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Showing posts with label IPL funs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPL funs. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

IPL-3 CHAMPIONS - CHENNAI SUPER KINGS



Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the only team to reach semi-finals in all the three editions of IPL have bagged the trophy this time by smashing Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in their home ground in the IPL-2010 finals. It was the most exciting match and the people were so curious to watch Sachin and Dhoni playing face to face in Mumbai. After winning the toss MS Dhoni decided to bat first. There was a huge disappointment for Chennai fans as haydos scored just 17 off 31 deliveries and 3 wickets fell in quick sessions. Mumbai was in the driver seat till the 13th over as Chennai scored only 68 for 3. After then Raina and Dhoni smashed the ball to boundaries irrespective of the bowlers. Raina’s 24 ball 50 accelerates the total to 168/5 at the end of 20 overs. MI dropped 2 catches of Raina by Zaheer and Fernando which proved costly later in the game. Chasing a target of 169 in home ground with huge batting lineup is not a tough call for MI. But both Bollinger and Ashwin bowled exceptionally well in power play, and later on Muralitharan and Jakati did not give any room to the Mumbai’s big hitting batsmen like Tendulkar, Tiwary and Duminy. When Chennai was almost to hold the cup, Pollard came in and hit 22 off Bollinger’s 18th over and created some smile in MI fans face by enlighten a chance for MI. But the way Dhoni set the fielding made the big man to return to the pavilion with the strike rate of 270. Finally the Mumbai Indians made 146/9 in 20 overs. Suresh Raina paves the way for Chennai and was adjudjed as the man of the match for his unbeaten 57, wicket of Harbhajan Singh and with the spectacular catch of Tiwary. Mumbai’s defeat broke many hearts in Mumbai who had the home advantage in the game. It is another feather to Dhoni’s captaincy hat and this is the first time Chennai holding the IPL trophy.

IPL 2010 Winner - Chennai Super Kings (Rs. 6 Crores)

IPL 2010 Runner – Mumbai Indians (Rs. 3 Crores)

IPL 2010 3rd place – Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rs. 1.75 Crores)

Fair Play Award of the tournament - Chennai Super Kings

Man of the Series - Sachin Tendulkar

Highest run scorer (Orange Cap) - Sachin Tendulkar (618 runs)

Highest Wicket Taker (Purple Cap) – Pragyan Ojha (21 wickets)

Karbon Kamaal Catch Award – Andrew Symonds (12 catches)

Best Under 23-Player Award – Saurabh Tiwary

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

IPL FUN ZONE

A bookie calls Shane Warne before the match between Kolkata KnightRiders and Rajasthan Royals. Cell phone rings. Warne picks up.

 Warne : hello
Bookie : I am ….... Here.          Warne : yes tell me                     
Bookie : I want u to loose today’s match                                            Warne : impossible         Bookie : I will pay u $200,000            Warne : will be difficult  to make KKR win.        Bookie : I will pay u $250,000                          Warne : May be I  could help you by reducing the margin…                         Bookie : no KKR should win                                    Warne : OK. I will try my best

Bookie : no make it.
Warne : OK.
Bookie : what will be the score
Warne : 200, if we bat first
Bookie : no make it 120Warne : Impossible. Agarkar and Kartik are playing.

Bookie : 120 no change.
Warne : I will try
Bookie : OK. If KKR bat first
Warne : 110
Bookie : no make it 175Warne : no u are asking too much. Ganguli is playing.
Bookie : OK make it $300,000
Warne : This would be the toughest match in my life                                                                   Bookie : OK, deal is made.

Warne : yesBookie : bye.
Match starts KKR bats first. KKR score only 120 in 20 overs. 

During the lunch break Shane’s cell rings.

Warne : hello
Bookie : its me. why did KKR score only 120. Our deal was 175.
Warne : What can I do ? They run one when they could run three, defend full toss, get out on wide balls, all catches a
nd

 shots… I mean, if there is any… exactly directed to the fielders. But I will tell you this, Knight Riders are too good at this , I tried re-arranging the field…but they never miss a fielder.
Bookie : still u could bowl more no-balls. We got only 53 extras.
Warne : I asked all my bowlers to bowl badly. I also made Smith and Asnodkar bowl.
Bookie : Okay… leave that… I want u to loose the match.
Warne : I will try.
Bookie : Rajasthan Royals should be all out for 110
Warne : OK.
Bookie : bye.
Rajasthan Royals bats. They are making a serious attempt to not hit the ball and if at all they hit trying their best to hit to the fielders. They try to run only singles for doubles. But sometimes, they can’t stop themselves from running.
All Rajasthan Royals batsmen charged down to Kartik’s bowling and they purposely miss the ball hoping at least one
would hit the stumps. But they got to run a bye for that as McCullum is still searching for the ball . Inspite of the bad display of batting, they score 118 of 19 overs. Last over, 3 runs
required, the worst part is that its an Agarkar over. Warne is batting with Carseldine. Bookie gets really furious.

Warne is ready to face the last over his cell rings (he plays with his cell).
Warne : hello
Bookie : its me! . What are you upto ?
Warne : We tried the best we could
Bookie : OK forget it. I want u to loose the match
Warne : what can I do. Fate !!! Agarkar is bowling
Bookie : I don’t know… u a
re loosing


Agarkar bowls… Warne tries to hide his bat behind his back. But the ball hits the bat and goes to third man. So they take a single.
(cell rings)
Warne : sorry what can I do I was hiding my bat but still the ball comes and hit my bat. If I play much worse than this everybody will
 find out.

Bookie : (gets really tensed). OK I can understand. But please don’t take last two runs.

Warne talks to Carseldine. Agarkar bowls… a juicy full toss. Carseldine uses all his batting skills to restrict that one to a single. Scores are level.
(cell rings)
Bookie : OK. Past is past. Atleast finish it in a tie. I don’t know what u are going to do u are not taking a single or u give u’r bat to the umpire.
Warne : OK. OK. Don’t worry this time I will! see to it we are not taking the single. Let it be obvious also. I am not taking the single.

Agarkar bowls, unfortunately he bowls a no ball. RR wins the match.
Bookie goes mad and Shane war
ne faints in the field itself

  Warne: Am ready to be a female but cant make KKR to win...


Moral – With a team like KKR, who nee
ds to fix a match