lousy song....Quote:
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lousy song....Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
yeah... for a moment i thought that was the anthem song and was worried :oops: then heard the one by Blaaze; sounds nice :D
vicky should open the innings with vijay i say....
ada popa naamalum 2-3 varushmaa ithai than sollittu irukkom.. antha paiyanukku luck illai.. ippavum bench theikka vittuduvangannu than thonuthu :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourav
i was very surprised to not see him get even a single game under Dada!!
Dada odhukki vechArnA, destiny is against him0nu dhAn arhtham. Dada's exiles, right or wrong, have never flourished in Cricket. (e.g.) Murali Kartik. avar levelukku avar international cricket career pOchu. Vignesh levelku IPL career kUda kedayAdhunnu nenaikkaREn..
Dhoni's Super Kings all fired up to face Gambhir's Knights
CHENNAI: It will be a classic case of 'friends turning into foes' when Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clash with Gautam Gambhir led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening match of the IPL on Friday, less than a week after the duo guided India to their historic World Cup triumph in Mumbai.
As the cash-rich Twenty20 cricketing extravaganza gets underway at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, it will be the beginning of new era sans Lalit Modi, who was the face of the event during the first three editions.
Also this will be the first time that the league will feature 10 teams with the inclusion of Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
It will be there for all to see how the BCCI organises an event where Modi used to have a final say in every aspect. The former IPL commissioner and vice-president of BCCI has since then been suspended and now has taken refuge in London after the cricket board pressed numerous charges of corruption against him.
After a hugely successful Players' Auction which saw some of the young Indian players commanding astronomical prices, the Chirayu Amin-led IPL governing council will now look to capitalise on India's World Cup triumph which has definitely upped the stakes by manifold.
Coming back to tournament, defending champions CSK will certainly start as the overwhelming favourites against a team that hasn't been able to cash in on its enormous fan following across India, thanks to its principal owner Shah Rukh Khan.
After having failed to make it to the semifinals during the last three editions, the KKR management led SRK and co-owner Jay Mehta have gone for a revamped side with Gautam Gambhir at the helm and T20 specialist Yusuf Pathan as one of the marquee players.
With Kolkata's favourite son Sourav Ganguly no longer a part of the team, it will be a big challenge for Gambhir and his boys to start winning and get the cricket crazy Kolkatans rooting for them.
The bigger challenge will be to get past CSK who have inarguably been the most consistent team during the last three editions with one championship, one runners-up and a last four finish. The biggest strength for CSK has been their ability to retain the most of their core players save Muttiah Muralitharan who will don the Kochi jersey.
Having retained Dhoni, Suresh Raina, local hero Murali Vijay and South African all-rounder Albie Morkel, the home team bid successfully to retain spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, prolific run-machine Subramanium Badrinath, Australian Michael Hussey which gives their batting a formidable look.
The Indian captain is, however, the one who believes that it's more about the on-field exploits than the reputation on-paper.
"Our team is quite good. Like I always say, it is about what we don-field is more important than how the team looks on paper. Fitness is the key during a long tournament like IPL. If all the players are fit and available for selection, it is a very good side," Dhoni said.
The skipper was all praise for his team's batting line-up.
"The batting line-up is as good as last year. Badri, Raina is there and South African Faf du Plessis has come in. We have all-rounders and Hussey will also join in. Overall it's a very good batting line-up," he said.
Dhoni however played down the pressure factor although there is a lot at stake.
"IPL is not about less pressure. Batting slots are decided according to situation. When all are shuffled up and down the order, it's according to the situation. Batting slots from 1-3 is fixed. Then it's me or Badri. Anuruddh is batting very well for us. If we have to change the batting order, everyone has to be comfortable about doing it."
For KKR, it will be a make-or-break year. Gambhir, who hadn't exactly fired with the bat after the first edition of IPL will like to carry the confidence of his World Cup success into IPL. Also, he would like to showcase leadership skills and justify his USD 2.4 million price which was the highest during the auctions.
With the likes Brett Lee, Shakib al Hasan set to join after the Australia vs Bangladesh, KKR will depend on a lot on veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis, explosive English batsman Eoin Morgan to put up a solid show.
Apart from Gambhir and Yusuf, some of the domestic players to watch out for in the KKR squad will be Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary, former captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Delhi all-rounder Rajat Bhatia, left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdullah, seamers L Balaji and Pradeep Sangwan.
prolific run-machine badri :)
BAdri domestic matchla soorappuli Softie. nejamAvE run machine dhAn. IPL-la vERa vishayam
But indha muRai I think Vijay and Badri will flop badly. Hope Kochi picks them for next season.
Dinesh - washed out career already
Badri - washed out
Vijay - in the processs of being washed out
Ashwin - As long as Bhajji is there, no hope
ippO pudhusA bandwagon hop paNNa TN cricketer-E michcham illai. hmmm....ok, vERa vazhi illai - kamaan Anirudh!
irukkalaam plum, aana enakku therinju pona season'la avar 98% balls wicket'ku pinnaala dhaan vlaandaar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Yeah, IPL record vERa vishayamnu sollittEnE. Badri mudinju pOna kadhai. indha varushaththOda tata dhAn. Benefit year mAdhiri nenaichu vuttuduvOm for his services to TN Cricket
badhri'kooda moderate'a panniduvarnu thonudhu.... avaru mela irukka expectations - 28* to 48 runs dhaan...Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
aana enakkenavo avan pattaya kelappuna moonu match thavira mattha match ellaam paatthadhukku apram, avan avlo periya appaatakkar maadhiri therila... konjam over-rated madhiri theridhu.
Dhoni press meet paathen.. avaru Badri than most important batsman in the squad tone la than pesinar.. ada unmaithanga.. batting line-up list ye Badri vachu than start pannar..but comedy ennnanna... badri ( vera yaaraivathu kettarannu theriyala) CSK la irukkaralannu pakkathila irukkira manager kitta confirm pannikittaru.. :lol:
siva summa kelappaadha...
print adikka kudutthirundha badhri'yoda pudhu t-sirtu sattai print aagi vandhiruchanu kettaaaru.
playing XI: my pick.
vj
vicky/anirudh
raina
badri
dhoni
plessis
morkel
southee
kulasekara
jakati
ashwin
Aus players will not avail for first 3 matches right?
no Kulasekara pls, namma oor pitchula Kula bowlinga pichchi eduthiduvAnga
Kulasekaraazhwar to Yusuf Pathan - medeival mahmuds of ghazni vs indian temples mAdhiri Agi pOyidum - sooraiyAdal
Mukund/Vignesh ought to be considered for playing XI. Then season would be another success. ;)
Ok you guys compared football club with cricket teams.. CSK yaaru, Barcelona thaana ? ;)
siva, you can compare very easily csk with barcelona. Really low key but functions as a unit
Barca low key? They're arrogant bunch of whingers, cheats and lack of fair play. Their brand of football is superb however!
Can't think of any football team (past or present) That could be compared to CSK, tbh!
Anyway,
Madurai veeran dhanE for Dhoni compilation :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt5s_VPuiXo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt5s_VPuiXo
Hi Kg,
ofcourse what u say is correct. I just meant in the sense that comparing with other very successful teams they are maintaining a low key profile. you don´t hear any sort of scandal about their players etc.
Barca's scandals go under the radar because whatever Pro- is Sport/El Mundo Catalan media manifested, and all anti- is put down to Madridista led Marca. How they manage to get a player sent off in CL every year (be it Chelsea, Inter or Arsenal) by exaggerated dives/constant pressure on referee, or the recent drug scandal (needs closer inspection seeing Pep Guariola's own past, their club doctor's past, their superhuman high energy levels, & lot of barca players's past too) are all said to be 'conspiracy theories' from Madrid campQuote:
Originally Posted by sivank
IF there's any team in recent past that I'd compare CSK to, it'd be Dortmund 97. Sammer madhiri Dhoni-nu solrEn naan! Besides beating Zidane's Juve (much like Sachin's MI ). Fair play (compared to any other teams that have won CL.) Low key persona. Low key coach in Hitzfeld (much like Fleming). Etc etc
And of course, there's also yellow jersey :)
Dhoni’s Super Kings Set for More Glory
The fourth season of the Indian Premier League starts this evening when Chennai Super Kings hosts Kolkata Knight Riders. The heroes of India’s World Cup final win, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir, find themselves on opposing teams as two of this year’s strongest franchises look to get early bragging rights.
Chennai Super Kings, last year’s champions, could become the first team to retain the title thanks to a strong batting lineup and improved bowling attack after adding Nuwan Kulasekara and Tim Southee, the New Zealander who had a great World Cup, ending as 12th man in the ICC’s team of the tournament.
Kolkata Knight Riders spent big at the IPL auction in Bangalore, securing the services of new captain Gambhir for a record sum of $2.4 million. Gambhir wasn’t particularly inspiring for the Delhi Daredevils last year but he has some good support in this new-look side, which no longer features local boy Sourav Ganguly, who is affectionately known as Dada (big brother). But the team is still brimming with batting talent such as Eoin Morgan, Jacques Kallis, Ryan ten Doeschate, the first Dutchman to play in the IPL, and big hitter Yusuf Pathan.
Chennai has maintained a similar-look team to last year, while Kolkata has opted for wholesale changes. All eyes will be on Dhoni and it will be interesting to see how popular Chennai becomes now that the Indian captain has brought the India glory at the World Cup.
When it comes to popular players, nobody is more adored than Sachin Tendulkar. Watching the IPL last year in Delhi, it was striking that local fans in the Indian capital were actually rooting for the Mumbai Indians in a match against Delhi Daredevils, simply because they wanted to support Tendulkar.
The Little Master is captain of the Mumbai Indians, another strong team that has retained a nucleus of players from last year’s run to the final. Kieron Pollard is fun to watch when he’s in the mood, while Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh are top bowlers that will trouble opposing batsmen. The subplot in this team is the addition of Andrew Symonds, who had a high profile falling out with Harbhajan Singh in 2008. The two men will have to resolve their differences or else the Mumbai Indians’ dressing room could become even more argumentative than the comments section on YouTube.
Virender Sehwag leads the Delhi Daredevils this year, but he looks like a bit of a lone wolf in what is one of the weaker squads. Delhi does have Irfan Pathan, however, as well as South African bowler Morne Morkel, so the team is capable of upsets but its chances of winning the trophy are remote.
Rajasthan Royals, along with Kings Punjab XI, ended up in court last year and narrowly avoided expulsion from the IPL. Even with a watered down auction budget, the Royals managed to secure Rahul Dravid and the 2008 champions could rally from last year’s troubles, particularly with someone as gutsy and competitive as Shane Warne at the helm. There’s a strong antipodean-flavor in this squad, with Shaun Tait and Shane Watson, as well as New Zealand stars Ross Taylor and Jacob Oram.
Kings Punjab XI is led by another Australian legend, Adam Gilchrist, but the squad has been weakened by the withdrawal of two injured English players (as if there weren’t too few in the IPL already), Stuart Broad and Dimitri Mascarenhas. A pair of good Indian bowlers – Piyush Chawla and Praveen Kumar – add some bite, but this team is unlikely to challenge for honors.
Royal Challengers Bangalore contains Indian stars Virat Kohli and Zaheer Khan, the joint top wicket-taker at the World Cup, as well as that tournament’s top run scorer, Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan. Daniel Vettori is a good captain and the team also has South African wicket-keeper batsman A.B. de Villiers, who is one of the best players in the world, though he is carrying a niggling injury.
Deccan Chargers won in 2009 and got to the semifinals in 2010. The team, which looks like one of the strongest, will be led by Kumar Sangakkara, who performed wonders for Sri Lanka at the World Cup. Other international stars include South Africa’s J.P. Duminy and Dale Steyn, as well as England’s Michael Lumb who was a late pick at the auction. Lumb – an opening batsman – didn’t feature for England in the World Cup but he was a key player in the country’s march to T20 glory in the West Indies last year and is worth watching.
The two new teams will be eager to make a mark on the IPL and Yuvraj Singh, in particular, will be interesting to watch. Will he maintain the momentum in form that earned him the “Man of the Tournament” award at the World Cup? He captains Pune Warriors, and should get good tactical support from South Africa’s Graeme Smith. If Pune has success it could prompt a massive party with the fun-loving Yuvraj and Jesse Ryder in the team.
If too much alcohol is involved they’ll struggle to say this – Kochi Tuskers Kerala. This other new team is captained by Mahela Jayawardene, the World Cup final century-maker, who will be joined by countryman Muttiah Muralitharan as well as Indian stars like V.V.S. Laxman and S. Sreesanth. On paper, Pune Warriors looks the stronger of the two new teams, just.
Every team has its international stars, which is one of the key ingredients for the IPL’s success. Some of the biggest names of all will be playing tonight for Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, two of the strongest teams on paper. It wouldn’t be surprising to see these two facing each other again in the final in Chennai on May 28, and who would bet against a certain M.S. Dhoni hitting the winning runs for his team once again?
Sennai Batting :redjump:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-9KPOnSit4
Power lyrics!
Yeh Hamara Area, Andar Nahi Aana!
Super Lyrics... Pattaya Kelaputhu...Quote:
Originally Posted by lawmani
DLF IPL - 2011 - Match01 - CSK vs KKR - Highlights
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http://www.fileserve.com/file/7MUge8w
neraya teams mokkaiya irukku...semis sappanu thonudhu..:D
Hussey, Bollinger join squad!
http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/new...7275dab3b1.jpg
Chennai: The Chennai Super Kings line-up received a shot in the arm with the arrival of Mike Hussey and Doug Bollinger ahead of their Indian Premier League game against Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Saturday.
The two Aussie stars missed the team’s opening games against Kolkata Knight Riders here and the Kings XI Punjab at Mohali.
Their arrival has been not a moment too soon as the Super Kings, following the defeat to Kings XI would be keen to get back to their winning ways.
Hussey played a key role in Super Kings success in the 2010 Champions League with two half-centuries in four matches, including an unbeaten 51 in the final.
Through the Champions League in South Africa, Hussey, after replacing Matthew Hayden, opened the innings with Murali Vijay.
Bollinger, a late arrival for the 2010 IPL, made a tremendous impact with his pace and guile, taking 12 wickets in eight games and another nine in the Champions League.
replace styris, albie, randiv with hussey, vicky, bolli,.,,
ICL top run getter-i ulla kondu vaangada... :twisted:surprised to see cricinfo added him in bowlers list in fantasy game...
விக்கிக்கு சான்ஸ் குடுக்க மாட்டாங்கன்னு தோனுது.. lets see..
Well done bowling attack! Aswhin and Randiv are probably the best best spinners this IPL.
cheeka yen randhiv a ranadhiv nu sollittu irukkaru
hussey:clap:
dakalti konjam impro pannnum.
Looks like Chennai faces Pune twice in a span of 2 days. (April 25th and 27th)