IPL Season 2

Indian Premier League Season 2 started on Saturday 18th April, 2009. This time’s show was no less pompous than the last years’. The only notable difference being, this time round the venue was South Africa and obviously the excitement that cricket gets in India was a bit missing. After the election row that took place in India, seemingly, “Show must go on!!” was what the organizers including the audiences worldwide felt; hence the location of the event became immaterial and the interest remains perpetual.

Commissioner of the IPL Mr.Lalit modi declared the tournament open and the games were on their way! The first four matches included some extra ordinary performances by the legends of the game who were supposedly “not made“ for playing T20 matches. To begin with, the performance of master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, in the opening match was fabulous! 59* valuable runs from him made it possible for the Mumbai Indians to reach a total of 160 odd in the process helping the team to win the match against Dhoni 11. Second match saw Rahul Dravid with a very well calculated, fast, sparkling 66; again a match winning one with Kumble scoring the best figures in T20 with 5/5. Wow!! Shane Warne wasn’t behind too. His magical leg spin trapped almost all the batsmen in his web. He was getting better with every ball bowled. On the contrary all the young players, so called the great hitters of the ball, failed to impress. Too early to conclude here...

In a way, its good that IPL is being played in South Africa, as it shows true value of a player; flat Asian wickets don’t do any good to the talent. Also this would help IPL to take a more global stage than ever.

All the best to IPL Season 2 and hope we enjoy it better than the 2008 season! May the best team win.