The IPL comes to a dazzling close!

With all the chaos that seems to have been the hallmark of the IPL auction, one would have thought that the same chaos would permeate down to the IPL matches themselves. But the 2020 went off without a hitch even as a few umpires and quite a few batsmen were held to task for many an issue.
Today, the IPL series for the year 2008 came to a dazzling close and even though both the teams were evenly matched, the Rajasthan Royals managed to claw back from a perilous position to win the IPL tournament for 2008. It was a thriller of a match from the start to the finish, kind of reminding one of the India-Pakistan series, one can definitely look forward to more excitement of the same calibre within a year as more international teams come forward to play in this tournament. The IPL has established itself solidly and cricket has finally evolved from being a staid stale game to one with many possibilities.

Aussies thrash Indians during the T 20 game!

Well, for one, the Indian team that played the T-20 game today was composed more fo freshers than veteran players.That aside, the game was all one sided with the Aussies taking the lead by winning the game with a few overs to spare.

The Indian team had a few veteran players but the fresher far outnumbered them. As it is,this is one defeat that the T-20 champions are not going to forget in a hurry and they would be looking forward to even out the score come september!

The washout of a match!

Today saw the Indians and the Aussies going head to head at Nagpur, the city of oranges. The Aussies batted first setting up a high total of 318, quite a formidable feat. But then, they were helped in this by a bit of shoddy Indian bowling, which was simply not up to the mark. What is more, in the very last overs, they managed to give the Aussies about 50 runs and more. This is not what one expects from the Indian super bowlers and naturally the home crowd were disappointed, to say the least.
When the Indians started their innings, both Tendulkar and Ganguly managed to put on a sterling partnership and managed to get the Indian score total above 100. Then Tendulkar was caught in the deep end going for a boundary. However, Ganguly managed to stay on and partnered with two more batsmen before getting out himself at 86. I must say that Ganguly's performance has improved a lot since I last saw him - the selectors would have been blind not to have seen that today in the field.
After Ganguly was gone, the momentum went with him. Dravid did not do much and soon he was out as well. Just when all hope seemed to be lost in the Indian dresing room, in came Dhoni and Robin Uthappa,and they both put on quite a good patnership. There was also a bit of misfielding by Lee, missing out on an easy catch and I am sure that the Aussie skipper would have quite a few choice words to say to him. Anyway Dhoni and Uthappa's efforts went to naught and soon it was time for the last over to be bowled.
All in all, I have to say that the Indian team and the Aussie team put on quite a good show. It is a shame that not much came out of it. It kind of reminds one of the 'charge of the light brigade'. Brave and defiant to the very end,that about sums it all up for today's match against the Aussies. The Indian skipper should remember that if it had not been for some serious shoddy bowling on the part of the Indian spinners especially during the end of the Aussie innings, they may have well won the match with a few balls to spare. Now the Indians have lost the series to the Aussies at home, and one can only hope that the Indian team will be all eager to settle the score once they get to down under to play another series against the Aussies and win it.After all, the law of averages is bound to catch up, and India has been pretty Down Under against the Aussie ODI bandwagon !

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