So, I come back from work yesterday and switch on the TV, expecting to see the what I’ve gotten used to over the last 6 weeks - Some intense cricketing action. I switch the SET MAX and …. THERE IS NO MATCH ON TV !!!
Suddenly I was feeling so empty. It had become almost a [...]

From the surface of it, the Rajasthan Royals seem to have clearly dominated the IPL. They’re winning everything, and look unbeatable going into the semi-finals. But behind the close and exciting matches that everyone has been watching, another sort of game is being played in the background, and who’s winning that game may surprise [...]

The match between the Royal Challengers and the Deccan Chargers the other day was very interesting to watch the other day. Both the teams are out of the tournament, and they were playing for “pride”. But there was a definite difference between the approach of the two teams. It seemed like the Royal Challengers were [...]

The best scene in the Delhi vs Kolkata match the other day was Saurav Ganguly looking towards the sky, seeing his hopes of getting into the semi-finals getting dashed. It was pretty tragic for the KnightRiders, whose larger-than-life captain and owner have dominated the IPL, to get washed away by the rain.
Cricket is not a [...]

The Times Of India is reporting today that all is not well between SRK and Ganguly. There are several reasons, and at the top of it is SRK’s insistence that Ganguly talk to the West Bengal CM to try and abolish the entertainment tax that SRK is paying for matches at Eden Gardens. Ganguly, who’s [...]

The winner’s trophy for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League was unveiled today by Lalit Modi in much fanfare. The trophy is apparently hand-made, and features diamond-encrusting. It has been designed by Orra, the diamond brand.
Oh, bugger. I’m just going to come out and say it: It looks silly. Looks like an India [...]

I was a little busy on Friday, so I thought I’ll be able to catch only the second half of the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata KnightRiders match. But when I tried to switch the TV on, there was nothing on it except the boring talking heads giving gyaan, and the stadium in the background was [...]

A lot of folks I talk to these days are very skeptical about the big amounts of money involved in the IPL. Where is all this millions of dollars coming from? Someone has to pay for it ultimately, right? Why doesn’t the government take all this money to feed the poor? Surely that’s a [...]

Jayasuriya had not had a very good IPL tournament so far, but that all changed today, when he just went beserk against the Chennai SuperKings. He smashed 11 sixes and 9 fours in all, carrying the Mumbai Indians to victory comfortably. Jayasuriya’s innings was worth watching today, he was absolutely undeterred against the moving ball [...]

Dravid is in trouble. Deep trouble. It looks almost inevitable that Mallya is going to do everything he can to dump Dravid at the end of the season, his “icon player” status notwithstanding. Mallya has become increasingly outspoken against Dravid’s captaincy with every loss that the Royal Challengers have had to suffer, and in his [...]