IPL Daily Dose - 19/05/2008 - A new fan club and getting cheerleaders with a winning record
RCB finally have some reason to cheer. They were competitive till the 17th over of the game. All thanks to the Daredevils middle-order which remains as solid as the dugouts in the Eden Gardens (the ones which collapsed). They also managed to win all the post match awards (most sixes, MoM), except for the one that really mattered.
There was an interesting debate on the cricinfo match commentary about the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders not being a lucky mascot for their teams historically. Someone suggested getting the girls from the Dallas Cowboys instead. Tell you what – none of those teams have won a title for ten years. If you really want winners get the girls from the New England Patriots – winners of 3 Super Bowls in the last 7 years and a team which went 16-0 in the regular season this year.
A Cricinfo staff writer thought that this was not a must-win game for the Daredevils. I cannot understand how. Can someone explain to me how Delhi can even dream of making the semis with 7 wins? Rajasthan have already won 8 and Chennai and Mohali are on 7 with 3 and 4 games left respectively. So, is the writer counting on Mumbai to lose all their remaining four games? Does the writer know something that we don’t? ( The claim was made in the preview and was also there in the first -inning bulletin. Has been removed in the post game bulletin. Iam sure there are enough readers who read the preview and will vouch for me)
Pradeep Sangwan bowled 3 overs and each over went for 14 or more. Is that the worst bowling performance in the IPL? Wonder why Tillekratne Dilshan was given only one over (1/0/3/1)
Now for a quick quiz
Question: Guess who are the founders of the Shoaib Malik Fan Club?
Ans: Pakistani commentators – Aamir Sohail and Rameez Raja.
Sample this
After DD lost to KXP in the last game
Aamir Sohail: “How could Viru bowl himself ahead of Shoaib Malik?”
Delhi had Maharoof and McGrath available and Sohail could only think of Malik. Does he remember the over Shoaib bowled against CSK?
In the RCB Vs DD pre-game show today
Rameez Raja: “Anytime you pick a one-day side, Shoaib Malik is the first name on the team”.
Really!!! Wonder why none of the franchisees were going all out to secure Malik’s services.
Dude of the Day – Farvez Maharoof. Outstanding with the ball (4/0/13/2) and took the side home with the bat. I was shocked to see Goswami getting the MoM award.
Dud of the Day – Will spare Sangwan. He’s just 17. This award is still open. I have challenged the Cricinfo staff writer’s claim that this game wasn’t a must win for the Daredevils. I will be the Dud of the day if her claim is right. Else we will have the first female Dud of the Day in the IPL.
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There was an interesting debate on the cricinfo match commentary about the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders not being a lucky mascot for their teams historically. Someone suggested getting the girls from the Dallas Cowboys instead. Tell you what – none of those teams have won a title for ten years. If you really want winners get the girls from the New England Patriots – winners of 3 Super Bowls in the last 7 years and a team which went 16-0 in the regular season this year.
A Cricinfo staff writer thought that this was not a must-win game for the Daredevils. I cannot understand how. Can someone explain to me how Delhi can even dream of making the semis with 7 wins? Rajasthan have already won 8 and Chennai and Mohali are on 7 with 3 and 4 games left respectively. So, is the writer counting on Mumbai to lose all their remaining four games? Does the writer know something that we don’t? ( The claim was made in the preview and was also there in the first -inning bulletin. Has been removed in the post game bulletin. Iam sure there are enough readers who read the preview and will vouch for me)
Pradeep Sangwan bowled 3 overs and each over went for 14 or more. Is that the worst bowling performance in the IPL? Wonder why Tillekratne Dilshan was given only one over (1/0/3/1)
Now for a quick quiz
Question: Guess who are the founders of the Shoaib Malik Fan Club?
Ans: Pakistani commentators – Aamir Sohail and Rameez Raja.
Sample this
After DD lost to KXP in the last game
Aamir Sohail: “How could Viru bowl himself ahead of Shoaib Malik?”
Delhi had Maharoof and McGrath available and Sohail could only think of Malik. Does he remember the over Shoaib bowled against CSK?
In the RCB Vs DD pre-game show today
Rameez Raja: “Anytime you pick a one-day side, Shoaib Malik is the first name on the team”.
Really!!! Wonder why none of the franchisees were going all out to secure Malik’s services.
Dude of the Day – Farvez Maharoof. Outstanding with the ball (4/0/13/2) and took the side home with the bat. I was shocked to see Goswami getting the MoM award.
Dud of the Day – Will spare Sangwan. He’s just 17. This award is still open. I have challenged the Cricinfo staff writer’s claim that this game wasn’t a must win for the Daredevils. I will be the Dud of the day if her claim is right. Else we will have the first female Dud of the Day in the IPL.
2 comments:
good point avi... DD have their task cutout n thy can jst pray tht MI lose their plot.... IPL has now become a suspense thriller... Hope the best 4 team qualify... n i feel it will be RR, KXIP, CSK,MI...
if you differ then u can suggest...
RR, KXP and CSK are almost certainties now, unless they go into a real tail spin and lose all their remaining games. Difficult to see that happening. The teams are in good form and have some easy games against DC and RCB still to go.
The last spot will come down to MI and DD. The game in Kotla between these two sides could be a virtual quarter -final.
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