IPL - Icon Players performances

This post is dedicated to the performances of Indian ‘Icon’ and other High value players who have raked in quite a lot of moolah…

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IPL - Star Performances

Due to the long nature of the list i had to make a separate page for it: IPL - Star Performances

IPL Match Review: Chennai Superkings V Punjab Kings XI

The Punjab Kings XI -

“ They tried so hard and got so far,

In the end, it doesn’t even matter…”

Yes, the Superkings have done it. Chennai Superkings have beaten Punjab Kings XI by 33 runs on their home ground. Though Preity’s team put up a decent fight ( better than the Royal Challengers anyways) they were left pretty short of the mammoth target of 241.

Batting first, Dhoni’s team were struggling a bit at 63-3. But then came a brilliant innings from Michael Hussey who effortlessly compiled 116 off just 54 balls. His fluent strokes ensured that the run rate never dropped below 10 and with some cameo innings from Suresh Raina (32 off 13) and S. Badrinath (31 of 14) the Superkings easily reached the coveted 200 mark in just 18 overs. Sixes were more frequent than boundaries as the Superkings ended on 240.

The chase was always going to be difficult. And although the Mohali team kept their runrate around 10 rpo they could never really hit off some monstrous overs and ended at 207. James Hopes and Sangakkara gave some hope but after wickets fell, it was always difficult to up the rate.

The opening statement has been made. Now its time to halt the Knight riders…

Brief Scores: CSK 240-5 ( Hussey 116* I Pathan 2-47 )

PXK 207 ( J.Hopes 71, Sangakkara 54, Murli 1-33 )

IPL - Team outfits

A focus on the colored kits of the teams:

Royal Challengers – A bit too flashy and glaring. Wish their batsman were that style… And yuck maroon gloves.

Knight Riders – Didn’t expect anything less from SRK. The golden helmets and pads can get irritating. Also, golden did not seem ok when they were fielding in th sun.

Chennai Superkings : Old Aussie style. Brilliant sunny yellow, just like Chennai , and with orange pads. No fuss there.

Punjab Kings XI – Red n Silver. But an out of size font on the back. Surely the spectators are coming to the ground na? Or watching from a nearby hill. (The stadium was conspicuously empty for the 1^st game! And more chances for the same considering the rseult of the second). Also a bit too shiny silver pads

Delhi Daredevils: Red n Black. But why copy the nickname idea from the Aussies? Surely not all players are that well known. And the nicknames are limited to 5-6 letters. And the colors so similar to the umpires’ kits that the umpires had to switch to light blue..

Rajasthan Royals: Royal Blue interspersed with gold ( or is it yellow ochre?). Sensible enough.

Mumbai Indians: First of all why such an unimaginative team name? A silly all blue outfit with a dark blue patch in the middle. Orange lines on the sides. Will be confusing when they take on Rajasthan…

Deccan Chargers: Yes, no mistake here. The combination is a freaky flesh colour for shirts with black pants. Also, many more sponsor logos…

And GREEN was nowhere to be seen…

Next time the BCCI should come with a Fashion/Style committee to come up with some really good things in this regard…

AND AN OUTFIT UPDATE:

Apparently, Kings XI Punjab have changed their shirts to red-white -red combinatin. texts are in red. They have also changed the irritating large size font. Something to do with Coca-Cola as sponsor? And also they changed their display from KXP to KXI. Numerlogy??

IPL: Chennai Superkings update

Chennai superkings will be missing the services of their frontline pace bowlers - Ntini and Morkel. The onus will now lie on the inexperienced Indian bowlers in their lineup to restrict the Punjab Kings in the first six overs. Of course, Joginder Sharma, J. Oram and Murli will have to use all their experience….