IPL the Indian version of EPL and Euro cup. Yes I know its cricket here and EPL or Euro cup is about football. But the frenziness regarding the sport is same in both the cases. Already the heat is at its pick in Mumbai and now the IPL fever will grip all over here. The inaugurtion match was between IPL underdogs this time, KKR & last year winner Deccan Chargers. No doubt chargers were charged up and they want to retain their IPL championship with their star studded line up of Gilchrist, Gibbs, Symonds. On the other hand KKR has a rebirth with new coach Dave Whatmore come to hold the forte with Prince of Kolkata as a Captain & show KKR winning ways. Surely the presence of Wasim Akram will benefit KKR bowling with likes of Ishant & Shukla has plenty to learn from one of the finest bowler in world cricket.
The match has lived upto the expectation of IPL. The two team battled hard. KKR has put on a decent score on board after a dismal start. May be Deccan chargers were touch over confident of chasing the mediocre total and there main batsmen played some horrendous shots. From 61/0 in 6 overs Deccan were cruising home. It was some tight bowling from Mathews and Karthik in middle overs for KKR, also Ganguly's bowling changes and fine batting by Mathews early on has made KKR to rise like phoenix from the ashes. The man of the match for me is Angelo Mathews whose 64 of 45 balls has set the believe in KKR that they can win this match and later on by fine bowling display he has contributed majorly to the winning cause. Deccan must be repenting on some of the shots played by their big guns. But its just a start & its long way to go. IPL has started with a nice gripping contest and all set to blaze for next 6 weeks.
It has been almost a year
10 years ago
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