IPL Season 2 n MORE

I know I haven’t updated the blog for quite some time…..was busy with various things…. Anyways it’s back…..The Indian Premier League for Season 2. This time around The INDIAN Premier League is held in South Africa which incidentally is holding its own elections on this Wednesday…. But what a start to the tournament….Mumbai Indians (the team I am supporting) beating the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore (shouldn’t it be Bengaluru?) beating the other Royals The Rajasthan Royals (in fact dismissing them for the lowest total in the IPL till date…..Take That Manan)..

IPL season 1 was all about players coming and hitting the hapless bowlers all over the cricket field…..but Season 2 seems to be more balanced with bowlers taking the game to the batters at least on the first day….The pitches in South Africa have bounce in them and the ball does something under the lights….the Indians will have good memories here of reaching the finals in the 2003 World Cup and winning The inaugural T20 wWorld Cup.

Sachin Tendulkar batted like the true maestro he is to take his side to a match winning score scoring a half century in the process and also winning the Man of the Match award.. Matt Hayden playing a very fluid innings…. KP showing he can bat under any kind of pressure…. Shane Warne bowling like only he can bowl. No wonder he’s the best spinner the world has seen till date (no offence meant to Murali)….Anil Kumble taking a fiver…. And above all Rahul “The Wall” Dravid scoring freely and receiving the MOM for his efforts. I am a die hard fan of Dravid and for me it was heartening to see him play like he did…. So it showed that T20 is not just a game for the youngsters but also the people from Old School can play it….. The SENIORS made a statement today in a most emphatic way…. One can only hope that Sourav n VVS can rise to the occasion just like the others…..

All the teams this time seem to be balanced and the winner will be the team which played better cricket in those 3 and ½ hours…. It’s very difficult to say who will win this time around just like last time when the Rajasthan Royals came out of nowhere to win Season 1…. So be ready to see some fireworks in the coming 39 days…. The CARNIVAL is back and back with a BANG!!

Moving on to F1 racing….. What the hell happened to Ferrari and Mclaren? Especially Ferrari… No points in 2 races…. But you can’t take the credit away from Brawnn Racing and their drivers Jenson Button and Rubins Barichello …. Jenson Button has driven his car like a true champion…. Who would have predicted such a thing??

The EPL is also heating up…. Liverpool has come within a point of Manchester United but I believe Man U are going to win it anyways..

It has to be one of the best line ups for the semi-finals for the Champions League in a long long time…. Chelsea v/s Barca and The Gunners going against the Red Devils…. Hope the best team wins…. Hope its Man U (keeping my fingers crossed)….

What a 2nd leg match between Chelsea and Liverpool at the Bridge….a 8 goal thriller…. Who would have thought? My sympathies go out to Ari…. Sorry buddy…. Seriously I was supporting Liverpool….

And No. 7 for Man U showed why he is the best player in the world right now…. Scoring a goal from 35 yards out when his team really needed it…. In the process Man U became the 1st British club to win against Porto in Porto….

The FA cup semi-final between Chelsea and Arsenal was also really good. Chelsea winning 2-1…. Congrats Manan …. Hopefully Man U will beat Everton tomorrow and it will be Man u against Chelsea in the FA cup finals….

So much is going on in the world of sports right now…. I just had to write about it…. I know the girls won’t like it but what can I do? Sports is the most happening thing right now and not Roadies or Splitsvilla or any other idiotic show……

P.S : I am writing this on the 18th of April…. Also Roger Federer got married. Hope his marriage brings him luck but he lost in the 3rd round of a clay court tournament ……….