Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super kings.
Ganguly vs Dhoni
2 Changes for KKR: Bond and Shukla in for Langeveldt and Pujara
1 Change for CSK : Gony in for Tyagi.
CSK wins the toss and opt to bat. Have at it in the comments section folks!
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Let’s get this started folks.
“Star” commentary team of Gavaskar and Siva . Goddammit.
one reads every stat down to the last decimal.. the other leaves no record unnoticed, however insignificant it might be
Hahahaha, is Harsha on this team?
No mongoose yet. The only animal I see around is a tiger ( dada..)
Looks like a slightly slower, sticky pitch. Might need some application in here.
Interestingly, MSD opted to bat and Ganguly said he’d have bowled anyway… both got what they wanted. Vijay looking shaky.
damn, gotta get some clips of the prev match, gotta catch this on cricinfo
why what’s up? TV aint working? Tried youtube?
Hayden not looking really steady , but I’d actually take that as a good omen.
finally captured deepika looking indifferent, back to live feed now…
Deepika is just blank. I’d love to see a cricket debate between Deepika, Priety and Shilpa. That would be priceless.
nah, i work for a news channel.. we record the match on a hard disk while its on.. and then capture whatever footage we need fro the match.. and i work for a hindi news channel so the masala i have to dig out gets on my nerves
woah. Dude, I need your job! :))
no kiddin dude, cricket is a lot different out here..
I’m not at all responsible for the content.
the guys who are, wanna find a scapegoat every other match..
at least for the ipl its a bit chilled out…
i wish i wasn’t here for the india games
hayden gone
I should really stop this tarot card reading business. Ishant rewarded with hayden’s wicket for some disciplined bowling. Might as well bring the mongoose next time, Haydos.
wonder how that debate would go man,
P: my yuvi is prettier
D: no my manish is
S: My shane’s a stallion
The best part is that all the 3 men in question would have bedded all the 3 women 😉
Vijay looks quite lost against Ishant. It’s quite a miracle how he has survived so far.
Some perspective by Mike Heysman – said that the chasing team has won 6 out of 8, and average score is 130! Sticky pitches.
here’s Mathews. This guy is such a revelation.
Not the best of starts for CSK. Their top order is more than making amends for the last game, and have taken 1 step forward. Sticking on for a little longer. Now only if they can score…
Gavaskar comes up with his “jokes” which only he will laugh for.
Vijay settling in a bit. He has to get a 50+ in this game to make this start count. A score of 160+ should be good for this kind of a pitch.
This KKR unit looks damn good in the field, Chennai have to up the ante
I’m sick of seeing the delhi dostana getting so cuddly mid over
hahaha, it looks extremely suspect.
Crap ,now Juhi’s part of the KKR squad??? I think CSK needs some ladies in there side too. I vote for Shakeela.
Very slow progress by CSK. At this rate, they will reach 110, and expect Gony , Balaji and Morkel to defend this?!
CSK really need to do something big here and soon!
Vijay’s so called excellent technique is going for a toss
dammit!
Vijay is a gonner.
Vijay got punked , and PUNKED big there.
I hate it when Gavaskar tries to be funny. It’s almost as bad as hearing L.Siva with his sine-wave like commenatary.
This is T20 right? Dhoni must be spanking Vijay in the dugout right now. He won’t dare the same with Hayden.
I think Dhoni should have pushed himself up here to accelerate a bit.
Raina’s all huffing and ouffing without much result
Bye bye Raina. !#%#!%#!. I can’t stand the thought of SRK and his goonies doing the Macarena 😦
That’s another gone, but the boss is in now – come on Dhoni!
Time to shine badri. Dhoni needs to pull out some magic outta his arse .
Great lines from KKR bowlers, CSK are toast
Wasim as a bowling coach hmmm.
Wasim MUST have added to Agarkar’s awesomeness. I want Agarkar in the next game
Prafs you can’t have Agarkar. Nobody can have Agarkar. Agarkar is the final state of nirvana One strives to achieve. It’s a moving target.
Sid, how much do you think CSK can end up making? This looks like a huge turd laying session
this innings is like a bloody nascar race… its just going nowhere
hahaha good one Prafs. And there’s Lalit, making love to SRK and the KKR camp.
This is a nightmare game for CSK. Unless something magical happens in the last 5 overs, they are looking at a 115 type score.
How much? Not enough at this rate. I’m thinking 120/130 if we don’t lose another wicket. And CSK bowling is a bit iffy – we need more than that to be competitive against KKR
yeah…. what a collective suck session
Dhoni…u beauty
Good over for CSK that one … can we have a few more of those? About 5 should do it.
Get run out or something badri..
hahaha. badri wont. he shall stay till the end and torment the viewer.
he’s proving his test credentials in the wrong damn game
hehehe. as long as he gives dhoni the strike, the skipper might actually give him the test slot. Chikka is there too…
If they can keep this up, i might have been wrong about that total
hmmm… 3 overs remain. Take a call guys. Methinks 145
Nice … I still think the CSK bowlers will have a lot of work to do
I’m calling 150 – they can do it at this rate.
damn can i take mine back??
i blame badri for the apocalyptic run rate
educated edge by dhoni, amazing
Dhoni is going beserk. 160 should be competitive.
morethan, I reckon we might both be wrong! Good times
Yep, let’s have 160 – if Murali and Morkel can step it up with the ball, they might stand a chance yet.
Redemption, thy name is Badri!
all of a sudden it doesn’t look half as bad
Ishant, how do you like them apples? Ganguly too slow to get down, and makes his customary facial expressions.
What? now you want royalty to soil their clothes?
This is going to be a good game after all – if the bowlers actually show up this time, that is
Morkel, Gony, Balaji….. gulp.
Wow what a mess!!!! Badri collided against The Great Wall of Jharkhand.
he looks like he’s been standing under a waterfall
HAHAHAHA. That’s nothing compared to Dravid man. Dravid bats for 5 minutes and it will look like the 70% of the water in the body has all oozed out.
Alright 165, line up lads. who wants a bowl?
165 to win for KKR. Competitive score, atleast better than what I expected with the morose way it all started. Keys to the game?
One of the openers.
Ganguly traditionally doesn’t fare too well at Eden, wonder if he chooses today to break that jinx.
I heard Balaji just faked an ass-muscle pull injury.
Oopsy, Srikkanth falling all over himself, speaking faster than the speed of light. In the process , he’s spit-raining all over Gaurav and the mic. I think unfortunately the mic has to retire, and Gaurav has to go get a face-wash.
From whatever little I could make out, Chikka says that Murali and Ashwin hold the key.
Credit to Dhoni, and a little to Badri. Held on till the end and got looked like a 130 to 165. Dhoni was quite brilliant and clinical, settling in and then brandishing everyone in sight. Badri , though he didn’t accelerate enough, rotated the strike and got the odd boundary to his credit.
Eooooooooeeewwwoo! Morkel gets a breakthrough!? Is that even possible?!
A maiden wicket from Morkel.
And Gony starts by giving away a boundary. A tad unlucky though.
2 in 2… kkr are up n running
commentators jinx
Wow! Gony sends Tiwary’s middle stump for a walk! Good movement off the seam. Now comes the core of the KKR batting. Things well set up for CSK.
This will be interesting. Ganguly and Saha need to drop anchor for a few overs.
Hayden’s IPL3 start has just been disastrous. I hope it finishes better than this!
Saha settling in. Gony needs to calm down a bit and just play the length better.
alright guys, i’m off … hope to get home to catch the last few overs..
been fun guys..
Cheers Prafs! Hope you catch a good ending! Great having you on here.
Balaji does a Gony! Gets trashed for a 4 and comes back to takes the middle stump.
Pressure mounting on KKR, Dada needs to get into some , any sort of rhythm.
Dada and Shah getting their boundaries. Gony has been expensive in his 3 overs so far, but a little unlucky, with a couple of edges going for boundaries. But that’s how it rolls.
Balaji does it again! Great line and Dhoni pulls out a sweet catch!
Gavaskar and Shukla are there, but this partnership is key. Murali (and Ashwin) haven’t come in to play yet. Should be soon, and going by the way Murali Kartik bowled, the 2 spinners may fancy a tight spell here.
Oops, Harsha makes a rather silly comment, wonder if he’ll get pulled up for it.
Ganguly wants to play a Dhoni-like innings I guess. But Kemp comes in and Ganguly’s gone. Didn’t get the timing right, and Albie, who’s having quite the game, takes a simple catch! Shukla’s next? Or will be see Gavaskar calling Gavaskar?
Shukla gets away, Dhoni struggling with the hand injury and spills a tough one.
Mathews gone. The beginning of the end. Kemp bowling some good military medium and keeping the ball steady in line and getting a bit of late drift.
Shukla putting up a fight here, trying to get things going. After what feels like light years, Rohan Gavaskar’s in DA HOUSE.
And just like that, Rohan Gavaskar’s out of da house. Vijay takes a lovely running catch in the outfield. Getting over very soon now.
Shukla’s gone now. If CSK can win big, they can make up for that horrendous NRR that they have incurred after the first game. 2 birds with 1 stone.
Ashwin gets one. It’s good night time folks, been a pleasure, all 2 of you! :))
Reviews on here tomorrow, with tomorrow’s big game preview – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils ( a precursor to one of the SF or Final game perhaps?!)
alright,can KKR make it to 3 figures?
hahah dude they just did! 🙂 back home to see the ending?
Dhoni watching in amusement as Raina bowls to Ishant. Atleast in this game, Ishant has batted better than he bowled, and Raina’s bowling better than he batted!
Wow…absurd. What a weird ending . CSK runs away with the win, but it had to drag on till the very last over! Clinical display. Kemp with 3 wickets, Balaji with 2, and Morkel just bowled 2 overs . Dhoni should win the MoM for just out-batting KKR in this game. Just splendid hitting towards the end to get the game out of reach.
Dhoni 1 , Ganguly 0
Big, big game on tomorrow. 2 of the strongest and in-form teams playing each other!
yep, came back.. then read ur comment right above mine.. thot that was it for the live commentary(if you can call cursing evrything that moves on the field evry third ball that)…
catch u tomorrow man