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Underdogs all the way

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Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008 and now Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009, the Indian Premier League is all about excitement and surprises. Well, I don’t want to boast, but I supported the winners in both the IPL’s. And I am quite surprised at myself for my selection.

Q who was supporting Bangalore Royal Challengers (purely because of Rahul Dravid) did many a victory dance, as the Deccan Chargers wickets fell. But who had the last laugh yeh?

Just for Laughs – Indian Premier League (2)

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Just for laughs – life around Indian Premier League (1)

Look how romantic, a boyfriend or a husband can get during IPLs….sigh!

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ins & outs – Delhi Daredevils

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  • Red and blue are the new colors of Delhi Daredevils.
  • The Daredevils are owned by the GMR Group.
  • Delhi Daredevils had an abandoned match against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2008.
  • Delhi Daredevils lost in the semi-finals to Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008.
  • Virendra Sehwag had the highest Strike rate among Daredevils in IPL 2008.
  • Gautam Gambhir scored the maximum runs in IPL 2008 among the Indian players & the most number of 50’s – 5 times amongst all players.
  • Virendra Sehwag is the Icon player for Daredevils.

ins & outs – Chennai Super Kings

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  • Chennai Super Kings franchise is owned by India Cements.
  • The logo of CSK is a roaring LION & is inspired by fact that the LION is the King of the Jungle.
  • Chennai Super Kings were the Runner Ups in the IPL 2008.
  • Andrew Flintoff of the current costliest player for CSK.
  • Both MS Dhoni, Mkhaya Ntini won 2 Man of the Match awards in IPL 2008.
  • K.Srikkanth & Film Star Vijay were all Brand Ambassadors for  IPL 2008.
  • Drummer Shivmani is the On-Ground Supporter at all CSK matches.

ins & outs – Bangalore Royal Challengers

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  • The red and the yellow colors of the Bangalore Royal Challengers are taken from the state flag colors of Karnataka.
  • Jacques Kallis was the costliest non-icon player in the RCB team in IPL 2008, Kevin Pietersen is the current costliest player of RCB.
  • RCB’s only ‘home win’ came against Deccan Chargers in IPL 2008.
  • Mark Boucher was the wicketkeeper of RCB in IPL 2008 for maximum number of matches.
  • Rahul Dravid scored the maximum runs for RCB in IPL 2008.
  • Thakkath Geete is RCB’s anthem.
  • RCB used 11 opening combinations in their 14 matches in IPL 2008

ins & outs – Deccan Chargers

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  • Sparkling Silver Blue is the new colour combination for Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009.
  • Adam Gilchrist is the Captain for the team in IPL 2009. He took over from VVS Laxman in IPL 2008 after VVS was injured after 6 matches.
  • Deccan Chronicle owns Deccan Chargers in collaboration with M Group.
  • Adam Gilchrist won the Man of the Match award for both the matches that Deccan Chargers won in IPL 2008.
  • The highest partnership for IPL 2008 was between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman when they scored 155 against Mumabi Indians.

ins & outs – Mumbai Indians

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  • Sudarshan Chakra is Mumbai Indians’ logo.
  • Mumbai Indians’ swapped Ashish Nehra for Delhi Daredevils’ Shikhar Dhawan in IPL 2009.
  • Mumbai Indians’ first win came against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2008 & against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2009.
  • Sanath Jayasuriya scored the maximum runs for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2008.
  • Jean Paul Duminy is the costliest player bought by Mumbai Indians for IPL 2009.
  • Mumbai Indians registered their first win under the captaincy of Shaun Pollock.

Indian Premier League – Info on venue

This is an informative piece that appeared in the news daily daily today which I thought was a good read….

kingsmeadKingsmead, Durban

This is the venue where Yuvraj slouted Stuart Broad for six sixers in an over, the first ever timw in a T20 match.  Seating capacity: 25,000. No. of IPL matches to be played: 16

st-georgeSt George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

Home to the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club. Seating capacity: 19,000. No. of IPL matches to be played: 7

wanderersThe Wanderers, Johannesburg

Nicknamed ‘The Bullring’: hosted the 2007 World T20 final. Seating capacity: 34,000. No. of IPL matches to be played: 8

Life around IPL

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Not that we need any reason to gang up but IPL just adds to the existing excitement of getting together! So, its time again for hi fives, lots of cheering, booing and high decibels :)

It’s a rule at my place that the team I support, hubz will go for the competing team…Its fun as we end up booing each other. Geee… And man was I happy when Rajasthan Royal won? I supported them and Chennai Super Kings from day 1. For finals my loyalty was tilted towards Rajasthan Royals and yoo-hoo we won. This year I haven’t decided as yet, though hubz  feel that Bangalore Royal Challengers stand a good chance this year; after all the shuffling and renegotiation of players.