DLF INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Guys this is a clear match fixing.

Just for two reasons

1. Sangakara has dislodged the stump with empty hand, but still it was given out by the third umpire.

2. Eventhough there is a third run, Harris did not even made an attempt.

empty hands?..which wicket u mean?

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:11:23 2009.

Viv,

Symonds wicket. Even Rameez was saying it was a not out.
From: thamizhvaanan on Sun May 17 10:11:38 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Rohit Sharma What is this guy made of

aana indiaku aadum podhu mattum sodhappal sharma va maaridraan
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:12:51 2009.

We should not be surprised if Kings XI and RR gets qualified. Modi's power!
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:13:47 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Viv,

Symonds wicket. Even Rameez was saying it was a not out.

he was blabbering..rameez raja

it was clearly out!

The ball was in the hands...one bail was still in the stumps and he dislodged it with the ball in the hand

thats out
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:15:11 2009.

Is it so? I am not sure, naan paatha vara 2 bails was on air.
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:15:59 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

We should not be surprised if Kings XI and RR gets qualified. Modi's power!

come on...no way a tournament with full of international players and umpires could be staged.

u think the catch by raina or piyush chawla could be staged as well...not even by steven spielberg
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:16:39 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Is it so? I am not sure, naan paatha vara 2 bails was on air.

one bail was in the stumps clearly and he dislodged it with the ball in the hand

it was clearly out
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:17:46 2009.

Vivasayi,

Anything and everything possible. Modi enna venaalum pannuvaar. Read his life history you would be amazed.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:18:32 2009.

Is it so? I am not sure, naan paatha vara 2 bails was on air.

one bail was in the stumps clearly and he dislodged it with the ball in the hand

it was clearly out

Let me check it again.

From: thamizhvaanan on Sun May 17 10:18:44 2009.

Rameez raja penatharadha ellam oru pecha solreengaley
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:18:51 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Vivasayi,

Anything and everything possible. Modi enna venaalum pannuvaar. Read his life history you would be amazed.

but the reason u said was null and void.

it was out and the third umpire is right

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:23:36 2009.

Vivasayi,

Anything and everything possible. Modi enna venaalum pannuvaar. Read his life history you would be amazed.

but the reason u said was null and void.

it was out and the third umpire is right Smile

May be. They have not shown the reply, have you noticed that?

From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:25:33 2009.

ss,

when the third umpire had to take the decission...many footages were shown clearly and it was out

rameez raja was dreaming...

u dont have to doubt that wicket.

regarding the replay...the very next ball there was a wicket
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:29:11 2009.

Viv,

Let me ask you something. Even a sitter was replayed again and again. Why not this? This is my question.
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:36:07 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Viv,

Let me ask you something. Even a sitter was replayed again and again. Why not this? This is my question.

It was shown at last with the wickets package and the hatrick was shown as a replay with the three wickets during the match

may be u should have missed it.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 17 10:37:46 2009.

Seri vidunga, andha wicket video kedacha maatum post pannunga, I want to see it again.
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 10:49:31 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Seri vidunga, andha wicket video kedacha maatum post pannunga, I want to see it again.

hmmm
From: Ramakrishna on Sun May 17 10:59:21 2009.

Patel to Gambhir, OUT, what a ripper by Munaf, this is an unbelievable catch

G Gambhir c & b Patel 8 (8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Nonsense Munaf, inga mattum uyir kuduthu aadraan, aana Indian ku mattum oru commitment illa

From: thamizhvaanan on Sun May 17 11:32:15 2009.

Patel to Gambhir, OUT, what a ripper by Munaf, this is an unbelievable catch

G Gambhir c & b Patel 8 (8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Nonsense Munaf, inga mattum uyir kuduthu aadraan, aana Indian ku mattum oru commitment illa

he is seen all over the field.. his fielding has vastly improved... andha munaf'a nu yosika thonudhu

From: Ramakrishna on Sun May 17 11:38:26 2009.

thamizhvaanan wrote:

he is seen all over the field.. his fielding has vastly improved... andha munaf'a nu yosika thonudhu

Once he is picked for Indian team, he will once again become 'antha Munaf'

From: Plum on Sun May 17 11:59:07 2009.

The way delhi are playing against rr and kxi, fixing dhaan thomnudhu.
Rr - modi team
Kxi - bindra team

From: omega on Sun May 17 12:00:16 2009.

thamizhvaanan wrote:

he is seen all over the field.. his fielding has vastly improved... andha munaf'a nu yosika thonudhu

Once he is picked for Indian team, he will once again become 'antha Munaf'

May be BCCI captain has to consult Warne to find out what needs to be done to get the best out of Munaf

From: thamizhvaanan on Sun May 17 12:14:53 2009.

omega wrote:

thamizhvaanan wrote:

he is seen all over the field.. his fielding has vastly improved... andha munaf'a nu yosika thonudhu

Once he is picked for Indian team, he will once again become 'antha Munaf'

May be BCCI captain has to consult Warne to find out what needs to be done to get the best out of Munaf

Not only Munaf, there are several such underperformers. Rohit sharma, rp singh, kd karthik even yousuf pathan. Can't say whether we can compare ODI performances with T20's. In T20 world cup, it will be interesting to see how these ppl play.

From: sivank on Sun May 17 14:08:06 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Viv,

Symonds wicket. Even Rameez was saying it was a not out.

sridhar, I am just watching the highlights and I have watched his scene a couple of times. It seems like a wrong decision. I can see that Sanga by mistake knocks a bail while trying to catch the ball and knocks the whole setup. I strongly feel that it is a big let down for DC
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun May 17 14:18:15 2009.

Munaf is having fun in the midle
From: Ramakrishna on Sun May 17 14:23:49 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Munaf is having fun in the midle

Munaf batting kooda aadraan IPL-la
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 17 14:30:40 2009.

ennappaa nadakuthu Preity kku ippellaam ozhungaa thoonga mudiyuthaa
From: sivank on Sun May 17 14:33:29 2009.

Really a one sided match. Munaf�s last over made the difference where he gave 25 runs.

It is getting very tight for everyone other than Delhi and Kolkatta
From: ksen on Sun May 17 15:12:47 2009.

sivank wrote:

Really a one sided match. Munaf�s last over made the difference where he gave 25 runs.

It is getting very tight for everyone other than Delhi and Kolkatta

Mumbaia vittutteenga
From: sivank on Sun May 17 15:30:34 2009.

Mumbai figurative aa semi finals varathukku innum chance irukku. Adhaan avangala include pannala.
From: Nerd on Sun May 17 15:47:00 2009.

sivank wrote:

Mumbai figurative aa semi finals varathukku innum chance irukku. Adhaan avangala include pannala.

illai. Kings victory today has shattered that outside chance.

From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 22:50:03 2009.

Viv,

Symonds wicket. Even Rameez was saying it was a not out.

sridhar, I am just watching the highlights and I have watched his scene a couple of times. It seems like a wrong decision. I can see that Sanga by mistake knocks a bail while trying to catch the ball and knocks the whole setup. I strongly feel that it is a big let down for DC

one bailthana...the other bail was in the stumps

From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 17 22:52:21 2009.

Plum wrote:

The way delhi are playing against rr and kxi, fixing dhaan thomnudhu.
Rr - modi team
Kxi - bindra team

I think the semi final spot for CSK is confirmed by yesterday RR-Delhi match
From: Plum on Mon May 18 0:54:55 2009.

No vivs, if chennai lose both their matches, rr beat kkr with huge margin and dc win their last match, csk will be out
From: sgokulprathap on Mon May 18 1:14:14 2009.

Plum wrote:

No vivs, if chennai lose both their matches, rr beat kkr with huge margin and dc win their last match, csk will be out
CSK run rate +1.021, RR run rate (-0.360).
Even if CSK loses 2 matches badly and RR win its match against KKR by huge margin, CSK wud still have better nrr over RR.

From: hamid on Mon May 18 1:17:00 2009.

No vivs, if chennai lose both their matches, rr beat kkr with huge margin and dc win their last match, csk will be out Smile

CSK run rate +1.021, RR run rate (-0.360).
Even if CSK loses 2 matches badly and RR win its match against KKR by huge margin, CSK wud still have better nrr over RR. Smile

anyway CSK will win the matches and goto semis by their win, not by RR.. no worries

From: thamizhvaanan on Mon May 18 1:18:47 2009.

RR semi's la ilama irukradhu better.. chinna gap kedacha podhum, cup a win panniduvaanunga
From: hamid on Mon May 18 1:20:25 2009.

Two Teams KKR and MI can never cross CSK points..

RCB to get pass CSk they will need to win both matches.. If they win both DC goes out of semis.. so it can be either RCB or DC..

RR can and will win against KKR.. and can get on par with CSK on points.. but to match CSk runrate they have to win by 150+ run margin

So definitely there will be at least four teams below CSK
From: Vivasaayi on Mon May 18 1:21:27 2009.

Plum wrote:

No vivs, if chennai lose both their matches, rr beat kkr with huge margin and dc win their last match, csk will be out

evlo ghuge marginla adichalum - csk runrate pakkathulaye vara mudiyadhu
From: sgokulprathap on Mon May 18 1:29:29 2009.

hamid wrote:

RCB to get pass CSk they will need to win both matches.. If they win both DC goes out of semis.. so it can be either RCB or DC..

if KKR beat RR and CSK beat KXIP, DC can still make it to semis along with DD, CSK, BRC. that is the ideal thing I wish.
From: hamid on Mon May 18 1:29:29 2009.

thamizhvaanan wrote:

RR semi's la ilama irukradhu better.. chinna gap kedacha podhum, cup a win panniduvaanunga

I want them to be in semis and lose to CSK in Finals

From: hamid on Mon May 18 1:31:20 2009.

RCB to get pass CSk they will need to win both matches.. If they win both DC goes out of semis.. so it can be either RCB or DC..

if KKR beat RR and CSK beat KXIP, DC can still make it to semis along with DD, CSK, BRC. that is the ideal thing I wish. Smile

Gokul,

I was saying there are no possibilities which can prevent CSK entering Finals.. I expect CSK to win both..

From: sgokulprathap on Mon May 18 1:32:37 2009.

RCB to get pass CSk they will need to win both matches.. If they win both DC goes out of semis.. so it can be either RCB or DC..

if KKR beat RR and CSK beat KXIP, DC can still make it to semis along with DD, CSK, BRC. that is the ideal thing I wish. Smile

Gokul,

I was saying there are no possibilities which can prevent CSK entering Finals.. I expect CSK to win both.. Boo

yeah, sure.

From: VENKIRAJA on Mon May 18 1:43:22 2009.

RCB to get pass CSk they will need to win both matches.. If they win both DC goes out of semis.. so it can be either RCB or DC..

if KKR beat RR and CSK beat KXIP, DC can still make it to semis along with DD, CSK, BRC. that is the ideal thing I wish. Smile

Exactly!
But BRC I don't think would make it .

From: directhit on Mon May 18 1:49:08 2009.

hamid wrote:

I want them to be in semis and lose to CSK in Finals
Revenge dhaan eduthaache beating them twice - idhukku mela edhukku infact all revenges taken already its mostly gonna be Delhi v Punjab and CSK v Deccan in the semis (though i wish BRC go thru instead of yuvi's team )

From: hamid on Mon May 18 1:54:38 2009.

I want them to be in semis and lose to CSK in Finals Yes

Revenge dhaan eduthaache beating them twice - idhukku mela edhukku Razz

infact all revenges taken already Wink

its mostly gonna be Delhi v Punjab and CSK v Deccan in the semis (though i wish BRC go thru instead of yuvi's team Sigh2

They beat us thrice last time

yes.. all revenges are taken.. We lost to MI, DD,DC in first round and paid back well to all of them in the next round...

No team has won both their matches against CSK :

From: GP on Mon May 18 1:55:08 2009.

I want them to be in semis and lose to CSK in Finals Yes

Revenge dhaan eduthaache beating them twice - idhukku mela edhukku Razz

infact all revenges taken already Wink

its mostly gonna be Delhi v Punjab and CSK v Deccan in the semis (though i wish BRC go thru instead of yuvi's team Sigh2

Punjab's chance depends on how it plays against CSK. Punjab is yet to defeat CSK in IPL. Unless CSK tries new players and they fail to perform, its difficult for them to beat CSK.
RR with match against KKR has better chances.
so most prolly it is 'DD vs RR' and 'CSK vs DC' in semis, and 'DD vs CSK' in finals.

From: hamid on Mon May 18 2:05:38 2009.

GP wrote:

I want them to be in semis and lose to CSK in Finals Yes

Revenge dhaan eduthaache beating them twice - idhukku mela edhukku Razz

infact all revenges taken already Wink

its mostly gonna be Delhi v Punjab and CSK v Deccan in the semis (though i wish BRC go thru instead of yuvi's team Sigh2

GP,

Dont go by history.. If it is the case, CSK never won in Durban.. lost al three in Durban and they are playing against KXi in Durban

From: GP on Mon May 18 2:27:29 2009.

MI in last two in points table, but in top two in NRR. hm, wats the use?
From: sivank on Mon May 18 2:54:37 2009.

GP, Fake ipl oda recent post paatheengalaa, MI team sachina konjam edhirkkara maadhiri ezhudhi irukkaare

From: Kalyasi on Mon May 18 3:03:52 2009.

GP, Fake ipl oda recent post paatheengalaa, MI team sachina konjam edhirkkara maadhiri ezhudhi irukkaare

Quote:

Thankfully, someone has taken mercy at our misery and decided to give us some company by losing matches from winning positions. Thanks to the Desis, it's not lonely at the bottom anymore. Btw, there are murmurs of dissent against Aila. Many in the team believe Aila's decisions have ended their tournament. The foreign players are a little more vocal about it, but even the desi players have started cribbing.

from FIP blog....

The bolded one shld be Bhajji...

Even all the Mumbaikars in my team are angry with Sachin.... and they want him to quit.... Cricket theriyatha pasanga...

From: GP on Mon May 18 3:05:20 2009.

hm, when a team is losing, its normal to put the blame on the captains.
From: Plum on Mon May 18 6:03:12 2009.

DD vs CSk would be the ideal finals both from deserving POV and in terms of getting a good match. Indha RR, KXI , BRC ellam vandha slugfest dhaan. But RR somehow will scrape through in the last minute. So innoru Azhukku final dhaan

From: Kalyasi on Mon May 18 6:14:14 2009.

DD vs CSk would be the ideal finals both from deserving POV and in terms of getting a good match. Indha RR, KXI , BRC ellam vandha slugfest dhaan. But RR somehow will scrape through in the last minute. So innoru Azhukku final dhaan

Plum RR ellam chance e illa... the way they are playing now... they will defly be beaten by KKR........

or if at all the sneak into the semi final... they will be thrashed by any opponent that they face in the semis.......

Paapome....

For DD's lethargic approach in the last few matches, I am sure they will be pushed out in the Semis... you've got to keep the momentum going.....

From: GP on Mon May 18 6:17:28 2009.

u r telling both DD and RR will be ousted in semi with their current form.
but if RR faces DD in semis, who wil win?
(If RR goes to semis, it will most probably meet DD)

From: Kalyasi on Mon May 18 6:39:26 2009.

GP wrote:

u r telling both DD and RR will be ousted in semi with their current form.
but if RR faces DD in semis, who wil win?
(If RR goes to semis, it will most probably meet DD)

If RR reaches Semis then it can play either CSK or DD in Semis..

From: Kalyasi on Mon May 18 6:44:34 2009.

but most probably it will be CSK Vs DC in Semis......

Gilly

From: Kalyasi on Mon May 18 6:50:22 2009.

Quote:

Mumbai Indians, like Kolkata Knight Riders, have also disappointed their fans for the second consecutive DLF IPL season. Whereas the Mumbai Ranji team's exploits over the years in Indian cricket, have been well documented. They have won the Ranji title a record 38 times. Their latest triumph coming this year. The Mumbai Ranji team obviously do something right and critically know how to win matches. It may not be a bad idea for the Mumbai Indians bosses to pay a visit to the MCA, who happen to be in their neighbourhood and pick up a few clues on building a champion team.

Ivvaru annan Manjerekar koorugiraar

From: ThalaNass on Mon May 18 6:57:52 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

but most probably it will be CSK Vs DC in Semis......

Gilly

Symonds also im expressing my support for DC to win the IPL
From: villan007 on Mon May 18 7:22:05 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Ivvaru annan Manjerekar koorugiraar

dei nee championship pathilam pesra alavuku worthilla da
From: Plum on Mon May 18 10:08:40 2009.

One major difference between mumbai ranji trophy team and mumbai indians is...Rohit Sharma. Not that he is a ranji giant but T20 seems to suit him. Besides. Mumbai are pretty ordinary in limited overs in recent times so their 38 ranji championships count for little in a T20 championship. Last two ranji odi championships, TN was the winner.
So, annan manjrekar is as usual "enna ivan olarran"-ing
From: directhit on Mon May 18 10:15:37 2009.

Bailey in Hayden rested - hope this guy hits some out of the park ala Marsh/D Hussey
From: P_R on Mon May 18 10:15:47 2009.

Ranji trophy-aiyum IPL-aiyum comparisonA. Mandu-rekar.
From: directhit on Mon May 18 10:19:34 2009.

rounds mudinchaa?
From: P_R on Mon May 18 10:22:35 2009.

directhit wrote:

rounds mudinchaa?
Why what have you guys been up to in the backpages of this thread
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon May 18 10:27:14 2009.

directhit wrote:

Bailey in Hayden rested - hope this guy hits some out of the park ala Marsh/D Hussey

Hayden-ai innaikkudhan team-la serthu, TP-ya potten
From: Nerd on Mon May 18 10:28:42 2009.

PR
I yam yuvar katchi. IPL down down
From: directhit on Mon May 18 10:28:48 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

directhit wrote:

Bailey in Hayden rested - hope this guy hits some out of the park ala Marsh/D Hussey

Hayden-ai innaikkudhan team-la serthu, TP-ya potten
nalladhu - enakku page load ae aaga matengidhu
From: ThalaNass on Mon May 18 11:15:27 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

directhit wrote:

Bailey in Hayden rested - hope this guy hits some out of the park ala Marsh/D Hussey

Hayden-ai innaikkudhan team-la serthu, TP-ya potten

master.. same here
From: directhit on Mon May 18 12:05:56 2009.

Lord Aggy gets Albie into some kinda form
From: ajithfederer on Mon May 18 12:25:10 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Ranji trophy-aiyum IPL-aiyum comparisonA. Mandu-rekar.
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon May 18 12:48:47 2009.

McCullum
From: dinesh13284 on Mon May 18 13:26:15 2009.

McCullum out for 81
From: Prabo on Mon May 18 13:47:53 2009.

25 from 12

Yappa Balaji ella ball'um slow ball'a podathappa
From: ajaybaskar on Mon May 18 13:49:15 2009.

long live Balaji...
From: Prabo on Mon May 18 13:52:50 2009.

Ok. Balaji does what is expected of him

6 off 6
From: Prabo on Mon May 18 13:56:06 2009.

4 from balls 3....

Raina to Hodge
From: dinesh13284 on Mon May 18 14:01:15 2009.

KKR wins
From: Prabo on Mon May 18 14:02:19 2009.

KKR won

Dhoni - Raina missed a run out chance. Neverthless, very good over from Raina. McCullum
From: Vivasaayi on Mon May 18 14:12:30 2009.

yenda ganguliya seekiram out panneenga ...
From: ajithfederer on Mon May 18 14:18:34 2009.

McCullum and Hodge
From: Prabo on Mon May 18 14:20:00 2009.

Dhoni says 'This is the Worst bowling in IPL'

I think the KKR batsmen did well and bowlers had nothing much and outfield was so good
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon May 18 14:22:50 2009.

Dhoni has lost his cool it seems
From: crajkumar_be on Mon May 18 14:38:55 2009.

I renege on my vow to just say this:

Morkel: 3-0-39-0
Karunchiruthai(Indru Poonai): 3-0-40-0

And what about most of the other matches?

Siruthai B.K Venkatesh Prasad-ke slow-ball coach a irukkum pola

P.S: Didn't watch the match
From: Nerd on Mon May 18 17:04:36 2009.

Ennadhu chennai thOthuruchA
From: directhit on Mon May 18 21:15:08 2009.

ada paavingalaa thothuteengalaa - innum rajasthan and punjab dhaan baaki IPL2 la thokka, ellam en thappu, muzhichirundhu paathirukkanum

From: directhit on Mon May 18 21:20:45 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

Chennai now face the frustrating prospect of having to rely on the outcome of their final league game against Punjab, and possibly net run-rate to see where they finish. The IPL is wide open.

eh! even if we lose the match against punjab, we are thru

NRR is very high thanks to losing all the matches close so far!

and the funny part is we are the only team to have not won against KKR in IPL2

From: ajithfederer on Mon May 18 22:55:22 2009.

Anoops,
http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/series/374163.html?view=pointstable

What if Deccan, Punjab and Bangalore win all their next matches?
From: villan007 on Mon May 18 22:57:05 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Anoops,
http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/series/374163.html?view=pointstable

What if Deccan, Punjab and Bangalore win all their next matches?

Deccan - b'lore oru match iruku..so chennai ku atleast 4th place aachi confirm
From: ajithfederer on Mon May 18 22:58:19 2009.

ok.
From: directhit on Mon May 18 23:36:58 2009.

adhe adhe, even if RR scores a 200 and gets out KKR for 50 and then Punjab scores 200 and gets out CSK for 50 Chennai goes thru!

anyways Durban jinx a modhalla odachuttu ulla poganum - hope there is no need of all these NRR
From: GP on Mon May 18 23:53:48 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

yenda ganguliya seekiram out panneenga ...
From: Sourav on Mon May 18 23:58:02 2009.

GP, enna 20010 aana kooda semis pogatha team kitta poyi thotthu poyiteenga... Athuvum record chasing....(?)
From: GP on Tue May 19 0:05:09 2009.

sourav wrote:

GP, enna 20010 aana kooda semis pogatha team kitta poyi thotthu poyiteenga... Athuvum record chasing....(?)
naanga thookka kalakathula velayaadinOm.
Balaji Odi vandhadha paarthaa ball stump ku pOgumaannE doubt tA irundhuchu.
Dada yeppadiyum oru 10 over katta pOttu help pannuvaarunnu nenachEn. avara seekiram out aakkinadhu miga periya thavaru.
From: GP on Tue May 19 0:06:23 2009.

so, after a long time, CSK's NRR comes below 1.
When MI with 2nd best NRR won't qualify for semis, atleast 1 team with negative NRR wud qualify for semis.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 0:14:20 2009.

GP wrote:

Balaji Odi vandhadha paarthaa ball stump ku pOgumaannE doubt tA irundhuchu.

antha over mudichittu onnumae theriyathungra maathri supera oru sirippu siriccharu paarunga...

Quote:

Dada yeppadiyum oru 10 over katta pOttu help pannuvaarunnu nenachEn. avara seekiram out aakkinadhu miga periya thavaru.

Appo unga team mela konjam kooda nambikkai illa?...
Dada...didnt middle the ball at all...

From: GP on Tue May 19 0:22:51 2009.

Dada yeppadiyum oru 10 over katta pOttu help pannuvaarunnu nenachEn. avara seekiram out aakkinadhu miga periya thavaru. Sad

Quote:

Appo unga team mela konjam kooda nambikkai illa?... LOL

Dada...didnt middle the ball at all...

namma talent use panradhu mattum buthisaalithanam illa.
opposition team weakness use pannikaradhumthaan buthisaalithanam.

Dada innum 10 over velayaadi irundhaalum wudnt have middle the ball.

From: directhit on Tue May 19 0:30:20 2009.

sourav ae 13 match la rendu dhabaa dhaan sandhoshama irukkaru, idhukku counter ellam kuduthu verupetharaaru GP
From: GP on Tue May 19 0:35:58 2009.

directhit wrote:

sourav ae 13 match la rendu dhabaa dhaan sandhoshama irukkaru, idhukku counter ellam kuduthu verupetharaaru GP

he WAS supporting KKR only for Dada. but KKR jeicha rendu matchlayum Dada dint contribute for success.
BTW, Sourav has changed his support to MI and the team suffered.
hope he continues his nakkals on CSK atleast to nakkalfy me.
Sourav, semis la my full support for CSK nu sollidaadheenga.

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 0:37:59 2009.

GP wrote:

Dada yeppadiyum oru 10 over katta pOttu help pannuvaarunnu nenachEn. avara seekiram out aakkinadhu miga periya thavaru. Sad

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Appo unga team mela konjam kooda nambikkai illa?... LOL

Dada...didnt middle the ball at all...

namma talent use panradhu mattum buthisaalithanam illa.
opposition team weakness use pannikaradhumthaan buthisaalithanam. Huh?!

Dada innum 10 over velayaadi irundhaalum wudnt have middle the ball. LOL

20 over dada irunthiruthalum csk jeichirukkathu...

Eppothum KKR team thotthaum uzhunthu porandu siripeenga...innaikku kkr kitta thotththu unga team aache...athan vera vazhi illama dada-vai ottitu irukkeenga...

"20011 semis pogatha team kittaye ipdi thotthuttom....

" ipdi sirikkanum...

From: directhit on Tue May 19 0:39:34 2009.

John Buchanan and SR Gay team kku support panra Sourav ozhiga
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 0:44:04 2009.

directhit wrote:

John Buchanan and SR Gay team kku support panra Sourav ozhiga
shapppa..... kkr-ku yaaruppa support pannathu....ipl start pannathuku munnave dada captaincy thookkunathulerutnhu i dont support kkr....check dada thread...GP 20011-la kooda semis pogathunu sonnaru...athan enna solrarunu paathen...
From: GP on Tue May 19 0:47:08 2009.

Sourav, yen vaakku palikaadhOnnu bayamaa irukku.
next season Dada va squad la irundhu thookittaa oru vEla KKR semi ku pOnaalum pOyidum.
From: directhit on Tue May 19 0:49:33 2009.

Dada va thookitta KKR kolkatta va vittu dhaan pogum
From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 0:50:28 2009.

CSK See u guys never believed when I say last round washout was more bad for KKR than for CSk.. If they had won it, KKR might be in the semis since it would've lifted their spirit.. Most of the matches they lost was by close margin (Mumbai game was different matter alltogether)

Anyday, this years KKR is much better than last years BRC
From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 0:51:24 2009.

Hehe.. next year cup confarmudungga for KKR if Buchanan resign
From: GP on Tue May 19 0:51:59 2009.

directhit wrote:

Dada va thookitta KKR kolkatta va vittu dhaan pogum
ada theriyumnga. with next IPL to be held in India, SRK cant play his team in Kolkatta without Dada as captain.
And I wish Dada to fire in next season.
but chummA Ramal la verupEthathaan andha posts.

From: directhit on Tue May 19 0:52:55 2009.

See u guys never believed when I say last round washout was more bad for KKR than for CSk.. If they had won it, KKR might be in the semis since it would've lifted their spirit

sollave illa

From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 0:54:25 2009.

See u guys never believed when I say last round washout was more bad for KKR than for CSk.. If they had won it, KKR might be in the semis since it would've lifted their spirit

sollave illa Razz

If they had won that game and against RR surely they'll be in semis by now..

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 0:54:39 2009.

GP wrote:

Sourav, yen vaakku palikaadhOnnu bayamaa irukku.
next season Dada va squad la irundhu thookittaa oru vEla KKR semi ku pOnaalum pOyidum.
unga provocations neruthureengala...rombha mokkaiya irukku...i never nakkalfied CSK...ithu onnu than...athuvum neenga provoke pannathala...

GP MI team patthi vaaye thorakka mattaru...sonna enna nadakkumnu theriyum.... KKR-ku orutharum illanu 20010-la kooda semis ppogathu..athu ithu nu ishtathukku nakkal adikka vendiyathu....

From: GP on Tue May 19 0:57:29 2009.

See u guys never believed when I say last round washout was more bad for KKR than for CSk.. If they had won it, KKR might be in the semis since it would've lifted their spirit.. Most of the matches they lost was by close margin (Mumbai game was different matter alltogether) Razz

CSK

Anyday, this years KKR is much better than last years BRC Very Happy

Last year koodathaan CSK lost to Deccan Chargers who were at the bottom of the table, but we entered finals.

so according to u had KKR won against CSK in that washout game, KKR wud have entered semis even with Buchannan in charge. so it is not Buchannan's fault. Only because CSK-KKR match washed out, KKR can not enter semis.

From: GP on Tue May 19 1:02:21 2009.

Sourav, yen vaakku palikaadhOnnu bayamaa irukku.
next season Dada va squad la irundhu thookittaa oru vEla KKR semi ku pOnaalum pOyidum. Poke

GP wrote:

unga provocations neruthureengala...rombha mokkaiya irukku...i never nakkalfied CSK...ithu onnu than...athuvum neenga provoke pannathala... Razz

GP MI team patthi vaaye thorakka mattaru...sonna enna nadakkumnu theriyum.... hysterical

KKR-ku orutharum illanu 20010-la kooda semis ppogathu..athu ithu nu ishtathukku nakkal adikka vendiyathu.... LOL

everyone here bashed KKR team like anything coz of Buchannan and SRK. yemmEla mattum yenna kObam.

And regarding MI, since Sachin is my fav, I dint criticise. idhula ungalukku yenna problem?

And when I said KKR cant make it to semis even in 20010, u dint raise any issues then. ippa mattum yenna?

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 1:08:22 2009.

athey than... kkr-i nakkal panna no issues...but, dada... inga ungala thavira vera yaarum dada-i nakkal panna maathri therla.. hope u understand...

From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 1:09:47 2009.

GP wrote:

Last year koodathaan CSK lost to Deccan Chargers who were at the bottom of the table, but we entered finals. Poke

CSK

Anyday, this years KKR is much better than last years BRC Very Happy

haha..

Buchanan deffinitely the reason.. but im talking about the momentum here.. had they won that game and against KKR the momentum will be with them and with that confidence they might have won other games they lost very closely

From: GP on Tue May 19 1:11:08 2009.

See u guys never believed when I say last round washout was more bad for KKR than for CSk.. If they had won it, KKR might be in the semis since it would've lifted their spirit

sollave illa Razz

If they had won that game and against RR surely they'll be in semis by now.. Cool

Punjab kooda 6 over match jeichadhula varaadha spirit CSK match jeichirundhA vandhirukkum.

CSK with just 1 win in 1st four matches, came back to win 5 matches in a row. that is spirit.
though I dont like Punjab team, they came back from back to back losses in rain affected matches. adhuthaan spirit.

From: Plum on Tue May 19 1:12:10 2009.

Inge yaaro BRC, KKR ellam CSK easya oodhi thallumnu pottirundhanga. Adhanalyo ennamo, rendu kitteyum CSK thothiruchu . Request to that mahanubhavudu - please withdraw the statement that KXI is easy meat for CSK.
From: GP on Tue May 19 1:13:00 2009.

sourav wrote:

athey than... kkr-i nakkal panna no issues...but, dada... inga ungala thavira vera yaarum dada-i nakkal panna maathri therla.. hope u understand...
ONLY to nakkalfy u, I posted lik that.
if anyone is questioning Sachin or Dada's cricketing skills, he doesnt know cricket at all.
From: Plum on Tue May 19 1:13:03 2009.

Mothathula, HUB-la makkal support pandra teams one by one-a vizhudhu so i request HUB makkal to please transfer loyalty to teams like Rajasthan and Punjab.

From: GP on Tue May 19 1:14:40 2009.

Inge yaaro BRC, KKR ellam CSK easya oodhi thallumnu pottirundhanga. Adhanalyo ennamo, rendu kitteyum CSK thothiruchu Smile

. Request to that mahanubhavudu - please withdraw the statement that KXI is easy meat for CSK.

okei. ungalukaaga yen statement maathikarEn.
it is difficult for CSK to beat KXIP at Durban as CSK has lost all its 3 matches in Durban so far.

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 1:17:45 2009.

GP wrote:

Inge yaaro BRC, KKR ellam CSK easya oodhi thallumnu pottirundhanga. Adhanalyo ennamo, rendu kitteyum CSK thothiruchu Smile

. Request to that mahanubhavudu - please withdraw the statement that KXI is easy meat for CSK.

okei. ungalukaaga yen statement maathikarEn.
it is difficult for CSK to beat KXIP at Durban as CSK has lost all its 3 matches in Durban so far. Shaking With Fear

Oh...athu neenga thana appove nenaichen....

IPL-la mattum entha team-iyum easy-a eduthukka mudiyathunnu therinjukkiten...

From: ajithfederer on Tue May 19 1:17:57 2009.

I watched KKR's chase. Ganguly was really struggling to hit the ball . But McCullum was in a fiery mood. He smashed like 22 in a over of Tyagi (??) and reached his 50(51 actually) offf just 21 balls. Even Albie Morkel wasn't spared. Murali offered some resistance. I kinda agree with Vicky and GP here once ganguly got out Hodge came and royally blasted the bowling. McCullum's innings was a real captain's knock. One could see that he was determined to win.

And whats up with Balaji?? . Really pathetic bowling. The run up(body language) was very slow to look (Edho podanumae'nnu potta madhiri irunduchu). Dhoni's presentation speech says it all and he is right. It is one of the poor bowling performances in IPL and 188 is a winnable score.
From: Plum on Tue May 19 1:20:38 2009.

Ashwin can be tried in place of Balaji. Hope Dhoni doesnt go back to Gony.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 1:22:42 2009.

ya....Dada was really struggling....spin vanthappuram oralavu s/r equal pannuvarunu paathen...out aagittaru,...poor series 4 dada... no fifties...
From: GP on Tue May 19 1:28:42 2009.

And regarding yesterday's match, Raina cud have been tried in 19th over. had the 19th over been tight CSK wud hav got a chance.
From: GP on Tue May 19 1:30:20 2009.

Plum wrote:

Ashwin can be tried in place of Balaji. Hope Dhoni doesnt go back to Gony.
agreed. without Hayden, CSK scored 180+.
but the bowling which lukd gud wen CSK was making low scores was pathetic yesterday.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 1:33:50 2009.

GP wrote:

And regarding yesterday's match, Raina cud have been tried in 19th over. had the 19th over been tight CSK wud hav got a chance.
IIRC, Balaji has bowled well in this kinda same pressure situation b4 in this edition...right? Athan dhoni nambi koduthan pola...

From: directhit on Tue May 19 1:36:02 2009.

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But that was a small corner of the mind; the far larger, emotionally-driven part willed KKR on to the finish line. And this part of me got its justification immediately after the winning runs were hit, when the younger members of the KKR squad stormed onto the ground, jumping into each other�s arms and celebrating with the sort of abandon better placed teams would have reserved for a berth in the final.

If you can get hold of a tape, watch Anureet Singh at the end of the game. The 21-year-old was among the first to run onto the ground and nearly strangle Brad Hodge with his hug; sporting a smile as big as all outdoors, he hugged all his team mates and support staff, hugged any random members of the opposition that happened within range, and then looked around seeking someone else to hug.

The young Indians in that side � and they were the ones on their feet throughout the chase, egging the batsmen on towards the target � needed the win so bad words can�t begin to define the depth of their needing. They are not important enough to play a part in the politics of their elders and betters; they are not even important enough to be invited to take sides in the internecine squabble.

For a month now, they have been part of a unit that squabbled off the field and repeatedly stumbled on it � not the sort of experience you want at the start of your cricket career. You can only extrapolate, from the sheer exuberance of their celebrations, just what it meant to them to receive confirmation that ultimately, it is not about personal egos but about the cricket.

Those boys will be beaming still - and that thought is pure delight.

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The mechanics of the chase have all been set out here; I�ll leave the fours and sixes alone and end this on the one image that has been my takeaway from the game: Anureet Singh in the middle of the ground, even after most of his mates had finally gone back to the dressing room, beaming as if he would bust and looking around for someone to hug, to share joy all the greater for all that has gone before.

http://sightscreen.rediffiland.com/blogs/2009/05/19/Riding-off-into-the-sunset-1.html

From: Kalyasi on Tue May 19 1:38:36 2009.

Kadaisiya KKR ku santhosam...... Paavam those guys really deserved better...... M.Karthik dropping two easy catches and the reaction in McCullum's face said it all.....Their fielding has been pathetic....

But no worries KKR deserved to win....

It was McCullum's batting that made CSK's bowling look pathetic....... He was moving all over the batting crease and unsettling the bowlers..... CSK's bowlers had no clue of line and length.......

S.Tyagi *tha thodarnthu 4 short ball pottutu oru full toss vera potaan....

Still I believe Dhoni will have trust in Balaji.. it was one of those days where your bowlers get hammered all over the park.... Good that we have already qualified and it is a wakeup call for our bowlers....

Basically bowlers need to have plans for Specific Batsmen and Situation to be successful in T20.....
From: Kalyasi on Tue May 19 1:54:23 2009.

KKR shld look to remove their weak links in the field next season......

and yes CSK shld also do that.....
From: directhit on Tue May 19 1:59:49 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

KKR shld look to remove their weak links in the field next season......

and yes CSK shld also do that.....
KKR's weak links are off the field
CSK shud get DK and some decent indian bowler! nope not Nehra
From: Vivasaayi on Tue May 19 2:00:57 2009.

remove oram - put in ntiti

Thats the best option o improve bowling strength
From: Kalyasi on Tue May 19 2:03:39 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

remove oram - put in ntiti

Thats the best option o improve bowling strength

Vivs Ntini ya ellam pirichu eduthu puduvaanga........ Y'day even Oram cud have been tried with the ball...... Summa ukkanthu irukarathukku avar ethukku playing XI la irukanum........
From: directhit on Tue May 19 2:05:01 2009.

our top order clicks, so oram is jus ball porikkings - wud like to see Oram in at abt 10-11 th over and see how he bats (i think he got one such opp in this IPL and failed )

From: Vivasaayi on Tue May 19 2:07:22 2009.

See u guys never believed when I say last round washout was more bad for KKR than for CSk.. If they had won it, KKR might be in the semis since it would've lifted their spirit

sollave illa Razz

If they had won that game and against RR surely they'll be in semis by now.. Cool

yes.

if brc had won every match in last year they would had been in finals

if deccan chargers had won every match last year they would had been in finals

if muralidharan hits 3 double centuries in next 3 matches he would be the leading run scorer....

yesterday its mccullum magic....

From: Vivasaayi on Tue May 19 2:09:07 2009.

remove oram - put in ntiti

Thats the best option o improve bowling strength

Vivs Ntini ya ellam pirichu eduthu puduvaanga........ Y'day even Oram cud have been tried with the ball...... Summa ukkanthu irukarathukku avar ethukku playing XI la irukanum........

yesterday oram and morkel should have come earlier to bat

I dont know why dhoni dint put them in .... formku vandhathana semis finalsla team complete controlls irukkum

From: Kalyasi on Tue May 19 3:08:15 2009.

We showed what we are capable of: McCullum

JOHANNESBURG: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Brendon McCullum finally had something to cheer about.

Here are excerpts from his media briefing after a rare win

On whether the win has sunk in: I guess. The irony is it was our worst fielding and bowling performance we have put in for the whole tournament. The feeling in the change room at the moment is fantastic. I am so pleased for the guys. It's been a hell of a ride, the last three or four weeks. We have got ourselves into situations where we thought we couldn't lose games. And we managed to come up short. I am so pleased for the change room and for all the guys that they have continually got off the camp after every time.... after every hard loss. They continued to give their absolute all for the team. It's nice to get some reward like we did tonight.

On the factors behind the win: I guess them scoring 190 almost allowed us to play freely that we couldn't stop. I think that is part and parcel of a good start. Try and get our run-rate up so that we could try and keep things in check as we headed into the last five or six overs. And as it worked out it was near to a perfect run chase. Even when six off six were needed there were parts of me which were thinking that once again we might fall short of the line. I thought Brad Hodge was outstanding today. He has been great for us throughout the tournament. To hold the nerve in the manner in which he did today and to get us across the line. Same with Saha. He was great too. I am so pleased for all the guys who have gone through such a time over the last three or four weeks and to come out of the other side of it against a very, very good side in a tough situation is pretty pleasing.

On what they did different: We batted second for a start. We have had some pretty good totals to try and defend over the last couple of games. We haven't probably executed with the ball as much as we should have. We have dropped a few catches which have let us down. I guess with the bat in hand today was a different proposition for us. Quite refreshing, as well, knowing well that the destiny of the game was within our bats rather than being on the field and having a ball in hand. So it was quite a nice change. and I think it certainly worked for us.

On his message to fans: I guess the same message that we are telling one another within the camp. We have given it everything that we possibly could over these last three weeks. Things haven't always gone our way. We have faced some pretty tough times as a group. But hopefully this is just a small sort of payback for all the hard work and all the dedication... not only the players... but the people within the group and from outside the group, fans, everyone. Hopefully, they enjoyed it tonight. I guess what it did show was what we are capable of as a team. And I guess the emotion as well that we saw at the end from the guys is something that we are looking to try and re-capture next year. So hopefully we have managed to continue to keep ourselves pleased and keep our supporters proud with the way we have continually stepped up and managed to overcome adversity right throughout the tournament. And hopefully people have seen that. We have still got a fantastic fan base. And guys have been great, we have got messages from all over the world. With messages of support does show that a lot of people care about this team.

On whether Shah Rukh Khan spoke with the team: Not so far but no doubt he will be in contact tonight. He has been in contact after pretty much every game. He lives and breathes the team more than anyone else. I am sure he will be sitting at home quietly pleased with the way how this game unfolded.
From: Kalyasi on Tue May 19 3:18:00 2009.

We're in a good position to go through: Fleming

CENTURION: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming was candid enough to admit his side was just not at its best when losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the DLF Indian premier League here on Monday.

Here are excerpts from his media interaction.

On the bowling attack not doing its job: It is the best we have got and we weren't at our best. I had hoped for better. The dangerous thing with Kolkata Knight Riders was that they had nothing to lose. And the way the likes of Brendon McCullum and Brad Hodge play. When you get a big score on the board, it almost forces a team to throw caution to the wind. And that I think was the danger. We weren't accurate as we could be with the cricket ball. That's the first thing we put our hand up and say that. Right through we were placed under pressure. We couldn't execute as what we have been doing in the past couple of rounds. Saying that there was some great cricket shots played and they were quickly got on the front foot which can happen. So, it was a tough game for us. We were disappointed that we couldn't defend that score certainly. But you also have got to be accepting that some of the cricket that was played by Kolkata Knight Riders certainly not fitting a side that struggled throughout the tournament. And that's just the danger when they have got quality players.

On the importance of the last game against Kings XI Punjab: We are still in a good position. Looking at the table, there has got to be a lot of things work against us for us not to go through, that's without winning the match. We have personal pride in terms of that performance, we want to finish well with a win to get up the table. But as far as the competition goes we are still in a healthy position.

On Matthew Hayden's injury: Matt's got a slight strain in his quad which he picked up in the last game. And the scan revealed that today. We were hoping that it was more bruising but there is a slight tear there. We are hoping with a bit of rest that he would be ripe whether it's for the next game or the semifinals. We will be very cautious with our approach for him and we will be aggressive in our treatment. Cautious with our approach because he is certainly vital to our chances of winning this competition.

On the mood after losing to Knight Riders: We didn't take it that lightly. We knew they were going to be dangerous because they have nothing to lose. I think the biggest feeling we have is disappointment. That weren't able to execute any plans or any accuracy with the ball to be able to shut the game down. Good sides shut the game down. We have been able to do that. We have done it pretty well during the middle stages. We just weren't good enough today. The disappointment is there. And that could be a good thing going into the semifinal, if we play well in the last game, then the players certainly won't be comfortable about their performances. Being in an uncomfortable state is a good thing.

On Jacob Oram being underutilised and if Makhaya Ntini would replace him: That's one of the discussions we have all the time. The skipper likes Jacob in the side, He adds energy. Why he hasn't been used? We have got a number of bowling options there. The skipper likes him there, to be able to use him when he thinks the time's right. The games we played batting wise, we have got, as you said, a number of resource that we can use. On the occasions that it doesn't come off. It is nice to know that down to No 7 we are full of power. Not everyone can feature in a game, we are hoping Jacob's time will come in the final which will be nice. As far as bowling options go, the slower bowlers have been able to dictate enough to keep Jacob out of the bowling attack thus far. But I do know that the skipper backs him and rates him that's why he is in the side.

On the reason for many catches being dropped in the tournament: I think it's a bit of pressure. There is a lot of pressure on the guys when they are playing. The conditions, the dark night means that it is very hard to get a focus on the pace of the ball. And that's caused little bit of concern. But basically it's just the pressure. The fact that experienced guys are making mistakes just shows that there is a lot of feeling out there. And catches are crucial. We have had games where we have dropped a catch and lost the match. Players know the importance of when every ball goes up in the air completing that catch it's very high. To me that's the main reason.

On Knight Riders being under-achievers: If you look at the way Knight Riders have played, they have had have had a lot of close games and perhaps the confidence and belief that you need to get across the line has just been missing. And once that happens, then you start looking at everything. But in getting your confidence back, you start turning over the way you are practising and what you do. I know that from playing for New Zealand for a few years. But if they play like they played tonight in their last match, then they are going to finish on a good note. Because they are too good a side to be ending at the bottom. There are a number of reasons. Luck's probably a word that has been used a fair bit, they just couldn't get across the line. We were hoping that was going to be the case tonigh, but not to be.

On left-arm pace bowlers doing well: That's a good question. I am not sure why they are succeeding more than the right arm. Maybe the quality of left-arm bowling has been pretty high. The ability to swing the ball and maybe shut down the swinging arc for a batsman, makes it a little bit more difficult. Also just the conditioning. It is still a rarity when players are training pre-dominantly with right-armers and they get into what's called a hitting mode. So then come out and play some left-armer, just takes a little bit of adjustment. So it's a combination of all of the above. Little bit of swing early which is always valuable for a left-armer, but I think it is just cramping down that swinging arc, so players are unable to free their arms as much as what they are able to do with right-armers.

On Gayle saying Test cricket dying is not that bad: I don't agree. I don't know what context he said it. Whether it was tongue in cheek or whether he did mean it. There is certainly a lot of shifting isn't there, the way the balance of the game and priorities and a number of players are analysing and assessing where they want to be and how they want to play. Chris certainly has got a great future in the shorter form of the game. But he is also very important, I think, to the Test game as itself. He plays a nice brand of Test cricket, we saw that with his 54 recently. It would be a shame, I think, if he gave it away. But you do have accept it's a changing world and cricketers are certainly trying to work out their best part forward from a business point of view.

From: littlemaster1982 on Tue May 19 3:28:16 2009.

On Jacob Oram being underutilised and if Makhaya Ntini would replace him: That's one of the discussions we have all the time. The skipper likes Jacob in the side, He adds energy. Why he hasn't been used? We have got a number of bowling options there. The skipper likes him there, to be able to use him when he thinks the time's right. The games we played batting wise, we have got, as you said, a number of resource that we can use. On the occasions that it doesn't come off. It is nice to know that down to No 7 we are full of power. Not everyone can feature in a game, we are hoping Jacob's time will come in the final which will be nice. As far as bowling options go, the slower bowlers have been able to dictate enough to keep Jacob out of the bowling attack thus far. But I do know that the skipper backs him and rates him that's why he is in the side.

Never heard a stupid justification like this

From: Kalyasi on Tue May 19 3:28:36 2009.

Who can make the semifinal grade along with Delhi Daredevils?

NEW DELHI: It cannot get any tighter than this. After 51 of the 56 games in the DLF Indian Premier League have been won and lost (and in two cases, rained off), we are still only sure of one semifinalist, Delhi Daredevils. As many as five teams that can fancy their chances of making the last four grade along with the current leaders.

Let us take a glance at the top six in IPL 2009 as of now: 1. Delhi Daredevils 18 points (12 games), 2. Chennai Super Kings 15 points (13 games), 3. Deccan Chargers 14 points (13 games), 4. Kings XI Punjab 14 points (13 games), 5. Rajasthan Royals 13 points (13 games) and 6. Royal Challengers Bangalore 12 points (12 games).

And now to take a look at the matches left: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Delhi Daredevils (Tuesday, Johannesburg); Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab (Durban, Wednesday); Delhi Daredevils vs. Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Deccan Chargers (Centurion, Thursday).

That allows us to examine the scenarios likely to emerge. Delhi Daredevils can finish with 22 points if they win both games against Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians or 20 points in case they win only one of the two or18 points in the event of losing both their games. In any case, they cannot be moved from the top position at the end of the league.

Defending champions Rajasthan Royals can finish with 15 points and stay in the running if they beat Kolkata Knight Riders in a game that they have to win. Indeed, if Kolkata Knight Riders can sign off the tournament with another win, they will take Rajasthan Royals out of the IPL 2009 along with them. If Chennai Super Kings beats Kings XI Punjab, they can finish second with 17 points. If Kings XI Punjab win that game, they will finish with 16 points and go through to the semifinals while Chennai Super Kings would be left waiting for the outcome of the final game between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore to know if they get into the last four or not.

Royal Challengers Bangalore can make it to the semifinals on their own steam if they post successive victories over Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers but if they lose to Deccan Chargers in that final league game, they may be bowing out of the tournament. Deccan Chargers will not need to bank on NRR if they win that last match and finish with 16 points.

Mokka analysis... CSK has already qualified.....
From: directhit on Tue May 19 6:02:24 2009.

What the semi-final contenders need to do

Team: Chennai Super Kings
Points/ Net run-rate: 15/ +0.932
Matches remaining: 1
Opponent: Kings XI Punjab

A victory against Kolkata would have sealed Chennai's berth in the semi-finals but they couldn't manage one, making their qualification for the next stage less certain. Chennai, however, are in a better position than most of the other contenders. They are on 15 points, one ahead of Deccan and Punjab and two ahead of Bangalore, and have the best net run-rate as well. However their last game, against Punjab, is of vital importance. A win will take Chennai through. A defeat will push them lower in the table but they would still be likely to qualify third or fourth because of their strong net run-rate.

Team: Deccan Chargers
Points/ Net run-rate: 14/ +0.265
Matches remaining: 1
Opponent: Bangalore

Deccan, presently on 14 points, play Bangalore in the last match of the league phase. The worst case scenario for Deccan would be if Punjab beat Chennai, taking them to 16 points, leaving Chennai on 15; if Rajasthan beat Kolkata to move up to 15; and if Bangalore beat Delhi to move to 14. In that case, Deccan will have to beat Bangalore to secure their semi-final berth. If Deccan lose to Bangalore, they could still make the cut, but they'll need other results to go their way, and their relatively healthy NRR could bail them out.

Team: Rajasthan Royals
Points/ Net run-rate: 13/ -0.360
Matches remaining: 1
Opponent: Kolkata

Rajasthan's qualification for the semi-finals is dependent on other results. The best they can do is to win their last game, against Kolkata, by a large margin to move up to 15 points and improve their negative net run-rate (NRR). If they do win, then they could possibly finish third or fourth in the league. The result of the Chennai-Punjab and Bangalore-Deccan matches will affect Rajasthan's chances - it is possible that Rajasthan might not make it even if they beat Kolkata. If Bangalore win their last two matches and Punjab beat Chennai, Rajasthan will be fighting with Chennai for the last spot. If Deccan beat Bangalore and Punjab beat Chennai, both will be on 16 points and Rajasthan will again be fighting with Chennai for that last spot.

The best scenario for Rajasthan is for them to beat Kolkata and for Chennai to win on Wednesday. That will ensure a place among the top four, along with Delhi, Chennai, and either Bangalore or Deccan. If Punjab beat Chennai, though, it gets more complicated for Rajasthan: they'll have to hope Bangalore lose to Delhi but beat Deccan, so that Bangalore and Deccan are both tied on 14 points and lose out, as Delhi, Punjab, Chennai and Rajasthan will qualify.

Team: Kings XI Punjab
Points/ Net run-rate: 14/ -0.423
Matches remaining: 1
Opponent: Chennai

By the time Punjab play their last game, against Chennai, Bangalore and Rajasthan would have completed their matches against Delhi and Kolkata respectively. Wins for both will have Bangalore on 14 points while Rajasthan will have 15, and the pressure on Punjab, presently on 14 points, to beat Chennai will be immense. Even if Punjab lose, they can still make the cut if Bangalore lose one or both of their matches, leaving at least two teams tied on 14. A net-run-rate scenario won't help Punjab, though, since theirs is lower than Deccan and Bangalore, and defeat will further worsen the NRR. Realistically, they need to beat Chennai to qualify.

Team: Royal Challengers Bangalore
Points/ Net run-rate: 12/ -0.309
Matches remaining: 2
Opponent: Delhi, Deccan

Today's game against Delhi is of huge importance for Royal Challengers Bangalore. They have two games to play and are currently sixth with 12 points and a negative net run-rate. A win will take them level with Deccan and Punjab. A defeat will not knock them out entirely but it will leave them needing to win their last match against Deccan and hoping that at least one of Punjab or Rajasthan lose their last games. Then it will come down to net run-rates. If Bangalore win both their matches, their semi-final berth is secure.

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/story/404986.html
From: Madhu Sree on Tue May 19 6:26:30 2009.

CSK vs KKR, disaster for CSK ...
cheer up CSK do well in the forthcoming matches... all the best...
From: dinesh13284 on Tue May 19 6:45:50 2009.

Chennai and Deccan are almost certain to reach semis...
From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 7:44:30 2009.

sourav sporting Viru's avatar.. Innaiki viru duck-out kanfarmmdungga
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 7:56:33 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

sourav sporting Viru's avatar.. Innaiki viru duck-out kanfarmmdungga
Ennamo avan super form-la irukkura maathiri... avan adichathey max 20 runs than intha season-la...
But, innaikku match-la athisayama adichhanna athu en avatar mahimai...out aana his bad form continues....

From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 8:01:08 2009.

Ennamo avan super form-la irukkura maathiri... LOL

sourav sporting Viru's avatar.. Innaiki viru duck-out kanfarmmdungga Shaking With Fear

avan adichathey max 20 runs than intha season-la... LOL

But, innaikku match-la athisayama adichhanna athu en avatar mahimai...out aana his bad form continues.... Cool

athukuda adikaama poiduvaanonu thaan bayamaa irukku

From: directhit on Tue May 19 8:03:34 2009.

I have put Viru as my TP - he wud hit for sure!! Hub in leg-dhaadha vaala ellam adhu maaradhu
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 8:06:56 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

athukuda adikaama poiduvaanonu thaan bayamaa irukku
last match 2 runs-ku outtu...

directhit wrote:

I have put Viru as my TP - he wud hit for sure!! Hub in leg-dhaadha vaala ellam adhu maaradhu

seriyaana kaamedy saar neenga...
neengalum series start pannathulerunthu viru-vai than TP-a podureenga....oru match kooda adikkala... innaikku mattum enna..

PS: Innaikku viru century or 50 adicchathukku appuram dhoni avatar vai, balaji avatar vai-nu yaarum vanthu q-la nikka koodathu aama...
From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 8:07:53 2009.

I have removed Viru from my side
From: directhit on Tue May 19 8:08:13 2009.

leg-dhaadha today he has told that he wud get back to form - annan solradha thaan seyvaaru, seyyaradha thaan solvaaru
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 8:10:43 2009.

directhit wrote:

leg-dhaadha today he has told that he wud get back to form - annan solradha thaan seyvaaru, seyyaradha thaan solvaaru
3 or 4 yrs munnadi double century adikka porennu sonnan...series full-a total-a kooda 200 runs thandala....
From: directhit on Tue May 19 8:14:31 2009.

wait n watch - he wud hit unless he is jinxed because of ur avatar
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:32:37 2009.

Royal Challengers Bangalore team
RV Uthappa, JH Kallis, R Dravid, LRPL Taylor, V Kohli, RE van der Merwe, wicketkeeperMV Boucher, P Kumar, B Akhil, captainA Kumble, M Pandey

Delhi Daredevils team
G Gambhir, captainV Sehwag, AB de Villiers, wicketkeeperKD Karthik, M Manhas, MF Maharoof, AB McDonald, AM Salvi, A Nehra, DL Vettori, Y Nagar
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:32:56 2009.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat
From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:33:09 2009.

Hub in leg dhaadha Sourav Sehwag goes for a duck
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:33:31 2009.

directhit wrote:

leg-dhaadha today he has told that he wud get back to form - annan solradha thaan seyvaaru, seyyaradha thaan solvaaru
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:33:38 2009.

0.3 Kumar to Sehwag, OUT, gone! Praveen gets Sehwag with an ordinary ball, its short of a length and slanting down leg stump but Sehwag just turns it off his pads to Taylor at square leg
V Sehwag c Taylor b Kumar 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:34:05 2009.

directhit wrote:

Hub in leg dhaadha Sourav Sehwag goes for a duck
His bad form continues...
From: ksen on Tue May 19 10:34:56 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

sourav sporting Viru's avatar.. Innaiki viru duck-out kanfarmmdungga
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:35:17 2009.

GP, unga TP P.K thane...2 wickets...
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:35:33 2009.

with T20 WC ahead, this is not gud for Team India.
From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:35:47 2009.

PK gets one more - i wish BRC wins this if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...
From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:36:36 2009.

ksen wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

sourav sporting Viru's avatar.. Innaiki viru duck-out kanfarmmdungga

avaru peru kaal sourav
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:36:58 2009.

GP wrote:

with T20 WC ahead, this is not gud for Team India.
Antha Bowler-um india than....
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:39:41 2009.

sourav wrote:

GP, unga TP P.K thane...2 wickets...
but innoru teamla Viru TP. Gambhir TP in another team.
Bangalore teamla irundhu PK mattumthaan yen teamla irukaan. so chummA irukattumnu TP yaa pOttEn.
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:40:33 2009.

directhit wrote:

PK gets one more - i wish BRC wins this if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...
ejaactly.
From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:40:47 2009.

wth is Mc Grath not in the playing XI!!! sutha naansense.....

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:41:40 2009.

GP wrote:

but innoru teamla Viru TP. Gambhir TP in another team.
Bangalore teamla irundhu PK mattumthaan yen teamla irukaan. so chummA irukattumnu TP yaa pOttEn. Razz

GP, unga TP P.K thane...2 wickets... Clap

Viru disappoints me in every match....

Not watching the match now...
My TPs gauti, ABD, Kallis.

Hope atleast 2 of them perform well...

From: GP on Tue May 19 10:42:31 2009.

sourav wrote:

GP wrote:

with T20 WC ahead, this is not gud for Team India.
Antha Bowler-um india than....
avan ABDe Villiers maadhiri players sa out pannaattum, not Viru.
but adhukaaga oru Indian bowler Hayden na out pannA sandhOsha paduveengalaannu kEkka koodaadhu.

From: Thirumaran on Tue May 19 10:42:49 2009.

GP wrote:

but innoru teamla Viru TP. Gambhir TP in another team.
Bangalore teamla irundhu PK mattumthaan yen teamla irukaan. so chummA irukattumnu TP yaa pOttEn. Razz

GP, unga TP P.K thane...2 wickets... Clap

Viru disappoints me in every match.... Sigh2

Not watching the match now...
My TPs gauti, ABD, Kallis. Razz

Hope atleast 2 of them perform well... Razz

ur avatar magic continues..

single digit la adicha sehwag ippa periya mutta

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:43:14 2009.

directhit wrote:

PK gets one more - i wish BRC wins this
No mishra,dilshan...more chance 4 BRC...

From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:43:40 2009.

GP wrote:

PK gets one more Surprised

if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis Cool

sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...

if BRC Wins today and CSK defeats punjab and KKR defeats RR there cud be a chance with NRR etc...

From: GP on Tue May 19 10:43:49 2009.

directhit wrote:

wth is Mc Grath not in the playing XI!!! sutha naansense.....
fridge vechu preserve panraanga.
yennathaan fridge la vechaalum romba naal aanaa kettu pOidumnu avangalukku purila.

From: GP on Tue May 19 10:46:02 2009.

GP wrote:

PK gets one more Surprised

if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis Cool

sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...

if BRC Wins today and CSK defeats punjab and KKR defeats RR there cud be a chance with NRR etc...

if this happens, DD, CSK, DC, BRC wud be in semis even without lukin into NRRs.

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 10:46:19 2009.

Thirumaran wrote:

ur avatar magic continues..
single digit la adicha sehwag ippa periya mutta

injury-ku appuram vantha match-la 10+ adichan....last match 2, intha match duck...erangitte poran...athukku naan enna panrathu...
0-vum single digit than...

From: GP on Tue May 19 10:47:32 2009.

injury-ku appuram vantha match-la 10+ adichan....last match 2, intha match duck...erangitte poran...athukku naan enna panrathu... LOL

Thirumaran wrote:

ur avatar magic continues.. LOL

single digit la adicha sehwag ippa periya mutta ROTFL

0-vum single digit than... LOL

Sourav, keep Yusuf Pathan / Warne avatar please.

From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:48:02 2009.

GP wrote:

GP wrote:

PK gets one more Surprised

if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis Cool

sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...

if BRC Wins today and CSK defeats punjab and KKR defeats RR there cud be a chance with NRR etc...

if this happens, DD, CSK, DC, BRC wud be in semis even without lukin into NRRs. Smile

nah - the loser of BRC/DC and Punjab wud be on 14 each and NRR Wud be needed

From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:49:44 2009.

Thalaivar music

From: Thirumaran on Tue May 19 10:49:45 2009.

GP wrote:

injury-ku appuram vantha match-la 10+ adichan....last match 2, intha match duck...erangitte poran...athukku naan enna panrathu... LOL

Thirumaran wrote:

ur avatar magic continues.. LOL

single digit la adicha sehwag ippa periya mutta ROTFL

0-vum single digit than... LOL

Sourav, keep Yusuf Pathan / Warne avatar please. Very Happy

I already requested for a Dhoni or Lakhshmi Rai avatar

From: GP on Tue May 19 10:50:18 2009.

GP wrote:

GP wrote:

PK gets one more Surprised

if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis Cool

sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...

if BRC Wins today and CSK defeats punjab and KKR defeats RR there cud be a chance with NRR etc...

if this happens, DD, CSK, DC, BRC wud be in semis even without lukin into NRRs. Smile

nah - the loser of BRC/DC and Punjab wud be on 14 each and NRR Wud be needed

oh, yeah. then I prefer DC to lose to BRC. DC's nrr is far better than RR.

From: Plum on Tue May 19 10:50:31 2009.

Sourav, enakkaga oru help pannungalen. I wish you have Warne in your avatar...naanum romba naala Sachin, Sehwag, Gilchrist, Dhoni, Kumble ipdi yaaravadhu Warneku IPL-la aappu veipaainganuy edhirpaarthu emandhutten - neengalavadhu help pannungalen. Apdiye Yuvraj Singh-kum aappu vecheengana, ungalukku oru paarattu vizhave erpadu pannuven

From: Thirumaran on Tue May 19 10:51:17 2009.

Sourav, enakkaga oru help pannungalen. I wish you have Warne in your avatar...naanum romba naala Sachin, Sehwag, Gilchrist, Dhoni, Kumble ipdi yaaravadhu Warneku IPL-la aappu veipaainganuy edhirpaarthu emandhutten - neengalavadhu help pannungalen. Apdiye Yuvraj Singh-kum aappu vecheengana, ungalukku oru paarattu vizhave erpadu pannuven Smile

ellaarum mudive panniteengalaa

From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:52:10 2009.

we dont seem to have backup opener in our T20 squad, Gambhir seems to be in nick - but Viru (CSK kooda form kku varaama irundha sari)
From: Plum on Tue May 19 10:52:22 2009.

directhit wrote:

PK gets one more - i wish BRC wins this if only there was a possibility of 3 south teams in semis sunil gavaskar vavuthukku fire service fone pannanum...

Adhe, adhe. idhula Deccan Chargers la Aussie management and Gilchrist captain - Cyclone mazhai kooda pathadu Gavaskar vayitherichalai aNaikka
(The ideal lineup to irritate Sunil - Chennai, Bangalore, Deccan(double vayitherichal) and Delhi(Australian coach!)
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:53:03 2009.

appadinna, Ramal 1st dada avatar vechadhaalathaan dada ku indha nelamayaa?
From: directhit on Tue May 19 10:54:11 2009.

sourav nu hub la id create pannappo dhaan india Greg Chappal a coach a select pannaanga
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:55:27 2009.

directhit wrote:

sourav nu hub la id create pannappo dhaan india Greg Chappal a coach a select pannaanga
prachana periya alavula irukkum pOla irukkE.
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:59:32 2009.

5.6 Kallis to Gambhir, OUT, bad ball, bad shot! Kallis bowls it short and wide, Gambhir needlessly decides to try and jump up and uppercut it but makes horrible timing and slaps the ball straight to Taylor at cover-point, who takes his second catch of the day
G Gambhir c Taylor b Kallis 27 (19b 3x4 1x6) SR: 142.10
From: GP on Tue May 19 10:59:51 2009.

End of over 6 (9 runs) - Delhi Daredevils 37/3 (RR: 6.16)
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 11:00:54 2009.

oru TP innoru TP-a gaaali pannittaan... superappu...
From: GP on Tue May 19 11:01:24 2009.

Gud chance for BRC to repeat the magic they did against CSK.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 11:01:56 2009.

// Oru avatar vaccha one week maatthurathu illa...nessstu monday than...
From: GP on Tue May 19 11:02:35 2009.

sourav wrote:

oru TP innoru TP-a gaaali pannittaan... superappu...
but Gambhir konjamaachum adichaan. but Viru.
From: Plum on Tue May 19 11:03:42 2009.

sourav wrote:

// Oru avatar vaccha one week maatthurathu illa...nessstu monday than...

oh! Appo RR semisla urudhingareenga? Marubadiyum Warne iduppula andha midget Rajasthan playerslam gudhikkaradhaiyum usuf pathan finals-ai win pandradhaiyum paarkanumnu thalaiezhuthu engalukku irundha enna panna mudiyum? Sigh!
From: GP on Tue May 19 11:04:07 2009.

sourav wrote:

// Oru avatar vaccha one week maatthurathu illa...nessstu monday than...
adhukulla IPL2 mudinjudum.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 11:04:19 2009.

GP wrote:

sourav wrote:

oru TP innoru TP-a gaaali pannittaan... superappu...
but Gambhir konjamaachum adichaan. but Viru.
Avana team-i vittu thookki remmbha naal aachu... innum yethukku avana team-la vacchirukkeenga? He has missed few matches too....

From: GP on Tue May 19 11:05:20 2009.

GP wrote:

oru TP innoru TP-a gaaali pannittaan... superappu... LOL

but Gambhir konjamaachum adichaan. but Viru. Evil or Very Mad

Avana team-i vittu thookki remmbha naal aachu... innum yethukku avana team-la vacchirukkeenga? Surprised

He has missed few matches too....

semis la form ku varuvaan.

but if the semis is against CSK, he will fall due to ur avatar.

From: HonestRaj on Tue May 19 11:06:04 2009.

sourav wrote:

// Oru avatar vaccha one week maatthurathu illa...nessstu monday than...

aaha enna oru latchiyam..

latchiyathukkagave vazhravaru enga sourav
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 11:06:42 2009.

GP wrote:

semis la form ku varuvaan.
ipdi solli solliye... namma avatar correct time-la workout aagum...
From: GP on Tue May 19 11:07:49 2009.

100th post.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 11:08:14 2009.

HonestRaj wrote:

aaha enna oru latchiyam..

latchiyathukkagave vazhravaru enga sourav
shreya, captain thread-la ellam posts mudichittiya? intha pakkam vanthirukka..?

From: HonestRaj on Tue May 19 11:13:31 2009.

aaha enna oru latchiyam..

latchiyathukkagave vazhravaru enga sourav Cool

HonestRaj wrote:

shreya, captain thread-la ellam posts mudichittiya? intha pakkam vanthirukka..? Razz

enakkennamo match fixing nadakkura madhiri thoanudhu.. last over thrillers paladhu nadakkudhu

From: Sourav on Tue May 19 11:15:32 2009.

HR, neraya per apdi than doubt kelappuraaanga...
From: HonestRaj on Tue May 19 11:19:21 2009.

sourav wrote:

HR, neraya per apdi than doubt kelappuraaanga...

recent-ah oru match kooda comfortable victory kidayadhu
From: ArulprakasH on Tue May 19 11:28:39 2009.

Bengaluru win panniduvanga pOla irukku..
From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 11:50:49 2009.

Sourav,

ur jinx continues..
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 12:07:03 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

Sourav,

ur jinx continues..
namma thammathundu avataru inga irunthukine kodikannukala invest panna team-i ellam kavukkuthu?
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 12:11:05 2009.

target kammi than...paapom...BRC jeicha than interesttu.
From: ThalaNass on Tue May 19 12:56:00 2009.

sourav wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

Sourav,

ur jinx continues..
namma thammathundu avataru inga irunthukine kodikannukala invest panna team-i ellam kavukkuthu?

Dilhi owner ungga mEla case poda poraarnu oorla pesikiraanga
From: dinesh13284 on Tue May 19 13:04:53 2009.

Bangalore 54/1 10 overs
From: wrap07 on Tue May 19 13:53:18 2009.

BRC
Dravid & Kumble
kallis
From: ajaybaskar on Tue May 19 13:53:45 2009.

RCB Won comfortably...
From: GP on Tue May 19 23:26:56 2009.

Bangalore Royal Challengers.
From: GP on Tue May 19 23:30:18 2009.

BRC has come to form after defeating CSK.
Hope KKR does the same.

I am a Kngiht Rider till 8pm IST today.
From: Sourav on Tue May 19 23:53:22 2009.

Utthappa out aanathai paathutu santhoshama thoongitten...
BRC...
// GP, naan kallis-i nethu team-la add pannathu veen pogala... TP vera... Points innum update aagala...
From: hamid on Wed May 20 0:46:45 2009.

Seems Chennai has more selection issues

Michel Hussey is joining the squad..
From: Plum on Wed May 20 1:02:51 2009.

One light topic - looks like CSK, BRC/RCB, MI, KKR, RR, KXI, DDD all have been fairly established in different degrees as acronyms but somehow HDC or DCH hasnt even been mentioend once in any newspaper, blog or internet forum. Interesting, isnt it? The MBA types can use this idea for a paper or something as they usually do taking trivial sappai matters and creating a big hype over underlying reasons for it and market analysis ellaam pottu thakkalam.
From: GP on Wed May 20 1:12:44 2009.

hamid wrote:

Seems Chennai has more selection issues

Michel Hussey is joining the squad..
Has he confirmed his participation?
I knew he said he wud join the squad for semis, but is there any official news he is joining the squad now.

if Hussey comes, CSK batting wud be more stronger at the top - Hayden, Hussey, Raina.
Hussey can replace Oram.

From: hamid on Wed May 20 1:15:07 2009.

GP wrote:

Michel Hussey is joining the squad..

Seems Chennai has more selection issues Smile

Has he confirmed his participation?
I knew he said he wud join the squad for semis, but is there any official news he is joining the squad now.

if Hussey comes, CSK batting wud be more stronger at the top - Hayden, Hussey, Raina.
Hussey can replace Oram.

Yes.. It is confirmed.. I read this in today's Times of India Paper.

anne.. namakku Batting ellam problem illa.. bowlingum fieldingumthaan

From: GP on Wed May 20 1:23:06 2009.

GP wrote:

Michel Hussey is joining the squad..

Seems Chennai has more selection issues Smile

Yes.. It is confirmed.. I read this in today's Times of India Paper.

anne.. namakku Batting ellam problem illa.. bowlingum fieldingumthaan Shaking With Fear

yeah Albie can be replaced with Ntini. with Hayden, Hussey and Raina at top, we really dont need all rounders.

my XI: Hayden, Hussey, Vijay, Badri, Raina, Dhoni, Ntini, Tyagi, Balaji, Jakati, Murali

From: directhit on Wed May 20 1:49:44 2009.

Quote:

Knights get stuck in the lift

Calcutta: A few players of the Kolkata Knight Riders, including former captain Sourav Ganguly and pacer Ishant Sharma, were Monday stuck for more than 15 minutes in their hotel lift.

Quote:

Although the players must have had a claustrophobic 15 minutes inside the lift, the Knights� director of cricket operations, John Buchanan ensured the memories were captured on his handy cam.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090520/jsp/sports/story_10992194.jsp

From: directhit on Wed May 20 2:05:22 2009.

a chance for this year's worst performers (in terms of points) to throw out the last year champions out of the tournament
From: Plum on Wed May 20 2:59:22 2009.

DH, that's not going to happen. Warne is too canny for McCullum. Chennai lost because even Dhoni cannot lift the team from its mediocrity. Dhoni and Hayden are keeping it afloat. Rajasthan apdi illai - they are also medicore team but - Warne might lose against real quality teams but against the likes of KKR, he will spin a web and come out succesful.

From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 3:01:55 2009.

DH, that's not going to happen. Warne is too canny for McCullum. Chennai lost because even Dhoni cannot lift the team from its mediocrity. Dhoni and Hayden are keeping it afloat. Rajasthan apdi illai - they are also medicore team but - Warne might lose against real quality teams but against the likes of KKR, he will spin a web and come out succesful.

mccullum puyal adicha kashtamthan

he is batting with having nothing to lose.

From: Kalyasi on Wed May 20 3:05:01 2009.

Urudhiyaga Solgiren Indru KKR Vetri!!!

From: GP on Wed May 20 4:40:13 2009.

Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, Durban

Rajasthan bank on win and hope

May 20, 2009
Start time 12.30 pm (10.30 am GMT, 4.00 pm IST)

Big Picture
The IPL, much like India's political system in an era of coalition governments, is resembling a numbers game with spots for the semis set to be narrowed down by net run-rate and the fortunes of other teams. Kolkata Knight Riders' upset win over Chennai Super Kings in Centurion gave an indication of their prominent role in spite of being knocked out, and they may wreck another team's hopes of reaching the top four on Wednesday.
The scenario for Rajasthan is: lose and you're out of the tournament, win and stay alive. A victory does not guarantee them a place in the semi-finals; they'll have to rely on other results and net run-rates to see where they finish. More than a win, Rajasthan will have to beat Kolkata by a large margin to boost their chances, as their negative net run-rate may work against them. But their task is a stiff one, for Kolkata - who saw off a horrific run of eight consecutive defeats - have finally redeemed themselves somewhat. They will be strongly determined to end their IPL on a high by inflicting a heartbreak on their opponents.

Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)
Rajasthan Royals - LWLLW
Rajasthan have serious problems with their batting. They've shuffled around the openers but none have proved consistent, including Graeme Smith. In the middle order, Yusuf Pathan's slump has hurt them badly. He's managed 53 runs in his last five innings, but is one among several who've failed. Nos. 3 to 8 have only averaged 14.81 between them in the same period, indicating a let down across the board.
Kolkata Knight Riders - WLLLL
Kolkata's batting is in good health with Brendon McCullum returning to form, Brad Hodge remaining highly reliable and David Hussey marking an excellent return to the IPL. Their pace attack has been their major weakness, and McCullum has often had to turn to Murali Kartik and Hodge to stem the scoring. Ajit Agarkar has been especially poor, going at over ten runs an over in each of the last three games.

Watch out for
Ravindra Jadeja - In an ailing middle order, Jadeja has proved the mainstay, notching up scores of 27, 19*, 42 and 24 in his last four appearances. With the batting around him crumbling, he does merit a promotion up the order. He's also proved extremely useful as a left-arm spinner, taking six wickets at an average of 23, but had an off day against Mumbai Indians when Sachin Tendulkar took him for 18 in an over.
Brendon McCullum - The innings of 84 against Bangalore sparked a reversal in fortunes, and his 81 against Chennai immediately brought back memories of his murderous assault in the IPL opener last year. He's struggled as captain, which had affected his own form, and despite the encouraging win in the last game, he is likely to step down after tomorrow.

Teams
For a must-win game, Rajasthan have to consider their options carefully. They have to strengthen their batting, and may just draft in Swapnil Asnodkar. Abhishek Raut has hardly made any contribution in the last five games, scoring 19 in three innings, and hasn't done much with the ball. He could step out to make way for Asnodkar. Naman Ojha has been disappointing in his last four games, managing just 26 runs but given the untested reserves, leaving him out could prove a big gamble.
Rajasthan Royals (probable): 1 Rob Quiney, 2 Graeme Smith, 3 Swapnil Asnodkar, 4 Ravindra Jadeja, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Johan Botha, 7 Naman Ojha (wk), 8 Shane Warne (capt), 9 Amit Singh, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.
Kolkata might make some changes, giving those have spent all their time at the bench a look-in for their final game of the tournament. Charl Langeveldt's inclusion is long overdue, and he should come in for Ajantha Mendis. Agarkar's continued presence in the playing XI has surprised many, and after three successive failures, he could make way for Shoaib Shaikh, who didn't do anything in his debut game.
Kolkata Knight Riders (probable): 1 Brendon McCullum (capt), 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Brad Hodge, 4 David Hussey, 5 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 6 Laxmi Shukla, 7 Ajit Agarkar, 8 Charl Langeveldt, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ashok Dinda, 11 Shoaib Shaikh.

Stats and trivia
# Munaf Patel conceded 25 runs in the 19th over of the game against Delhi Dardedevils, the second-most expensive of the tournament.
# Both Munaf and Shane Warne are the highest wicket-takers for Rajasthan with 14 each.
# McCullum scored 62 of his 81 runs against Chennai in boundaries, the third-highest in the tournament.
# The 90-run stand between Hodge and McCullum is the highest for any wicket for Kolkata this IPL.

Head-to-head record
The teams fought a thrilling tie earlier in the tournament, which was then decided by a super over where Yusuf knocked off 18 in four balls off Mendis to shut out Kolkata. Last year, Asnodkar and Yusuf helped Rajasthan thump Kolkata by 45 runs in Jaipur. Yusuf again starred for them in the second game between the two teams, making a quickfire 48 to seal a comfortable six-wicket win.
From: GP on Wed May 20 5:08:50 2009.

If CSK lose to KXIP today,
CSK wud be facing DD in semis, and
KXIP wud be facing DC/BRC.
From: GP on Wed May 20 6:02:04 2009.

Toss: McCullum won the toss and Kolkata will bowl first.
From: GP on Wed May 20 6:11:04 2009.

Warne announced two changes for Rajasthan. Niraj Patel replaces Abhishek Raut while Tyron Henderson comes in for Graeme Smith.

McCullum only revealed that Charl Langeveldt was playing.

From: GP on Wed May 20 6:18:37 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

McCullum only revealed that Charl Langeveldt was playing. His mind went blank when it came to the other changes. Therefore the only thing we can reveal is that those two are playing. The remaining nine? Take your pick.

From: GP on Wed May 20 6:19:10 2009.

Kolkata Knight Riders team
captainwicketkeeperBB McCullum, SC Ganguly, BJ Hodge, DJ Hussey, Yashpal Singh, LR Shukla, AB Agarkar, CK Langeveldt, AB Dinda, SS Sarkar, SS Shaikh

Rajasthan Royals team
wicketkeeperNV Ojha, RJ Quiney, SA Asnodkar, YK Pathan, RA Jadeja, T Henderson, NK Patel, captainSK Warne, J Botha, A Singh, MM Patel
From: GP on Wed May 20 6:36:07 2009.

0.6 Hodge to Ojha, SIX, that's 22 off the over! Ojha gets on his knee and repeats the shot of the first ball and slogs him over deep square-leg
0.5 Hodge to Quiney, 1 run, flighted outside off , he reaches out and places it to the off side
0.4 Hodge to Ojha, 1 run
0.3 Hodge to Ojha, SIX, tosses it up outside off and he bends his knee and scoops it over long-off
0.2 Hodge to Ojha, 2 runs, Dropped Ojha goes for the repeat shot and ends up getting a thick top edge and Hussey fluffs it at square leg
0.1 Hodge to Ojha, SIX, Ojha goes high and maximum! Talk about intent, he gets on his knee and slogs him over deep square-leg, terrific
From: Kalyasi on Wed May 20 6:36:26 2009.

RR 1 over 22 Runs... Naman Ohja 3 Sixes in that...
From: GP on Wed May 20 6:36:37 2009.

End of over 1 (22 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 22/0 (RR: 22.00)
From: GP on Wed May 20 7:03:14 2009.

End of over 6 (8 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 46/4 (RR: 7.66)
From: GP on Wed May 20 7:05:05 2009.

1.1 Langeveldt to Quiney, OUT, and Langeveldt strikes in his first ball, he bangs it in short and Quiney tries to hook him but gets a thick top edge and the keeper jogs to his right and takes the sitter
RJ Quiney c wicketkeeperShaikh b Langeveldt 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

2.5 Dinda to Asnodkar, OUT, awesome fielding by Dinda! Asnodkar hops to fend off a delivery aimed at his body and the ball drops in front of silly point, Asnodkar sets off, Ojha does the same but changes his mind, a confused Asnodkar turns around and tries to head back but Dinda sprints, dives and in one motion affects the direct hit, no need for the third umpire
SA Asnodkar run out 4 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

3.3 Langeveldt to Ojha, OUT, Shoaib Shaikh pulls off a stunner! Langeveldt gets the ball to kick up and Ojha pokes his bat out for a half-hearted cut and gets a thick outside edge, the ball drifts away from Shaikh's right but he leaps and pulls off the catch one handed
NV Ojha c wicketkeeperShaikh b Langeveldt 22 (12b 0x4 3x6) SR: 183.33

5.3 Agarkar to Botha, OUT, timber! Botha walks across his stumps to force it through the on side but he swings too early and gets a thick onside edge which cannons onto off and middle stumps
J Botha b Agarkar 8 (6b 2x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
From: ArulprakasH on Wed May 20 7:12:49 2009.

KKR
From: Kalyasi on Wed May 20 7:36:18 2009.

RR 62/7

3 Run Outs in that

KKR
From: Plum on Wed May 20 7:42:25 2009.

KKR will lose in last over anyway
From: Thirumaran on Wed May 20 7:42:31 2009.

KKR Semi final vanthidumaa
From: GP on Wed May 20 7:42:35 2009.

End of over 13 (6 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 69/7 (RR: 5.30)

RR will be out of the tournament.
From: Thirumaran on Wed May 20 7:43:42 2009.

Plum wrote:

KKR will lose in last over anyway

I understood now u are supporting KKR
From: GP on Wed May 20 7:55:15 2009.

End of over 16 (5 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 84/7 (RR: 5.25)
From: GP on Wed May 20 7:56:51 2009.

If RR loses this match and MI beat DD tomm, MI wud be placed 6th ahead of RR.
From: GP on Wed May 20 8:17:21 2009.

End of over 20 (2 runs) - Rajasthan Royals 101/9 (RR: 5.05)
From: directhit on Wed May 20 8:18:54 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Urudhiyaga Solgiren Indru KKR Vetri!!!
though i'd have preferred RR in the semis, i wud be more than happy to see BRC - no Punjab though
From: GP on Wed May 20 8:23:57 2009.

directhit wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Urudhiyaga Solgiren Indru KKR Vetri!!!
though i'd have preferred RR in the semis, i wud be more than happy to see BRC - no Punjab though
if CSK beat KXI, then both DC and BRC wud qualify to semis, unless BRC lose to DC by a large margin.
From: directhit on Wed May 20 8:25:24 2009.

yeah - CSK shud beat Punjab, that too by a huuuge margin - mm paapom
From: directhit on Wed May 20 8:27:39 2009.

wah wud be there be a close match now
From: GP on Wed May 20 8:28:22 2009.

directhit wrote:

yeah - CSK shud beat Punjab, that too by a huuuge margin - mm paapom
huge margin is not needed.
already KXI's nrr is below DC and BRC. so normal win is enuf.

NRR:
DC +0.265
BRC (-0.253)
KXI (-0.423)
From: GP on Wed May 20 8:29:05 2009.

:McCullum too gone.

9/2 (1.1 ov)
From: GP on Wed May 20 8:29:52 2009.

1.1 Singh to McCullum, OUT, plumb! Man do we have a twist here? The ball lands close to the cracks on the surface just short of a good length and shoots through much lower than McCullum expects it to, he swings and misses and gets caught on the thighs in front of middle stump, his legs were bent at the point of contact
BB McCullum lbw b Singh 9 (4b 2x4 0x6) SR: 225.00

0.6 MM Patel to Ganguly, OUT, Ganguly takes a couple of paces down the pitch and makes room to slice it over the off side but he only manages hitting it straight to Jadeja at point who cups it and falls over backwards
SC Ganguly c Jadeja b MM Patel 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
From: GP on Wed May 20 8:33:33 2009.

End of over 2 (wicket maiden) - Kolkata Knight Riders 9/2 (93 runs required from 18 overs, RR: 4.50, RRR: 5.16)
From: Plum on Wed May 20 8:40:18 2009.

GP wrote:

If RR loses this match and MI beat DD tomm, MI wud be placed 6th ahead of RR.

Ipdi usupethi usupethiye...

From: directhit on Wed May 20 8:41:59 2009.

GP wrote:

yeah - CSK shud beat Punjab, that too by a huuuge margin - mm paapom

huge margin is not needed.
already KXI's nrr is below DC and BRC. so normal win is enuf.

NRR:
DC +0.265
BRC (-0.253)
KXI (-0.423)

yeah huge margin is for Bangalore's buffer if they lose against DC in a big way. loosu pasanga - sterday they cud have chased a bit more quick, kallis-RD test match aadinanga

From: Plum on Wed May 20 8:42:26 2009.

kadaisila, innikku RR-um thokka poradhillai, naalaikku MI-um jeyikka poradhillai. Ada pongappa, naan vevasayama paarka poren. Warne semisku vandha koppaiya thattama vuda maattan. Avan kandi semisku vandhaan - vandha enna varuvaan - naan indha threadkum varamatten. IPL paarkaradhiyum vuttuduven.
From: P_R on Wed May 20 8:45:50 2009.

niRaiya gnAnOdayangaL
From: directhit on Wed May 20 8:52:21 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

niRaiya gnAnOdayangaL
Citi moment of success
From: directhit on Wed May 20 9:06:54 2009.

KKR - vaazhga valamudan. 37/5 - same pitch la CSK playin punjab
From: Plum on Wed May 20 9:09:06 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

niRaiya gnAnOdayangaL

But the reasons are different. Naanga indha sethukullara irangi anubavichitti vendaamnu solrom. Neenga karailerundhu parakku paarthuttu solreenga. Enna irundhalum engalukku andha experienceavadhu gain aachu
From: GP on Wed May 20 9:11:25 2009.

directhit wrote:

KKR - vaazhga valamudan. 37/5 - same pitch la CSK playin punjab
same pitch la Punjab playing CSK.
From: GP on Wed May 20 9:16:47 2009.

End of over 10 (1 run) - Kolkata Knight Riders 38/5 (64 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 3.80, RRR: 6.40)
From: GP on Wed May 20 9:19:53 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

Sriram: "Will Kolkata strive to get telephone numbers on the board?"
Scores of KKR batsmen who got out 9 0 6 6 9
And Shukla and Shaikh are at 7 and 0
From: directhit on Wed May 20 9:24:57 2009.

GP wrote:

Cricinfo wrote:

Sriram: "Will Kolkata strive to get telephone numbers on the board?"
Scores of KKR batsmen who got out 9 0 6 6 9
And Shukla and Shaikh are at 7 and 0

nope - this one takes the cake

cricinfo wrote:

They still have a very capable batsman in Agarkar
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 9:27:14 2009.

kkr back to form

today chennai is going to win and rajasthan into semis

cycle gapla flight otra warneva semis kulla viradhu...

From: P_R on Wed May 20 9:27:16 2009.

But the reasons are different. Naanga indha sethukullara irangi anubavichitti vendaamnu solrom. Neenga karailerundhu parakku paarthuttu solreenga. Enna irundhalum engalukku andha experienceavadhu gain aachu Smile

Prabhu Ram wrote:

niRaiya gnAnOdayangaL LOL

adhula paarunga

innumm konja naaL-la waeld cup varum. innikku adichchukkuravanga ellAm, adhula dEsiya orumaippAttOda oNNA uLLa iRanguveenga.

Cup retain paNNi ellArum sandhOsamA iruntha sari dhaen.

From: Nerd on Wed May 20 9:39:02 2009.

Anoop, how many "batsmen" have a test century at Lords? And how many batsmen have scored an ODI 50 off 21(?) balls? Agarkar

PR, wEld cup rejetted. Indha side-E varamAttEn.
From: directhit on Wed May 20 9:45:11 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Anoop, how many "batsmen" have a test century at Lords? And how many batsmen have scored an ODI 50 off 21(?) balls? Agarkar
yeah how many batsman have raised a bat after getting off the mark in australia
looks like Lord Aggy might finish it for KKR today - one more feather in his cap
From: directhit on Wed May 20 9:56:52 2009.

shilpa crying wud durban see priety's tears too, yells Ravi Shastri
From: Nerd on Wed May 20 9:59:59 2009.

directhit wrote:

shilpa crying
From: ThalaNass on Wed May 20 10:00:21 2009.

Quote:

Shilpa Shetty is close to tears

Feel bad for pathan though
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:01:29 2009.

ThalaNass wrote:

Feel bad for pathan though
if viru continues the same way, he is gonna open for India

From: ThalaNass on Wed May 20 10:02:39 2009.

Anoop, how many "batsmen" have a test century at Lords? And how many batsmen have scored an ODI 50 off 21(?) balls? Agarkar Clap

looks like Lord Aggy might finish it for KKR today - one more feather in his cap LOL

how many batsman have raised a bat after getting off the mark in australia Laughing

Lord Aggy

Shukla

From: Plum on Wed May 20 10:03:37 2009.

ozhinjaan Warne, Inime, yaar win pannalum parava illai CUP! No, thats not true - ILavarasanaiyum ozhikkanum. Nadakkuma?
From: ThalaNass on Wed May 20 10:04:02 2009.

directhit wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

Feel bad for pathan though
if viru continues the same way, he is gonna open for India
From: P_R on Wed May 20 10:04:57 2009.

Nerd wrote:

PR, wEld cup rejetted. Indha side-E varamAttEn.

Very Good

I remember the last T20 WC. My cousin - who was based in the US but still followed cricket even in those times when packages were insanely expensive - was traveling on business. When in Mumbai he was staying in a star hotel in Mumbai, he heard a lot of noise and cheering.

He: What's happening ?
Waiter: India v Pakistan
He: Oh ! Today ?
Waiter: World Cup Final
He: (Convinced that the waiter is drunk...then a moment later realizes that it is the Tonty tonty WC)
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:06:10 2009.

KKR

Laxmi ratan what an innings under pressure

KKR spoiled Warne's party Thought Mccullum/Hodge/Hussey will take them to win.. but happy that young Indian players contributed majorly for this win..
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:10:37 2009.

PR - unga cousin indha IPL package vaangirupparu, ungala madhiri illa
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:14:40 2009.

DH,. Will Ntini play today? your guess?
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:17:12 2009.

I guess it'd be Bailey/Albie/Oram and Murali as last match - but Oram wud get to bowl. But I'd like to see Ntini coz KKR pacers got quite a bit of assistance from the pitch, but again RR spinners did well too - so tough luck for Ntini
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:20:06 2009.

I really cant understand why Dhoni sticks with Oram He didnt get chance to bat coz of our string batting and never bolws ( and if he bowls he is very generous )

Bowling is weak from day one.. but we strengthen batting but not bowling
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:21:14 2009.

Dhoni wins toss and elects Batting
From: Plum on Wed May 20 10:21:20 2009.

http://content.cricinfo.com/icl2008/content/current/story/405249.html

Hope R Sathish, Vignesh are among the players who sought release from ICL. But one cant rule out the tamil idiot gene in them causing them to profess loyalty to ICL in their hard times and missing out on the IPL bonanza
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:22:53 2009.

three changes for CSK and no changes for KXI..

Ashwin, Thushara and Gony comes in
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:24:31 2009.

Michel Hussey has joined the team..as per commentators..

Then why he is not playing.. directa finals aaduvaara?
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:26:52 2009.

Ashwin in hope he gets to bowl first - team loaded with spinners
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:29:17 2009.

hamid wrote:

I really cant understand why Dhoni sticks with Oram He didnt get chance to bat coz of our string batting
u've said the reason urself - to counter if our strong batting fails!! today Tushara i'd have loved to see Ntini instead - poor chap
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:29:57 2009.

Hayden in 100% playing Semis and finals and wins for us - Srikkantha
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:32:31 2009.

Srikkanth?! is he in the ground or studio studio na i needn't see his face

From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:34:26 2009.

He didnt get chance to bat coz of our string batting

I really cant understand why Dhoni sticks with Oram Rolling Eyes

u've said the reason urself - to counter if our strong batting fails!! today Tushara Sigh2

i'd have loved to see Ntini instead - poor chap

DH,

I cant understand the logic.. Batting collapse is less probable compared to the bowling failure.. And you have to back yourself with your strength.. If we worry about batting failure with this batting lineup and have a backup plan for that which makes bowling weak

From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:37:03 2009.

directhit wrote:

Srikkanth?! is he in the ground or studio studio na i needn't see his face

In Stadium. He is there for all Chennai matches.. but doesnt do commentary..so dont worry
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:37:42 2009.

hamid - w/o Oram (or an alrounder who can bat) we have 6 batsmen out of which albie was struggling till last match plus our other opener was always around 20s or so leaving us with hayden/raina/badri/MSD - i think oram selection was justified on that grounds, but for these last two matches ntini shud have come in and oram rested or atleast oram sent up the order anyways i dont care as long as we thrash punjab and go to semis
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:39:17 2009.

hamid wrote:

In Stadium. He is there for all Chennai matches.. but doesnt do commentary..so dont worry
ohh - i have successfully saved myself from the horror so far. for us its uninterrupted coverage w/o any ads/studio stuff etc
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:40:32 2009.

no albie oram still in - hope he gets the chance today no jakati though and Bala is still in nalla vela Dhoni kku racist pattam thapichudhu
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:42:52 2009.

Jakati and Tyagi are not playing

they were talking wickets.. should have been playing continiously..
From: Plum on Wed May 20 10:43:45 2009.

Racist pattam . Ungalai disappoint pannuvanen - oru try kudukkaren. Here are the charges I am filing:
The thing he is he did criticise Balaji for one failure but you didnt catch him criticising Parthivam Paridhabam Patelam Pinju Pona Koni Gony for their failures. TAmizhanna elappama? Enna vena solluviya/
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:44:11 2009.

Bailey batting was ugly the other day - ellaa pandhukkum off la move panni ore madhiri flick/suthu gotto see what he does today
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:45:30 2009.

directhit wrote:

no albie oram still in - hope he gets the chance today no jakati though and Bala is still in nalla vela Dhoni kku racist pattam thapichudhu
From: Ramakrishna on Wed May 20 10:45:47 2009.

balaji Still in..Not bad
From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:46:15 2009.

plum - he is one, a hardcore one at that, enna panradhu sagichikka vendiyadhu dhan
From: hamid on Wed May 20 10:48:35 2009.

DH.. sariya sonninga
From: ThalaNass on Wed May 20 10:48:46 2009.

Fake Ipl Player video potrukaan

He says wanna reveal himself.. lol

http://www.fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/

From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 10:49:23 2009.

hamid - w/o Oram (or an alrounder who can bat) we have 6 batsmen out of which albie was struggling till last match plus our other opener was always around 20s or so leaving us with hayden/raina/badri/MSD - i think oram selection was justified on that grounds, but for these last two matches ntini shud have come in and oram rested or atleast oram sent up the order Rolling Eyes

anyways i dont care as long as we thrash punjab and go to semis Razz

Excuse me, Morkel is a batsman-a???? "all ravunder"

And if you want to insure against batting failure you should be taking a batsman, right, not a player who is neither a batsman nor a bowler. George Bailey instead of Oram. That's it!

"Other opener around 20 or something" - I think thats not too bad in T20. Just curious to know how many opening pairs have done better than Chennai's.

And the justification given for Oram's unquestioned inclusion (which was posted yeserday i think,

From: directhit on Wed May 20 10:54:44 2009.

CR - i meant as a guy who can bat for albie yeah Bailey shud have been in instead of Oram coz read he can bowl a lil too. but with oram not getting chances bailey wudnt have too - yes bailey can open, but we havent tried sending oram up too have we (adhaavadhu experimentation havent been our mantra till the last 2 matches nu solla varen)

Our opening has been poor - both parthiv as well as vijay - vidyut wud have been a better choice. hayden has been tremendous though ensuring our average score in PP has been around 50 odd

Flemo's justification for Oram's inclusion was i hope he gets to do something today atleast w/o albie in the side - though you never know MS might send thushara ahead of him

From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 10:59:32 2009.

Our opening has been poor - both parthiv as well as vijay - vidyut wud have been a better choice. hayden has been tremendous though ensuring our average score in PP has been around 50 odd

mm, appadingaringala....yeah, Hayden takes the Lion's share... Enakkennamo all three are more or less similar no thonudhu, though i prefer Murali Vijay for his strokes apart from the obvious reason...

From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 11:00:33 2009.

Bailey left-hand a right-hand a?
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:03:04 2009.

Bailey right handed - i'd be happy see him open with haydos (But hussey might be the spoiler)

yeah, M Vijay had good looking shots. Vidyut was also not bad - parthiv comedy, but his w/k earns him the place most times
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 11:03:53 2009.

baileys stance is like "unna inniku polakama vida maten..goyylla....podra"
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 11:05:09 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

baileys stance is like "unna inniku polakama vida maten..goyylla....podra"

Oh, something like Kiragaam Gooch's bat raised in the air routine?

[ivvalavu kelvi kekkarakku cafeteria poi match-e paathuralaam ]
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:06:51 2009.

runout for the second time in a row - bailey
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:09:41 2009.

engal state singam gopumon into bowl

From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 11:21:26 2009.

baileys stance is like "unna inniku polakama vida maten..goyylla....podra"

Oh, something like Kiragaam Gooch's bat raised in the air routine?

[ivvalavu kelvi kekkarakku cafeteria poi match-e paathuralaam Embarassed

]

chris gayle otha kaala velaki vechu readiya nipanla...andha maaadhiri

From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:24:16 2009.

santh hit flat out over covers - was shocked and wanted to say something to raina and then held back. commentator 'thts abt the only thing u can do to a shot like that - turn, walk back and bowl again'
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:32:17 2009.

Badri jus 4 more deliveries for the stupid break (after which he often plays very well)
sunil cowassker talking abt south african pitches and bouncers and pull shots
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 11:33:21 2009.

Raina is heard on the stump mike

after raina hit a glorious shot to four of srisanths balla nd ran a single..

srisanth told something to raina and raina seemed to have replied "tell what u want.dont abuse me.dont use foul language" - chachinkappuram..ivan mela romba edhirpakuramennu nenachen...edhirpaarpu veenpogala
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:34:15 2009.

wow - what a swinging delivery from shanth to MSD
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:35:39 2009.

his antics are whatta playa
From: Ramakrishna on Wed May 20 11:42:46 2009.

Did he sledge the captain as well
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:43:40 2009.

illa he ran a 100m faster than bolt, then took some pic out of his pocket and then kissed it and then crossed it twice etc etc
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 11:43:53 2009.

Ramakrishna wrote:

Did he sledge the captain as well

no....out panna udane..moonjiya vera pakkam thirupitu poyitan..vevaramana payyan
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:44:55 2009.

oram got his best chance - and now run out
what athetism by Powar
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:46:40 2009.

they gave it not out - it was clear out

okie anyways Oram gets a chance - now, adichu tholadaa
From: hamid on Wed May 20 11:47:10 2009.

Oram run out -nu vanthu pad-a kazatittu ukkamnthuttan.. umpire not out kuduthuttaru
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 11:48:31 2009.

directhit wrote:

they gave it not out - it was clear out

okie anyways Oram gets a chance - now, adichu tholadaa

umpire was uunsure abt the ball was in the hand or not when his hand hit the stumps..

acceptable.
From: hamid on Wed May 20 11:49:51 2009.

directhit wrote:

they gave it not out - it was clear out

okie anyways Oram gets a chance - now, adichu tholadaa

yaara paarthu enna vaarthai sonninga

4 adichittan

From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:50:04 2009.

okie anyways Oram gets a chance - now, adichu tholadaa

they gave it not out Shocked

- it was clear out Surprised

umpire was uunsure abt the ball was in the hand or not when his hand hit the stumps..

acceptable.

i think powar did extremely well and it was out, third ump cud have taken more time

From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:51:37 2009.

is gopumon wearing a guard while bowling too?
From: directhit on Wed May 20 11:52:51 2009.

they are showing sree's run after MSD wkt - so funny
From: directhit on Wed May 20 12:09:30 2009.

che had hopes of seeing both BRC/DC in semis Oram - unakku idhaan last match
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 12:17:50 2009.

oram orama okaralam..
From: directhit on Wed May 20 12:18:17 2009.

Oram from IPL

and wtf is this Ashwin doin after coming ahead of Tushara & Bala
From: Nerd on Wed May 20 12:35:47 2009.

CSK SaviyellAm oru aaLAkki vittuttu.. Avan scene thAnga mudiyaadhu..
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 12:38:09 2009.

directhit wrote:

Oram - unakku idhaan last match

I'm not so sure. "He is backed by the captain"
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 12:53:15 2009.

Just remembered. why has Thamizhan Yomagesh been left out of all the matches by Pudhudilli?
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 20 12:54:13 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Just remembered. why has Thamizhan Yomagesh been left out of all the matches by Pudhudilli?

Ungalukke ippadhan gnabagam varudhu. Sehwag-kku gnabagam irukkanum-nu edhirpaarkaradhu thappu
From: Plum on Wed May 20 12:55:11 2009.

Cr, remba over.first vaippu maheshku dhaan kuduthan sehwag. Tamizhan sodjappittan
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 13:01:59 2009.

LM,

Plum wrote:

Cr, remba over.first vaippu maheshku dhaan kuduthan sehwag. Tamizhan sodjappittan

ennanga solreenga? Vaippu kuduthaacha?

Seri, appadiye irundhaalum adhu enna ore oru vaippu kuduthuttu ukkara vaikkaradhu?
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 13:17:06 2009.

Siruthai bowling a nenacha konjam a thaan irukku

Punjab should scamper home from here though Chennai have kept it tight. They are going to target KS and Goni.

Ashwin/Murali have 3 between them and Raina should do well...
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 20 13:33:17 2009.

Murali removes Pomersbach. I expected Yuvraj to be out in this over
From: hamid on Wed May 20 13:38:44 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Murali removes Pomersbach. I expected Yuvraj to be out in this over

oru over late aakiduchu
From: hamid on Wed May 20 13:40:30 2009.

Murali 8 runs in 4 overs with 2 wickets
From: hamid on Wed May 20 13:50:28 2009.

6th Wicket down.. Sangakkara Gone

reqd rate more than 10..

Friday Semis match enthentha teamku?
1st Vs 4th or 2nd Vs 3rd?

7th Wicket gone
From: sivank on Wed May 20 14:08:24 2009.

score 87/8. cricinfo Balaji to bowl the last over. The last over for Punjab in this tournament nu ezhudharane. Appo, DC vs BRC yaaru jeichu thothaalum semi finals thaanaa
From: sivank on Wed May 20 14:10:05 2009.

CSK wins. What a game. I never thought they could make it with this low score. Well done CSK
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 20 14:10:09 2009.

Chennai wins

Sivan sir,

Now both DC & BRC goes to semis.
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:11:02 2009.

Chennai wins by 24 runs.. will finish 2nd in table whatever the results are t'row

Sivan,

If RCB or DC lose very badly tomorrow KXI might come in.. But it is less possible coz the teams will know what is needed for qualify If they cant win..

So Hopefully the semifinal teams are
DD, CSK, RBC and DC
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:12:14 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Chennai wins

Sivan sir,

Now both DC & BRC goes to semis.

LM, if the team loses t'row loses by a big margin KXI might go to semis
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:13:29 2009.

Sivan/ LM

any idea reg the semifinal schedule

Friday match yaar yaaru?
From: sivank on Wed May 20 14:14:05 2009.

So 3 South Indian teams in the Semis. Really great
From: directhit on Wed May 20 14:14:09 2009.

punjab out. Hope bang wont lose heavy.... Win even better...
From: sivank on Wed May 20 14:15:39 2009.

An excellent comeback from Chennai. Just two Punjab batsmen got to double figures, that was the level of control the Chennai spinners exerted - in favourable conditions no doubt, but Punjab had limited Chennai to a low enough score to ensure a qualification for the semis. They left the acceleration for too late, and only Pomersbach came close to posing some kind of a challenge.- Cricinfo.

So, namma gaaptan nallaa yosichu thaan Batting first nu sonnaaraa
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:16:50 2009.

Durban-la jeyichachu

KXI never beat Chennai in IPL

Durbanla jeyichathilla, Yuvraj fav ground ellam sonnanga

Today Chennai fielding was better..Bowling from spinners is good..

From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:18:56 2009.

An excellent comeback from Chennai. Just two Punjab batsmen got to double figures, that was the level of control the Chennai spinners exerted - in favourable conditions no doubt, but Punjab had limited Chennai to a low enough score to ensure a qualification for the semis. They left the acceleration for too late, and only Pomersbach came close to posing some kind of a challenge.- Cricinfo.

So, namma gaaptan nallaa yosichu thaan Batting first nu sonnaaraa

avar entha pitch entha conditiona irunthaalum Batting first thaan solluvaaru

check all matches when he won toss

From: sivank on Wed May 20 14:21:17 2009.

Hamid, naan vilayaattukku sonnen. But in a serious note. I think any decent captain would prefer to play first in a Day night match
From: Thirumaran on Wed May 20 14:25:08 2009.

So Preity out of tournament
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 14:25:28 2009.

Plum,
Mission Savuthindies accomplished

Did anyone notice Thushara bowling all 6 balls wide in the penultimate over? (batsmen vittirundha ellaam wide)

CSK kamaan
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 14:26:34 2009.

Thirumaran wrote:

So Preity out of tournament

Karthiyum idhaye thaan message pannaan.. ungala enna pannichu andha ammani (enakkum sandhosham dhaan)

By the way, Hussey vandhaachu... hope Dhoni replaces Oram with him.. appo Bailey-a Badri-a?
From: Thirumaran on Wed May 20 14:28:08 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

ungala enna pannichu andha ammani

enna ethuvum pannaama antha yuvi/Savi ya mattum panraangalae antha varutham thaan
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 14:29:28 2009.

PR,
Please take severe action against Thirumarar
From: Thirumaran on Wed May 20 14:30:38 2009.
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 14:31:35 2009.

dhoni wrote:

We were a batsman short this game, but in the next game when Albie will be fit, we'll be a better batting side

Kizhinjidhu po! Sutham
From: Thirumaran on Wed May 20 14:35:07 2009.
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:35:26 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

dhoni wrote:

We were a batsman short this game, but in the next game when Albie will be fit, we'll be a better batting side

Kizhinjidhu po! Sutham

he said something about Oram too.. didnt hear properly... he said no one is as reliable as Oram or soemthing like that
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 14:43:01 2009.

Hamid,
Eppo sonnaar?
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:46:55 2009.

CR,
Match presentationla... I have a fear Oram will be in the playing eleven thoroughout..
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 14:48:36 2009.

hamid wrote:

CR,
Match presentationla... I have a fear Oram will be in the playing eleven thoroughout..

Utterly inexplicable. Can anyone understand this obstinate and blind 'faith' on these two? This could prove costly and i'm tempted to wish it really happens so that Dhoni can clearly see the cause and effect, since he hasn't, yet!
From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:50:00 2009.

Anjum Chopra entha state?

In studio she is disappointed KXI is lost.. she says
"No problem.. Delhi is in top of table and if it goes to semis and finals thats enough for me"
From: Nerd on Wed May 20 14:53:13 2009.

Chopra's are mostly sikhs (Punjab/Delhi). Hamid vuttA ellArum Chennaikku support pannanum-nu solveenga pOla

From: villan007 on Wed May 20 14:53:30 2009.

From: ajithfederer on Wed May 20 20:45:53 2009.

Anjum Chopra entha state?

In studio she is disappointed KXI is lost.. she says
"No problem.. Delhi is in top of table and if it goes to semis and finals thats enough for me"
Evil or Very Mad

Delhi than

From: hamid on Wed May 20 14:57:03 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Chopra's are mostly sikhs (Punjab/Delhi). Hamid vuttA ellArum Chennaikku support pannanum-nu solveenga pOla

Nerd, Sollalame..enna thappu...

annyway why i posted that was... they were talking about Chennai Vs KXi match.. she predicted KXi will win.. but she now says she is happy delhi is at top.. Why shd she bring in Delhi here it looked odd. .so I said..
From: Vivasaayi on Wed May 20 15:17:58 2009.

anjum chopra as far as i know is a yuvraj fan and a delhi girl..

so sort of sums it up
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 15:20:18 2009.

Than area/city team-a support panradhu thappilla aana "expert" ( ) ngara perla studio la okkandhirukkaravnga, commentators ellam light a adakki vasicha nalla irukkum, without making it the overt priority
From: Nerd on Wed May 20 15:32:42 2009.

Anjum enna paavam panninAnga? Harsha, Sunil, Charu (India Vs ), #9, Sky sports commentators pannAthathaa?

Silpavum gaali pireethiyum gaali I yaam katrina's fans now
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 15:39:55 2009.

"Thee kulla verala vitta sudum nu solren"

By the by, Sennai-Mumbai match la commentators athu meeri poittaalam? mised most of it...
From: Nerd on Wed May 20 15:50:06 2009.

Enakku past history theriyAdhu but they (Sunny,Harsha) are more of Sachin fans than Chennai haters!

, North Indies-kku aaposite aa? Mr. Green

Did anyone notice Thushara bowling all 6 balls wide in the penultimate over? (batsmen vittirundha ellaam wide) Laughing

Plum,
Mission Savuthindies accomplished Smile

CSK kamaan

From: directhit on Wed May 20 21:13:57 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

directhit wrote:

Oram - unakku idhaan last match

I'm not so sure. "He is backed by the captain"
with Hussey coming in, he is gonna go out

hamid wrote:

Durban-la jeyichachu

KXI never beat Chennai in IPL

Durbanla jeyichathilla, Yuvraj fav ground ellam sonnanga
CSK 5-0 vs Punjab in IPL MSD in presentation when Shastri says its raining heavily here, 'maybe coz we won the game in durban'

crajkumar_be wrote:

By the way, Hussey vandhaachu... hope Dhoni replaces Oram with him.. appo Bailey-a Badri-a?
will be Badri coz only 4 foreigners

hamid wrote:

he said something about Oram too.. didnt hear properly... he said no one is as reliable as Oram or soemthing like that
Rumours parapaadheenga!!
From: directhit on Wed May 20 21:15:03 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Silpavum gaali pireethiyum gaali I yaam katrina's fans now
vethu ambassador - ground pakkame kaanum, ennatha...... CSK shud get Super tharagai Shreya Saran for next year. all Indies CSK pakkam dhaan appuram
From: directhit on Wed May 20 21:31:56 2009.

If Bangalore loses by around 70 runs or so they would make way for Poonjab. If they win, its a Chennai v Bangalore semi on Saturday
From: Sourav on Wed May 20 21:43:12 2009.

directhit wrote:

If Bangalore loses by around 70 runs or so they would make way for Poonjab. If they win, its a Chennai v Bangalore semi on Saturday

If dc wins,
its dc vs csk on saturday and dd vs brc on friday..?
From: Sourav on Wed May 20 21:46:24 2009.

McGrath innaikku varuvaan.nu ethir pakkuren....direct-a semis erakkurathu not a good idea...
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 21:49:20 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

Dhoni, interestingly, didn't over-attack the batsmen and instead placed fielders at the boundary, trying to tempt the batsmen into hitting out.

Fielders ulla irundha dhaane batsmen tempt aavanga

Not taking anything away from Dhoni, just at the author
From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 21:50:47 2009.

"will be Badri coz only 4 foreigners"
- Oh, idha marandhutten...
From: directhit on Wed May 20 21:52:05 2009.

sourav - the winner of BRC/DC plays Chennai on saturday and the loser (or rare case punjab) plays Delhi tomorrow
From: directhit on Wed May 20 21:54:43 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

"will be Badri coz only 4 foreigners"
- Oh, idha marandhutten...
even otherwise - bailey is only of some use during powerplays for swinging, badri's role is totally diff. hussey strengthens the batting now. bowling dhan.... though Gony bowled well a couple of overs sterday

From: crajkumar_be on Wed May 20 21:56:51 2009.

http://content.cricinfo.com/iplpage2/content/story/404274.html

Quote:

As the business end of the tournament approaches, the IPL is being touted as a roaring success. "We are very happy that we've been able to overcome huge organisational challenges and turn the second edition of the IPL into a� er� a� a roaring success," said Commissioner Lalit Modi, peeking into the previous sentence for help. "Yes, there have been a few negatives - the strategy break, some empty stands, Ajit Agarkar," he admitted candidly. "But except for Agarkar we are confident that the other aspects will be improved for the next edition," he signed off with a signature wink.

The IPL has seen its share of controversies but is now faced with a scandal that threatens to overshadow all previous ones. TV commentator and former cricketer Jeremy Coney is being investigated by the world anti-doping body, WADA, which suspects he has been using drugs to enhance his performance. This is the first time in sports history that a broadcaster, and not an athlete, is being accused of doping violations.

"All the signs are there - unprovoked singing, incessant giggling, dreamily grooving to Sivamani's beat - Mr Coney is obviously under the influence of some rather strong drugs," said a spokesman for WADA, trying hard not to focus on the targets painted on the skirts of the Rajasthan Royals cheerleaders. "If this is an enhanced performance, I shudder to think what his commentary is like when he's clean," he added, quite unnecessarily.

Coney has, understandably, denied the allegations. He has claimed that he only to took some cough medicine given to him by Mohammed Asif's hakim, to control a cough that is also understood to be Mohammed Asif's. "Heh. Bring 'em on, I say," said Coney confidently. "Let them test my commentary's B sample!" he challenged, confusing his output in the broadcaster's box with his output in the gents' toilet.

Meanwhile, the Bangalore Royal Challengers' team owner, Dr Vijay Mallya, addressed a press conference to challenge his team's critics. "How dare they call us a Test team? We're obviously nowhere near Test class. These people have no idea what they're talking about," he thundered. "Don't worry, Force India will definitely make a comeback next year," he said, inadvertently mixing up the two sports in which he owns underperforming teams.

In a bizarre incident, spectators at the ground were shocked to see Mandira Bedi fly through the air screaming in terror. Apparently she belatedly discovered that the gizmo attached to her back was actually a jetpack meant for performers at the opening ceremony of next year's FIFA World Cup.

In other news, dolphins in the Ganges have denied that they ever swam with Arun Lal. Adam Gilchrist has denied he is the same person as Matthew Perry, and L Sivaramakrishnan has denied that his commentary is being secretly recorded and sold on the black market as a bootleg Youssou N'Dour album.

� A Bellyful of Dreams Entertainment

Bosey at it again

From: GP on Wed May 20 23:13:46 2009.

so, all the three south Indian teams in semis.
From: ajithfederer on Wed May 20 23:36:29 2009.

http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/2009/05/fip-rip.html
From: Sourav on Wed May 20 23:47:14 2009.

Gans anna is in S.A. He may watch 1st semi if he gets the ticket.
From: ajithfederer on Thu May 21 0:12:51 2009.

Congrats RCB and Kumble for making the semis
From: GP on Thu May 21 0:20:39 2009.

CSK is the only team that cant beat KKR in IPL 2009. BRC, DC, DD and MI have won both of their matches against KKR.

CSK holds record for beating a same team most number of times. CSK has beat KXIP all the 5 times in IPL.

CSK's 116 runs against KXIP on May 20, 2009 is the lowest total defended in IPL 2009.

KXIP's 92 runs against CSK on May 20, 2009 is the lowest score batting full 20 overs.
From: Plum on Thu May 21 1:53:49 2009.

Now that Warne's team is out, I can freely post some thoughts on his captaincy without the risk of fate and luck coming back to hurt me:
I have posted these in some cricketing blogs as well. I hope this line of thinking catches on and the mainstream media dissects Warne's captaincy in the same lines as it dissected and conculded that Sachin was "Endulkar" (Bloody vellaikara a** licking cricinfo - ippo Warne pathi adhe maadhiri article podugnalenda!)
BEGIN QUOTE:
Having had a night to sleep over the royals' loss, I wonder if Warne should cop some of the blame. After all, we did credit him with magic last year, so obviously, it cant be that when the team wins, all credit to captain, and when it loses, the captain is not to be blamed? More or less the same team, isnt it?

I think if Sachin or Saurav had been in Warne's place, atleast they would have been heavily criticised for
* Constantly tinkering with the batting order, and weakening an already weak batting line up
* Constantly demoting the one dependable batsman vide Yusuf Pathan
* Promoting Johan Botha in the order when you have Jadeja and Pathan
* Over tinkering tactics, changing bowlers, batsmen in team selection, then tinkering bowling order, batting order
* Illogical dropping, demotion, promotion and selection of Ojha, Asnodkar etc - you'd find Ojha does well in the top, and needlessly demoted to #7 in next match and so on...
* Reluctance to drop Graeme Smith

Infact, Sachin copped a lot of criticism this year for exactly similar decisions. So, what is it that prevents sites like cricinfo, which started "Endulkar" headlines, from analysing Warne in a similar manner?
END QUOTE
From: Kalyasi on Thu May 21 2:33:47 2009.

From now, it will be about three hours: Dhoni

DURBAN: With his spin bowlers doing a perfect job and helping the team defend their modest total against Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a happy man.

On the pitch where Warne failed and Murali stood out: If you are asking me to compare the two bowlers, I think one should not compare them. Both are really the best. Their departments are different � one is leg-spinner and the other is an off-spinner. I think Muralitharan bowled a great line and length. I am not comparing him with Warne. I think since the target was low and I am assuming that the opposition thought to play him through. But I think the credit should also go to Ashwin and Raina and they both bowled a good line and because of that the pressure kept on mounting. Eventually when a wicket falls it is never easy for a new batsman to come in and go after the bowler. So, it kept on mounting and from six runs per over to 15 or 16 runs per over. It became really tough and I believe that was one of the reasons. Maybe Kings XI Punjab had to win the match and they thought that 'Murali is the main bowler and we should play him through'. But I think it was an off day for them and their plan didn�t work. I am quite happy to be on the winning side.

On Suresh Raina's bowling: I think if you look at the composition of our side then you will realise that we are playing with two spinners which is more than sufficient. Having Suresh Raina is a great asset for us. Whatever opportunity he has got, he has grabbed it with both hands. Raina has bowled line and length in the pressure games where the ball was not turning. I think Raina gives you another option if I am playing with four fast bowlers and two spinners then I know that I have Raina who can bowl full quota of four overs.

On his bowlers: Manpreet Gony performed well. If you see the improvement in him from his first game, it is drastic. We gave a chance to Thilan Thushara after few games and he also bowled really well. It was good to see our bowlers performing well. I think we always had a decent bowling line-up but down on confidence. But today's performance will help them a lot and should bring their confidence back. Hopefully they will bowl in the next two games, also assuming that we will reach final.

On his team's strategy: It becomes really difficult when your bowling department is not doing well in the majority of matches in a tournament. So, when you move to a wicket which is good for batsmen, it can be a tricky. But from now it will be more of a lottery system. If one batsman has a good day then he can take the team through. One can say that till now one had to play as a team consistently but now onwards it will be about three hours. Somebody like Hayden or a Raina has a good day or a bowler like Muralitharan can see our team through. I think all the four teams who qualify for the semis will be all strong teams. We saw really close games and those teams who failed to qualify were also good but were unfortunate to bow out. The best part of the tournament was the way points table shuffled and kept everyone guessing. If the last league matches are interesting, one cannot ask for anything more.

On not worrying about the opponents in the semis: It is not about worrying. It is about whoever you face in the semis. It is not about being over confident � having fear of the opponent because having said and done if we played to our potential- we can be a tough side to beat. We are not really worried about it. We want to enjoy, specially tonight. Since, we know that we are through to the semis but tomorrow we will start preparing for the semis. Till now we have had made some mistakes, but from now onwards 15 minutes of madness and we can lose the match. From now on it will be tricky.

On Warne's remarks that Super Kings are the favourites: It feels good when somebody reckons you as the favourites in the tournament.

On losing temper: It is very difficult to control the temper when you see people who are talented but are not using their talent to the maximum. If I see a talented player I want him to perform well. I try to provide him with the right scenario where he can perform, but if he is not really working hard on his game then it really gets me angry. One thing which really irritates me is to grab the attention of the guys who are guarding the boundaries. One thing which is very basic. These are the basic mistakes where you can say I lose my temper. It is not about going for boundaries or sixes. I know it is cricket and one can have a off-day but there are some basics in the game. It is just a 20 over game and if one can concentrate on the match and keep a eye on the skipper it can help. I try to use my energy in field placing and bowling changes and I don�t want it to waste on grabbing the attention of a fielder. I think all players should be looking in the middle for 20 overs though it was a little difficult for the fielders to spot me as I was not keeping the wickets.

On Albie Morkel, Badrinath and Hayden: Albie Morkel and Badrinath had niggles and they didn't needed to be rested. We could have played them. We played Badri because we thought out batting would weaken if he is not there. Hayden will be fine. The physio has said so. We could have pushed him to play this match but it is good to have him for the semifinals.
From: Kalyasi on Thu May 21 2:39:16 2009.

I fancy Chennai Super Kings to win: Warne

DURBAN:When everyone expected him to cast his magic spell, Shane Warne went wicket-less and thereby ended the dream of the defending champions making it into the semis of the second season of the DLF Indian Premier League.

On losing the match: Disappointing, I think it is hugely disappointing for us. I think we had our chances but we were just not good enough at times. To have to win your last game like that and we had only 100 on the board was really disappointing. While defending we gave absolutely everything we had and showed the real fighting power we have. It is disappointing as defending champions for not making it into the semi finals. I think early in the tournament we had to chase 120-125 but we got bowled out for 58 and 100. I think our bowling was good as any team probably the best in the IPL. I think our field setting and tactics was as good as anyone but unfortunately our batsmen just didn �t fire. We were always under pressure after the first six overs as we lost our top order regularly. At the end of the day that probably costs us.

On Graeme Smith�s absence from playing XI: He was rested today. We thought we'd give Tyron Henderson a go. We thought he could finish the game for us. The idea was to give him a little bit of break. Unfortunately Graeme Smith has not been able to make enough runs as he would have liked. So, we just decided on this wicket Henderson�s batting would be dangerous since he is really good.

On champions� tag being too hot to handle: : No, I don�t think so. There were a lot of expectations but unfortunately we just couldn�t do it. Last year we had two-three guys who were performing at the top. We obviously had Shane Watson and Smith, then there was Swapnil Asnodkar, Yusuf Pathan and Ravinder Jadeja. Unfortunately Yusuf has been a little bit inconsistent, Jadeja has matured well and he is one of the guys who can held his head high. He has been fantastic with the ball, ball and in the field. Unfortunately we tried few others like- Abhishek Raut but they failed to grab their chance which was a big disappointment for us really. While chasing 120, if the top order had scored big scores, then we could have won those matches. I think that has been the problem throughout with our batting. We have bowled well and caught some unbelievable catches and then there were times when we did the unbelievable by staying in the game. So,overall in conclusion, no one really grabbed their opportunities.

On his team: I think Yusuf has been very good at times. He has won us a couple of matches. I think Munaf Patel has been fantastic and Amit Singh was good. J Botha has been outstanding. All our bowlers have been really good. I don�t think I have any complaints with the bowling. I think it is our batting at the top which has been the problem. In the first eight overs, our top-order has been a real concern.

On the run-out dismissals: Yeah, I think we got three run-outs today. As I said it was disappointing, but the IPL as whole has been fantastic. I think it has been a great competition and we had a good time. We have a great bunch of boys. And hope we will have a party next year.

On IPL in South Africa: I think it has been good in South Africa. At such short notice, it has gone really well. I think all the franchises have had a great time.

On Asnodka, Jadeja and Yusuf: We have to get together as a group. It is one of our strengths. I think that is one of our duties as international players and captains -we have to motivate the players as much as we can. We have young Swapnil, Jadeja and Yusuf, if he can become a bit more consistent. Munaf is the leader of the attack. I think last year Swapnil was good and this year it was Kamran Khan who did a fantastic job. So, we will keep giving youngsters opportunity. And the good players will come through. Every year you drop a couple of players and then pick a couple of others.

On the plan before going into the match: It was a pretty simple equation- that we have to win. I think there was pressure but then we had to rely on Kings XI to lose today. The results in the last week have not gone in our favour. We controlled the things which we could have controlled but unfortunately we couldn�t win the game.

On his favourite Chennai Super Kings: I don�t think Delhi Daredevils are the best side in the competition. I think it is Chennai Super Kings who look a better side. And Chennai Super Kings are probably the favourites to win.
From: Kalyasi on Thu May 21 2:43:01 2009.

What Royal Challengers need to do to secure a semifinal berth

CENTURION: With Kings XI Punjab losing to Chennai Super King today, Thursday�s match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore has gained utmost importance for both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab.

Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings have already qualified for the semis and Deccan Chargers are also sure of a place there by virtue of its better Net Run-Rate. In fact, even if Deccan Chargers lose to Royal Challengers Bangalore by as much as 150 runs, they will still contest in the semifinal.

Kings XI Punjab�s defeat has given a lifeline to Royal Challengers Bangalore, who will also qualify for the semifinal despite losing to Deccan Chargers provided the defeat is not very heavy. A defeat will leave both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab with 14 points each. Since these two will end up with seven wins each, Net Run-Rate will decide the semi-finalist.

This is what Royal Challengers Bangalore have to do in order to secure a semifinal berth:

If Deccan Chargers bat first and score

50 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score 0 (yes really!)

100 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 32

150 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 82

200 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 133

250 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 183

If Royal Challengers Bangalore bats first ands cores

50 - Deccan Chargers should not reach the target in less than 10.5 overs

100 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.0 overs

150 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.2 overs

200 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.4 overs

250 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.5 overs

Note: This is an indicator only. The Net Run-Rate will change if Deccan Chargers win the match with a six (with scores tied) while chasing the target.
From: Kalyasi on Thu May 21 2:46:30 2009.

One bad over cost us the game: Sehwag

JOHANNESBURG: Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag was adamant in saying that his side did not drop the guard because they have already made it to the semifinals of the DLF Indian Premier League. The swashbuckling batsman dismissed all questions in the same way as he faces fast bowlers. It was a press conference, T20-style.

Excerpts:
On his team taking things easy: No nothing like that, we were trying to make sure that a lot of the reserve players get a chance to play the games before the semifinals. It is important that we give everyone a chance because it is quite easy for players to get frustrated after sitting on the sidelines. We were a bit relaxed, I agree, because maybe we have made it to the semifinals. But hopefully we will do well in the coming matches.

On whether Gambhir and Sehwag�s poor form is hurting the team: We always hope to do well but it does not always go your way. We will keep trying. I think we are just one innings away from getting our form back.

On his own form: As long as we are winning, my form is not important because it is a team game. And we have to... sometimes you perform, sometimes somebody else performs. Last year, Gautam and I were performing very well but the middle-order was not. But this middle-order is performing very well. It is part and parcel of the game.

On experiments: Against Mumbai Indians we will try one more experiment in batting or bowling. And they will play try to play full side and hopefully we will do well. Because we want to win the match and get the momentum back. If we do that it is good for us, then we are ready for the semifinal.

On whether he will miss playing Shane Warne in the semifinals if Royals don't qualify: No (laughs). I am pretty happy with my performance. Delhi Daredevils have qualified for the semifinal. I am not worried about who else comes or not.

On losing momentum: We never lost two games in-a-row. So momentum is with us only. I don't think we have lost momentum. Sometimes we have played really well, sometimes a mistake can mess up your chances. If Yogesh Nagar was not hit for those many runs in an over this match too would have been close. The momentum is with us but it is just a matter of the openers giving a good start and then everything will be fine.

On the bowling unit dropping guard: I don't think so, I am not able to bowl because of a finger injury. I have five bowlers, my responsibility is to give them a bowl. They are all bowlers, and they can bowl reall well.The bowlers bowled really well, the one over of Yogesh Nagar was bad. Otherwise bowled really well.
From: directhit on Thu May 21 2:48:48 2009.

kalyan - i had the same articles to post here
From: Kalyasi on Thu May 21 2:57:48 2009.

directhit wrote:

kalyan - i had the same articles to post here

Same Freq....

From: directhit on Thu May 21 2:57:56 2009.

An interview with Atul Sharma the guy abt whom I had written about a few pages back. He is 'supposedly' the FASTEST bowler India has ever produced and can bowl close to 100 mph!! Is in the RR squad and didnt play since he was injured - if things go well he could debut at Lords for the T20 match of RR.

Quote:

Atul worked hard and was hoping to attain full fitness for a late entry into the competition, but that now looks unlikely. If everything goes well, he may be fully fit in time for his team's match against Middlesex Panthers, English Twenty20 champions, at Lord's on July 6.

Quote:

Atul Sharma: I have been bowling high-90s. 100 mph is not improbable - I have it in me to do that. The whole idea is to bowl accurately and still be very very quick - that has been my mission.

His Training Video - Resembles the incredible hulk stuff though Laughing

- http://www.maverickscricket.com/videos/atul_medium.swf

From: GP on Thu May 21 3:28:11 2009.

What Royal Challengers need to do to secure a semifinal berth

This is what Royal Challengers Bangalore have to do in order to secure a semifinal berth:

If Deccan Chargers bat first and score

50 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score 0 (yes really!)

100 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 32

150 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 82

200 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 133

250 - Royal Challengers Bangalore need to score at least 183

If Royal Challengers Bangalore bats first and scores

50 - Deccan Chargers should not reach the target in less than 10.5 overs

100 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.0 overs

150 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.2 overs

200 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.4 overs

250 - Deccan should not reach the target in less than 11.5 overs

Note: This is an indicator only. The Net Run-Rate will change if Deccan Chargers win the match with a six (with scores tied) while chasing the target.

unless DC score above 200 batting first or BRC score below 100 batting first, there wont be much problem for BRC to qualify for semis.

From: directhit on Thu May 21 3:55:12 2009.

Quote:

If Akki and Bebo are not enough for your eyes, then wait for more! Beautiful Katrina dancing to the steps of Shiamak Davar to the tune of �Jai Ho� and two other Bollywood babes, Bipasha and Rani sharing stage with her, Shilpa Shetty joining American R&B sensation Akon as he sings his Grammy award winning Smack, Caribbean music legend Eddy Grant performing the world-famous "Walking on Sunshine" and his anti-apartheid hit "Gimme Hope Jo'anna", followed by pyrotechnics and laser show are all part of what is being marketed as a spectacular closing ceremony.

Quote:

Organisers also said here on Wednesday that Katrina Kaif will join a troupe of Indian and South African dancers led by award-winning choreographer Shiamak Davar to perform the Oscar-winning AR Rahman song Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire.

From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 21 4:04:31 2009.

Bollywood side artists, junior artists and stunt masters Kareena Balli Kapoor, Cut Baniyan Shyamak Davar, Bibaasa, RaaNi, Siluppachetty, Boopathi Kaif ivangalukkellam sathiyama vera velaye illiya?

Onnu, new year party ku, kalyana reception ku dance aada vendiyadhu, illa Paan Parag award la poi, palani cable car madhiri anguttum inguttum thaava vendiyadhu.. kuthaalathula irukka vendiyadhellam inga vandhu namma usura vaangudhunga.. Frigging irritating

Kaasu kudutha enna venaalum pannuvaanga pola.. Kalyan/Maddy, next session la idhungalla edhayavadhu dance ku book panrom
From: directhit on Thu May 21 4:11:31 2009.

From: Plum on Thu May 21 6:03:23 2009.

http://content.cricinfo.com/iplpage2/content/story/405351.html
Bosey again

Bosey wrote:

As always, the losing teams have been speaking about the positives that they will take back with them.

"We'll look at the positives. Our captaincy was positively puzzling, and our batting was positively ridiculous," said Mumbai Indians chief mentor Shaun Pollock.

Despite the dig at Sachin, cant help but laughing!

From: GP on Thu May 21 6:09:10 2009.

Sehwag has won the toss and chosen to field.
From: GP on Thu May 21 6:10:20 2009.

Sachin Tendulkar, who damaged his finger attempting a slip catch in New Zealand, has now discovered it's broken. But he says it should be fine.
From: Plum on Thu May 21 7:59:26 2009.

Sachin Tendulkar, who damaged his reputation attempting to captain a side in the IPL, has now discovered thats his destiny. But he says it should be fine
From: Plum on Thu May 21 8:03:42 2009.

Mumbai's future is visible now - and its name is Ajinkya Rahane!
From: GP on Thu May 21 8:11:38 2009.

End of over 20 (10 runs) - Mumbai Indians 165/8 (RR: 8.25)
From: GP on Thu May 21 9:08:21 2009.

End of over 10 (16 runs) - Delhi Daredevils 93/1 (73 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 9.30, RRR: 7.30)

V Sehwag 33* (17b 4x4 1x6)
G Gambhir 45* (34b 7x4)
From: ajithfederer on Thu May 21 9:22:00 2009.

Jayasuriya has been dandasuriya
From: ajithfederer on Thu May 21 9:26:21 2009.

Kilinjidhu po Shewag has come 2 form, Bala beware
From: Sourav on Thu May 21 9:40:22 2009.

viru.... back to form....
TM & co.....my avatar's mahimai ippo puriyutha?
From: directhit on Thu May 21 9:42:27 2009.

sourav - ur idol Malinga
From: directhit on Thu May 21 9:48:33 2009.

Bajji
From: Sourav on Thu May 21 9:48:58 2009.

directhit wrote:

sourav - ur idol Malinga

13 match nalla pottanae appo therla... last match-la 2 6 ponathum vanthu poda vendiyathu.....
adichavan dilshan kooda en fav thane..
Malinga - the best bowler of IPL2....
From: dinesh13284 on Thu May 21 10:02:08 2009.

Sehwag form ku vanthutaan.. matha team ku alivu kaalam thaan..
From: Plum on Thu May 21 10:04:32 2009.

"Sehwag form ku vanthutaan.. matha team ku alivu kaalam thaan"
Adhellam perusa onnum illa - Dhonikku theriyum Sehwagku epdi aappu vekkanumnu, vechuduvan

From: directhit on Thu May 21 10:06:10 2009.

13 match nalla pottanae appo therla... last match-la 2 6 ponathum vanthu Poke

sourav - ur idol Malinga Poke

poda vendiyathu..... LOL

adichavan dilshan kooda en fav thane.. Razz

Malinga - the best bowler of IPL2.... Victory

nadula rendu match pirichu menjaanga - dont call him a bowler

From: Sourav on Thu May 21 10:29:50 2009.

viru is the MOM ...

From: Nerd on Thu May 21 10:35:06 2009.

Bollywood side artists, junior artists and stunt masters Kareena Balli Kapoor, Cut Baniyan Shyamak Davar, Bibaasa, RaaNi, Siluppachetty, Boopathi Kaif ivangalukkellam sathiyama vera velaye illiya? Huh?!

Onnu, new year party ku, kalyana reception ku dance aada vendiyadhu, illa Paan Parag award la poi, palani cable car madhiri anguttum inguttum thaava vendiyadhu.. kuthaalathula irukka vendiyadhellam inga vandhu namma usura vaangudhunga.. Banging Head

Frigging irritating Hammer

Kaasu kudutha enna venaalum pannuvaanga pola.. Kalyan/Maddy, next session la idhungalla edhayavadhu dance ku book panrom Evil or Very Mad

But why Bhoopathy kaif?

From: Sourav on Thu May 21 10:36:15 2009.

13 match nalla pottanae appo therla... last match-la 2 6 ponathum vanthu Poke

sourav - ur idol Malinga Poke

poda vendiyathu..... LOL

adichavan dilshan kooda en fav thane.. Razz

Malinga - the best bowler of IPL2.... Victory

nadula rendu match pirichu menjaanga - dont call him a bowler Mad

Player Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
RP Singh 14* 47.4 1 321 19 4/22 16.89 6.73 15.0 1 0
(Deccan Chargers)
A Nehra 12 47.0 1 308 18 3/27 17.11 6.55 15.6 0 0
(Delhi Daredevils)
SL Malinga 13 49.3 2 312 18 3/11 17.33 6.30 16.5 0 0
(Mumbai Indians)
Athan avan bowling action ok-nu sollitangale ICC-la appuram enna...

From: dinesh13284 on Thu May 21 10:36:44 2009.

Plum wrote:

"Sehwag form ku vanthutaan.. matha team ku alivu kaalam thaan"
Adhellam perusa onnum illa - Dhonikku theriyum Sehwagku epdi aappu vekkanumnu, vechuduvan

Let us watch the film.. // Barathiraja style

From: P_R on Thu May 21 10:38:05 2009.

Let me guess

Katrina - puyal adichu pozhachavan uNdu boopathi adichu puzachavan kidayAdhu

VK punch in Thavasi

If this is right then I grant myself a doctorate

Frigging irritating Hammer

Kaasu kudutha enna venaalum pannuvaanga pola.. Kalyan/Maddy, next session la idhungalla edhayavadhu dance ku book panrom Evil or Very Mad

But why Bhoopathy kaif?

From: P_R on Thu May 21 10:40:53 2009.

Quote:

Siluppachetty
From: Nerd on Thu May 21 10:44:30 2009.

Idha dhAn stepwise lateral thinging-nu solluvaanga. UngaLukku doctorate-nA CR annanukku
From: MADDY on Thu May 21 10:56:47 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Kaasu kudutha enna venaalum pannuvaanga pola.. Kalyan/Maddy, next session la idhungalla edhayavadhu dance ku book panrom

idhu theriyaama, rendu moonu trip summave okkandhuttome pa
From: directhit on Thu May 21 11:12:31 2009.

Bangalore 55/1 - and they have 5 more genuine batsman (ok - ignore uthappa) in the hut. plus PK and Anil - wow
From: Nerd on Thu May 21 11:18:33 2009.

directhit wrote:

Bangalore 55/1 - and they have 5 more genuine batsman (ok - ignore uthappa) in the hut. plus PK and Anil - wow

Vs CSK dhaanE nesstu
From: directhit on Thu May 21 11:43:11 2009.

if they win today yeah

Manish Pandey Kumble didnt play him and finally this match sent him to open. i think he won a game for MI last year, not sure. remember him scoring some quick runs in the U19 WC (guess even hit the winning runs)
From: directhit on Thu May 21 11:49:42 2009.

93* - can he be the first Indian to get a century!!
From: directhit on Thu May 21 11:58:43 2009.

atlast an Indian player gets a century in IPL!! Manish Pandey
From: Nerd on Thu May 21 12:03:51 2009.

cricinfo wrote:

It's a pity that TV cut into ads, and didn't show the celebrations

Disgusting.
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu May 21 12:09:37 2009.

Manish Pandey
From: Plum on Thu May 21 12:12:03 2009.

Kings 11 out - bollywood gumbal ozhinjudhu!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 12:27:53 2009.

R.P.Singh dropped a sitter and helped Bangalore to score 170!

Such a somberi singh.
From: directhit on Thu May 21 12:28:42 2009.

SS - B'lated birthday wishes u prefer CSK or DD?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 12:30:30 2009.

directhit wrote:

SS - B'lated birthday wishes u prefer CSK or DD?

Thanks DH! Yaara irrundhaalum ok! DD-ya thaan irrukum pola
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 12:46:04 2009.

Look at those 2 6's by Gibbs! Awesome
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 12:47:06 2009.

and this time a 4!
From: ArulprakasH on Thu May 21 12:50:23 2009.

Gibbs marana adi adikkiraan..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 12:56:59 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

Gibbs marana adi adikkiraan..

Yeah perfect start aana pinishing thaan seri irrukaadhu.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 13:00:16 2009.

Gilchrist!
From: ArulprakasH on Thu May 21 13:03:42 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ArulprakasH wrote:

Gibbs marana adi adikkiraan..

Yeah perfect start aana pinishing thaan seri irrukaadhu.

if they have good partnership.. he can pull it in the end.. lets c..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 13:08:48 2009.

Uthappa dropped Gibbs.
From: wrap07 on Thu May 21 13:08:48 2009.

Gibbs back to form 50

utthapa contribution is great.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 13:13:01 2009.

86 required of 60 balls, 9 wickets in hand.
From: wrap07 on Thu May 21 13:21:47 2009.

Magnificent century by Manish Pandey-
in brc innngs
From: ArulprakasH on Thu May 21 13:53:45 2009.

Sridhar anna.. neenga sonna maadhiri pinishingla dabba dance aaduthu....
From: Nerd on Thu May 21 13:55:52 2009.

4th straight win for Kumble
From: villan007 on Thu May 21 13:59:46 2009.

RCB
From: ArulprakasH on Thu May 21 14:11:00 2009.

M.Pandey,Kumble & RCB
From: ajithfederer on Thu May 21 14:26:10 2009.

RCB, Kumble and Thambi Manish Pandey

Thambi Manish pona varusham MI-la irundhan
From: ajithfederer on Thu May 21 14:40:59 2009.

Attempting???

Ennamo naan dhan aaniya pudunguvein avar sonna madhiri solreenga?

Plum wrote:

Sachin Tendulkar, who damaged his reputation attempting to captain a side in the IPL, has now discovered thats his destiny. But he says it should be fine
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 20:52:55 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

Sridhar anna.. neenga sonna maadhiri pinishingla dabba dance aaduthu....
From: directhit on Thu May 21 21:27:29 2009.

Why is Gilli persisting with Gibbs (he did play good sterday) and not playing Smith?, I feel Smith is a better choice with their over dependancy on Rohit in the middle order.

Delhi vs Deccan today and Chennai vs Bangalore tomorrow

From: Sourav on Thu May 21 22:32:25 2009.

Quote:

Delhi is the team to beat: Sachin
Dwaipayan Datta | TNN

Centurion: Team Delhi are looking perfect at the moment and Sachin Tendulkar believes they are the team to beat as the tournament moves towards the business end.
�They are playing some great cricket. Viru too is back in form, and at the moment, they really look the strongest,� Tendulkar was clear in his verdict about Delhi�s chances. �If any team has to beat them, they�ll have to be at the top of their game,� the Little Master paid his compliments to the league toppers.
Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag, too, feels everything is going well for them. �It was extremely important that I got back into form. Good that it has happened in the nick of time and we shouldn�t look back from here,� Sehwag sounded relieved.
What made him feel all the while that he was just one innings away from coming back into form?
�I have never seen any batsman failing 10-12 times. So, I was confident that I will get back to form and that happened today,� the swashbuckling batsman added.
The skipper, though, understands that it will be a problem of plenty for his side as they get ready for the semifinals. �The top-six we played today are all big hitters. And the good thing about this line-up is that if one fails, another one chips in,� Viru gave the impression that he may well be tempted to keep the same lineup for the semifinals.
But with the Centurion pitch turning a bit, Daniel Vettori can be an extremely important inclusion, but Sehwag was not ready to specify whether he�ll take that chance.
But now that he is back in form, it may well happen that Sehwag will be back at the top of the order. �Before the start of the game, I was not in form. So I sent in Warner in at the top. Let�s see what we decide for tomorrow,� Sehwag was surely keeping his options open. Medium-pacer Ashish Nehra, though, will surely be back. �He is our main bowler and we rested him today, because his body can break down any time. We want him fresh for the semifinals.�
The skipper, though, makes it clear that he is not bothered about playing backto-back games, nor is he worried that he would only know his semifinal opposition very late.
�T20 is a three-hour game, so it shouldn�t be a big problem. Everyone can go back to the hotel and relax and get fit for the next day,� he said. �And we have played both Hyderabad and Royal Challengers twice. So it doesn�t matter who our opposition is.�
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2009/05/22&PageLabel=16&EntityId=Ar01604&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 23:47:16 2009.

Why is Gilli persisting with Gibbs (he did play good sterday) and not playing Smith?, I feel Smith is a better choice with their over dependancy on Rohit in the middle order.

Delhi vs Deccan today and Chennai vs Bangalore tomorrow Slurp

I would replace Harris to Smith. Smith can bowl better than or equal to Harris and ofcourse handy middle order batsman.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 21 23:50:16 2009.

Vaas is also better than Harris. I dont know whats so spl about R.Harris :confused:
From: directhit on Fri May 22 0:20:15 2009.

yes with gibbs performing it cud be smith in place of harris which cud also backfire with the delhi's STRONG batting. i guess harris is in purely coz he is an aussie, lehmann is the coach and vaas is a srilankan chennai pathi mattum indha madhiri speculations varudhu, so en pangukku deccan team a pathi oru purali

Smith is a big hitter, to keep him out is VVS ayum aada vidaradhilla - Ravi Teja/Vengaya Rao a vida VVS is a much better choice. My support is for pudhu dilli today
From: GP on Fri May 22 0:22:46 2009.

BRC and DC

the teams that occupied last two places in 1st season has now made it to semis.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 0:24:49 2009.

.. and CSK and Delhi in semis twice in a row
From: GP on Fri May 22 0:30:48 2009.

And if CSK qualifies for the semis, 1st team to reach finals 2 consecutive times.

From: directhit on Fri May 22 1:26:34 2009.

Quote:

Semis will be different ball game: Kumble

Rediff Comments Section wrote:

Certainly it will be a different ball game as they will not use the same ball used in some other game. Kumble - this phrase cannot be used referring to any sports. Learn English.

From: Plum on Fri May 22 2:30:20 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Attempting??? Huh?!

Ennamo naan dhan aaniya pudunguvein avar sonna madhiri solreenga? Huh?!

Sachin Tendulkar, who damaged his reputation attempting to captain a side in the IPL, has now discovered thats his destiny. But he says it should be fine Smile

hey AF, chumma parodykku ezhudhiandhu. You know where I stand on Sachin's captaincy. A few pages back, Warne-aiye captaincyla Sachin level dhaan oru podu pottaene paarkalaiya

Seriously, though, it was more a parody on people who judge his captaincy than him. Note the word destiny. That is to imply that no matter what he does, he is destined to be called bad captain by his detractors.

From: Kalyasi on Fri May 22 3:13:23 2009.

I may not return for IPL next year - McGrath

Glenn McGrath has expressed his disappointment at not being given a chance by the Delhi Daredevils to prove his fitness during this season's IPL. He is contracted with Delhi next year as well, but McGrath hinted that he may not return for the 2010 season.

The 39-year-old McGrath, who retired after the 2007 World Cup, played almost every game for Delhi in the inaugural IPL and was among the stand-out bowlers in that tournament. However, with Victoria fast bowler Dirk Nannes being outstanding this season, and the Indian pace contingent of Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan and Aavishkar Salvi performing consistently, McGrath has been on the sidelines this year.

"It has been hard to be a part of the bench, and I was hoping for a game during the league stage," he wrote in his column in the Hindustan Times. "I have asked a couple of people about why I was not being played, and I get the sense that they were worried about my fitness. I feel fitter than I did last year, but I guess I will not get a chance to prove that now."

McGrath, who was signed by Delhi for US$350,000, went on to suggest that he may not be back for the next season. "I am contracted for another year with Delhi, but that is a long way away. Right now, I would not bet on myself returning."

Delhi has been the most impressive side of the tournament so far, finishing on top after the league stage, and take on Deccan Chargers in the first semi-final at Centurion on Friday.
From: Plum on Fri May 22 3:20:49 2009.

Delhi might lose in the semis. Ashish Nehra-vellam top bowlernu irukkara side ivlo dhooram vandhadhe perusu
I dont feel Nehra is that good to be vying for Purple Cap. Ellam neram. If DC bat first, I feel that Sewhag will let the game drift, and let Gilly, Symmo Gibbs and Rohit take the game away from Delhi, and the likes of Rajat Bhatia, Nehra, Sangwan will be exposed for their limitations. Already, Amit Mishra has been pirichu menjufied
If DC bat second, I feel with a little rearranging of abtting lineup and distribution of the foreign bombs across the order, they can easily overcome 170-180.
Gilchrist
Suman
Venu Rao/VVS Laxman
Rohit Sharma
Gibbs
Symonds
Ravi Teja/ Azhar Bilakhia/Venu Rao
Vaas
Kalyanakrishna/Vijayakumar - rather than the 2 Singhs. I dont know why harmeet and anuraran have been given so many opps while these 2 local lads havent been tried at all
RP Singh
P Ojha

Delhi - I feel Viru and Gauti will go back to their form of this series so far; It depends on DeVilliers who however starts very slowly. They dont have batting beyond Dinesh Karthik. Dilshan tension party. Rajat Bhatia's batting skills have been exposed badly - he is no longer to be considered an allrounder, and he bats at #7 for Delhi when he is picked. There is a weakness to be exploited.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 3:58:33 2009.

I thought Mc G wud be the playin semis/finals
From: directhit on Fri May 22 5:35:30 2009.

wtf is this obsession/branding of south with 'Mind It'

Quote:

But one thing's for sure: Delhi, you better "mind it!" The southern invasion is coming to get you.

http://content.cricinfo.com/iplpage2/content/current/story/405478.html
From: Plum on Fri May 22 5:57:40 2009.

DH, small mercies. Atleast she didnt say enna rascala
From: Rocky89 on Fri May 22 7:42:10 2009.

Deccan.. Deccan.. Deccan
From: directhit on Fri May 22 8:01:12 2009.

enna idhu pudhu ID season aa - naanum DH86 nu oru id create panna poren
From: Rocky89 on Fri May 22 8:17:54 2009.

directhit wrote:

enna idhu pudhu ID season aa - naanum DH86 nu oru id create panna poren

haha neenga already change panniyaachu.. only 2 times allowed'aam
From: Sourav on Fri May 22 9:54:35 2009.

Gans anna is in super centurian park now...
From: directhit on Fri May 22 9:57:22 2009.

thts cool hope he is sitting next to the cheerleaders and we get to see him on tv
From: Sourav on Fri May 22 10:00:21 2009.

Gans'na is not TM'na...
From: directhit on Fri May 22 10:10:51 2009.

Deccan to bowl first, not a bad decision considering their bowling is the weak link
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 10:35:27 2009.

two wkts in the first over

gautam/warner gone.
From: Plum on Fri May 22 10:45:55 2009.

yay! Deccan will perform today! Delhikku marubadiyum Semis aappu dhaan!
But Sehwag kavalaiye pada mattan - today wasnt our daynu simple-a sollittu poyiduvan
From: directhit on Fri May 22 10:46:18 2009.

after the fall of the two wkts something funny happened - Dilshan stepped out of the wires accidentally and ABDV also came in to the ground and walked till the pitch. umpire sent him back and got Dilshan to bat since he had stepped in first into the ground! Strange rule - Dilshan aadanumnu thudiyaa thudichaan pola
From: Plum on Fri May 22 10:49:24 2009.

Idhu veraiya? Epdillam reason kandupidikkarangappa
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 11:05:43 2009.

One thing about DD. They don't hold back when there is early fall of wickets. Thodarndhu attackdhan
From: directhit on Fri May 22 11:08:17 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

One thing about DD. They don't hold back when there is early fall of wickets. Thodarndhu attackdhan
yeah adhuvum viru/dilshan are competing with each other
From: Plum on Fri May 22 11:13:12 2009.

DC-yum apdi thaan. Gilly/Gibbs out aana Symmo, Suman, Rohit ellam attack dhaan. Dwayne Smith irundha innum mangaLam.
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 11:14:25 2009.

Deccan rembba kastam to comeback. MI sehwag-a vera form-kku konduvanttainga.
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 11:14:43 2009.

Plum wrote:

DC-yum apdi thaan. Gilly/Gibbs out aana Symmo, Suman, Rohit ellam attack dhaan. Dwayne Smith irundha innum mangaLam.

Errr. Kadaisi 2-3 match-la openers out aanappuram avanga onnum perusa attack pannalaiye
From: Plum on Fri May 22 11:15:19 2009.

Enna Nerd? Gilly chumma legside-la moonu six thookkuvan first over-la.
If Gilly, Gibbs, Symmo and Rohit cannot do it, then no other team in IPL can
From: directhit on Fri May 22 11:16:19 2009.

Delhi looks all set for 170+ unless Rohit takes another hatrick

From: Plum on Fri May 22 11:31:01 2009.

DC-yum apdi thaan. Gilly/Gibbs out aana Symmo, Suman, Rohit ellam attack dhaan. Dwayne Smith irundha innum mangaLam.

Errr. Kadaisi 2-3 match-la openers out aanappuram avanga onnum perusa attack pannalaiye Huh?!

Teknik fault

From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:06:11 2009.

mm 150 odd target - looks like I can change my siggy and put Deccan
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:09:31 2009.

154 is gettable.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:11:59 2009.

Gilly Gibbs should score atleast 75 to 80 runs in the first 10 overs and some one should stay till the end illana ezhudhi vachukunga kandippa Delhi finals thaan.
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:13:12 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Gilly Gibbs should score atleast 75 to 80 runs in the first 10 overs and some one should stay till the end illana ezhudhi vachukunga kandippa Delhi finals thaan.
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:13:58 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Gilly Gibbs should score atleast 75 to 80 runs in the first 10 overs and some one should stay till the end illana ezhudhi vachukunga kandippa Delhi finals thaan.

yes.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:15:31 2009.

a blog http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com has been claiming that all matches are fixed and giving out results of the last round KKR matches correctly. but i didnt see the blog b4 the match till date - however this time he has put in that its gonna be a deccan v bangalore finals with deccan as champs for this year. gotto see how true its gonna be....

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:17:46 2009.

a blog http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com has been claiming that all matches are fixed and giving out results of the last round KKR matches correctly. but i didnt see the blog b4 the match till date - however this time he has put in that its gonna be a deccan v bangalore finals with deccan as champs for this year. gotto see how true its gonna be....

Pochu! meiaalume DC jeicha kooda idha solli verupethuveengalE!

From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:18:11 2009.

Deccan Vs Blore?? Evanum match pArkka mAttAn. I mean they d prefer watching Dhoni/Raina/Viru than Dravid/Kallis/Gilli. Why would they want to fix such a thing
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:20:44 2009.

nah! i personally dont think it can be fixed. too hard i'd say to happen in such a tournament...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:21:35 2009.

Bang! Gilli....
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:22:00 2009.

....and 4 more
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:22:33 2009.

& another one
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:22:38 2009.

....and....and 4 more
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:23:26 2009.

4 in a row...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:23:29 2009.

....and....and.....and 4 more!!
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:23:34 2009.

gilly
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:24:10 2009.

Mc Grath is gonna be LHAO
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:24:12 2009.

....and....and....and.....and 4 more.....

What a start!!
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:24:15 2009.

5 boundaries
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:26:25 2009.

gibbs bowled off

overacting nehra
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:26:39 2009.

Gilli on song is a treat to watch. Nehra deserves worse
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:26:47 2009.

Gibbs out! Nehra romba thaan scene podraan.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:27:25 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Nehra deserves worse
x2

but the guy gets a wkt
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:32:29 2009.

another 4
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:32:54 2009.

lalalalala.....another one! OMFG!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:33:32 2009.

Just watch that.....6
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:33:38 2009.

six by gilly 35 off 10 balls
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:33:44 2009.

Gilli on fire - huuuuuuuuge six
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:34:36 2009.

He wants to finish it in 10 overs
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:36:09 2009.

maybe he thinks they need to win under 11.3 overs, that was for sterday
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:37:22 2009.

Bilakhia get a single and hand over Nehra to Gillie
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:38:27 2009.

directhit wrote:

Bilakhia get a single and hand over Nehra to Gillie

Engga veetula ippo thaan single oduraan.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:39:58 2009.

Nehra spanked for 4 no ball too
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:40:10 2009.

Nb+4+free hit to Gilli
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:40:28 2009.

nehra
& it is a six
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:40:56 2009.

and a 6
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:41:04 2009.

Gilly

deccan please take the honors of stopping dilli. Let them be semifinalists in all IPL's.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:41:34 2009.

ok, i edited my siggy. hope i dont jinx em though...
From: Plum on Fri May 22 12:41:35 2009.

Delhikku mangaLam. Bye bye viru.
Gilly the second aussie to win ipl trophy!
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:42:16 2009.

Nehra avan moonji summavE inji thinna korangAttam irukkum. IppO
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:43:39 2009.

Ungallukellam theriyadhu...please wait for the last 60 balls.
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:44:12 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ungallukellam theriyadhu...please wait for the last 60 balls.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:44:23 2009.

looks like Deccan has won all the matches Harmeet Singh played Lucky Mascot
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:44:46 2009.

Gilli 50(17) record!
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:44:47 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ungallukellam theriyadhu...please wait for the last 60 balls.

sridhar,

gilly fastest 50 in ipl
From: Plum on Fri May 22 12:44:58 2009.

Ss, innikku delhi evlo mukkinalum nadakkadhu
Gilly - big maych player. Nalla veLai ivan t20 wc-la illai!
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:45:11 2009.

50(17)
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:45:27 2009.

Nalaikkum neenga edit pannanumo

Meanwhile gilchrist pipty

directhit wrote:

ok, i edited my siggy. hope i dont jinx em though...
From: Vivasaayi on Fri May 22 12:46:10 2009.

big match player

Rising to the occasion
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:46:45 2009.

Sehwag should have brought the spinners early.
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:47:02 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Nalaikkum neenga edit pannanumo
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:48:22 2009.

50 off 20 balls and its the 5th fastest in T20s appo matha 4
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:48:32 2009.

4 + Free hit!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:48:54 2009.

....and 6!
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:49:02 2009.

another 4/6 off sehwag
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:49:27 2009.

another 6!
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:49:51 2009.

Sehwag - no ball?? Epdi ipdilAm. Brett Lee run-up ivarukku
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:49:59 2009.

Gilchrist knock reminds me of a similar one in WC 2007 Finals. He virtually batted srilanka out of that game
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:50:06 2009.

another 6.....WTF
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:50:08 2009.

3 - wud we see 5?
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 12:50:16 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

another 6!

another six. its carnage
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:50:44 2009.

2 sixess

have to catch the highlights definitely
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:50:59 2009.

Moonavdhu sixxu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:50:59 2009.

Gilli 75(24)
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:51:42 2009.

Enga Annan Bala. Ippo dum adikkama jollyaa irupaare
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 12:52:25 2009.

NRR 5/over

Idhai deccan jeikalainaa franchise-ae kalaicharalam. Hope they don't jinx like Mumbai.
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 12:52:49 2009.

Required Rate down to 5.00

Congrats maams
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:52:50 2009.

84 runs in the powerplay
From: Thirumaran on Fri May 22 12:53:40 2009.

naai adi, paei adi, marana adi nnu solrathu ithaano

sourav
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:57:35 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Required Rate down to 5.00

Congrats maams

Maams...match mudiyattum!

Oru wicket Balleilakka out!
From: directhit on Fri May 22 12:59:17 2009.

Rameez Raja when Bilakhia gets out - 'This is the wicket Viru wanted'
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 12:59:53 2009.

Yeah 4 more
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:04:18 2009.

Gilli out
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:04:26 2009.

Gilchrist made a tonty tonty look like a ODI chase.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:04:40 2009.

But what a great innings
From: directhit on Fri May 22 13:04:47 2009.

Rameez Raja said when Suman took the single - 'why expose Gilchrist when the reqd rate is jus around 5 an over' i was abt to put a rotfl3 and Gilli is out
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 13:05:00 2009.

Killer blow, at the right time
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:05:59 2009.

Sharma, Symonds and Venugopal Rao to follow.

SS, How about the rest of the tail
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:06:15 2009.

Innime match thamasa irrukum
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:06:33 2009.

Vada-bajji time out for how many minutes, now??
From: directhit on Fri May 22 13:07:42 2009.

the same 7.5 - moron modi tol he'd planned to cut short for semis/finals - didnt happen
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:08:01 2009.

Thanks anoops .
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 13:09:03 2009.

directhit wrote:

Rameez Raja when Bilakhia gets out - 'This is the wicket Viru wanted'

Then he realises it was Bilakhia, "Anyway Delhi should be happy that the partnership is broken"
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:09:45 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Sharma, Symonds and Venugopal Rao to follow.

SS, How about the rest of the tail

Therila maams I think this time they wont choke as the required run rate is much lesser than the previous game. Should be an easy win.
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 13:10:18 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

Watching him whack ball after ball to the boundary was like playing a computer game with the cheat code on.

Murderous batting

From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:11:32 2009.

They better win and award Dilli the semifinals baton again.

Sharma, Symonds and Venugopal Rao to follow.

SS, How about the rest of the tail Smile

ajithfederer wrote:

Therila maams I think this time they wont choke as the required run rate is much lesser than the previous game. Should be an easy win.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:11:55 2009.

So the equation is very simple 52 needed of 60 balls.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:12:50 2009.

Symmo 4
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:13:29 2009.

....another 4!
From: directhit on Fri May 22 13:13:41 2009.

looks like Gilchrist/Symonds had some orders from Pigeon to hit Nannes
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:14:07 2009.

Looks like heavy job load for the deccan cheer gals
From: directhit on Fri May 22 13:15:09 2009.

no complaints
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:16:43 2009.

http://content.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/current/story/405484.html
Indian Premier League 2009

I may not return for IPL next year - McGrath

Cricinfo staff

May 22, 2009

Delhi haven't given Glenn McGrath a game this season � Getty Images

Glenn McGrath has expressed his disappointment at not being given a chance by the Delhi Daredevils to prove his fitness during this season's IPL. He is contracted with Delhi next year as well, but McGrath hinted that he may not return for the 2010 season.

The 39-year-old McGrath, who retired after the 2007 World Cup, played almost every game for Delhi in the inaugural IPL and was among the stand-out bowlers in that tournament. However, with Victoria fast bowler Dirk Nannes being outstanding this season, and the Indian pace contingent of Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan and Aavishkar Salvi performing consistently, McGrath has been on the sidelines this year.

"It has been hard to be a part of the bench, and I was hoping for a game during the league stage," he wrote in his column in the Hindustan Times. "I have asked a couple of people about why I was not being played, and I get the sense that they were worried about my fitness. I feel fitter than I did last year, but I guess I will not get a chance to prove that now."

McGrath, who was signed by Delhi for US$350,000, went on to suggest that he may not be back for the next season. "I am contracted for another year with Delhi, but that is a long way away. Right now, I would not bet on myself returning."

Delhi has been the most impressive side of the tournament so far, finishing on top after the league stage, and take on Deccan Chargers in the first semi-final at Centurion on Friday.

� Cricinfo
From: ArulprakasH on Fri May 22 13:19:07 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Looks like heavy job load for the deccan cheer gals

rasigarkalukku kondattam thaan ...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:20:51 2009.

Suman 4

29 from 46 balls
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:20:58 2009.

I don't understand why Gilchrist and Mt. Hayden first of all Retired
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:21:20 2009.

another 4 Nehra
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 13:22:42 2009.

24 off 43
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:23:10 2009.

af maams....eppadi heavy voltage-a illa short circuit-a?
From: ajithfederer on Fri May 22 13:23:48 2009.

Yaaru gilchrist aa?

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

af maams....eppadi heavy voltage-a illa short circuit-a?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:24:44 2009.

6 Symo and Out!
From: Plum on Fri May 22 13:30:22 2009.

Viru, thoo neeyellam oru captain!
Indha muraiyum koppai austrlainku dhaana?
Vvs illadha deccanku vaazvu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:31:10 2009.

8 more for what you call an excellent victory!!
From: Nerd on Fri May 22 13:31:58 2009.

4-0-38-1 - Nehra
From: directhit on Fri May 22 13:36:28 2009.

Sridhar - 5 off 22 - adichuduvaangala?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:38:50 2009.

directhit wrote:

Sridhar - 5 off 22 - adichuduvaangala?

Idhellam over nakkal-u!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 13:43:05 2009.

GILCHRIST - DC
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 13:45:13 2009.

Gilly My TP today
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 13:45:52 2009.

DC
From: wrap07 on Fri May 22 13:46:32 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

GILCHRIST - DC

ella iconm use pannitinga
congrats
From: directhit on Fri May 22 13:48:49 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Gilly My TP today
i didnt even pick him karthik a poi eduthen
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 13:49:43 2009.

directhit wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Gilly My TP today
i didnt even pick him karthik a poi eduthen

I removed DK Karthik and included Gilly today only
From: Thirumaran on Fri May 22 13:52:42 2009.

DC

Gilchrist
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 14:08:29 2009.

Anyone knows the track name which was played during DC's innings? It sounded good
From: directhit on Fri May 22 14:14:43 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Anyone knows the track name which was played during DC's innings? It sounded good
PC version of Jai Ho
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 14:23:15 2009.

directhit wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Anyone knows the track name which was played during DC's innings? It sounded good
PC version of Jai Ho

Not that one. The one played after every boundary...
From: sm maddy on Fri May 22 15:06:43 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Anyone knows the track name which was played during DC's innings? It sounded good

It is the DC team anthem... you can get it on either the ipl site or DC site....
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri May 22 15:34:25 2009.

maddy

From: Sourav on Fri May 22 22:19:55 2009.

i have him in the team from the start!

Gilly

My TP today Cool

i didnt even pick him Embarassed

karthik a poi eduthen Banging Head

I removed DK Karthik and included Gilly today only RedJump

TP also...540 points ...

Gilly...one man show!

Thirumaran wrote:

naai adi, paei adi, marana adi nnu solrathu ithaano LOL

sourav

viru has played well....gilly pona adi adichathukellam en avatar epdi poruppaga mudiyum...

From: directhit on Fri May 22 23:17:06 2009.

Anyone knows the track name which was played during DC's innings? It sounded good Cool

PC version of Jai Ho Cool

Not that one. The one played after every boundary...

ungalukku theriyadha thalaivar paatta

adhu edhunu theriyala, adhaan summa poten

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 22 23:46:23 2009.

Sourav,

Nee konjam ella teamayum support panradha niruthiko.

KKR-a support pannina avanunga thaan first odi ponaanaainga. Appram Mumbai Indians-a support pannina, avvununga aduthu oditaanuva. Pona vaaram Delhi-ya support pannina avvanungalaum thunda kaanom thuniya kaanom-nu veetu anupchaachu!
From: Sourav on Sat May 23 0:34:37 2009.

Naansenns maathiri pesatha...
appo nan entha team-iyum support pannalaina 8 team-kum cup-i thooki koduthiruvaangala?
Match-nu iruntha support panrathu than, thokkurathu than...
epdiyum 7 team cup vaanga porathulla, athula nan support pannathu 3...thats all...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 4:48:01 2009.

Gilchrist yesterday innings.

Of course innoru site-la irrundhu suttadhu thaan.
From: directhit on Sat May 23 10:15:49 2009.

Rohit chosen as the best U-23 player of IPL. Naansense, shud defnly have been Raina all the way!!

anyways Oram still in the team and no hussey - Bailey vandhirukkalam. Hussey hasnt been in good form, but Oram mm mavane last chance for u today!!
From: omega on Sat May 23 10:32:36 2009.

Any good streaming links guys??
From: Plum on Sat May 23 10:36:55 2009.

Csk dugout is funereal. Hayden irukkarcheye ippadinna, hayden out aanappuram enna aavagalo!
From: Plum on Sat May 23 10:37:58 2009.

Kallis thangai is dancing for kallis being hit for 4's
From: Plum on Sat May 23 10:50:14 2009.

Hayden struggling. Not looking good for csk. Parthiban outscoring hayden - kali kaalam. Seems okay that scoring rate is still fine thanks to parthiban but parthiban cannot keep the scoring rate for long. Hayden is. Going to be out soon. Oh kallis just dropped him
Bad omens for csk
From: Plum on Sat May 23 11:13:28 2009.

Pp poyittan. Avanala avlo dhaan mudiyum
Mukki mukki 150 varum pola csk-ku
Innikku paarthu dosappan, goli kundu ellam velukk porainga. Plus kallis, dravid, taylor, boucher, pandey
Not looking good for csk
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 11:17:38 2009.

omega wrote:

Any good streaming links guys??

Found any? None of them seem to work today
From: omega on Sat May 23 11:24:25 2009.

Nerd wrote:

omega wrote:

Any good streaming links guys??

Found any? None of them seem to work today

Try this....works on & off

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alproplsmfnl
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 11:26:08 2009.

This one's good omega.
http://www.cricbar.blogspot.com/ (Sopcast)
From: Plum on Sat May 23 11:42:09 2009.

Raina gone. Procession starts. Surely csk aren't going to score more than 160?
From: Plum on Sat May 23 12:10:55 2009.

146. Bye bye CSK, you can join kkr, mi, rr, kxi and ddd on the sidelines
Its going to be rcb vs dc in the finals!
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 12:12:31 2009.

Excellent batting by CSK Now it's up to the bowlers.
From: Plum on Sat May 23 12:13:20 2009.

146. Bye bye CSK, you can join kkr, mi, rr, kxi and ddd on the sidelines
Its going to be rcb vs dc in the finals!
To solve a problem, you must recognise it. The csk captain refused to stubbornly recognise that his middle order lacked a thrust player and persisterd with his trusted Oram. Always blaming the bowlers when the batsmen were the culprits. Nice comeuppance this! Hope the bowlers don't get blamed again
From: Plum on Sat May 23 12:14:30 2009.

Excellent battinga? They never crossed third gear
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:20:09 2009.

Seems like spinners might have a chance tonight. Let us see how Bevdaas bat.
From: directhit on Sat May 23 12:23:05 2009.

15 runs less for comfort. but its gonna be a tuf tuf chase, ball stopping on and double paced... shud be a very interesting match
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:26:18 2009.

Good batting by Mangalam sar. 2 back to back boundries
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 12:27:40 2009.

Gony's first ball Why is he in the team??
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:29:11 2009.

Kaaaaalliiiiiis gone
From: directhit on Sat May 23 12:29:33 2009.

Kallis goes Sourav's Trump player
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:30:04 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Gony's first ball Why is he in the team??

Gony�s 4th ball most probably that�s why
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 12:34:21 2009.

Murali misfields and now misses a catch but it is a tough one.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 12:34:47 2009.

But out in the next ball...
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:36:22 2009.

vdMerwe is also gone it is 22/2
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 12:39:29 2009.

Manish Pandey is in gorgeous form
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:40:35 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Manish Pandey is in gorgeous form

Really a very good player. I wish he could make it big
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 12:40:40 2009.

Goni is highly overrated.

Dhoni should bring Murali or Jakati early.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 12:42:01 2009.

Where are the CSK supporters?
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 12:44:28 2009.

Sivan bro
Pandey has just shown why Goni is an unnecessery element
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 12:45:37 2009.

Enna four four-a adikkaraanunga Ball is stopping-nu vera sonnanga
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 12:47:33 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Enna four four-a adikkaraanunga Ball is stopping-nu vera sonnanga

spin bowlers varanum. Morkel and Goni are making things easy for the RC'rs.
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:49:07 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Sivan bro
Pandey has just shown why Goni is an unnecessery element

I know that Goni is absolutely overrated and CSK should have brought Ntini tonight. It was really funny since it was rhyming so nice (1st ball and 4th ball- Namma VTR ubayam)
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 12:49:41 2009.

Dhoni fans,
Direct question.
Can you please not resort to posting links extolling Dhoni's "instinct", "no-plan-approach", "decisions based on feeling (which in English is called LUCK), and instead say a line or two about this?? Humbil rekuost

1. No Hussey
2. Retaining Oram (not getting a chance is a JOKE)
3. For the 121st time, needlessly tinkering with the batting order
4. MSG instead of Tyagi. If Tyagi is injured, why Gony???
5. Definition of LUCK according to your dictionary

We take decisions based on past data adding our judgment call.
Past data CLEARLY, leaving no room for doubt says do not screw up a working batting order to indulge in your fetish for instinctive and bone-headed decisions. What logic and stretch of imagination justifies persisting with Oram?
And after being creamed for 5 fours through th cover/point, you don't have the sense to keep a sweeper cover...

Best part is, the Dhoni brigade will keep mum about all this, as it always has and instead jaalra thattufy for him citing his "cool demeanour even in defeat"

Anyway, Dilli's knockout is the sole redeeming factor

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 12:50:01 2009.

spin bowlers varanum. Morkel and Goni are making things easy for the RC'rs.

Enna four four-a adikkaraanunga Confused

Ball is stopping-nu vera sonnanga Neutral

Adhukkunnu ippadi pottu kudukka koodathu

Spinners varumbodhu runs konjam micham irukkaradhillaiya

From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 12:50:23 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Where are the CSK supporters?

Where are the "Dhoni" apologists
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 12:51:10 2009.

It takes a *special* thing to manage to screw things up even with a team like this
From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 23 12:54:00 2009.
From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 23 12:54:22 2009.

Epppo adutha wicket
From: sivank on Sat May 23 12:59:00 2009.

Badri thandam innikku fielding la
From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 23 12:59:40 2009.

yeah... ellaarume mokkaiyaa fielding panraapla...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:01:26 2009.

Shabba! Murali finally, I thought he is the trump card for CSK.
From: sivank on Sat May 23 13:01:28 2009.

It is really a pleasure to see Rahul playing. What a great Player
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:01:52 2009.

Dravid and Pandey - Real cricketing shots. Such a treat to watch
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:03:05 2009.

Pandey - thought he is a one hit wonder with his slog shots last game. Perfect shots this time
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:03:43 2009.

Ah DH, I think its time for you to change the signature.
From: Madhu Sree on Sat May 23 13:04:34 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ah DH, I think its time for you to change the signature.

illa result theriyara varaikkum apdiye irukkattum...
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:04:45 2009.

SS - naan dhaan year podalaye
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:04:46 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Shabba! Murali finally, I thought he is the trump card for CSK.

Only three more overs. If dravid stays till over #15, game over for CSK.
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:06:55 2009.

Badrinath.. onnum pudunkirathilla..
From: sivank on Sat May 23 13:07:02 2009.

Sridhar as I mentioned earlier the spinners are effective. Murali bowls beautifully and Raina was very good at his first over. Jakati�s 3 rd over was also good other than the goofy fielding by Badri
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:08:01 2009.

And where is Balaji?!
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:08:15 2009.

tis not only Badri - so many instances of pathetic fielding!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:09:34 2009.

DH,

Unga avatar-la DUCK-a? illa DUCSK-a?

From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:09:38 2009.

Sridhar as I mentioned earlier the spinners are effective. Murali bowls beautifully and Raina was very good at his first over. Jakati�s 3 rd over was also good other than the goofy fielding by Badri

Apart from Badri's misfield that over by Jakati was rubbish. At least 3 balls short and wide outside off

From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:10:46 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

And where is Balaji?!

Balaji has always come in late.

Innum Sirutha bowling vera irukku
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:11:14 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

DH,

Unga avatar-la DUCK-a? illa DUCSK-a?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:12:33 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

And where is Balaji?!

Balaji has always come in late.

Innum Sirutha bowling vera irukku

Yeah he is bowling now. I guess he would bowl well in this pitch.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:19:19 2009.

Manish Pandey out! Jakati strikes.
From: wrap07 on Sat May 23 13:19:26 2009.

Manish Pandey
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:20:37 2009.

Pandey gone..

for his Good Batting
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:20:41 2009.

That was an atrocious shot. Inexperience..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:22:47 2009.

50 from 40, 7 wickets in hand.
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 13:28:31 2009.

Balaji eased up the pressure
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:29:04 2009.

Mangalam sarva mangalam.
As I said, comeuppance for persisting with oram and gony.instinctu, gentleman?
Dhoni vandhu fielders and bowlersai blame pannuvapla.goyyala who scored 28 off 30 balls? Who robbed the momentum while batting? Who persisted with pathetic middle order? Who tinkered batting order?
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:29:13 2009.

Balajiiiiiiiiiii... 10runs in his 2nd over..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:29:20 2009.

This time he has given! Murali...!
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:29:25 2009.

RD Goes - ATLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST Taufel gives one !!

From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:31:13 2009.

Mangalam sarva mangalam.
As I said, comeuppance for persisting with oram and gony.instinctu, gentleman?
Dhoni vandhu fielders and bowlersai blame pannuvapla.goyyala who scored 28 off 30 balls? Who robbed the momentum while batting? Who persisted with pathetic middle order? Who tinkered batting order?

Padhil varraadhu... hiding head under sand mode

Or probably waiting for the next link to post and some jaalra

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:31:29 2009.

Murali
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:33:15 2009.

Ummachi has to bowl 2 more overs - or gony - absolutely no chance for csk.

Now, certain trophy for adam gilchrist. Bangalore don't have enough weapons to stop gilly's dc in finals.
He won't give the match away stupidly with sub-100 strike rate batting by the captain!
Dc vs rcb finals. Dc wins ipl 09 trophy!
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 13:33:23 2009.

Murali is turning things around
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:35:15 2009.

A wicket and Just 2 runs.. Murali..
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:35:42 2009.

Ross Taylor hits hix typical six!

Yeah, captain "cool"
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:35:43 2009.

Lm, adhellam onnum theradhu. Taylor is finishing it off. Still uthappa praveen and boucher to come
Match over - rcb win
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:35:48 2009.

Yes, matter over for CSK!
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:36:31 2009.

Romba kastam.. CSK
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:37:28 2009.

Taylor six adikaradhukellam shoni onnum panna mudiyadhu cr. His team selections have been the problem. Ashwin might have made a sifference
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:39:05 2009.

Matter over.
Sridhar, unga teamku trophy confirmed
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:39:07 2009.

Plum wrote:

Taylor six adikaradhukellam shoni onnum panna mudiyadhu cr. His team selections have been the problem. Ashwin might have made a sifference

illa, vevvera sentence-nga, sammandham illa

Adhavadhu, Shoni "cool" a irukkaaru nu adikkadi solluvaangale.. adha chonnen...
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:39:51 2009.

I yam DC support for final

Gilly Kamaan
OZ na kokka!
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:40:18 2009.

Kohli off Murali
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:40:51 2009.

Kudos to Bangalore
SS - now Deccan has a chance
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:40:59 2009.

Left field thinking by dhoni - oram to bowl.
Ha ha gonykku kudukka vendiyadhu dhaane
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:41:20 2009.

Vandhaaru Jacob Oram
Eduthavudan full toss for six
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:41:49 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

I yam DC support for final

Gilly Kamaan
OZ na kokka!

Romba late-a eduthaalum latest-a eduthrukeenga!

Plum! We are Deccan Chokers, paapom!
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:42:15 2009.

What's annoying for me is that another aussie will lift the trophy this year also. Csk pona I thought there was a chance of stopping dc. Rcb cannot stop dc
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:42:39 2009.

CR - badhil ur gonna do this whenever MSD loses and praising others when CSK wins. no point typing, waste of time - yeah he wasnt LUCKY!!

Plum - enjoy the rare opportunities
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:43:22 2009.

Plum wrote:

What's annoying for me is that another aussie will lift the trophy this year also. Csk pona I thought there was a chance of stopping dc. Rcb cannot stop dc

OZ dhaan win pannanum!
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:43:23 2009.

This match was lost by a former big hitter who is only a nurdler and camnot even score at 100 strike rate now.
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:44:16 2009.

Plum wrote:

This match was lost by a former big hitter who is only a nurdler and camnot even score at 100 strike rate now.

Yeri vandhu defence vekkaradhaoru fine-arts a pannittaapla..

Kaatula maram vetravanayellam eduthuttu vandhu..... shabbaaa..
From: sivank on Sat May 23 13:44:35 2009.

Clinical batting by RCB. All the best in the Finals
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:45:13 2009.

Plum wrote:

This match was lost by a former big hitter who is only a nurdler and camnot even score at 100 strike rate now.

Ejjattly.

Kumble, 5 in a row. The best captain of this IPL by a distance.
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:45:57 2009.

I somehow feel.. RCB will lift the cup to everyone's surprise..
From: directhit on Sat May 23 13:46:40 2009.

Manish Pandey another find of the tournament, hope he gets MOM and second in a row
From: wrap07 on Sat May 23 13:46:50 2009.

kumble

rahul
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:47:11 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Kumble, 5 in a row. The best captain of this IPL by a distance.

And he is not the one to take credit for others' performance and shun taking the blame for his failures. And doesn't ride piggy-back on luck and others
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:47:13 2009.

Whom did Mallya kiss?? Katrina??
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:47:32 2009.

So we are going to meet RCB in the finals. Remember we have already lost the previous encounter against them, it would be an even contest! Nevertheless I am least expected about the trophy. Let the best team wins but not by luck!
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:47:56 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

I somehow feel.. RCB will lift the cup to everyone's surprise..

Adhu nadandha Mallya free booze vazhiya vidradha sollirukkaaru Blore la
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:48:32 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Whom did Mallya kiss?? Katrina??

Umakenna?
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 13:49:07 2009.
From: ajithfederer on Sat May 23 13:49:33 2009.

BRC, Kumble and Thambi Manish pandey
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:51:00 2009.

I feel happy for anil and rahul sure. But this win was gifted by csk.
I don't think rcb will get past rp, gilly, symmo, smith/gibbs, rohit and the rest.
I feel the final will be badly one sided win for dc.
Sridhar, close match dhaane choke pannuvainga. Don't worry, uthappan will gift it to you by dropping gilly!
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:51:28 2009.

Even Raina was struggling today. Batting looked really easy when BRC was batting. There can't be no technical/scientific reason to it. Just some bad batting by CSK.
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 13:52:11 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Whom did Mallya kiss?? Katrina??

Umakenna?

eRiyudhE

From: wrap07 on Sat May 23 13:54:58 2009.

So we are going to meet RCB in the finals. Remember we have already lost the previous encounter against them, it would be an even contest! Nevertheless I am least expected about the trophy. Let the best team wins but not by luck! Double Thumbs Up

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:55:05 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Whom did Mallya kiss?? Katrina??

Umakenna?

eRiyudhE

Onniyum panna mudiyadhu.
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:55:36 2009.

Rcb vs dc finals
Last year, they were fighting for wooden spoon
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:55:43 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

ArulprakasH wrote:

I somehow feel.. RCB will lift the cup to everyone's surprise..

Adhu nadandha Mallya free booze vazhiya vidradha sollirukkaaru Blore la

oh.. thn vera yaarukkum support kidayathu.. kamaan RCB..

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:55:52 2009.

wrap07 wrote:

Shankar, innaiku maadhri naalaiku late-a varadheenga!

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 13:56:35 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Whom did Mallya kiss?? Katrina??

Umakenna?

eRiyudhE

Onniyum panna mudiyadhu.

parthu vayiru eriyalam...
From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:57:17 2009.

Adutha varusham kkr vs mi finals varumo?

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 13:57:45 2009.

I somehow feel.. RCB will lift the cup to everyone's surprise.. Razz

Adhu nadandha Mallya free booze vazhiya vidradha sollirukkaaru Blore la LOL

oh.. thn vera yaarukkum support kidayathu.. kamaan RCB.. Laughing

Ada paavi! OC kudi-nona katchiye maaritiyeda! Naan vaangi tharen.

From: Plum on Sat May 23 13:57:59 2009.

Adutha varusham kkr vs mi finals varumo?
One thing is sure - sunil gavaskarku perum ajeeranam nethulerundhu irukkum
From: Plum on Sat May 23 14:00:14 2009.

Bowling fragile!
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 14:00:30 2009.

Dhoni pEsittE irukkaapla oru questionukku
From: directhit on Sat May 23 14:01:22 2009.

cricinfo needs hearing aids idhukku comment panna oru kootam irukkum vera
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 14:01:41 2009.

Its Pandey again! wow well done
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 14:01:59 2009.

Plum wrote:

Bowling fragile!

Did you notice how strongly and how many times did he emphasize the point "bowling fragile"?
And he had the nerve to say "in general the bowling has been fragile..yeah today the batting didnt click"

Shame on him, vera enna solradhu
Un-freakin-believable

From: wrap07 on Sat May 23 14:02:05 2009.

wrap07 wrote:

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:04:17 2009.

Shankar, innaiku maadhri naalaiku late-a varadheenga! Twisted Evil

sure. in time varren.

From: directhit on Sat May 23 14:02:05 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ada paavi! OC kudi-nona katchiye maaritiyeda! Naan vaangi tharen.
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 14:02:07 2009.

146 - Was not even a par score I thought - Kumble
From: directhit on Sat May 23 14:02:52 2009.

Manish Pandey
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 14:03:55 2009.

Nerd wrote:

146 - Was not even a par score I thought - Kumble

Appadi podu!

I somehow feel.. RCB will lift the cup to everyone's surprise.. Razz

Adhu nadandha Mallya free booze vazhiya vidradha sollirukkaaru Blore la LOL

oh.. thn vera yaarukkum support kidayathu.. kamaan RCB.. Laughing

Ada paavi! OC kudi-nona katchiye maaritiyeda! Naan vaangi tharen. Evil or Very Mad

OC illana RC..

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 14:08:02 2009.

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj
From: villan007 on Sat May 23 14:09:06 2009.

Nerd wrote:

146 - Was not even a par score I thought - Kumble
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:11:03 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj

enna LM ithu.. avan oruthanukkaaka.. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey ellam thOrkanuma
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 14:11:40 2009.

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow. I would not be disappointed with Gilli winning it either. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey and Taylor camaanyA
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 14:12:45 2009.

Nerd wrote:

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow. I would not be disappointed with Gilli winning it either. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey and Taylor camaanyA

Maams indha 2 ezhuthu-ku thaane support panreenga?
From: VENKIRAJA on Sat May 23 14:13:16 2009.

Plum wrote:

Adutha varusham kkr vs mi finals varumo?

athE Feelings... oru sandhOsham, CSK semis-la thOthuruvAinga..
From: Sourav on Sat May 23 14:13:20 2009.

pandey, dravid...
nalaikku 7 or 8 evanacchum jeichuttu ponga...no prob.....
From: villan007 on Sat May 23 14:13:57 2009.

Nerd wrote:

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow.

adhaane.. namaku eppium underdogs-a support panni than payakam

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 14:14:10 2009.

enna LM ithu.. avan oruthanukkaaka.. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey ellam thOrkanuma Huh?!

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow Evil or Very Mad

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj Mad

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 14:14:25 2009.

sourav wrote:

pandey, dravid...
nalaikku 7 or 8 evanacchum jeichuttu ponga...no prob.....

Please please Ramal, Bangalore-ku support pannu! Un raasi nalla irruku.

From: Nerd on Sat May 23 14:15:28 2009.

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow. I would not be disappointed with Gilli winning it either. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey and Taylor camaanyA RedJump

Maams indha 2 ezhuthu-ku thaane support panreenga? LOL

ungaLukku arivO arivunnE.. adhukku dhaan naan "B" add pannalai.

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:15:38 2009.

Nerd wrote:

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow. I would not be disappointed with Gilli winning it either. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey and Taylor camaanyA

welcome to the RCB supporters pamily..
From: crajkumar_be on Sat May 23 14:15:54 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu

Adhe dhaanga ingayum, nothing major against RCB

Naanum yen friendum Deepavali-ku vedikkama vechirundha onnu rendu 10,000 wala vettu ellam podalaamnu irundhom for semi and final
From: Nerd on Sat May 23 14:16:14 2009.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu

enakku adhE dhaan. aanaa enna inga orE gulutti gang

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:16:22 2009.

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow. I would not be disappointed with Gilli winning it either. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey and Taylor camaanyA RedJump

Maams indha 2 ezhuthu-ku thaane support panreenga? LOL

Oru Indhiya kudimagana.. oru Indhian cup vaanganumnu aasai padurathu thappa

From: ajithfederer on Sat May 23 14:17:03 2009.

Appo naalailerndhu neenga ange velai seyya koodadhu

littlemaster1982 wrote:

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat May 23 14:17:12 2009.

Kudigara pasangala!

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:18:26 2009.

nalaikku 7 or 8 evanacchum jeichuttu ponga...no prob..... LOL

pandey, dravid... Clap

Please please Ramal, Bangalore-ku support pannu! Un raasi nalla irruku. LOL

machi.. ithukkagave nee gilly avatar maathanum..

From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:19:41 2009.

enna LM ithu.. avan oruthanukkaaka.. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey ellam thOrkanuma Huh?!

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow Evil or Very Mad

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj Mad

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu Banging Head

Naame vittu thanthuttatha sollidunga..

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 14:19:41 2009.

Ennamao ivvalavu naalum naama anga velai senja maadhiri

ajithfederer wrote:

Appo naalailerndhu neenga ange velai seyya koodadhu

littlemaster1982 wrote:

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat May 23 14:20:36 2009.

Nerd wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu

enakku adhE dhaan. aanaa enna inga orE gulutti gang

All these days I thought you are really a "gaaru"
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 14:20:58 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kudigara pasangala!

Neengalum oru Indian thaan.. maranthadathinga..

From: villan007 on Sat May 23 14:21:39 2009.

From: VENKIRAJA on Sat May 23 14:21:41 2009.

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu Banging Head

enakku adhE dhaan. aanaa enna inga orE gulutti gang Twisted Evil

All these days I thought you are really a "gaaru" Embarassed

enna LM ithu.. avan oruthanukkaaka.. Dravid, Kumble, Pandey ellam thOrkanuma Huh?!

I want Bangalore to lose tomorrow Evil or Very Mad

And Virat Kohli is becoming next Yuvraj Mad

Adhukkaga illa. En office-la irukkaravanunga thollai thaanga mudiyaadhu Banging Head

Same here. The Northies wantes CSK to lose, locals wanted RCB to win.. imsaibA!

From: Nerd on Sat May 23 14:22:50 2009.

ellAthukkum Feddy naansanss dhaan kaaranam.
From: VENKIRAJA on Sat May 23 14:24:40 2009.

Nerd wrote:

ellAthukkum Feddy naansanss dhaan kaaranam.

Saari.. teknik paalt..
From: ajithfederer on Sat May 23 14:32:26 2009.

Ada paavigala

Naan oru thadavai than sonnein. Ivainga ellarum neenga tensson aagaradha paathu venumtae solraainga. Naan appavi appu

Nerd wrote:

ellAthukkum Feddy naansanss dhaan kaaranam.
From: Wibha on Sat May 23 15:17:25 2009.

bangalore

BRC doesn't have a thread idhu anyaayam, akramam
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 15:41:09 2009.

Wibhs ippa vathu kekkura.. naalaikku finals..
From: Wibha on Sat May 23 15:44:58 2009.

Bangalore's gonna win anyway so who cares
From: ArulprakasH on Sat May 23 15:49:43 2009.

Yes.. i say the same too..
Naanum Nerdum naalaikku BRC support pannrom..
From: salem.saravanan on Sat May 23 16:53:39 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

Yes.. i say the same too..
Naanum Nerdum naalaikku BRC support pannrom..

Naanum...
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 1:36:23 2009.

gilli kabadi aaduna match DC kuthan.

From: MADDY on Sun May 24 1:52:08 2009.

Did you notice how strongly and how many times did he emphasize the point "bowling fragile"? OMG

And he had the nerve to say "in general the bowling has been fragile..yeah today the batting didnt click"

Shame on him, vera enna solradhu Huh?!

Un-freakin-believable

1) bowling was bad.......147 was defendable - we defended 164 against a team like Delhi on a great batting pitch........

2) tell me one knockout performance like kumble's 5 for 5 from chennai bolwer or atleast like rohit sharma's hattricks??

3) chennai's bowlers do not even figure in top 10 wicket takers list.......

4) yesterday too 35 from 24 balls was tricky for RCB - but bowlers were just not there...

5) batting was a failure no doubt but was much better than bowling.....oru captain idha kooda point out panna koodaadha?? and how do u assume that DHoni is disowning his bowlers with this statement........he has criticised himself in post match presentations......

he has been pretty fair in his assessment and criticisms of his team.......unga ellarukkum munname DHoni mela sema gaandu - adhaan wait panni avaru thoetthadhukku apparum bash panrel

no worries......i expected all this but indha level of "kaattam" - hmmm, adhuvum edhir paathhadhu dhaan....

btw, u urself accepted that Delhi team was like a sumptuous buffet - they too lost in semis - 20 overs match-la with Lalit Modi at the top - idhellam sagajam.....

From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 2:01:34 2009.

oram was the weak link

hussey should have been roped inside....we would have definitely got an extra 20 miles...
From: Sourav on Sun May 24 2:05:05 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

gilli kabadi aaduna match DC kuthan.
ya...
van der merwe first over poduvaanu nenaikiren...paapom...
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 2:27:44 2009.

sourav wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

gilli kabadi aaduna match DC kuthan.
ya...
van der merwe first over poduvaanu nenaikiren...paapom...

van la vandhu first over podrano...carla vandhu first over poradrano...gilli kaila kedacha naasthithan
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 2:59:02 2009.

Katrina Kaif dance eppa?
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 4:09:09 2009.

Cup kandippa DC-ku thaaan
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 5:10:57 2009.

A few key numbers on the eve of the IPL final between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg.

1 - The number of batsmen, from either team, who have scored more than 350 runs in the tournament. No one other than Adam Gilchrist has managed this.

78 - The number of runs Gilchrist needs to go past Matthew Hayden's aggregate of 472, and become the highest run-getter of IPL 2009.

6 - Number of wins for Bangalore in the nine games when they have chased a target. When they've batted first, Bangalore have won three out of six.

5 - Bangalore's current winning streak, which equals the longest such run in this IPL. Chennai had won five in a row earlier in the tournament.

527 - The runs scored by Deccan's openers, at an average of 35.13 and a run rate of 9.11 per over. All three are the highest of all teams.

220 - The runs scored by Bangalore's openers, at an average of 14.67 and a run rate of 5.97, all of which are the lowest for any team.

86 - Number of runs Gilchrist has scored in two games against Bangalore, off 63 balls, at an average of 43 and a run rate of 8.19 per over. Bangalore's highest run-scorer, Kallis, has only scored 20 in two innings against Deccan, though.

22.09 - Bangalore's runs per wicket in the tournament. In their last five matches, though, the average increases to 33.13.

6 - Number of wickets Bangalore have lost in the middle overs (6.1 to 14) in their last five matches. They average 48.50 during this period, at a run rate of 7.27. Deccan have lost 11 wickets during this period in their last five games, at an average of 23.90 and a run rate of 6.57.

100% - Bangalore's win percentage in Johannesburg. In all three games, they've batted under lights and chased successfully.

83.33% - The win percentage for teams batting second in night games in Johannesburg. In six such games, five have been won by the team batting second.

27 - Wickets taken by spinners in Johannesburg, at an average of 24.85 and an economy rate of 6.39. Fast bowlers have taken 42 wickets at 30.23, and an economy of 7.83.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 6:14:17 2009.

Rocky89 wrote:

527 - The runs scored by Deccan's openers, at an average of 35.13 and a run rate of 9.11 per over. All three are the highest of all teams.

That says everything.
From: Plum on Sun May 24 6:19:17 2009.

villan007 wrote:

Nerd wrote:

bengaloorukku ivvalavu edhirppA? Then I yaam RC tomorrow.

adhaane.. namaku eppium underdogs-a support panni than payakam

Ipdi support panni panniye kavuthudunga
You all support DC-ya? Already DC is very strong.
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 10:04:23 2009.

BRC to field

Come on Gibbsy/Gilly
From: Plum on Sun May 24 10:16:26 2009.

Murder of BRC bowlers to start in 15 minutes. Dont miss it. Kamaan Gilly/Gibbs/Symmo/Rohit. The last 2 may not even be needed to come to the field.
Anil Kumblekku aazhndha irangalgal.

From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 10:18:34 2009.

Murder of BRC bowlers to start in 15 minutes. Dont miss it. Kamaan Gilly/Gibbs/Symmo/Rohit. The last 2 may not even be needed to come to the field.
Anil Kumblekku aazhndha irangalgal.

small kostin.. will pietersen get the medal if BRC wins today?

From: Prabo on Sun May 24 10:33:39 2009.

Gilly....Gally
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 10:35:13 2009.

Gilly

From: ajaybaskar on Sun May 24 10:37:33 2009.

Murder of BRC bowlers to start in 15 minutes. Dont miss it. Kamaan Gilly/Gibbs/Symmo/Rohit. The last 2 may not even be needed to come to the field.
Anil Kumblekku aazhndha irangalgal.

Plum, destiny has thought otherwise...

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 10:38:12 2009.

vudra vudraa sunaa paana....Gibss irrukaapula
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 10:38:57 2009.

Suman!
From: directhit on Sun May 24 10:40:11 2009.

yaara support panradhu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 10:40:54 2009.

directhit wrote:

yaara support panradhu

DH! neengalum naanum appadiya pazhaginom
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 10:42:33 2009.

directhit wrote:

yaara support panradhu

katrina kaif

mallayyaa damage panni taanaamae
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 10:44:34 2009.

Plum wrote:

Murder of BRC bowlers to start in 15 minutes. Dont miss it. Kamaan Gilly/Gibbs/Symmo/Rohit. The last 2 may not even be needed to come to the field.

neenga koopitathum Gilly vanthutaan.. appadiyae mathavanglum seekiram vanthidatum

sourav kku avatar la ungalukku typing words la
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 10:47:50 2009.

suman gone
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 10:49:10 2009.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 10:49:41 2009.

Suman why why why??
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 10:52:23 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Suman why why why??
ithukae koava pattaa eppadi.. Gibbs kku konjam reaction vachiko
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 10:52:38 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Suman why why why??

aaahn, signature-a maathura time vanthuruchu ungaLukkum
From: directhit on Sun May 24 10:55:06 2009.

Thirumaran wrote:

mallayyaa damage panni taanaamae
dont spread rumours - edho appa madhiri pasama touch pannaru
From: directhit on Sun May 24 10:56:11 2009.

RD puts down a sitter
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 10:56:11 2009.

Dravid dheivameeeee.....enggayo poiteenga!!!
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 10:56:24 2009.

directhit wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

mallayyaa damage panni taanaamae
dont spread rumours - edho appa madhiri pasama touch pannaru

appa sari.. sorry mallayyaa maams
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 10:59:13 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Suman why why why??

aaahn, signature-a maathura time vanthuruchu ungaLukkum

Symmo/Gibbs irrukaangala....!
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:00:04 2009.

BRC

From: directhit on Sun May 24 11:00:47 2009.

anotheriplpalyer wrote:

this is getting freaky though

as his prediction DC is gonna bowl second

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 11:00:56 2009.

Like that Mr.Symmo!
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 11:01:12 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

BRC

Oru Australian crease-la irukka varaikkum prachanai dhaan
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 11:02:49 2009.

Eppadiyo run vandha seri thaan!
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 11:03:07 2009.

big over off kallis
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:04:19 2009.

Symmo and Gibbs rendu paerum danger thaan... rendu paeraiyum seekira rest edukka anuppanum..
From: directhit on Sun May 24 11:05:35 2009.

symo - my trump player hope he gets a big hundred
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 11:05:40 2009.

Oh what a shot! Take a bow Symmo!

From: Nerd on Sun May 24 11:07:02 2009.

What's the link? I know its there a few pages back but I am too lazy

anotheriplpalyer wrote:

this is getting freaky though Shaking With Fear

as his prediction DC is gonna bowl second Confused

From: directhit on Sun May 24 11:08:53 2009.

Nerd wrote:

What's the link? I know its there a few pages back but I am too lazy
http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com/
i dont wanna believe - but this guy is like predicting things at will
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 11:10:11 2009.

symmo gone to kumble
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 11:10:52 2009.

kumble has taken the two most imp wkts
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:12:22 2009.

Kumble
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 11:15:20 2009.

Last year it was Warney and this year its Kumble..
From: ajaybaskar on Sun May 24 11:16:40 2009.

Next year it wil be Murali...
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 11:16:47 2009.

From: Nerd on Sun May 24 11:16:54 2009.

http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com/
i dont wanna believe - but this guy is like predicting things at will Neutral

What's the link? I know its there a few pages back but I am too lazy Embarassed

Singh is King

From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 11:17:20 2009.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Next year it wil be Murali...
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:19:42 2009.

10 Overs 62/3 BRC restricted DC by removin the two top guns..
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 11:20:05 2009.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Next year it wil be Murali...

Murali gonna be a captain of CSK??

From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 11:20:56 2009.

http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com/
i dont wanna believe - but this guy is like predicting things at will Neutral

What's the link? I know its there a few pages back but I am too lazy Embarassed

Singh is King Shaking With Fear

So according to him DC will score low and defend it with good bowlings from RP Singh??

From: directhit on Sun May 24 11:24:35 2009.

Rocky89 wrote:

So according to him DC will score low and defend it with good bowlings from RP Singh??
yeah CSK punniyathula seekiram thoonga polaamnu irundhen ippo idha sari paarka okkaranum
wud be scary if that happens - my bet is it wont
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 11:26:19 2009.

Gibbs seekiram out aagidu
From: directhit on Sun May 24 11:27:38 2009.

TM - BRC jeyichaalum Katrina unga avatar a kooda paaka poradhillai, appuram enna
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 11:28:36 2009.

directhit wrote:

TM - BRC jeyichaalum Katrina unga avatar a kooda paaka poradhillai, appuram enna

hayyo hayyo.. avatar paakurathaa mukkiym
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 11:31:00 2009.

BRC kku entha heroine

From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 11:32:03 2009.

So according to him DC will score low and defend it with good bowlings from RP Singh?? Confused

yeah.. if IPL was indeed fixed.. nammala ellam past 1 year muttAl'a aakitaanunga

CSK punniyathula seekiram thoonga polaamnu irundhen Confused

ippo idha sari paarka okkaranum Sigh2

wud be scary if that happens - my bet is it wont Embarassed

From: Nerd on Sun May 24 11:45:22 2009.

So according to him DC will score low and defend it with good bowlings from RP Singh?? Confused

enakku match pAkkura interest-E pOyiduchu

CSK punniyathula seekiram thoonga polaamnu irundhen Confused

ippo idha sari paarka okkaranum Sigh2

wud be scary if that happens - my bet is it wont Embarassed

From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 11:47:03 2009.

again kumble takes a wkt -rohit

//anoops, it is quite shocking.//
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 11:47:23 2009.

Kumble,

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:47:58 2009.

So according to him DC will score low and defend it with good bowlings from RP Singh?? Confused

athellam nambathinga Nerd Gaaru...

CSK punniyathula seekiram thoonga polaamnu irundhen Confused

ippo idha sari paarka okkaranum Sigh2

wud be scary if that happens - my bet is it wont Embarassed

enakku match pAkkura interest-E pOyiduchu Twisted Evil

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:48:59 2009.

Kumble
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 11:51:33 2009.

Kumble
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 11:53:25 2009.

Good thing is Kumble's turn is over and DC've a very big hitter in Gibbs
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 11:53:42 2009.

innoru australianthan cup-a thooka porannu pala per aasapattanga

but innoru leg spinnerthan thooka poranpola
From: sivank on Sun May 24 11:56:48 2009.

anoop, aipl solradhu nejamaa irukkumo. singan innikku kingan aaga poraanaa. aana innikku BRC lose pannaangannaa speculations bayangaramaa egirum
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 11:57:12 2009.

P Kumar
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 11:58:46 2009.

My TP scored 50+... Gibbsy
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 12:02:58 2009.

Rocky89 wrote:

My TP scored 50+... Gibbsy

he is in my team but not TP.. Gilly thaan TP:cry2:
From: directhit on Sun May 24 12:07:59 2009.

Nerd wrote:

enakku match pAkkura interest-E pOyiduchu
i cant even think of the possibilities it it indeed becomes true

wrap07 wrote:

//anoops, it is quite shocking.//
yeah someone randomly picking teams to win aint a big deal, cud put it on sheer coincidence, first shock i got was when he said deccan wud win and on bowling and then BRC was chasing. RP (or is it Harmeet ) oda first two overs cud prove that guy wrong

sivank wrote:

anoop, aipl solradhu nejamaa irukkumo.
sivan anna, irukkadhunu nambaren i wasted close to 60 dollars and so much of my time on this thing i mean i cant even think of how someone can script all this stuff
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 12:30:15 2009.

Sedate start. Good over from RP. Tidy stuff. Backed by athletic fielding.

1.6 Singh to Kallis, 2 runs, straighter ball, Kallis gets back and turns the ball past midwicket
1.5 Singh to Pandey, 1 run, fuller ball on off stump, some shape back in, Pandey gets onto the front foot and pushes the ball off the middle down the track and knows he can get a single
1.4 Singh to Kallis, 1 run, pitches outside leg stump, tucked away out to deep square leg
1.3 Singh to Kallis, no run, shorter this time and he slaps it hard but Rohit dives to his right at cover
1.2 Singh to Kallis, no run, shorter ball gets Kallis up on the toes and he steers it square
1.1 Singh to Kallis, no run, pitches it up and Kallis drives hard but straight to the fielder

RP Singh from over the stumps. One slip awaits
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:33:38 2009.

Kallis!!

RP
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 12:34:54 2009.

RP gets the first
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:36:02 2009.

Bangalore's batting order is damn strong!
From: Wibha on Sun May 24 12:37:45 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Bangalore's batting order is damn strong!

kumble
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:40:05 2009.

Ojha/Symmo has to bowl really well.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:41:01 2009.

Now Gilli should not make the same mistake which Dhoni made it yesterday.Bring the spin bowlers early!
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 12:42:44 2009.

Van Der Merve another six..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:47:36 2009.

Ojha

Pandey
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 12:49:21 2009.

Singh is king thaviRa mathadhellAm work aagudhu..
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 12:49:39 2009.

Mangal Pandey out
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:49:58 2009.

With such a depth in the batting, BRC can take some risks.
From: Wibha on Sun May 24 12:50:27 2009.
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 12:50:54 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Singh is king thaviRa mathadhellAm work aagudhu..

ini Singh last la thaan varuvar...
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 12:51:11 2009.

DC's on field behavior is despicable.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:52:04 2009.

Nerd wrote:

DC's on field behavior is despicable.

Fair play award goes to Kings XI, now who cares!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:56:20 2009.

Merwe looks dangerous.
From: directhit on Sun May 24 12:57:51 2009.

wth
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:58:04 2009.

Kokka makka...he is out!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:58:35 2009.

directhit wrote:

wth

Are you supporting Bangalore?
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 12:59:03 2009.

directhit wrote:

wth

The dude was trying his best to get out. kadEsila onnu mAttalai
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 12:59:07 2009.

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 12:59:31 2009.

Wow....Taylor is a very good batsman. Kohli, Uthappa, Boucher to bat
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:00:41 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

directhit wrote:

wth

Are you supporting Bangalore?
am in total kanfusan want Deccan to win for its cheerleaders and ofcourse u
but want Bangalore to win for an indian captain to win it and to make that blog guy wrong
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:01:56 2009.

BRC losing wickets at regular intervals..

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:03:17 2009.

Are you supporting Bangalore?

wth

am in total kanfusan LOL

want Deccan to win for its cheerleaders Razz

and ofcourse u
but want Bangalore to win for an indian captain to win it and to make that blog guy wrong Embarassed

I dont think that the semi's and finals are fixed. May be the league matches.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:04:09 2009.

Oh this Singh is ridiculous, I dont know why Gilli picked him for the final XI. His line and length are atrocious!

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:04:26 2009.

Are you supporting Bangalore?

wth

am in total kanfusan LOL

want Deccan to win for its cheerleaders Razz

and ofcourse u
but want Bangalore to win for an indian captain to win it and to make that blog guy wrong Embarassed

DH... BRCkku support pannunga.. entha team ah support panninaalum cheerleaders ah parkalam...

From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 13:04:30 2009.

ross tailor kaajava pudungunathan bangalorekaraingala adakka mudiyum
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:05:21 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

I dont think that the semi's and finals are fixed. May be the league matches.
mm, he has got it rite so far for all the ones he predicted. i'll wait for this match to end (Nothing to take away from Deccan, but this is freaky!)
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:06:02 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Oh this Singh is ridiculous, I dont know why Gilli picked him for the final XI. His line and length are atrocious!
dont think Deccan lost any match he played for em so far
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:06:02 2009.

One more singh is here.. :S

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:06:05 2009.

I dont think that the semi's and finals are fixed. May be the league matches.

mm, he has got it rite so far for all the ones he predicted. i'll wait for this match to end Neutral

(Nothing to take away from Deccan, but this is freaky!)

Blog address please!

From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:06:27 2009.

69/3

quite confusing
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 13:06:47 2009.

kamaan gilli

last 10 overs 75 kashtam with pitch on slower side and spinners into attack

two wickets - gilli will lift the cup
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:06:48 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Blog address please!
http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com/
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:12:46 2009.

directhit wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Blog address please!
http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com/

Gilli's innings against Delhi was staged? I don't believe, all shots are clean hits. But league matches konjam fix-onu doubt irruku.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:13:56 2009.

This RP is lethargic on field!
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:18:45 2009.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:19:03 2009.

Singh picks one!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:19:59 2009.

directhit wrote:

Ungala yaaru kanda kanda blog ellam padikka sonnadhu.
From: Wibha on Sun May 24 13:20:11 2009.
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 13:20:16 2009.

Dravid playing such a reckless shot when the asking rate <8.00 ???
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:20:28 2009.

directhit wrote:

script sariya irukke
s/s/d/d
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:20:37 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

directhit wrote:

Ungala yaaru kanda kanda blog ellam padikka sonnadhu.
sari lemme go back to the 'watch the cheerleaders' mode
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 13:21:09 2009.

Singh is King.. this time harmeet singh
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:21:17 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Dravid playing such a reckless shot when the asking rate <8.00 ???
and there was a deep fineleg
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:21:23 2009.

wrap07 wrote:

directhit wrote:

script sariya irukke
s/s/d/d

What is s,s,d,d?
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:22:28 2009.

story/screenplay/dialogue/direction
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:29:25 2009.

Should be an easy victory for BRC!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:29:56 2009.

Solli mudikila...Taylor out.

Now DH will say
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:30:27 2009.

Sridhar anna script padi neenga win pannuveenga pOla...

katchi maaridalama.. :thinking:
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 13:31:19 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

Sridhar anna script padi neenga win pannuveenga pOla...

DC win panninaa script. RC win panninA sondha muyarchi
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:31:19 2009.

SS illai i'd not mind Deccan winning too (cud be a coincidence by that guy) unless its won by RP
From: ajaybaskar on Sun May 24 13:32:17 2009.

Kohli gone...
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:32:23 2009.

another wkt gone
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:32:38 2009.

ennaba idhu ennala sandhoshama kooda mudila?
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:33:14 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ennaba idhu ennala sandhoshama kooda mudila?

yes.
From: Wibha on Sun May 24 13:33:45 2009.

bangalore gone
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:33:53 2009.

SS

jumpunga Deccan is winning it Symonkey dhaan 2 wkts eduthaan
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 13:34:10 2009.

directhit wrote:

SS illai i'd not mind Deccan winning too (cud be a coincidence by that guy) unless its won by RP

I thing, deccan win could have been fixed and that guy just added the RP bit to spice it up. After all RP is holding the purple cap. But he is also right in saying that DC will win it by its bowling..
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:34:50 2009.

Wibha Andhra curry kills Sweet Sambar

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:37:03 2009.

illai i'd not mind Deccan winning too (cud be a coincidence by that guy) unless its won by RP

I thing, deccan win could have been fixed and that guy just added the RP bit to spice it up. After all RP is holding the purple cap. But he is also right in saying that DC will win it by its bowling..

i think in the final over there may be dramatic end with RP bowling

From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:37:11 2009.

Nerd - win predictions/bowling win etc cud also be attributed to fluke. but naming a bowler is wht is shocking, coz that wud mean many many players are involved - thts why it was shock for me. now Harmeet bowling though

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:38:07 2009.

Nerd - win predictions/bowling win etc cud also be attributed to fluke. but naming a bowler is wht is shocking, coz that wud mean many many players are involved - thts why it was shock for me. now Harmeet bowling though Rolling Eyes

Oru vela RP kadasi 2 over pottu micha wicket ellam edupaano ennamo?

From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:38:43 2009.

tis Harmeet - this thing is FIXED!!
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:39:03 2009.

harmeet singh takes a wkt
From: ajaybaskar on Sun May 24 13:39:31 2009.

Thats bye bye for boucher
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:39:47 2009.

When you need to score just run a ball all these shots are pretty crap and absurd!

WWF maari aagipoche!
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 13:41:12 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

When you need to score just run a ball all these shots are pretty crap and absurd!

WWF maari aagipoche!

ivanungallAm OK, but Dravid wicket dhaan.. When there was a deep fine leg
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:41:18 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

When you need to score just run a ball all these shots are pretty crap and absurd!

WWF maari aagipoche!

ya
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:42:18 2009.

If these matches are fixed kokka makka naan innime 20/20-ye paaka maaten
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 13:42:56 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

If these matches are fixed kokka makka naan innime 20/20-ye paaka maaten

it is sickening if it is true
From: sivank on Sun May 24 13:43:25 2009.

romba santhegama thaan irukku? summaa kokku maadhiri vizharaanunga
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:43:47 2009.

RP gets a wkt. Harmeet (With an econ rate of 8.6 so far and 1 wkt i think in the whole ipl) gets two wkts and now RP takes a catch too (vutta batsman aal paathu catch um kudupano)
SINGH is KING!!
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:45:04 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

If these matches are fixed kokka makka naan innime 20/20-ye paaka maaten
SS its real scary - and why bring in 20-20 - the guys involved shud be a lot more of international players and how do we even believe ODIs/Tests i still cant believe it
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 13:45:19 2009.

fixed thaan pola
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 13:45:30 2009.

Anoop,
*Fixing* a bowler is absurd. I mean thats so difficult to pull off unless the batters play reckless shots. But fixing a team, fixing how the final would go (bowlers winning it) etc. has a rational explanation..

From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:47:14 2009.

Anoop,
*Fixing* a bowler is absud. I mean thats so difficult to pull off unless the batters play reckless shots. But fixing a team, fixing how the final would go (bowlers winning it) etc. has a rational explanation..

yeah thts wht i meant too. how does that guy say singh is king - more like BRC or most players were paid or instructed to get out to harmeet/rps

i dont understand why pick on a player

they cud very well be instructed to get out (why chose a bowler

unless the batters play reckless shots

both RD and Boucher did

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:48:31 2009.

Illa, enakenna doubt-na finals velayaaduraanga, you should be a big fool to play those shots and I dont believe they are! To mess up the things when things are pretty smooth its definitely looks fixed to me.
From: sivank on Sun May 24 13:49:55 2009.

harmeet idhu varai onnum perusaa pud....gala, so avana choose panni irupangalo
From: sivank on Sun May 24 13:50:50 2009.

29 runs in 14 balls rr ippo 12.5 agiduchu. bye bye bangalore thaan
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 13:50:51 2009.

sari sari ellArum Katrina daans pArkkalaam
From: Wibha on Sun May 24 13:51:18 2009.

this is freaky
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:53:38 2009.

perhaps the blogger guy has sixth sense Go Bangalore Go, hit harris

best part is this guy hardly has much publicity like that fake player blog. not even 100 comments so far
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 13:54:30 2009.

Ramana padthula vara hospital scene maadhri aache!
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 13:56:17 2009.

Uthappa SIX.. suddently BRC looks like winning!
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 13:56:34 2009.

Nerd wrote:

sari sari ellArum Katrina daans pArkkalaam

naan ready..
From: directhit on Sun May 24 13:56:54 2009.

Harmeet singh takes a blinder of a catch - poor guy takes a brilliant catch
From: Thirumaran on Sun May 24 13:57:20 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

Nerd wrote:

sari sari ellArum Katrina daans pArkkalaam

naan ready..

athaanae naama dans mattum thaane paakka mudiyum.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:01:32 2009.

RP-ya tension-a irrukura maadhri nadikkanaachum sollungappa
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:02:32 2009.

nadichutaan.
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 14:03:02 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

RP-ya tension-a irrukura maadhri nadikkanaachum sollungappa

dc thaan
From: directhit on Sun May 24 14:04:40 2009.

Symonds in the winning team

am currently
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 14:05:38 2009.

directhit wrote:

Symonds in the winning team

am currently

symonds i think is a good guy..

bajji vaayanukku evalavo thevala
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:05:40 2009.

Enakennamo 20-20 WC kooda fix maadhri thaan theriyudhu!

Remember India and Pakistan was the two team made an early exit in the 50 Over WC. Both of them reached the finals and India won that. IPL was launched. Ellathukkum link irrukura maadhri feeling!
From: wrap07 on Sun May 24 14:06:32 2009.

directhit wrote:

Symonds in the winning team

am currently

anoop, thanks to your help,
result therichukiitte live match parka mudinchuthu.
From: sivank on Sun May 24 14:07:02 2009.

aipl predicitons are freakingly frightening. singhs are kings

Welldone DC. A very good series for gilly and co.

From: directhit on Sun May 24 14:07:03 2009.

Remember India and Pakistan was the two team made an early exit in the 50 Over WC. Both of them reached the finals and India won that. IPL was launched. Ellathukkum link irrukura maadhri feeling! Embarassed

Enakennamo 20-20 WC kooda fix maadhri thaan theriyudhu! Shaking With Fear

ellarum miandad madhiri aayittom

but if these international guys are ready to throw it away in T20's they wud do it all matches and thts why am really scared

From: Nerd on Sun May 24 14:07:10 2009.

Singh is in the limelight (with Mbangwa)

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 14:07:53 2009.

hmm.. EKSI.. nammala keana payal aakittanuva..

Enakennamo 20-20 WC kooda fix maadhri thaan theriyudhu! Shaking With Fear

irukkira oru KF ah mudichuttu thoongarean...

From: directhit on Sun May 24 14:08:02 2009.

yeah vivs, never thought i'd be saying this - symo is way better than bajji/gopumon
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 14:09:04 2009.

Modi has made sure last year's #7 and #8 reach the finals so that their owners/sponsors would also earn crores of money.

Next year champs (or at least finalists) MI
From: Ramakrishna on Sun May 24 14:09:26 2009.

IPL is over
From: ajaybaskar on Sun May 24 14:10:51 2009.

T20 WC on the way...
From: Rocky89 on Sun May 24 14:12:05 2009.

Nerd wrote:

Modi has made sure last year's #7 and #8 reach the finals so that their owners/sponsors would also earn crores of money.

Next year champs (or at least finalists) MI

Nesstu year KKR.. But then they're the most profitable team even when they finished 6th and 8th..

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:13:12 2009.

but if these international guys are ready to throw it away in T20's they wud do it all matches and thts why am really scared Neutral

Enakennamo 20-20 WC kooda fix maadhri thaan theriyudhu! Shaking With Fear

ellarum miandad madhiri aayittom Laughing

Konjam yosinga! ICL was launched before the IPL. The popularity of ICL forced BCCI to start the IPL. But at the mean time India lost the WC round 1, this has pulled down the popularity of the sport in our country. 20-20 WC was used as a tool to gain back the popularity.
Same formula was used here.

From: Nerd on Sun May 24 14:15:10 2009.

Modi has made sure last year's #7 and #8 reach the finals so that their owners/sponsors would also earn crores of money.

Next year champs (or at least finalists) MI Clap

Nesstu year KKR.. But then they're the most profitable team even when they finished 6th and 8th.. Laughing

Now you know the reason behind them winning the last two games. People would still be interested in KKR because they are on a winning spree

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:16:14 2009.

Indha matter therinju thaan SRK munnadiya pottiya kattitaana....ada paavigala!
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 14:16:31 2009.

"Nobody could have scripted it better" apdinu adikadi solluvainga

mmm
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:20:59 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

"Nobody could have scripted it better" apdinu adikadi solluvainga

mmm

Namma ellarayum DH avatar pola vaathu aakitaaingale!
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 14:21:45 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

"Nobody could have scripted it better" apdinu adikadi solluvainga

mmm

Namma ellarayum DH avatar pola vaathu aakitaaingale!

ss,

nejama sollunga..do u think it could be scriped..ijit possible?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:21:54 2009.

Idhula oru chinna sandhosham ennanaa....nammaa Hub-la Dhoni nalla captain-a illayanu discussion vera!
From: Ramakrishna on Sun May 24 14:23:25 2009.

I don't think its scripted

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun May 24 14:23:44 2009.

Namma ellarayum DH avatar pola vaathu aakitaaingale!

"Nobody could have scripted it better" apdinu adikadi solluvainga

mmm Rolling Eyes

ss,

nejama sollunga..do u think it could be scriped..ijit possible?

Neenga http://anotheriplpalyer.blogspot.com/ blog-a padichu paarunga!

Whatever he said has happened either he should have sixth sense else its a fix

Quote:

Thanks for your comment . i always accept criticism and praise equally. some of comments are really good...explain and discuss those in next blog...
so as i said now today we will see final in between bottom two. And the result will be ..this is also I told u ( as in the last 48 hrs nothing has changed)..now from the last few days we r seeing good batting ..this final match turn the table with some good bowling.....well bye for now..try to come again...actually I m going see the movie (yes of course before match) SINGH is KING!!!!!!

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 14:24:04 2009.

panam pathum seiyumnu solluvanga... inga 20ku-20ku senjiruchu..
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 14:27:13 2009.

what are the matches that he have announced the results of???

hard to find from his blog
From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 14:31:04 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

what are the matches that he have announced the results of???

hard to find from his blog

KKR Vs Chennai,

KKR vs RR

Semis
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 14:32:31 2009.

Akon ellAm kilamba sollungappaa.. Katrina engE??????????
From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 14:35:33 2009.

ArulprakasH wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

what are the matches that he have announced the results of???

hard to find from his blog

KKR Vs Chennai,

KKR vs RR

Semis

and finals too???

From: ArulprakasH on Sun May 24 14:38:22 2009.

hard to find from his blog

what are the matches that he have announced the results of???

Rolling Eyes

KKR Vs Chennai,

KKR vs RR

Semis

and finals too???

Rolling Eyes

yep..

From: Vivasaayi on Sun May 24 14:39:49 2009.

hmmm....ok
From: sivank on Sun May 24 14:41:37 2009.

Even though it is very frightening, I don�t believe that it was fixed. The pain in Kumble�s face is real.

Nice fight BRC. Like a phoenix bird it came back from ashes. Dei, keeepppi adhutha varusham nee varaama vera enganaachum odi poyiru
From: Sanjeevi on Sun May 24 14:49:30 2009.

Congrats Deccan
From: crajkumar_be on Sun May 24 16:13:19 2009.

Sariya pochu po!

Sodicha case-a illaya, confusion...

Anyway, regarding Dravid's dismissal, here's how i saw it:

In his over previous to the one in which he got Dravid, Harmeet Singh bowled a few balls short and wide - one was glanced for 4 on the leg side and the other was cut away for 4. He then bowled a fuller and tighter line into the batsman/pads. The same continued next over and when Taylor took a single on the leg side(?) i thought the paddle-sweep would be one of the most likely options for Dravid. Its just that he didn't have it covered (like how Sachin and himself usually do when playing this shot).
I wouldn't like to believe that Dravid/Kumble are in this, let alone Sach
From: crajkumar_be on Sun May 24 16:26:55 2009.

Kumble's success:
He has generally been relatively ineffective against Lefties but yesterday and today, he bowled almost exclusively wrong 'uns to the Lefties - pitch close to the legs and turn to the off (for lefties) as against the straight line or a rare leg spin. IMHO, both Hayden and Gilly missed this.. they played him like how they would otherwise play him. Inside-out try panirukkalaame nu en arm-chair manam solludhu. If Sach had been a LHB, in the same scenario, i'm 100% sure he would have tried that, irrespective of him succeeding or falling

Maddy,
'Kaattam' exactly because of replies like the one you made.

We defended 166 against Delhi. So?
Bhajji and Kumble have bailed us out in a few tests, so the next time our top/middle order fail and the tail also fails, will you blame Bhajji and Kumble asking them "you could hit the other day, it means you should have been able to hit today also. The batting of you two was fragile"
I mean 166/146 are fighting totals, which give your bowlers a chance and let it be that some of them did bowl badly. Thats besides the point. How can you squarely and primarily place the blame on them? Think about it fairly leaving aside emotion and the irritation i might give you by my non-stop posts on MS

And what was the main reason of the bowling being pathetic? MS Gony. And whose decision was to pick him?
Why didnt you give a single chance to Ntini? Even Ashwin would have been better than Gony. When you can say before that the wicket will not be easy-paced and the ball can stop on you, isnt it stupid not to consider an extra spinner? Or alteast someone better than Gony? On a pitch like this, he is not fast enough to trouble or hurry the batsmen nor is he slow enough to show guile or make it difficult for the bastmen. When was the last time he extracted swing or seam movement from the cricket ball
[CSK thread first page la favorite local player a naan Gony a potrukkaradhu ellam "out of scope" ]

Its clear as daylight that batting is our strong point and bowling is relatively weak (though that premise has been sufficiently challenged because for us mostly Hayden followed by Raina have masked our below par performance with the bat). Appadi irundhum, you place your onus on our bowlers to do the job?
Thats just does not make sense, i'm sorry

Yeah Delhi lost, so what? Even WI lost to India in that overrated '83 win. adhellam oru mattera? Delhi didnt lose yesterday because of one dumb captaincy decision after the other. It lost because of Adam Gilcrhist (ok, leaving out McGrath citing indifferent form makes me hate Sehwag several notches more but still its nothing close to the Madras madness)

The point is: when decisions are taken without clear premises, performance/result/potential backed data or even a reasonable "horses for courses" scenario, that does not hold water as 'great' captaincy. He might have done good in 'leadership', 'motivation', some bowling changes etc, but in calling a spade a spade, these criticisms are reasonable except to apologists
From: directhit on Sun May 24 22:12:35 2009.

CR - choosing Oram over Bailey/Hussey is seriously a strange and weird decision . I think everyone incl me have told that its really not understandable as to why he takes Oram again and again. If you ask me I think he had plans or need of two alrounders and was maybe banking on Feddy and Morkel for the most matches. With Feddy gone and Oram being the only available link there is no one else to go to - except Bailey/Ntini both of whom are not genuine alrounders (that Oram is not one ngaradhu vera vishayam ) Neenga solra adhe batting being a weak link if Hayden/Raina gets out soon ngaradhukaana cushioning dhaan Oram. But it backfired badly, even Gony wud have been a better hit than Oram.

Ashwin instead of Gony wud be strange. I didnt think Ashwin's bowling was that great (didnt see much of variety etc for a T20 game like say Powar) and with two off spinners in Raina/Murali, going for Ashwin unless it was a spinning track wud have been strange too. Gony was in the team coz Tyagi was injured. Who else would you go to other than the bowler who bowled well with figures of 2-0-9-0 the previous match and did extract nice bounce from the wicket. neengale solra better bowler than Gony yaaru? Ntini ngarom then we go out more thin on our already thin batting layaa

Morkel's choice (as a bowler) is I guess not bad since he has been giving us a wicket in his first or second over regularly over the last 8-10 matches i guess. Even as a lower order hitter he did justice in the last couple of matches. Badrinath with his limitations of not being able to hit right from start had this role always in the team - if two quick wickets fell he was sent in to consolidate the innings (he was pushed up in ALL matches with such situations and he Performed too!). But whenever we got a good start he was pushed back and others sent in to accelerate the scoring, adhu regional bias nellam eduthaa onnum solradhukilla.

and as for the 'fragile' bowling comment, he told that 'we were always thinking our bowling was fragile but today our batting left us 15-20 runs short'. He kept referring to the 15 runs short thing and the high expectation of scoring 180-200 and instead landing up with a score of around 140 instead of a par score of 160. He mentioned abt him and Raina getting out at wrong time and the last few overs getting much fewer runs. And he then told abt the initial overs bowling - Gony's bowling was nonsense, adha solla koodadhungareengala In a low scoring game the initial overs of bowling makes such a huge impact, is it not? For a team reaching the semis we dont even have one bowler in the top list of wickets. Murali was good in keeping the batsman quiet, rather the opp players were playing him off.

I have seen this from MSD's captaincy (he has also spoken abt it) - he allows the bowler to set their own field and bowl to that and if it doesnt work after 2-3 deliveries he sets a field and asks his bowler to bowl to that. Barring Bala (and IMO thts precisely the reason he trusts him much more than any other bowler for the Death) and Murali (whom I think sets his own field) I have not seen anyone with control over that in the CSK team and thts what he has been pointing to in after match talks. He praised them when we bowled well. Batting ayum kora solliyachu including himself and also abt his stumping (idha sonna thappu othukittaaru so what mbeenga )

sari ippo enna ungalukku MSD great captain illainu dhane padhivu pannanum ok noted

I've told this even in the prev IPL when we reached finals. With the exception of Hayden/Raina and MSD himself the team is too weak. Freddie coming in shud have been a good turn around but that backfired. We dont have the batting/bowling strength of Delhi, hard hitters like Deccan, explosive opening like MI, bowling like K XI. We were better than RR/KKR/BRC on paper. Still we did way better than MI/KXI/Delhi and even went neck to neck with Deccan considering the whole tournament. IMHO w/o someone like MSD at the helm, the same team wud have been placed much much lower in the list. I'd be happy if CSK Mgmt considers ur suggestion of taking a better 'thinking' captain and takes us to the finals and win it

PS : MSD has so much confidence on Bala. But (hub) Bala kku adhu illaye

From: Nerd on Sun May 24 23:35:17 2009.

Sorry to barge in Embarassed

I've told this even in the prev IPL when we reached finals. With the exception of Hayden/Raina and MSD himself the team is too weak. Freddie coming in shud have been a good turn around but that backfired. We dont have the batting/bowling strength of Delhi, hard hitters like Deccan, explosive opening like MI, bowling like K XI. We were better than RR/KKR/BRC on paper. Still we did way better than MI/KXI/Delhi and even went neck to neck with Deccan considering the whole tournament. IMHO w/o someone like MSD at the helm, the same team wud have been placed much much lower in the list. I'd be happy if CSK Mgmt considers ur suggestion of taking a better 'thinking' captain and takes us to the finals and win it Bow

idhellAm rembbba over... Hayden/Raina failed in how many games? Is Dhoni a reason for their success too? You think his leadership made them play out of their skins? You could have called Dhoni a good captain if he had won a few games with his bowling/field placements etc. The bowling and the fielding were the weak links and I don't think Dhoni did much to change them. CSK batted their way to victory in majority of the games and a captain can't do much while the team is batting.

What I mean is even if Santhakumaran Sreesanth is given a team comprising Hayden/Raina and to some extent Dhoni/Murali, he would win a lot of matches. Dhoni did not do anything special in this edition of the IPL, AFAIK IMHO and what irks non-Dhoni fans is he is been given too much credit for certain things he does not deserve Smile

From: directhit on Sun May 24 23:47:25 2009.

Nerd wrote:

You could have called Dhoni a good captain if he had won a few games with his bowling/field placements etc.
ennatha solla. neenga highlights/cricinfo vittu vandheengana pesalaam

sari Nerd - we won all the matches this edition and last edition with Hayden/Raina's batting even Gopumon as a captain wud have won it for us yes.

jus to get this straight - batsmen perform/bowlers perform, credit the players for the win. Team loses it - captain does a screw job eh?! wonder why Warnie is praised for last year performance - Watson/Pathan did it for em
From: Nerd on Sun May 24 23:58:09 2009.

Watson/Pathan *batted* well in all the games? Don't you feel there is a distinct difference between captaining a side while batting and captaining a side while bowling?? Also team selection pathi thEvai aana aLavukku pEsinadhaala, naan adhai vittuttEn.

On watto/pathan, are you comparing them to Haydos/Raina/Dhoni?? And how many wickets did warne (as a captain) get thanks to the field placements? What about his team selection? He made some lesser known talents perform, none of the other IPL captains could do that.

naan last year CSK ferfarmans pathi pEsalai. I thought Dhoni was much better in IPL'08, but thats a different issue.

Anyway I leave it to others.
From: directhit on Mon May 25 0:13:15 2009.

Nerd, my question is more on what is the *bench mark* for great captaincy - winning games? selection? field placings? backing instincts? grooming youngsters? backing ur own team/players?

Don't you feel there is a distinct difference between captaining a side while batting and captaining a side while bowling?? - precisely my point, csk has at the max 1-2 bowlers bowling to a field, the point MSD is making repeatedly - with his 'comfortable hindi mates' at India T20/ODI side he has bowlers bowling to his field or atleast their own field. you should have seen the matches against punjab/delhi/deccan which csk won when murali/bala was bowling and fields set for that. i remember even u mentioning abt cricinfo/cricbuzz talking abt his captaincy in that match.

as for warne vs msd in ipl's atleast in my book warne > msd for that point of lesser known talents for sure!

lets take IPL 09 - who in ur mind wud be in the competition for good captains? kumble/warnie and gilchrist
team selections - manish pandey was warming the bench till semis even though he was known to be a good hitter and bangalore had opening woes till date, AK didnt try him till that day. does that make him a bad captain? gillie persists with harmeet singh even with his pathetic bowling record for finals (he became singh is king in finals is another issue). Warnie persisted with Smith till semi decider match and dropped him. in semis, Oram was given the ball when 12 was needed off 12, say oram took a hatrick - would that automatically have made MSD a great captain?!

Its either we credit the captain for all the calls he makes and bash him when the team loses or we credit the players when we win and bash the players we lose - hub la we seem to take it interchangeably for our convenience
From: villan007 on Mon May 25 0:23:45 2009.

ada pongappa..oru mega-serial ku poyi ipdi adichukreenga
From: directhit on Mon May 25 0:25:45 2009.

villan007 wrote:

ada pongappa..oru mega-serial ku poyi ipdi adichukreenga
yeah adutha varusham KKR finals confirmed - S R Gay bayangara scene poduvaan
From: P_R on Mon May 25 0:33:32 2009.

aaraichi paNNiyille... tea mudinchu........
From: villan007 on Mon May 25 0:33:57 2009.

'kali..antha blog la irukra onnonum apdiye nadanthiruku...ippidi maaikan aakitanungale
From: Sourav on Mon May 25 0:58:52 2009.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

aaraichi paNNiyille... tea mudinchu........
From: directhit on Mon May 25 1:29:10 2009.

PR

From: Plum on Mon May 25 1:40:02 2009.

ajaybaskar wrote:

Murder of BRC bowlers to start in 15 minutes. Dont miss it. Kamaan Gilly/Gibbs/Symmo/Rohit. The last 2 may not even be needed to come to the field.
Anil Kumblekku aazhndha irangalgal.

Plum, destiny has thought otherwise...

Well, well, well!

From: Plum on Mon May 25 1:46:05 2009.

nevaire! Voltaire! Dravid invovled in fixing? Nevaire!

When you need to score just run a ball all these shots are pretty crap and absurd! Embarassed

WWF maari aagipoche! Embarassed

ivanungallAm OK, but Dravid wicket dhaan.. When there was a deep fine leg Twisted Evil

From: Plum on Mon May 25 1:49:16 2009.