The IPL Thread

maddy42 · 14th May 2008, 11:00

Well well well. I was cringing in my seat having seen KKR win the match!! How can delhi throw their wickets like that. So much for supporting another team. WHy are they following RCB to fight it for the last 4?
I really wanna see Shoaib akthar bowling to some young pakistani opener. Would be fun.

diabloo · 14th May 2008, 11:15

Not only that - he is also the most feared bastman, either in Tests, ODIs or T20. In IPL he has the best SR among the batsman who have scored more than 200 runs. One odd match changes nothing.

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Originally Posted by iraghava

What happened to the best batsman in the world according to Diablooo?

By the way KKR owner was jumping around, India have discovered the new jumping jack

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Originally Posted by khaadu75

But

that KKR won ... I just cant stand the owner of that team and Im praying the other teams handle Akhtar better and keep KKR from making it to the semis

diabloo · 14th May 2008, 11:17

May 14, 2008, 36th match: Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai

Sachin likely to play and lead MI !!!

Who do you bet?

wanderlustindia · 14th May 2008, 11:43

Chennai with their recent run of form should put it across MI, although I would love to see MI win. Wishful thinking

diabloo · 14th May 2008, 11:49

Sachin has good record in domestic T20:
Innings: 5
Runs: 198
Highest: 69
Avg:39.60
SR:166.38
4s: 30
6s: 5

So Jayasurya & Sachin open for MI - the second best opening pair in the competition !!!

diabloo · 14th May 2008, 11:57

Mallya wanted MSD, Uthappa, McCullum*-*News*-*News*-*Times of India Cricket - IPL

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If Vijay Mallya had his way, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Robin Uthappa and Brendon McCullum would have donned the Royal Challengers' colours in his dream Bangalore team rather than Mark Boucher, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi or even Rahul Dravid, sources close to Mallya have said.

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Mallya is considering changing his players, including Dravid, next year if the rule book allows him to do so.

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Dravid had to be signed on following the BCCI norm of including 'icon players', despite the fact that he had never played a Twenty20 game, RCB managers say.

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While Mallya was really keen to get Dhoni and wanted to bid for him, Dravid insisted that "there is no need for such an expensive player",

sources close to Mallya said.

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The team's chief cricketing officer Martin Crowe's comment after a recent RCB defeat to his colleagues was, "We have tried all strategies, but this team is too old and too slow."

normally_crazy · 14th May 2008, 15:15

The 4 semi finalists -

1) PKX1 - Preity Zinta (Bollywood Glamour)
2) KKR - SRK (Bollywood Badshah)
3) CSK - India's T20 WC winning captain's team
4) RR - IPL needed a underdog team.

This looks set - and it will come down to KKR and CSK playing the finals. Like Akshay Kumar said in AJANBI - Everything is planned.

ntomer · 14th May 2008, 15:20

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

The 4 semi finalists -

1) PKX1 - Preity Zinta (Bollywood Glamour)
2) KKR - SRK (Bollywood Badshah)
3) CSK - India's T20 WC winning captain's team
4) RR - IPL needed a underdog team.

This looks set - and it will come down to KKR and CSK playing the finals. Like Akshay Kumar said in AJANBI - Everything is planned.

N_C, I am sure if there would have been 4 different teams in semis, you would have thought of some other equally convincing conspiracy theory ;-)

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khaadu75 · 14th May 2008, 15:25

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

The 4 semi finalists -

1) PKX1 - Preity Zinta (Bollywood Glamour)
2) KKR - SRK (Bollywood Badshah)

3) CSK - India's T20 WC winning captain's team
4) RR - IPL needed a underdog team.

This looks set - and it will come down to KKR and CSK playing the finals. Like Akshay Kumar said in AJANBI - Everything is planned.

KKR .. are you mad ?? They not gonna make it .. jsut got lucky yesterday but luck is gonna desert them for now on so no ways are they gonna make it . The 4th slot is between Sehwag and Sachin -- MI are still 2 matches behind the rest and could throw a spanner in the works .

And if you go with the conspiracy theory .. Mallyas boys wud have been up there even with a dis oriented bucnh of players .

suman · 14th May 2008, 15:29

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Originally Posted by khaadu75

KKR .. are you mad ?? They not gonna make it .. jsut got lucky yesterday but luck is gonna desert them for now on so no ways are they gonna make it .

Yeah sure, just yesterday & another 4 games before that as well

.....I'd love to see CSK & KXIP get thrashed in their remaining games & then the equation changes further as well.

Either ways, KKR gets into the last 4 N_C's conspiracy theory notwithstanding!

karanraheja · 14th May 2008, 15:32

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

The 4 semi finalists -

1) PKX1 - Preity Zinta (Bollywood Glamour)
2) KKR - SRK (Bollywood Badshah)
3) CSK - India's T20 WC winning captain's team
4) RR - IPL needed a underdog team.

This looks set - and it will come down to KKR and CSK playing the finals. Like Akshay Kumar said in AJANBI - Everything is planned.

Wow Gautam you have said it all. You forgot to predict the winner too by then we would have closed the thread

snaronikar · 14th May 2008, 15:32

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

The 4 semi finalists -

1) PKX1 - Preity Zinta (Bollywood Glamour)
2) KKR - SRK (Bollywood Badshah)
3) CSK - India's T20 WC winning captain's team
4) RR - IPL needed a underdog team.

This looks set - and it will come down to KKR and CSK playing the finals. Like Akshay Kumar said in AJANBI - Everything is planned.

I would prefer to see MI or DD instead of KKR. Rest other teams are OK. Lets wait and see. Just my opinion.

khaadu75 · 14th May 2008, 15:36

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Originally Posted by suman

Yeah sure, just yesterday & another 4 games as well before that.....!

... dream on . The 2nd & 3rd game that they played, they should have lost but were lucky to get away and then the team showed their true colors only to get lucky again last nite . And now lady Luck will desert them again for the next few games and they will stay stuck with 10 points or maybe get to 12 ( atleast thats what I wish for ) .

But don't blame you for cheering them ...

Cheers

Suman @ go read the meet thread after you have replied to me here .

suman · 14th May 2008, 15:43

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Originally Posted by khaadu75

The 2nd & 3rd game that they played, they should have lost but were lucky to get away and then the team showed their true colors only to get lucky again last nite .

Tch, tch, not doing your homework

- they won their first couple of games, lost the next four & then won the last three games on the trot.

Though I can't blame you for supporting the KXIP - one hug from the owner is worth a 100 runs, lol!

esteem_lover · 14th May 2008, 15:45

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Originally Posted by suman

Though I can't blame you for supporting the KXIP - one hug from the owner is worth a 100 runs, lol!

Wonder how many 100s yuvraj is scoring , he is not telling anyone.

14th May 2008, 11:00	#631
maddy42 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Coorg Posts: 2,131 Thanked: 1,328 Times View My Garage	Well well well. I was cringing in my seat having seen KKR win the match!! How can delhi throw their wickets like that. So much for supporting another team. WHy are they following RCB to fight it for the last 4? I really wanna see Shoaib akthar bowling to some young pakistani opener. Would be fun.
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diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	May 14, 2008, 36th match: Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai Sachin likely to play and lead MI !!! Who do you bet?
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14th May 2008, 11:43	#634
wanderlustindia BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 608 Thanked: 63 Times View My Garage	Chennai with their recent run of form should put it across MI, although I would love to see MI win. Wishful thinking
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14th May 2008, 11:49	#635
diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	Sachin has good record in domestic T20: Innings: 5 Runs: 198 Highest: 69 Avg:39.60 SR:166.38 4s: 30 6s: 5 So Jayasurya & Sachin open for MI - the second best opening pair in the competition !!!
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14th May 2008, 15:15	#637
normally_crazy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,369 Thanked: 528 Times View My Garage	The 4 semi finalists - 1) PKX1 - Preity Zinta (Bollywood Glamour) 2) KKR - SRK (Bollywood Badshah) 3) CSK - India's T20 WC winning captain's team 4) RR - IPL needed a underdog team. This looks set - and it will come down to KKR and CSK playing the finals. Like Akshay Kumar said in AJANBI - Everything is planned.
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