Saturday, May 17, 2008

Annihilation of Knight Riders

So its MI all the way. First they beat RR,the mystery success of the IPL. Then they go on and beat others too, including the big guns CSK and DD. And now it was SRK's KKR.
DADA Vs SACHIN
A contest of contests. It was supposed to be one cracker of a match, a clash of the TITANS!
well a clash of the most animated n not so well behaved city crowds as well.

BUT, that being that, it turned out to be one the biggest duds of this tourney. TOTAL ANNIHILATION is what i'll call. KKR was mauled by MI. The match was over by 10:15pm!
It was a record breaker of sorts. KKR registered the lowest total in the IPL, while i think MI finished things of in record time.
The Mumbai crowd went absolutely mad. Chanting of sachin! sachin! and the latest entry- surya! surya! were reaching highest possible decibel level. But the most interesting and not so pretty thing was the booing. When Saurav Ganguly came to speak at the presentation ceremony, the booing was resounding in the stadium. Ganguly should probably get used to this behaviour, as Kolkata is also not above such brashness.
Anyway, rowdy crowds are becoming something of a major problem for the organisers. Earlier in DD vs DC match, the Delhi crowd went berserk, certain boorish sorts were found throwing stones at the DD captain Sehwag that evening. It sure wiped out the smile from Mr.SmileySehwag's face. I was shocked, to say the least. Being a Delhi dweller myself, i have watched the crowd in cricket matches live, this was something i had never seen happening anywhere around me. Delhi crowd used to be pretty controlled n on the funnier side of things,shall i say, rather than on the violent one.
I guess i am making a few conclusions now, as to what effect and repercussions IPL is having on India and its cricketana.

PS-it was priceless to see SRK sitting pensively in the KKR dugout, only managing a wry smile now and then when the camera was panning on him. Blowing his trademark kisses as usual, which obviously looked pretty artificial. lol!
for once i could afford not seeing him bouncing around in the stands. I must add, as much as i love the guy, his antics in the stands during the KKR matches have started bothering me now.

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