has hayden vanakkam, sweden la unga address enna? jollu street, gujaal apartment, Sweden...

  
  
  kaekka nallaa thaan irukku udambu full aa machcham irukkuthaan.. enna pryojanam
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 2:42:17 2009.

  Ada paavingala, post-ku post en peyarai eduthu vilasureengale
  Waste of time - My position is too complex here to explain - adhanala I will leave each of your assumptions about my position as it is.
  Maddy, ore oru vaarthai. I think Nerd got my position better than any one else. If you think I dont understand the geographical and linguistic intricacies, so be it. My primary point I explained before - IPL is not just a private tournament; one of the stated objectives is to develop local talent which is why there is a concept of catchment area and a lower limit on number of people from the catchment area. Jogi, Parthiv maadhir super-flops-ai replace pannalamnu dhaan sonnom. Comparision was clearly Parthiv vs Vijay or Abhinav and jogi vs Vidyut. Cleara puirinjikkinga first.
  
  The posts on making Sachin were exactly what you say - stupid logic - and that was a satire on the stupid logic thrown about succesfully in 2007 September - seniors are underperforming so encourage juniors was the argument. I was exactly reversing that argument here. I thought I made it pretty clear that I was making fun of 'youthu' supporters who went overboard hyping minor youth talents against Dravid and Ganguly and others. Last IPL saw venom being thrown against RD and SCG in particular, just because the likes of Pathan and others cross-batted their way to glory in patta Indian pitches. It is the stupidity of that chorus bandwagon that I was parodying. Idhukku mela naan solradhukku onnum illai. Sachin-ai Rahmanoda compare pannappove ungalukku purinjirikaanum I am not a major sachin fan-nu
  (look guys, let's not fight or make personal comments - Dhoni pathi en karuthai naan ennoda arguments-ai vechu dhaan articulate panninen - let's not get into meta arguments like who is whose fan - just counter the argument with your logic avlo dhaan.)
  Ippadi Rahman fanskulleye faction, faction-a pirinja eppadippa. IR vs ARR-nu onnu irukkula - adhu dhaaane primary panchayathu indha forum-la. Cricket vechi Faction piriyadheengappa - onna irunga
  
  Nerd, special mention. Naan sariya explain pannattalum, ennoda intentions matrum thinking-ai correct a purinjindadhukku thanks.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 2:55:27 2009.

  And all my arguments on Dhoni were just to say that he is not the great captain that he is projected to be. Idhukku edhukkupa Sachin-ai kuppainu thittareenga. Nalla velai, Sachin 2006-07 form-la irundhirundha total damage aayirukkum
  (For the record, fandom-nu paartha VVS and RD come above Sachin and Ganguly for me. But VVS ippo "Venaam, valikkudhu, azhudhuduvaen" range-la irukkan IPL-ai porutha varaikkum )
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 3:00:05 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Ippadi Rahman fanskulleye faction, faction-a pirinja eppadippa. IR vs ARR-nu onnu irukkula - adhu dhaaane primary panchayathu indha forum-la. Cricket vechi Faction piriyadheengappa - onna irunga

  
  
  namma hub la yaegapatta panjaayathu irunthirukku.. innum irukku.. Sachin -- Dhoni maathiri puthusu puthusaa varum. IR and ARR is one among them avvalavuthaan.. When Lm against Maddy naa athu inga mattum thaan, ARR nnu varumboathu appa kathayae vaera... Nerd, af, CR ellaam inga sachin side irunthaalum.. kamal, Rajini nnu vanthaa vaera maathiri poiduvoamla We all know, what is needed where and how to adapt ourselves
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:02:28 2009.

  TM , ofcourse. Romba heat irundhadhala, konjam comedy pandradhukkaga sonnaen
  
  BTW, I think Shreevats Goswami is a good prospect. KKD, PP ellaam thookkitty, ivanai groom pannalam WK positionku. Definitely a prospect for Tests, if not limited overs.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:09:03 2009.

  BTW, is there anyway we can make Warne the Indian captain . Bale killadi - Munaf Patel-aiye perform panna vekkaran. Kallula kooda ennai eduppan pola.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:10:40 2009.

  And as far as Mumbai is concerned, time to drop Shikar Dhawan and bring in "local talent" Ajinkya Rahane.( Indha local talent matter-ai vida maatene, my pet topic!)
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 30 3:20:08 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  And as far as Mumbai is concerned, time to drop Shikar Dhawan and bring in "local talent" Ajinkya Rahane.( Indha local talent matter-ai vida maatene, my pet topic!)

  
  
  Ithai thaan naanum solla vanthen... Mumbai team la ore oru local talent thaan, Abishek Nayar, vera yaarum kedayathu.... apparom yen CSK mela mattum intha Kola veri...
  
  I brought in Sachin just to say that when you have a bowler like Zaheer Khan you will not be able to pick Dhawal Kulkarni ahead of him.... I never complained abt sachin there...
  
  Ithula ethukku naama Sachin Dhoni ya izhuthu asinga paduthanum
  
  Dhoni is the ICC No 1 Rated Batsman as of now... So avara pathi pesarathum inga avasiyame illatha onnu....
  
  If at all we have to blame someone it must be India Cements and Mukesh Ambani for picking other state players ahead of Local players in their squad...
  
  Appo Delhi la irukaravanga ellam Sehwag Tamil biased a irukaaru nu sonna thappu thaane?
  
  Inga illatiyum engayo Tamilan velaydaraan nu santhosa padunga pa...
  
  Anyhow his game is projected at a higher level for ppl/selectors to see...
  
  Then how does this matter....
  
  Game over!!!!
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:32:03 2009.

  kalyasi, CSK jeiyicha naan enna dukhama irukka porena? The thing with Dhoni that gets my goat is the anointing of him as a great captain pre-maturely. He is not even at the Sourav Ganguly levels yet. And his handling of CSK this year shows a tired man who is over-burdened and who is unable to spare enough time to think about and analyse the squad given to him. As I acknowledged before, we are conjecturing from outside, but bias is my conjecture. But, if not bias, then as I put in a previous post, the only other option is he is dumb not to foresee the changes required. Even after last match, he was talking about an obscure Jakatti. Thats what got my goat. Appo kooda local talent pathi gnabagame varalai avarukku. That was my basis.
  If you say he is not biased, then as far as CSK squad goes, he is clueless who is what, and has not bothered to do a BGC on each of his players, analyse their strengths and weaknesses and try out appropriately. This might be because his India commitments have taken too much out of him again, but in that case, he should have done the honourable thing and opted out - just like we apply this rule to seniors and say that if they cannot perform or give full hearted captaincy, they have to be out, same logic should apply to Dhoni.
  
  The whole point I am making is he is not as great as he is projected to be as a captain . Even though CSK are losing, I am glad they are because this fact has been brought out in the open now. The second grievance I have against him is blaming the bowlers when it is the middle order including him that screwed up. This shows either he doesnt want to take the blame or admit his mistakes or he is clueless what is wrong with the team. Either way not the sign of a great captain.
  
  Even though I dont like Warne personally, I cannot but doff my hat at his shrewd captaincy. Now, there is a great captain - and he hasnt led his country much, note, but the way he captains, anyone including detractors like me have to acknowledge his captaincy. This, Dhoni is not yet. Even though he has led in more international matches than Warne and had reasonable success, he doenst have the same nous as Warne.
  
  He is not greatnu solradhukkum, he is not goodnu solradhukkum neraiya vidhyasam iruku
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 3:32:21 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  (look guys, let's not fight or make personal comments - Dhoni pathi en karuthai naan ennoda arguments-ai vechu dhaan articulate panninen - let's not get into meta arguments like who is whose fan - just counter the argument with your logic avlo dhaan.)

  when u have already a fixed mindset on the north/south and language bias etc and other stuff i personally believe Rediff messageboard wud be the best place for that !! neenga adha erakki vachuttu vandhaa cricket pathi discuss pannalaam
  
  
  

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Inga illatiyum engayo Tamilan velaydaraan nu santhosa padunga pa... Anyhow his game is projected at a higher level for ppl/selectors to see... Then how does this matter....

  7 players per team and thts a total of 56 indian guys, take out say 14-15 international players and we have close to 40 domestic youngsters (or ppl like agarkar) given a chance to showcase their talent. Idhulayum mozhi/jaadhi/madha prachanaya kondu varanumaa
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:34:02 2009.

  Sehwag is shrewd. When Yomi did badly in the first match, immediately replaced him with Sangwan and reaped the benefits. Ofcourse, he screws up bowling changes, and his over confidence screws him so overall, he is a worse captain than Dhoni but his team selection cannot be questioned. I think KKD's sacking is not far away given his performance. Mithun Manhas can keep, and so can AB DeVilliers. If KKD fails today, he is done. Sehwag is ruthless enough to drop him if required. So, people cannot say that he is tamil-biased. He has already taken tough decisions on these tamil guys when required.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:35:36 2009.

  Hmm.. regional bias whatever - naan logical-a dhaane en arguments solraen. Apdiye argue pannalame neengalum respectfulla. Rediff board? Enakku venum, innamum venum.
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 3:36:17 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Even after last match, he was talking about an obscure Jakatti. Thats what got my goat. Appo kooda local talent pathi gnabagame varalai avarukku. That was my basis. If you say he is not biased, then as far as CSK squad goes, he is clueless who is what, and has not bothered to do a BGC on each of his players, analyse their strengths and weaknesses and try out appropriately.

  Background checks Plum, ur aware that there is something called 'Nets' session they play, and all the team bowlers bowl to their batsman. Its not a IT company hiring spree here with players resumes and REGION = North getting a tick sari no use anyways
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 3:43:42 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Apdiye argue pannalame neengalum respectfulla.

  I have tried doing that till date in the sports section atleast with most hubbers - but with a language bias thrown in, mm i find it rather difficult this time to counter esp with malayalam being my father tongue!!
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 3:44:53 2009.

  DH, romba cheap shot and personal abuse. I dont think there is a point in me discussing with you any longer. Have fun.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 30 3:53:06 2009.

  "That was a serious shot."
  Pommie Mbangwa can tell the difference between a lofted drive which means business and other strokes that are just looking for a good time
  Apr 29, 2009
  
  "He-he-he's a very, very, very strong boy."
  Mark Nicholas successfully parodies Mark Nicholas as he attempts to describe a Yusuf Pathan six
  Apr 29, 2009
  
  " I don't think... I don't think... I do think... I do think"
  Mark Nicholas makes half a damaging confession as he watches Yusuf Pathan send one to the fence
  Apr 28, 2009
  
  "There's a bit on that from Graeme Smith, there's a lot on that from Graeme Smith, there's four on that."
  Mark Nicholas waxes lyrical
  Apr 28, 2009
  
  "These are crucial times, the last 10 overs"
  Laxman Sivaramakrishnan casts the net rather wide
  Apr 27, 2009
  
  "He's got to pick up wickets, he's got to be economical"
  Laxman Sivaramakrishnan explains, for the benefit of the blind, the ignorant and the bored senseless, just what it is that Anil Kumble needs to do
  Apr 26, 2009
  
  
  
  "The key to the match is going to be Ajantha Mendis. He can mend things or destroy things."
  An anchor on SET Max gets rather more crap than usual
  Apr 23, 2009
  
  "ABD made batting look like A - B - C - D."
  Mandira Bedi has clearly been working on her scripts
  Apr 23, 2009
  
  "He DLF-ed it with ease."
  Robin Jackman coins new verbs in his eagerness to push some product
  Apr 23, 2009
  
  "He's got hands like buckets."
  We held our breaths for this one and finally it came on day three. Fred Flintoff has hands like buckets? Who would have thought it possible if Ranjit Fernando had not informed the world?
  Apr 20, 2009
  
  "You talk of Citi Moments of Success, but when you get five wickets in four overs like that, that's very special indeed."
  Robin Jackman describes how unique Anil Kumble's feat on day one is, failing to account for the inconvenient fact that normal human beings do not, in fact, actually talk of Citi Moments of Success
  Apr 19, 2009
  
  "What a brilliant stroke, clever stroke, stroke of genius"
  Mark Nicholas lays it on with a trowel after Vinay Kumar plays a scoop in game two of the IPL
  Apr 18, 2009
  
  "An Indian would say, 'Usko ullu banaya' He has made him an ullu."
  Sunil Gavaskar helpfully explains an Indian saying for non-Hindi-speaking audiences after a Shane Warne special
  Apr 18, 2009
  
  http://content.cricinfo.com/iplpage2/content/site/iplpage2/hearhear.html?skiplimit=0
  
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu Apr 30 3:53:29 2009.

  Dhoni mela aen ivalo kola veri kku appadi ketten (in a fun way similar to the one i wrote for ur DC membership and cheerleaders). idhula enga personal abuse? anyways sorry if i have hurt u
  
  sari neenga aen poreenga - ungalukku dhaan inga fans ellam irukkanga, continue
  
  

• From: P_R on Thu Apr 30 4:04:19 2009.

  Dhoniyai patri thEvaiyAna aLavukka alasi vittadhaal naam aduththa match-kku selvOm.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Thu Apr 30 4:09:50 2009.

  Prabhu Ram wrote:

  Dhoniyai patri thEvaiyAna aLavukka alasi vittadhaal naam aduththa match-kku selvOm.

  
  
  Sariyana Theerpu
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 4:13:57 2009.

  aduththa match aarambikka time irukke.. adhu varaikkum indha match'a paakkalaamnu nenachchen
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 4:16:20 2009.

  Vaanga moderator saar. Neenga indha thread-lam padikka koodahdhe, Indha match-lam cricket-e illaiye
  
  

• From: P_R on Thu Apr 30 4:18:02 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Vaanga moderator saar. Neenga indha thread-lam padikka koodahdhe, Indha match-lam cricket-e illaiye

  
  paakkuradhum illai padikkiradhE illai.
  Friction-nu arasal purasalA kELvippattu vandhEn.
  
  maththapadi en nilaippAdu: idhellAm oru tournament dhaan
  
  idhukkappuram Waeld Cup vEra irukkAmE. Cricket-kku summer vacation kuduththuttAinga pOla.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 4:23:35 2009.

  Friction-lam onnum perusa illai. Forum-na idhellam sagajam dhaane.
  (Anjali: Tarun and other boys kattipurandu sandai. Police(Charlie as police LOL) comes. Rendu perum tholla kai pottukittu "sandaiya, ingeya, neenga yaaravadhu paarthengalapa? Naangallam friends saar" )
  
  
  

• From: P_R on Thu Apr 30 4:26:26 2009.

  As GM said in KaragAttakkAran
  
  appidi irundhaa namma settukkum nalladhu...unga udambugaLukkum nalladhu
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 4:32:13 2009.

  sandhadi saakkula, ungalai Charlie-yoda compare pannine, gavanikkalaya
  
  

• From: P_R on Thu Apr 30 4:36:45 2009.

  Neenga Charlie-kku LOL pOtta sock-lErndhu naan innum meeLaLai
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 6:08:21 2009.

  Virender Sehwag calls tails and wins, and he says Delhi will field.
  
  Deccan Chargers team
  captainwicketkeeperAC Gilchrist, HH Gibbs, DR Smith, RG Sharma, AA Bilakhia, Y Venugopal Rao, TS Suman, PP Ojha, RP Singh, FH Edwards, SM Shoaib
  
  Delhi Daredevils team
  G Gambhir, captainV Sehwag, TM Dilshan, AB de Villiers, wicketkeeperKD Karthik, M Manhas, DL Vettori, A Mishra, P Sangwan, A Nehra, DP Nannes
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 6:38:45 2009.

  Gilly gone in 1st over.
  Still I am a DC today.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 6:49:51 2009.

  Gibbs gone in 3rd over.
  Still I am a DC today.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 6:50:17 2009.

  End of over 4 (4 runs) - Deccan Chargers 26/2
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:07:39 2009.

  Rohit Sharma also gone.
  
  End of over 9 (4 runs) - Deccan Chargers 52/3
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:08:12 2009.

  Bilakia gone.
  
  DC - 53/4 (9.2 ov))
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:27:40 2009.

  D.Smith
  
  12.6 Mishra to Smith, SIX, and again, one step down and blasts that over long-on for half a dozen
  12.5 Mishra to Smith, SIX, shot man! Thats a wee bit short and pulled very flat for maximum
  12.4 Mishra to Smith, 2 runs, gets across and dabs it wide of the man for a hard-run couple
  12.3 Mishra to Suman, 1 run, flat on the stumps and clipped between midwicket and mid-on
  12.2 Mishra to Smith, 1 run, slogs again but the length is not on for that shot and he finds midwicket
  12.1 Mishra to Smith, FOUR, tossed up teasingly outside off stump and Smith clears the front leg, slogging along the ground and into the gap at midwicket, beating the boundary man too
  
  11.6 Vettori to Smith, 1 run, slows the pace, lands it on middle and leg, Smith drives to midwicket
  11.5 Vettori to Smith, 2 runs, again too flat down the pads and paddled for a couple more
  11.4 Vettori to Smith, no run, flat on the stumps and played away to the fielder
  11.3 Vettori to Smith, FOUR, too short and thats fiercely pulled away through square leg
  11.2 Vettori to Smith, FOUR, short outside off stump, rocks back and cuts, picks the gap and Nehra on the ropes fumbles a regulation fielding stop to give Smith four, and Vettori looks ticked ... left a massive gap between his legs
  11.1 Vettori to Smith, FOUR, flat down the pads again and Smith picks the gap with a hard sweep
  11.1 Vettori to Smith, 1 wide, pitches outside leg stump and skids away, wide called duly
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:34:31 2009.

  End of over 15 (6 runs) - Deccan Chargers 118/5
  
  Smith - 40 (21)*
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:47:18 2009.

  17.6 Nehra to Smith, OUT, good catch in the deep gets Smith and ends a good over from Nehra! Smith doesn't move his feet much as he slashes that over the covers, not timed well and Vettori, running to his left from mid-off, calls for it and takes it on the slide in front of the deep cover sweeper also on the move from the boundary
  DR Smith c Vettori b Nehra 48 (28b 5x4 2x6) SR: 171.42
  
  FOW: 139/6
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 7:49:13 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Still I am a DC today.

  neenga romba nallavaru
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:49:37 2009.

  18.3 Nannes to Shoaib, OUT, third ball in a row Ahmed goes for a waft and cannot make contact, he sets off for the bye but Rao shoos him back, Karthik collects and nails an under-arm back to Nannes, running forward, and thats another wicket down
  SM Shoaib run out 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
  
  FOW: 139/7
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:52:14 2009.

  End of over 19 (1 run) - Deccan Chargers 140/7
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 7:58:15 2009.

  DC - 148/9 (20 ov)
  
  Smith - 48 (28)
  
  Nannes - 16/2 (4 ov)
  Nehra - 30/2 (4 ov)
  Vettori - 23/1 (3 ov)
  Sangwan - 24/1 (4 ov)
  Mishra - 32/1 (4 ov)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:10:54 2009.

  Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Superkings, IPL, Centurion
  
  Rematch of final in new atmosphere
  
  April 30, 2009
  Start time 4.45pm (1445GMT, 2015 IST)
  
  Big Picture
  
  Surprise, surprise. The rematch of last's year's final will be played between a team trying to stay afloat in the middle of the table, and the other trying to wriggle out of the bottom two. Who would have thought?
  
  Rajasthan Royals have been riding the talisman they call Shane Warne, and they would look for the same from their captain at SuperSport Park. Kamran Khan, Dimitri Mascarenhas and Munaf Patel have responded well to Warne's call. In their last game, against Delhi's mighty batting, the trio bowled 12 overs for 77 runs and five wickets. Warne has also been lucky that Yusuf Pathan has played two gems in both their wins.
  
  Chennai Super Kings will know they can learn a lesson or two from their overperforming opponents. Not much has changed in their line-up from last year, but they seem to have lost the touch. The batsmen, despite Matthew Hayden's good form, have provided little joy, and the bowlers, except for Muttiah Muralitharan, have struggled. On paper, Chennai look the favourites, but the fact is they have won only one of their five games. They will also know if they lose tomorrow, they will have less points than Bangalore, having played the same number of games.
  
  Form guide
  Rajasthan: Yusuf continues to amaze even in South Africa, on bouncier pitches where he was supposed to fail, along with the other Indian batsmen in the team. Yet 104 of his 125 runs have come just in two innings, and he will be looking for more consistency. And he can do with more help from Graeme Smith, the most senior batsman in the side. Smith has been a big failure but the good news is, he finally got going with a solid, unbeaten 44 in their win against Delhi.
  Chennai: His pace bowlers have given Dhoni the biggest headaches. They haven't been able to play Makhaya Ntini, and Manpreet Gony, L Balaji and Joginder Sharma have bowled too many length deliveries at around 125kmph. Gony has gone at 10 and over, and Joginder and Balaji at eight.
  But Dhoni also finds himself in a scenario he is not used to: where he is not leading by example. He has been part of a middle order that has wasted the starts given by Hayden. To go with Dhoni's failures, S Badrinath has shown he is a misfit at No. 7 in a Twenty20 game, when there are only a few overs left and he has to hit right from ball one.
  
  Watch out for
  Warne v Hayden: They have won many a match together, but are now crucial to their teams' individual successes. Bank on Warne to bring in all his experience to try and nullify Hayden, even before he bowls to him. And expect Hayden to raise his game a notch higher when facing an old friend. Hopefully, either Warne comes on to bowl early or Hayden survives till Warne's usual introduction.
  
  Team news
  Rajasthan have problems with their batting. The Indian batsmen, apart from Yusuf, have not contributed at all. More changes are not completely unexpected. Neither Rob Quiney nor Tyron Henderson has been successful and they will need to address that issue too.
  
  Rajasthan: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Swapnil Asnodkar, 3 Rob Quiney/Tyron Henderson/Lee Carseldine, 4 Yusuf Pathan, 5 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 6 Ravindra Jedeja, 7 Shane Warne (capt), 8 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 9 Abhishek Raut/Paul Valthaty/anybody, 10 Kamran Khan, 11 Munaf Patel.
  
  Chennai's biggest problem has been the local players. If they have to play Ntini, they will have to forego either of Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel. And they could also want to play M Vijay ahead of Badri.
  
  Chennai: (probable) 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 5 Albie Morkel, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 S Badrinath/M Vijay, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 L Balaji, 10 Manpreet Gony, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.
  
  Head-to-head record
  Having played Rajasthan thrice, they are yet to beat them. The defeats included being bowled out for 109 in Jaipur, conceding 211 in Chennai, and failing to defend 163 in the final last year in Mumbai.
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Apr 30 8:12:39 2009.

  149 kutti total thaan, lets see
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 8:19:54 2009.

  SS, you never know. Take out Sehwag and Gambhir, quite possible given their recent form. Devilliers is due a failure by law of averages. KKD 5 ballku mela nikka mattan. Handle Dilshan and DC will be through
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:27:02 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  SS, you never know. Take out Sehwag and Gambhir, quite possible given their recent form. Devilliers is due a failure by law of averages. KKD 5 ballku mela nikka mattan. Handle Dilshan and DC will be through

  ahdE law of averages padi Sehwag and Gauti is due a success.
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 8:27:53 2009.

  Plum.. Law of averages ABD failure predictionku eduthukkaringa.. but andha logic Viru and Gauti'ku apply aagaadhaa ?
  Eiether you go with form or with law of averages
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 8:30:10 2009.

  Ofcourse. I wanted to predict that Deccan will win - adhukkaga en ishtathukku interpret pannikitten
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:32:23 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Ofcourse. I wanted to predict that Deccan will win - adhukkaga en ishtathukku interpret pannikitten

  even I wish Dc win, but adhukaaga ippai yellAm panna koodadhu.
  BTW Viru gone.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:33:23 2009.

  3.3 Singh to Sehwag, OUT, got him! RP offers room and Sehwag smashes off the back foot straight to Gibbs at backward point, who didn't have to do much except intercept that firm spank
  V Sehwag c Gibbs b Singh 20 (11b 4x4 0x6) SR: 181.81
  
  FOW: 30/1
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:34:54 2009.

  Again Sehwag gets going only to fall. How irritating for Delhi, given that he's the captain and all. RP will be thankful that ball got a wicket because it didn't deserve one.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:40:45 2009.

  End of over 5 (4 runs) - Delhi Daredevils 35/2 (114 runs required)
  
  4.6 Shoaib to de Villiers, OUT, Ahmed strikes in his first over with a huge wicket! de Villiers picks the wrong ball to target down the ground, it just wasn't pitched up enough and his big flowing chip shot goes way up and settles in Ojha's hands at deep mid-off
  AB de Villiers c Ojha b Shoaib 5 (9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 55.55
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:41:27 2009.

  ABD yum outtu. Go DC go.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:43:26 2009.

  Gauti and Dilshan last recognised batsmen.
  
  To bat: +KD Karthik, M Manhas, DL Vettori, A Mishra, P Sangwan, A Nehra, DP Nannes
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 8:43:48 2009.

  sonna maadhiriye nadakkudhu paartheengala
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:45:41 2009.

  Dilshan
  
  5.5 Singh to Dilshan, no run, bad ball, short and wide but he mistimes the wild cut to Gibbs
  5.5 Singh to Dilshan, 1 wide, still RP keeps sliding it across and Dilshan swings and misses, the ball beas the edge and Gilchrist takes and then umpire Saheba calls a hard wide
  5.4 Singh to Dilshan, no run, sits up and he flashes again, banged in and beats a wild chase
  5.3 Singh to Dilshan, no run, pitches fuller outside leg stump, Dilshan falls over as he drives
  5.2 Singh to Dilshan, no run, short and he slaps it to point, where Gibbs misfields and parries it
  5.1 Singh to Dilshan, no run, stand and smash, no footwork and the angle beats the bat, just
  5.1 Singh to Dilshan, 1 wide, wide ball, sliding away off a short length and ripping away high
  Dilshan walks in. He's also in form. A chase of a low total has gone awry.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:46:24 2009.

  End of over 6 (6 runs) - Delhi Daredevils 41/2 (108 runs required)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:51:21 2009.

  DD
  
  6.5 Shoaib to Gambhir, OUT, he has to go trying to get a bit too cute! Pitches on off stump and goes away, not much movement, Gambhir gets across and tries to paddle it behind square but is late on the shot, gets hit on the front pad and umpire Baxter has few doubts about that
  G Gambhir lbw b Shoaib 17 (15b 3x4 0x6) SR: 113.33
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:51:48 2009.

  End of over 7 (9 runs) - Delhi Daredevils 50/3 (99 runs required)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 8:54:15 2009.

  but Viru and Gauti's current form not good for Indian cricket.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 8:57:37 2009.

  True. But ipdi sonnadhellam palikkumnu edhir paarkave illai. KKD 5 ball-la out aarana paarkalam
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 9:00:06 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  KKD 5 ball-la out aarana paarkalam

  nope.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 9:02:22 2009.

  End of over 10 (8 runs) - Delhi Daredevils 70/3 (79 runs required)
  
  going to be another close match.
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 9:03:59 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Ofcourse. I wanted to predict that Deccan will win - adhukkaga en ishtathukku interpret pannikitten

  
  oh appadiyaa.. then let me help with some more..
  At the end of 10 overs Delhi are 70/3.. so at the end of 20 overs they will be 140/6.. so DC wins.. idhu eppadi ?
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 9:06:20 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  Plum wrote: Ofcourse. I wanted to predict that Deccan will win - adhukkaga en ishtathukku interpret pannikitten oh appadiyaa.. then let me help with some more.. At the end of 10 overs Delhi are 70/3.. so at the end of 20 overs they will be 140/6.. so DC wins.. idhu eppadi ?

  At the end of 10 overs, DC were 55/4, so DD wins.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 9:06:44 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Dilshan

  i like dilshan... thuru thuru-nu aaduvaan...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 9:08:39 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Dilshan i like dilshan... thuru thuru-nu aaduvaan...

  ungalukku pudikumgaradhukaaga naan comment pannAma irukkanumA?
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 9:08:40 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Dilshan i like dilshan... thuru thuru-nu aaduvaan...

  
  yep.. he is a very good player than many expect him to be.. also a very good fielder.. aana annaikku RR kooda rendu run out vittutaan
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu Apr 30 9:10:02 2009.

  k. me leaving.
  
  HAPPY MAY DAY!
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 9:10:10 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: Dilshan i like dilshan... thuru thuru-nu aaduvaan... ungalukku pudikumgaradhukaaga naan comment pannAma irukkanumA?

  pannalaam.. aana andha over'la last ball'la four adichadha mattum cut pannittu meedhi 5 balls mattum post panradhu mollamaarithanam
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 9:11:22 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: sourav wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: Dilshan i like dilshan... thuru thuru-nu aaduvaan... ungalukku pudikumgaradhukaaga naan comment pannAma irukkanumA? pannalaam.. aana andha over'la last ball'la four adichadha mattum cut pannittu meedhi 5 balls mattum post panradhu mollamaarithanam

  
  Bye GPS.... Happy weekend!
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 9:24:51 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  KKD 5 ball-la out aarana paarkalam

  thamizhan ozhunga perform panna koodaadhunu innoru thamizhan vendikkaraaraa
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 9:35:35 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Dilshan 5.5 Singh to Dilshan, no run, bad ball, short and wide but he mistimes the wild cut to Gibbs 5.5 Singh to Dilshan, 1 wide, still RP keeps sliding it across and Dilshan swings and misses, the ball beas the edge and Gilchrist takes and then umpire Saheba calls a hard wide 5.4 Singh to Dilshan, no run, sits up and he flashes again, banged in and beats a wild chase 5.3 Singh to Dilshan, no run, pitches fuller outside leg stump, Dilshan falls over as he drives 5.2 Singh to Dilshan, no run, short and he slaps it to point, where Gibbs misfields and parries it 5.1 Singh to Dilshan, no run, stand and smash, no footwork and the angle beats the bat, just 5.1 Singh to Dilshan, 1 wide, wide ball, sliding away off a short length and ripping away high Dilshan walks in. He's also in form. A chase of a low total has gone awry.

  
  16.6 Venugopal Rao to Dilshan, FOUR, flat outside off stump, Dilshan gives himself some room and pierces cover
  16.5 Venugopal Rao to Dilshan, SIX, well struck! Rao tosses it up outside off stump and Dilshan picks it from where it pitches, swinging it over midwicket for a flat six, what a good over for Delhi
  
  18.1 Edwards to Dilshan, FOUR, full on off stump and thats a super shot, just cleared the leg, deep in his crease, and clubbed it along the ground into the gap at mid-off and extra cover
  18.3 Edwards to Dilshan, (no ball) FOUR, Fidel, Fidel, Fidel! Just failed to keep a check on his emotions, tries too hard and oversteps, drops it in short and Dilshan, waiting for the ball, pulls past midwicket
  
  18.4 Edwards to Dilshan, SIX, all over! Dilshan is the man! Edwards tries another short ball but Dilshan is too smart, waits in his crease for this very delivery and pulls it flat behind square leg for a six that seals victory by six wickets
  
  Ithukku than appo niinu aadunathu....
  Ferfamans-a paarungo...
  o'la...Wat a match winning innings...
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 9:45:41 2009.

  I think Fidel Edwards was not treated like this before in this IPL.. 17 reqd of 12 balls but Dilshan creams them in just 4 balls.. great batting
  
  D D D
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 9:46:30 2009.

  TM Dilshan (rhb) 52 46 4 3 113.04
  Poruppana innings...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 9:49:05 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  I think Fidel Edwards was not treated like this before in this IPL.. 17 reqd of 12 balls but Dilshan creams them in just 4 balls.. great batting D D D

  
  The reaction after he has scored the winning runs....
  Antha edwards dilshan kitta poyi yetho thittunaan..athan intha adi...
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 9:49:33 2009.

  Prabhu Ram wrote:

  Dhoniyai patri thEvaiyAna aLavukka alasi vittadhaal naam aduththa match-kku selvOm.

  
  Prabhu Ram kitta complain panninadhu yaaru? MariyadhaiyA raise your hand
  
  

• From: mgb on Thu Apr 30 9:57:01 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  TM Dilshan (rhb) 52 46 4 3 113.04 Poruppana innings...

  
  Ramal.. ungalukku pudicha players neraya peru DDD teamladhan irukkaanga.. adhanaala DDD supporter'a maaridunga
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 9:59:39 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sourav wrote: TM Dilshan (rhb) 52 46 4 3 113.04 Poruppana innings... Ramal.. ungalukku pudicha players neraya peru DDD teamladhan irukkaanga.. adhanaala DDD supporter'a maaridunga

  
  ya....viru...gauti...dilshan....so, side aatharavu undu....
  Full support to MI...
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 10:09:23 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: Inga illatiyum engayo Tamilan velaydaraan nu santhosa padunga pa... Anyhow his game is projected at a higher level for ppl/selectors to see... Then how does this matter.... 7 players per team and thts a total of 56 indian guys, take out say 14-15 international players and we have close to 40 domestic youngsters (or ppl like agarkar) given a chance to showcase their talent. Idhulayum mozhi/jaadhi/madha prachanaya kondu varanumaa

  
  
  Perfect
  
  Athae maathiri, Just because the name Chennai is there, athukaaga Chennai team support panrathu kooda stupidity thaan. Well, I am not mentioning about u or anyone specific here. I have seen people supporting CSK blindly just because of the name. Does not make any sense at all. Mozhi patru kaamikaraangalaam
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 10:15:25 2009.

  ranakalam aaki irukku pola.. ..
  
  anyway Rajasthan won toss and elected to field.. hope chennai wins this match
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 10:16:30 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Prabhu Ram wrote: Dhoniyai patri thEvaiyAna aLavukka alasi vittadhaal naam aduththa match-kku selvOm. Prabhu Ram kitta complain panninadhu yaaru? MariyadhaiyA raise your hand

  
  
  me - who else
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 10:18:20 2009.

  jakati and tyagi in for chennai.. parthiv is still in
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 30 10:20:02 2009.

  badrinath and balaji playing
  
  goni and jogi out!!!
  
  where are the people who accused dhoni of being biased towards north
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 10:22:20 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Prabhu Ram wrote: Dhoniyai patri thEvaiyAna aLavukka alasi vittadhaal naam aduththa match-kku selvOm. Prabhu Ram kitta complain panninadhu yaaru? MariyadhaiyA raise your hand me - who else

  
  Enna idhu sinnappullathanamaa..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 10:23:01 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  where are the people who accused dhoni of being biased towards north

  
  
  sollittu engayum poidaatheenga.. ellaarum konja konjamaa varuvaanga.. appuramaa nadathunga
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 10:25:41 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  badrinath and balaji playing goni and jogi out!!! where are the people who accused dhoni of being biased towards north

  
  Owww.. Avinga reNdu pErayumE eduthuranumaa.. They have been there in all the matches, right
  
  Jatti, Thyagi etc. You condinuu, match thOthaangannA pEsikkalaam, illainA apdiyE essss
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 10:26:55 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  MADDY wrote: Nerd wrote: Prabhu Ram wrote: Dhoniyai patri thEvaiyAna aLavukka alasi vittadhaal naam aduththa match-kku selvOm. Prabhu Ram kitta complain panninadhu yaaru? MariyadhaiyA raise your hand me - who else Enna idhu sinnappullathanamaa..

  
  
  vandhu theva illadha post-laam clean pannuvaarunnu paathen - mmmhhhmm avaru en panraaru.......dhoni-a thittradhu ellam, varungala sandhadhigal ellam padichhu theliva aaidanum-nnu avaru appadiye vittu vechhidaraaru
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 10:29:15 2009.

  Maddy, indha section-a padikkiradhu 4 pEru, varungaala santhathi verayaa
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 30 10:30:08 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Vivasaayi wrote: badrinath and balaji playing goni and jogi out!!! where are the people who accused dhoni of being biased towards north Owww.. Avinga reNdu pErayumE eduthuranumaa.. They have been there in all the matches, right Jatti, Thyagi etc. You condinuu, match thOthaangannA pEsikkalaam, illainA apdiyE essss

  
  
  i think u were "absent" in yesterdays discussion where people predicted that dhoni will play gony and jogi and will take away two tamil players because he is biased towards north
  
  
  
  enna oru conspiracy theory
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 30 10:30:43 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Maddy, indha section-a padikkiradhu 4 pEru, varungaala santhathi verayaa

  
  
  naalu perukku nalladhu nadakanumna.....
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 10:30:55 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Jatti, Thyagi etc. You condinuu, match thOthaangannA pEsikkalaam, illainA apdiyE essss

  
  
  aaahaa , it seems i set a bad precedent Nerd, chennai jeichha enna thothha enna - ungalakku mumbai dhaan mukkiyam.....innaikku rest eduthhuttu naalaikku fresh-a vaanga unga match-kku
  
  

• From: villan007 on Thu Apr 30 10:33:03 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Maddy, indha section-a padikkiradhu 4 pEru, varungaala santhathi verayaa

  
  
  
  
  

• From: villan007 on Thu Apr 30 10:34:00 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  innaikku rest eduthhuttu naalaikku fresh-a vaanga unga match-kku

  
  
  naaliku ethuku match paakanumgren....KKR koodalla matchu
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 10:35:50 2009.

  Hayden gone
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 10:36:14 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  MADDY wrote: innaikku rest eduthhuttu naalaikku fresh-a vaanga unga match-kku naaliku ethuku match paakanumgren....KKR koodalla matchu

  
  
  
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 10:38:32 2009.

  Hi Guys,
  
  enna aava povudho, hayden vera out. CSK innikku eppadiyaavadhu jeyikkanum
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 10:43:10 2009.

  massive six by raina followed by four
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 10:44:14 2009.

  parthiv kalakkuraan..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 10:46:50 2009.

  Badri vandhirukkAr
  
  

• From: thamizhvaanan on Thu Apr 30 10:48:47 2009.

  Phut'el
  
  Raina and Badri Konjam nalla aadungappa.. RR oru mokka batting lineup.. asaaltu pannidalaam
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 11:11:39 2009.

  Warne vandhuttan bowling poda. Badri wicket sangu dhaan. Csk wickets pola polanu vizhum. Run rate kuraiyum
  
  

• From: omega on Thu Apr 30 11:14:38 2009.

  Raina
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu Apr 30 11:15:37 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Warne vandhuttan bowling poda. Badri wicket sangu dhaan. Csk wickets pola polanu vizhum. Run rate kuraiyum

  
  
  kizhiyum
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 11:17:12 2009.

  so far so good........for the first time, middle order has clicked......anything beyong 170 will be a winning score
  
  

• From: omega on Thu Apr 30 11:20:59 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  so far so good........for the first time, middle order has clicked......anything beyong 170 will be a winning score

  
  
  This is a much better spot fro Badri to bat, rather than coming down the order, where he is worthless. Hope he makes a big score.
  
  

• From: thamizhvaanan on Thu Apr 30 11:22:58 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  so far so good........for the first time, middle order has clicked......anything beyong 170 will be a winning score

  promoting(?) badri is a reason for this. Specialist batsmen like him were wasted down the order while dhoni's experiminetsi in promoting himself never worked.
  
  I wonder why they still stick with Phut'el... Badri opening with Haydos will also be good.. left right combination.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 11:25:00 2009.

  Some good decisions by dhoni - sonna maadhiri badri munnadi kondu vandhadhula konjam laabam. But badri ippo out aana dhaan nalladhu. Oram, morkellam vandhu suthalam.
  Innum parthib patelai kattindu azharaaan.but ulla.vandhadhu yaaru - tyagi and jatti. Paarkalam - decent domestic record irukku pola rendu perukkum
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 11:26:37 2009.

  Warne outwits badri .
  Cr, vera vazhiye illama warne-ai paratta vendi irukku
  
  

• From: omega on Thu Apr 30 11:26:44 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Some good decisions by dhoni - sonna maadhiri badri munnadi kondu vandhadhula konjam laabam. But badri ippo out aana dhaan nalladhu. Oram, morkellam vandhu suthalam. Innum parthib patelai kattindu azharaaan.but ulla.vandhadhu yaaru - tyagi and jatti. Paarkalam - decent domestic record irukku pola rendu perukkum

  
  
  Unga Vaai muhurtham pazhichiduchu (Warne wkt, Badri out)
  
  

• From: thamizhvaanan on Thu Apr 30 11:26:57 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Some good decisions by dhoni - sonna maadhiri badri munnadi kondu vandhadhula konjam laabam. But badri ippo out aana dhaan nalladhu. Oram, morkellam vandhu suthalam. Innum parthib patelai kattindu azharaaan.but ulla.vandhadhu yaaru - tyagi and jatti. Paarkalam - decent domestic record irukku pola rendu perukkum

  
  
  unga vai la chakkaraya podanum
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 11:41:31 2009.

  Ooooo...96/4. Warne-ai ottalamnu paartha vidave maattengarangale. Csk also surrender today to warne. Marubadiyum warne-ai praise panna vekkaranunale...ivan kottathai adakka aale illaiya?
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 11:56:40 2009.

  Breaking news - dhoni hits dlf maximum!
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 11:58:27 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Breaking news - dhoni hits dlf maximum! Fan dies of heart attack.

  
  
  whose
  
  Plum, break edhavadhu eduthhittu post pannalaame
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:01:47 2009.

  Maddy, enakku indha ipl matterla endha team meleyum commitment illai major-a. Dhoni thothalum nalla irukku. Dhoni jeyicha, csk jeyikkudhenu nalla irukku.
  Rajasthan oru team dhaan support panna mudiyalai. Mathab adi endhateam jeyichalum nalla thaan irukku.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:03:39 2009.

  Ada paavi, adi vaangarannavudane kamran adi pattudhunnu ulle odi poyittan kamraan. Ellam warne thirudanoda sadhi - secreta edho signal pannittan.azhuguni aussie warne
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 12:11:17 2009.

  CSK cross 150
  
  Raina - please become first indian to score 100 in IPLs
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:15:38 2009.

  Maddy, bad luck. Avan100 aachunnu ninaichu thookittan. That was a nasty blow. Paavam raina
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 12:15:49 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  CSK cross 150 Raina - please become first indian to score 100 in IPLs

  
  Just in IPL? Has any Indian batsman scored a 100 in
  T20Is? Just as I type, he's been dismissed for 98.
  
  Uphill task for RR.
  
  

• From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 30 12:17:17 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  MADDY wrote: CSK cross 150 Raina - please become first indian to score 100 in IPLs Just in IPL? Has any Indian batsman scored a 100 in T20Is? Just as I type, he's been dismissed for 98. Uphill task for RR.

  
  
  Smith form-ukku vandhuruvannu thoanudhu
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:18:55 2009.

  Nerd, no indian has 100 inT20. 164 is quite gettable for RR. Smith anchors. Pathan explodes. Some indian players cameo. Warne vandhu mudichiduvaan. 10-15 runs short. Jakatiyaan matrum tyageesan manasu vecha csk jeikalam:-)
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:20:49 2009.

  Indha mumaf patel RRku mattum epdi ipdi nalla podaraan. Warne bale killadi dhaan.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 12:21:36 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  MADDY wrote: CSK cross 150 Raina - please become first indian to score 100 in IPLs Just in IPL? Has any Indian batsman scored a 100 in T20Is? Just as I type, he's been dismissed for 98. Uphill task for RR.

  
  
  good question it seems no.......only gayle has hit a century it seems in T20 internationals
  
  165 is the target......konjam sensible-a bowling pottaanganna jeikkalaam
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:28:33 2009.

  Maddy, I feel innikku balaji ummachi kavuthuduvaarnu:-)
  Jakati and tyagi seem to be decent (bgc panninen) so paarkalam. Balajiya naanga over hype pannittomgaradhunala, innikku sema adi vaangivannu thonudhu.
  Indha pathan katteriya vera samaalikkanum. I think rr have the edge
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Apr 30 12:28:51 2009.

  Very well played Raina! saw his innings, awesome!
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:29:31 2009.

  Tyageesar first over
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Apr 30 12:40:33 2009.

  Smith gone
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Apr 30 12:45:10 2009.

  One of the Rediff comments:
  
  i doesnt wach to mutch krick alltho chennai am nice teammembers. They has too play lika one strranng teem, they shall collify four seme fynaals.
  
  tanks,
  sendil pudukottai here
  
  
  
  

• From: HonestRaj on Thu Apr 30 12:49:48 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  One of the Rediff comments: i doesnt wach to mutch krick alltho chennai am nice teammembers. They has too play lika one strranng teem, they shall collify four seme fynaals. tanks, sendil pudukottai here

  
  
  namma LM... senthil from Pattukoattai
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:53:30 2009.

  Asnodkar hitting sixers. Only csk fossible:-)
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:54:34 2009.

  Out! Who next? Warne might send trivedi:-). Edhayavadhu panni distract pannuvan
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 12:57:16 2009.

  Ravi shastri
  Batsman hits ball - goes near fielder.kishen kanhaiya says "good shot". Fielder misfields. Kishen k says "very good shot".
  Fielder punyathula good becomes very good:-)
  
  Btw, jadeja in. Good player. Rr building the foundation.katteri will ruthlessly finish it if required
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 13:04:14 2009.

  Dhoni misses stumping! Adhu onnu dhan ozhunga pannittu irundhaan...enakke paavama irukku. Luck pona ipdiya pogum
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:08:32 2009.

  Raina Quiney gone for 28
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 13:10:21 2009.

  Katteri vandhachu.RRku nalla kalam porandhirichi. Vandhavune 4. Katteriya 4 overskulla out aakkalaina, cskku indha matchum ambel dhaan.
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Thu Apr 30 13:12:01 2009.

  Enna pa, CSK jeikkumaa thokkuma...
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:19:28 2009.

  Normallaa, time out kku appuram batsmen concentration konjam kammi aagum. ovvoru thadavayum with in 1 or 2 overs kulla wicket vizhum. Yusuf andha maadhiri out aana romba santhosham
  
  
  MS, CSK inniku jeikkanum
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:32:08 2009.

  Yes, Yes, yES Y.K. Pathan c Raina b Balaji
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:37:48 2009.

  The RRR fur Rajasthan is 12 now. after 14 overs they are 91/4
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:41:03 2009.

  Mascarenas sum poyaachu
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 13:42:45 2009.

  Sivank , ilanjingam jadeja and kizha nari warne are still there. Don't rule out. RR yet!
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:43:44 2009.

  But the asking Rate is getting very high. It might be difficult for RR
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Thu Apr 30 13:47:19 2009.

  Yes, CSK innikku jeyikkum endru nambugiRen...
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:47:37 2009.

  irukkaradhe motham 4 over, idhula LB 2, Tyagesar 2, Raina 2 over irukkum bodhu edhuukku oram kku over kodukkaraar MSD
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:49:39 2009.

  After 17 overs RR 113/5. RRR ippo 17 kku mela.
  
  18 balls la 52 runs. konjam kashtam thaan
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 13:51:04 2009.

  Jattikku overe kudukkalai dhoni
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:53:13 2009.

  Balaji
  
  Jadeja c Hayden b Balaji 37
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 13:54:46 2009.

  Ilanjingam and kizha nari both taken by balaji ummachi
  Ummachi kaappathittar innikku!
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 13:56:16 2009.

  Plum periya aal neenga
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 13:56:41 2009.

  Maddy, seekkiram vaanga inga. Nalla kaalam porandhirichi
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 14:00:52 2009.

  Balaji ummachi 4 wickets
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 14:03:41 2009.

  ussss.... appaadaa chennai jeichaachu. ippo points table la 4th or 5th place
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Apr 30 14:04:46 2009.

  Raina... Rainaa.... Rainaaa
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu Apr 30 14:20:01 2009.

  Raina - yes,yes, yes
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 14:40:11 2009.

  Great innings by raina..
  good bowling effort..
  well done CSK..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 14:43:17 2009.

  great win for CSK..
  
  Raina
  
  dhoni super captaincy csk won
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 14:48:59 2009.

  yes TM . Good captaincy..
  
  I think he is the second best captain in IPL, only next to warne
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 30 14:52:57 2009.

  illayaa pinna
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu Apr 30 15:00:38 2009.

  illannu kuuda solluviingannu ninachen
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu Apr 30 16:15:01 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  yes TM . Good captaincy.. I think he is the second best captain in IPL, only next to warne

  
  
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu Apr 30 22:29:46 2009.

  Raina....
  
  DH's TP...
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Fri May 1 2:40:26 2009.

  tyagi really bowled well.
  
  he plugged in the loophole of giving boundaries in the initial overs...
  
  great find
  
  
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 3:10:40 2009.

  Bombay match is at 4 pm IST right/??
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 3:15:04 2009.

  ya...
  Fri 1 (4 PM IST)
  23rd match - KKR v MI
  Buffalo Park, East London
  
  Fri 1 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
  24th match - BRC v K-XI
  Kingsmead, Durban
  
  

• From: Plum on Fri May 1 7:14:30 2009.

  Sachin continues to promote the cause of agarkar!
  
  

• From: Anban on Fri May 1 7:56:50 2009.

  mumbai
  
  again.. it looks like the 90's indian team..
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri May 1 8:12:20 2009.

  MI 148/6 in 20 ovrs. Again Duminy with a very fine innings of 52.
  
  Let us see if KKR clicks. Dada vukku bowlinge kodukkala
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 8:30:53 2009.

  Ganguly opening
  But gone
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 8:31:41 2009.

  Lordie goes for a first ball duck...
  
  Mumbai reseving Malinga for the death overs makes a lot of sense.... Gayle is also not fully fit... If MI are a bit tight in their bowling it will be their game....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 8:32:20 2009.

  Gayle
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri May 1 8:34:36 2009.

  Seems like it going to be MI s game. KKR
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 8:37:32 2009.

  for sure its Mumbai who are going to end up on the winning side....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 8:59:06 2009.

  Hodge
  
  

• From: Anban on Fri May 1 9:20:00 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  for sure its Mumbai who are going to end up on the winning side....

  dont be so sure.. my money is on KKR to clinch it.. unless malinga does something special yet again..
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 9:29:23 2009.

  Anban wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: for sure its Mumbai who are going to end up on the winning side.... dont be so sure.. my money is on KKR to clinch it.. unless malinga does something special yet again..

  
  
  KKR are leaving the RRR to climb up... its going to be very difficult to dispatch Malinga in the end unless they improvise by coming down the track or paddling him.... Lets see... interesting contest....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:32:52 2009.

  Duminy
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:33:37 2009.

  Need another wicket pretty soon, otherwise KKR are gonna win it.
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 9:38:59 2009.

  I feel still malinga will pull it through for Mumbai
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 9:39:27 2009.

  Jaagir
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:40:15 2009.

  38 off 4.. Should be easy for KKR..
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 9:45:58 2009.

  antha oru over which is gonna be bowled by either nayar or someone might be crucial....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:45:58 2009.

  31 off 3.. Who's gona bowl the last?
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:48:06 2009.

  A wicket.. Hodge is still there
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:52:16 2009.

  Malinga to bowl the 19th, so anything less than 15 off the last over will be pretty easy for KKR..
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 9:52:26 2009.

  cud be a last ball finish
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 9:54:59 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 9:56:41 2009.

  
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 9:57:11 2009.

  Great pneultimate over by Malinga
  
  Hodge run out.. and from here on if MI loses they have only themselves to blame
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:57:22 2009.

  That was a bad call from the umpire, but what a top over
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 9:58:26 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  Great pneultimate over by Malinga Hodge run out.. and from here on if MI loses they have only themselves to blame

  
  no way
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 9:58:52 2009.

  look at the way malinga was calling the fielder to throw at keeper's end
  
  

• From: MADDY on Fri May 1 9:59:24 2009.

  hodge goes after pressure from malinga's over......
  
  brilliant throwing by Malinga in last but one over
  
  //i would have called him a chuckie- even if he hadnt played for mumbai//
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 9:59:56 2009.

  Commentator (Nicholas?) was blaming Sach for not using Malinga for the 18th/20th. Well WTF.. what if the other bowler goes for too many?? it would have been too late..
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 10:00:19 2009.

  matter over
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 10:00:58 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  hodge goes after pressure from malinga's over...... brilliant throwing by Malinga in last but one over //i would have called him a chuckie- even if he hadnt played for mumbai//

  
  ICC knows better
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:01:23 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Commentator (Nicholas?) was blaming Sach for not using Malinga for the 18th/20th. Well WTF.. what if the other bowler goes for too many?? it would have been too late..

  
  
  
  
  another wicket gone..
  
  
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 10:02:22 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Commentator (Nicholas?) was blaming Sach for not using Malinga for the 18th/20th. Well WTF.. what if the other bowler goes for too many?? it would have been too late..

  
  commentator vela comment panradhudane.. freeya vidunga.. match'a enjoy pannunga
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 10:03:33 2009.

  shows the importance of the last ball six by duminy
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 10:03:42 2009.

  Duminy's innings and that catch to dismiss Van Wyk were the crucial points
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:03:49 2009.

  Matter over..
  
  Great Captaincy again not depending on specific batsmen
  
  way to go
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Fri May 1 10:05:01 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Commentator (Nicholas?) was blaming Sach for not using Malinga for the 18th/20th. Well WTF.. what if the other bowler goes for too many?? it would have been too late..

  
  
  19th over is the most crucial over ...idhu theriyamaya comment panrainga... or just a "naan pengala thaayaa madhikiravan" type of comment..
  
  if it so..
  
  "dei naye..edhavadhu pesanumenu pesadhadaa"
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 10:07:05 2009.

  mccullum eppadiyum kavuthudaraan.
  
  for mumbai
  great captaincy..
  still mumbai win..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 10:08:26 2009.

  Mumbai is ahead of Kings now. Hope BRC wins today. Is Dravid back?
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Fri May 1 10:08:42 2009.

  mccullum not coming in the 16 th over!!!
  
  enna strategy idhu????
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 10:09:23 2009.

  Pietersen gone and Dravid is not available.. so curtains for bangalore
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:10:31 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  mccullum not coming in the 16 th over!!! enna strategy idhu????

  
  
  vanthaa mattum
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 10:11:56 2009.

  Sachin's captaincy
  Malinga
  KKR - well try...
  
  //WB Hamid.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 10:15:44 2009.

  Hi Sourav
  
  Duminy has done a terrific job.. Hope his name is mentioned at least today.. he played very well in the last match..v.good player.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:17:13 2009.

  So KKR inimae entha vithamaana thappaana kanavum kaanaama relaxed irukalaam
  
  
  sourav
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 10:18:29 2009.

  Well done KKR.. Even after losing the two best players of this season (Gayle and Ganguly) very early, fighting till the end is great..that too against the likes of malinga, Zaheer and Harbhajan is good..mccullum screwed it up as usual.. im happy for that..
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 10:19:40 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  So KKR inimae entha vithamaana thappaana kanavum kaanaama relaxed irukalaam sourav

  
  Intha match nallathan aadunanga...eppovum 2,3 wickets ponavudane match-e gaali....innaikku paravallla,....good improvement...
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:20:47 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: So KKR inimae entha vithamaana thappaana kanavum kaanaama relaxed irukalaam sourav Intha match nallathan aadunanga...eppovum 2,3 wickets ponavudane match-e gaali....innaikku paravallla,....good improvement...

  
  
  true.. ippadiyae improve aagi win pannaama iruntha sari
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 10:21:55 2009.

  Innaikku seetu kulukki paarthathula Anil kumble per vanthathaala avarthaan captain.. won the toss and batting
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 10:22:36 2009.

  Quote:

  Tendulkar: "JP really set the match for us. All the bowlers chipped in. A good team performance. We wanted out strike bowlers to bowl first. Strategy of leaving Nayar to bowl the last over worked well for us."

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:23:24 2009.

  sharukh aanaa romba paavam
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 10:23:36 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  sourav wrote: Thirumaran wrote: So KKR inimae entha vithamaana thappaana kanavum kaanaama relaxed irukalaam sourav Intha match nallathan aadunanga...eppovum 2,3 wickets ponavudane match-e gaali....innaikku paravallla,....good improvement... true.. ippadiyae improve aagi win pannaama iruntha sari

  SRK team-i vikka poran...next yr DADA captain-a vantha pothum...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 10:24:11 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  sharukh aanaa romba paavam

  Enna paavaam...naansenssss....
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 10:24:40 2009.

  OK.. enjoy the match.. hope it will be a cakewalk for Kings eleven..but thats wht i thought about the first match.. letz see.. c u all after the match..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:26:26 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: sharukh aanaa romba paavam Enna paavaam...naansenssss....

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:27:26 2009.

  Maddy vanthu yethaavathu solluvaarnu paarthaa , etti parthuttu poitaapla
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 10:29:24 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Maddy vanthu yethaavathu solluvaarnu paarthaa , etti parthuttu poitaapla

  
  Mumbai win panniruchulla
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:31:11 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: Maddy vanthu yethaavathu solluvaarnu paarthaa , etti parthuttu poitaapla Mumbai win panniruchulla

  
  
  athu therinjathuthaanae hope next time he gets a chance to speak here during mumbai match
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 1 10:32:16 2009.

  Sourav,
  
  Points table update pannunga
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 10:35:03 2009.

  Team Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
  Deccan Chargers 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.923 773/92.4 732/98.4
  Delhi Daredevils 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.318 690/82.5 677/84.3
  Mumbai Indians 6 3 2 0 1 7 +1.050 772/100.0 667/100.0
  Kings XI Punjab 5 3 2 0 0 6 +0.239 552/74.2 533/74.1
  Chennai 6 2 3 0 1 5 +0.943 834/100.0 736/99.3
  Rajasthan Royals 6 2 3 0 1 5 -1.270 593/98.3 729/100.0
  Bangalore 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.452 840/119.5 883/118.2
  Kolkata 7 1 5 0 1 3 -1.388 703/109.2 800/102.2
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 1 10:36:16 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Team Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against Deccan Chargers 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.923 773/92.4 732/98.4 Delhi Daredevils 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.318 690/82.5 677/84.3 Mumbai Indians 6 3 2 0 1 7 +1.050 772/100.0 667/100.0 Kings XI Punjab 5 3 2 0 0 6 +0.239 552/74.2 533/74.1 Chennai 6 2 3 0 1 5 +0.943 834/100.0 736/99.3 Rajasthan Royals 6 2 3 0 1 5 -1.270 593/98.3 729/100.0 Bangalore 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.452 840/119.5 883/118.2 Kolkata 7 1 5 0 1 3 -1.388 703/109.2 800/102.2

  
  
  Sourav!!!
  
  MI at 3rd spot with a very good run rate
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:40:55 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  MI at 3rd spot with a very good run rate

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 10:42:06 2009.

  MI best RR.
  CSK 2nd.
  DC 3rd.
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 1 10:46:39 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  MI best RR. CSK 2nd. DC 3rd.

  
  
  I read it as Rajasthan Royals
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri May 1 10:49:05 2009.

  Ryder out. BRC 2/1
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 10:49:39 2009.

  'Cricket is taking away my hair - Gambhir'
  
  What's the best thing about playing cricket for a living?
  I play cricket because I love it. The day I feel I'm not giving my 100%, that will be the last day of my cricket.
  
  Worst thing about playing cricket for a living?
  You lose a lot of hair - especially when you are an opening batsman! Like [Virender] Sehwag, I'm losing my hair left, right and centre. Cricket has giving me everything but it is taking away all my hair.
  
  Best friend in cricket?
  Virender Sehwag, Munaf Patel, Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma. People outside always feel I'm reserved, but when I'm with these guys I'm the only one speaking. I'm very comfortable with each of them and all of them are special to me.
  
  Who's the nicest man in cricket?
  Sehwag. He thinks about the team. The way he gives others confidence, his character, and the way he approaches his cricket and life is an inspiration.
  
  If you weren't a cricketer what would you be?
  The army remains still my first love. When I was growing up I was always passionate about joining the armed forces. But once I started doing well in domestic cricket and everyone started to tell me to focus on my game, that's when I decided to concentrate on my cricket. But given a choice, even now I would like to join the army.
  
  What do hotel rooms need to make them more enjoyable?
  If they can create a homely atmosphere, nothing like it.
  
  Which ground has the most hostile crowds?
  Some of the Australian grounds are nasty.
  
  Which ground has the most amusing crowds?
  I love playing in Mohali. I love the attitude of the local people and I enjoy that very much.
  
  Which tour do you most look forward to?
  Australia. Everything about the place, people, conditions is good, which makes it a hot spot. And you want to challenge yourself there.
  
  What drink is the best one to celebrate a victory with?
  I haven't ever tasted alcohol of any kind.
  
  How often do your friends ask you for free tickets to games?
  Very often. Given an option, every game they would like to ask for at least one ticket.
  
  The best sledge you've heard?
  One comment that made me turn a lot of things around came from Ricky Ponting during the Bangalore Test last year. He said, "You haven't [yet] set the world on fire." That was something I took seriously, and it helped me do well.
  
  http://content.cricinfo.com/iplpage2/content/current/story/399142.html
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:52:02 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  'Cricket is taking away my hair'

  
  
  athellaam ______ aa poachu nnu ninaichuttu poaga vaendiyathuthaan
  
  hi kalyaan .. how are u
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:52:48 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  Ryder out. BRC 2/1

  
  
  KKR kooda compete panni thaan aavomnu BRC adam pidichaa yaarthaan enna panna mudiyum
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri May 1 10:54:22 2009.

  Thiru match paakreengalaa?
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri May 1 10:55:44 2009.

  Yen Dravid aadala? Vaarisu porandhu oru vaarathukku meleye irukkume
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 10:58:36 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  Thiru match paakreengalaa?

  
  
  intha match innum paarka aarambikala.. Mumbai match kooda sachin out aanathum thoongitaen appuram last 10 overs of kolkata innings thaan parthaen
  
  nowadays watching cricket only for sachin..
  
  appuram romba bore adichaa vaera matches.. athulayum IPL avvalavu interest illa
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 10:59:16 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  Yen Dravid aadala? Vaarisu porandhu oru vaarathukku meleye irukkume

  
  
  Per Vechuttu thaan varuvaru pola?
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 11:00:12 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hi kalyaan .. how are u

  
  
  Nalla iruken na.. neenga epdi irukeenga?
  
  Sweden a? eppo return?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 11:01:48 2009.

  yeah.. sweden inthaa maasa kadaisila paranthu vanthiduvaen
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 11:07:23 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  yaaruppaa indha bishnoi? chinna paiyan summaa koluththaraan

  
  solliteenga illa.. seekiram out aayiduvaapla
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 11:08:19 2009.

  sonna maathiriyae out aayitaan
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 11:08:41 2009.

  sivan
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri May 1 11:08:50 2009.

  solli mudhca udane out aagittaan. che
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 11:26:27 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  yeah.. sweden inthaa maasa kadaisila paranthu vanthiduvaen

  
  
  Angendu Amsterdam ellam pakkam thaane... poneengala??
  
  Naa kooda Sweden pakkathula varaikum vanthuruken... Germany, Kiel oda kadal ellai la niinu pathen..... tho theriyuthu paar athaan Sweden nu neraya per sonaanga... nambiten....
  
  

• From: Plum on Fri May 1 11:28:38 2009.

  Idhukku dhaan ungukku pidikkadha player-ai pugazhqnum sivank
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 11:48:46 2009.

  yuvraj gets hatrick
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 11:56:05 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  yuvraj gets hatrick

  
  
  ennoda trump player... yeah!!
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 12:09:53 2009.

  21 runs off Abdullah over, yeah
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 12:19:34 2009.

  BRC range-kku nalla score dhaan
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 12:19:37 2009.

  145/9 par score....
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 12:20:32 2009.

  target is 146.. kings xi should get it comfortably
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 12:21:36 2009.

  abdullah gets the purple cap
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 12:33:18 2009.

  Yuvi opening
  
  

• From: mgb on Fri May 1 13:12:11 2009.

  and he got a half century with 4 sixes
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 13:30:35 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: yeah.. sweden inthaa maasa kadaisila paranthu vanthiduvaen Angendu Amsterdam ellam pakkam thaane... poneengala?? Naa kooda Sweden pakkathula varaikum vanthuruken... Germany, Kiel oda kadal ellai la niinu pathen..... tho theriyuthu paar athaan Sweden nu neraya per sonaanga... nambiten....

  
  
  // romba pakkamellaam illa oor suththi paakura mood ellaam illa.. Family um illa .. Konja maasathula konja panam saerthomaa, avvalavuthaan..
  
  

• From: omega on Fri May 1 13:56:16 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: Thirumaran wrote: yeah.. sweden inthaa maasa kadaisila paranthu vanthiduvaen Angendu Amsterdam ellam pakkam thaane... poneengala?? Naa kooda Sweden pakkathula varaikum vanthuruken... Germany, Kiel oda kadal ellai la niinu pathen..... tho theriyuthu paar athaan Sweden nu neraya per sonaanga... nambiten.... // romba pakkamellaam illa oor suththi paakura mood ellaam illa.. Family um illa .. Konja maasathula konja panam saerthomaa, avvalavuthaan..

  
  
  Ithu onnu pothaatha, jollya oor sutha?
  Avalavu thooram poyittu, Amsterdam paakkaama vittutomennu pinnaala varuthapada poreenga....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 13:57:10 2009.

  I can't believe kumble did not bowl appanna for the 18th
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 14:07:58 2009.

  BRC
  
  MI will hold on to its 3rd position now.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 14:07:59 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  21 runs off Abdullah over, yeah

  
  And that has done it for the RCs. Feel SO happy for Kumble and he did bowl a fantastic 19th over.
  
  BRC is now in the 4th/5th position in the points table
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 14:10:57 2009.

  Kumble
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 14:13:45 2009.

  omega wrote:

  Ithu onnu pothaatha, jollya oor sutha? Avalavu thooram poyittu, Amsterdam paakkaama vittutomennu pinnaala varuthapada poreenga....

  
  
  // athu sari kadamai, kudumba poruppunnu ellaam irukku paarunga..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 14:15:22 2009.

  Points table..
  
  Team Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
  Deccan Chargers 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.923 773/92.4 732/98.4
  Delhi Daredevils 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.318 690/82.5 677/84.3
  Mumbai Indians 6 3 2 0 1 7 +1.050 772/100.0 667/100.0
  Kings XI Punjab 6 3 3 0 0 6 +0.104 689/94.2 678/94.1
  Bangalore 7 3 4 0 0 6 -0.329 985/139.5 1020/138.2
  Chennai 6 2 3 0 1 5 +0.943 834/100.0 736/99.3
  Rajasthan Royals 6 2 3 0 1 5 -1.270 593/98.3 729/100.0
  Kolkata 7 1 5 0 1 3 -1.388 703/109.2 800/102.2
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 14:42:35 2009.

  what a match.. two tight matches today
  well dont BRC
  Kumble great 19th over
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 14:43:17 2009.

  V.Good performance by Yuvi.. deserved man of the match
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 14:44:50 2009.

  tournament is getting hotter.. all teams are getting their rhythm.. hope many more close matches in the coming games..
  
  Hope chennai wins tomorrow and moves up the table
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 14:47:06 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Hope chennai wins tomorrow and moves up the table

  
  
  vaenaam vidunga, ippadiyae irunthuttu poagattum
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 14:47:50 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Quote: Tendulkar: "JP really set the match for us. All the bowlers chipped in. A good team performance. We wanted out strike bowlers to bowl first. [color=red]Strategy of leaving Nayar to bowl the last over worked well for us[/color]."

  
  
  sari. pinna calculation thappikiduchu.. vera vazhiyillanna solla mudiyum.. anyway strategy worked out luckily
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 14:58:25 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  sari. pinna calculation thappikiduchu.. vera vazhiyillanna solla mudiyum.. anyway strategy worked out luckily

  
  
  sari sari dhoni enna strategy panraarunnu paarunga.. adutha match la hayden aa raina vaa.. yaaru dhoni kku paer vaangi kodukka poaraangalo
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 14:59:49 2009.

  Calculation thappAkiduchaa Do you even know anything about cricket? The most important over is not the last over but the 3-4 overs before that. If you are make 15 off the last over it doesnt matter who you are going to bowl. OTOH, if you have 22 make and hit 15 off the 19th over and if you wanted to bowl even malinga, 7 runs wont be a big deal. The deal is giving away 7 runs in the 19th and leaving the bulk of the runs in the final over.
  
  Idhilenna kaaamedy-nu therila..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 15:01:16 2009.

  And stop provoking me, annaar dhoni-ya pathi naan edhuvumE pEsa vENdaam-nu irukkEn.. ungaLukku team BRC-kku keezha pOyiruchu-nnu stomach burns
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 15:03:13 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  strategy worked out luckily

  
  Even if thts the case its only once unlike
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:05:35 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Calculation thappAkiduchaa Do you even know anything about cricket? The most important over is not the last over but the 3-4 overs before that. If you are make 15 off the last over it doesnt matter who you are going to bowl. OTOH, if you have 22 make and hit 15 off the 19th over and if you wanted to bowl even malinga, 7 runs wont be a big deal. The deal is giving away 7 runs in the 19th and leaving the bulk of the runs in the final over. Idhilenna kaaamedy-nu therila..

  
  
  Nerd,
  dont get emotional and dont get personal.. hope u will.
  
  itz not about bowling the 19th over.. u hv to bowl malinga..thr is no other way.. i didnt say malinga shd hv bowled last over..
  
  but the situation shd not have arised.. the spinner quota shd have done with earlier.. it is their luck that mccullum came in and ran hodge out.. and add to that the umpire decision not top give wide.. it cud have cost the win...
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:07:33 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  And stop provoking me, annaar dhoni-ya pathi naan edhuvumE pEsa vENdaam-nu irukkEn.. ungaLukku team BRC-kku keezha pOyiruchu-nnu stomach burns

  
  
  pesunga Nerd.. thappe illa.. maybe for your convinience i'll tag myself.. im Dhoni fan and Sachin hater.. hope that helps..
  
  dont say provoke and all.. letz talk.. a good argument is either u convince me or get convinced.. im ready for both.
  
  

• From: omega on Fri May 1 15:09:06 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  omega wrote: Ithu onnu pothaatha, jollya oor sutha? Avalavu thooram poyittu, Amsterdam paakkaama vittutomennu pinnaala varuthapada poreenga.... // athu sari kadamai, kudumba poruppunnu ellaam irukku paarunga..

  
  
  romba nallavar maathiri philm kaattureenga....
  
  Btw, welldone BRC...
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 15:09:50 2009.

  Am sorry I don't understand whats personal in that? You made fun (ROTFL) of my (Sachin's rather) statement and I am making fun of yours (same ROTFL) And I m not emotional either, just trying to explain the obvious.
  
  Nobody is going to get convinced, seriously. How many times have we seen that? ungaLukku unga logic, enakku ennOdadhu.. Just some exchange of post avLOdhAn
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:12:44 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  hamid wrote: strategy worked out luckily Even if thts the case its only once unlike

  
  
  Nerd.. if u want to say something say it.. dont talk indirectly.. u say Dhoni is lucky.. Ok. i dont want to put rotfl here..lucky for all the time.. lucky got the world cup.. lucky he got wins against australia.. etc etc.. OK.. fine... let it be.. letz talk abt the topic being discussed here( 20th over).. it was not a strategy and miscalculation..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 15:14:58 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  and add to that the umpire decision not top give wide.. it cud have cost the win...

  
  Common bro, I agree that its a possibility, but apdi pArthA butterfly effect/chaos theory dhAn. Right from the toss to the first ball till the last ball.
  
  Will be back later.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:15:07 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Am sorry I don't understand whats personal in that? You made fun (ROTFL) of my (Sachin's rather) statement and I am making fun of yours (same ROTFL) And I m not emotional either, just trying to explain the obvious. Nobody is going to get convinced, seriously. How many times have we seen that? ungaLukku unga logic, enakku ennOdadhu.. Just some exchange of post avLOdhAn

  
  
  OK . Nerd.. u asked whether i know anything abt cricket.. thats not personal as per your logic.. fine then.
  
  im ready for exchange of posts.. itz good and i need to be awake for a while.. so it helps.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri May 1 15:17:05 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  OK . Nerd.. u asked whether i know anything abt cricket.. thats not personal as per your logic.. fine then.

  
  Oh well, if you think so accept my apologies. But as per my logic, its an obvious *logic* in cricket to make use of your best bowlers and leave a lot of runs to be scored in the last over.
  
  Btw, even the subtle *my logic* thing is a personal comment according to your logic again
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:19:53 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  hamid wrote: and add to that the umpire decision not top give wide.. it cud have cost the win... Common bro, I agree that its a possibility, but apdi pArthA butterfly effect/chaos theory dhAn. Right from the toss to the first ball till the last ball. Will be back later.

  
  
  Nerd bro ,
  
  dont go to chaos theory..the possibility for a KKR win was existing at that stage only because of the one over left for a spinner.. that was a miscalculation..
  
  and to add not bowling malinga with new ball and bowling him 6 or 7th over also doesnt seem to be right.. i think thats the reason he didnt get any wickets in this match( first time he has gobe wicket less).. i wud not have complained if he came to bowl only at the death.. maybe spinner cud have bowled his first over and he kept for the last..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 15:21:08 2009.

  Hamid
  
  Whats your point?.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:23:34 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  hamid wrote: OK . Nerd.. u asked whether i know anything abt cricket.. thats not personal as per your logic.. fine then. Oh well, if you think so accept my apologies. But as per my logic, its an obvious *logic* in cricket to make use of your best bowlers and leave a lot of runs to be scored in the last over. Btw, even the subtle *my logic* thing is a personal comment according to your logic again

  
  
  Nerd,
  u r trying to take the argument in to the wrong line again.. and yes it is personal and i accept ur apology.
  dont bring abt who shd bowl the last or 19th over. it is the correct decision and everybody wud have done the same.
  
  Okie.. im sure u know wht i said.. but u just want to drag it to who shd bowl 19th malinga or spinner again..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 15:23:36 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Hamid Whats your point?.

  
  
  dhoni is the best captain with very good strategies
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 15:25:33 2009.

  Soreenga aafisar !!!
  

  Thirumaran wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Hamid Whats your point?. dhoni is the best captain with very good strategies

  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:26:23 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Hamid Whats your point?.

  
  
  pls read my post.. Itz very clear ( unless u dont want to divert)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 15:28:35 2009.

  
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:29:12 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Soreenga aafisar !!! Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Hamid Whats your point?. dhoni is the best captain with very good strategies

  
  
  hmm .. TM as expected u did it again..and support for it immediately.. great going..
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:32:01 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  I didnt see the match, so I cannot say anything and since you have made your point now I am least interested to talk about it. AFAIK, warney is the best captain in IPL day in and day out. hamid wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Hamid Whats your point?. pls read my post.. Itz very clear ( unless u dont want to divert)

  
  
  dont make ur assumptions and confirm the same urself.. i hv said Warne is t e best captain. read my posts y'day..
  
  and itz clear u didnt see the match and didnt see my comments ( made in this page itself).... but u want to argue on assumption..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Fri May 1 15:32:42 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  hmm .. TM as expected u did it again..and support for it immediately.. great going..

  
  
  as expected u had mistaken me does not matter appuram paarkalaam
  
  vilayaattu thread la kooda ellaam serious aayiduraangappaa
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 15:33:49 2009.

  That was a bloody silly confusion. Mistook TM's post as yours and thats why I have edited my post in the previous page as well.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:35:45 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Nerd wrote: hamid wrote: and add to that the umpire decision not top give wide.. it cud have cost the win... Common bro, I agree that its a possibility, but apdi pArthA butterfly effect/chaos theory dhAn. Right from the toss to the first ball till the last ball. Will be back later. Nerd bro , dont go to chaos theory..the possibility for a KKR win was existing at that stage only because of the one over left for a spinner.. that was a miscalculation.. and to add not bowling malinga with new ball and bowling him 6 or 7th over also doesnt seem to be right.. i think thats the reason he didnt get any wickets in this match( first time he has gobe wicket less).. i wud not have complained if he came to bowl only at the death.. maybe spinner cud have bowled his first over and he kept for the last..

  
  
  hope this help at least
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 15:36:33 2009.

  So that is what you wanted to say?.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:37:34 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  That was a bloody silly confusion. Mistook TM's post as yours and thats why I have edited my post in the previous page as well.

  
  
  that happens.. no issues..anyway thanks for clarification.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:39:45 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hamid wrote: hmm .. TM as expected u did it again..and support for it immediately.. great going.. as expected u had mistaken me does not matter appuram paarkalaam vilayaattu thread la kooda ellaam serious aayiduraangappaa

  
  
  mistaken?
  
  
  serious? if u say im getting serious no way.. and my posts will tell that. im ready to argue if necessary..thats it..take are. tension illama nalal thuungunga ..
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:40:45 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  So that is what you wanted to say?.

  
  
  yes and happy u got it.. any arguments?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 15:43:30 2009.

  As you already know i havent watched the match and yes mistakes do happen in cricket. The end result is MI won and that is what matters.
  

  hamid wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: So that is what you wanted to say?. yes and happy u got it.. any arguments?

  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:52:57 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  As you already know i havent watched the match and yes mistakes do happen in cricket. The end result is MI won and that is what matters. hamid wrote: ajithfederer wrote: So that is what you wanted to say?. yes and happy u got it.. any arguments?

  
  
  fine then.
  
  but i just want to reiterate that sachin fans go overboard and make others dislike him.. they dont need to belittle others to prove he is the great..
  
  certainly in batting, he is great.. no arguments.. and he singlehandedly carried Indian cricket for years.. thats unbelievable.. and how many innings he has played like no other..
  nobody argues that. but if u say sachin is the only one who shd be celebrated and others are nothing and sachin is very good at everything.. thats not correct..he is great batsman and possibly the best.. he is a good captain.. but not a great captain.. may be one of the reason is he expect everybody to perform at his level and itz not possible.. he is not great and havent made any great captaincy decisions..
  relish on his batting and talk about his records.. i think many of his records may not be broken at all.. relish those moments.. the sixes he hit in the IPL.. proving he is still at it and can perform at any kidn of game... discuss that.. im ready to clap..honestly.. but dont belittle others thinking it will make him great.. actually it is not..
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 15:57:24 2009.

  also do clap for other contributions.. i think Duminy has played one great innings against Kings Eleven.. itz unfortunate he cant able to finish..
  
  that innings is but saying him as kavuthittan is not good. maybe at the tense of the moment.. but cud have said well played at least.. none said it.. even sachin at presentation.. v.bad.
  
  sachin has scored many such innings.. plays well, but cud not finish and our great batting order will collapse and will lose the match.. that times sachin is celebrated. Duminy has played like that..why not now say well played?
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 16:02:05 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  hamid wrote: and add to that the umpire decision not top give wide.. it cud have cost the win... Common bro, I agree that its a possibility, but apdi pArthA butterfly effect/chaos theory dhAn. Right from the toss to the first ball till the last ball. Will be back later.

  
  
  thought u'll be back
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 16:03:53 2009.

  Hamid,
  
  It is good to see that you appreciate Sachin's batting prowess. And again I have stopped talking about others and I cannot vouch the same with regard to other sachin fans. That should be done on a case by case basis.
  
  Regarding captaincy, Even I don't have the impression that he is a great captain but normally he does a good job at captaincy when he has the side he wants. To be frank even I am assessing his captaincy in IPL. As you know already, for me warney is the best captain in IPL from season one because he does so much with the not so high profile team that he had right from season 1 in addition to coaching them.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 1 16:08:15 2009.

  Again I lauded duminy for hIs contribution. But other fans here felt that he wasted few balls during the chase in middle overs. That match should have been won easily but we lost.
  
  Presentation, la perae sollalangradhellam oru matteraa??. Who knows the team dynamics?. May be he would have forgotten that. I think that is a very trivial issue.
  

  hamid wrote:

  also do clap for other contributions.. i think Duminy has played one great innings against Kings Eleven.. itz unfortunate he cant able to finish.. that innings is but saying him as kavuthittan is not good. maybe at the tense of the moment.. but cud have said well played at least.. none said it.. even sachin at presentation.. v.bad. sachin has scored many such innings.. plays well, but cud not finish and our great batting order will collapse and will lose the match.. that times sachin is celebrated. Duminy has played like that..why not now say well played?

  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 16:10:22 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Hamid, It is good to see that you appreciate Sachin's batting prowess. And again I have stopped talking about others and I cannot vouch the same with regard to other sachin fans. That should be done on a case by case basis. Regarding captaincy, Even I don't have the impression that he is a great captain but normally he does a good job at captaincy when he has the side he wants. To be frank even I am assessing his captaincy in IPL. As you know already, for me warney is the best captain in IPL from season one because he does so much with the not so high profile team that he had right from season 1 in addition to coaching them.

  
  
  AF,
  i didnt say u r doing it.. i said in genral..i read the posts in this thread and really got disappointed with the level of argument put forth and the logic to support the same.. i can answer for each of that post.. but dont want to dig the old ones and thought of posting my views from now on as much as possible..
  
  Yes.. i 100% agree warne is the best captain. both in the last and this season..the way he marshals his team.. making others comfortable, accountable, making others perform., identifying the talents.. etc etc.. great.. did u see the way he talked to kamran khan before the super over?
  also i like Yusuf.. actually many of the people i like are in diff teams.. my first suport is chennai, but i like many other teams as well.. happy to see good contests and close games.. the ones whom i hate it Buchanana and mccullum..
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 1 16:16:47 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Again I lauded duminy for hIs contribution. But other fans here felt that he wasted few balls during the chase in middle overs. That match should have been won easily but we lost. Presentation, la perae sollalangradhellam oru matteraa??. Who knows the team dynamics?. May be he would have forgotten that. I think that is a very trivial issue. hamid wrote: also do clap for other contributions.. i think Duminy has played one great innings against Kings Eleven.. itz unfortunate he cant able to finish.. that innings is but saying him as kavuthittan is not good. maybe at the tense of the moment.. but cud have said well played at least.. none said it.. even sachin at presentation.. v.bad. sachin has scored many such innings.. plays well, but cud not finish and our great batting order will collapse and will lose the match.. that times sachin is celebrated. Duminy has played like that..why not now say well played?

  
  
  thats one imp point.. i hated and was embarassed once dhoni said he forgot the name of one player who is coming into his side in last IPL..
  
  this is very important for a captain.. i have seen all captains talk about the positives out of the game and look forward and be positive.. sachin looked dejected at the presentation.. not a sign of a good captain..and u have to mention the contributions from ur team..that will motivate them.. basic for a captain.. thats y i said..
  
  fine. i dont argue much of what u r saying..seems we r of the same thought.. those posts are for a few who says he is the best captain.. and term a miscalculation as a strategy and lauding it..
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 1 22:17:32 2009.

  Last 30 pages
  
  Dhoni is definitely a good captain, adhukaaga Sachin is the worst captain ellam solaradhellam too much. We all know what kind of team India had when he was the captain. Worst attitude, Match fixers what not? You can easily differentiate the team which Sourav, Dhoni and Sachin led.
  Sachin is actually helping Dhoni in the field and it is working, reason illamaya?
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 22:54:59 2009.

  Umpires report Kamran for suspect bowling action
  
  PRETORIA: At the game between the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals played out at the Centurion in Pretoria last evening, the on-field umpires Mr. Rudi Koertzen and Mr. G. A. Baxter, observed that Rajasthan Royals left-arm fastmedium bowler Kamran Khan had a suspect illegal bowling action on certain deliveries.
  
  On completion of the match, footage was obtained and examined by all the three umpires including Mr. Amish Saheba who was the TV Umpire for the match and it was their collective belief that further action was necessary under the MCC's Laws of Cricket section 24.3 that governs the game. The match referee for the game at the Centurion was G. R. Viswanath.
  
  The matter has now been referred by the Indian Premier League to the team management of the Rajasthan Royals and the IPL's Technical Committee as per the MCC's Laws of Cricket that govern the game.
  
  Indian Premier League Chairman & Commissioner Lalit Modi today stated "I have officially received a copy of the match umpires report duly signed by all the three umpires and the video footage for the game at the Centurion. The matter has now been referred to the team management of the Rajasthan Royals and the IPL's Technical Committee. I now await the report from the Technical Committee and will then decide on the future course of action."
  http://www.iplt20.com/Umpires-report-Kamran-for-suspect-bowling-action.shtml
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 1 23:04:39 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Last 30 pages Dhoni is definitely a good captain, adhukaaga Sachin is the worst captain ellam solaradhellam too much. We all know what kind of team India had when he was the captain. Worst attitude, Match fixers what not? You can easily differentiate the team which Sourav, Dhoni and Sachin led. Sachin is actually helping Dhoni in the field and it is working, reason illamaya?

  
  
  Sachin wud have defly been a great captain had the team that was given to him performed well.... He has got the best cricketing brain in the world.... Bud sadly no one performed under him... everyone took him so lightly and he was not commanding enuf....
  
  Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket... He did bring in, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Kaif, Dhoni, Sehwag, Balaji, Pathan, Parthiv and laid a gr8 platform for future indian cricket....
  
  Dhoni is relishing from whatever Dada has done... but it needs a cool head and gr8 responsibility to do whatever he is done to Indian cricket thus far...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 1 23:52:45 2009.

  Quote:

  Bye Calypso. Thanks for entertaining us! http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/04/bye-calypso-thanks-for-entertaining-us.html Calypso King is leaving us and his departure isn't in very pleasant circumstances. The team management threw an early farewell party for him after the last defeat. Dildo wasn't around to sponsor this one though, so it went from the team kitty. No one was particularly pleased with the idea of hanging out together, although no one objected to it openly. Since, the posts have been coming out, guys are making their own small groups and going out to places without informing others. No one wants Fake IPL Player to land up there and broadcast their nefarious activities to the whole world. In fact, the blog has affected the nocturnal lives of IPLers in more ways than one would have expected. Teams are now trying to find out before hand where our team is headed after the match, to ensure that they don't land up at the same place. Kishen Kanhaiyya, whose tour took an unexpected turn after the Opium Night expose, is having the driest tour ever in his life. Little Sister has still not given in to the Sheikh's famed magic. Little John's been getting frantic phone calls from his Mom and he's had to promise her that he will return to India "Ganga jaisa pavitra" (I couldn't believe my ears myself but these ARE the exact words he used). So, in the backdrop of all this, we had to go for Calypso's farewell party. While the drinks flowed, the music blared, Calypso suggested to Skipper that he should tattoo his IPL scores. (For the uninitiated, the skipper has tattooed his cricketing numbers in Roman numerals on his arms.) WHile the skipper was thinking about what to say, Calypso started a discussion on whether there's a Zero in Roman, obviously referring to the skipper's ducks during the tournament. Finally, in drunken stupor, the skipper reacted with a few choicest words of his own. He was eventually whisked away by Candy Nickle to avoid a blow down. For the rest of the evening, the two weren't seen together. They didn't shake hands before Calypso left the party. Mangal Pandey's phone was lying unattented on our table while he was warming his palms in one of the dark corners of the club. Bhookha's deputy, in an inspired move to catch the Fake IPL Player red handed, started scanning through his SMSes. The news was eventually relayed to Mangal who then gave the the Deputy a crash course in Bhojpuri, a discourse he is unlikely to forget in the short term. The butt of most jokes during the party was Our Man Dildo himself. Most jokes were around the rat abandoning the sinking ship. I couldn't help but smile at the irony of it all. A man, who till a few weeks ago was our hero has now become to most laughed at man in the team. Bangla Tiger, who was busy clicking pics with the star till the other day, was cracking the funniest jokes on him in Bengali. As they say, the higher you rise, the harder you fall. Apparently, Dildo didn't meet anyone before leaving for India. And he has sent an email to Boy George asking him to justify such a large support staff. The paranoia has shifted to the support staff now and there's news that 5 of them will be asked to return. Boy George and Bhookha Naan were locked in a meeting for 2 hours yesterday. The Kiwi coach has joined us to observe and learn from us. As if one mole wasn't enough, our team now has invited a new one. Whatever prompted Mr Genius to choose our team over others, what's now clear is why New Zealand is placed 8th in the ICC rankings. On the whole, the team's now waiting for IPL to get over to go back home. As a team and as individuals we have achieved all that we had planned for. We have successfully sent Dildo packing, we have improved our performance over last year, we have reached depths that others can only dream of, Little John can now score only on the pitch, Kaan Moolo has finally convinced the world that no matter how hard he tries he can't get any worse, Bhookha has earned enough to finally retire, and I think I am kind of reaching the end of my blogging career. I think there isn't much to play for any more. Finally, it's official now. Bhookha, Skipper and the entire support staff are resigning at the end of the season. (If they don't, they'll probably be sacked anyway.) Your's truly. P.S. I think some website's been advertising that I am appearing for a live chat. That's not true. Under the circumstances I can't live chat at all and nobody knows who I am. P.P.S. Some people are replying to comments posing as IPL Anonymous. It's not me. I haven't participated in the comments section. Pls don't believe the guy posing as me. P.P.P.S. I have heard that Dildo's PR team has decided to degrade this blog by posting malicious and critical comments, and also by spamming in the comments section. If only this energy was seen in building the team. P.P.P.P.S. The focus has shifted to the Support Staff. The management is now convinced that the Fake IPL Player is not a player, but a support staff member. Let's see where this trail takes them. P.P.P.P.P.S. I have decided to retire from all forms of cricket after IPL. I will disclose my identity on our last match day. Agarkar-a irukkumo?

  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 0:07:58 2009.

  Kumble was exceptional yesterday when it mattered.. the entire last season whenever BRC came closer to defending their total, Rahul will give the ball to Kallis and immediately the match will slip away.. glad kumble didnt do that mistake.. i feel BRC can turn it around from here but they should not persist with Ryder.
  
  Now all the matches are getting closer and interesting.. hope no match fixing is involved to increase the viewership
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 0:16:49 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  serious? if u say im getting serious no way.. and my posts will tell that. im ready to argue if necessary..thats it..take are. tension illama nalal thuungunga ..

  
  
  i dont take things serious at least in sports section.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 0:21:28 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket... He did bring in, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Kaif, Dhoni, Sehwag, Balaji, Pathan, Parthiv and laid a gr8 platform for future indian cricket....

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 0:28:10 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket... He did bring in, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Kaif, Dhoni, Sehwag, Balaji, Pathan, Parthiv and laid a gr8 platform for future indian cricket....

  
  
  I mean the start of his tenure in Captaining India... He led by example no doubt but others did perform initially.... so a lots of things changed from then on for him.... His approach to the game changed.... All of a sudden he became ultra aggressive in batting which was not there until then... It really helps when you feel that your team is shaping up well which can in turn add positives to your game as well....
  
  That happened with the case of Ganguly..... For Sure he is the Best Captain India has ever produced... no one can take that away from him....
  
  And no one can deny the fact that Sachin has the best cricketing brain in the world....
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Sat May 2 0:47:51 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  Kumble was exceptional yesterday when it mattered.. the entire last season whenever BRC came closer to defending their total, Rahul will give the ball to Kallis and immediately the match will slip away.. glad kumble didnt do that mistake.. i feel BRC can turn it around from here but they should not persist with Ryder. Now all the matches are getting closer and interesting.. hope no match fixing is involved to increase the viewership

  
  
  kumble for brilliant. The way he got the wkt of yuvi and his penultimate over.
  
  RE van der Merwe- assault. that was also crucial.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:06:48 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Again I lauded duminy for hIs contribution. But other fans here felt that he wasted few balls during the chase in middle overs. That match should have been won easily but we lost. Presentation, la perae sollalangradhellam oru matteraa??. Who knows the team dynamics?. May be he would have forgotten that. I think that is a very trivial issue. hamid wrote: also do clap for other contributions.. i think Duminy has played one great innings against Kings Eleven.. itz unfortunate he cant able to finish.. that innings is but saying him as kavuthittan is not good. maybe at the tense of the moment.. but cud have said well played at least.. none said it.. even sachin at presentation.. v.bad. sachin has scored many such innings.. plays well, but cud not finish and our great batting order will collapse and will lose the match.. that times sachin is celebrated. Duminy has played like that..why not now say well played? thats one imp point.

  
  
  Yes. It is very important for a leader to cheer up his mates even under difficult conditions and it makes things improve a lot.
  
  But presentation tells you just a very little part of everything happens within teams. We never know what happens as a whole. Past 20 years Just listen to what his team members in he past has to say about him.. Even a new player after working with him most people will keep him a bit above than any one else. It is just not because he scored tons and tons of runs. It is all about giving encouragement at different times. Off field, we dont know what exactly the thing happens, Sometimes on field u can easily witness, when sachin on the other side of batting.. the way he pats up the co player, different advices, trying to bat a bit different when the partner handles a particularr, etc, etc etc.. All that matters.. in the end we can witness from the partner how much Sachin's presence helped him ....
  Everyone in the team would tell, how important sachin's presence in the team makes wonders even if he does not score runs..
  Do you think we know more than them....
  
  There were posts which said sachin was worse or bad in captaincy. I understand it is just because he could not win matches when he captained for India When he was captain, how many players performed well In fact till the time he became captain he was the major contributor for India and that was theain reason India could win matches if at all they win. Very rarely it happens that india won without his presence or cotribution, till the time he became captain. The same continued for few matches after his captaincy and the loses started affecting his way of approach in batting and to some extent his performance. And a whole Team India suffered. As he was young that time and due to selection limitations i believe his words that time about team selection was not even considered too unlike the previous past years where a captain and coaches words are taken with care. Captain+Coach has only 25% to do and the remaining had to come from the rest of the team.. It is about mutual contribution from everyone. Just because the 75% contribution did not happen for Sachin, he does not become a bad captain. Last IPL la warne had won almost all matches.. now they find the things going difficult and will we say he was a bad or worse captain just if his team could not enter semi finals in case here people are not saying i know. May be that could be a effect from last year's impression on him..
  
  We know only from during Sourav's captaincy we started winning many matches.. That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did well and some selection stupidities got reduced to some extent. Plus some good and aggresive captaincy helped too. When sourav was taken away from the captaincy and then team and the way he was treated in the team everyone knows here. I could smell some kind of politics he was involved within the team and that really could get him any support from the team. In fact that tells he was not that good in handling the team..
  mainly we were just considering based on the winning percentage how good a captain is. with some more on field natures based on our way of thinking.
  Till winning times sourav was treated as good captain and suddenly he became bad too.. Imagine if such thing happen to Sachin.. Never i would say.. Such a sweet, innovative, motivative personality he is
  
  One example.
  
  When during 2003 world cup when in the initial days india was losing matches. and we know the the kind of agitation took place back in india. When sourav was asked about things, he just escaped how come a captain become responsible for that.. Then Sachin came forward and assured the Indian fans that things will be fine there after and asking they to maintain cool.. He took responsibility. That is what matters at times. And we know what happened to India in 2003 WC from that point. Is that really matters sometime being a captain just by name. ? I dont think so..
  
  Sorry that i brought sourav here.. I thought few examples could explain my points.
  
  I understand here people are making lots of mocking on Dhoni and things are serious too ..
  
  Seriously, I dont have anything against Dhoni. In fact i like his cool ness and the way he handled few things.. I had mentioned those before also quite some time back. Inga vanthu post panrathu kooda konja paera seendi paarka thaan. nothing more than that.
  As long as something good happens for the team and the followers everything is fine..
  
  Let us not become aggressive here and let us things sportively and let us enjoy the moments.
  
  It is just a common post and not intended for anyone
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:12:12 2009.

  Adding to the above, let us wait for the real testing time for Dhoni and how he handles things when india starts losing some games. Till now he is quite good no doubt.. innum konja naal wait pannalaam, how better he is.. Athu varaikkum Dhoni thaan best and others worst ngra alavukku paesaama irukalaam
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:16:43 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did well and some selection stupidities got reduced to some extent. Plus some good and aggresive captaincy helped too. When sourav was taken away from the captaincy and then team and the way he was treated in the team everyone knows here. I could smell some kind of politics he was involved within the team and that really could get him any support from the team. In fact that tells he was not that good in handling the team..

  
  
  
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:20:40 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Adding to the above, let us wait for the real testing time for Dhoni and how he handles things when india starts losing some games. Till now he is quite good no doubt.. innum konja naal wait pannalaam, how better he is.. Athu varaikkum Dhoni thaan best and others worst ngra alavukku paesaama irukalaam

  
  
  CB series ?
  
  and I think hes a bit physically/mentally jaded because of the continuous matches..and i'm sure he'll bring back the world cup in 2011.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 1:22:02 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote: Last 30 pages Dhoni is definitely a good captain, adhukaaga Sachin is the worst captain ellam solaradhellam too much. We all know what kind of team India had when he was the captain. Worst attitude, Match fixers what not? You can easily differentiate the team which Sourav, Dhoni and Sachin led. Sachin is actually helping Dhoni in the field and it is working, reason illamaya? Sachin wud have defly been a great captain had the team that was given to him performed well.... He has got the best cricketing brain in the world.... Bud sadly no one performed under him... everyone took him so lightly and he was not commanding enuf.... Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket... He did bring in, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Kaif, Dhoni, Sehwag, Balaji, Pathan, Parthiv and laid a gr8 platform for future indian cricket.... Dhoni is relishing from whatever Dada has done... but it needs a cool head and gr8 responsibility to do whatever he is done to Indian cricket thus far...

  
  
  i disagree here kalyan.....sachin is the best cricketing brain in the world - no doubts......i think he would be amogst gary sobers, kapil dev, botham etc in this way but that doesent make him a great captain.......or you cannot say just bcos team performed badly under him, his captaincy record was bad......Srinath in one of the interviews told that sachin would expect everyone to perform with his intensity and they all struggled in 1999-00 tour of australia.......he would set fields for the bolwers as per his wish and would take up the thinking for entire team on himself.......now srinath didnt complain, he was very proud abt it but i would say thats rank bad management or captaincy.......u cannot have everything centralised.....
  
  in today's world, decentralisation, delgation of authority works........ippa irukkura pasanga realise the importance of team work rather than individual brilliance.......so, tell them "what" to do, they will, dont tell them "how" to do it......that has been Dhoni's mantra........would u believe, he lets the bowler sets the field entirely on themselves, no words of advice for batsman on how to bat etc - he just tells them the ouput reqd of them and they do it...and also doesent let pressure seep into the team ....i can really draw parallels to ARR's wrking style here.......its not that i like this style just bcos ARR and dhoni do it but i'm a firm believer in letting everyone work their way yet work towards a common goal......i just love this concept and hence i love Dhoni's captaincy.......and this is exactly the reson why sachin's captaincy would fail in the longer run.....(i'm assuming, he hasnt changed his style of captaincy since 1999, if he has, then im really happy)
  
  Dada is a exception - he did everything on instincts........his detractors may call him "lucky" but i dont agree.......picking a player, choosing the opener, new ball bowler, toss- everything, everything was based on his instincts.....he would believe in his instincts, work towards it aggressively, make other 10 players too work towards it with a dash of arrogance, ego and intimidation of opponents....hell man, i never dreamt in 90's that a indian captain would snub a australian captain in toss and throw his t-shirt in lord's balcony........he is the architecht of BCCI team resurrection post 2000......the team that plays now was hand picked by him including dhoni.......but the flip side of dada was he was too hot headed for anything......Dhoni scores over here with his cool attitude......but dhoni is just reaping the benefits of dada's efforts.....yes, it needs a cool captain to marshall 11 exceptionally talented men including himself.......
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:22:35 2009.

  inga thaan irukiyaa
  
  summaa sirikkaa padaathu.. ethuvaa irunthaalum vaai thoranthu paesanum
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:24:48 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: Adding to the above, let us wait for the real testing time for Dhoni and how he handles things when india starts losing some games. Till now he is quite good no doubt.. innum konja naal wait pannalaam, how better he is.. Athu varaikkum Dhoni thaan best and others worst ngra alavukku paesaama irukalaam CB series ? and I think hes a bit physically/mentally jaded because of the continuous matches..and i'm sure he'll bring back the world cup in 2011.

  
  
  
  more explanation please there are times i dont follow much cricked and just one series will not tell u much..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 1:26:01 2009.

  Correction: The worst captain cricket has ever seen.
  

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Last 30 pages Dhoni is definitely a good captain, adhukaaga Sachin is the worst captain ellam solaradhellam too much. We all know what kind of team India had when he was the captain. Worst attitude, Match fixers what not? You can easily differentiate the team which Sourav, Dhoni and Sachin led. Sachin is actually helping Dhoni in the field and it is working, reason illamaya?

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 1:26:52 2009.

  Ippadi ellam manappaal kudikadheenga. Enna venaalum nadakalam.
  

  villan007 wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: Adding to the above, let us wait for the real testing time for Dhoni and how he handles things when india starts losing some games. Till now he is quite good no doubt.. innum konja naal wait pannalaam, how better he is.. Athu varaikkum Dhoni thaan best and others worst ngra alavukku paesaama irukalaam CB series ? and I think hes a bit physically/mentally jaded because of the continuous matches..and i'm sure he'll bring back the world cup in 2011.

  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:30:13 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  summaa sirikkaa padaathu.. ethuvaa irunthaalum vaai thoranthu paesanum

  
  
  enna pesa ? Sourav captaincy la jeyicha luck, Dhoni captaincy la jeyicha luck... seri vidunga
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:33:30 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Ippadi ellam manappaal kudikadheenga. Enna venaalum nadakalam.

  
  
  Autralia is totally out..they're in a transition phase now..things look very bleak for them.. South Africa matum thein ipppo namaku tough oppsition..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:36:48 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: summaa sirikkaa padaathu.. ethuvaa irunthaalum vaai thoranthu paesanum enna pesa ? Sourav captaincy la jeyicha luck, Dhoni captaincy la jeyicha luck... seri vidunga

  
  
  naan appadi sollavae illa.. if you could read that for one more time.. I just said he did not take responsibility at difficult times and the politics during his venture which went against him for which he was also a part. those things does not say best about leadership.. He was good but not best. For dhoni as of now he is good and a bit more. Let us wait for the difficult times in order to conclude whether he is the best. That is what i say. And just because under Sachin's captaincy india lost many matches, he does not become bad..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 1:41:09 2009.

  Illaipa naan adhukku solla varala. Avaru kandippa kondu vandhiduvaarunnu muzhusa namba vendamnu solrein.
  
  One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. One bad game can totally ruin everything. Sachin at the maximum can held the batting from one end. The entire team has to contribute. Agreed this team has been doing great in the last one year or so. We have consistent performers/big hitters equally in the team as Sachin said in one of his previous interviews. Our bowling also is equally good and infact the best in the world.
  
  We have the best BCCI/Indian team ever and that coincides with our team being the best or atleast one of the best in the world at this time. Still we lack the consistency/zeal of teams like 80's Windies or the prev generation Aussies. Atleast that is my perception. Don't ask me how we can do it. Our Team certainly has the potential and can definitely win the world cup. But still we have to play high level competitive cricket and continue winning as we have done in the past one year or so. These attributes were not associated with the previous Indian Teams.
  

  villan007 wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Ippadi ellam manappaal kudikadheenga. Enna venaalum nadakalam. Autralia is totally out..they're in a transition phase now..things look very bleak for them.. South Africa matum thein ipppo namaku tough oppsition..

  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:45:07 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  [ Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket...

  
  
  

  Quote:

  We know only from during Sourav's captaincy we started winning many matches.. That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did

  
  
  TM
  
  I can see a trend here
  yes he dug his own grave by bringing in Chappell but by then he had already played his part. Sahin captaincy'a defend pannunga..aana matha ellathium luck nu sonna epdi
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:48:49 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances.

  
  .[/quote]
  
  enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:50:12 2009.

  saaryba.. inga post pannathu yen thapputhen
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:51:36 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: [ Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket... Quote: We know only from during Sourav's captaincy we started winning many matches.. That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did TM I can see a trend here yes he dug his own grave by bringing in Chappell but by then he had already played his part. Sahin captaincy'a defend pannunga..aana matha ellathium luck nu sonna epdi

  
  
  It is not about captaincy luck we talk.. If there are more performers in the team it makes things easier for a captain.. That is what we trying to say.. Not in sense that just because sourav was lucky we won matches
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 1:51:38 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Ippadi ellam manappaal kudikadheenga. Enna venaalum nadakalam. Autralia is totally out..they're in a transition phase now..things look very bleak for them.. South Africa matum thein ipppo namaku tough oppsition..

  
  
  Villa... the WC is going to be held in Sub-continent.... which makes it very difficult for us... there will not be anything in it for the bowlers.. any team chasing cud fancy their chances... so WC 2011 is wide open according to me...
  
  Not to take anything away from Team India or their captain... they are the best in the business right now...
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 1:52:21 2009.

  2003- Man of the series. Final la nadandahu ooru arinja vishayam.
  
  1996- 523 runs. Highest scorer of the world cup, Lost the man of the series to the eventual winner Jayasurya who had a more all round performance with the ball also. In the semi's The score was 120 odd something and India were cruising at 4.5-5 rpo towards the target for the loss of 2 wickets. He made 65 and the rest is history. That is exactly why i wrote so.
  
  P.S: TM, Nadula pugundhu kolapura velaya konjam nippatunga
  

  Thirumaran wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. .

  
  
  enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane [/quote]
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 1:55:04 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  P.S: TM, Nadula pugundhu kolapura velaya konjam nippatunga

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 1:55:45 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: [ Luckily for Dada everyone performed under him, and that helped him to build a gr8 platform for younger indian cricket... Quote: We know only from during Sourav's captaincy we started winning many matches.. That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did TM I can see a trend here yes he dug his own grave by bringing in Chappell but by then he had already played his part. Sahin captaincy'a defend pannunga..aana matha ellathium luck nu sonna epdi

  
  
  Villa.... I never told anything wrong abt Dada's captaincy... Initially you will need the support from your team... which he got and capitalised on it to make a gr8 future for indian cricket...
  
  For where India/Indian cricket stands now he shld be given most of the credit....
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 1:58:02 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  It is not about captaincy luck we talk.. If there are more performers in the team it makes things easier for a captain.. That is what we trying to say.. Not in sense that just because sourav was lucky we won matches

  
  
  and who picks them ? Saurav had a strong say in the selection decisons(compared to his predecessors)... porum iduku mela naa argue pannala
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 2:02:24 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Villa.... I never told anything wrong abt Dada's captaincy... Initially you will need the support from your team... which he got and capitalised on it to make a gr8 future for indian cricket... For where India/Indian cricket stands now he shld be given most of the credit....

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 2:02:46 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: It is not about captaincy luck we talk.. If there are more performers in the team it makes things easier for a captain.. That is what we trying to say.. Not in sense that just because sourav was lucky we won matches and who picks them ? Saurav had a strong say in the selection decisons(compared to his predecessors)... porum iduku mela naa argue pannala

  
  
  sari sari vidu.. naan solla vanthathu vaera, inga nee purinjikittathu vaera.. nothing to take away from Dada.. For india's goodness at this time, he was also a part in it. i dont have doubts on that btw..
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 2:06:12 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  It is not about captaincy luck we talk.. If there are more performers in the team it makes things easier for a captain.. That is what we trying to say.. Not in sense that just because sourav was lucky we won matches

  
  
  Thiru anna... its just the start that was required.... Saurav cud not have been lucky for all the matches that he has won... He capitalized on the support that he got initially from the team which helped india win the Home ODI series against SA and wrote a script of his own to bring Indian cricket to where it is right now...
  
  No one can ever forget the Win against Aussies @ Kolkata after following on.... Without the motivation given by saurav to the team members or without sending in VVS @ no 3, we wudn't have seen such splendid comeback by india....there are so many other examples as well...
  
  After he got his captaincy Saurav's game changed.... He became more aggressive in batting for the teams' good... so he was leading by example and he was very successful....
  
  The thing abt Dravid and Sachin was that they were not commanding enuf and Dravid at times was very stupid....
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 2:18:04 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: P.S: TM, Nadula pugundhu kolapura velaya konjam nippatunga

  CC-la mokkai poda yaarum illanu Sports sec-la vanthu sindu mudiya vendiyathu...
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 2:48:24 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Saurav cud not have been lucky for all the matches that he has won... He capitalized on the support that he got initially from the team which helped india win the Home ODI series against SA and wrote a script of his own to bring Indian cricket to where it is right now... No one can ever forget the Win against Aussies @ Kolkata after following on.... Without the motivation given by saurav to the team members or without sending in VVS @ no 3, we wudn't have seen such splendid comeback by india....there are so many other examples as well... After he got his captaincy Saurav's game changed.... He became more aggressive in batting for the teams' good... so he was leading by example and he was very successful.... The thing abt Dravid and Sachin was that they were not commanding enuf and Dravid at times was very stupid....

  
  
  I did not say in that sense As far VVS yes.. Similar thing happened when Irfan pathan was sent no 3 in ODI and india won. the captain at that time told it was sachin's idea. It is not only about ideas and it should click also.. There are time for almost all captains such ideas backfired.
  
  I agree that Sachin was not commanding enough. Whoever captained india had some drawbacks which is not exactly needed for the skills including sachin, sourav.. when i tried explaining the captaincy material alone, that is one aspect i wanted to convey.. During 2003 world when india losing sourav was not taking the responsibility and went is for excuses like, when the team is not performing what a captain can do.. that tells something.. i believe at that time sourav was not in form and he was opening, he was very adamant not to change his position till india was losing 3 matches or so initially in 2003 WC.. and he was saying like.."what if i did not perform while opening.. others can perform".. and so on..
  
  To make more clear.. here i say this just for captaincy argument.. not to bring sourav down or so ..
  
  As far dhoni i still say let us wait for tougher times, then we can conclude whether he is the best or not.. Till this time he is quite no doubt.. And just because under sachin's captaincy india lost some does not mean he is the worst captain or so..There are circumstance too we need to consider.. Avvalavu periya team australia vae ippa niraya thadumaaruthu and already critics started bad about Ricky's captaincy
  
  I would say no one in India was a perfect captaincy material post mid 1990's. Everyone had some drawbacks.. For dhoni i would wait..
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 2:52:17 2009.

  innanum niraya paer varalaam naan enna solla vanthaennu purinjikaama anyway i stop at this point on this topic i leave thanks for listening patiently :lole:
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 3:49:20 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  I would say no one in India was a perfect captaincy material post mid 1990's. Everyone had some drawbacks..

  
  
  idhuvallava theerpu
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 4:47:25 2009.

  Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, Port Elizabeth
  
  Rajasthan search for winning form
  
  May 2, 2009
  Start time 12.30pm (10.30GMT, 16.00 IST)
  
  Big Picture
  On last year's form, Rajasthan Royals would have been runaway favourites to walk away with this game. However, no match-up illustrates the difference between last year's tournament and IPL 2009 better than this one: Deccan Charger, the laggards of IPL 2008, are among the top teams this time, while Rajasthan are struggling to string together victories, winning just two so far.
  Rajasthan are facing the same problem that Deccan encountered last year - too many players out of form, which leaves the onus of victory on a handful. Yusuf Pathan has been the Man of the Match in both matches that Rajasthan have won, and the team's fortunes have invariably risen or fallen with him.
  Deccan, on the other hand, have had several players who have come to the party: apart from their openers Herschelle Gibbs and Adam Gilchrist, Dwayne Smith and Rohit Sharma have played handy knocks, while RP Singh and Pragyan Ojha are among the top wicket-takers in the tournament. Ojha hasn't had a bad game yet in IPL 2009, which is amazing for someone of his inexperience. This might also be Fidel Edwards' last game of the tournament, and he'll want a better end to IPL 2009 than the previous game, when he lost control over both his direction and his temper.
  
  Form guide
  Deccan Chargers (last 5 completed games) - LWWWW
  The top-order batting has been in good shape, thanks largely to their openers, while the bowling attack has a fine mix of pace and spin.
  Rajasthan Royals (last 5 completed games) - LWLWL
  Graeme Smith's lack of runs at the top of the order has been a huge worry, which has put extra pressure on the shoulders of Yusuf. Ravindra Jadeja has shown excellent maturity with the bat, but Rajasthan need more consistency at the top of the order.
  
  Team news
  Despite the defeat, Deccan are unlikely to tinker too much with the team that played Delhi. T Suman, who played his first game of the tournament, scored a quick 23 from 14 and is likely to retain his place.
  Deccan: (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt/wk), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Azharuddin Bilakhia, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 T Suman, 6 Dwayne Smith, 7 Venugopal Rao, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Shoaib Ahmed, 10 RP Singh, 11 Fidel Edwards.
  The injury to Kamran Khan means Rajasthan will have at least one change to the line-up which lost to Chennai. An option could be to strengthen their batting,
  Rajasthan: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Rob Quiney, 3 Swapnil Asnodkar, 4 Yusuf Pathan, 5 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 6 Ravindra Jedeja, 7 Paul Valthaty, 8 Shane Warne (capt), 9 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.
  
  Stats
  
  * Yusuf Pathan has scored 145 runs at an average of 36.25, and a strike rate of 159 runs per 100 balls. Exclude him, and the rest of the Rajasthan Royals average 12.18, at a strike rate of 85.
  
  * The average opening partnership for Deccan is 41.60, at a run-rate of 10.4 per over. Rajasthan's average opening stand is 9.20, at an average of 4.84 per over.
  
  * On an average, Deccan score 52 runs in the first six overs, for the loss of one wicket. Rajasthan average 34 in the first six overs, for the loss of two.
  
  Head-to-head record
  Last year, Rajasthan put it across Deccan in both games, chasing down 214 in the first game in Hyderabad, and cruising to an eight-wicket win in the home game in Jaipur.
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 4:51:14 2009.

  Sachin has a fine cricketing brain. Saurav is great at motivating young players, and giving them confidence. Dhoni is cool and a fine manager - can delegate effectively, even the thinking part, can take advice from anyone, judge it quickly and take right decisions.
  All of them need appropriate teams to be succesful. If you give a team that doesnt suit their thinking and style, they'll fail.
  Other than that the Saurav-Sachin-Rahul-Kumble axis needs to be given credit in equal measure for the rise in Indian Cricket's fortunes. Depending on our liking for any one of them, we can lionise one more than the others but you ask them, the each of them surely know the contribution of the other 3 to the success of the team. Maybe, this is the real spirit of the multiple captaincy theory spouted by Buchanan. All 4 of them , need to be given credit for parking their ego and focussing on the team's success. In an earlier era, Dravid declaring when Sachin was at 194* might have led to camps in the team, and the 2 camps working against one another to the detriment of the team. Indha maadhiri one can quote several instances of Kumble etc swallowing the ego, and going by Saurav's decisions even if the decisions were slightly on the harsher side to their personal disadvantage.
  
  Dhoni has a long way to go. He has started well. And he has a fabulous team, and the Aussie team is not strong as before either. So, the chances for his team to be #1 are very bright. If and when Harbhajan consistently performs, and Dhoni's performance drops s player and captain, we'll have to see how sane the sardar will be, and whether he will not undermine Dhoni when performance wise he has the upper hand. That, I would say, is the one team-spirit challenge that Dhoni faces.
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 4:55:09 2009.

  The decision to take VVS at #3 iN Eden Gardens was John Wright's. It was on air at the time during the live match and was reported in the newspapers also next day. Somehow, Sourav has been given the credit for that since. Even without that, he is a great captain
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 4:57:46 2009.

  Quote:

  Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils, IPL, Johannesburg Chennai look for revenge against Delhi May 2, 2009 Start time 4.45pm (1445GMT, 2015 IST) Big Picture Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings have struggled for consistency so far, and Kings XI Punjab lost their first two games before warming up. Which means only Delhi Daredevils are the semi-finalists from last year who have continued with where they left off. Their crowning achievement came in their last match, beating Deccan Chargers who looked like continuing their unbeaten run. Now Delhi have a chance to go one better to get to the top of the table for the first time. To do so they will have to beat a resurgent-looking team, and fellow semi-finalists from last year, Chennai. If Chennai win it will be their second in a row, and revenge for the royal bashing they were handed by Delhi in their first match. AB de Villiers' century, the only one of the tournament so far, will be fresh in their minds. Suresh Raina almost wiped off that dubious honour by scoring 98 in their best performance of the season, against Rajasthan, but Chennai will need to put in such performances on a more consistent basis. Form guide Delhi Daredevils (last 5 completed games) - WLWWW Their openers can lay claim to being the best opening combination in all forms of international cricket, but in the last four matches the opening partnership between Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir has averaged only 15.25. They need to stand up. Chennai Super Kings (last 5 completed games) - WLLWL They have relied almost exclusively on Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina for their runs. After the 216 and 200 of Hayden and Raina, the next best for them has been MS Dhoni's 101. Watch out for de Villiers v Murali: During his century, de Villiers played 10 balls from Muttiah Muralitharan, accorded him due respect, and took only 12 runs. There were no big hits. But Murali will still concede round one to de Villiers because the batsman survived him and punished the others. Friendly fire Sehwag v Dhoni: India's vice-captain v India's captain. Both are irresistibly good on their day. Sehwag enjoys a lot of banter with Dhoni in the nets, mainly because Dhoni has changed his game for the team and cut out the risks. So whenever he goes for a big hit during training, Sehwag doesn't fail to remind him the last time he hit that unabashed a shot out in the middle. It will be interesting how they react when on two different sides. Team news Delhi really have no reasons to change the combination that beat Deccan in their previous game, unless Manoj Tiwary is fit again and they want him back for Mithun Manhas, who scored an unbeaten 23 off 16 last match. Delhi: (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Mithun Manhas, 7 Daniel Vettori, 8 Amit Mishra, 9 Pradeep Sangwan, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Ashish Nehra. One of Chennai's newcomers in the last game, Sudeep Tyagi bowled two overs for eight runs and should stay. But the other, Shadab Jakati neither got to bat nor bowl. Would they want to go back to either Joginder Sharma or Manpreet Gony? Chennai may also consider dropping one of the foreign allrounders to get Makhaya Ntini in to strengthen the pace bowling. Chennai: (probable) 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 Albie Morkel, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 S Badrinath, 8 Shadab Jakati/Joginder Sharma/Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji, 10 Sudeep Tyagi, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan. Head-to-head record Apart from that century from de Villiers, Chennai were brutalised by Sehwag's power hitting in their first match. Their second game was a last-ball win for Chennai. If the teams can repeat such a result, it will make for some watching. The results of previous two meetings: In Durban (IPL 2009) – Delhi Daredevils 189 for 5 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 105 not out, Dilshan 50, Balaji 3-19) beat Chennai Super Kings 180 for 9 in 20 overs (Hayden 57, Raina 41, Sangwan 3-28, Vettori 2-29) by nine runs. In Delhi (May 8, 2008) – Delhi Daredevils 187 for 5 in 20 overs (Gambhir 80, Dhawan 59, Morkel 2-35, Balaji 2-35) lost to Chennai Super Kings 188 for 6 in 20 overs (Vidyut 40, Fleming 44, Dhoni 33, Morkel 30, Yo Mahesh 2-40, Sangwan 2-29) by four wickets. In Chennai (May 2, 2008) - Delhi Daredevils won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) Chennai Super Kings 169/6 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 172/2 (19/20 ov)[/b]

  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 4:58:58 2009.

  GPS, innaikku DD thane jeippanga?...
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 5:00:25 2009.

  Sourav, adhula enna doubt. DD all the way today
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 5:02:03 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  GPS, innaikku DD thane jeippanga?...

  CSK
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 5:02:59 2009.

  Plum, Naan avara summa vambizhuthen....
  Viru... innaikkachum adichu tholada...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 5:03:53 2009.

  Hayden and Raina all the way.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 5:06:10 2009.

  GP, yaru TP?
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 5:08:39 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Hayden and Raina all the way.

  enga ? pavilion'ka
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 5:09:15 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  GP, yaru TP?

  Y.Pathan and Hayden for GP2. Y.Pathan and Raina for GP.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 5:10:10 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Hayden and Raina all the way. enga ? pavilion'ka

  after bundling out DD.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 5:10:31 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: GP, yaru TP? Y.Pathan and Hayden for GP2. Y.Pathan and Raina for GP.

  
  gillu chiristu...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 5:12:05 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: sourav wrote: GP, yaru TP? Y.Pathan and Hayden for GP2. Y.Pathan and Raina for GP. gillu chiristu...

  yennOda 3rd team ku gillythaan TP
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 5:19:05 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  mgb wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: Hayden and Raina all the way. enga ? pavilion'ka after bundling out DD.

  
  
  seri seri sanda pottukaathenga
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 6:04:51 2009.

  Toss: Gilchrist has won the toss for Deccan Chargers and they will will be batting.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 6:25:33 2009.

  Deccan Chargers team
  +AC Gilchrist(c), HH Gibbs, AA Bilakhia, RG Sharma, Y Venugopal Rao, TS Suman, DR Smith, SM Shoaib, PP Ojha, RP Singh, FH Edwards
  
  Rajasthan Royals team
  GC Smith, SA Asnodkar, RA Jadeja, YK Pathan, LA Carseldine, +NV Ojha, AS Raut, SK Warne(c), SM Harwood, SK Trivedi, MM Patel
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 6:52:36 2009.

  cheergirls
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 6:52:48 2009.

  Gilly, Y.Pathan
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 6:53:18 2009.

  DC - 35/1 (5 ov)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 6:54:55 2009.

  35/2 (5.1 ov)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 6:55:23 2009.

  sharma
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 7:14:35 2009.

  Gilly gone at crucial time.
  
  9.5 Jadeja to Gilchrist, OUT, Yusuf! full and on the stumps, Gilchrist drives across towards short midwicket where Pathan dives low to his right and takes a stunner. Jadeja nets the big fish.
  AC Gilchrist c Pathan b Jadeja 39 (35b 5x4 2x6) SR: 111.42
  
  FOW: 58/3
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 7:15:00 2009.

  End of over 10 (4 runs) - Deccan Chargers 58/3
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 7:15:04 2009.

  58/3 of 10 overs.. Warne wins the 1st 10 overs
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 7:17:23 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Gilly gone at crucial time.

  innaikku RR win panni, DDDyum win panniduchu.. CSK'ku definite'a oooo ooooo ooooo.... dhaan
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 7:21:32 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  cheergirls

  
  
  not impressive.. Expecting more discounts
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 7:27:19 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Gilly gone at crucial time. innaikku RR win panni, DDDyum win panniduchu.. CSK'ku definite'a oooo ooooo ooooo.... dhaan

  exclude KKR.
  the difference between top ranked team (DC/DD) and bottom ranked team (CSK/RR) is 3 points. 2 wins is the difference. so anything can happen.
  
  

• From: omega on Sat May 2 7:47:19 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: cheergirls not impressive.. Expecting more discounts

  
  
  Thoraayama evvalavu ethirpaarkreenga?
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 7:49:00 2009.

  Though I support DC over RR, I wish RR and CSK win today. Then RR and CSK will leapfrog K XI and RCB and the difference between top and bottom teams wud come down to 2 points (again ignore KKR).
  I like to see a stiff battle for reaching semis.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 7:49:49 2009.

  End of over 17 (9 runs) - Deccan Chargers 118/4
  
  16.5 Trivedi to Sharma, OUT, fuller delivery outside the off stump and Rohit looking to go down the ground, gets the leading edge very high in the air to mid-off, where Warne judges it well and takes a good catch.
  RG Sharma c Warne b Trivedi 38 (32b 2x4 2x6) SR: 118.75
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 7:52:58 2009.

  omega wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: cheergirls not impressive.. Expecting more discounts Thoraayama evvalavu ethirpaarkreenga?

  
  
  oru 90 % ok for u
  
  

• From: omega on Sat May 2 7:55:35 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  omega wrote: Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: cheergirls not impressive.. Expecting more discounts Thoraayama evvalavu ethirpaarkreenga? oru 90 % ok for u

  
  
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 8:01:45 2009.

  DC - 141/5 (20 ov)
  
  very low score.
  
  lets see how Smith, Asnodkar, Jadeja and Y.Pathan plays.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 8:05:23 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  DC - 141/5 (20 ov) very low score. lets see how Smith, Asnodkar, Jadeja and Y.Pathan plays.

  
  
  i think that shd be enough for Deccans to win
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 8:11:43 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: DC - 141/5 (20 ov) very low score. lets see how Smith, Asnodkar, Jadeja and Y.Pathan plays. i think that shd be enough for Deccans to win

  they had chased a similar target against DD. all depends on Y.Pathan.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 8:35:32 2009.

  RR paarkalaam what pathan does..
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 8:38:01 2009.

  RR 7/3 in 4 overs... oooooooooooo
  
  

• From: omega on Sat May 2 8:53:54 2009.

  G. Smith 0
  S. Asnodkar 0
  Ojha 0
  
  RR 45/3 .... with Kaatteri yet to come.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 9:01:35 2009.

  Shocking decision.... RR 57/5 in 10 overs
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 9:30:29 2009.

  Pathan
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sat May 2 9:31:56 2009.

  Rajasthan require 44 from 30.
  4 wickets in hand.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 9:40:03 2009.

  that was a good comeback ... RR
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 9:42:11 2009.

  Yusuf kattan winning it again for royals!
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 9:45:53 2009.

  interesting.. pathan gone
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 9:46:05 2009.

  Apdi ipdi edho panni jeyichudaran warne!
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 9:47:49 2009.

  19th over to dwayne smith. This was the theory being debated here. Will gilly rue this decision?
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 9:52:20 2009.

  Keeping your best bowler for the last over - which may not be needed because your 5th bowler gives away the match in the 19th over - the decision of one captain yesterday is being vindicated:-)
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 9:57:08 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Keeping your best bowler for the last over - which may not be needed because your 5th bowler gives away the match in the 19th over - the decision of one captain yesterday is being vindicated:-)

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 9:58:12 2009.

  Once again a tight match
  
  

• From: omega on Sat May 2 10:04:07 2009.

  Another close match. Warne & YKP
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sat May 2 10:06:25 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Keeping your best bowler for the last over - which may not be needed because your 5th bowler gives away the match in the 19th over - the decision of one captain yesterday is being vindicated:-)

  
  And that's laughable and lucky according to a few here.. I never consider sachin to be a great captain, but he's been pretty impressive in this IPL so far. Duminy pEra sollAdhadhu vEra mistake. I think TM Annan has eloquently explained it already. And on sachin fans making them to hate sachin, I ll come to that later.
  
  Btw RR oooooooo illai, woohoo!!!!!!
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 10:06:51 2009.

  omega wrote:

  Another close match. Warne & YKP

  
  
  adding to that some important misfields from Deccan
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 10:16:21 2009.

  Points table..
  
  Deccan Chargers 6 4 2 0 0 8 +0.727 914/112.4 874/118.2
  Delhi Daredevils 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.318 690/82.5 677/84.3
  Mumbai Indians 6 3 2 0 1 7 +1.050 772/100.0 667/100.0
  Rajasthan Royals 7 3 3 0 1 7 -1.030 735/118.1 870/120.0
  Kings XI Punjab 6 3 3 0 0 6 +0.104 689/94.2 678/94.1
  Bangalore 7 3 4 0 0 6 -0.329 985/139.5 1020/138.2
  Chennai 6 2 3 0 1 5 +0.943 834/100.0 736/99.3
  Kolkata 7 1 5 0 1 3 -1.388 703/109.2 800/102.2
  
  
  Keeps on changing.. That is a welcome note..
  
  enna aanaalum sari.. KKR mattum naanga nagara maatoamnnu angayae thaan irupaanga poala
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:19:45 2009.

  M Vijay playing today in place of Parthiv
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 10:21:01 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  enna aanaalum sari.. KKR mattum naanga nagara maatoamnnu angayae thaan irupaanga poala

  
  Last yr worst team DC is performing well this yr...
  Hope KKR wil do the same next yr....Advance-a thinkungo....
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 10:21:18 2009.

  and V.Sehwag out
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 10:21:31 2009.

  : Delhi have won the toss and decided to bowl.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 10:22:09 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  and V.Sehwag out

  6 stitches in his hand...
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 10:23:33 2009.

  I wish CSK will win tonight
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 10:24:57 2009.

  ganesh, indha phoren babas sila per moottai kattittu ponadhaala nashtam endha teamkku jaasthi. konjam solla mudiyumaa
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 10:25:00 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  M Vijay playing today in place of Parthiv

  i was expecting this for last 3 or 4 matches...ippo than nadakkuthu,...
  Kammman vijay!
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:25:33 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  I wish CSK will win tonight

  I wish your wish doesnt come through
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 10:26:10 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: enna aanaalum sari.. KKR mattum naanga nagara maatoamnnu angayae thaan irupaanga poala Last yr worst team DC is performing well this yr... Hope KKR wil do the same next yr....Advance-a thinkungo....

  
  
  Only if the coach is out
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 10:27:10 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sivank wrote: I wish CSK will win tonight I wish your wish doesnt come through

  ஏனுங்க, இப்படி சொல்லி போட்டீங்க
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 10:27:14 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  I wish CSK will win tonight

  
  
  ungalukku CSK maela enna koavam
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 10:28:13 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Kammman vijay!

  
  
  neenga sonnathu kaeturupaar.. seekiram pavilion kku vanthiduvaar
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 10:28:32 2009.

  kalyasi, the form Sehwag was in, maybe CSK would have been happy if he is in the team. Warner might set IPL on fire today. I wouldnt celebrate yet. What Vijay does also remains to be seen.
  
  Nerd, I am not really a fan of Sachin or his captaincy. That brain keeps ticking at a rate where normal human beings and fellow cricketers cannot keep pace - and thats where Sachin loses out usually - expecting others to perform at his level. That is valid criticism of his style. However, he is clearly striking a better balance in the IPL this year so yeah, agree with you somewhat on his captaincy in IPL 2009. And the 19th over decision yesterday, and the decision to open with Napier were, how to put it, Warnesque .
  Warne, though I dont like him at all, is just making me eat humble pie match after match. Every match I sit in front of TV, hoping that he will make a mistake, but the man's spot on always, irregardless of the results. That ability to outwit opponents - got to bow.
  
  Gilly got it horribly wrong - and as many predicted, the lack of a 4th bowler(forget a 5th bowler) is hurting Deccan. But their trump card is G2 opening pair, and everytime G2 fire, they are going to win. So, they can still comfortably get to semis. Right now, one cannot rule out Warne spinning yet another magic so I would back RR to make the semis as well. Then its between DD, CSK, MI and KXI. BRC also have come into fray - although I'll reserve judgement until they perform against better opponents.
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 10:29:38 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: enna aanaalum sari.. KKR mattum naanga nagara maatoamnnu angayae thaan irupaanga poala Last yr worst team DC is performing well this yr... Hope KKR wil do the same next yr....Advance-a thinkungo....

  
  
  Sourav, ipdi usupethi ethiye...
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Sat May 2 10:30:50 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  kalyasi, the form Sehwag was in, maybe CSK would have been happy if he is in the team. Warner might set IPL on fire today. I wouldnt celebrate. What Vijay does also remains to be seen.

  
  
  He is never in need of any form.... When he feels good... you are out of the game....
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:32:37 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  ganesh, indha phoren babas sila per moottai kattittu ponadhaala nashtam endha teamkku jaasthi. konjam solla mudiyumaa

  endha team'oda support staff'a irundhaangaloa andha teamku nichayamaa nashtam illa..
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:33:39 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  mgb wrote: sivank wrote: I wish CSK will win tonight I wish your wish doesnt come through ஏனுங்க, இப்படி சொல்லி போட்டீங்க

  mein DDD ka sahara hoon
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 10:35:33 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sivank wrote: ganesh, indha phoren babas sila per moottai kattittu ponadhaala nashtam endha teamkku jaasthi. konjam solla mudiyumaa endha team'oda support staff'a irundhaangaloa andha teamku nichayamaa nashtam illa..

  
  
  
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 10:36:03 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sivank wrote: mgb wrote: sivank wrote: I wish CSK will win tonight I wish your wish doesnt come through ஏனுங்க, இப்படி சொல்லி போட்டீங்க mein DDD ka sahara hoon

  
  
  Let the better team win
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:37:10 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Plum wrote: kalyasi, the form Sehwag was in, maybe CSK would have been happy if he is in the team. Warner might set IPL on fire today. I wouldnt celebrate. What Vijay does also remains to be seen. He is never in need of any form.... When he feels good... you are out of the game....

  he has to come good in the SF / F.. adhu varaikkum he can take his own time
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:39:24 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  mgb wrote: sivank wrote: mgb wrote: sivank wrote: I wish CSK will win tonight I wish your wish doesnt come through ஏனுங்க, இப்படி சொல்லி போட்டீங்க mein DDD ka sahara hoon Let the better team win

  But I really wish that lad Vijay comes good
  
  

• From: mgb on Sat May 2 10:40:56 2009.

  I feel Gauti might do a better job as a captain than Viru.. let us see
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 11:17:52 2009.

  Hayden gone! Matter over?
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 2 11:28:26 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  I feel Gauti might do a better job as a captain than Viru.. let us see

  
  
  Oh adhunala thaan Warner veladraano? He is Australian kaatan!
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 11:32:20 2009.

  So far good for Chennai.. If Hayden there it would have been much beter For a batting wicket as they say, not that good a score
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 11:43:40 2009.

  badrinath
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:02:43 2009.

  Csk giving it all away. 170 might be par score here. We'll have to see if they get there...might need 180-185. Dhoni might blame bowlers later
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:07:30 2009.

  Dhoni ipl 09 strike rate is 112. Last year, rd was compared unfavourably with other indian youngsters on strike rate and ridiculed repeatedly. And he had 125 even then.hmmm...
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:09:31 2009.

  ABD - what a cricketer! Batting and fielding - brilliant. And he can keep and bowl, too
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:10:25 2009.

  Dhoni gone! CSK grounded. 160 kooda kashtam.
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:13:09 2009.

  Dhoni's dismissal was symptomatic of his recent problem - absolute inability to play forceful strokes and a mental makeup which has settled to nudge-and-edge mode. He is unable to change gears.edhavadhu pannanum arjun!
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:14:55 2009.

  Jakati gets some action atleast.bowling kuduppara dhoninu sure illai
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:15:57 2009.

  Ennappa yaarum kaanom..m
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 12:18:19 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Ennappa yaarum kaanom..m

  
  
  varuvaanga .
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 12:19:47 2009.

  very baed
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 12:22:52 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  very baed

  
  
  u mean about the captain of CSK
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 12:25:41 2009.

  Cheergirls of CSK
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:26:32 2009.

  CSK fan crajkumar-be romba naala kaanom.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 12:26:45 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  villan007 wrote: very baed u mean about the captain of CSK

  
  
  illa..chennai batting
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 12:28:17 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  illa..chennai batting

  
  
  athaanae paarthaen
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:35:11 2009.

  TM, cheergirls enna panninanga?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 12:41:37 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  TM, cheergirls enna panninanga?

  
  
  Pant poattuttu irukaanga
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 12:45:49 2009.

  Oh pona varushathulerundhu apdi thaan. Yaaru idhellam decide panradhu. Chennai =conservativenu image maintain pandraangalo?
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 12:53:37 2009.

  Tyagi what a bowler. Getting out Gambhir and AB in succesive balls. wow
  
  

• From: omega on Sat May 2 12:55:33 2009.

  Tyagi thaarumaaru........
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 12:56:04 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  Tyagi what a bowler. Getting out Gambhir and AB in succesive balls. wow

  
  that was
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 12:56:18 2009.

  warner adikka arambichuttaan
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 12:57:38 2009.

  thiru match paakkareengalaa?
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 13:06:02 2009.

  jakati wow, what a ball
  
  dilshan b jakati 13
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:10:34 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  thiru match paakkareengalaa?

  
  
  vittu vittu paakuraen.. Just had bath
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:18:03 2009.

  Looks like another close match on the cards
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:19:50 2009.

  very disappointing batting and captaincy by Dhoni - its just players are doing it for him tonite if they lose, its becos of him, if they win its bcos of team..........he badly needs a rest
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:20:59 2009.

  Enakku ennamo innikku tirupati ummachi balatha kaayam vaanga poraarnu thonudhu. Pona match 4 wicket. Romba expectation irukkum avar mela. Pressure thaanguvaarannu paarkanum...
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:22:52 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Enakku ennamo innikku tirupati ummachi balatha kaayam vaanga poraarnu thonudhu. Pona match 4 wicket. Romba expectation irukkum avar mela. Pressure thaanguvaarannu paarkanum...

  
  
  edhavadhu vendudhala?
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:23:54 2009.

  Warner is making it difficult for sehwag to return . ippo dhaan SA groundsla auskaga velayadinan. So local experiencum irukkum. With bhatia and manhas to come, delhi have the batting to edge through in this battle. Murali should take wickets - kodutha lkaasukku pona ipllaiyum wicket edukkalai. Indha ipllaiyum onnum perusa edukkalai. 10 rooba kudutha 5 roobakku dhaan aadarar:-)
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:35:05 2009.

  Seriously, chennai lack a consistent strike bowler. Murali has just not been there as strike bowler. Oram and morkel aren't dependable wicket takers. Balaji is off and on. Maybe, given that oram and morkel aren't exactly batting great, one of them can go and ntini can come in.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 13:36:46 2009.

  DD Middle order
  
  How I wish MI had such a middle order.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:37:30 2009.

  Thambi Dinesh karthik
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:38:03 2009.

  Maddy, vendudhallam illai. Podhuva, naan negative-a sonna positivea nadakkum - but inge adhuvum work aaga maatengaradhu
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sat May 2 13:39:36 2009.

  Rendu naaLA naan virumbinabadi results (If Dilli pulls this off)
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:40:07 2009.

  Chennai should have bidded for kkd instead of pp? On current form, kkd should be wk for wc T20:-)
  (Ennikku 5 balla out aayiduvennu soneno, annikelurundhu polandhu kattaran)
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:42:20 2009.

  Even Delhi cheer Girls
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:42:26 2009.

  Nerd, dilli are winning. Idhukkappuramum cskku vaaippillai. Ippo kkr rangeku poikittirukku dhoni's team. Enna irundhalum chennai - kashtama dhaan irukku
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:43:05 2009.

  CSK should win, :pray: :pray: :pray:
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:43:51 2009.

  TM, actually there are no team based cheergirls I believe. Cheergirls belong to specific grounds. So, these are johannes cheergirls - two sets.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:44:18 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Nerd, dilli are winning. Idhukkappuramum cskku vaaippillai. Ippo kkr rangeku poikittirukku dhoni's team. Enna irundhalum chennai - kashtama dhaan irukku

  
  
  no way... KKR can never raise.. CSK may raise
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 13:45:57 2009.

  Thamizhan dinesh karthick
  
  Aana test-la mattum sodhapuraan. Even last year he had a good season with DD. Was instrumental in the win against MI last year.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:46:01 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  TM, actually there are no team based cheergirls I believe. Cheergirls belong to specific grounds. So, these are johannes cheergirls - two sets.

  
  
  oh appadiyaa ethuvaa irunthaalum the cheer girls of this match deserves a hammer
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:46:34 2009.

  Dhoni redeems himself a bit....gr8 stumping
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:46:40 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thamizhan dinesh karthick Aana test-la mattum sodhapuraan. Even last year he had a good season with DD. Was instrumental in the win against MI last year.

  
  
  yeah.. Kalakuraanyaa
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:47:56 2009.

  Warner gone Should be interesting from here
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:49:50 2009.

  Yeah maddy, good stumping. But too late. Manhas and bhatia are still there - not to mention kkdk.innum oru 20 run adichirundha, indha match csk paiyil. Oram atleast I don't blame - ab took a fine catch. But morkel and particularly dhoni got out in wtf manner. Dhoni - what was he tryinh to do? Semi-nudge-semi-pull? Let's see if he takes the blame today and doesn't blame the bowlers.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:51:09 2009.

  Murali strikes.......manhas gone.....
  
  hey thanks plum - ur negative comments are working
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:51:21 2009.

  Madhu Sree wrote:

  CSK should win, :pray: :pray: :pray:

  
  
  aahaaa prayer is working again a wicket...
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:52:33 2009.

  Kkd in tests - excusable.it is not easy to step into a SL tour and keep to AK and HS. He also got the most difficult pitch in NZ. Still, second best choice until shreevats goswami or saha develop.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:53:39 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Dhoni - what was he tryinh to do? Semi-nudge-semi-pull? Let's see if he takes the blame today and doesn't blame the bowlers.

  
  
  yea. he gets too oversmart, overcool sometimes..........even if he doesent take the blame, he would know it inside and we,dhoni fans know it theres no point in hiding behind past glory for current mistakes
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:54:57 2009.

  Badri loses the match for csk!
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:55:01 2009.

  89w8438748374 karthik gone...............
  
  chennai shuld win now
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:55:05 2009.

  once again... yeah...
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:56:07 2009.

  karthik
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:56:10 2009.

  jakati 3 wickets
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:56:39 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  karthik

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:56:56 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  jakati 3 wickets

  
  
  
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:57:57 2009.

  jakati 4 wickets
  
  delhi collapsing
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:58:22 2009.

  Again man, yeah another wicket
  nejamaave prayer workout aagudho
  jakati, again
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 13:58:48 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  karthik

  
  
  tm, take a break
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 13:59:08 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: karthik tm, take a break

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 13:59:12 2009.

  Maddy, I don't hate dhoni. He is just overworked. But he can take more blame on self instead of always passing blame to the team. That's not what a good captain does. Plus, he is overhyped as greatest captain etc. My feeling - yes he can become a great captain but is not yet one. Ofcourse, hype is not his fault.
  Jakati is super.
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 13:59:31 2009.

  Jakati 4 - 0- 24 - 4
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 13:59:56 2009.

  Madhu Sree wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: karthik

  
  
  does not matter.. DDD will win
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:00:23 2009.

  Madhu Sree wrote:

  wicket nejamaave prayer workout aagudho

  
  
  obviously, we chose love and we are here
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:02:51 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Maddy, I don't hate dhoni. He is just overworked. But he can take more blame on self instead of always passing blame to the team. That's not what a good captain does. Plus, he is overhyped as greatest captain etc. My feeling - yes he can become a great captain but is not yet one. Ofcourse, hype is not his fault. Jakati is super.

  
  
  i dont think he blames team even in internal meetings......infact today, he will still cool......asked guys to throw smartly and not hard - cool.......yes he is overworked......he needs to rest for a couple of matches maybe...
  
  another wicket gone......
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:03:01 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: karthik tm, take a break

  
  
  Oh yeah .. dinner break edukanum
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 14:03:18 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Madhu Sree wrote: Thirumaran wrote: karthik does not matter.. DDD will win

  
  
  hayooooo hayoooo
  another wicket down, now tis morkel...
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 14:04:38 2009.

  29 runs in 6 balls. Balaji to bowl
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 14:05:08 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  29 runs in 6 balls. Balaji to bowl

  
  
  appo TM nenaichaa maadhiri DDD win pannirume
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:05:18 2009.

  Raina's catch - this guy is the best indian fielder, bar none. Yuvrajlam showboat but neraiya dive kevalama adichu ballai kottai vuduvaan.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:05:39 2009.

  Madhu Sree wrote:

  hayooooo hayoooo another wicket down, now tis morkel...

  
  
  I meant the next match DDD will win
  
  CSK
  
  thanks to Badrinath, Hayden, Raina and Jakati.. Dhoni becomes a great captain again
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:06:14 2009.

  Ummachi also took a good catch today.
  
  

• From: sivank on Sat May 2 14:07:05 2009.

  CSK wins.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:07:05 2009.

  WE WON
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 14:07:49 2009.

  yes, yes, CSK win panniduchu
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:08:04 2009.

  Maddy, en negative tactics work aachula
  
  

• From: omega on Sat May 2 14:08:08 2009.

  Madhu Sree wrote:

  Again man, yeah another wicket nejamaave prayer workout aagudho jakati, again

  
  
  Sari sari, ini CSK aadumbothellaam thavaraama pray pannunga....
  CSK
  
  

• From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 2 14:08:44 2009.

  omega wrote:

  Madhu Sree wrote: Again man, yeah another wicket nejamaave prayer workout aagudho jakati, again Sari sari, ini CSK aadumbothellaam thavaraama pray pannunga.... CSK

  
  
  sure
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:09:30 2009.

  Jakati - the strike bowler csk was looking for?
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:10:10 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  thanks to Badrinath, Hayden, Raina and Jakati.. Dhoni becomes a great captain again

  
  
  

  MADDY wrote:

  even if he doesent take the blame, he would know it inside and we,dhoni fans know it theres no point in hiding behind past glory for current mistakes

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:10:27 2009.

  Vada Poachae
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:10:38 2009.

  Jakati - the strike bowler csk was looking for?
  Surely the mom - wickets of warner, karthik and dilshan!
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:11:46 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: thanks to Badrinath, Hayden, Raina and Jakati.. Dhoni becomes a great captain again MADDY wrote: even if he doesent take the blame, he would know it inside and we,dhoni fans know it theres no point in hiding behind past glory for current mistakes

  
  
  I saw it before itself Maddy
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Sat May 2 14:12:01 2009.

  tyagi and jakati
  
  what a find for the team - with them murali ,balaji,oram and morkel
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:12:06 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Maddy, en negative tactics work aachula

  
  
  yup, thanks i saw it working other night as well
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:13:33 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Plum wrote: Maddy, en negative tactics work aachula yup, thanks i saw it working other night as well

  
  
  oh ippadi vaera irukaa Plum a naadu kadathunumpaa..
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:17:26 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  oh ippadi vaera irukaa Plum a naadu kadathunumpaa..

  
  
  naada - oora i think plum is going to charge from now on
  
  to me, Raina's "catch of the tournament" turned it around.......180 was a bad total here and they defended 164
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:17:32 2009.

  Che, maddy, ippo tactics reveal pannitten - inime work aagadhu
  
  Tm, I support CSK, MI, DD equally. DC also considered. So, ellorukkum inge support undu. Ellorukkum en negative tactics use panni help pandren - naadu ellam kadathadheenga. Whenever RD plays, brckum support undu
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:20:42 2009.

  Kkr kooda support pannalam but for two reasons pannave mudiyalai
  1) Buch annan
  2) Saaruggan
  
  

• From: Plum on Sat May 2 14:23:16 2009.

  Was nice to watch raina pushing badri to the forefront for the dlf sixer award. It was like "naanellam neraiya medal vaangi irukken.unakku firdt time, neeye vaangikko"
  Was good team spirit visible there.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:24:14 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Tm, I support CSK, MI, DD equally.

  
  
  Naan kooda inga summaa solraena thavira.. MI is my first choice for reasons obvious and then CSK
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:26:37 2009.

  Dhoni in post match conference :
  
  1. me, oram, albie didnt even get one good hit in slog overs
  2. joginder was not bowling well hence we pulled in jakati
  
  Dhoni for you.... naan sollala - payyan, panna thappa othhuppaan-nu i think he is a uber-cool guy - people just want to hate him
  
  

• From: MADDY on Sat May 2 14:29:46 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Was good team spirit visible there.

  
  
  when you let people do what they want to - you get this....... credit for this goes to only one person
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Sat May 2 14:30:21 2009.

  If dhoni,oram and morkel starts to hit the ball hard
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:31:45 2009.

  what a match... great win.. defending a total less than 180 here is great captaincy.. the best captains in this IPL showed it today
  
  sure TM will reply to this
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:37:17 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  1. me, oram, albie didnt even get one good hit in slog overs 2. joginder was not bowling well hence we pulled in jakati Dhoni for you.... naan sollala - payyan, panna thappa othhuppaan-nu i think he is a uber-cool guy - people just want to hate him

  
  
  That was
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:37:25 2009.

  Oops.. more than 15 pages posted today.. good going
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:38:38 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  what a match... great win.. defending a total less than 180 here is great captaincy.. the best captains in this IPL showed it today sure TM will reply to this

  
  
  Maddy maathiri unga kittayum konja improvement ethir paakuraen
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:40:12 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hamid wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Again I lauded duminy for hIs contribution. But other fans here felt that he wasted few balls during the chase in middle overs. That match should have been won easily but we lost. Presentation, la perae sollalangradhellam oru matteraa??. Who knows the team dynamics?. May be he would have forgotten that. I think that is a very trivial issue. hamid wrote: also do clap for other contributions.. i think Duminy has played one great innings against Kings Eleven.. itz unfortunate he cant able to finish.. that innings is but saying him as kavuthittan is not good. maybe at the tense of the moment.. but cud have said well played at least.. none said it.. even sachin at presentation.. v.bad. sachin has scored many such innings.. plays well, but cud not finish and our great batting order will collapse and will lose the match.. that times sachin is celebrated. Duminy has played like that..why not now say well played? thats one imp point. Yes. It is very important for a leader to cheer up his mates even under difficult conditions and it makes things improve a lot. But presentation tells you just a very little part of everything happens within teams. We never know what happens as a whole. Past 20 years Just listen to what his team members in he past has to say about him.. Even a new player after working with him most people will keep him a bit above than any one else. It is just not because he scored tons and tons of runs. It is all about giving encouragement at different times. Off field, we dont know what exactly the thing happens, Sometimes on field u can easily witness, when sachin on the other side of batting.. the way he pats up the co player, different advices, trying to bat a bit different when the partner handles a particularr, etc, etc etc.. All that matters.. in the end we can witness from the partner how much Sachin's presence helped him .... Everyone in the team would tell, how important sachin's presence in the team makes wonders even if he does not score runs.. Do you think we know more than them.... There were posts which said sachin was worse or bad in captaincy. I understand it is just because he could not win matches when he captained for India When he was captain, how many players performed well In fact till the time he became captain he was the major contributor for India and that was theain reason India could win matches if at all they win. Very rarely it happens that india won without his presence or cotribution, till the time he became captain. The same continued for few matches after his captaincy and the loses started affecting his way of approach in batting and to some extent his performance. And a whole Team India suffered. As he was young that time and due to selection limitations i believe his words that time about team selection was not even considered too unlike the previous past years where a captain and coaches words are taken with care. Captain+Coach has only 25% to do and the remaining had to come from the rest of the team.. It is about mutual contribution from everyone. Just because the 75% contribution did not happen for Sachin, he does not become a bad captain. Last IPL la warne had won almost all matches.. now they find the things going difficult and will we say he was a bad or worse captain just if his team could not enter semi finals in case here people are not saying i know. May be that could be a effect from last year's impression on him.. We know only from during Sourav's captaincy we started winning many matches.. That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did well and some selection stupidities got reduced to some extent. Plus some good and aggresive captaincy helped too. When sourav was taken away from the captaincy and then team and the way he was treated in the team everyone knows here. I could smell some kind of politics he was involved within the team and that really could get him any support from the team. In fact that tells he was not that good in handling the team.. mainly we were just considering based on the winning percentage how good a captain is. with some more on field natures based on our way of thinking. Till winning times sourav was treated as good captain and suddenly he became bad too.. Imagine if such thing happen to Sachin.. Never i would say.. Such a sweet, innovative, motivative personality he is One example. When during 2003 world cup when in the initial days india was losing matches. and we know the the kind of agitation took place back in india. When sourav was asked about things, he just escaped how come a captain become responsible for that.. Then Sachin came forward and assured the Indian fans that things will be fine there after and asking they to maintain cool.. He took responsibility. That is what matters at times. And we know what happened to India in 2003 WC from that point. Is that really matters sometime being a captain just by name. ? I dont think so.. Sorry that i brought sourav here.. I thought few examples could explain my points. I understand here people are making lots of mocking on Dhoni and things are serious too .. Seriously, I dont have anything against Dhoni. In fact i like his cool ness and the way he handled few things.. I had mentioned those before also quite some time back. Inga vanthu post panrathu kooda konja paera seendi paarka thaan. nothing more than that. As long as something good happens for the team and the followers everything is fine.. Let us not become aggressive here and let us things sportively and let us enjoy the moments. It is just a common post and not intended for anyone

  
  
  TM, thoonga porennu sollittu ivvalo periya posta? will read it and post my reply soon
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:42:57 2009.

  atha innaikku kaalaila ezhuthinathu paa
  
  pannunga.. but naan athukku bathil reply pannuvaenaa illayaanu theriyaathu enough time spent already
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:43:25 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Adding to the above, let us wait for the real testing time for Dhoni and how he handles things when india starts losing some games. Till now he is quite good no doubt.. innum konja naal wait pannalaam, how better he is.. Athu varaikkum Dhoni thaan best and others worst ngra alavukku paesaama irukalaam

  
  
  Ok.. wait.. but u'll always wait..after every win the same was said.. lets wait for test.. foreign tours etc etc.. he proved everywhere.. anyway fine. let few people wait till they r satisfied.. but let his fans enjoy his success while others eagerly wait for his failure
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:45:27 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hamid wrote: what a match... great win.. defending a total less than 180 here is great captaincy.. the best captains in this IPL showed it today sure TM will reply to this Maddy maathiri unga kittayum konja improvement ethir paakuraen

  
  
  But i know and never expect any improvement from you
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 14:46:54 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: hamid wrote: what a match... great win.. defending a total less than 180 here is great captaincy.. the best captains in this IPL showed it today sure TM will reply to this Maddy maathiri unga kittayum konja improvement ethir paakuraen But i know and never expect any improvement from you

  
  
  because u never going to understand about me
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:47:35 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: summaa sirikkaa padaathu.. ethuvaa irunthaalum vaai thoranthu paesanum enna pesa ? Sourav captaincy la jeyicha luck, Dhoni captaincy la jeyicha luck... seri vidunga

  
  
  athu appadithaanga..othukkiranum..keelvi ellam kekka kuudathu.
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:49:58 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. .

  
  
  enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane [/quote]
  
  
  nalla vela.. sachin t20 world cup vilayaadala..
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:57:06 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Gilly gone at crucial time. innaikku RR win panni, DDDyum win panniduchu.. CSK'ku definite'a oooo ooooo ooooo.... dhaan

  
  
  CSK kku ellam avvalavu siikirama oooooo sollida mudiyaathu great wins against mumbai and RR.. unlucky - match against KKR ..anyway also have one match against KKR pending
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 14:58:32 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  mgb wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: Gilly gone at crucial time. innaikku RR win panni, DDDyum win panniduchu.. CSK'ku definite'a oooo ooooo ooooo.... dhaan exclude KKR. the difference between top ranked team (DC/DD) and bottom ranked team (CSK/RR) is 3 points. 2 wins is the difference. so anything can happen.

  
  
  too add to that the scheduling against teams are not proper.... win against which team is important now
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:03:29 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Plum wrote: Keeping your best bowler for the last over - which may not be needed because your 5th bowler gives away the match in the 19th over - the decision of one captain yesterday is being vindicated:-) And that's laughable and lucky according to a few here.. I never consider sachin to be a great captain, but he's been pretty impressive in this IPL so far. Duminy pEra sollAdhadhu vEra mistake. I think TM Annan has eloquently explained it already. And on sachin fans making them to hate sachin, I ll come to that later. Btw RR oooooooo illai, woohoo!!!!!!

  
  
  Nerd bro, im tired of your argument. if u r referring my post i said clearly.. i thought u'll come back as u said y'day.. but didnt expect talking at the back.
  
  hope at least u'll come back today
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:04:59 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  sivank wrote: I wish CSK will win tonight ungalukku CSK maela enna koavam

  
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:07:02 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  mgb wrote: sivank wrote: mgb wrote: sivank wrote: I wish CSK will win tonight I wish your wish doesnt come through ஏனுங்க, இப்படி சொல்லி போட்டீங்க mein DDD ka sahara hoon Let the better team win

  
  
  Sivan,
  ur wish was fulfilled
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:09:11 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  villan007 wrote: very baed u mean about the captain of CSK

  
  
  im sure u'll have a peaceful sleep today
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 15:10:46 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. . enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane

  
  
  
  nalla vela.. sachin t20 world cup vilayaadala.. [/quote]
  
  oh neenga thaan inga athigam paathikapattavaro onniyum solrathukku illa neenga continue
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:11:37 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Rendu naaLA naan virumbinabadi results (If Dilli pulls this off)

  
  
  Nerd, unga aasai niraiverala.. naalaikku niraiverumnu nambunga
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sat May 2 15:13:13 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: villan007 wrote: very baed u mean about the captain of CSK im sure u'll have a peaceful sleep today

  
  
  Of course i always do neenga nallaa thoongittu vanthu, yaaru eppa post panraangannu correctaa paarunga innaikku maathiri thappaa sollaatheenga
  
  Enjoy ur day or night
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:13:36 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hamid wrote: Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. . enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane nalla vela.. sachin t20 world cup vilayaadala..

  
  
  oh neenga thaan inga athigam paathikapattavaro onniyum solrathukku illa neenga continue [/quote]
  
  enna TM.. yaar pathikkappattavarunnu ellarukkum theriyum.
  
  enna ippadi kantinue sollitinga.. niinga irukkumbothuthaane post panren.. ponathukku appuram illaye. pathil sollalaame? solla onnum illatti have a nice sleep ( thanks for this emoticon.seems very useful )
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:15:29 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  hamid wrote: Thirumaran wrote: villan007 wrote: very baed u mean about the captain of CSK im sure u'll have a peaceful sleep today Of course i always do neenga nallaa thoongittu vanthu, yaaru eppa post panraangannu correctaa paarunga innaikku maathiri thappaa sollaatheenga Enjoy ur day or night

  
  
  i hope so
  
  thanks. im really enjoying it:)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 15:16:53 2009.

  The what?.
  

  hamid wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. . enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane

  
  
  
  nalla vela.. sachin t20 world cup vilayaadala.. [/quote]
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:17:16 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Plum wrote: Nerd, dilli are winning. Idhukkappuramum cskku vaaippillai. Ippo kkr rangeku poikittirukku dhoni's team. Enna irundhalum chennai - kashtama dhaan irukku no way... KKR can never raise.. CSK may raise

  
  
  well said.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 2 15:19:54 2009.

  Plum, Gourava urupinar card??
  

  Plum wrote:

  Che, maddy, ippo tactics reveal pannitten - inime work aagadhu Tm, I support CSK, MI, DD equally. DC also considered. So, ellorukkum inge support undu. Ellorukkum en negative tactics use panni help pandren - naadu ellam kadathadheenga. Whenever RD plays, brckum support undu

  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:19:56 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Madhu Sree wrote: hayooooo hayoooo another wicket down, now tis morkel... I meant the next match DDD will win CSK thanks to Badrinath, Hayden, Raina and Jakati.. Dhoni becomes a great captain again

  
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:21:26 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: oh ippadi vaera irukaa Plum a naadu kadathunumpaa.. naada - oora i think plum is going to charge from now on to me, Raina's "catch of the tournament" turned it around.......180 was a bad total here and they defended 164

  
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:23:22 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Dhoni in post match conference : 1. me, oram, albie didnt even get one good hit in slog overs 2. joginder was not bowling well hence we pulled in jakati Dhoni for you.... naan sollala - payyan, panna thappa othhuppaan-nu i think he is a uber-cool guy - people just want to hate him

  
  
  ada poppa.. enna thimira vekkam illama naan sariya aadalainu sonnan paarthiya presentationla? avan attitude sariyillappa
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:27:06 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  The what?. hamid wrote: Thirumaran wrote: ajithfederer wrote: \ One man cannot bring a world cup. Sachin brought India close to victory in 1996 and 2003. Those were our best chances. . enna solreenga neenga.. appa india antha alavukku vanthathu, appoathaya captains naala thaane nalla vela.. sachin t20 world cup vilayaadala..

  [/quote]
  
  Hi AF,
  
  eppadi irukkinga?
  I said.. thanks that sachin didnt play T20 world cup.. im sure u understand i didnt say he is not fit for that.. but few geniuses wud have said only coz of him we won.. otherwise it wud have been sangu for Dhoni and co..
  
  

• From: hamid on Sat May 2 15:59:12 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: hamid wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Again I lauded duminy for hIs contribution. But other fans here felt that he wasted few balls during the chase in middle overs. That match should have been won easily but we lost. Presentation, la perae sollalangradhellam oru matteraa??. Who knows the team dynamics?. May be he would have forgotten that. I think that is a very trivial issue. hamid wrote: also do clap for other contributions.. i think Duminy has played one great innings against Kings Eleven.. itz unfortunate he cant able to finish.. that innings is but saying him as kavuthittan is not good. maybe at the tense of the moment.. but cud have said well played at least.. none said it.. even sachin at presentation.. v.bad. sachin has scored many such innings.. plays well, but cud not finish and our great batting order will collapse and will lose the match.. that times sachin is celebrated. Duminy has played like that..why not now say well played? thats one imp point. Yes. It is very important for a leader to cheer up his mates even under difficult conditions and it makes things improve a lot. But presentation tells you just a very little part of everything happens within teams. We never know what happens as a whole. Past 20 years Just listen to what his team members in he past has to say about him.. Even a new player after working with him most people will keep him a bit above than any one else. It is just not because he scored tons and tons of runs. It is all about giving encouragement at different times. Off field, we dont know what exactly the thing happens, Sometimes on field u can easily witness, when sachin on the other side of batting.. the way he pats up the co player, different advices, trying to bat a bit different when the partner handles a particularr, etc, etc etc.. All that matters.. in the end we can witness from the partner how much Sachin's presence helped him .... Everyone in the team would tell, how important sachin's presence in the team makes wonders even if he does not score runs.. Do you think we know more than them.... There were posts which said sachin was worse or bad in captaincy. I understand it is just because he could not win matches when he captained for India When he was captain, how many players performed well In fact till the time he became captain he was the major contributor for India and that was theain reason India could win matches if at all they win. Very rarely it happens that india won without his presence or cotribution, till the time he became captain. The same continued for few matches after his captaincy and the loses started affecting his way of approach in batting and to some extent his performance. And a whole Team India suffered. As he was young that time and due to selection limitations i believe his words that time about team selection was not even considered too unlike the previous past years where a captain and coaches words are taken with care. Captain+Coach has only 25% to do and the remaining had to come from the rest of the team.. It is about mutual contribution from everyone. Just because the 75% contribution did not happen for Sachin, he does not become a bad captain. Last IPL la warne had won almost all matches.. now they find the things going difficult and will we say he was a bad or worse captain just if his team could not enter semi finals in case here people are not saying i know. May be that could be a effect from last year's impression on him.. We know only from during Sourav's captaincy we started winning many matches.. That time sachin contributed and luckily few more also including sourav did well and some selection stupidities got reduced to some extent. Plus some good and aggresive captaincy helped too. When sourav was taken away from the captaincy and then team and the way he was treated in the team everyone knows here. I could smell some kind of politics he was involved within the team and that really could get him any support from the team. In fact that tells he was not that good in handling the team.. mainly we were just considering based on the winning percentage how good a captain is. with some more on field natures based on our way of thinking. Till winning times sourav was treated as good captain and suddenly he became bad too.. Imagine if such thing happen to Sachin.. Never i would say.. Such a sweet, innovative, motivative personality he is One example. When during 2003 world cup when in the initial days india was losing matches. and we know the the kind of agitation took place back in india. When sourav was asked about things, he just escaped how come a captain become responsible for that.. Then Sachin came forward and assured the Indian fans that things will be fine there after and asking they to maintain cool.. He took responsibility. That is what matters at times. And we know what happened to India in 2003 WC from that point. Is that really matters sometime being a captain just by name. ? I dont think so.. Sorry that i brought sourav here.. I thought few examples could explain my points. I understand here people are making lots of mocking on Dhoni and things are serious too .. Seriously, I dont have anything against Dhoni. In fact i like his cool ness and the way he handled few things.. I had mentioned those before also quite some time back. Inga vanthu post panrathu kooda konja paera seendi paarka thaan. nothing more than that. As long as something good happens for the team and the followers everything is fine.. Let us not become aggressive here and let us things sportively and let us enjoy the moments. It is just a common post and not intended for anyone TM, thoonga porennu sollittu ivvalo periya posta? will read it and post my reply soon

  
  
  
  Sachin is not the worst captain.. i dont agree with that statement at all..
  
  but itz not only about wins.. the way a person handles a situation, how he manages the team, how he motivates and brings the team to perform as a unit - all these are signs of a good or great captain.. all these will get the team into winning ways.. Dhoni itself said many times to enjoy the game and give your 100% and dont worry about the result.. thats great
  
  I never said Sachin is the worst captain. he is not a bad captain.. thats all..nothing spl..
  yes.. nobody says warne is a bad captain coz his team was losing.coz itz not that winning only matters..
  
  Sicne there are comparisions made about Dhoni's captaincy and Sachin's, definitely Dhoni is a better captain..
  
  similarly Sachin is a better batsman than Dhoni
  
  People are ready to find reasons for failure in sachin's captaincy.. but wins under dhoni;s captaincy is all luck
  
  Dhoni has brought in team spirit. he has given the self confidence that team is not dependent on anyone.. we perform as a unit and we reap benefits as a unit.. he is straight forward.. no fuss. plain and straight.. all signs of a good/great captain..thats y he will be a great captain even when if he is losing..
  
  everybody- each and everybody has said about his captaincy as great.. do we know better than them
  
  Itz just a common post and not intended to anyone.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sat May 2 23:51:18 2009.

  Sun 3 (4 PM IST)
  27th match - K-XI v KKR
  St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
  
  Sun 3 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
  28th match - BRC v MI
  New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 0:22:29 2009.

  
  
  singam ondru purapattathe
  athukku nalla kaalam, varinjirukku
  neram, neringirukku
  oorum, therinjirukku
  unmai, purinijirukku
  singam ondru purapattathe
  
  unnOdu raththam sintha
  unmai uLLa kootam undu
  rendil ondru paarkkum varaikkum
  ada rendu kaNNil illai urakkam
  sabatham seithu
  singam ondru purapattathe
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 3 1:14:13 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  singam ondru purapattathe athukku nalla kaalam, varinjirukku neram, neringirukku oorum, therinjirukku unmai, purinijirukku singam ondru purapattathe unnOdu raththam sintha unmai uLLa kootam undu rendil ondru paarkkum varaikkum ada rendu kaNNil illai urakkam sabatham seithu singam ondru purapattathe

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 1:52:44 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Plum, Gourava urupinar card?? Plum wrote: Che, maddy, ippo tactics reveal pannitten - inime work aagadhu Tm, I support CSK, MI, DD equally. DC also considered. So, ellorukkum inge support undu. Ellorukkum en negative tactics use panni help pandren - naadu ellam kadathadheenga. Whenever RD plays, brckum support undu

  
  Oh! Sure, AF. Sachin teamku support panna kasakkuma? And JPD also captured my heart when he screwed the Aussies in his second test match royally. Jayasurya, Malinga, Nayar, Pollock, even Bravo - there is so much to like in that team. Only baed element is the Sardar, but andha oru thuli vishathai karaikkara ocean-a Sachin irukkaradhala, its ok
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 3 1:55:13 2009.

  Enna Plum 4/8-u team-a support panreenga? DC-ku vera neenga thaan Ilaingar ani thalaivar-nu nenachitu irruken. DC also considered-nu arasiyal-la yedho 4-vadhu ani maadhri pesureenga. Ippadi ellarayum support pannitu irrundheengana Hub-la ungala hypocrite-nu muthirai kuthiduvaanga jaakiradhai!
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 3 1:59:56 2009.

  This IPL is very very interesting than the previous one. Any team can win [KKR - ofcourse exception ]. Pitch looks great for both batting and bowling!
  
  BCCI can conduct IPL at England next year, West Indies in 2010 and at Australia in 2011.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 2:09:08 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: singam ondru purapattathe athukku nalla kaalam, varinjirukku neram, neringirukku oorum, therinjirukku unmai, purinijirukku singam ondru purapattathe unnOdu raththam sintha unmai uLLa kootam undu rendil ondru paarkkum varaikkum ada rendu kaNNil illai urakkam sabatham seithu singam ondru purapattathe

  DC ku veliyil irundhu aadharavu tharradha maru pariseelanai panna vEndi irukkum.
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 3 2:25:35 2009.

  Anban wrote:

  first, Rajasthan should bat well.. their batting is pathetic except for our Kaattu manithan..

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 2:27:40 2009.

  SS, naan enna pandradhu. Laxman-ai odhukki vechappuram ennathukku DC-ku full support? Venaam Gopal Raokellam support panna mudiyuma?
  Secondly, except Royals, I have some reason or the other to be happy about any other team winning.
  Like, KKR is so unattractive with Saarguan and Buch annan but if dada performs well and wins a match for KKR, kasakkava poradhu?
  BRC - Rahul Dravid, Boucher, Shreevats, KXI - Piyush, Powar, Irfan.
  
  Ipdi ella team-leyum pidicha aalu irukkaradhala, endha team-aiyum passionate-a oppose panna mudiyalai. Ippollam Shane Warne-e acceptable list-la vandhundurukkan. Saarugganum, buch annanum poyitta, anegama all 8 teamsku supportnu sollittu, IPl-lerundhu retire aaga vendiyadhu dhaan
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 2:28:58 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  DC-ku vera neenga thaan Ilaingar ani thalaivar-nu nenachitu irruken

  
  Adhula paarunga, neenga apdi niyamikkum bodhu, pala thavarugal senjuttenga. <b) Ilaignar aNi
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 2:34:52 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote: DC-ku vera neenga thaan Ilaingar ani thalaivar-nu nenachitu irruken Adhula paarunga, neenga apdi niyamikkum bodhu, pala thavarugal senjuttenga. <b) Ilaignar aNi

  
  
  Appa neenga M.K. Stalin age group illayaa
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun May 3 3:01:47 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 3 3:04:34 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: singam ondru purapattathe athukku nalla kaalam, varinjirukku neram, neringirukku oorum, therinjirukku unmai, purinijirukku singam ondru purapattathe unnOdu raththam sintha unmai uLLa kootam undu rendil ondru paarkkum varaikkum ada rendu kaNNil illai urakkam sabatham seithu singam ondru purapattathe DC ku veliyil irundhu aadharavu tharradha maru pariseelanai panna vEndi irukkum.

  
  
  Ok Ok...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sun May 3 3:05:19 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  Appa neenga M.K. Stalin age group illayaa

  
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 3 3:06:07 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote: DC-ku vera neenga thaan Ilaingar ani thalaivar-nu nenachitu irruken Adhula paarunga, neenga apdi niyamikkum bodhu, pala thavarugal senjuttenga. <b) Ilaignar aNi

  
  
  Ennamo solla vareenga enakku puriyala?!
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 3:08:22 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: singam ondru purapattathe athukku nalla kaalam, varinjirukku neram, neringirukku oorum, therinjirukku unmai, purinijirukku singam ondru purapattathe unnOdu raththam sintha unmai uLLa kootam undu rendil ondru paarkkum varaikkum ada rendu kaNNil illai urakkam sabatham seithu singam ondru purapattathe DC ku veliyil irundhu aadharavu tharradha maru pariseelanai panna vEndi irukkum.

  
  
  eppadi, vaaikaa varapula ukkaanthukittae aatharavu tharuveengalo
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sun May 3 3:11:22 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Thirumaran wrote: Appa neenga M.K. Stalin age group illayaa

  
  Puthusa oru emoticon vanthirukku athaiyum pottukuren.....
  
  //Oru thadava avaru granddaughter/grandson thookki vacchitu still kodutharu ilangar ani thalaivar.... ROTFL
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 3:39:37 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Plum wrote: Sanguine Sridhar wrote: DC-ku vera neenga thaan Ilaingar ani thalaivar-nu nenachitu irruken Adhula paarunga, neenga apdi niyamikkum bodhu, pala thavarugal senjuttenga. <b) Ilaignar aNi Ennamo solla vareenga enakku puriyala?!

  
  Ilaignar aNIkku epadi paarthalum ilaignana irukanum ilalina as pasanga said here, Stalin age irukanum. Naan rendume illai
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun May 3 5:07:41 2009.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  This IPL is very very interesting than the previous one. Any team can win [KKR - ofcourse exception ]. Pitch looks great for both batting and bowling! BCCI can conduct IPL at England next year, West Indies in 2010 and at Australia in 2011.

  
  
  atheppadi next year 2 venues
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 7:20:27 2009.

  KKR match yaarume paarkalaiya? I think chennai might pay for the rain washed out kkr match. After today, KXI will have 8 points. Of that, 4 would hsve come from KkR. If chennai miss out by a point, it would be really lucky because almost everyone's getting 4 poins off KKR.
  Similarly, RR were lucky to get a point against mumbai.
  
  

• From: Anban on Sun May 3 8:20:42 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  KKR match yaarume paarkalaiya? I think chennai might pay for the rain washed out kkr match. After today, KXI will have 8 points. Of that, 4 would hsve come from KkR. If chennai miss out by a point, it would be really lucky because almost everyone's getting 4 poins off KKR. Similarly, RR were lucky to get a point against mumbai.

  KKR might win today..
  
  they posted 153 on a sluggish pitch..
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 8:26:12 2009.

  End of over 1 (2 runs) - Kings XI Punjab 2/1 (152 runs required)
  
  0.5 Sharma to Sangakkara, OUT, short ball and Sangakkara looking to pull, gets a top-edge, which goes high in the air and van Wyk goes after it and judges it well to take a wonderful catch. Kings XI lose their first wicket.
  KC Sangakkara c wicketkeepervan Wyk b Sharma 0 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 8:30:50 2009.

  2 drops in 2 balls.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 8:31:05 2009.

  1.3 Dinda to Sohal, 1 run, dropped, cut hard in the air to the point fielder, Saha, two drops in two balls.
  1.2 Dinda to Sohal, no run, dropped, short ball and Sohel looking to pull, gets it high on the bat and the ball just evades the hands of Dinda on his follow-through.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 8:44:27 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  1.3 Dinda to Sohal, 1 run, dropped, cut hard in the air to the point fielder, Saha, two drops in two balls. 1.2 Dinda to Sohal, no run, dropped, short ball and Sohel looking to pull, gets it high on the bat and the ball just evades the hands of Dinda on his follow-through.

  
  
  4.2 Gayle to Sohal, 2 runs, dropped again, tossed up delivery and Sohel miscues it high in the air to long on and Saha did well to get to the ball, but drops it.
  2.5 Sharma to Katich, 2 runs, dropped, shuffles across his stumps and looks to flick it through the onside, gets a leading edge high in the air behind the wicket and Gayle calls for the catch and drops it.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 8:45:48 2009.

  KKR is going to create a new record in dropped catches it seems
  
  sharukh khan kku irukkura erichchal paththaathunnu ithu vaerayaa
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 8:50:33 2009.

  3.5 Dinda to Katich, SIX, wonderful timing, full delivery and in the slot for Katich, who hits it high and over the long on fence and into the stands for maximum.
  3.3 Dinda to Sohal, SIX, another maximum, it was short and wide, Sohal cuts hard in the air behind point and all the way over the fence.
  3.2 Dinda to Sohal, SIX, lovely strike from Sohal, makes room and launches into the delivery and hits it high and over the extra cover fence for maximum.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 8:51:40 2009.

  End of over 6 (7 runs) - Kings XI Punjab 51/2 (103 runs required)
  
  5.1 Agarkar to Sohal, OUT, good length delivery and Sohel looking for more big hits, miscues it high in the air to mid-on, Ganguly running in takes a wonderful catch.
  S Sohal c Ganguly b Agarkar 25 (26m 17b 0x4 3x6) SR: 147.05
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 9:07:15 2009.

  9.2 Hodge to Katich, OUT, full toss and Katich hits well but picks out the fielder at deep midwicket and Saha takes a brilliant catch above his head.
  SM Katich c Saha b Hodge 34 (28b 3x4 1x6) SR: 121.42
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Sun May 3 9:15:37 2009.

  End of over 10 (4 runs) - Kings XI Punjab 81/3 (73 runs required)
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 9:47:14 2009.

  KXI - lucky to win against KKR today. KKR just don't want to win - maybe everyone's pissed off with buch annan and just want to spite him
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 9:54:36 2009.

  Even kkr cannot lose matches forever - they are bound to win one or two - and quite likely that DD, CSK might end up the surprise victims:-)
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 9:58:48 2009.

  Bookha naan and KKR ooooo oooooo ooooooo
  
  any way nice fight
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 10:11:59 2009.

  11 players in KKR team trying their best to lose every winning games
  
  sharukh would be a proud man
  
  

• From: omega on Sun May 3 10:40:17 2009.

  Thirumaran wrote:

  11 players in KKR team trying their best to lose every winning games sharukh would be a proud man

  
  
  Sharukh khana kadupadipatharkaahave plan panni panra maathiri irukku....I am happy about that
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 10:54:21 2009.

  praveen bowls a maiden opening over to Jayasurya but kallis vandhu keduthuduvaan
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun May 3 11:05:38 2009.

  That was such an ugly looking short sachin
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 11:07:00 2009.

  Well, mumbai trying to compete with kkr?
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 11:07:16 2009.

  aahaa 2 wicket
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 11:09:01 2009.

  Nerd, escape aayidunga. Total damage. Rahul dravid irukkaradhunala, I have cushion against MI loss. Ungalukku apdi illai:-)
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 11:09:25 2009.

  Excellent bowling by Dillon du Preez 1 1 0 2
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 11:12:49 2009.

  credit to kumble for prefering the unknown kid ahead of dale styn. but the other decision of fielding wasim jafferdhaan odhaikkudhu.. that too dravid varumbodhu kootitu vandhaaram.
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 11:14:04 2009.

  aahaa ithu thaeraathu poala Me going for a walk
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 11:15:34 2009.

  JP Duminy gone
  
  one more for DdP
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 11:16:40 2009.

  JP gone. Mumbai on the way to7th pos. A really bad defeat today could make that happen
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 11:19:26 2009.

  Kumble bowling out kallis. Good for brc. He is one hope for opp batsmen - vaari vaari vazhanguvaru. But he has already bowled 3 overs today without much damage - thanks to the situation. Signs not good for MI
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 11:21:37 2009.

  Mallaya is dumb founded.. should be wondering why he didnt appoint kumble as the captain until now
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 11:23:39 2009.

  Kishen Khaniaiya mentioning Batilvala insisted that Dillon du Preez gets a game today.
  
  What a start for D d P
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 11:25:10 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  one more for DdP

  
  i think correct'a ivanoda spell mudinja udane, kumble will bring himself on to keep the pressure on
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 11:28:18 2009.

  Jayasuriya starts to blast. Vintage Master Blaster
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 11:36:22 2009.

  53/3 at the half way mark.. BRC have done really well.. lot will depend on how Kumble is going to handle Jayasurya
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 11:37:32 2009.

  Ganesh, yaarukkaaga Star player Jaffer vandhu irukkaaru?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Sun May 3 11:41:58 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  Jayasuriya starts to blast. Vintage Master Blaster

  
  
  The game is on his shoulders now. He has to score fast and make team's score 150 in next 10 overs. His contribution is very much needed now
  
  I hope he helps MI win this match!
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 11:56:51 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  Ganesh, yaarukkaaga Star player Jaffer vandhu irukkaaru?

  he is playing in place of jesse ryder
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:00:03 2009.

  Jayasuria gone for 52
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:04:04 2009.

  It is time that MI starts to get some serious runs. After 15 overs it is 86/4
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 12:13:31 2009.

  they might end up at 130+..
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 12:22:08 2009.

  looks like they will end up at 150
  
  

• From: viraajan on Sun May 3 12:27:24 2009.

  JS, Bravo, Nayar.
  
  149 - 20 overs.
  
  Good score.
  
  Good chances for MI!!
  
  Malinga, Zaheer have to do it again
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:28:01 2009.

  Thanks to Sanath, Bravo and Nayar MI are 149/4 after 20 overs.
  
  RCB needs 150 to win. Mudiyumaaa. Kaalis vera nonda aarambichuttaan
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 12:28:19 2009.

  Some decent total at last. Paarkalaam bowlers enna panraangannu
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 12:34:41 2009.

  Almost all teams have defended any score in the vicinity of 150. I think MI will win unless Rahul plays a knock which will fetch him the orange cap directly.
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:35:58 2009.

  mahalingam ozhunga bowling potta jeikka chance irukku
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:42:57 2009.

  dhaa paaryaa. saafaar la 4 adikkaaan
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 12:44:51 2009.

  malinga'ku over kudukkanume
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:46:06 2009.

  bravo illa podudhaan
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:51:12 2009.

  saafaar
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 12:53:33 2009.

  malinga ball'la six
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 12:56:12 2009.

  Malinga Kallis
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 12:56:42 2009.

  mahalinga innikku sutha mosam. ist over la ye 17 run koduthuttaaru
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 13:00:39 2009.

  may be fastest 50 by a team chasing in this IPL 50 of 28 balls
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 13:01:23 2009.

  great innaikku mumbai avvalavuthaanaa
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 13:01:50 2009.

  kaallis kolutharaaru 37 with 5 4s ans 2 6s
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun May 3 13:06:42 2009.

  Good comeback by Malinga - Maiden
  
  

• From: viraajan on Sun May 3 13:08:03 2009.

  malinga maiden over
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun May 3 13:20:15 2009.

  Nayar and his wides
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 13:23:40 2009.

  after 10 0vers BRC are 74/1. Very interesting match
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 13:40:21 2009.

  zaheer adipattu taatta kaattittu poraaru. thirumbi vandhu bowling poduvaara. podalennaa MI huge loss
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 13:40:43 2009.

  kallis 50
  
  

• From: Sanjeevi on Sun May 3 13:43:59 2009.

  RCB is playing steady
  
  where are Ten & MI supporters
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 13:44:38 2009.

  sivank wrote:

  zaheer adipattu taatta kaattittu poraaru. thirumbi vandhu bowling poduvaara. podalennaa MI huge loss

  even otherwise with 9 wkts in hand and 50 odd runs to get, I feel BRC will see it through.. especially with Rahul and Boucher yet to come in
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 13:49:46 2009.

  MI avvalavuthaan innaikku naan saapttu vaera vaela paakuraen
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 13:51:05 2009.

  Uthappaa 50
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 13:55:19 2009.

  Kallis and Uthappaa
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun May 3 14:01:43 2009.

  Very good win for BRC. Uthappa Kaallis
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun May 3 14:05:53 2009.

  One of the worst displays of captaincy - sachin.
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 14:06:21 2009.

  winning by 9 wkts in a non-truncated match is huge well done BRC
  
  3rd consecutive win for Bangalore and 2nd in row for Kumble as captain of BRC
  
  Now bangalore will move to joint 1st position
  
  well played kallis and robin
  
  

• From: viraajan on Sun May 3 14:09:25 2009.

  BRC
  
  Robin and Kallis Superb innings...
  
  MI
  
  

• From: hamid on Sun May 3 14:13:26 2009.

  Kallis & Uthappa well played..
  Sensational win for Bangalore and Kumble is
  The tournament is wide open.. going to be a great tournament
  4 teams with 8 points and 3 teams with 7 points .. great.
  Bravo and Jayasuriya well done.
  See you all.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun May 3 14:15:02 2009.

  B'lore pesama RCB support aaida vendiyathu than
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 14:16:40 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  One of the worst displays of captaincy - sachin.

  
  
  yes
  
  inimae KKR kooda poatti poadaama irunthaa sari
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Sun May 3 14:17:43 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  B'lore pesama RCB support aaida vendiyathu than

  
  
  avanga nallaa varathu unakku pidikalayaa
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 14:18:25 2009.

  Bengaluru on fire
  Good. They may end up as the second south zone team in semis after deccan
  
  

• From: mgb on Sun May 3 14:19:08 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  B'lore pesama RCB support aaida vendiyathu than

  Royal Challenge ungalukku pudicha branddane
  
  on a serious note, i feel BRC have regrouped themselves very well.. and the fielders were supporting their bowlers lilke anything today.. and the type of pitches in this IPL, Kallis and Dravid's styles are well suited
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 14:19:49 2009.

  DdP should have been declared mom. Instead fattie allrounder was given. That spell won the match - 2 hrs kulla marandhu poyidaranga performance-ai
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun May 3 14:34:39 2009.

  Well done BRC
  
  Sachin what on earth were u doing, Uthappa takes revenge. Avane ellam adikka vuttutu. The tourney is wide open now. Teams which did better in the first few matches are losing and others are regrouping. In terms of cricketing skills and fairness this tournament is way better than last year.
  
  

• From: Plum on Sun May 3 14:58:09 2009.

  I don't think sachin did much wrong. When malinga gets spanked for two sixes, nothing much can be done, esp with zaheer hobbling off. Even warne couldn't do much when kamran hobbled off.
  The match was lost in first over of ddp. Does anyone hold harbhajan singh accountable. In a tournament where ojha and jakati are showing imagination, verve and guile, bhajji continues to bowl fast and on pads.absoluely no imaginaion or ability to out think the batsman.
  He wil be first choice for india though. Ellaam india thalai ezhuthu - if sachin had guts, he will drop this serial mediocre performer - who always does just enough to survive in the team - the moment he has a good series, he then cools off for a few series just firing in fast.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sun May 3 21:47:48 2009.

  BRC... 150 runs chasing 9 wickets-la jeikkirathu ellam periya vishayam...Malinga over-la adichappave match poyiduchunu nenaichen...Utthappa intha match than aadirukkan...
  KKR- match-i last ball varaikkum kondu pora alavukku therittanga....2 or 3 matches jeippangannu nenaikiren.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Sun May 3 22:01:23 2009.

  Mon 4 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
  29th match - CSK v DC
  Buffalo Park, East London
  
  

• From: viraajan on Mon May 4 0:26:22 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Well done BRC Sachin what on earth were u doing, Uthappa takes revenge. Avane ellam adikka vuttutu. The tourney is wide open now. Teams which did better in the first few matches are losing and others are regrouping. In terms of cricketing skills and fairness this tournament is way better than last year.

  
  
  Sachin shouldn't have bowled 14th over is what I feel. But there wasn't any mistake with him. Kallis was in fine form. There was nothing stopping him and Uthappa.
  
  so freeya vidunga... next match'la DC'a pazhi vangidalam
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Mon May 4 0:31:37 2009.

  Half way through the tournament. just 1 point differentiates 1st and 7th ranked team.
  What a tournament this has been.
  
  

• From: viraajan on Mon May 4 0:41:15 2009.

  Yes....
  
  Yesterday MI was at 3rd position. Just one defeat by BRC has brought it to 7th
  
  

• From: Sourav on Mon May 4 0:50:59 2009.

  Pieterson ponappuram BRC pattaya kelapputhu.... Because he is a 7.5... 7.5C value...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Mon May 4 0:54:44 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Pieterson ponappuram BRC pattaya kelapputhu.... Because he is a 7.5... 7.5C value...

  
  
  high remuneration low contribution'nu oru thread open panna vEndiyadhu thaan
  
  

• From: Sourav on Mon May 4 0:54:51 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Sachin shouldn't have bowled 14th over is what I feel. But there wasn't any mistake with him. Kallis was in fine form. There was nothing stopping him and Uthappa. so freeya vidunga... next match'la DC'a pazhi vangidalam

  Ellor over-um than adi vaanguthu...Warne, Vettori overa vidava ivar over adi vaangiduchu...T20-la ithellam sagajamappa..,.
  
  DC match - it wil be really a tough one.
  
  

• From: mgb on Mon May 4 0:55:09 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Sachin shouldn't have bowled 14th over is what I feel. But there wasn't any mistake with him. Kallis was in fine form. There was nothing stopping him and Uthappa.

  
  andha over'la wicket vizhundhu irundhaalum neenga idha solluvingala ? for a captain some days whatever they do clicks.. some days are really bad.. yesterday sachin opened with bravo instead of malinga, may be bcos he felt kallis might pick up malinga better than most batsmen.. that ploy didnt work but his judgement of malinga will be picked easily by kallis was proved when malinga came to bowl.. it was just a bad day for MI thats all.. and Kallis was just brilliant and he out thought all the MI bowlers
  
  

• From: viraajan on Mon May 4 0:57:01 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Sachin shouldn't have bowled 14th over is what I feel. But there wasn't any mistake with him. Kallis was in fine form. There was nothing stopping him and Uthappa. so freeya vidunga... next match'la DC'a pazhi vangidalam Ellor over-um than adi vaanguthu...Warne, Vettori overa vidava ivar over adi vaangiduchu...T20-la ithellam sagajamappa..,. DC match - it wil be really a tough one.

  
  
  yeah. that is what. they both were in blasting mood.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon May 4 1:00:18 2009.

  tendulkar ethni goal potturkaru ithu varaikkum?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Mon May 4 1:01:11 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Sachin shouldn't have bowled 14th over is what I feel. But there wasn't any mistake with him. Kallis was in fine form. There was nothing stopping him and Uthappa. andha over'la wicket vizhundhu irundhaalum neenga idha solluvingala ? Kallis was just brilliant and he out thought all the MI bowlers

  
  
  Wicket edukkadhadhunala thaane prob
  
  that's what i said clearly in my post, there was nothing stopping K and U.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Mon May 4 1:05:40 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  tendulkar ethni goal potturkaru ithu varaikkum?

  198 goals....
  Welcome to cricket threads raiks.!...
  http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1753028#1753028
  
  

• From: Nerd on Mon May 4 1:05:50 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  I don't think sachin did much wrong.

  
  Well, opening with Bravo was stupid I thought. I would have bowled Malinga definitely. If you ask Malinga to bowl the 4th/5th over after conceding 40 odd runs, the batsmen won't be afraid to take him on. OTOH, if he were to bowl the second over after say 9-0, the situation would have been different because the batsmen are still new to the crease and they know very well that they are facing (one of) the best bowlers of the tournament.
  
  Another thing which I hated was persisting with Nayar. Though his bowling figures at the end of the match suggest otherwise, he was plain pathetic, no threat to the batsmen at all.
  
  UthappA, thadavittirundhAn initially. But nEthu avan nEram
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 1:09:09 2009.

  mgb wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Sachin shouldn't have bowled 14th over is what I feel. But there wasn't any mistake with him. Kallis was in fine form. There was nothing stopping him and Uthappa. andha over'la wicket vizhundhu irundhaalum neenga idha solluvingala ? for a captain some days whatever they do clicks.. some days are really bad.. yesterday sachin opened with bravo instead of malinga, may be bcos he felt kallis might pick up malinga better than most batsmen.. that ploy didnt work but his judgement of malinga will be picked easily by kallis was proved when malinga came to bowl.. it was just a bad day for MI thats all.. and Kallis was just brilliant and he out thought all the MI bowlers

  
  
  Tendulkar wud have expected it to be a close contest and will go down the wire.. as everybody expected. So he wud have thought to keep Malinga for the death which could have been handful. But Bravo going for runs wud have forced him to bring Malinga back..
  
  But he shd have opened with Malinga...that was his best chance i suppose.
  
  anyway .. hard luck.. hope the coming matches will be fought tough and hard by all teams which will be a treat to watch.. the teams who hold their nerves will enter the semifinal stage..
  
  any win or loss will push any team to top or bottom..every match counts.. great to watch
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 1:13:16 2009.

  SGP,
  Please add me as a supporter of CSK
  
  

• From: viraajan on Mon May 4 1:16:43 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  UthappA, thadavittirundhAn initially. But nEthu avan nEram

  
  
  
  
  Yes. He picked up later and blasted Sachin's over adhu onnu thaan enakku porukkala Hope you all know the reasons
  
  

• From: Sourav on Mon May 4 1:18:59 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Yes. He picked up later and blasted Sachin's over adhu onnu thaan enakku porukkala Hope you all know the reasons

  ya....naanum vazhakkam pola ippo out aagiduvaan, appo out aagiduvaannu paatha last varaikkum ninnuttan...
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Mon May 4 2:00:41 2009.

  What ya kaampateson ya...
  
  A team which is ranked 7th can all of a sudden jump to rank no 1 with one win.... ithuvallava kaampateson....
  
  Ore Bayama keedhu... Hope Dhoni is calm and composed as he is always...
  
  

• From: wrap07 on Mon May 4 2:20:24 2009.

  BRC & kumble
  kallis
  quite a comprehensive win.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Mon May 4 5:13:25 2009.

  Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers, IPL, East London
  
  Deccan Chargers seek to arrest slide
  
  May 4, 2009
  Start time 16.30 (14.30GMT) 8pm IST
  
  Big Picture
  Monday's match at Buffalo Park in East London is between teams which had contrasting starts to the second season of the IPL but are now experiencing a change in form.
  Last year's finalists Chennai Super Kings had a slow start to the tournament despite their squad brimming with hard-hitting all-round talent. They lost three of their first five games to tough opponents, had one washout against the league's (nearly) also-rans, Kolkata Knight Riders, and lost Andrew Flintoff to injury, leaving them in the bottom half of the points table. However, Chennai regrouped and won their last two matches - against Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils - and are back in the reckoning for a semi-final berth.
  Chennai's most recent defeat in the IPL came against Deccan Chargers, who had transformed themselves from last season's worst team to this season's best by winning their first four matches with relative ease. Deccan were No. 1 in the league when they ran into Delhi and were defeated for the first time. The more serious setback, though, came against a weaker Rajasthan side, who had to strain every sinew to cause an upset. Both those defeats were results of Deccan losing focus during the final stages of the match: Fidel Edwards lost his temper while bowling to Tillakaratne Dilshan during Delhi's chase, and Deccan's fielding went to pieces in the last couple of overs of Rajasthan's pursuit.
  Despite the two defeats, however, Deccan are still on top of the league but another loss against a resurgent Chennai will bring them closer to the rest of the pack.
  
  Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)
  Chennai Super Kings - WWLLW
  Chennai's have banked primarily on Matthew Hayden, the season's highest runscorer with 246, and Suresh Raina, the second highest with 232, for most of their runs. Their powerful allrounders - MS Dhoni, Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram - haven't played a match-winning role as yet. Chennai's bowling isn't the strongest in the tournament but two youngsters - Shadab Jakati and Sudeep Tyagi - played crucial parts in the win against Delhi. Muttiah Muralitharan has been economical, conceding less than six runs an over, but Chennai will want him to add quickly to his haul of five wickets.
  Deccan Chargers - LLWWW
  Deccan have relied heavily on their openers - Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs - for momentum. Rohit Sharma's performances have tapered after an outstanding half-century against Bangalore but Deccan seem to have found a talent in 25-year old T Suman who has 64 runs from two innings at a strike-rate of 145. RP Singh and Pragyan Ojha are their leading wicket-takers with 12 and 10 respectively while Edwards has been restrictive with the new ball. Edwards, though, has left South Africa to join the West Indian squad in England and Deccan will need to pick a replacement.
  
  Watch out for
  Gilchrist and Gibbs went berserk against Chennai's new-ball bowlers in Durban last week, scoring 67 runs in 5.4 overs. The assault caused so much damage that Deccan were able to forget the scoring-rate and focus of preserving wickets when batsmen were dismissed in quick succession. Chennai's bowlers will have learnt from the experience but will that be enough to nullify Gilchrist and Gibbs?
  
  Team news
  Deccan replaced VVS Laxman with T Suman for the last two games and Laxman is likely to continue to sit out unless the team decides to give him another go instead of Azhar Bilakhia. The big question for Deccan is who to bring in instead of Edwards. Their overseas options are allrounders Scott Styris and Ryan Harris or specialist bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa.
  Deccan Chargers (likely): 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 VVS Laxman/ Azhar Bilakhia, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 T Suman, 6 Dwayne Smith, 7 Scott Styris/Chaminda Vaas, 8 Venugopal Rao, 9 Shoaib Ahmed, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 RP Singh.
  
  Chennai made only one change from the team that beat Rajasthan for the match against Delhi, opening with M Vijay instead of Parthiv Patel. Vijay made only 14 but is likely to get another go as Chennai attempt to fill one of the shaky spots in their batting order. Perhaps there's a case for S Badrinath to open because the likes of Dhoni, Morkel and Oram invariably end up facing too few overs. Dhoni said that Chennai were not going to change their overseas combination. "More often you will see these four overseas players in our playing XI - Matthew Hayden, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel," he said. "They are an integral part of the team. Until and unless someone gets injured or loses form we are not going to change them."
  
  Chennai Super Kings (likely): 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 M Vijay, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Badrinath, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Shadab Jakati, 9 Sudeep Tyagi, 10 L Balaji, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.
  
  Stats and trivia
  
  # Gilchrist scored 27 runs off 11 balls from L Balaji at a strike-rate of 245 in the first game between these two teams.
  
  # Chennai have scored at 9.00 runs an over on average during the Powerplays and have lost eight wickets during that period in six innings. Deccan lost the same amount of wickets but scored at 8.30 runs per over.
  
  # Chennai's bowlers, however, have the worst economy-rate during the Powerplay, conceding 8.36 runs per over with an average of 30 per wicket. Deccan have an economy-rate of 6.52 and average only 20 per wicket.
  
  Head-to-head record
  
  Deccan won the first match against Chennai this season by six wickets and three balls to spare. Hayden top-scored for Chennai with 49 but they lost momentum after the tactical time-out and ended on 165 for 6. Deccan's openers gave them a fast start, one which proved decisive in winning the game.
  
  Their head-to-head record last season was even at a win apiece for the teams. A Gilchrist half-century led Deccan to victory at the MA Chidambaram Stadium while Raina's 54 steered Chennai home in Hyderabad.
  
  Quotes
  
  "I think my batting is pathetic in the tournament so far. All the big-hitters including Albie Morkel, Jacob Oram and I didn't really click. We need to perform in the future as we are a side that relies heavily on its batting. If one of us clicks in future and with our top-order performing well we can give good targets to our bowlers to defend. And that is our strategy."
  Dhoni is candid about his performance in the IPL.
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 5:15:58 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Quotes "I think my batting is pathetic in the tournament so far. All the big-hitters including Albie Morkel, Jacob Oram and I didn't really click. We need to perform in the future as we are a side that relies heavily on its batting. If one of us clicks in future and with our top-order performing well we can give good targets to our bowlers to defend. And that is our strategy." Dhoni is candid about his performance in the IPL.

  
  
  thappa othukkarathu periya vishayam but have to rectify the same.. naan thapu pannittennu sollikitte irunthaa pathaathu.. hope he clicks today and scores some good runs:)
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 9:56:58 2009.

  Let's get started for the day. Deccan Chargers to win today. They pack too much power at the top, and more importantly it is an in-form lineup, which might prove a bridge too far for the inexperienced and inconsistent CSK bowling. Ojha is unlikely to let the CSK terrific trio(Dhoni-Oram-Morkel) go blazing. Badri is due a failure. So is Raina. Doesnt look good for CSK today...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Mon May 4 10:03:01 2009.

  16.00 Toss Gilchrist calls 'Heads' but it is a 'Tails'. Chennai choose to bat.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Mon May 4 10:07:20 2009.

  Chennai Super Kings team
  ML Hayden, M Vijay, SK Raina, captainwicketkeeperMS Dhoni, JA Morkel, JDP Oram, S Badrinath, S Tyagi, SB Jakati, L Balaji, M Muralitharan
  
  Deccan Chargers team
  captainwicketkeeperAC Gilchrist, HH Gibbs, VVS Laxman, RG Sharma, Y Venugopal Rao, TS Suman, DR Smith, SM Shoaib, PP Ojha, RP Singh, RJ Harris
  
  

• From: omega on Mon May 4 10:56:08 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Let's get started for the day. Deccan Chargers to win today. They pack too much power at the top, and more importantly it is an in-form lineup, which might prove a bridge too far for the inexperienced and inconsistent CSK bowling. Ojha is unlikely to let the CSK terrific trio(Dhoni-Oram-Morkel) go blazing. Badri is due a failure. So is Raina. Doesnt look good for CSK today...

  
  
  
  Ungalin unmaayana ennam nallave puriyuthu?
  Negative logica?? The way CSK has started is promising & in line with your thoughts.. 53/0 (6 overs)
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 10:59:28 2009.

  hayden out'u
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 11:00:17 2009.

  Annan Dhoni vanthurukaaha
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 11:30:00 2009.

  omega wrote:

  Plum wrote: Let's get started for the day. Deccan Chargers to win today. They pack too much power at the top, and more importantly it is an in-form lineup, which might prove a bridge too far for the inexperienced and inconsistent CSK bowling. Ojha is unlikely to let the CSK terrific trio(Dhoni-Oram-Morkel) go blazing. Badri is due a failure. So is Raina. Doesnt look good for CSK today... Ungalin unmaayana ennam nallave puriyuthu? Negative logica?? The way CSK has started is promising & in line with your thoughts.. 53/0 (6 overs)

  
  
  Omega, avlo sure-a solla mudiyadhu. As I said before, my position on IPL teams is very complex. Ennikku yaarai support pannuvennu enakke theriyadhu. Today's special, family has gone to Hyderabad adhanala oru nostalgia-la Deccan-ku support
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 11:32:41 2009.

  Enakku BRC jeichadhu kooda parava illa as I like too many of thier blokes right from Dravid, Kumble and Kallis, but Uthhappa avan adichutanae ngradhu dhan varuthama irukku. Anyways second round matchla paapom.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 11:33:01 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  omega wrote: Plum wrote: Let's get started for the day. Deccan Chargers to win today. They pack too much power at the top, and more importantly it is an in-form lineup, which might prove a bridge too far for the inexperienced and inconsistent CSK bowling. Ojha is unlikely to let the CSK terrific trio(Dhoni-Oram-Morkel) go blazing. Badri is due a failure. So is Raina. Doesnt look good for CSK today... Ungalin unmaayana ennam nallave puriyuthu? Negative logica?? The way CSK has started is promising & in line with your thoughts.. 53/0 (6 overs) Omega, avlo sure-a solla mudiyadhu. As I said before, my position on IPL teams is very complex. Ennikku yaarai support pannuvennu enakke theriyadhu. Today's special, family has gone to Hyderabad adhanala oru nostalgia-la Deccan-ku support

  
  
  appo tandoori chicken saaptinganna Punjab'ku support ah??
  
  

• From: P_R on Mon May 4 11:34:19 2009.

  krishashok wrote:

  As I was Titan watching the DLF IPL, It Ford Pickup struck me as CBS Dan Rather unfortunate that Bharti Indian cricket commentary had Parryware Kitchen sunk to Aavin appalling depths where commentators have to Anchor plug brand names into every sentence they Pillsbury utter. MDH Masala seasoned campaigners like MTR Ravi Dosa Shastri are now tongue Park Avenue tied as their regular cliches need to be Escorts Hospital surgically inserted with ads. “We are in for a Parle cracker of a WIMCO match”, practices Ravi. “That Arun Ball icecream was four from the Dairy Milk moment it left the BDM bat. It has gone the BSNL long distance. Gilette Razor edged, and taken. This match, one feels, will go down to the Havell’s wire”

  
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 11:35:27 2009.

  
  
  
  

  Prabhu Ram wrote:

  krishashok wrote: As I was Titan watching the DLF IPL, It Ford Pickup struck me as CBS Dan Rather unfortunate that Bharti Indian cricket commentary had Parryware Kitchen sunk to Aavin appalling depths where commentators have to Anchor plug brand names into every sentence they Pillsbury utter. MDH Masala seasoned campaigners like MTR Ravi Dosa Shastri are now tongue Park Avenue tied as their regular cliches need to be Escorts Hospital surgically inserted with ads. “We are in for a Parle cracker of a WIMCO match”, practices Ravi. “That Arun Ball icecream was four from the Dairy Milk moment it left the BDM bat. It has gone the BSNL long distance. Gilette Razor edged, and taken. This match, one feels, will go down to the Havell’s wire”

  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 11:38:11 2009.

  PR, I saw this. But I think he overdid it. At the best, this technique deserved 2 sentences. 2 paragraphs - this is the problem with Krish Ashok - he doesnt know where to stop. (Hope he is not a HUBBER )
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 11:38:50 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Plum wrote: omega wrote: Plum wrote: Let's get started for the day. Deccan Chargers to win today. They pack too much power at the top, and more importantly it is an in-form lineup, which might prove a bridge too far for the inexperienced and inconsistent CSK bowling. Ojha is unlikely to let the CSK terrific trio(Dhoni-Oram-Morkel) go blazing. Badri is due a failure. So is Raina. Doesnt look good for CSK today... Ungalin unmaayana ennam nallave puriyuthu? Negative logica?? The way CSK has started is promising & in line with your thoughts.. 53/0 (6 overs) Omega, avlo sure-a solla mudiyadhu. As I said before, my position on IPL teams is very complex. Ennikku yaarai support pannuvennu enakke theriyadhu. Today's special, family has gone to Hyderabad adhanala oru nostalgia-la Deccan-ku support appo tandoori chicken saaptinganna Punjab'ku support ah??

  
  
  ha!ha! Tandorri chicken sapda matten so Punjabku support kidaiyadhu.
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 11:40:01 2009.

  Oh! After thinking, I understood. PR, you were bowing at the content-a? Idhai purinjikkama, naan technique-ai criticise pannikittu. Tubelight, tubleight.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 11:40:43 2009.

  Plum,
  
  Your mainstay support Lax is playing for deccan today .
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 11:42:48 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Plum, Your mainstay support Lax is playing for deccan today .

  
  oh! Appo full support Deccan-ku dhaan .
  
  

• From: P_R on Mon May 4 11:44:11 2009.

  Content also.
  I really don't mind him overdoing it. "Aavin appalling" is sufficient a Get-out-of-jail-free for any length of a long drawl.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 11:57:52 2009.

  Enga namma DC Sanga thalaivar sridar??
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 12:02:38 2009.

  அருமை அண்ணன் அஞ்சாநெஞ்சனின் அட்டகாசமான ஆட்டத்தால் சென்னை 20 ஓவர்களுக்கு பின் 178 ரன்களை 3 விக்கெட் இழப்பிற்க்கு பெற்றது. அண்ணன் அஞ்சாநெஞ்சனிற்க்கு உறுதுணையாக ஹெய்டன், விஜய், ரெய்னாவும் ஆடினர்
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 12:03:35 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Enga namma DC Sanga thalaivar sridar??

  
  
  DC mela paasam mutthi pOi nEra south africa stadiuthuku poitaaru
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 12:21:13 2009.

  gilli appeeettu.
  
  Gilchrist gone first ball for a duck
  
  

• From: MADDY on Mon May 4 12:22:02 2009.

  first ball duck for gilly
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 12:27:02 2009.

  gibbs annaachiyum poittaaha.
  
  gibbs b tyagi 0
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 12:28:22 2009.

  Gilly..Gibbsy
  
  

• From: MADDY on Mon May 4 12:33:33 2009.

  atlast, runs caught up with wickets
  
  DC - 3/3
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 12:35:50 2009.

  ilakkuvanaarum poittaaha
  
  I think it is a record in IPL 3 ducks right from batsmen 1 to 3
  
  

• From: MADDY on Mon May 4 12:35:55 2009.

  AC Gilchrist lbw b Morkel 0(1)
  HH Gibbs b Tyagi 0(2)
  VVS Laxman c Jakati b Morkel 0(7)
  
  chennai bowling
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 12:47:16 2009.

  sixes and fours all around the ground yeah camaan DC
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 12:54:33 2009.

  yeah, camaan DC
  (But, Laxman IPl-lerundhu retirement announe pandradhu nalladhu!)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 12:58:18 2009.

  Dwayne smith . Another off those kaatu payals.
  
  Rohit sharma
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 4 13:00:34 2009.

  Matter over.. CSK will win it comfortably!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Mon May 4 13:11:41 2009.

  Chennai should win from here. Smith's counter attack (lives notwithstanding)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 13:13:19 2009.

  Oh how i forgot this
  

  Anban wrote:

  mumbai again.. it looks like the 90's indian team..

  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 13:30:10 2009.

  DC bye bye
  
  Yendaa... ippadiyaada out aaveenga
  
  
  Chennai with this win goes to the top of the table
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 13:32:01 2009.

  It is a huge win for CSK. I think no other team was defeated in the 14th over itself
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:33:19 2009.

  
  what a match.. what a win
  Chennai
  
  Chennai move to top with great run rate
  Great captainship by Dhoni the runout miss wud have made anybody furious.. but Dhoni never showed even a sigh.. he was calm and composed..great captainship..even when 2 catches are dropped of successive balls.. great man.... great
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 13:33:34 2009.

  Number of overs, i think yes but margin MI by 92 against kkr.
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 13:35:33 2009.

  Its okay, dc can still go to 10 points after 8 matches. After 8, chennai have 9 points.
  VVS anegama retire aayiduvaarngaradhala, I will not support dc.therefore, their chances brighten
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Mon May 4 13:36:02 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Number of overs, i think yes but margin MI by 92 against kkr.

  
  
  chennai won bangalore by 92 runs
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:37:16 2009.

  Jakati what a find for CSK.. hope he is man of match
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 13:37:23 2009.

  Apdiyum sollalam. Yaaravadhu 92+ vechirukeengala?
  

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Number of overs, i think yes but margin MI by 92 against kkr. chennai won bangalore by 92 runs

  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 13:37:40 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Number of overs, i think yes but margin MI by 92 against kkr.

  
  
  KKR aavadhu appadi ippadi 15.2 overs varaikkum aadinaanunga. ivanugalo ethanai life koduthum 14.4 mela taanada maattenu azhichaattiyam paanuraanga
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon May 4 13:37:59 2009.

  .
  

  sivank wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Number of overs, i think yes but margin MI by 92 against kkr. KKR aavadhu appadi ippadi 15.2 overs varaikkum aadinaanunga. ivanugalo ethanai life koduthum 14.4 mela taanada maattenu azhichaattiyam paanuraanga

  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:38:58 2009.

  what a win.. and all the wins are great..
  Chennai has won against Delhi, Deccan, Kings Eleven and Rajastan
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 4 13:40:39 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  what a win.. and all the wins are great.. Chennai has won against Delhi, Deccan, Kings Eleven and Rajastan

  
  
  Hamid I think they won against RCB not KXI Punjab
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:40:39 2009.

  MSD is man of the match ..cud have gone to Jakati.. poor guy .. missed out on both occasions by a whisker
  
  anyway MSD
  
  

• From: Plum on Mon May 4 13:41:44 2009.

  Dhoni to his credit has rectified his mistakes and reaping the benefit. Personal form turn around is definitely a measure of his mental strength. But ivar 3 la varudha irundha badri drop pannanum.he is useless at 7
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:42:09 2009.

  Oh. Sivan.. it shd be yes..
  yep..Kings eleven are still waiting
  
  

• From: Thirumaran on Mon May 4 13:43:38 2009.

  Wow... A big win for CSK Dhoni
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:46:56 2009.

  Team Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
  Chennai 8 4 3 0 1 9 +1.361 1175/140.0 981/139.3
  Kings XI Punjab 7 4 3 0 0 8 +0.094 843/114.2 831/114.1
  Delhi Daredevils 6 4 2 0 0 8 +0.082 835/102.5 840/104.3
  Deccan Chargers 7 4 3 0 0 8 +0.038 1014/132.4 1052/138.2
  Bangalore 8 4 4 0 0 8 -0.200 1135/158.0 1169/158.2
  Mumbai Indians 7 3 3 0 1 7 +0.761 921/120.0 817/118.1
  Rajasthan Royals 7 3 3 0 1 7 -1.030 735/118.1 870/120.0
  Kolkata 8 1 6 0 1 3 -1.180 856/129.2 954/122.2
  
  

• From: hamid on Mon May 4 13:49:39 2009.

  Hayden and Raina top for the Orange Cap
  
  and Jakati .. going to get the Purple cap
  
  

• From: Nerd on Mon May 4 18:10:14 2009.

  Prabhu Ram wrote:

  krishashok wrote: As I was Titan watching the DLF IPL, It Ford Pickup struck me as CBS Dan Rather unfortunate that Bharti Indian cricket commentary had Parryware Kitchen sunk to Aavin appalling depths where commentators have to Anchor plug brand names into every sentence they Pillsbury utter. MDH Masala seasoned campaigners like MTR Ravi Dosa Shastri are now tongue Park Avenue tied as their regular cliches need to be Escorts Hospital surgically inserted with ads. “We are in for a Parle cracker of a WIMCO match”, practices Ravi. “That Arun Ball icecream was four from the Dairy Milk moment it left the BDM bat. It has gone the BSNL long distance. Gilette Razor edged, and taken. This match, one feels, will go down to the Havell’s wire”

  
  
  
  The last line in that blogpost - the IPL is, to paraphrase their own brand name infested catchphrase, a shi**y moment of epic fail
  
  Its a shame on players like Sachin/Dravid/Sourav/Haydos/Warne etc to be playing in such a tournament. Its a shame on Ravi Shastri/Sunny etc. to actually sell those brands. In the MI Vs BRC match, praveen kumar bowled a maiden and as soon as the final delivery left his arm, R Shastri shouted, a citi moment of success for P Kumar. His anticipation, Must have gotten Rs. 49.95 as an incentive.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 0:21:21 2009.

  Tue 5 (4 PM IST)
  30th match - K-XI v RR
  Kingsmead, Durban
  
  Tue 5 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
  31st match - DD v KKR
  Kingsmead, Durban
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 0:30:03 2009.

  
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 0:34:18 2009.

  excpet that dropped catches and runout, it was CSK all the way.
  thank God we had a gud total and enuf damage was done even b4 that dropped catch and runout chance. otherwise those blunders wud hav costed us the match.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 0:40:22 2009.

  Adam Gilchrist: "We were outplayed in all departments. We didn't bowl badly, but they batted very well on a good batting track. And it was tough to chase, especially after the start we got.
  
  "I'm not focussed on the semi-finals as of now, but on turning around this run (of three losses)."
  
  yeppadi irundha team ippadi aayuduchu.
  
  next yaaru. oh, KXI.
  last season layE KXI lost all the 3 matches to CSK.
  ippa CSK is much better team.
  
  

• From: Plum on Tue May 5 1:28:37 2009.

  sgp, apdi sonna eppadi?Last season, CSK lost 3 matches to RR. This season, they won comfortably against RR. T20-la idhellam sagajam - the day's form determines the winner. Even KKR cannot be written off from winning 2-3 matches in the reminder of this IPL. So, I wouldnt conclude that the match against KXI is in the bag for either MI or CSK
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Tue May 5 1:31:37 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  sgp, apdi sonna eppadi?Last season, CSK lost 3 matches to RR. This season, they won comfortably against RR. T20-la idhellam sagajam - the day's form determines the winner. Even KKR cannot be written off from winning 2-3 matches in the reminder of this IPL. So, I wouldnt conclude that the match against KXI is in the bag for either MI or CSK

  
  
  But as of now "Chennai Super Kings Ku Whistle Podu"
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 1:40:20 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  sgp, apdi sonna eppadi?Last season, CSK lost 3 matches to RR. This season, they won comfortably against RR. T20-la idhellam sagajam - the day's form determines the winner. Even KKR cannot be written off from winning 2-3 matches in the reminder of this IPL. So, I wouldnt conclude that the match against KXI is in the bag for either MI or CSK

  let ur negative approach work for CSK.
  RR's case is different. last season they had S.Watson and S.Tanvir. this time CSK team is more better than RR.
  i agree any1 can win on a given day. but oru gethu kaamikkathaan andha post.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 1:53:30 2009.

  IPL 2009 Records - As on May 04, 2009
  
  Highest total:
  Delhi - 189/5 v Chennai, Durban 23 Apr 2009
  Mumbai - 187/6 v Kolkata, Port Elizabeth 27 Apr 2009
  Deccan - 184/6 v Bangalore, Cape Town 22 Apr 2009
  Chennai - 180/9 v Delhi, Durban 23 Apr 2009
  Chennai - 179/5 v Bangalore, Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 2009
  Chennai - 178/3 v Deccan, East London 4 May 2009
  
  Largest Victory margin
  Chennai - 92 runs v Bangalore, Port Elizabeth 20 Apr 2009
  Mumbai - 92 runs v Kolkata, Port Elizabeth 27 Apr 2009
  Chennai - 78 runs v Deccan, East London 4 May 2009
  Bangalore - 75 runs v Rajasthan, Cape Town 18 Apr 2009
  Chennai - 38 runs v Rajasthan, Centurion 30 Apr 2009
  
  Most Runs
  Hayden (Chennai) - 289 runs
  Raina (Chennai) - 264 runs
  Hodge (Kolkatta) - 230 runs
  Kallis (Bangalore) - 220 runs
  Gilchrist (Deccan) - 210 runs
  Sachin (Mumbai) - 209 runs
  
  Most Sixes
  S.Raina (Chennai) - 13
  Gilchrist (Deccan) - 13
  R.Sharma (Deccan) - 11
  Hayden (Chennai) - 10
  Gayle (Kolkatta) -10
  D.Smith (Deccan) - 10
  Y.Pathan (Rajasthan) - 10
  
  High Scores
  AB De Villiers (Delhi) - 105* v Chennai, Durban 23 Apr 2009
  S.Raina (Chennai) - 98 v Rajasthan, Centurion 30 Apr 2009
  RS Bopara (Punjab) - 84 v Bangalore, Durban 24 Apr 2009
  BJ Hodge (Kolkatta) - 73 v Mumbai, East London 1 May 2009
  AC Gilchrist (Deccan) - 71 v Bangalore, Cape Town 22 Apr 2009
  
  Best Bowling Figures
  Kumble (Bangalore) - 5/5 v Rajasthan, Cape Town 18 Apr 2009
  L Balaji (Chennai) - 21/4 v Rajasthan, Centurion 30 Apr 2009
  RP Singh (Deccan) - 22/4 v Kolkata, Cape Town 19 Apr 2009
  SB Jakati (Chennai) - 22/4 v Deccan, East London 4 May 2009
  SB Jakati (Chennai) - 24/4 v Delhi, Johannesburg 2 May 2009
  YA Abdulla (Punjab) - 31/4 v Bangalore, Durban 24 Apr 2009
  YA Abdulla (Punjab) - 36/4 v Bangalore, Durban 1 May 2009
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 1:54:34 2009.

  Chennai dominating all records.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Tue May 5 2:07:01 2009.

  SGP thangal sevai hub ukku thevai....
  
  

• From: hamid on Tue May 5 2:07:34 2009.

  SGP Add my name in the list of supporters of CSK
  
  

• From: MADDY on Tue May 5 2:14:50 2009.

  eppadi kambi pudikkamale naanga top of the table poittom - karun chiruthaingada sinam konda singathha sirai-la adachha adhu siraye sedachhidum, Mind it
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 2:41:23 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  SGP Add my name in the list of supporters of CSK

  done.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 2:48:35 2009.

  Most of the matches Chennai won were by quite comprehensive margins.
  won by 92 runs against Bangalore
  won by 38 runs against Rajasthan
  won by 18 runs against Delhi
  won by 78 runs against Deccan
  
  whereas Chennai's losses were by small margins.
  lost by 19 runs against Mumbai
  lost by 9 runs against Delhi
  lost by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) against Deccan
  
  

• From: hamid on Tue May 5 2:49:37 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  hamid wrote: SGP Add my name in the list of supporters of CSK done.

  
  
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue May 5 2:53:55 2009.

  Today Viru playing or not
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 3:25:50 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Today Viru playing or not

  Enna viru mela ivvalavu akkarai....Avanai TP-a podalama venamaana?
  i hope he wil play today!.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Tue May 5 3:49:50 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Today Viru playing or not Enna viru mela ivvalavu akkarai....Avanai TP-a podalama venamaana? i hope he wil play today!.

  
  
  No he is not playing today...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 3:59:47 2009.

  Come soon viru!
  
  

• From: Sanjeevi on Tue May 5 4:23:44 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Most of the matches Chennai won were by quite comprehensive margins. won by 92 runs against Bangalore won by 38 runs against Rajasthan won by 18 runs against Delhi won by 78 runs against Deccan whereas Chennai's losses were by small margins. lost by 19 runs against Mumbai lost by 9 runs against Delhi lost by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) against Deccan

  
  
  Chennai has taken revenge on Delhi & Deccan. Nextu Mumbai
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 4:37:20 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  who are backing each teams? KKR: Austin, Dinesh13284, Nass

  
  
  innum KKR support panreengalA?
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 4:40:19 2009.

  Sanjeevi wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Most of the matches Chennai won were by quite comprehensive margins. won by 92 runs against Bangalore won by 38 runs against Rajasthan won by 18 runs against Delhi won by 78 runs against Deccan whereas Chennai's losses were by small margins. lost by 19 runs against Mumbai lost by 9 runs against Delhi lost by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) against Deccan Chennai has taken revenge on Delhi & Deccan. Nextu Mumbai

  
  next CSK-MI match is only on May 16th.
  b4 that v hav (warm up) matches against KXI, RR and BRC.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 4:47:32 2009.

  Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, Durban
  
  Punjab's chance to build on momentum
  
  May 5, 2009
  Start time 12.30 (10.30GMT) 4PM IST
  
  Big Picture
  It's a measure of the competitiveness of this year's IPL that the two teams clashing in Durban on Tuesday are five places apart in the rankings table, but only one point separates them. Kings XI Punjab have eight points from seven games, while Rajasthan Royals are on seven from as many games.
  Punjab will go in as favourites, not only because of the rank in the table, but also because of their recent form - they've won four of their last five games, with their only defeat being a closely fought match against Bangalore. They have in their ranks Yusuf Abdulla, the highest wicket-taker in the IPL so far, while the batting is showing signs of coming to grips with the conditions in South Africa.
  Rajasthan, on the other hand, need to string together a few wins to get their campaign on track. Graeme Smith's lack of form - 65 runs in six innings, including 44 in one - has been the biggest worry, and has exposed an inexperienced top order in conditions where hitting through the line isn't a high-percentage option. The middle order, led by Yusuf Pathan, and the bowling have made up for the top-order lapses, which is why the team has won three out of seven so far.
  
  Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)
  Kings XI Punjab - WLWWW
  Punjab have found some momentum after getting off to a slow start, and what's been particularly impressive is the consistency shown by the bowlers. Abdulla has been incisive, Irfan Pathan has supported him well, and Piyush Chawla's guile and control has meant that few batsmen have successfully belted him for runs. The batting responsibilities have been shared around as well, with four batsmen getting half-centuries.
  Rajasthan Royals - WLWLW
  As their result pattern suggests, Rajasthan have struggled to consistently put together winning performances. Their top order has been woeful, and their poor form continued against Deccan, when they slumped to 3 for 3 before the middle order bailed them out. Yusuf Pathan has been the tournament's biggest matchwinner so far, but in the last few games Ravidra Jadeja and Abhishek Raut have put their hands up too, which is good news for them. Now, if only Graeme Smith hits top gear soon.
  
  Watch out for
  The battle of the Pathan brothers: Yusuf has so far outperformed Irfan in IPL 2009, scoring more runs, at a faster rate, and bowling more economically: his 169 runs have come at an average of 33.80 and a strike rate of 160.95; Irfan has scored 115 runs at 23.00 and a strike rate of 125. Irfan has taken more wickets at a much better average, but he has gone at 7.20 runs per over compared to Yusuf's 6.52. Moreover, Yusuf has won three Man-of-the-Match awards while Irfan doesn't have any. Irfan edged their personal battle last time, though, scoring 14 from nine balls off Yusuf, and conceding only eight off seven to him.
  
  Team news
  Punjab might not want to tinker too much with the side that clinched the last-ball thriller against Kolkata, which means Sunny Sohal will continue at the top of the order in place of Karan Goel. Kumar Sangakkara scored a duck when he opened in the previous match, and might be pushed back to No.3.
  Kings XI Punjab: (probable) 1 Sunny Sohal, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Tanmay Srivastava, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Ramesh Powar, 10 VS Malik, 11 Yusuf Abdulla.
  Rajasthan have problems at the top of the order, but Lee Carseldine impressed with 39 in his first IPL outing. Swapnil Asnodkar has scored two ducks in five innings so far, and Rajasthan could consider a replacement.
  Rajasthan: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Swapnil Asnodkar/ Paul Valthaty, 3 Lee Carseldine, 4 Yusuf Pathan, 5 Ravindra Jedeja, 6 Abhishek Raut, 7 Naman Ojha (wk), 8 Shane Warne (capt), 9 Shane Harwood, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.
  
  Stats and trivia
  * Spinners have done much better than fast bowlers in Durban so far, and they could have a bigger role to play considering Tuesday's match is a day game. The 36 wickets that spinners have taken have come at an average of 22.55 and an economy rate of 6.72. Fast bowlers have taken 57 wickets at 26.92 and an economy rate of 8.21.
  * In nine innings played by Asnodkar, Paul Valthaty, Niraj Patel and Naman Ojha - four of the young Indian talents for Rajasthan - they have scored a combined total of 34 runs at an average of 3.78.
  * Rajasthan have been the best bowling team in the first six overs, taking 13 wickets at an average of 17.38 and an economy rate of 6.27. Punjab have taken 14 wickets in the first six, but an average of 20.57 and an economy rate of 7.05.
  
  Head-to-head record
  Punjab won their first encounter, in Cape Town, by 27 runs, with their bowlers making quick inroads into Rajasthan's brittle top order, reducing them to 36 for 5 in their chase of a modest target of 140.
  Last season, both teams had one victory each against the other: Rajasthan won by six wickets in Jaipur, while Punjab hit back with a 41-run win in Mohali.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 4:51:50 2009.

  Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Durban
  
  Delhi seek to get back on track
  
  May 5, 2009
  Start time 16.30 (14.30GMT) 8pm IST
  
  Big Picture
  Taking on the pre-tournament favourites isn't an enviable task at the best of times, but when you are propping up the table and are in a must-win situation, it is harder still. Kolkata Knight Riders have that exacting job, when they face the Delhi Daredevils at Kingsmead on Tuesday. They may not have the results to show, but Kolkata have upped their game after the pasting from the Mumbai Indians in Port Elizabeth, and each of their last three matches could have swung either way going into the final two overs.
  With seven sides involved in an intense scrap for the semi-final places, Delhi will look to get a leg-up in the table after the match against a lagging Kolkata, particularly after the slip-up against Chennai Super Kings. What is pleasing for Delhi is that they are among the top teams despite two of their key players, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, performing well below par. A less-than-threatening Kolkata attack presents a great opportunity for the pair to stamp their influence on the tournament.
  
  Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)
  Delhi Daredevils - LWLWW
  With Gambhir and Sehwag not quite hitting top gear, the Delhi middle-order has stepped up. AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan have put in match-winning performances, and Dinesh Karthik made a stylish half-century against Chennai. The overseas bowlers have also been on form, Dirk Nannes and Daniel Vettori consigning Glenn McGrath and Farveez Maharoof to the bench.
  Kolkata Knight Riders - LLLLL
  Brendon McCullum's continuing troubles with the bat are contributing to Kolkata's sustained poor form but Brad Hodge's two battling half-centuries are heartening signs for a side which has struggled to post competitive totals.
  
  Watch out for
  Brad Hodge has been one of the reasons Kolkata have not been completely outplayed in their last two games. His ability to pace an innings, combining quicksilver running with savage-hitting, has made him a crucial part of a lightweight batting order. His tidy offspinners are an added bonus.
  Even when AB de Villiers fails with the bat, as he did in the previous game against Chennai, he makes an impact with his safe catching and livewire fielding. After a couple of low scores, he'll be looking to make amends against Kolkata.
  
  Team news
  Delhi are still to take a call on Sehwag's fitness. If he hasn't recovered from his finger injury, David Warner will keep his place. Otherwise, Warner will miss out, with Daniel Vettori likely to come back. Legspinner Amit Mishra's place is likely to be under scrutiny after two ineffective performances.
  Delhi Daredevils (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag/ David Warner, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Mithun Manhas, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Daniel Vettori/Amit Mishra, 9 Ashish Nehra, 10 Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Dirk Nannes
  Struggling Kolkata have the added headache of finding a replacement for the explosive Gayle. With Moises Henriques failing to take his chances, either Sri Lankan allrounder Angelo Mathews or Mashrafe Mortaza could get a game. Ashok Dinda also had a forgettable outing against Punjab, and might be benched.
  Kolkata Knight Riders (probable) 1 Brendon McCullum (capt), 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Brad Hodge, 4 Wriddhiman Saha, 5 Morne van Wyk (wk), 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ashok Dinda, 11 Ishant Sharma
  
  Stats and trivia
  * Brad Hodge is the only Kolkata batsmen to have made a half-century, and he also has the best bowling average (14.00) in the side.
  * Delhi's batsmen, in contrast, have one hundred and six half-centuries.
  
  Head-to-head
  Kolkata won the first match between the two sides last year, in front of a packed Eden Gardens, despite a batting failure after Shoaib Akhtar's dramatic debut, when he ripped through Delhi's top order. The return game was washed out without a ball being bowled.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 5:03:07 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Tue 5 (4 PM IST) 30th match - K-XI v RR Kingsmead, Durban Tue 5 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST) 31st match - DD v KKR Kingsmead, Durban

  
  I wish RR and KKR win today. CSK can sit on top for one more day.
  but i'm sure result wil be other way round.
  
  

• From: Plum on Tue May 5 5:35:54 2009.

  KKR are due a win. They came close in the last 2 matches. DD better watchout. Dinesh Karthik -innikkavadhu live up to my prediction of poor scores, man. Dont score more than 20 -that is so out of your character, and while at it drop a few catches and stumpings as you usually do
  KXI vs RR - tough one to predict. I think RR will edge through. I am sick of watching Yusuf Pathan dragging them from the dumps, and running all the way onto Warne's hips along with some random junior local player after crossing the winning post. Yuvraj - against Warne, he should stand no chance but he may surprise us with a brilliant innings today.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 6:10:35 2009.

  Toss: Yuvraj has won the toss and Punjab will bowl first. There is a bit of grass on the surface and that prompted Yuvraj's decision.
  Sreesanth gets his first game and he replaces Vikramjeet Malik.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 6:12:32 2009.

  Rajasthan have made a couple of changes. Niraj Patel comes in for the out of sorts Swapnil Asnodkar and Amit Singh replaces Munaf Patel, who's being rested.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 6:13:17 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Toss: Yuvraj has won the toss and Punjab will bowl first. There is a bit of grass on the surface and that prompted Yuvraj's decision. Sreesanth gets his first game and he replaces Vikramjeet Malik.

  sreesanth is in....must watch match....yethachum kamedy pannuvaan.lol...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 6:13:47 2009.

  Kings XI Punjab team
  SM Katich, S Sohal, Yuvraj Singh(c), +KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, IK Pathan, RR Powar, TM Srivastava, S Sreesanth, PP Chawla, YA Abdulla
  
  Rajasthan Royals team
  GC Smith, RA Jadeja, YK Pathan, NK Patel, LA Carseldine, +NV Ojha, AS Raut, SK Warne(c), SM Harwood, SK Trivedi, A Singh
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:06:52 2009.

  End of over 6 (13 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 57/0
  GC Smith 29* (14b 5x4)
  NV Ojha 27* (23b 1x4 3x6)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:18:02 2009.

  End of over 10 (13 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 92/0
  
  NV Ojha 44* (38b 4x4 3x6)
  GC Smith 47* (24b 8x4)
  
  Sreesanth - 12/0 (2ov)
  P.Chawla - 13/0 (2 ov)
  I.Pathan - 16/0 (2 ov)
  Yuvaraj - 9/0 (1 ov)
  Y.Abdullah - 26/0 ( 2ov)
  R.Powar - 16/0 (1 ov)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:19:23 2009.

  Rajasthan Royals are at a very gud position.
  92/0 in 10 overs.
  
  With Yusuf Pathan yet to come, we may see a 1st 200+ score of the series.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:29:11 2009.

  both N.Ojha and G.Smith got their 50.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:38:22 2009.

  End of over 14 (9 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 128/0
  
  GC Smith 73* (41b 11x4 1x6)
  NV Ojha 53* (45b 5x4 3x6)
  
  Highest partnership of the series.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:45:57 2009.

  14.5 Powar to Smith, OUT, relief for Punjab! Smith chips down the pitch and takes it on the full, he tries to clear long-on and Chawla makes no mistake at the boundary edge
  
  GC Smith c Chawla b Powar 77 (44b 12x4 1x6) SR: 175.00
  
  FOW: 135/1
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:46:44 2009.

  End of over 15 (8 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 136/1
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 7:47:44 2009.

  Pathan firework started.
  
  15.3 Abdulla to Pathan, FOUR, too full outside off and that's a suicidal length to bowl to Pathan as he reaches out and slices it high over backward point
  15.2 Abdulla to Pathan, no run, slices it with one hand straight to point
  15.1 Abdulla to Pathan, SIX, looked like a mis-hit but boy was I proved wrong! He seizes on a short ball and clubs him high over deep square leg, that went rows back
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:09:42 2009.

  1st 200+ score of the series.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:11:17 2009.

  End of over 16 (17 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 153/1 (RR: 9.56)
  
  End of over 17 (11 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 164/3 (RR: 9.64)
  
  End of over 18 (15 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 179/3 (RR: 9.94)
  
  End of over 19 (23 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 202/3 (RR: 10.63)
  
  End of over 20 (9 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 211/4 (RR: 10.55)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:12:48 2009.

  Bowling O M R W Econ
  RR Powar 3 0 33 1 11.00
  IK Pathan 4 0 40 1 10.00
  S Sreesanth 4 0 44 0 11.00 (3nb)
  YA Abdulla 3 0 44 0 14.66 (1nb)
  PP Chawla 4 0 30 2 7.50
  Yuvraj Singh 1 0 9 0 9.00
  K Goel 1 0 11 0 11.00
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:13:24 2009.

  Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
  wicketkeeper NV Ojha c Katich b Chawla 68 51 5 5 133.33
  GC Smith c Chawla b Powar 77 44 12 1 175.00
  YK Pathan c Goel b Chawla 12 7 1 1 171.42
  RA Jadeja c Jayawardene b Pathan 33 12 5 1 275.00
  LA Carseldine not out 16 9 2 0 177.77
  AS Raut not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
  Extras (nb 4) 4
  
  Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 211 (10.55 runs per over)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:14:31 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Toss: Yuvraj has won the toss and Punjab will bowl first. There is a bit of grass on the surface and that prompted Yuvraj's decision.

  
  
  

• From: sivank on Tue May 5 8:30:51 2009.

  Punjab ippadi adi vaanguraanga. Ist over la ye 2 wicket. RR
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:36:02 2009.

  End of over 1 (2 runs) - Kings XI Punjab 2/2 (210 runs required)
  
  0.6 Singh to Goel, OUT, Goel goes for broke and mis-hits it! He swings hard and tries to clear the rope at deep square leg, the ball soars miles up in the air and Harwood fixes his gaze and takes it calmly
  K Goel c Harwood b Singh 1 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
  0.1 Singh to Sohal, OUT, yet another golden duck in this tournament! Singh drops it short and wide and Sohal shapes to leave but completely misjudges the line, the ball clips the outside edge and Warne takes it at slip
  S Sohal c Warne b Singh 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:36:39 2009.

  1.5 Harwood to Sangakkara, no run, Dropped And it's the captain! Sanga prods forward to an away swinging delivery and gets a thick outside edge and Warne gets on his knee and fluffs a sitter at second slip
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:38:41 2009.

  Punjab's next match against Chennai.
  Rajasthan kittayE indha thenaral.
  Chennai kitta yenna aagapOraangannu nenachaa paavamaa irukku.
  
  

• From: sivank on Tue May 5 8:45:56 2009.

  gp, paavam kozhundhu vuttu eiriyara neruppula innum petrol oothareengale
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 8:46:22 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Punjab's next match against Chennai. Rajasthan kittayE indha thenaral. Chennai kitta yenna aagapOraangannu nenachaa paavamaa irukku.

  Neeenga ennamo Chennai 10 australian team-ku equal-a irukkkura maathiri over-a build-up kodukkureengalae...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:48:25 2009.

  End of over 5 (9 runs) - Kings XI Punjab 25/3 (187 runs required)
  
  4.6 Trivedi to Katich, OUT, sound of leather on wood! Trivedi fires a yorker length delivery outside off and has Katich flashing hard without moving his feet, he gets a thick inside edge and looks back to see his offstump flattened
  SM Katich b Trivedi 10 (13b 2x4 0x6) SR: 76.92
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:51:26 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Punjab's next match against Chennai. Rajasthan kittayE indha thenaral. Chennai kitta yenna aagapOraangannu nenachaa paavamaa irukku. Neeenga ennamo Chennai 10 australian team-ku equal-a irukkkura maathiri over-a build-up kodukkureengalae...

  dont compare CSK to such a worse team.
  current CSK team is definitely much better than current australian team.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 8:56:16 2009.

  hayyO hayyO.
  
  End of over 6 (4 runs) - Kings XI Punjab 29/4 (183 runs required)
  
  5.6 Pathan to Sangakkara, OUT, Ojha's alert alright despite the blow! Yusuf fires one quick and short on seeing Sanga chip down the track, he swings and misses and Ojha breaks the bails
  KC Sangakkara st wicketkeeperOjha b Pathan 11 (15b 2x4 0x6) SR: 73.33
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 9:06:10 2009.

  Jayawardane ku yedhukku indha vEla.
  
  7.4 Harwood to Jayawardene, OUT, Harwood has his revenge after that six! He digs it in short and Jayawardene makes room the other way this time, the upper cut flies quick and flat to Trivedi who runs across at third man and takes the catch
  DPMD Jayawardene c Trivedi b Harwood 9 (11b 0x4 1x6) SR: 81.81
  
  FOW: 39/5
  
  7.3 Harwood to Jayawardene, SIX, shot! He swivels and gets across his stumps and scoops a fractionally short delivery over fine leg, that went rows back
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Tue May 5 9:11:54 2009.

  So at the end of the match RR will have following records.
  
  Highest total
  Highest partnership
  Highest winning margin (if KXIP is restricted to 118 runs)
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 9:18:09 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  Highest winning margin (if KXIP is restricted to 118 runs)

  140 runs thane record?...
  http://stats.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?id=117;type=trophy
  
  

• From: Plum on Tue May 5 12:14:50 2009.

  Sourav, adhu pona varusham. Sgp solradhu indha varusham
  
  

• From: viraajan on Tue May 5 12:28:16 2009.

  Why was Sourav not allowed to bat today?
  
  Buchanan, aanalum ganguly'a indha alavukku sideline panna koodadhu....
  
  

• From: dinesh13284 on Tue May 5 13:23:43 2009.

  Delhi Daredevils 76/1 (10 overs)
  
  

• From: hamid on Tue May 5 13:23:52 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Why was Sourav not allowed to bat today? Buchanan, aanalum ganguly'a indha alavukku sideline panna koodadhu....

  
  
  Itz unacceptable that hey were doing this to Ganguly. more than that it is unbelievable to see Ganguly digests this
  
  seems Kolkatta has been removed from the name KKR and Ganguly might be axed from KR.. bachanan and co waiting for oppurtunity
  
  hope they suffer humiliating defeats continiously
  
  

• From: dinesh13284 on Tue May 5 13:45:01 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Why was Sourav not allowed to bat today? Buchanan, aanalum ganguly'a indha alavukku sideline panna koodadhu....

  
  
  Its better for Sourav to quit the team, than to be in the team.. and may be even join Mumbai Indians Team..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue May 5 13:52:42 2009.

  Gambhir
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue May 5 20:21:33 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Why was Sourav not allowed to bat today? Buchanan, aanalum ganguly'a indha alavukku sideline panna koodadhu.... Itz unacceptable that hey were doing this to Ganguly. more than that it is unbelievable to see Ganguly digests this seems Kolkatta has been removed from the name KKR and Ganguly might be axed from KR.. bachanan and co waiting for oppurtunity hope they suffer humiliating defeats continiously

  
  
  High time Dada come out of this franchise, these fukcers dunno how to treat a legend
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue May 5 20:46:48 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Prabhu Ram wrote: krishashok wrote: As I was Titan watching the DLF IPL, It Ford Pickup struck me as CBS Dan Rather unfortunate that Bharti Indian cricket commentary had Parryware Kitchen sunk to Aavin appalling depths where commentators have to Anchor plug brand names into every sentence they Pillsbury utter. MDH Masala seasoned campaigners like MTR Ravi Dosa Shastri are now tongue Park Avenue tied as their regular cliches need to be Escorts Hospital surgically inserted with ads. “We are in for a Parle cracker of a WIMCO match”, practices Ravi. “That Arun Ball icecream was four from the Dairy Milk moment it left the BDM bat. It has gone the BSNL long distance. Gilette Razor edged, and taken. This match, one feels, will go down to the Havell’s wire” The last line in that blogpost - the IPL is, to paraphrase their own brand name infested catchphrase, a shi**y moment of epic fail Its a shame on players like Sachin/Dravid/Sourav/Haydos/Warne etc to be playing in such a tournament. Its a shame on Ravi Shastri/Sunny etc. to actually sell those brands. In the MI Vs BRC match, praveen kumar bowled a maiden and as soon as the final delivery left his arm, R Shastri shouted, a citi moment of success for P Kumar. His anticipation, Must have gotten Rs. 49.95 as an incentive.

  
  
  //Dig - After reading TOI in Mumbai for a while i stopped subscribing to it (and didnt read any newspaper except Mt Rd Mahavishnu online) for fear of getting addicted to this piece of crap. T20-um adhe dhaan but i'm not fighting the addiction
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue May 5 20:57:18 2009.

  1. Big Bazaar la CSK t-shirts vechirukkaan but they dont have one featuring L.Balaji
  
  2. So far so good but the table looks very open even now. Momentatha appadiye maindain pannanum.
  
  3. MSD, thanks to the golden words of us sandrors (Plum and others, llets pat pat self pat), has influenced a turn around.
  
  4. to MSD for coming back to form but it now leaves a question mark on Subramaniam B's place, position. Good to be spoilt for choice though. Hope he is utilized well nevertheless
  
  5. Subramaniam B and Murali Vijay
  
  6. WTF was with not sending Ganguly in last night???
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue May 5 21:44:09 2009.

  MADDY wrote:

  Dhoni in post match conference : 1. me, oram, albie didnt even get one good hit in slog overs 2. joginder was not bowling well hence we pulled in jakati Dhoni for you.... naan sollala - payyan, panna thappa othhuppaan-nu i think he is a uber-cool guy - people just want to hate him

  
  
  
  Though its funny to see people react as though this is the first instance of a human, let alone a cricket captain admitting his mistakes!
  
  
  P.S: Othukka vendiya nerathula olinjukkaama othutrundha why would people hate him
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue May 5 22:06:19 2009.

  Dhoni has said he is not a batsman who is comfortable with big hitting with limited time. Correct me if im wrong, but avaru famous aanadhe appadi thaane!?
  
  

• From: Nerd on Tue May 5 22:09:54 2009.

  vaangO, welcome back
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 22:12:03 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Why was Sourav not allowed to bat today? Buchanan, aanalum ganguly'a indha alavukku sideline panna koodadhu.... Itz unacceptable that hey were doing this to Ganguly. more than that it is unbelievable to see Ganguly digests this seems Kolkatta has been removed from the name KKR and Ganguly might be axed from KR.. bachanan and co waiting for oppurtunity hope they suffer humiliating defeats continiously

  
  This buchanan... Henriques came as 4th batsman b4 sourav in 14th over... Innum 6 overs irukkurappo avana erakkunathai ellam otthukkave mudiyathu...Sari R/R increase panna avana slogger-a erakkuananu sonna wat he did? He put mokkai and made A Mishra over as maiden over. 3 weeks b4, wen asked 'is he gonna quit (captaincy issue)?'. Dada said 'no, i want to score well and reply them back'. This buchanan doesnt even give him a chance to bat. Buchanan's intentions r very clear...He desperately want to sideline dada all the time. I really feel dada should quit from KKR.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue May 5 22:27:23 2009.

  Nandri Nerd
  
  Last match la Thala remba kevalama out aanaaru
  Critical time now for most of the teams. Can go anyway....
  
  

• From: Sourav on Tue May 5 22:48:15 2009.

  TEAM HYDERABAD
  OUT: Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith IN: Andrew Symonds
  
  TEAM CHENNAI
  OUT: Andrew Flintoff
  
  KNIGHT RIDERS
  OUT: Chris Gayle IN: David Hussey
  
  ROYAL CHALLENGERS
  OUT: Kevin Pietersen IN: Nathan Bracken
  
  KINGS XI
  OUT: Ravi Bopara IN: James Hopes
  
  TEAM DELHI
  OUT: Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah
  
  TEAM JAIPUR
  IN: Shane Watson
  
  * Note: The Australians will join after the T20
  against Pakistan in Dubai on Thursday
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 0:02:38 2009.

  Symmonds, Shane Watson varaangalA. tournament innum soodu pidikka pOgudhu.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 0:18:56 2009.

  Quote:

  No takers for Buchanan’s new idea Bangalore: John Buchanan obviously believes in ‘the more the merrier’ philosophy. After his much debated ‘multi-captain’ theory, the Kolkata Knight Riders’ coach has now stated that more than four foreign players should be allowed in the playing eleven in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Buchanan has admitted that his suggestion has not found any favour with the IPL officials. Buchanan’s statement may be attributed to a celebrated coach’s inability to cope with a team that has struggled to shed its rust and cast aside its internal rumblings. However, in the context of the IPL with its often overlooked goal of promoting young Indian talent, a move to increase the foreign footprint will only come at the expense of available local talent. http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/06/stories/2009050655881800.htm

  
  Jadeja, Ohja, Tyagi etc-nu varra konja young talents-yaum thadukkanuma...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 0:55:07 2009.

  dinesh13284 wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Why was Sourav not allowed to bat today? Buchanan, aanalum ganguly'a indha alavukku sideline panna koodadhu.... Its better for Sourav to quit the team, than to be in the team.. and may be even join Mumbai Indians Team..

  
  
  
  
  IdhayE than nAnum sonnEn... I don't find any reason why he still plays for the team which does nothing to him...
  
  He should quit and come back to India... appathAn oru pralayamE undAgum...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 1:19:25 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  TEAM HYDERABAD OUT: Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith IN: Andrew Symonds

  
  Andrew Symmond's entry is a huge plus for DC whose batting line is already strong with Gilly, Gibbs and rohit Sharma.
  Edwards and Smith going to be missed.
  
  

  Quote:

  TEAM CHENNAI OUT: Andrew Flintoff

  
  Doesnt matter much for CSK as he was not in form.
  
  

  Quote:

  KNIGHT RIDERS OUT: Chris Gayle IN: David Hussey

  
  who cares for this team?
  
  

  Quote:

  ROYAL CHALLENGERS OUT: Kevin Pietersen IN: Nathan Bracken

  
  Like Flintoff, Pietersen was also not in gr8 form. Bracken's entry may be a plus for RCB.
  
  

  Quote:

  KINGS XI OUT: Ravi Bopara IN: James Hopes

  
  dint knew much about Bopara / Hopes.
  
  

  Quote:

  TEAM DELHI OUT: Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah

  
  loss for Delhi, but they got able replacements. Mc Grath may come in now.
  
  

  Quote:

  TEAM JAIPUR IN: Shane Watson

  
  Huge plus for RR. With Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan in form, RR can be more stronger now.
  
  Interesting games ahead.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 1:23:56 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: Highest winning margin (if KXIP is restricted to 118 runs) 140 runs thane record?... http://stats.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?id=117;type=trophy

  
  
  

  Plum wrote:

  Sourav, adhu pona varusham. Sgp solradhu indha varusham

  
  
  
  in any case, the record now stays with Chennai and Mumbai.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 1:40:12 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: Highest winning margin (if KXIP is restricted to 118 runs) 140 runs thane record?... http://stats.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/team/largest_margins.html?id=117;type=trophy Plum wrote: Sourav, adhu pona varusham. Sgp solradhu indha varusham in any case, the record now stays with Chennai and Mumbai.

  
  Ovvoru varushathum oru record poduveengala...
  Total-a poduungappa... lol...jk.... I wil be happy if any indian player register a century soon... Overseas players 8 adichittange, nama 1 kooda illa....
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 1:59:30 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Overseas players 8 adichittange, nama 1 kooda illa....

  scoreboard la kanpeesan panni, Raina century chancea spoil pannittAnga.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 2:08:42 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: TEAM HYDERABAD OUT: Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith IN: Andrew Symonds Andrew Symmond's entry is a huge plus for DC whose batting line is already strong with Gilly, Gibbs and rohit Sharma. Edwards and Smith going to be missed.

  
  I think its wrong news from TOI. just now checked WI squad for tests, Dwayne Smith name is not there.
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed May 6 2:43:19 2009.

  ippo enakku ennamo, McCullum a paatha romba paavama irukku....chai paavam payyam, enna thaan pannuvaano....
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 2:48:11 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: sourav wrote: TEAM HYDERABAD OUT: Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith IN: Andrew Symonds Andrew Symmond's entry is a huge plus for DC whose batting line is already strong with Gilly, Gibbs and rohit Sharma. Edwards and Smith going to be missed. I think its wrong news from TOI. just now checked WI squad for tests, Dwayne Smith name is not there.

  oh yeah, even b4 IPL started the news came D.Smith not selected for Eng series and it cud be plus for DC.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 2:51:03 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  ippo enakku ennamo, McCullum a paatha romba paavama irukku....chai paavam payyam, enna thaan pannuvaano....

  Last season Mcucullum thani aalaa 158 adichaaru. this time KKR's highest total so far is 154.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 3:03:03 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  ippo enakku ennamo, McCullum a paatha romba paavama irukku....chai paavam payyam, enna thaan pannuvaano....

  ya...Buchanan sathi-la ivan sikkittan...
  kkr semis polanna captaincy resign panniduvennu sollittan.
  buchanan also gonna resign after this season-nu rumours varuthu.... Vera yaarachum team-i vaangi next yr-aachum ozhunga aaduraangalanu paapom.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 3:09:10 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  kkr semis polanna captaincy resign panniduvennu sollittan.

  Sourav, KKR is already out of the tournament.
  even if KKR win all its remaining matches, it will get only 13 points.
  all other teams have 7-9 points already and they have 6-7 matches to play. so surely atleast 4 teams will score more than 13 points.
  McCullum ku idhu theriyaadhA?
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 3:10:00 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  ippo enakku ennamo, McCullum a paatha romba paavama irukku....chai paavam payyam, enna thaan pannuvaano....

  
  Buchanan to McCullum: "Opening-lam nalla dhaan iruku aana un finishing sariyilliyeppa"
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 3:11:17 2009.

  GP, Avan 2 weeks munnadi sonnathu athu....
  season mudinjavudane resign panna enna, pannatti enna...
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 3:12:12 2009.

  I wish MI to win today to maintain the 2 point (1 win) difference between 1st and 7th ranked team.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 3:13:29 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: ippo enakku ennamo, McCullum a paatha romba paavama irukku....chai paavam payyam, enna thaan pannuvaano.... Buchanan to McCullum: "Opening-lam nalla dhaan iruku aana un finishing sariyilliyeppa"

  losing only 3-4 wickets and scoring mere 150s in T20 is only possible with KKR.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 3:13:44 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: ippo enakku ennamo, McCullum a paatha romba paavama irukku....chai paavam payyam, enna thaan pannuvaano.... Buchanan to McCullum: "Opening-lam nalla dhaan iruku aana un finishing sariyilliyeppa"

  
  nethu 5 overs ellam 50 vathuttanga...but, 15 overs appo paatha 105...
  10 overs-la 50 adicha enna panrathu after than superb start....
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 3:15:09 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  GP, Avan 2 weeks munnadi sonnathu athu.... season mudinjavudane resign panna enna, pannatti enna...

  yenakku yennamO andha fakeiplplayer SRK nu thOnudhu.
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Wed May 6 3:17:22 2009.

  I wud like to see KKR win a match and that KKR Reloaded Ad coming again in TVs.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 3:17:43 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: GP, Avan 2 weeks munnadi sonnathu athu.... season mudinjavudane resign panna enna, pannatti enna... yenakku yennamO andha fakeiplplayer SRK nu thOnudhu.

  ipl mudinjavudane fake ipl player yaarunu avane reveal panratha solran...athoda all forms of cricket-lerutnhu retire aaga porennu vera solran....sourav perai kedukkurathukkaka SRK panra velayanu doubt varuthu...
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed May 6 3:39:00 2009.

  Finally some respite
  
  Yet another game. Yet another spectacular display. And we find ourselves with most games under our belt and least points to show for it. In fact, we are the only team who has lesser points than games played. Now beat that guys!
  
  As a reward for our performance (and also to spare you guys the torture), the organisers have given us 4 days off. That means no early flight to catch, no early morning training sessions, lots of sleep (& sleeping around for the hopeful souls), time spent in the pool, shopping, bitching around. Suddenly, life seems livable again.
  
  Can't quite understand our performance in the field though. For 24 hours before the match, all we did was field, field and field. We fielded in the outfield, we fielded in the infield, we fielded under lights, we fielded over lights. We caught so many balls through the day that some of the boys were in serious danger of injuring themselves as they went for the balls even in their sleep. And look what it translated to during the game.
  
  Before the game, we had a pep talk from Deputy Coach. All he talked about was fielding. And in some ways, he seemed to refer to us desi boys when talking about sloppy fielding. While we are certainly not the best fielders in the world, most of our young boys are as good as any, and I thought this was a little unjustified. And as our desi boys were doing us proud on the field, overrunning the ball, slipping clumsily, throwing wild, we were all squirming in our seats. From the corner of my eyes I noticed the coaches exchanging 'all-knowing' glances. And then, Skipper himself grassed a sitter. I, like some others on the bench, heaved a sigh of relief. At least now we won't be singled out. This time though, the coaches just stared at the field blankly. No look, no expression, no smirk. By the end of the game we had shown the world what an equal opportunity team we are. Irrespective of nationality, caste, colour, creed, everyone in the team had dropped catches. Wow! Talk about team spirit.
  
  If dropping catches wasn't embarassing enough, our young boy Bubaan not only dropped a catch, he also showed half the stadium behind us his white cotton 'andar ki baat' while doing so. Dildo is furious at this gross indecent exposure. He feels this one act of negligence has caused more harm to our reputation than all our defeats put together. What's the point of spending so much money on designer jerseys if players wear their nadavalas under them? We have been told that, as per Dildo's orders, each of us will get 500 Rands to buy better looking jockeys. Good news for all of us, with the exception of Buddhiman Baba who is now a nervous wreck. He has been informed that in all of Africa they don't make jockeys his size.
  
  Most of us are perplexed as to why Bangla Tiger is still warming the bench. Does Bhookha think that the wibbly wobblies will win us matches? I am sure Bhookha doesn't have attitude issues with Bangla, so all I can assume is that Bhookha's not aware of what all he can do in the field. So far Bangla hasn't questioned Bhookha on his exclusion and the rest of us aren't authorised to ask. Lordie, the only guy who can question if he wants to, doesn't really care any more and has absolutely nothing to say in team meetings or training sessions. He is just going through the drills. And outside of the ground, he hangs around with his old pals in other teams.
  
  After the loss against the Bubblies, most of us were hurt and angry. So near, yet so far. Some of us thought that the umpire had lost it for us. After yesterday's loss, it's almost like we have been numbed. It doesn't hurt anymore. We have accepted this as our fate. Not that we were dancing in the ailes, but in the team bus we were quietly going about our own thing. No blame game, no analysis paralysis, nothing that would show that this matters to us anymore.
  
  After the game Chhota Chetan was telling Little John that he feels we will spoil any one team's semi final chances. And since they play us again in Jo'burg in a few days, he is sceptical if we decide to pull the plug in that one game. I think Chhota has read it quite well. In one match, skipper's bound to fire and win the game on his own. And that unlucky team will lose out on the semis, purely as God's punishment for losing to the losers.
  
  Most of us went out for dinner together last night. Word has it that our team sponsors are asking very uncomfortable questions. Some of the sponsors are threatening to pull out their ads with our team featuring in them. The heat has been put on Boy George. Dildo's asking him to justify almost every decision he has taken through the year. Every expense is now being scrutinised. I think the ground work is on for some heads to roll by the time we return to India.
  
  http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/05/finally-some-respite.html
  
  

• From: MADDY on Wed May 6 5:40:50 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Dhoni has said he is not a batsman who is comfortable with big hitting with limited time. Correct me if im wrong, but avaru famous aanadhe appadi thaane!?

  
  
  i think all his big hitting came when he was in the crease for ample time not like T20 where he has just 4-5 overs......thats wat he means.......
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 10:02:07 2009.

  gilly won the toss, DC gonna bat 1st!
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 10:02:59 2009.

  Ramiz raja Pak series mudichitu inga vanthuttan commentary-ku....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 10:05:11 2009.

  Mudhal aaru over-la 3 wicket-aavadhu edukkanum
  
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 10:06:58 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Mudhal aaru over-la 3 wicket-aavadhu edukkanum

  Malinga ball ellam evanum slog panna mudiyathu...stump paranthudum....
  
  Paapom...
  
  
  No Edwards,Ohja.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 10:39:07 2009.

  Gibbs
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 10:53:35 2009.

  Bhajji, amukku...
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 10:54:21 2009.

  Chinna pasanga ellam ennama spin pandraanunga. Bhajji
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 10:55:57 2009.

  Test match la ellam kalukke ethi imsa pannuviye en desingu raaja
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 10:56:07 2009.

  Bajji-kku Ohja/Saawla evlavo better
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 10:56:36 2009.

  Bravo
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 10:57:50 2009.

  Gilly/Rogith/Sumith
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 11:01:57 2009.

  Quote:

  This track isn't as quick as it looked. Sluggish. You can't just thrash away. Bravo knew it too.

  
  
  Target remba vida koodadhu, ushaaru....
  
  Where are they playing, anyway? East London or Super Sports Park? Latter na side boundary remba sirisu nu nenaikkaren...
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 11:05:00 2009.

  Bravo-kku oru over spell dhAn?? Changing ends perhaps..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 11:16:42 2009.

  Raje, Woohoo!! Innum onnE onnu, either smith or rogit..
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 11:34:42 2009.

  Danger man Smith goes
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 11:35:19 2009.

  rOgithum pOittAnna 150 thANdAthu..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 11:44:27 2009.

  140 ku mela poga vidakoodadhu
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 11:50:58 2009.

  Rohith Gone...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 11:51:25 2009.

  118 for 5. 17 overs. Rohit 38 off 36 balls.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 11:51:33 2009.

  Maanasthan malinga
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 11:58:18 2009.

  150 thoduvadhu urudhiyo?
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 12:00:28 2009.

  Vir, vodafone zoozle(?) in your avatar?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 12:02:38 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Vir, vodafone zoozle(?) in your avatar?

  
  
  Yeah. ZooZoo.
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 12:04:29 2009.

  146 target
  
  MI should win
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:04:41 2009.

  Great Bowling by Mumbai
  
  restricting this deccan lineup within 150 is
  
  should be easy for Mumbai.. either a steady innings by Tendulkar or a blasting innings from Sanath will seal it for Mumbai
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 12:06:10 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Nerd wrote: Vir, vodafone zoozle(?) in your avatar? Yeah. ZooZoo.

  
  Very cute.
  
  DC-la RP thaviRa bowling worsht. RP-yE oru thandappayyan
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:11:58 2009.

  Seems Deccan is losing its way..
  may not qualify for semis unless Symonds does something spl
  
  seems KKR, Kings eleven, Deccan and Bangalore might not qualify for semis
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:13:29 2009.

  The Zoo Zoos are in TV
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 12:13:50 2009.

  Who else (influential) is coming back apart from symonds?
  what about Mike Hussey for CSK? And Shane Watson varradhu urudhiya?
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:15:37 2009.

  Mike Hussey is not part of this IPL 2009 i belive..
  
  Yes..Watson is coming for RR.. their chances will be brighter..
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:16:37 2009.

  Even Ricky is not a part of this..
  
  Anyway he was not part of Aus team also what was he doing then?
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 12:18:48 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Mike Hussey is not part of this IPL 2009 i belive..

  
  Aahaa, idhu theriyama irundhuttane.. en CSK verikku oru kalangam
  
  

  hamid wrote:

  Yes..Watson is coming for RR.. their chances will be brighter..

  
  Avan illamaye ippadi pinraanga... sutham...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 12:19:44 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Even Ricky is not a part of this.. Anyway he was not part of Aus team also what was he doing then?

  
  I think he wanted out to rest and prepare or something... Couldnt fit in the hectic schedule...
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:21:42 2009.

  CR, enga konja naala aala kanoom?
  
  Hmm..appadi prepare panni enna panraarunnu paarkalaam
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:24:57 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  hamid wrote: Mike Hussey is not part of this IPL 2009 i belive.. Aahaa, idhu theriyama irundhuttane.. en CSK verikku oru kalangam hamid wrote: Yes..Watson is coming for RR.. their chances will be brighter.. Avan illamaye ippadi pinraanga... sutham...

  
  
  I think it will be a CSK Vs RR finals again but the end result might be just different
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 12:26:30 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  hamid wrote: Mike Hussey is not part of this IPL 2009 i belive.. Aahaa, idhu theriyama irundhuttane.. en CSK verikku oru kalangam

  
  
  Mike Hussey might join the team after it reaches semis.
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:28:25 2009.

  :shock:Sanath and Sachin gone.. bad news.. Hope duminy steadies the ship again
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 12:28:35 2009.

  Hamid,
  Had gone home for some functions.....
  
  LM,
  Aahaa..
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 12:28:51 2009.

  Jayasurya
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 6 12:29:15 2009.

  Fcuk!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 12:29:19 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  RP-yE oru thandappayyan

  
  
  Endha neratthula sonneengalo
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 12:29:56 2009.

  RP Singh
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:30:00 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: hamid wrote: Mike Hussey is not part of this IPL 2009 i belive.. Aahaa, idhu theriyama irundhuttane.. en CSK verikku oru kalangam Mike Hussey might join the team after it reaches semis.

  
  
  believe I read somewhere Hussey prefers national duty and not be a part of IPL this season..
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 12:30:08 2009.

  Sachin
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 12:31:03 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  littlemaster1982 wrote: crajkumar_be wrote: hamid wrote: Mike Hussey is not part of this IPL 2009 i belive.. Aahaa, idhu theriyama irundhuttane.. en CSK verikku oru kalangam Mike Hussey might join the team after it reaches semis. believe I read somewhere Hussey prefers national duty and not be a part of IPL this season..

  
  
  He said he would play Semis and Finals for CSK (if qualified).
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 12:32:32 2009.

  CR, welcome back
  
  
  Okie.. seems a close contest on the cards..c u all after the macth
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 12:47:56 2009.

  Who is this P Shah? ApdiyE maindain pannu chellam.
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 12:50:28 2009.

  Ada che, oru naal naan latea vandha, adhukkulla positive comment pottu mumbai-ai kavuthittengaleppa
  Sari sari.
  Mumbaikku ellorum oru ooooo podunga. Innikku matchum govindo. Semis chanceum govindo for mumbai. Tendulkar's captaincy curse continues...
  
  Regarding harbhajan, naan annikke inge sonnen - gutz irundha srt idhai drop pannanumnu. Idhula idhu indiakku first choice spinner vera. Indha idiot eng, nz aus batsman ellam avangalave indha maramandaikku wicket koduthu periyaaalakkidarainga. Mathabadi, oru imagination, oru guile,thinking onnum kedayadhu. thoo...kki podanum ivanai teamlerundhu
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 12:52:29 2009.

  Plum,
  
  Unga post padicha orey tenson aavudhu Venumna manasukkullaiye jinx pannikkunga.
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 12:54:18 2009.

  Manasukkula jnx ellam work aavadhu littlemaster.
  But innikku nejamave onnum mumbai jeikkara maadhiri illainu dhaan thonudhu
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 13:16:05 2009.

  T suman-ai pat panni single eduthukittirukkanga. Mumbai will pay for it when rp comes back. Mumbai's problem may be this - sachin, sanath poyitta over cautious-a 4th and 5th bowlerku respeet kuduthu, appuram strike bowlerta adikka try panni wocket kudukka vendiyadhu
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 6 13:21:58 2009.

  Run a ball range dhan, Paapom!.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 6 13:29:13 2009.

  bravo , unnecessary
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 13:31:06 2009.

  Bravo is very naansansss. Duminy the key.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 6 13:34:24 2009.

  Duminy
  
  worth every dime of 950,000$
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 13:35:58 2009.

  Nayar orE orumatch dhAn adichirukkAn. > 10 RPO. Kasstam!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 13:36:00 2009.

  What's happening
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 13:36:53 2009.

  2 runs and 2 wickets for a part time bowler
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 6 13:38:11 2009.

  Jeikka vendiya match-ae eppadi ellam thokkuraanga !!
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 13:39:51 2009.

  Bhajji should be removed from the team
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 13:41:20 2009.

  Suman 4-0-13-2
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 6 13:41:53 2009.

  3 wickets for Rohit Sharma and that was a hat-trick
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 13:42:11 2009.

  Rogith hat trick
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 13:52:29 2009.

  Indha bhajji nonsense sagavasathai ennikku stop pandrano annikku dhaan sachinku nalla kaalam. Indha racist fellowkaga visaaranaila poi ellam solli, idhai nambi squadla eduthu, teamla eduthu...ketta, friendam. Drop him I say. Pesama ashraful kondu vara vendiyadhu dhaan. Illaina pollock-e vandhu aadalam. He may perform better than bravo. Nonsense phellows in sachin's team
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 13:53:40 2009.

  Ozhunga uthappanku badhila rogith sarmavai eduthurukalam sachin pona varusham. Enna judgemento ennamo
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed May 6 13:55:15 2009.

  MI have to win all 5 games from here (4 may do). IdhellAm aavuRadhilla
  
  

• From: hamid on Wed May 6 13:56:19 2009.

  ippadiyellam kuuda jeyikka veendiya matcha thookkalaam pola
  
  Well done Deccan..
  
  Duminy is doing great..
  
  c u all ..
  
  

• From: viraajan on Wed May 6 14:03:22 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  ippadiyellam kuuda jeyikka veendiya matcha thookkalaam pola

  
  
  yes. last time it was against Punjab. 120'a chase panna mudiyama kOttai vittanga...
  
  onnum sollrathukku illa....
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 6 14:04:20 2009.

  jayasurya or sachin should come in middle order.
  
  Only way!
  
  

• From: Plum on Wed May 6 14:08:46 2009.

  Bloody (mumbai) indians!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 6 15:29:54 2009.

  He was traded for Zaheer Khan. But you are right about Rohit Sharma he is from bombay and sachin should have bought him. But hyderabad kodupaangala in the first place. He is a main player for them.
  

  Plum wrote:

  Ozhunga uthappanku badhila rogith sarmavai eduthurukalam sachin pona varusham. Enna judgemento ennamo

  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 21:59:53 2009.

  sachin j.s out aanavudane thoongitten...
  RS hattrick ellam eduthurukkan? Antha alavukku irukku MI middle order....
  Innum neraya tough matches irukku....DD kooda 2 matches irukku...I dont think MI wil make into the semis......
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 22:01:28 2009.

  Thu 7 (4 PM IST)
  33rd match - BRC v RR
  SuperSport Park, Centurion
  
  Thu 7 Floodlit Match (8 PM IST)
  34th match - CSK v K-XI
  SuperSport Park, Centurion
  
  

• From: Sourav on Wed May 6 22:42:21 2009.

  ஐ.பி.எல். கிரிக்கெட்டில் இடைவேளை நேரம் குறைக்கப்படுகிறது
  
  
  தென்ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் நடந்து வரும் 2&வது ஐ.பி.எல். கிரிக்கெட்டில், ஒவ்வொரு ஆட்டத்திலும் 10 ஓவர் முடிந்ததும் 7Ñ நிமிடம் வீதம் இரண்டு முறை இடைவேளை விடப்படுகிறது. பீல்டிங் செய்யும் அணி ஆட்ட யுக்திகளை வகுப்பதற்கு இந்த நேரம் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதாக ஐ.பி.எல். நிர்வாகம் அறிவித்தது. ஆனால் இந்த Ôபிரேக்Õ ஆட்டத்தின் வேகம், விறுவிறுப்புக்கு தடையாக இருப்பதாக தெண்டுல்கர் உள்ளிட்ட சில வீரர்கள் எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து இருந்தனர்.
  இதையடுத்து இடைவேளை நேரத்தை குறைக்க ஐ.பி.எல். நிர்வாகம் முடிவு செய்துள்ளது. இது பற்றி ஐ.பி.எல். கமிஷனர் லலித்மோடி அளித்த பேட்டியில் கூறியதாவது:&
  தற்போது விடப்படும் Ôபிரேக்Õ நேரம் 7Ñ நிமிடம் சற்று அதிகமாக இருப்பது போல் தெரிகிறது. எனவே இடைவேளை நேரத்தை 5 நிமிடங்களாக எப்படி குறைக்க முடியும் என்பது குறித்து யோசித்து வருகிறோம். இதற்காக சில திட்டங்களையும் வைத்திருக்கிறோம். இதன்படி ஒவ்வொரு இன்னிங்சிலும் தலா 2Ñ நிமிடம் வீதம் இரண்டு முறை இடைவேளை விடப்படும். ஆக இன்னிங்சின் மொத்தம் இடைவேளை நேரம் 5 நிமிடங்களாக குறையும். முதலாவது 2Ñ நிமிட இடைவேளை பவர்&பிளே முடிந்ததும் (6 ஓவர்) விடப்படும். அதன் பிறகு 2&வது பிரேக் நேரத்தை பீல்டிங் செய்யும் அணி எந்த நேரத்திலும் எடுத்துக் கொள்ளலாம். இந்த புதிய முறை அரைஇறுதி ஆட்டங்கள் மற்றும் இறுதிப்போட்டியில் நடைமுறைக்கு வர வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. ஆனால் இந்த யோசனைக்கு ஐ.பி.எல்.&ன் தொழில்நுட்ப கமிட்டி இன்னும் அனுமதி அளிக்கவில்லை. ஓர் அணியில் அதிகபட்சமாக 4 வெளிநாட்டு வீரர்கள் மட்டுமே இடம் பெற முடியும் என்ற விதியில் எந்த மாற்றமும் செய்ய முடியாது.
  இவ்வாறு லலித்மோடி கூறினார்.
  
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 6 23:01:01 2009.

  
  
  Thunbathilum oru inbam
  

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  hamid wrote: Yes..Watson is coming for RR.. their chances will be brighter.. Avan illamaye ippadi pinraanga... sutham...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Thu May 7 2:26:44 2009.

  Immurai Koppai Namathe....
  
  Koppai Namathe Koppai Namathe!!!!!
  Dhoni Vazhi Vantha Playersgal Ellam
  Or Vazhi Nindru Ner Vazhi Sendral
  Koppai Namathe
  SA vil Indru Solaigal Malarnthu , Trohy Cupgalaaga
  Namakkena Design Seitha
  Koppai Namathe
  Koppai Namathe Koppai Namathe!!!
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 2:27:35 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  He was traded for Zaheer Khan. But you are right about Rohit Sharma he is from bombay and sachin should have bought him. But hyderabad kodupaangala in the first place. He is a main player for them. Plum wrote: Ozhunga uthappanku badhila rogith sarmavai eduthurukalam sachin pona varusham. Enna judgemento ennamo

  
  
  Not that way, AF. I am saying in last year's auction itself, they could have picked up Rohit. Inge Mumbai-la local sentiment after last year's auction(2008 auction) was the same - even before a ball in IPL08 was bowled. The performances of Uthappa and Rohit in the 2 IPL's have only strengthened that impression here. Inge ilaignargal kitte mild-a anti-Sachin sentiment kooda irukku idhanaala....
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 2:30:40 2009.

  Middle order is so weak... Someone should be brought in.... playing 11 thavira vEra yaaravadhu irukkangala
  innum 6 matches irukku... atleast 4 MI should win... then run rate vachu semi'la konjam nuzhanjidalam.... enna nadakkudho... paakalam...
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 2:40:22 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Immurai Koppai Namathe....

  
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 2:45:51 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  As per my guess MI, CSK, DD wil surely make into the semis. The 4th team may be DC or KKR....Mostly DC. I dont think RR, KingsXI or BRC wil make it...

  sourav
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 2:51:57 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Middle order is so weak... Someone should be brought in.... playing 11 thavira vEra yaaravadhu irukkangala innum 6 matches irukku... atleast 4 MI should win... then run rate vachu semi'la konjam nuzhanjidalam.... enna nadakkudho... paakalam...

  
  
  Squad-la irukkaradhu Mohemmad Ashraful dhaan. He is not a bad choice. Avan Test matche 20-20 maadhiri dhaan aaduvaan. Dhideernu paarthengana, oru over-la 26 run adichuttu, adhe over-la out-um aayiduvaan. Indha hesitation, lottu, dokku, bayandhu bayandhu required rate-ai ethittu poradhu, idhellam kidayadhu. Adhicha adi, out-na out. rendu kuthu potu wicket ellam kooda eduppan. Vera vazhi illai- avanai dhan kondu varanum.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 3:09:14 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  atleast 4 MI should win... then run rate vachu semi'la konjam nuzhanjidalam....

  Konjam nuzhayunuma? Eppadi 4 players mattum eduthu vera team-oda aada viduratha?
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 3:10:31 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  sourav wrote: As per my guess MI, CSK, DD wil surely make into the semis. The 4th team may be DC or KKR....Mostly DC. I dont think RR, KingsXI or BRC wil make it... sourav

  Naan 2010 IPL patthi sonnen pa...
  //Ithellam engerunthu thedi pudichu edukkureenga...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 3:23:18 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Middle order is so weak... Someone should be brought in.... playing 11 thavira vEra yaaravadhu irukkangala innum 6 matches irukku... atleast 4 MI should win... then run rate vachu semi'la konjam nuzhanjidalam.... enna nadakkudho... paakalam... Squad-la irukkaradhu Mohemmad Ashraful dhaan. He is not a bad choice. Avan Test matche 20-20 maadhiri dhaan aaduvaan. Dhideernu paarthengana, oru over-la 26 run adichuttu, adhe over-la out-um aayiduvaan. Indha hesitation, lottu, dokku, bayandhu bayandhu required rate-ai ethittu poradhu, idhellam kidayadhu. Adhicha adi, out-na out. rendu kuthu potu wicket ellam kooda eduppan. Vera vazhi illai- avanai dhan kondu varanum.

  
  
  Thanks Plum...
  Great... avana kondu vandha atleast konjam chances irukku... yes. andha madiri aal than venum... 10-15 ball'la oru 25-30 run adicha, adhu periya contribution aache... he must be included in the team now...
  
  Sachin, team change pannu pls
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu May 7 3:26:05 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  directhit wrote: sourav wrote: As per my guess MI, CSK, DD wil surely make into the semis. The 4th team may be DC or KKR....Mostly DC. I dont think RR, KingsXI or BRC wil make it... sourav Naan 2010 IPL patthi sonnen pa... //Ithellam engerunthu thedi pudichu edukkureenga...

  20010 la kooda KKR semi ku pOga mudiyaadhu.
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 3:30:39 2009.

  Anban, csk v deccan match la fullaa "idhu chennai chennai superkings, namma yellow jersey endrum win" appadinnu thamizhla odittirundhudhu. sattubuttunu DC support cancel pannittu come this side yaa
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 3:34:15 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  sourav wrote: directhit wrote: sourav wrote: As per my guess MI, CSK, DD wil surely make into the semis. The 4th team may be DC or KKR....Mostly DC. I dont think RR, KingsXI or BRC wil make it... sourav Naan 2010 IPL patthi sonnen pa... //Ithellam engerunthu thedi pudichu edukkureenga... 20010 la kooda KKR semi ku pOga mudiyaadhu.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu May 7 3:35:07 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: Immurai Koppai Namathe....

  
  
  Ithu oru trophy , ithukku song vEra??
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu May 7 3:36:07 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  sgokulprathap wrote: sourav wrote: directhit wrote: sourav wrote: As per my guess MI, CSK, DD wil surely make into the semis. The 4th team may be DC or KKR....Mostly DC. I dont think RR, KingsXI or BRC wil make it... sourav Naan 2010 IPL patthi sonnen pa... //Ithellam engerunthu thedi pudichu edukkureenga... 20010 la kooda KKR semi ku pOga mudiyaadhu.

  
  
  If Bookha Naan resign, and Dada becomes captain again, why not??
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 3:36:30 2009.

  http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=168
  
  

  Quote:

  Johannesburg: The Chennai Super Kings, who are on a roll with three consecutive victories, would be seeking to maintain their unbeaten run against the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament when the two meet at the Centurion, Pretoria, about an hour’s drive from here, tonight. It will be the first meeting between the two teams this season and if the previous two clashes last year are any indication, then one can expect another high-scoring game with the dice distinctly loaded in favour of the Super Kings whose frontline batsmen have run into form. The Kings XI, after a promising start in IPL-2, have slipped a bit with a stunning loss to Rajasthan Royals and are placed sixth on the leaderboard with eight points. There is talk about two top Aussie performers, James Hopes and Brett Lee joining the squad after completing their stints with the National team, and should that happen, then one can expect a rejuvenated Kings XI. On the other hand, the Super Kings, finalists last year, are on the upswing after an inconsistent start to occupy the second slot with nine points and another victory tonight should put them within sight of a semi-final berth after nine games. As per the camp news, the two injured Super Kings players, skipper Dhoni (forefinger) and all-rounder Morkel (ankle), would be fit for tonight’s game. It is quite likely that Dhoni would prefer to go in with an unchanged team though one cannot rule out a late tweaking of the line-up. A look at the two teams: Chennai Super Kings – Batting: With the opening pair of Hayden and Vijay settling down to form an excellent combination, the Super Kings can look to a good start. Of more significance is the form that Dhoni displayed during his match-winning 58 not out against the Deccan Chargers in the previous game. The captain’s form nicely complements that of Raina and Badrinath and provides the much needed solidity and firepower to the batting line-up. Should the two all-rounders Morkel and Oram also fire, then the Super Kings would be in the ballistic mode. Barring the first game against Mumbai Indians, the Super Kings have crossed 160 in all their subsequent outings. Bowling – A major concern at the start of the tournament, the Super Kings appear to have stuck a balanced combination that includes two spinners in Jakati and Muralitharan to back the pace attack with Raina, with his off-breaks, chipping in with a couple of clever overs. One possible change, if at all, in the pace attack could be Gony replacing Balaji who went for 18 runs in the only over he bowled against the Chargers. Coincidentally, Gony last played against Chargers during the first meeting and conceded 20 in the one over he bowled. But so far, Dhoni has been averse to changing a winning combination. Kings XI Punjab – Batting: The Punjab batsmen have been far from convincing and rather inconsistent. The line-up, despite the presence of Yuvraj, Katich, Sangakkara and Jayawardhene, is still to perform to its potential and the frequent changes in their opening pair has not helped matters. Tonight, they would be up against a charged up Super Kings attack, that though not the best in the tournament, is sharp enough to trouble any line-up. Thus, the Punjab batsmen would need to perform like never before to either chase down a 160-plus target or post a challenging total. Bowling: The return of Sreesanth has not really made an impression, though the likes of Abdulla, the tournament’s second highest wicket-taker so far, and the crafty Irfan Pathan have provided breakthroughs at crucial stages to keep the team afloat. Leg-spinner Chawla too is a bowler to watch out for, though he is yet to turn in a match-winning performance. Against the batting might of the Super Kings, the Punjab attack would be truly put to test.

  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 3:37:04 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  viraajan wrote: sgokulprathap wrote: sourav wrote: directhit wrote: sourav wrote: As per my guess MI, CSK, DD wil surely make into the semis. The 4th team may be DC or KKR....Mostly DC. I dont think RR, KingsXI or BRC wil make it... sourav Naan 2010 IPL patthi sonnen pa... //Ithellam engerunthu thedi pudichu edukkureenga... 20010 la kooda KKR semi ku pOga mudiyaadhu. If Bookha Naan resign, and Dada becomes captain again, why not??

  
  
  Are you talking about this series?
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 3:38:19 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Ithu oru trophy , ithukku song vEra??

  therdhal la ninnu 9 match la 1 win pannavangellam pesapdaadhu
  
  

  ThalaNass wrote:

  If Bookha Naan resign, and Dada becomes captain again, why not??

  as per fakeiplplayer blog, talks are onto get Ricky Ponting as captain for next season
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 3:40:30 2009.

  http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/07/stories/2009050756401600.htm
  
  

  Quote:

  Centurion: After a thumping win over Deccan Chargers in its last encounter, a rejuvenated Chennai Super Kings will take on Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. The 78-run victory against the Deccans has only added to the growing confidence of the Chennai side as the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team, which fell at the final hurdle last year, is now comfortably placed second in the points tally. In contrast, the Punjab team which lost its last match to Rajasthan Royals is on the sixth place with four wins and it will certainly count upon its batting might to register a win to go up in the standing. Skipper Yuvraj Singh, who made gutsy 37-ball 48 against Rajasthan, is the mainstay of its batting line-up with Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Australia batsman Simon Katich joining him in the middle order. After young opener Sunny Sohal’s golden duck in the Rajasthan match, Yuvraj might opt for the previous combination at the beginning of innings and may himself pair up with Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara. The left-arm paceman Yusuf Abdulla has surely made the batsmen’s life miserable and currently has the purple cap with 14 scalps so far, but Irfan Pathan and S. Sreesanth would have to lend support to the South African and fire in unison against the mighty Chennai batting. On the other hand, Chennai team has found a devastating opener in Matthew Hayden, who has been in good form. M. Vijay too impressed in the last match. Besides skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has shrugged off his bad run with a 37-ball 58 as his exploits helped the Chennai team romp home in the last match against Hyderabad. Suresh Raina, who has played a couple of timely knocks to his team’s cause, all-rounder Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel will prop up the middle order. While Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will keep the batsmen guessing, some timely spells from left-arm tweaker Shadab Jakati who scalped for wickets for 22 runs against Hyderabad, may well change the colour of the proceedings. The new-ball pair of Morkel and Sudeep Tyagi has not forged a lethal pair, but its ability to fetch some early breakthroughs has often left the opponent team in disarray

  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 3:41:10 2009.

  sgokulprathap wrote:

  20010 la kooda KKR semi ku pOga mudiyaadhu.

  
  lol....athu therla...last yr ippadi than dc, brc-ya ellorum nakkal pannanga...now they r performing better than last season. Last season kkr-la periya foreign players illamale 6 matches jeichanuga,,,intha thadava gayle oru 7 matches, mccullum full series irukkan....but, captaincy issues antha buchanan-nala team-e onnum illama poyiruchu...dada-vai asingapaduthuna SRK lose aagurathu enakku santhosham than...but, next yr buchanan ellam irukka mattanu nenaikiren....nalla aada chances irukku...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu May 7 3:44:30 2009.

  VR, im talking bout next year..
  
  

  directhit wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Ithu oru trophy , ithukku song vEra?? therdhal la ninnu 9 match la 1 win pannavangellam pesapdaadhu ThalaNass wrote: If Bookha Naan resign, and Dada becomes captain again, why not?? as per fakeiplplayer blog, talks are onto get Ricky Ponting as captain for next season

  
  
  Lol, im not talking bout the ipl, but the trophy.. atleast they shoul've changed the trophy for this year
  
  Ricky Ponting Athu Buchanan irunthaa thaane, he'll resign himself hopefully
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 4:02:33 2009.

  Ummachi might be dropped - and it might not be a bad thing after all. ummachiyai adikkanumnu nenachu, Dwayne Smith, Ilavarasan maadhir aatkaL adikka thuvangina, thuvaichu eduthuduvanga. Innikku, iLavarasan team koooda matchngaradhala, Ummachi-ya rest pandradehe better. Illaina, iLavarasan poLandhu kattiduvan.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 4:57:13 2009.

  A further analysis of MI squad shows the presence of Chetanya Nanda. When I advocated dropping Harbhajan, I expected the question "Who instead of Harbhajan?". I have the answer now. Chetanya did pretty well domestically, and if I remember right, against a strong ROI lineup, playing for Delhi, he had the likes of Laxman and Dravid in knots early last season. Given that Bhajji has been bowling crap, and given that young spinners have done very well, and even Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have had success as spinners, I think it is time for Sachin to take the hard decision of ditching the temperamental sardar, and take in Nanda. Nothing to lose, really.
  
  Well, this is probably the difference between Dhoni and Sachin. Earlier, some of us were berating Dhoni for poor selection and not using Ashwin, Jakati etc. To his credit - and I am sure he doesnt read this forum - he introspected and came to the right decision to bring in Jakati and benefitted. He took the hard decisions of jettisoning his favourite Joginder and Gony. The thing is Sachin is in a similar position w.r.t Harbhajan. At the least, the sardar needs a jolt that he isnt an automatic selection unless he thinks like a genuine spinner, and atleast matches the performances of Ojha and Jakati. But the thing is Sachin WILL NOT do that. I am sure with his cricket intelligence, he sees the problem with Harbhajan but the difference between him and Dhoni is the decision making and the guts to drop a friend and favourite player.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 6:23:13 2009.

  Rajasthan will bowl first.
  
  Royal Challengers Bangalore team
  JH Kallis, W Jaffer, RV Uthappa, R Dravid, V Kohli, wicketkeeperMV Boucher, RE van der Merwe, D du Preez, P Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, captainA Kumble
  
  Rajasthan Royals team
  wicketkeeperNV Ojha, GC Smith, RA Jadeja, LA Carseldine, YK Pathan, AS Raut, NK Patel, captainSK Warne, M Morkel, MM Patel, A Singh
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 6:27:43 2009.

  I am sick and tired of Rajasthan matches. 3/3 apdi kodumaiya iruppainga. Dhideernu Katteri varuvaan, edho oru junior player company kuduppan, jeichuduvanga. Odi poi Warne iduppula eri attagasam pannikkittu. Idhula kodumai enannna, most of their wins last season came through opposition fielding mistakes under pressure. Sometimes ofcourse they do the 211/4 thingie and blast big with Smith etc. Oru matchavadhu, close match-la thorppanganu paartha nadakkave maatengaradhu.
  I am sick and tired of Warne performing his magic with some bowling change/batting order change to get them through. It looks like we'll never get to see Warne making a stupid captaincy mistake and losing the match or semi final spot. Epdiyo the legend lives on...inniku mattum enna different-ava nadakka pogudhu. Ada pongappa...indha match-ai neengale paarunga. Naan velai paarkaren - compankkavadhu konham viswaasam kaattina maadhiri irukkum
  
  

• From: salem.saravanan on Thu May 7 8:07:50 2009.

  RBC: 10 wickets 20 overs 105
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 8:11:15 2009.

  very boringgggggggg match...
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 8:35:01 2009.

  Sourav, most of Rajasthan's matches are boring. Even if it is a last ball thriller and Kattan is lifting sixes out of the district. There is something nauesating for me in that rags-to-riches story. They are winning because somehow the opponents are under-performing against them. Which makes for boring cricket. Basically, Vaali maadhiri, Warne seems to sap half the strength out of his opponents before the match. Obviously, the opponents end up playing to lesser than their real potential, and this makes the match boring to watch. Good for RR supporters though.
  This has to stop - Sehwag, Sachin, Gilly, Dhoni - ipdi naan nambikkai vecha ellorume warne munnadi kavundhuttanga. Ofcourse Dhoni won a match this year but the question is if it comes to a knock-out match against RR, will CSK be able to do it? The answer is clearly no. Warne peyarai Vaalinu maathidalam.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 7 8:55:47 2009.

  Plum,
  As much as i like Warne, agree with you there. They are friggin boring...
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 9:25:20 2009.

  CR, see, even I have somehow warmed up to Warne - I was in denial about his greatness but that denial was built on studied indifference to watching Ashes and cricket matches of Oz but now I am unable to deny his greatness as a competitor and winner - but still, I am not able to watch the usual celebrations of Rajasthan without a pang of "you bloody dogs, you just made the match a dog-fight, a scrap for survival and scraped through, and the dropped catches, and missed runouts might have helped you win, but it makes us tear our hairs in frustration by bringing down the quality of the cricket". It is getting tiring.
  I'd be happy if a Gilchrist blitz or a Sachin masterclass wins matches for a change. I mean, I am tired of matches won through missed runouts and dropped catches(and most of RR's wins are like that only)
  
  

• From: sgokulprathap on Thu May 7 9:25:37 2009.

  Plum wrote:

  but the question is if it comes to a knock-out match against RR, will CSK be able to do it? The answer is clearly no. Warne peyarai Vaalinu maathidalam.

  this time CSK will do it.
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 9:40:53 2009.

  S plum....it was the most boring match in this season... shapppppaaa...
  Nesssstu match nallarukkum....
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 9:44:12 2009.

  MI-kku ooooooo. So namma HCSF warne-yin RR-kku thread aarambikkavEndiyadhu dhAn
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 9:52:36 2009.

  Nerd, yes. Aarambikkalam. Naanum ennoda current teams-lam thookki pottutu ange join pandren. Atleast, avan epdiyachum win panniduvan. Andha thripthiyavadhu irukkum
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:09:20 2009.

  Joker Sharma is Playing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  videogame in the Pavillion
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:09:52 2009.

  George Bailey is In - Expect Fireworks
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 7 10:12:23 2009.

  George Bailey yaaru enna kulam/kothram?
  Appo Murali Vijay?
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 10:15:43 2009.

  Innaikku evan thOthAlum MI-kku OK. Kings thOthA rembba santhOsam
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:17:50 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  Innaikku evan thOthAlum MI-kku OK. Kings thOthA rembba santhOsam

  
  pinching self
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 10:20:24 2009.

  ada, munnAdiyE sonnEnE, I hate kings more than any other team..
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:20:49 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  George Bailey yaaru enna kulam/kothram? Appo Murali Vijay?

  Tasmania Vice captain - 'supposedly' an explosive batsman and a parttime bowler.
  no Vijay - Gony in to beef up the bowling
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:21:50 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  ada, munnAdiyE sonnEnE, I hate kings more than any other team..

  me too - bangalore/kkr match kooda okkandhu paka mudiyudhu, yuvi seshtaigal sahikkala
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 7 10:25:02 2009.

  I hate DD/Gold Flake/RR in more or less equal measure.. RR-Warnie irundhaalum....
  
  When i see T.Dilshan my blood boils... kosu tholla thaala mudiyala pa...
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:31:01 2009.

  Badri
  
  

• From: ArulprakasH on Thu May 7 10:36:16 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  I hate DD/Gold Flake/RR in more or less equal measure.. RR-Warnie irundhaalum.... When i see T.Dilshan my blood boils... kosu tholla thaala mudiyala pa...

  
  
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 7 10:38:28 2009.

  Badri opening thevaya? Aana i think its better to open with Hayden tahn come late down the order... Dhoni and others need to fire today...
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 10:43:51 2009.

  sreesanth sledging again a Citi moment of slap is not far away
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 11:17:39 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 11:28:58 2009.

  ரைனா (HITS A SIX) : அண்ணே...எனக்கு அந்த ஆரஞ்ஜு கேப்பு வேணுமுண்ணே
  
  ஹைடன் : நீ இன்னும் வளரனும் தம்பி பக்கத்து பெட்டிக்கடைல அண்ணே உனக்கு ஆரஞ்ஜு மிட்டாய் வேணா வாங்கி தரேன்
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu May 7 11:34:55 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 11:36:14 2009.

  
  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on Thu May 7 11:38:49 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  George Bailey yaaru enna kulam/kothram? Appo Murali Vijay?

  
  
  As a key man in Tasmania's middle order and the state's vice-captain, George Bailey will be aiming to take the step from consistent contributor to run-machine this season. His tally of 734 Pura Cup runs at 43.17 in 2007-08 was nothing to be sneezed at but the lack of big centuries - his best score was 104 - continued to be his one downfall. His reliability earned him a spot on the Australia A tour of India in late 2008 and he remained a man to watch for the next few seasons. His limited-overs form fell away last summer and his 258 runs at 25.80 was a disappointing personal result in Tasmania's triumphant one-day campaign. But Bailey is so highly rated by Tasmania that when Daniel Marsh tore his calf late in 2006-07, he was handed the captaincy. He guided them to two important wins before giving the reins back to Marsh for the historic final triumph. A contributor rather than a star in that successful season, Bailey scored 626 at 36.82 and added 209 FR Cup runs.
  
  A destructive striker who can change a match within a few overs, Bailey arrived as a state one-day player at 19. By 2005-06, he proved he had added patience to his game when he was given an extended stint in the first-class team due to another Marsh injury, scoring 778 Pura Cup runs and earning a second invitation to the Academy. Talk of the state leadership and possible national team representation began that summer, when his highest score was 155 against South Australia, an innings that formed part of a state-record fourth-wicket partnership of 292 with Travis Birt. Another highlight came shortly before the 2006-07 season, when he bludgeoned 136 from 65 balls for the Academy against a Zimbabwe Board XI. Bailey is a former national under-19 player and the great-great-grandson of George Herbert Bailey, who was part of the 1878 touring squad to England.
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 12:21:06 2009.

  Why doesn't it rain when warne's team is winning and rob them of points. Lucky warne
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 12:51:59 2009.

  Suresh Raina - hattrick!
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 12:52:39 2009.

  98, 32,32,32
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 13:11:33 2009.

  hayden pinnrAn
  Let's see if Yuvi opens today.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 13:14:35 2009.

  Dhoni break-la reNdu feg pOttAnA??
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:14:57 2009.

  Dhoni
  24 runs in a over :great
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:18:22 2009.

  Orange cap pathi yaarum kanavu kuud akaana mudiyaathu
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:20:33 2009.

  what a shot by hayden.. one handed for six
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:22:49 2009.

  Hayden.. aaha.. manushana nee deivamya
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:25:04 2009.

  Hayden gone ..
  great Innings
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 13:26:04 2009.

  Sreesanth
  
  Andha adi vaangiyum vaayuduraan
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:27:05 2009.

  Dhoni great fifty
  
  53 of 24 balls
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:28:07 2009.

  Hyden...
  
  As usual, Sreesanth was barking at Hyden when he was dismissed by him after hitting 22 runs in 5 balls. Sreesanth yet again proves that he is an idiot. ivan ellam team'la vittadhe thappu... disciplinary action'la ban pannanum... wtf.... getting on my nerves...
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:28:23 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Sreesanth Andha adi vaangiyum vaayuduraan

  
  
  avanaiyella thiruththave mudiyaathu.. entertainment venaama?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:31:26 2009.

  It was very much irritating to see him shout at Hyden. ivanukku ozhunga bowling poda varalaina adhukkunu ippadiya.... asingama irukku.. naai madiri kolaikkaran out aanathukku... appadi ennatha kizhichan... 3 six, 1 four koduthuttu out aakinan... vemasuso edhuvume illa...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:32:23 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Sreesanth Andha adi vaangiyum vaayuduraan avanaiyella thiruththave mudiyaathu.. entertainment venaama?

  
  
  entertainmeta...
  
  serious'a enakku BP yErudhu hamid... avlo asingama irukku...
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:32:31 2009.

  185 for 3 in 18 overs
  
  target 187 .. due to duckworth only one run? anyway CSK rocks.. Dont need duckworth to help anyway
  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on Thu May 7 13:33:09 2009.

  After being hit for 22 runs, if that guy still mocks, then there is some serious problem...
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu May 7 13:34:46 2009.

  Bajji kitta arai vaanginathukke ippadi thembi thembi azhudhaan. Hayden kitta vaangina
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu May 7 13:36:11 2009.

  so it is 187 to win in 18 overs. K-XI jeippaangannu enakku thonala. paappom enna nadakkudhunu
  
  

• From: VENKIRAJA on Thu May 7 13:36:18 2009.

  Awesome total! Awesome innings from Hayden!
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:36:36 2009.

  Vir.. vidunga ..avanaiyellam thirutha mudiyaathunnu sonnene..
  
  he just wasted the talent he had.. he wanted fame and celebration.. and going for that he lost some talent which he had.. he could have become a good prospect if he has his legs on the ground..
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:38:45 2009.

  itz going to be entertainment.. chennai will cruise through.. letz see what is the winning margin
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 13:39:14 2009.

  Did u guys watch hayden smiling ...amused by srisanths gimmicks at last..
  
  lol
  
  adapavi..edhukkum asara matenguriye
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:41:27 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Vir.. vidunga ..avanaiyellam thirutha mudiyaathunnu sonnene.. he just wasted the talent he had.. he wanted fame and celebration.. and going for that he lost some talent which he had.. he could have become a good prospect if he has his legs on the ground..

  
  
  thats right hamid.
  
  but ippadi oru attitude'oda irundha, andha talentum kooda vendam... i just couldn't tolerate him bark at Hyden. indha vayasula he is blasting like a young man... ozhunga pOttu wicket edukka vakkilla.... he should be banned.... appa thaan en aathma santhi adaiyum
  
  Betw, ajaybaskar, yes.. there seems to be a psychological disorder
  
  Sivan sir, hyden oru adi pOttar'na singaravelan'la namma kamal udambu fulla kattu pottunda madiri, ivan udambu fulla kattu pOttu bed la padukka vaikkanum...
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu May 7 13:41:36 2009.

  It is really a pity that Haydo missed his well earned century by 11 runs. If had played till end he would have certainly crossed the so far top score of 105.
  
  Thank you very much Haydo and MS for a entertaining game and ofcourse our rainaaa for a short and sweet cameo of 32
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:42:34 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  Did u guys watch hayden smiling ...amused by srisanths gimmicks at last.. lol adapavi..edhukkum asara matenguriye

  
  
  I saw him turn towards him... but he smiled?... super insult... helmet kazhattitu sirichurundha innum nalla irundhurukkum
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:44:08 2009.

  Vir innum oru match irukku .. paarhukkalaam nu Hayden sirichittu poyittar
  
  Chennai is going from strength to strength:)
  
  first wicket gone
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu May 7 13:44:34 2009.

  correct a thaan per vachchaan indha FIPLP AC nu. Ivanukku kodukkura chance kku indha sudheep tyagi, kamran khan maadhiri youngsters ku kodukkalaam. paathaale pathindu varadhu
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:45:27 2009.

  Flash News : Yuvi is praying for raingods to save his team maybe that is their only chance
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:47:29 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Vir innum oru match irukku .. paarhukkalaam nu Hayden sirichittu poyittar Chennai is going from strength to strength:) first wicket gone

  
  
  yes. i hope, either psycho should not play the next match, or in case he plays, hyden should hit 3 sixes in his over and smile a little.
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:48:15 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Flash News : Yuvi is praying for raingods to save his team maybe that is their only chance

  
  
  Varuna Bagwan replies: selladhu selladhu...
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:50:49 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  hamid wrote: Vir innum oru match irukku .. paarhukkalaam nu Hayden sirichittu poyittar Chennai is going from strength to strength:) first wicket gone yes. i hope, either psycho should not play the next match, or in case he plays, hyden should hit 3 sixes in his over and smile a little.

  
  
  5 ball six adichittu 6vathu balla four adicha -- unnala six adikka mudiyala paarthiyaannu solluvana avan
  
  

• From: viraajan on Thu May 7 13:51:42 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: hamid wrote: Vir innum oru match irukku .. paarhukkalaam nu Hayden sirichittu poyittar Chennai is going from strength to strength:) first wicket gone yes. i hope, either psycho should not play the next match, or in case he plays, hyden should hit 3 sixes in his over and smile a little. 5 ball six adichittu 6vathu balla four adicha -- unnala six adikka mudiyala paarthiyaannu solluvana avan

  
  
  solluvan solluvan... vetkam'nu onnu irundha thaane
  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on Thu May 7 13:51:55 2009.

  Sonnaalum solluvaan
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 13:54:20 2009.

  what is the duckworth lewis par score after 5 overs? for loss of one wicket or two wickets. any idea?
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 14:00:41 2009.

  gony velaiku aaga mataan
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 14:01:21 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  what is the duckworth lewis par score after 5 overs? for loss of one wicket or two wickets. any idea?

  
  
  i dont think that the slight drizzle will pull over the match
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:01:52 2009.

  3 sixes in a row
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 14:02:30 2009.

  at 5 overs 52 is required for them
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:03:42 2009.

  5 overs gone. so definite result
  
  Hope Jakat i spins his web along with Murali
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:05:43 2009.

  if the match is interrupted by rain still Punjab has a chance as Katich is playing like this.. Hope the match goes full distance.. chennai will win confortably
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:07:57 2009.

  Here comes Jakati
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:08:42 2009.

  and gets a wicket immediately
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 14:09:11 2009.

  gony volley ball player pola..ball-a fingering pannitu apuram pidikuran..
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:12:06 2009.

  Balaji/Gony/Tyagi/Jakati/Murali + Albie morkel and Raina.. ithana pera?
  Dhoni has enough options
  
  Will Ntini ever play a game in this season.. i wish he plays..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:16:24 2009.

  Ennadhu yuvraj spinners ball ellam adikuraan!!!!
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 14:17:39 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Ennadhu yuvraj spinners ball ellam adikuraan!!!!

  
  
  adhuvum murali ball
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:18:00 2009.

  Katich
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 7 14:18:40 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Ennadhu yuvraj spinners ball ellam adikuraan!!!!

  
  
  Idhaithan naan post panna vandhen. Hitting sixes off Warne and Murali
  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on Thu May 7 14:20:02 2009.

  Katich gone..
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 7 14:20:11 2009.

  Katich is playing a blinder here
  
  EDIT: Post panni mudikkaradhukkulla out
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:20:19 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Ennadhu yuvraj spinners ball ellam adikuraan!!!!

  avan ulla vandhadhum Rameez Raasa - he is an excellent player of spin
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:20:34 2009.

  Bala
  
  

• From: Plum on Thu May 7 14:20:59 2009.

  Ummachi - horrible ball but wicket
  Innum iLavarasan irukkan. Ummachiyai pirichu meya poraan...
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:21:16 2009.

  Summanaachi sollirupan
  

  directhit wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Ennadhu yuvraj spinners ball ellam adikuraan!!!! avan ulla vandhadhum Rameez Raasa - he is an excellent player of spin

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:22:17 2009.

  My other favorite Sangakkaran is there
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:22:32 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Summanaachi sollirupan directhit wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Ennadhu yuvraj spinners ball ellam adikuraan!!!! avan ulla vandhadhum Rameez Raasa - he is an excellent player of spin

  i think he wants to tarnish ipl image for not having paki players
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:25:30 2009.

  Gony
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:28:31 2009.

  tolve an over...Hmm. Aahn sollamarandhutein kaalaila namma BCCI captain-um, Mountain hayden-um Mangala piri
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 14:31:46 2009.

  EK Kings I
  
  CSK naansanss.. Kings NRR egirudhu..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:38:28 2009.

  Punjab easily gave away an extra 20-30 runs in VRV singh(24) and Appam overla another 20+. Ippo enna adichalum kushtam dhan.
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:40:15 2009.

  Yuvi is playing well.. so is Mahela.. and Sangakkara and Irfan pathan still to come..puinjab has good chances..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:41:49 2009.

  Have to give it to Punjab kings batsmen. They have been consistently blasting
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:41:58 2009.

  Yuvi hits a 119 m six
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 14:42:22 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Gony

  
  Mani 2:30 irukkumE.
  CSK thOthA jolly-A irukkumE
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:42:32 2009.

  This clearly exposes the weak bowling for CSK.. they need a strike bowler.. need to get Ntini in Murali is not doing anything
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:42:47 2009.

  Raina to bowl spin to yuvi
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:43:46 2009.

  Nerd wrote:

  directhit wrote: Gony Mani 2:30 irukkumE. CSK thOthA jolly-A irukkumE

  oru thookam pottu ippo dhaan varen no tholvi - my rest of the sleep wud be spoilt
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:44:52 2009.

  Raina 4 runs
  39 off 3!!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:45:13 2009.

  Apdiyaa
  
  Camaan Kingss
  

  directhit wrote:

  Nerd wrote: directhit wrote: Gony Mani 2:30 irukkumE. CSK thOthA jolly-A irukkumE oru thookam pottu ippo dhaan varen no tholvi - my rest of the sleep wud be spoilt

  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:45:13 2009.

  just 4 runs from Raina over.. great .let us see whether that helps ..
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:45:52 2009.

  AF - endha kings a solreenga
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:46:42 2009.

  Balaji misses an easy runout
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:46:54 2009.

  what the hell is happening? balaji is having the ball in his hands and searching for the stumps
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:47:25 2009.

  Edhu venaalum. Eppadiyo edho oru kings thokka pogudhu.
  

  directhit wrote:

  AF - endha kings a solreenga

  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:47:35 2009.

  Yuvi 50 our T20 team in splendid form
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:48:15 2009.

  CSK droppping catches and missing easy runous consistently.
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:49:26 2009.

  2 overs - 30 to get
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:49:26 2009.

  will Raina bowl the next over? risky.. but seems no other option available ..
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:50:08 2009.

  Can yuvi get the 5 sixes?!
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:52:38 2009.

  and Murali drops another catch wtf
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:52:39 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  Can yuvi get the 5 sixes?!

  
  
  :NO: Raina is bowling well.. 3 runs in 3 balls ..
  
  another catch dropped... great
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:53:00 2009.

  Raina doing so well so far
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:54:11 2009.

  24 off 6 balls
  
  Raina
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:54:23 2009.

  just 6 runs Raina
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 14:55:01 2009.

  Enna punjab thideernu test match aaduraanga !!!
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:55:28 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Enna punjab thideernu test match aaduraanga !!!

  
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:56:07 2009.

  Gony - main traitor by dropping yuvi catch
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:57:10 2009.

  will Balaji be able to screw this.. 5 runs of 2 balls.. 19 from 4 balls req
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:57:15 2009.

  Yuvi needs 3 sixes
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:57:34 2009.

  
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:57:47 2009.

  Need 3 sixes
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:58:17 2009.

  very well played Katich/Yuvi and Mahela
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:58:19 2009.

  Ok. CHennai Wins
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 14:58:54 2009.

  aanalum kalangaathala 3 manikku ippadiyellam pannapdaadhu nesstu time
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 14:59:00 2009.

  And goes to top of table
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 15:00:57 2009.

  Yuvi edhukku bat-a saaange pannAn with two balls to go??
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 15:01:09 2009.

  Hayden , Dhoni, Raina
  
  Katich, Mahela and Yuvi better luck next time
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu May 7 15:01:23 2009.

  CSK won by 12 runs. huuuuuh what a game.
  
  Big claps to K-XI for an interesting match
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 15:01:37 2009.

  
  

  Nerd wrote:

  Yuvi edhukku bat-a saaange pannAn with two balls to go??

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Thu May 7 15:02:19 2009.

  Balaji.you are a genius
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 15:03:09 2009.

  Raina You Beauty!!!!!!!!!!
  
  
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 15:04:26 2009.

  NRR of +1.27
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 15:06:12 2009.

  Chennai .. Great captaincy by Dhoni
  
  If they dont improve fielding and bowling that might cost dear in semis or finals
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 15:08:11 2009.

  And Indian T20 Team is getting into great form..(For Viru form doesnt matter )
  Bhajji has to bowl well... and the bowling dept doesnt look great anyway..
  
  

• From: hamid on Thu May 7 15:09:07 2009.

  Ok.. going to have a nice sleep.. bye bye
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 15:10:35 2009.

  wtf does IPL have to get this mookaiyan from paki presentation laam vera host pannudhu
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 7 15:14:05 2009.

  Balaji and Raina Good captaincy by Dhoni
  
  Yuvraj
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Thu May 7 15:15:00 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Yuvraj

  
  
  He had no clue against Balaji
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 15:19:14 2009.

  aahaa adhukkulla balaji avatar
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 7 15:22:35 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  tolve an over...Hmm. Aahn sollamarandhutein kaalaila namma BCCI captain-um, Mountain hayden-um Mangala piri

  
  1. Mt. Hayden
  2. Mangala piri
  
  Mind la vechikkaren, use panren
  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on Thu May 7 15:22:35 2009.

  I think he will be able to sneak into the Indian team. He seems to be the best bowler for us in the death overs
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 7 15:36:43 2009.

  Mt, MS abaaram
  Sreesanth - Kevalam, kodooram
  
  Namma fielding bowling dhaan konjam kavalaikidama irukku..
  
  Ummachi last over, lucky he had 24 runs Anyway not a very bad performance by him. Tyagi and Jataka tales were underbowled. Would have proved costly...
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 7 15:43:16 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  tolve an over...Hmm. Aahn sollamarandhutein kaalaila namma BCCI captain-um, Mountain hayden-um Mangala piri

  
  
  What is Mangala piri
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 7 15:47:53 2009.

  Naayadi, Peyadi, Kaatu adi, dharma adi .
  

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: tolve an over...Hmm. Aahn sollamarandhutein kaalaila namma BCCI captain-um, Mountain hayden-um Mangala piri What is Mangala piri

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 7 15:49:25 2009.

  Thanks for the introduction of new word Naanum appappa use pannikkaren
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 15:49:48 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: tolve an over...Hmm. Aahn sollamarandhutein kaalaila namma BCCI captain-um, Mountain hayden-um Mangala piri What is Mangala piri

  
  
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 15:54:54 2009.

  Edittu..
  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 7 15:56:29 2009.

  Enna ninaichu ninaichu sirikkareenga
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 15:59:40 2009.

  littlemaster1982 wrote:

  Enna ninaichu ninaichu sirikkareenga

  
  Adha submit pannradhukkulla junior programmers summA nachu nachu nu orE thollai. So oru conpees
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 21:57:03 2009.

  one boring match and one superb match sterday....
  Hayden,Dhoni,Raina,Yuvi, Katich...
  Wen i thought yuvi wil make it, raina and balaji have bowled very well...
  Antha tough situation-la oru part time bowler-ku over kodukkua dhill venum....dhoni...
  Sreechanth...antha $%^$ -ya paathalae erichala varuthu....Really he is a disgrace to indian cricket... Konjam kooda thirunthura maathiri therla...Thayavu seithu avana mattum thirumba team-la eduthura koodathu...World full-a india maanathai single handed-a vaangiduvvan...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Thu May 7 23:14:23 2009.

  New kid on the cricket block: IPL's a $2-bn brand
  4 May 2009, 0327 hrs IST, Amit Sharma & Shailesh Dobhal, ET Bureau
  
  NEW DELHI: A 2-year-old toddler, and already worth over $2 billion — a feat even the most street-savvy global marketer will find hard to emulate. That’s the Indian Premier League (IPL) for you.
  
  For all the controversies, twists and turns that have dogged the Twenty20 cricket tournament since its inception last year, as an enterprise, IPL is already worth more than $2 billion and counting, says UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance.
  
  The IPL brand alone has a value of over $311 million, according to a Brand Finance report available exclusively to ET.
  
  With cricket-crazed Indians lapping up the shorter version of the gentleman’s game, once derided by purists as ‘pyjama cricket’, IPL has generated huge economic value for both its owner, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and the eight team franchisees.
  
  And it has set the stage for the franchisees to list their teams on the stock market. “The ultimate proof of the success of IPL Branded System will come when the franchisees decide to list their teams. This is a real possibility at least in the next 2-3 years,” Unni Krishnan, managing director of Brand Finance India, said.
  
  “The example of the English Premier League football teams, a number of which are listed, is there to follow,” he added.
  
  Why not? The most-valued IPL team — surprise, surprise! — Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), which is languishing at the bottom of the table in the second edition of IPL, currently going on in South Africa, has a brand value of $42.1 million.
  
  See Link for Team Valuations: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4480831
  
  Clearly, the efforts of celebrity co-owner Shah Rukh Khan at hard selling the KKR brand seem to have more than made up for the team’s poor on-field performance.
  
  
  The report suggests that KKR and Rajasthan Royals — the winners of the first edition — have been excellent on the branding front, with both franchises reporting a high brand value as a proportion of the franchise fee committed by their owners for the first 10 years.
  
  Rajasthan Royal’s brand value of $39.5 million at 59% of its franchise fee of $67 million, makes the reigning champions — part-owned by Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty — IPL’s most profitable investment. Interestingly, Rajasthan Royals had a slow start in the second edition before recovering on time to move up to the fifth position as on Saturday, May 2.
  Table
  
  
  In stark contrast, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (DC), which is leading the table so far in IPL-2, and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), two rather expensive teams, are the least profitable. Deccan Chronicle Holdings-owned DC has a current brand value of $34.8 million, or 33%, of its $107-million franchise fee while liquor baron Vijay Mallya-owned RCB’s brand value stands at 34% to its $111.6-million franchise fee.
  
  These teams can improve their value by doing well on the field. For, according to the study, the biggest challenge facing the various franchisees is the creation of a loyal fan base — so crucial to create positive relationships that lead to increased revenues. And for that they need good performances on field, not just celebrity brand ambassadors.
  
  The Brand Finance study has treated IPL as a single commercial entity, aggregating the income that both BCCI and the franchisees will make and the expenditure that each will incur, ignoring all cross-charged income/expenditure to arrive at the total worth, which it terms as the IPL Branded System.
  
  The study forecasts the profits expected to be made by the IPL System in total, using publicly available data, both in terms of income and expenditure. Thereafter, a common tax rate of 33.66% was applied, and future cash flows were discounted to its present value to arrive at the valuation.
  
  Brand value of franchises was calculated by factoring in the estimated revenues for them from four revenue streams — broadcasting, sponsorship, merchandising and gate receipts — combining them with other factors such as increase in sponsorship revenue, cricketing success, franchisee city’s population, iconic players in the franchise, et al.
  Brand Finance discloses that it has no commercial engagement with any of the eight team franchisees, BCCI or IPL.
  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/ET-Cetera/New-kid-on-the-cricket-block-IPLs-a-2-bn-brand/articleshow/4480368.cms?curpg=2
  
  
  

• From: directhit on Thu May 7 23:22:27 2009.

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  VERY VERY INTERESTING - I am seeing it only now
  
  A fast bowler has been nurtured by the Mavericks Cricket Institute and Ian Pont, its founder. This guy is Atul Sharma and he supposedly can bowl faster than 170 kmph. He has a Jeff Thompson kinda action and hayden like body See the below video for a peek into his fitness regimen (Incredible Hulk trailer madhiri irukku ) . Rajasthan Royals (as usual) has got him in their squad (cricinfo la his role has been put as Wicket keeper ) and there is no media hype on him whatsover, perhaps they wanna keep all things under wraps. Unfortunately this guy was injured during fielding in one of their internal practice matches. It is possible that he might play in the semis or finals of this IPL. As per this guy's personal trainer Ian Pont, atul sharma's run up speed is awesome - he can cover some 37 m in 4 seconds In one of the forums they say he bowled 173+ kmph in that practice match, not sure how true that is
  Can he be the next Thompson/Donald/Shoaib for us?!
  
  http://www.maverickscricket.com/videos/atul_medium.swf
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Thu May 7 23:43:24 2009.

  HAYDOS:
  
  He is a particularly over-rated bowler," Hayden said later, indicating he deliberately went after Sreesanth. "He loses his cool under pressure." There was a bit of needle between the two players. Asked what the chat was about, Hayden said: "It's not worth repeating."
  
  

• From: Nerd on Thu May 7 23:53:32 2009.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  HAYDOS: He is a particularly over-rated bowler," Hayden said later, indicating he deliberately went after Sreesanth. "He loses his cool under pressure." There was a bit of needle between the two players. Asked what the chat was about, Hayden said: "It's not worth repeating."

  
  Just finished watching the highlights. He was toying with Sreesanth. Its downright pathetic - sreesanth's attempts at sledging. Hayden's sarcastic smile in response to santh's last attempt was the icing on the cake. idha vida kEvalappadutha mudiyaadhu
  
  P.S. Sivamani
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 0:01:04 2009.

  Quote:

  Outside cricket, Sreesanth is a psychology student. In his childhood, he was a breakdancer,

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

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 0:57:14 2009.

  Team - Mts - W - L - Tied - N/R - Pts - NRR
  Chennai - 9 - 5- 3 - 0 - 1- 11 - 1.28
  Rajasthan - 9 - 5 - 3 - 0 - 1 - 11 - -0.05
  Delhi - 7 - 5 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 10 - 0.16
  Hyderabad - 8 - 5 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 10- 0.15
  Bangalore - 9 - 4 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 8 - -0.39
  Punjab - 9 - 4- 5 - 0 - 0 - 8- - -0.52
  Mumbai - 8 - 3 - 4 - 0 - 1 - 7- 0.55
  Kolkata - 9 - 1 - 7 - 0- 1 - 3 - -1.09
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 0:58:26 2009.

  Viru is coming back to the team today... Waiting 4 Malinga Vs. Viru.
  Gilly malinga ball-a remmba thenarittan... Kallis is the only batsman who has smashed mailnga. (17 runs in an over).
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:00:34 2009.

  Injuries rule Hopes, Bracken out of IPL
  
  Australian all-rounder James Hopes and seamer Nathan Bracken have been ruled out of this year's Indian Premier League because of knee injuries.
  
  "It has been decided that a period of rest and rehabilitation over the next two to three weeks will be the best preparation for both players," Australian team doctor Trefor James said in a statement.
  
  The news would have come as a blow for the Bangalore Royal Challengers , who were expecting Bracken to bolster their bowling attack, and for Hopes's team Kings XI Punjab .
  
  Despite the injuries both players were named in Australia's line-up for their Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Dubai on Thursday.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:02:19 2009.

  Orange Cap Leader Hayden
  
  Matches: 8 Runs: 378 Balls: 237 SR: 159.49 Avg: 47.25 HS: 89
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:03:21 2009.

  Next Raina
  
  Matches: 8 Runs: 296 Balls: 199 SR: 148.74 Avg: 37.00 HS: 98
  
  after that
  
  Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI Punjab)
  Matches: 9 Runs: 266 Balls: 195 SR: 136.41 Avg: 38.00 HS: 58
  
  Brad Hodge (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  Matches: 8 Runs: 240 Balls: 214 SR: 112.15 Avg: 40.00 HS: 73
  
  Jean-Paul Duminy (Mumbai Indians)
  Matches: 7 Runs: 238 Balls: 215 SR: 110.70 Avg: 47.60 HS: 59
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:05:45 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  Viru is coming back to the team today... Waiting 4 Malinga Vs. Viru. Gilly malinga ball-a remmba thenarittan... Kallis is the only batsman who has smashed mailnga. (17 runs in an over).

  
  
  Hope Viru comes to form with a blistering innings
  
  Who are our bowlers for T20 WC? RP is bowling fine..Irfan doesnt do much.. Yusuf and Raina can be used little...who else?
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 1:07:50 2009.

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:09:00 2009.

  hmm.. Still Bowling looks weak... let us see.. whether our batting covers that..like CSK
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 1:12:19 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  sourav wrote: Viru is coming back to the team today... Waiting 4 Malinga Vs. Viru. Gilly malinga ball-a remmba thenarittan... Kallis is the only batsman who has smashed mailnga. (17 runs in an over). Hope Viru comes to form with a blistering innings Who are our bowlers for T20 WC? RP is bowling fine..Irfan doesnt do much.. Yusuf and Raina can be used little...who else?

  
  Praveen-i viteengalae... He is i like his bowling.
  RR match-la Yusuf pathan-ku off side bouncers-a pottan...2,3 times kittathatta catch aaga vendiyathu...I think, yusuf doenst play cut shots fluently....
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:15:58 2009.

  apdiya... didnt notice that.. but somehow our bowling lacks t he firepower..
  
  Hope Praveen bowls well..
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:20:54 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  hmm.. Still Bowling looks weak... let us see.. whether our batting covers that..like CSK

  
  
  Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh and Pragyan Ojha in very good form. Zaheer Khan injured and Ishant Sharma has been bowling ok, Harbhajan Singh is struggling. Plus we have part timers in Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:21:34 2009.

  I feel Viru might unleash Mc Grath today
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:26:23 2009.

  Hi DH, vaanga eppadi irukkinga?
  
  Yes. how come i forgot Zaheer. he is in great form
  
  Irfan and Praveen.. let us wait and see how they perform.
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:27:23 2009.

  PK wud do well and RP is also in gr8 form. am not that confi on irphan though
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:27:26 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  I feel Viru might unleash Mc Grath today

  
  
  I dont think they will play McGrath.. anyway it will be a good contest
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:27:43 2009.

  // superaa irukken hamid //
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:29:39 2009.

  DH
  
  Chennai is playing Bangalore next right? Hope they win the next two and give chances to other youngsters and prepare them:)
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:31:36 2009.

  No.. Seems playing Rajasthsan.. will be a good match.. if catches are missed for Yusuf or Smith it will be match over for us.. let us see whether the team lifts its fielding..
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:32:49 2009.

  we are playing Rajasthan tmrw. there is not much of youngsters to try out i guess Ashwin and Bailey are left to get a chance. Amarnath played last year though
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:36:17 2009.

  Chennai has matches against the following teams pending
  
  RR - 9th May
  RCB - 14th May
  MI - 16th May
  KKR - 18th May
  KXI - 20th May
  
  Apart from RR, Chennai shd easily win other matches... maybe MI will be a problem if top order clicks for them.. batting second against them will be a good option..
  
  Let us see what can Warne do against CSK Batting..
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:37:20 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  we are playing Rajasthan tmrw. there is not much of youngsters to try out i guess Ashwin and Bailey are left to get a chance. Amarnath played last year though

  
  
  I wud luv to beat them again and again in the Finals .. Itz payback time guys
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 8 1:37:23 2009.

  Kaattaan #2 Sehwag's return to form is imminent
  Even without him firing pudhudilli are deadly.. adha nenacha thaan....
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:39:20 2009.

  CR
  Who is going out? The other opener who replaced Viru is in great form and used the oppurtunity well. is he going out? maynot be a good news for Delhi... but Viru has to come and play and find his form.. will be good for our T20 WC
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 1:43:26 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  CR Who is going out? The other opener who replaced Viru is in great form and used the oppurtunity well. is he going out? maynot be a good news for Delhi... but Viru has to come and play and find his form.. will be good for our T20 WC

  
  I think this wil be the playing XI
  viru
  gauti
  warner
  dilshan
  de villiers
  karthik
  bhatia
  sangwan
  mishra
  nehra
  mcgrath
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:43:31 2009.

  they can take out manhas and get in viru - then their batting lineup is unbelievably strong
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 8 1:44:37 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  they can take out manhas and get in viru - then their batting lineup is unbelievably strong

  
  Agree
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:46:24 2009.

  Yes.. we will have teams with great in the semis.. will be a treat to watch..
  
  Whos ur pick for semis.
  
  mine
  
  CSK
  RR,
  Delhi,
  Deccan
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:47:19 2009.

  sourav wrote:

  hamid wrote: CR Who is going out? The other opener who replaced Viru is in great form and used the oppurtunity well. is he going out? maynot be a good news for Delhi... but Viru has to come and play and find his form.. will be good for our T20 WC I think this wil be the playing XI viru gauti warner dilshan de villiers karthik bhatia sangwan mishra nehra mcgrath

  
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 1:48:42 2009.

  I think they will play Vettori instead of McGrath...
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 1:49:59 2009.

  actually nehra also bowling well...
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 1:50:48 2009.

  hamid, MI batting stops at 1/2, or at max Duminy - so if i were viru i'd get my best opening bowler, get one or two quick wickets & win the game - thts why mc grath
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 1:51:08 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  I think they will play Vettori instead of McGrath...

  i dont think so....mcgrath-ku bathila nannes kooda irunthalum iruppan, vettori irukka mattannu thonuthu...
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:02:42 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  hamid, MI batting stops at 1/2, or at max Duminy - so if i were viru i'd get my best opening bowler, get one or two quick wickets & win the game - thts why mc grath

  
  
  No questions on the observatins DH.. but why McGrath didnt play so far? i think he is just mentoring and not going to play..
  
  McGrath will be right on money on anyday.. im not against him.. just thought he maynot since he didnt play so far.. or he maybe kept for semis and finals... letz see what happends..
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 2:30:42 2009.

  Sreesanth is an overrated bowler. - Hayden.
  
  It feels bad to see an Australian player is bash up an Indian. But there is no second thought that this bloody psycho deserves it. I stand for Hayden.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 8 2:34:56 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  directhit wrote: hamid, MI batting stops at 1/2, or at max Duminy - so if i were viru i'd get my best opening bowler, get one or two quick wickets & win the game - thts why mc grath No questions on the observatins DH.. but why McGrath didnt play so far? i think he is just mentoring and not going to play.. McGrath will be right on money on anyday.. im not against him.. just thought he maynot since he didnt play so far.. or he maybe kept for semis and finals... letz see what happends..

  
  Adhaane.
  
  Is he being 'preserved' or is he playing the mentor role. Playing just a match or two might backfire right? (lack of match practice etc)
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 2:37:32 2009.

  Mcgrath vandhA MI'ku chance romba kammi
  Dreams are being shattered
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:38:43 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  hamid wrote: directhit wrote: hamid, MI batting stops at 1/2, or at max Duminy - so if i were viru i'd get my best opening bowler, get one or two quick wickets & win the game - thts why mc grath No questions on the observatins DH.. but why McGrath didnt play so far? i think he is just mentoring and not going to play.. McGrath will be right on money on anyday.. im not against him.. just thought he maynot since he didnt play so far.. or he maybe kept for semis and finals... letz see what happends.. Adhaane. Is he being 'preserved' or is he playing the mentor role. Playing just a match or two might backfire right? (lack of match practice etc)

  
  
  Yes.. thats what i think so.. especially in these conditions match practice is important..
  
  
  CSK-ku votes vizunthukitte irukku pola
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:40:04 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Sreesanth is an overrated bowler. - Hayden. It feels bad to see an Australian player is bash up an Indian. But there is no second thought that this bloody psycho deserves it. I stand for Hayden.

  
  
  Hayden nakkala sirichappa enakku vadivel dialoguethaan njaabakathukku vanthathu
  
  "evvalavu adichaalum thaangaraan. ivan rommba nallavan"
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:41:14 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  Mcgrath vandhA MI'ku chance romba kammi Dreams are being shattered

  
  
  McGrath aadalainna jeyichidalaama?
  
  thread romba amaithiyaa irukke?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 2:43:25 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: Mcgrath vandhA MI'ku chance romba kammi Dreams are being shattered McGrath aadalainna jeyichidalaama? thread romba amaithiyaa irukke?

  
  
  Konjam hopes irundhadhu hamid
  
  puyalukku munnE amaidhi
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:44:40 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  hamid wrote: viraajan wrote: Mcgrath vandhA MI'ku chance romba kammi Dreams are being shattered McGrath aadalainna jeyichidalaama? thread romba amaithiyaa irukke? Konjam hopes irundhadhu hamid puyalukku munnE amaidhi

  
  
  namma vaanilai arikkai maathiri aakida pokuthu
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 2:47:57 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: hamid wrote: viraajan wrote: Mcgrath vandhA MI'ku chance romba kammi Dreams are being shattered McGrath aadalainna jeyichidalaama? thread romba amaithiyaa irukke? Konjam hopes irundhadhu hamid puyalukku munnE amaidhi namma vaanilai arikkai maathiri aakida pokuthu

  
  
  
  
  adhE thaan... vanilai arikkai la solradhu onnu... nadakkaradhu onnu... so, the majority of ppl say that mi will lose... so.... hmmm... seri vidunga... wait pannalam..
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:52:09 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  adhE thaan... vanilai arikkai la solradhu onnu... nadakkaradhu onnu... so, the majority of ppl say that mi will lose... so.... hmmm... seri vidunga... wait pannalam..

  
  
  enna vir.. oru thannambikkai vendaam? niingale ippadi sonna eppadi.. majority KKR thoothuduvaangannu kuuda solraanga. sari vidunga.. wait pannalaam
  
  Vir. was just kidding.. hope MI wins today and the race for semi final is on till the last match is played
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 2:55:39 2009.

  yeah hamid. i know. edhukku j/k ellam solreenga..
  
  i have thannambikkai... but hub'ku vandhu Sourav'oda DD Batting lineup post'a pAthaudane, poora confidence'um poidum pola irukku
  
  yet. i dont lose hopes. i still have hopes that MI can win today
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:56:55 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  yeah hamid. i know. edhukku j/k ellam solreenga.. i have thannambikkai... but hub'ku vandhu Sourav'oda DD Batting lineup post'a pAthaudane, poora confidence'um poidum pola irukku yet. i dont lose hopes. i still have hopes that MI can win today

  
  
  athu nalla pullaikku azaku
  
  irunthaalum umakku aasai athikamaiyya
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 8 2:58:37 2009.

  viraajan in enge brahmannan thread wrote:

  But, 8'o clock veetula cricket pOttuduranga I'm not able to watch it.

  
  :vanmayaana-kandanam:
  
  namma makkalukku padhil solliye aaganum!
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 2:59:11 2009.

  Super Kings very dear to me: Hayden
  
  You wanted to retire after the Ashes, didn't you?
  No. As I've said earlier, I'm done with my international career. My focus is now on IPL and my team Chennai Super Kings. That is the cricket left in me. I've got great passion and drive to play for Chennai. I look forward to the IPL with great anticipation.
  
  
  ....Because I knew the sporting Gods can be cynical Gods. They can be on your side or they can be against you. I tried to have them on my side more often than not.
  
  Is there a secret to be an opener like Hayden or Sehwag?
  Yes. The secret is hard work and preparation and to get the fundamentals of your game absolutely spot-on before you get to the middle.
  
  Coming back to IPL, the Chennai team seems to be happy that you have retired. You will now be playing for them full time...
  I'm also very excited about the IPL and being a part of it. I'm looking forward to working with Stephen Fleming and MS Dhoni in the upcoming tournament. I'm particularly happy with the brand of cricket the team plays. The IPL was a phenomenal experience for me.
  
  Now that you say the IPL is your goal, are you thinking of settling down in Chennai?
  Most definitely. I have great friends in Chennai and southern part of India and coincidentally, I was taken by the Chennai team. It is a wonderful experience and opportunity for me. I feel blessed.
  
  How do you rate Chennai Super Kings team?
  I think we have the strongest side in the competition and I really believe that we can win this time.
  
  http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/interview/InterviewContent.aspx?IvID=13
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 2:59:59 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  athu nalla pullaikku azaku irunthaalum umakku aasai athikamaiyya

  
  
  
  
  Wait panni parunga hamid... (ippadi veera theerama saval ellam udura nelamai'la naan illa )
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 3:00:10 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  viraajan in enge brahmannan thread wrote: But, 8'o clock veetula cricket pOttuduranga I'm not able to watch it. :vanmayaana-kandanam: namma makkalukku padhil solliye aaganum!

  
  
  adappaavi vir..
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 3:01:17 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  viraajan in enge brahmannan thread wrote: But, 8'o clock veetula cricket pOttuduranga I'm not able to watch it. :vanmayaana-kandanam: namma makkalukku padhil solliye aaganum!

  
  
  bala... idhula pAtheenganna, MI match vandha nAne remote'a eduthu vachukkutu ayichaatiyam pandren
  matha match ella first 30mins paakalaina kooda enakku parava illa... but MI
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 3:01:31 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  hamid wrote: athu nalla pullaikku azaku irunthaalum umakku aasai athikamaiyya Wait panni parunga hamid... (ippadi veera theerama saval ellam udura nelamai'la naan illa )

  
  
  niinga illa sari. vera yaaraavathu irukkangala anuppi vainga
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 3:02:48 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: viraajan in enge brahmannan thread wrote: But, 8'o clock veetula cricket pOttuduranga I'm not able to watch it. :vanmayaana-kandanam: namma makkalukku padhil solliye aaganum! bala... idhula pAtheenganna, MI match vandha nAne remote'a eduthu vachukkutu ayichaatiyam pandren matha match ella first 30mins paakalaina kooda enakku parava illa... but MI

  
  
  Mumbai mattum thookarathukku kaaranam ippathanya theriyuthu
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 3:02:53 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: viraajan in enge brahmannan thread wrote: But, 8'o clock veetula cricket pOttuduranga I'm not able to watch it. :vanmayaana-kandanam: namma makkalukku padhil solliye aaganum! adappaavi vir..

  
  
  freeya vidunga...
  i was mentioning about other team matches....
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 3:03:34 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  Mumbai mattum thookarathukku kaaranam ippathanya theriyuthu

  
  
  
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 3:04:24 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  hamid wrote: Mumbai mattum thookarathukku kaaranam ippathanya theriyuthu

  enaku een hammer.. MI -ku podunga
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 3:06:12 2009.

  Innaikku sachin middle order-la aaduvvarnu nenaikirren... MI keeper waste polaye...
  Naman ohja ellam pinnurran...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 8 3:07:03 2009.

  Vir
  
  AppoCSK uruppinar card vechukkiraliya?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 3:08:35 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Vir AppoCSK uruppinar card vechukkiraliya?

  
  
  illa... i'm not for CSK... neither am i against CSK.
  
  namakku MI mattum thaan... life time urupinar aayitten
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 3:10:12 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  illa... i'm not for CSK... neither am i against CSK.

  nerla paakum podhu vachirukken
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 8 3:12:29 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Vir AppoCSK uruppinar card vechukkiraliya?

  
  
  Indru Inithe Onraga MI jeipathai kaanbom!!
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 3:21:51 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  viraajan wrote: illa... i'm not for CSK... neither am i against CSK. nerla paakum podhu vachirukken

  
  
  
  
  eppO vareenga?
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 3:22:14 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: Vir AppoCSK uruppinar card vechukkiraliya? Indru Inithe Onraga MI jeipathai kaanbom!!

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 3:32:18 2009.

  Batting-la seniors ellam nalla aaduranga...
  seniors bowling onnum avvalava sari illaye...
  Warne,Bhajji,Vettori,Kumble,Zaheer ellam 1,2 match-la than nalla pottanga...
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 3:35:55 2009.

  Add Murali to that
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 3:54:37 2009.

  bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae...
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 8 3:58:13 2009.

  SoftSword wrote:

  bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae...

  
  
  Kandippa.... suggest some place....
  
  Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan....
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 3:58:53 2009.

  
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 4:03:39 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan....

  
  
  where do u stay???
  not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 8 4:06:04 2009.

  SoftSword wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan.... where do u stay??? not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place

  
  
  I stay in BTM 1st Stage... athe thaan naanum sollaren... make my home a pub'lic place.... anga ellame allowed... tavira namakkum privacy irukum... enna venaalum pesalaam....
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:07:31 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan.... where do u stay??? not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place I stay in BTM 1st Stage... athe thaan naanum sollaren... make my home a pub'lic place.... anga ellame allowed... tavira namakkum privacy irukum... enna venaalum pesalaam....

  
  
  appadi enna peesa pooringa
  
  

• From: Sourav on Fri May 8 4:08:25 2009.

  lol...nalla match-a select panni paarungo...
  kkr Vs brc 12th annaikku....
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 4:08:25 2009.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan.... where do u stay??? not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place I stay in BTM 1st Stage... athe thaan naanum sollaren... make my home a pub'lic place.... anga ellame allowed... tavira namakkum privacy irukum... enna venaalum pesalaam....

  
  
  ok..
  i stay in btm 2nd stage... and have a big house too...
  lets check with the other hubbers...
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:09:52 2009.

  SoftSword wrote:

  Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan.... where do u stay??? not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place I stay in BTM 1st Stage... athe thaan naanum sollaren... make my home a pub'lic place.... anga ellame allowed... tavira namakkum privacy irukum... enna venaalum pesalaam.... ok.. i stay in btm 2nd stage... and have a big house too... lets check with the other hubbers...

  
  
  chinna veeda irunthaa nalla irukkum
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 4:11:17 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan.... where do u stay??? not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place I stay in BTM 1st Stage... athe thaan naanum sollaren... make my home a pub'lic place.... anga ellame allowed... tavira namakkum privacy irukum... enna venaalum pesalaam.... ok.. i stay in btm 2nd stage... and have a big house too... lets check with the other hubbers... chinna veeda irunthaa nalla irukkum

  
  enga periya veettukkulla naalu chinna veedu vekkalaam
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:14:51 2009.

  SoftSword wrote:

  hamid wrote: SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: Kalyasi wrote: SoftSword wrote: bangalore hubbers... onna edhachum PUBlic placela ukkandhu match watch panra madhiri edhanum plan pannalamae... Kandippa.... suggest some place.... Enga veedu ok va? athuvum public place thaan.... where do u stay??? not an issue, but i mean pub'lic place I stay in BTM 1st Stage... athe thaan naanum sollaren... make my home a pub'lic place.... anga ellame allowed... tavira namakkum privacy irukum... enna venaalum pesalaam.... ok.. i stay in btm 2nd stage... and have a big house too... lets check with the other hubbers... chinna veeda irunthaa nalla irukkum enga periya veettukkulla naalu chinna veedu vekkalaam

  
  
  hubbers niraya peer vrennu sollitta enna parathu? sharinga
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 4:20:32 2009.

  nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren...
  seriya kalyan
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:22:39 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan

  
  
  sorry..chinna pasanga allowed illa
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 4:25:06 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan sorry..chinna pasanga allowed illa

  
  
  naansensss
  match paaka koodava cihnna pasanga vara koodadhu
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri May 8 4:26:44 2009.

  All are Welcome...
  
  Pub'lic place athe oru veeda iruntha neraya thought provoking discussions a podalaam... LM enga? he will guide us through on how to organize this event...
  
  

• From: directhit on Fri May 8 4:26:57 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan

  chinna veedunnu sonnadhum ippadi alayareenga
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 4:29:24 2009.

  directhit wrote:

  viraajan wrote: nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan chinna veedunnu sonnadhum ippadi alayareenga

  
  nAn match paaka thaan varen'nu sonnen
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:31:19 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  directhit wrote: viraajan wrote: nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan chinna veedunnu sonnadhum ippadi alayareenga nAn match paaka thaan varen'nu sonnen

  
  
  illayee.... appallem amaithiya irunthuttu chinna veedunnu sonnathum bus pidichi varennu sound vittingale
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 4:33:03 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan

  
  
  Vir... egapatta bus pidichu anubavam pola...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 4:35:43 2009.

  hamid wrote:

  viraajan wrote: directhit wrote: viraajan wrote: nan udanE oru blr bus pudichu vandhudaren... seriya kalyan chinna veedunnu sonnadhum ippadi alayareenga nAn match paaka thaan varen'nu sonnen illayee.... appallem amaithiya irunthuttu chinna veedunnu sonnathum bus pidichi varennu sound vittingale

  
  
  
  
  idhellam nalla note pannunga
  
  ss, appadi ellam edhuvum illa
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:36:40 2009.

  irunthaalum vir niinga ippadi iruppingannu ethirpaarkala..
  
  ok on this note we can open a new thread
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 4:38:26 2009.

  new thread for discussing chinna veedu topic??
  interesting...
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 4:41:14 2009.

  SoftSword wrote:

  new thread for discussing chinna veedu topic?? interesting...

  
  
  athellam vir bus pidichi vanthu paarthuppar..
  
  naama IPL thread aarambikkalaam
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 4:49:32 2009.

  seri seri.... nan blr vandhEna, kandippa Chinna Veedu thread open pannidaren
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 4:52:06 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  seri seri.... nan blr vandhEna, kandippa Chinna Veedu thread open pannidaren

  
  
  chinna veedu thread vendam...
  chinna veedu theru onnu open pannunga...
  
  

• From: viraajan on Fri May 8 4:58:12 2009.

  SoftSword wrote:

  viraajan wrote: seri seri.... nan blr vandhEna, kandippa Chinna Veedu thread open pannidaren chinna veedu thread vendam... chinna veedu theru onnu open pannunga...

  
  
  utta en professiona mAthiduveenga pola...
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 5:00:33 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  SoftSword wrote: viraajan wrote: seri seri.... nan blr vandhEna, kandippa Chinna Veedu thread open pannidaren chinna veedu thread vendam... chinna veedu theru onnu open pannunga... utta en professiona mAthiduveenga pola...

  
  natpukkaaga!!
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 5:01:57 2009.

  viraajan wrote:

  SoftSword wrote: viraajan wrote: seri seri.... nan blr vandhEna, kandippa Chinna Veedu thread open pannidaren chinna veedu thread vendam... chinna veedu theru onnu open pannunga... utta en professiona mAthiduveenga pola...

  
  
  oohoo..ithas professiona vera seyyariingala.. nadathunga
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 5:31:45 2009.

  Shane Watson, Nathan Bracken and James Hopes have been stood down from the closing stages of the IPL by Cricket Australia medical staff. While Andrew Symonds (Deccan Chargers), Brett Lee (Kings XI Punjab) and David Hussey (Kolkata Knight Riders) were cleared to fly to South Africa immediately after Australia's Twenty20 loss to Pakistan in Dubai on Thursday, Bracken and Hopes were ordered to rest ahead of the World Twenty20 in England next month.
  
  http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/story/403314.html
  
  

• From: hamid on Fri May 8 5:32:17 2009.

  Watson, meanwhile, was initially cleared to feature for the Rajasthan Royals, but suffered a mild groin strain while batting against Pakistan in the series finale. "He will return home for scans and rehabilitation and his condition will be reviewed over the coming weeks to determine his availability for the ICC World Twenty20," said Australian team doctor Trefor James.
  
  

• From: SoftSword on Fri May 8 6:46:00 2009.

  what about mike hussey of chennai...