I have watched a cumulative of about 20 overs in the first 3
matches of IPL VII. That qualifies me as an expert to comment on the
league as a billion others. A circus coming right on the heels
of the real thing, a World Cup, is just not happening. We have not even got
over the fact that Dhoni would have lifted the cup and this nation gone crazy
after three years, but for the "hero to zero" Yuvi.
But hold on. Who am I to write a satire on this game which is
becoming bigger and bigger by season. Did you even know that in the match
between Delhi and Bangalore more than £ 23 million were bet on betfair (a
British betting website) alone? And the Indian police still believe that Mr
Kundra (a British citizen) needed to bet a few Lakhs in India. That was his way
of paying off at the bar. You know what I mean.
Guys whoever thought that Lalit was behind all the wheeling
dealing didn't know of one Mr. Gurunath. And for all those who thought with
both these gone the game would be clean, God bless them, as they don't know of
Srinivas. The king, the master, the lord. By the way, I am still blessing the
noble soul, the Supreme Court judge who made Sunny the BCCI head honcho. This
must be the kindest act that the gentleman would have done in his entire life.
Ensuring that the viewers don't have to go thru his commentary deserves a
"Ratna". I would have started an online petition on the same if had
got rid of Ravi along with Sunny. Par yeh ho na saka.
We were all going bonkers seeing those stumps light up in the
WT20, every time the ball hit them, but we ain't seen anything. Check out Mr.
Mallaya's latest hairdo. He told that this cut is aerodynamic which is inspired
by F1. Yes sir, we know that as your team co-owner is in custody, you think you
own the whole team. Please enjoy till the time your F1 team is amongst points. We all know that after the revised open offer of USL you have become even more rich. But I ain't
telling the KF airlines employees. Sir, congratulations to you on the thumping
victory in the first match. I believe Yuvi pulled off a heist. I know, I know.
It's all about money, honey. Yuvi has even attempted to copy your hairdo…….. So very loyal. What INR 140 million can't do?
We all know the problem with this edition of the league is
the elections. People are so busy making fun of thappad, feku and pappu that
they don't even have time to watch the games. They are not even talking about
the most promising high jump athlete of the league, Ashok Dinda. He may be
changing sides but he is still as consistently getting angry on the fielders
when his full toss is dispatched to the boundary. He has shown that class is
permanent and form temporary in the very second match of the tournament.
Did you see the latest innovation in the game? Umpire
HeadCam. Wow, so the on-field umpires now have an added responsibility to
ensure that the action replays are delivered correctly to the third umpire. On
a more serious note, this has made them visually more interesting. Somewhat
like the flycam. 2-in-1. So, there can be some saving in the production cost by
eliminating the flycam. I guess cost consciousness in any organization is a
good thing. Especially when the event is being held in 2 countries.
Did you hear the sound of the ball hitting the bat? I don’t
like it at all. It is just not sweet the way Ravi describes it. I need some
phonetic engineer to help me define the sound. It seems like the sound of
concrete. It is quite possible as the grounds have more sand underneath in the
Middle East than soil. Or is it Oil? Never mind. The more serious issue is that
there are likely to be quite a few pulled hamstrings, so does Siddhu paaji say,
because of the kind of outfield surface. Well, even before the tournament
started Kevin and Gayle the star attractions are not fit. God Bless.
One team that doesn't seem to change their way of losing is Double
Dees. Even though the team has a completely new look and I couldn't associate
anyone with DD, the end result was still the same. Lossssssss. A Team whose
fortune seems to have gone down is the Cement team. After all this, do I care?
Phew. Sarook and Preity’s teams had a positive turn in their fortunes. Lets
wish them all the best guys as they need alternate careers after Bollywood.
Sympathy, you know. And anyways, because of Mamta and other bongs I can't criticize
Sarook’s team.
The final observation of mine should worry the mandarins of
the Indian T 20 league is about the lack of financial support. The players’ jerseys,
which had become like a moving billboard, are much cleaner this season or am I
dreaming. This isn’t good news. Even when there are logos, they seem to have
been slapped on the jerseys in an unaesthetic manner, indicating last minute
deals. And as we know last minute deals are desperate ones, normally done at
much lower rates than desired.
Before I end, loved the spidey touch in the promos. Very different.
Though the same can't be said of Samir and Siddhu. Challenge for all
organisations (and programs) is to choose between continuity and disruption.
Season VII should have been long enough to go for the latter, esp when you are
competing with the elections of the century.
This post of mine is randomness and more as it is too early
to talk about statistics or otherwise. Let’s see how the tournament progresses.
And the elections, as well. Will keep you all posted.
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