by Sajed Ahmed I don't know why but for some reason I cannot take the IPL seriously. It just seems like a big budget TV series to me. I mean, think of the variety of characters that the IPL has. It has the once upon a time legends, now retired and have taken up something more civil. Kinda like Capt. Roy Montgomery from Castle whose part is being played by Shoaib Akthar. Then it has the good looking protagonists like Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell who pull off an Ian Somerhalder every now and then. For humour IPL has the comedians whose sense of humour is refreshing, something like the Pritchetts from Modern Family. Danny Morrison and gang do good justice to the roles they were offered. That being said, we also have to put up with Sidhu and his creepy one liners. There should be an auction for the hosts of Extraa Innings as well. That way there is at least a possibility that we may not have to hear Sidhu babble about cabbages and ostriches.
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by Sajed Ahmed Unfortunately for them, the Proteas retain the title of chokers that they have had for 14 years straight, in this edition of the T20 world cup. I haven’t quite been able to figure out why, A curse probably? Or maybe growing pressure to lose the chokers tag? Either way the South Africans have another year to figure out what goes wrong every World Cup Semi-Final as the 50 Over WC is scheduled for next year. As far as India is concerned, we don’t have to worry for the next 15 years. The future of Indian cricket is in very safe hands. This game was yet another proof that Indians can handle anything (except non-Asian venues).
by Sajed Ahmed The moment I got to know that West Indies was going to play the Lankans in the first Semi-Final of the ICC T20 World cup, I got very excited. It’s exciting to watch both the teams play, especially the Srilankans. West Indies maybe a little underperforming when it comes to ODIs and tests but when it comes to T20 cricket, we see a whole new energetic and rejuvenated team. The West Indies team has always brought something new into the arena every single time they play. The Lankans have always been a formidable side in every format of the game. It’s a treat to watch the Srilankan batsmen and their exquisite strokeplay. With the Lankans at the best of their game and the West Indians fresh as ever, this game was all set to be an exciting game of cricket. |