IPL Coming Into It's Own

The match played yesterday was amazing ... King's XI Punjab versus Mumbai Indians. How much closer can it get, without going to the bowl-out. The difference of 1 run off the last ball ... A game which was amazing, and probably one of the best games of the tournament. The second match yesterday ... Chennai Super Kings versus Bangalore Royal Challengers. A wonderful match, and honestly i had gone off to sleep with 10 overs still to go. The result, as i found out this morning, was amazing. Not only would it gladden Dr. Mallya's heart, it also brings out another thing ... that the teams are more or less balanced. That the clincher is how well the team is clicking. Another thing that comes out ... the matches are getting to be more and more interesting as the finals near.

IPL ...

Quite a bit ... havent written even once about IPL. Though, we are watching the matches daily. And today was a nailbiting finish ... Delhi Daredevils beating Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul Dravid got it right ... one big over and they would have made it. But, quite good captaincy from Virendra Sehwag, i must say. The guts to bring on his strike bowler (Glenn McGrath) in the middle of the innings ... saving his over for the last ... quite interesting. Apart from Gautam Gambhir's innings (they could call him anything except Gouti, couldnt they?), Shikhar Dhawan seems to be a very good bat.

Talking about the new names, most of the established ones havent really clicked as yet. Dada (our very own Moshai ...) seems to heave a sigh of relief when he gets out, the biggest name (you guessed ... Tendulkar) hasnt had the chance to play, Dhoni has played a few knocks, but one expects more from him than he has done, as is also the scene with Yuvraj. The team to note ... Rajasthan Royals ... no big names ... but, sheer captaincy, and Shane Warne is showing he can lead the team to more than a few victories.

Watch this space ...