Sachin to play
Chennai wins toss and bats first!
Unchanged squads on both sides. The atmosphere looks awesome ! Pretty effing loud!! This hopefully is a good game!
Keys to the game:
CSK batsmen vs Mallinga – this is key. M has the “wreckage” quotient
CSK openers: Hayden has been extremely lucky , sheerly in the XI on reputation alone. he needs to make it count. After Vijay’s good middle run, he has been quiet all over again. It’s time to make some noise.
Sachin: He needs to stay and guide the team through the finals. With a broken finger? Yep.
Bollinger+Ashwin: They need to make the breakthroughs right at the beginning , otherwise , it’s going to be pretty tough!
This is quite a potent bowling line up. I mean, you got Mallinga and Zak, and then bhajji comes on (yeah i know…but come on, if he doesn’t use his brain he actually bowls a few decent deliveries). Pollard has been good too- making it count in the last few games. Quite steady
What’s with Vijay rotating the strike and giving Haydos the strike? Oh by the way – I think it’s safe to say that the little mongoose talks can be laid to bed .
To say that CSK are struggling now would be quite an understatement. They are bordering on abysmal. Oh wait, badri goes too. Now they’ve reached it. MSD and Raina need to make some magic here in a platonic, cricketing manner . Otherwise, turn the lights out kids!
Kanda I also saw your take on Viru’s replacement on your blog! Interesting point is that IPL is not supposed to be the barometer for selection, and yet, in the 30 probables , they didn’t have any standouts after that. So it had to be Vijay by default!
Seriously i find.. amused as well as irritated by the fans who just harp on recent phenonmenon.. without knowing what happened in the near past. There were nearly 600 comments for the related article in cricinfo. i believe there wouldnt have been so many even for a SRT article.
“Ouch. What this has done is that it has given Purna just an edge over the others.”
That’s his new thing …starting every 3rd line with “What this has done is..”
We at MTJAG have always been losers. We support teams like Arsenal, Liverpool, Argentina for a living, and are devotees of Agarkar and Joginder Sharma.
It is him. His agents, Big match sports or whatever confirmed it. He just joined I think about a week ago!
No, no responses so far. I hope it remains that way. I can’t say anything bad abt him now when he fucks up!
Hey Aditya, welome!
@MTJAG : Cheers mate!
@ Purna, I said something bad about parthiv patel’s spelling skills he read it and replied, he ignored my suggestion that he needs to learn how to spell though 😀
Some tight shit being bowled here. CSK aren’t able to break free yet.
Raina making a mess of the final over here. Malinga can sometimes be awesome. And Raina gets Albie Run out. Purna is going to bring the pain onto Raina.
and I want Piyush Chawla to be injured somehow Like Sehwag and we can have Mishra and Ojha in the playing XI on crumbling slow and low pitches in the WI!
Oh! Wait Cheeka will select R Ashwin ahead of them both 😦
Pollard did look good in the previous game. Will be close people, will be close and good hopefully. And it becomes a tie , it goes to that ridiculous super overs, and it’s a tie there too. Everyone gets frustrated. They decide to announce RCB as the winner for this addition 🙂
Pollard IMo is teh most freakingly over rated player EVER, he hit henriques, AB MCD and Vinay Kumar and struggles against quality spin, and given his height and run up he is a sorry excuse for a bowler from the west indies!
Never performed in International cricket! recently wan’t able to hit Zimbabwe spinners in the WI! Hopefully his fricking luck runs out and is brought back to where he belongs! an international misfit!
He is one of the main reasons along with Bhajji i hate MI
i second that And Nita to get the Fricking smile of that face!
can anyone tell me is she with another foundation which under privileged kids or is it only when the team is on top? My cable is gone and i am following it on Cricinfo 😦
on a side note, is not the MI took 10 minutes more to complete their overs in SF? This is SRT’s 3rd time right? in that case he was supposed to be banned right? Any idea?
Aditya, Like i think, the IPL is not much more than WWE (world wrestling entertainment).
Why is morkel bowling! he should have given Murali or jakati a crack in the Power play, better chance to get a wicket or even ALL IN with Bollinger getting another over!
Not really, but Raina is turning out to be the all rounder we never really had, finisher and bowling some decent overs! Will be useful in the WI !
me a MI hater
my gtalk status right now says this !
Wants Mumbai Indians to Lose as he is fed up of every Tom,Dick and Harry ( including every Bollywood star, SMG, Ravi Shastri et al ) supporting them (after the team they support loses) and going gaga over them! and as I wish them to lose I would not want GOD to play tommorow as well and risk his hand as we need it for India to win the 2011 World Cup!
I actually don’t understand this. If this was a 50 over game – sending the likes of Bhajji in make sense. But in a T20 game – with a lineup full of strokemakers, why do something like this?
Mumbai will lose, Mahek told me a long time ago that they will make the finals and then lose.
MI has to loose, DHoni brand is getting bigger by the day, they need to cash in on that: see two of the biggest brands in India MSD and SRT in the final!
I thought the KXIP vs CSK match in Dharamshala was fixed, Irfan pathan , length balls outside off stump! seriously? WTF was that!
We gotta keep an eye on Mahek. Is he any good with stocks?
I dont know. You wanna be our test run?
so both teams are at the same score after 13 overs. 2 overs of bollinger is going to decide who wins today.
At Germany right now , with the different timezones and shitloads of work, I couldn’t catch a breath, and when I did, I buried my sorrows with some bier 🙂
Normal posting will resume this week. After all the IPL hoopla, we shall get onto more important things such as Football, the T20 world cup and so on.
hahaha , true Kanda . Law of averages always catch up. In a way , true for MI too – all the victories in the group stages…and now they look shaky in the finals
It was good actually better than an ODI anytime, was always bored to death during the middle overs!
watched both of them in D’shala! lots of star spotting and got pics clicked with DC players ( gilly,rp,ojha.. etc) in the market! no security almost so it was possible and awesome surroundings as you could see on TV ! 🙂
Wow…as much as I never used to be a big fan of MSD, I have to admit that he really has some cricketing brain , undeniably good field placement there. How about a straight mid-off AND a deep long off at the same time?! damn cool.
India’s the only place where we’ll STILL here summer of 69 in public places and people love it! man, Bryan Adams can conduct 364 shows in a year in India, play the same 5 songs, and every one of them will be sell-outs.
Congrats to the CSK squad, the management and fans. One thing for sure – I definitely think they have the best ownership, management and some good team players and not some prima donnas.
Congrats to MI for an excellent run but not getting through in the final hurdle. Their time will come. Just get ride of Bhajji and accelerate the process 🙂
Thanks to everyone here. YOu guys have been great throughout the tournament and seriously awesome with your quirky and witty remarks. Love ’em.
Normal posting resumes from tomorrow onwards at MTJAG – more cricket, football and whatn ot!
Yss MI lost! that was the most Important thing actually! 🙂
MI shown reality! 🙂
Stupid decision to send Pollard after first Bhajji, then Tiwary and finally Duminy! They paid for it Big time! MSD was Brilliant with his field placing, should silence his critics now! ( aka Purna 😛 )
Dude,
first of all, sorry for the absence yesterday. Had a bit of a get together at a friends place for the final. Kept tweeting intermittently though.
So you’re in germany eh? Are you sick of the ash jokes already or not?
Quick updates!
Sachin to play
Chennai wins toss and bats first!
Unchanged squads on both sides. The atmosphere looks awesome ! Pretty effing loud!! This hopefully is a good game!
stuck outside in a different land! that’s my only defense for the inactivity for the last 2 weeks.
This will be a close close game, it’s the CSK batsmen vs the MI bowlers, particularly Mallinga. How will they deal with his yorkers?
Quick line up look:
CSK : hayden ,vijay, raina, MSD, morkel, badri, Anirudha, ashwin, Jakati, bollinger, murali
MI: Sachin, dhawan, Tiwary, pollard, rayudu, duminy, nayar, bhajji, malinga, fernando, khan
Keys to the game:
CSK batsmen vs Mallinga – this is key. M has the “wreckage” quotient
CSK openers: Hayden has been extremely lucky , sheerly in the XI on reputation alone. he needs to make it count. After Vijay’s good middle run, he has been quiet all over again. It’s time to make some noise.
Sachin: He needs to stay and guide the team through the finals. With a broken finger? Yep.
Bollinger+Ashwin: They need to make the breakthroughs right at the beginning , otherwise , it’s going to be pretty tough!
Bhajji opens the bowling for MI. Slow and steady there
Haydos gets real lucky, 2 lbw chances. He continues to be a liability.
This is quite a potent bowling line up. I mean, you got Mallinga and Zak, and then bhajji comes on (yeah i know…but come on, if he doesn’t use his brain he actually bowls a few decent deliveries). Pollard has been good too- making it count in the last few games. Quite steady
This must be the slowest T20 start. Period.
What’s with Vijay rotating the strike and giving Haydos the strike? Oh by the way – I think it’s safe to say that the little mongoose talks can be laid to bed .
2 appeals and a 6, bhajji must be feeling quite worthless at this moment.
After the DC semi-finals, maybe CSK feels they are better off defending suck-scores of 100-130?
HAyden seems to be really settling down to play a long innings here …NOT. Someone please tell him this is T20?
I think to this point, hayden has 8 runs and 5 LBWs!!! Like the italians would say, gettimmmouttaaheeeeree
5 overs, 29 runs. Easy there fellas. Don’t wanna set a target of 130+ now do we?!!?!
Breaking the shackles against Dilfa , make hay now boys! It aint easy in the death overs against Malinga!
Great , great over there by Zak. really pulled it back when CSK was looking for some momentum! Back to 120! 🙂
Bye bye vijay, Pressure was on to get some quick runs, and he succumbed to it!
Might see Albie in here maybe now or 2 down, wont be surprised to see MSD try to pull a trick like that.
Is hayden on some kind of drugs?! This is pathetic!
CSK digging themselves a lovely hole here !
CSK are in danger our batting themselves out of this game if they don’t get moving!
To say that CSK are struggling now would be quite an understatement. They are bordering on abysmal. Oh wait, badri goes too. Now they’ve reached it. MSD and Raina need to make some magic here in a platonic, cricketing manner . Otherwise, turn the lights out kids!
Should I boycott this to punish you?! Where have you been you Mumbai Indians lover!
I am stuck in a world far away! I shall tell you all about it later. Diff time zone and work 😦 sucks!
But enough of it, CSK is hell bent on screwing this up!
Who you supporting?
and what happened to the DCs?! they need a recharge for sure eh?
MSD needs to work some magic here.
The one i am supporting is out – RCB.
Though i like hussey a lot – he aint playing! CSK by that wee little. Though prafs will kill me!
Meh. DC will get rid of Gibbs next season and Gilly will bat again. They’ll be fine.*SOB*
how about you?
I don’t care. My teams are out too (DC and RCB). But I sure as well don’t want Durby to win!
Daddy’s Home
Gilly and hayden have to be the extreme duds of this version.
Time to put the hurt in Mumbai.
wassup Mahek? Dude I’m also worried about Barca 😦
Barca in deep trouble. But a great chance for a come back victory to make them..invincibles is on cards.
welcome back, came back from deep hole?
I hope Bollinger breaks some old knuckles if you know what I mean.
hahaha Dilfa and nayar!
I think CSK feels that bollinger will single-handedly take 5 wickets in his 1st over, 4 in the 2nd, and cause a runout.
Mahek, thou shalt be punished for thy evil mouth.
Or something like that.
ok..nayar and fernando..lost in translation..
hey kanda!
Yes, long story. will explain all about it, but it’s boring shit.
I’m so sad I don’t get to listen to Ravi after today
you can’t be serious. No you really cant. I’m sure you’re just kidding
No, I am always serious when it comes to Ravi.
Wow..stuff like “that went through to the boundary like a tickertape” and “he SMACKED that out of the park for a ..4(4)”?! 🙂
I hear he’s the darkhorse for the IPL top post if Modi gets forced out .
Raina breaks freee! attaboy!!
No talk of Barca tonight. We’re focusing all our negative energies on Mumbai.
he he he he 🙂
Raina’s going to make MI pay for these drops. Pretty silly by MI – they had CSK by the neck!
Raina goes apeshit.
well.. MI paying for the sin of catching Hayden. For every catch they are dropping two.
By the way folks Hayden’s card read something like
17 runs, 31 deliveries, 1 four, 1 six , 8 lbw appeals
Time-out time.
So purna was all for Chargers, Kanda was for daredevils, if I remember right, Mahek’s a Delhi fan too, Prafs was MI. Damn , losers !! 🙂
hey ur mixing up… im for RCB.. but soft corners for CSK and DD.
final 4 overs how much? say 60?
60’s a bit much man!! i’d say 40 odd
Kanda I also saw your take on Viru’s replacement on your blog! Interesting point is that IPL is not supposed to be the barometer for selection, and yet, in the 30 probables , they didn’t have any standouts after that. So it had to be Vijay by default!
Seriously i find.. amused as well as irritated by the fans who just harp on recent phenonmenon.. without knowing what happened in the near past. There were nearly 600 comments for the related article in cricinfo. i believe there wouldnt have been so many even for a SRT article.
I support Delhi and anyone who plays Mumbai.
I really was disappointed man, thought they’d definitely make the SF grade. They lost a couple of games they had no business losing.
You are a loser tooo!
And when Ravi becomes the next Modi, I will be his mistress. I can buy a country with all the money.
“Ouch. What this has done is that it has given Purna just an edge over the others.”
That’s his new thing …starting every 3rd line with “What this has done is..”
We at MTJAG have always been losers. We support teams like Arsenal, Liverpool, Argentina for a living, and are devotees of Agarkar and Joginder Sharma.
You seriously considering this! ? What does Canada do to people? Of all people Ravi Shastri! Eww!
What? I will be rich and everybody will be my best friend. You included Adi 😛
Then its Ok! make sure I get a sweat equity in a franchise somewhere down the line 😛
im looking forward for Bajji Vs Raina n Dhoni.
MSD is a gonner. Enter Albie. Purna will be glued to the screen now 🙂
Chennai better not fuck this up from here.
Morkel goes to work 1st delivery! Niceee man!
What’s your take folks? I think if they reach 170 or thereabouts, its a good Finals score to defend. Atleast it sets up a great game.
This is last chance to prove he should play at the T20 WC. C’mon Albie!!!
Btw, you know he is following me on twitter?? first cricketer to follow meeee :D.
I am scared.
WOW!!! That’s great to know!! Any responses so far?
Shit, I shall just have to live in the false delusion that Kumble and Dravid read my posts on here 😦
But i love you guys!! yep , all 4 of you! he he
Is that the real Albie account! I had seen it yesterday! very few followers! is he that Unpopular or is there any other reasoning behind it?
It is him. His agents, Big match sports or whatever confirmed it. He just joined I think about a week ago!
No, no responses so far. I hope it remains that way. I can’t say anything bad abt him now when he fucks up!
Hey Aditya, welome!
@MTJAG : Cheers mate!
@ Purna, I said something bad about parthiv patel’s spelling skills he read it and replied, he ignored my suggestion that he needs to learn how to spell though 😀
Some tight shit being bowled here. CSK aren’t able to break free yet.
Still 11 off that over. I’ll take that.
ALBIE lifts Bhajji ! Wooo hoo!!! Need a big final over here CSK. Sets things up very nicely indeed then!
Purna on top of the world. What a great thing to happen. Albie hits our Bhajji..Nothing more to ask for.
Bhajji just has to wait a little longer to give Mrs. Ambani another national bearhug.
I hope he is just warming up for the group match against India next week!
Raina making a mess of the final over here. Malinga can sometimes be awesome. And Raina gets Albie Run out. Purna is going to bring the pain onto Raina.
malinga bowls perfect.messed up CSK’s target.
Who else has twitter accounts here? Purna, Aditya do. I think Prafs does too. How about Mahek and Kanda?
Any famous followers?
i have.. but sporadic in nature.
Damn! CSK messing up the last over BIG TIME! Hopefully their spinners stifle the hell out of MI !
Btw just now CSK was a trending topic worldwide on twitter! respect!
IS RAINA IN YOUR T20 SQUAD FOR THE WORLD CUP?
Yes he is purna. Don’t you dare touch him. He’s my mancrush.
You can mancrush on him when he is on the plane flying back because of BROKEN NECK…no leg. His neck is to fat to break.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH !! And he’s also got an oddly shaped head as someone else pointed out in one of the earlier posts !
malinga makes up for his indiscretion so far. gifts 5 runs.
167 to win. Let’s call it now folks. Let’s have your predictions.
Oops i meant to type 169.
How long before Cheeka Pimps his boy int India t20 squad for some inconsequential T20I in the future for his finishing skills?
I think Cheeka will secretly injure Gambhir and get in Anirudha 🙂
So let me get this straight…….. are all 5 of us slightly tilting for a CSK win over MI?! not bad! we have a consensus!
yes very much.. will be happier if that happens. in the meanwhile if Bollinger breaks Bhajji’s hand, it will be icing on the cake.
and I want Piyush Chawla to be injured somehow Like Sehwag and we can have Mishra and Ojha in the playing XI on crumbling slow and low pitches in the WI!
Oh! Wait Cheeka will select R Ashwin ahead of them both 😦
Hell yeah! Durby cannot win. NEVER.
Bollinger to snare Sachin early and we all know how that ends! A Mumbai “Indians” Collapse on the cards! CSK spinners will stifle them!
Awww!! Let’s have a group hug!! haha
Let me go get a cold one !!
Pollard did look good in the previous game. Will be close people, will be close and good hopefully. And it becomes a tie , it goes to that ridiculous super overs, and it’s a tie there too. Everyone gets frustrated. They decide to announce RCB as the winner for this addition 🙂
Pollard IMo is teh most freakingly over rated player EVER, he hit henriques, AB MCD and Vinay Kumar and struggles against quality spin, and given his height and run up he is a sorry excuse for a bowler from the west indies!
Never performed in International cricket! recently wan’t able to hit Zimbabwe spinners in the WI! Hopefully his fricking luck runs out and is brought back to where he belongs! an international misfit!
He is one of the main reasons along with Bhajji i hate MI
On a side note : man…german beer tastes so effing good 🙂
I wanna see Mukesh Ambani cry like the little bitch he is on the inside.
i second that And Nita to get the Fricking smile of that face!
can anyone tell me is she with another foundation which under privileged kids or is it only when the team is on top? My cable is gone and i am following it on Cricinfo 😦
wow mahek! let it out! tell us how you really feel 🙂
I think MA is already POed about the bhajji incident!
Think they had a threesome later on?
That’s not how bhajji rolls man. He wont accept anyone else other than sreesanth as the no.3
Ashwin and BOlly to open the bowling. Will be an interesting tussle.
And he starts with a maiden over. Inturrresting
good start so far for CSK. but a wicket will go a long way.
Bolly takes Dhawan!!! Enter MSD Version 1.2356?
Nayar at No 3 , interesting, bollie pepper him with the short stuff!!!!
well there the first wicket. good going.
Gamble here by MI- they might have done better than to stick with Tiwary !
What a slow start!! Sachin needs to set the pace here.
MI on a mission to make this final a historic one. All the slowest and lowest record is on line.
DOn’t worry its a Final, Sachin will try and get out and MI will collapse! MARK MY WORDS!
He won’t get out before they are close to winning the game don’t worry
on a side note, is not the MI took 10 minutes more to complete their overs in SF? This is SRT’s 3rd time right? in that case he was supposed to be banned right? Any idea?
Ya, maybe he will be banned in the Champions league or the Next IPL or they will let it go as it’s the final and SRT !
A FINE for sure!!
Aditya, Like i think, the IPL is not much more than WWE (world wrestling entertainment).
Why is morkel bowling! he should have given Murali or jakati a crack in the Power play, better chance to get a wicket or even ALL IN with Bollinger getting another over!
Ashwin gets a bit of a stick in that one. Why didn’t MI send in MSD version 1.535632?
Saving him for an MSD style innings, rescue act later in the innings!
When Albie bowls, I cry.
Me too as MI gets closer to victory!
Hopefully that will be Albie Morkel’s last over of the day! Give it to Raina I say!
15 overs of SPIN! 😀
Ouch, morkel got schooled by Sachin in that one. What shots!!! I concur, get murali in for 1 over there, it should have been a good contest
damn good shots from SRT.
Can they drop Hayden NOW?
It’s a ploy by CSK to keep Nayar there. A mistake that MI made by taking Hayden’s catch!
Nayar making a case for himself for the test team as of now. Just send bhajji in next and let him finish it in the next 5 i say! 🙂
Hayden’s final match in IPL is turning from bad to worse to horrible. Oh Hayden what a fall!!!
Why the HELL is morkel bowling another over!!! bring in RAINA RAINA RAINA !! even JAKATI will do!
Yes I agree with you, Keep anayr IN and SRT won’t get out! MI loose by 30 runs! WIcked plan..heheheheh
Shastri: Hayden has hands like buckets.
Sir, a bucket with a hole is as useless as ur commentary.
My future rich husband is a smooth talker, don’t hate on him.
im sorry.. i will try to like him at the speed of tracer bullet. 😉
NIce work kanda 🙂 Purna might not be too happy though.
A run out chance missed there – Nayar’s misery continues!
They just showed Haydos’s drop again. That was just pathetic. he made it look much harder than it was.
He knew he was going to drop it. The match is fixed remember?
2 many run outs missed in this innings. Hope it does not hit hard on CSK
Don’t nayar!! you’re a test match player remember?! 2 sixes!?
Dhoni’s decision to hold onto jakati for later ill haunt him! should have bowled him earlier 😦
nayar is hitting em well now!!! 😦
Finally Raina into the attack! Sanity prevails, get NAYAR NOW !
The “twitch-in-the-action” raina does it!
DURBY IS HERE! Kill him!
Aditya, – et tu a Raina fan?
Not really, but Raina is turning out to be the all rounder we never really had, finisher and bowling some decent overs! Will be useful in the WI !
me a MI hater
my gtalk status right now says this !
Wants Mumbai Indians to Lose as he is fed up of every Tom,Dick and Harry ( including every Bollywood star, SMG, Ravi Shastri et al ) supporting them (after the team they support loses) and going gaga over them! and as I wish them to lose I would not want GOD to play tommorow as well and risk his hand as we need it for India to win the 2011 World Cup!
😀
I’d like to see Bhajji run someone out, and then get out the next ball.
a big time acceleration by MI.
Bhajji in? oh SRT makes a case for Dhoni to promote Bhajji as a batting allrounder.
I actually don’t understand this. If this was a 50 over game – sending the likes of Bhajji in make sense. But in a T20 game – with a lineup full of strokemakers, why do something like this?
Bhajji gone 🙂 – TOld ya so !!! I’m LOVING IT! RAINA DA MAN! Purna, leave his fat neck alone!
I just might leave his fat neck alone. He got Durby after all!! Haha! Bastard thought he was going to be a hero 😛
bhajji out.. Raina shows bhajji how to bowl off spin.
Im telling you guys its FIXED!
I have no dobut it is 🙂 But how will it end? Sachin to play a match-saver with 5 stitches in his hand ? or redemption for CSK – 3rd time lucky?
Mumbai will lose, Mahek told me a long time ago that they will make the finals and then lose.
MI has to loose, DHoni brand is getting bigger by the day, they need to cash in on that: see two of the biggest brands in India MSD and SRT in the final!
I thought the KXIP vs CSK match in Dharamshala was fixed, Irfan pathan , length balls outside off stump! seriously? WTF was that!
We gotta keep an eye on Mahek. Is he any good with stocks?
I dont know. You wanna be our test run?
so both teams are at the same score after 13 overs. 2 overs of bollinger is going to decide who wins today.
Time-out time. Just a quick update folks –
At Germany right now , with the different timezones and shitloads of work, I couldn’t catch a breath, and when I did, I buried my sorrows with some bier 🙂
Normal posting will resume this week. After all the IPL hoopla, we shall get onto more important things such as Football, the T20 world cup and so on.
GERMANY!!!?? I am jealous!! Awesome!! Congrats! Did the volcanic ash look pretty?
Actually, outside of the aviation issues, we really didn’t see much effects of it here in this place. Just awesome weather !!
I’m back at india next weekend though!
Germany? oh well.. got some ash in ur drink?
Sachin escapes, BIG TIME. He got a hand on that one for sure!!! Rudi gets it wrong.
Adi, what the fuck is Raina doing!
Rayudu showing some brilliance there. I really like this fella when it comes to batting.
SRT escapes. Rayudu cashes in.
Not this time- Sachin gone. Vijay takes one of his frozen-statue catches.
wow wow.. SRT gone!!!.. vijay again takes his catch.
@Purna – True – Like him or hate him, Raina got Durbs out, and that’s good for all of mankind
@adi – I was a little surprised too, saw some highlights and Pathan definitely doesn’t bowl stuff like that in general.
@ Kanda – RAINA TAKES A STUNNER!!!
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
MSD the original puts MSD v1.343535 in his place – 1st ball dismissal 🙂 Great catch from Raina.
an over of bolling followed by murali will test them severly.
raina. takes a good catch.. Jakati makes for his earlier follies.
@Kanda – no ash in drinks man – just pure frothy goodness 🙂
Did Sachin hurt his hand or his head? WTF is Duminy in there for when Pollard’s waiting to get in?!?!
Match fixing, match fixing, match fixing
Pollard Hype will come crashing down I am sure !!!! hit good bowlers man not s$@t medium pacers!
No doubt Pollard is hyped up a lot, but I still think he’s a better bet than JPD at this stage isnt he?
Folks Quick take – what really happens to the Champions leage SF? Will Inter get through or will Barca overcome the odds?!
Inter will go through 😛
Purna how dare you?! Wash your mouth. NOW.
the public DJ goes : ” Ganapathi bappa” ..crowd goes “moreeyaa”
What the!
OMG! Duminy ahead of Pollard! is he injured or something! or are they backing him to score 40 in 2 overs or something ? :O #MIfail
@MYJAG : I saw the match in the stadium and could see the stupid balls sail into my stand one after the other in disbelief!
MI banking on Pollard pyrotechnics in the last 2 overs. But alas, “Ammavasa soru thinam kidakkathu”.
Translation: You cannot have new moon lunch(mostly free) daily.
hahaha , true Kanda . Law of averages always catch up. In a way , true for MI too – all the victories in the group stages…and now they look shaky in the finals
Sunny Gavaskar takes a slight dig on Rudi there 🙂
OMG! Duminy ahead of Pollard! is he injured or something! or are they backing him to score 40 in 2 overs or something ? :O #MIfail
@MTJAG : I saw the match in the stadium and could see the stupid balls sail into my stand one after the other in disbelief!
How is the stadium atmosphere Adi? I’d love to see a couple of good games at the stadios!
JPD goes. Do we see Pollard in now? or does MI feel that Zak is actually a vastly improved batsman these days?
Another good catch from csk. Ambani looks at his 900k loss. Small change.
Pollard is in, I am appalled. Surely Zaheer Khan is a better batsman!
Who will bowl 19th over? Morkel or Raina?
Dhoni
I nominate Jogi.
Holy crap…Pollard threatens big time!!! he’s taking bolly to the cleaners. Way to sustain our interest MODI GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
WTF? is pollard is going to do it? oh no!!!. i dont want him to do this again. oh please.
DAMN!!! Pollard is killing it!!!!! I think bollinger just shit himself.
It was good actually better than an ODI anytime, was always bored to death during the middle overs!
watched both of them in D’shala! lots of star spotting and got pics clicked with DC players ( gilly,rp,ojha.. etc) in the market! no security almost so it was possible and awesome surroundings as you could see on TV ! 🙂
will go for more next season! 🙂
If Pollard wins this! IPL IS FIXED!
I think its just last minute fireworks so people tune in next year 😛
oh shit… the game totally changes.. what the hell will dhoni do now?? Pollard seriously turning it on.
This HAS to be fixed! the team losing and then the most expensive buy getting you through?!?! WOW!!
HAHAHAHA Albie in to bowl!! :-))))))
Pollard opts to take strike against Albie. This is going to be quite an interesting 4 deliveries folks.
will dhoni allow bolli to bowl last over?
i think he will. There’s no other option simply because pollard is killing everyone.
Holy crap. Pollard almosts decapitates Albie and the umpire.
anything less than 20 runs is not safe in the last over.. 2 more balls to go. a wicket is precious now.
Why is Rayudu upset??! That was smart cricket
Rayudu Run out – not exactly sacrificing his wicket like the commentators are putting it. I really think he was forced out of the crease!! 🙂
Albie with his hand on Hayden’s shoulder. Purna, did you ever think you’d see the day?
Yeah, I sent him a warning. But damn, how lucky is Albie to get Pollard’s wicket?
Pollard is gone.
pollard says FO to rayudu. SMG says good team spirit.
Wow…as much as I never used to be a big fan of MSD, I have to admit that he really has some cricketing brain , undeniably good field placement there. How about a straight mid-off AND a deep long off at the same time?! damn cool.
wonderful captaincy and they are taking the cup.. wooo hoooo..
Hayden does the only good thing he has done in the campaign
raina all over the place today. MoM for sure.
And Raina MoM! 🙂 WOO HOO hahaha!
India’s the only place where we’ll STILL here summer of 69 in public places and people love it! man, Bryan Adams can conduct 364 shows in a year in India, play the same 5 songs, and every one of them will be sell-outs.
Vohoooooo!!!!!!
Superb captaincy by MSD! 🙂
Pollard stupid Magic ends! I think Bollie’s prev over ( 18th over) to pollard was fixed!
As much as I dislike MS Dhoni, I am relieved that Mumbai didn’t win
oh…thats great!!!.. some cheer for me..csk won today..
so all here.. let us all cheer for MI lose.
Congrats to the CSK squad, the management and fans. One thing for sure – I definitely think they have the best ownership, management and some good team players and not some prima donnas.
Congrats to MI for an excellent run but not getting through in the final hurdle. Their time will come. Just get ride of Bhajji and accelerate the process 🙂
Thanks to everyone here. YOu guys have been great throughout the tournament and seriously awesome with your quirky and witty remarks. Love ’em.
Normal posting resumes from tomorrow onwards at MTJAG – more cricket, football and whatn ot!
Hello, what about the comment of the day? It’s the only reason I come here 😛
SMG is usual.. SRT hard sell… yes sir we know he was great this year. But he was not so in the last 2 edition.
Any idea why MI lost today?? Bhajji missed Nita Ambani today in dug out.
Yss MI lost! that was the most Important thing actually! 🙂
MI shown reality! 🙂
Stupid decision to send Pollard after first Bhajji, then Tiwary and finally Duminy! They paid for it Big time! MSD was Brilliant with his field placing, should silence his critics now! ( aka Purna 😛 )
Oi! I never said he wasnt a good cricketer, but I don’t like him.
Winner : CSK, bowling coach : Venky
Runners UP : MI, head coach : Robin singh
you talk about the irony in life. The booted out coaches showing finger to BCCI
which one do you guys nominate?! 🙂
Purna why don’t you nominate 🙂 ?
Purna shall have the honour 🙂
so what is the comment of the day, Purna?
Alright I might just have to choose if Purna doesn’t respond in 5!
is purna missing in action? if so vicky u can do the honours.
GAK! Sorry! Had to go do something for the house. I nominate Kanda and his bucket/ravi comment
Alright then- even I was thinking of the same! Congrats Kanda!!
thanks to one and all !! check in tomorrow for more action – the sporting kind 🙂 I ‘ll put the comments up in the right spot in a bit! 🙂
oh thats great purna.. thanks..oops sorry guys i didnt prepare final thank you speech like lalit modi.
You can win more of this kanda! It’s not like you are getting fired now! 😛 No farewell speeches from you!
True Aditya!
The comment of the day is up in it’s rightful place 🙂
Modi seemed to know that he might get out tomorrow eh?
Yes he has been suspended by the look of things!
http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/457273.html
Dude,
first of all, sorry for the absence yesterday. Had a bit of a get together at a friends place for the final. Kept tweeting intermittently though.
So you’re in germany eh? Are you sick of the ash jokes already or not?