Another thing. Ticket prices are also decided based on the fan following for the home team. CSK tickets start from 700 whereas a KXIP or PWI ticket rate starts from 350,400.
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Another thing. Ticket prices are also decided based on the fan following for the home team. CSK tickets start from 700 whereas a KXIP or PWI ticket rate starts from 350,400.
IPL is pure entertainment-nga.....oru family outing maadhiri. Namma stadium enna five star hotel-aa, naaL muzhukka veyyil-la eppadi family-Oda match paakaradhu? Water bottle kooda allow paNNa maataanga, have to buy from inside, they give water in paper cups :roll:
Veyyil thaazhndha aprum 6 maNi vaakkaa stadium pOnOmaa, team practice panradha paathOmaa, cheerleaders, electrifying atmosphere, damaal dummeel fours and sixes, full paisa vasool for 4 hours.
SS..with tests being pinnacle it should be charged premium...this has been the case all around the world...case in point http://tickets.lords.org/
adhu Britis culture, chee-thoo adhu namakku vENaam :notthatway:Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
Test matchukku pOyi stadium fullA ukkAndhirippAinga, vettippasanga.
namma weightu, namma power theriyaNumnA, yaanai vilai kudhirai vaichchu IPL ticket viththA dhaan sarippadum.
wizzy,
Ideally yes. but its not an ideal world.
The Super Kings Begin Arriving
With the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the IPL Championship just about a week away, the home team is coming together in the city in preparation of their practice camp. The Super Kings camp has been a bee-hive of activity over the past one month. Final touches are being put to their marketing plan, practice pitches are in place, support players for bowling have been identified and preparations are in full swing. The team has got a boost this year with the launch of their spectacular fan video, Chennai Super Kings Ku Raise your Hands launched the day before.
The players are arriving in batches and will be at full strength by the first week of April 2012.
Currently, player manager Russell Radhakrishnan and Physio Tommy Simsek are already in the city.
March 27, 2012 – Will see a host of players arriving including Shadab Jakati, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikanth, S Badrinath, M Vijay, Yo Mahesh and Wriddhaman Saha, Coach Stephen Fleming and Scott Styris
March 28, 2012 - Gregory King, Physical Trainer and Andy Bichel – Bowling Coach will be in the city
March 29th will see the arrival of fielding coach Steve Rixon
April 1, 2012 will see the entry of George Bailey, Albie Morkel, Faf Du Plessis, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja into the city
Nuwan Kulashekara and Doug Bollinger are expected in the first week of April
April 2, 2012 will see Captain M S Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo in the city
April 30, 2012 will see the entry of Michael Hussey and Ben Hilfenhaus
Schedules are being worked out for the rest of the players.
Bolli-kku injury illa :pink: Bailey in great form these days :thumbsup:
Anyone bought the 700 Rs ticket for the first match?
All 700 Rs tickets for first match sold out on Sunday itself....Went to Triplicane for a function on Sunday, oru 11.30-kka Stadium pakkam pOnEn....malai paambhu maadhiri neeeLamaana queue in koLuthum veyyil....apdiyE about turn dhaan :oops:
MSD great at hiding emotions: Raina
CSK star reveals the secret behind his and his team’s IPL success
At his best with the bat, he owns the midwicket boundary. His authoritative drives and cuts bear the uncanny attractiveness of a left-hander. While fielding inside the circle, he’s a bundle of energy and agility. According to Jonty Rhodes, he is currently the “best fielder in India”.
All these aspects of Suresh Raina’s cricket are well-documented. But talent needs other qualities to fulfil its promise, and Raina has those too. He’s a committed young man with a strong work ethic. He swears by the words of his seniors and coaches. Despite scaling the peak of stardom and riches at the young age of 25, he remains humble. There is an effortless friendliness in his demeanour even if he’s speaking to you for the very first time.
Some of these traits shone through in his chat with iplt20.com, where he spoke about CSK’s IPL success, his favourite left-handed batsmen and coaches and the lighter moments shared with his CSK teammates.
IPL Success
Being the highest run-getter in IPL is amazing. God has been very kind. We’ve done really well as a team and fortunately I’ve contributed in all four seasons. I’m really looking forward to the fifth season and playing with the new players that are coming in the team, like [Ravindra] Jadeja. Hopefully, I’ll do well this time too.
Batting at No.3, my role is very important in the side. Every time I get a start, I try to finish the game. We have [Michael] Hussey, [Murali] Vijay and myself batting at one, two and three, which forms a very formidable top order. I’m a positive player by nature and that’s how I’m expected to play.
IPL has taught me how to handle pressure and bat in difficult situations. Recently, in the CB Series, we chased down 321 under 40 overs against Sri Lanka. Virat and I put up 120 runs in nine odd overs. We could do it because of the IPL, where we’re often faced with such situations.
I always give my 100 per cent, irrespective of whether I’m wearing the blue jersey or the yellow one. As a professional cricketer, each game is a challenge for me.
Being a Super King
The secret behind CSK’s success is that we always stand by each other – in victories and defeats, joy and sorrow. We always help each other out and celebrate each other’s success, which is very important.
My funniest moment in IPL was when I almost pulled off Doug Bollinger’s hair out after he picked up an important wicket. I didn’t know he had just got a hair transplant done. He swore at me, saying, ‘If you ever touch my hair again, I’ll kill you’. I didn’t go anywhere near him the next time he got a wicket. I have downloaded that video. We still watch it and have a good laugh.
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The amount of respect and money we get from the IPL is outstanding. But when we play cricket it’s all about the team. Playing and winning games together has a different high.
CSK didn’t do too well in the 2011 CLT20. We hope to get back on track with this IPL. This year is going to be a challenge for us as the other teams must have figured us out in the last four years.
MS Dhoni – leader, finisher and friend
Dhoni is a very good leader of men. He knows what to tell each player and gets the best out of him. He always believes in his players. It is that belief which won India the World Cup and took us to the No.1 Test spot.
The best thing about Dhoni’s captaincy is that he ensures the environment in the dressing room is always cheerful and positive. When that happens, you can beat any team in the world. He shares a very good equation with the players and the support staff.
People think MS is very calm under pressure. But being his friend I know that calmness is only a facade. He does a very good job of hiding his emotions. The way he conducts himself in such situations shows the toughness of his character. There’s so much one can learn from him. He doesn’t think about the past or worry about the future, just lives in the present moment.
Southpaw mentors
Luckily, my last three coaches have been left-handers – Gary Kirsten with the Indian team and Kepler Wessels and now Stephen Fleming with CSK. I’ve also benefitted a lot from having seniors like Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden in the CSK camp.
Stephen Fleming is the friendliest, most dashing and disciplined coach I’ve ever had. He’s also one of the most wonderful human beings I’ve met in my life.
The best advice that Fleming gave me was, ‘Stay away from the cheerleaders and focus on your game’.
Sourav Ganguly is my favourite left-hander. I spoke to him at Lord’s and he told me, ‘You have the talent, the strokes and plenty of time on your hand. Keep up the good work and have fun. Have faith in your ability and enjoy the moment’.
As he prepares for yet another action-packed season in the yellow jersey, Raina has made some notes for himself. “Be honest, stay humble, add value to the team”, he says. If he persists with that, it will bode well not only for CSK but for Indian Cricket at large.
Super Kings aim for a hat-trick of titles
S. DINAKAR
The Indian Premier League is a happy hunting ground for this big cat. Will the Lion roar again for Chennai?
The Chennai Super Kings will be aiming for a spectacular hat-trick of titles in IPL-5. It's a predatory outfit that picks and chooses it moment to attack. It's also a clever side that responds to situations and creates difficult scenarios for the opposition.
Not surprisingly, CSK is the most successful IPL team; it has triumphed in the IPL twice, reached the final and the semifinal of the competition once each and also won the Champions League.
And it has a strong captain in M.S. Dhoni. His calm exterior, the ability to absorb pressure and tactical nous have ensured CSK's stay at the top. The captain remains one of the most potent finishers in the shorter formats of the game; he keeps his mind blank but gets the opposition bowlers to blink first at the death.
This said, the burden of expectations will be on CSK this time around. In how Dhoni's men cope with this stress, lies their biggest challenge.
Coach Stephen Fleming will surely chip in with his inputs. He will seek to drive home a sporting truth – winning is a habit and teams that do not fear defeat win more.
In the IPL territory, moves off the field – in the auction – can be as crucial as ones on it.
Having the reputation of a franchise that uses its money wisely, CSK's signing of left-arm spinning all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for two million dollars surprised many.
While the jury is still out on the expensive buy, the CSK has its reasons for roping in Jadeja. On surfaces where the ball grips, Jadeja's brand of left-arm spin could be valuable for the side.
He could combine effectively with the versatile R. Ashwin in the middle overs to build pressure on the batting side. Although Shadab Jakati has turned in some useful displays for CSK overs the years, there was a feeling that he was becoming rather predictable.
Jadeja's ability with the bat and his fielding ability could also be assets to the team.
The CSK is a formidable force at Chepauk and the spinner-friendly conditions are once again likely to favour the host. Ashwin, with his ability to contain and strike at different stages of the innings, will be a key player. Sri Lankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv, who sent down some influential spells last season, will be around too.
Yet, batting remains the team's stronger flank. Murali Vijay, back after tending to a wrist injury in Australia, can be explosive in T20 cricket, both with conventional strokes and the ability to bludgeon the ball over the on-side field. Suresh Raina has a range of inventive strokes of power and finesse. S. Badrinath offers the side both solidity and enterprise.
Michael Hussey will miss the first seven matches due to his commitments for Australia but this will provide CSK with an opportunity to field a new opening partner for Vijay. Abhinav Mukund and Anirudha Srikkanth will be in the fray.
Albie Morkel's big hitting can dent the opposition morale while his pace bowling – he has a handy yorker – can still make an impact. Left-armer Doug Bollinger's incision and accuracy can pose searching questions to the batsmen. When Ben Hilfenhuas joins the side following the Australian tour of the West Indies, his right-arm swing could complement Bollinger's methods. CSK also expects much from the home pacemen such as the tall and rejuvenated Sudip Tyagi.
The spirit in the camp reflects the bonding in CSK. Belief is a key attribute.
Come April 4, CSK, the big cat, will be on the prowl again.
Chennai Super Kings commence training for IPL V
Friday, Mar 30 2012
The training-cum-conditioning camp of the Chennai Super Kings kicked off at the franchise's home venue, the M A Chidambaram Stadium in the city today. The team's coach Stephen Fleming, bowling coach, Andy Bichel, fielding coach Steve Rixon and trainer Gregory King are supervising the camp. A large contingent of the home team was put through various fielding, batting and bowling drills for a solid three hours at the first camp.
The team began their training session with a series of physical workouts under the watchful eyes of their trainer, Gregory King. Post the warm-ups the team split into groups for fielding, bowling and batting practice. S Badrinath and Abhinav Mukund had an extensive session at the nets and both were in good nick, with Badrinath in particular practicing his lofted shots. Scott Styris, M Vijay, A Srikkanth and Wriddhiman Saha had their hits at the net as well.
Sudeep Tyagi, Yo Mahesh and Shadab Jakati bowled for over an hour under the watchful eyes of Andy Bichel.
Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match of IPL Season V on 4th April 2012 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Chennai Super Kings player arrivals – update
The Chennai Super Kings will see a sizeable number of their players arriving in the city over the next few days. Pace spearhead, Doug Bollinger is slated to arrive tomorrow post which some of the big guns are expected.
The training camp for the Super Kings began yesterday and over the next few days the team will be hard at work at the nets. Joining them shortly will be
March 31, 2012 - Doug Bollinger
April 1, 2012 – Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja
April 2, 2012 – M S Dhoni
April 3, 2012 - Faf Du Plessis and Albie Morkel
April 3, 2012 - Dwayne Bravo and George Bailey
April 8, 2012 - Suraj Randiv
April 10, 2012 - Nuvan Kulashekara
April 30, 2012 - Ben Hilfenhaus and Michael Hussey
du Plessis spins Titans to T20 title
Fad du Plessis spun the Titans to victory with a return of 4 for 24 after his team posted an imposing 187 for 6, batting on the same pitch that was used for the Twenty20 between South Africa and India on Friday night. The Titans had the advantage from the get-go when Lions' international signing Dirk Nannes was ruled out of the match with a hamstring injury. Ethan O'Reilly replaced Nannes and battled with his lengths throughout, conceding 45 runs in his three overs
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Where and how can we fit him?
Mukund out of IPL 5 for 10 days due to injury :-( Adirshtam ketta paya, opener slot-la amsamaa ukkaarndhirukalaam. May be Anirudh will open with MV. Ellaa teams-layum compare paNNum pOdhu weakest opening pair namma CSK thaan :sigh2:
AB- Kings Club members-kku tickets announcement on the CSK website...F Lower Rs 500-kku tharaangaLaam.....
Pls gimme the link
Saw it yday afternoon, ippo link is not there on the website, adhukuLLa tickets ellam viththu pOiduchO? :think:
Dhun Bldg 4th floor-la today and tomorrow between 10-5 PM Kings Club members tickets vaangikalaam-nnu pOtrundhadhu. F Lower at a special price of Rs 500 ( only 2 tickets per membership). I need 3 tickets, adhanaala my husband wasn't keen to go and stand in the queue.....vEra matches-kku paathukalaam, MI match vendaam-nnu sollitaar, I left it at that.
The King enters his Den
Monday, Apr 02 2012
The man with the Midas touch reaches Chennai. He led India to glory in the inaugural World Twenty20, raised a toast to the nation by winning the cricket world cup, lead the most consistent franchise - Chennai Super Kings to title twice and also won the champions league - all in a span of 3 years.
Off the field, his fondness for fast bikes marked him as Mr.Cool, and with a haircut that made news across the country, the cool quotient never waived. In tune with the name, he was hardly seen flustered on the field either. For the cricket crazy Chennai fans, the IPL has truly begun with the entry of the Super Cool King.
Scorps,
Only 100+ tickets were issued to the Kings Club members and the rest were sold in black. The angry fans who've been waiting from 6 am in Dhun building, broke the glasses in the India Cements office and police arrived. They had talks with both the parties and the IC management agreed to issue 500 more tickets. I got one too..
Wow! ticket vaangiyaachaa? :thumbsup:
F Stand eppadi, angErndhu view eppadi-nnu feedback kodunga.
CSK vetRiyOda thirumbhi vaanga :redjump:
Ajay :thumbsup:
Innaiku playing eleven ennava irukkum? Who are those who didnt arrive yet? what are our chaces today? MI looks formidable :shaking:
Hussey , Hilfenhaus , Kulasekara and Randiv are not available. Mukund injury. Dougie and Morkel will be there for sure in the playing eleven. Recent form consider panna Bailey irukanum. 4 varushama 4ae match thaan aadirukaan ippo Australia captain aagitaan yethum veladuraananu papom.
I guess the eleven will be
Vijay , Bailey , RAina , BAdri , Dhoni , Morkel , Jadeja , Bravo/du Plesis, Ashwin , Tyagi , Dougie.
Mumbai jevikirathu konjam kastam thaan. Paakurathuku RAjini padam maari irukaanga :shaking:
^so Dhoni could play jogi and jadugar in the same team :lol:
JJ nu irrukum :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
Dhoni drops a bomb in y'day's press conference saying Ashiwn is an option for the opener slot :cheer:
^Bailey will open
:shock: ithu eppa? But, I think Ashwin can do well there too :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by scorpio
Today's The Hindu sports page....He had mentioned that Faf, Anirudha or Ashwin are opening options along with M. Vijay. Dhoni acknowledged that Faf is in good form.....need to see if Faf gets to play today....Albie, Bravo, Bolli, Bailey-nna Faf-kku enga chance irukku?
Vijay :banghead:
Vijay payaluku bahtila Ashwin opening yerkai vidalam pola. Oru season ku oru century adichitu team la maindain aagikitu irukaan. He is batsman bajji.
mathavangaluku chance kondugappa..CSK winning for the third time will kill the goose.
adhu final'la dhanae...
Paavam ajay :d
^is he watching the massacre live? :lol2:
I think so. He posted he got tickets. Ayyo paavam
Chennai Super Kings look to bounce back against Deccan Chargers
VISAKHAPATNAM: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings would look to bounce back after their humiliating defeat against Mumbai Indians in the campaign-opener when they take on a depleted Deccan Chargers in their second IPL fixture on Saturday.
Chennai, the most consistent side in the short history of IPL, were beaten fair and square in front of their home crowd by Mumbai in the inaugural match of the season on Wednesday and they would look to register their first win of the edition against Deccan, one of the weaker sides this year.
The side led by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not look like a team chasing a hat-trick of titles with their key batsmen failing miserably and bowlers coming a cropper to lose against Mumbai by eight wickets. They could post a meagre 112 and lost the match with 19 balls to spare.
Much will depend on the combine of Dhoni and Suresh Raina to secure Chennai's first win on Saturday. Both have not been in the best of forms recently and they would look to make a mark for their team tomorrow.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, the costliest player at this year's auction, came a cropper against Mumbai, but he can be a match-winner any day with his all-round skills in home conditions.
Two other key players, Australian Doug Bollinger and Ravichandran Ashwin -- their pace and spin spearheads -- would also be eager to make a mark quickly in the tournament against a side which will be without captain Kumar Sangakkara who would be missing tomorrow's match due to national duty against England in Sri Lanka.
Deccan, on the other hand, are one of the least fancied sides this year with some of their key players having to sit out of the tournament.
They failed to progress to the knock-out phase last year and finished seventh. This year, the Hyderabad-based side will miss the services of India pacer Ishant Sharma who underwent surgery on his ankle recently.
West Indian Darren Bravo, who has been compared with the legendary batsman Brian Lara, will also not be available as he will be doing national duty at home in the Test series against Australia starting tomorrow.
Much of Deccan's batting responsibility will fall on Australian Cameron White, South African Jean-Paul Duminy Indian players Shikhar Dhawan and Parthiv Patel, this year's only big signing.
On the bowling front, the outcome of the match could depend on South African tearaway pacer Dale Steyn and Indian leg-spinner Amit Mishra. Mishra was the leading wicket-taker for Deccan last season, with 19 scalps.
IPL 2012 - DC vs CSK, Match 6: Statistical Highlights
• Suresh Raina took his runs` tally to 1865 (ave.35.86) in 64 matches - the most by a batsman in the IPL.
• Dwayne Bravo (43 not out off 18 balls) recorded a strike rate of 238.88 - the highest in the present tournament, outstripping the 210.00 (42 not out off 20 balls) by Irfan Pathan for Delhi Daredevils against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 5.
• Bravo`s knock is his highest for Chennai Super Kings at the IPL. His five sixes in the innings are the most by a Chennai batsman against Deccan Chargers in an IPL match.
• Ravindra Jadeja became the ninth bowler to register a five-wicket haul in the IPL. He has joined Sohil Tanvir (six), Anil Kumble, Ishant Sharma, Lasith Malinga, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel and Lakshmipathy Balaji.
• Jadeja (5/16) recorded a career-best bowling performance in Twenty20 - his first instance of five wickets in an innings.
• Jadeja (48 off 29 balls) recorded his highest innings in Twenty20.
• Jadeja is the fourth player to be dismissed hit wicket in the IPL, joining Misbah-ul-Haq (Bangalore), Swapnil Asnodkar (Rajasthan) and Musavir Khote (Mumbai).
• Jadeja`s bowling figures are the best by a Chennai bowler in the IPL. Lakshmipathy Balaji was the first Chennai bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings.
• Jadeja`s performance is the best by a bowler against Deccan Chargers, bettering the 5 for 17 by Amit Mishra for Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on May 15, 2008.
• Jadeja became the first all-rounder to produce a five-wicket haul and register a 40-plus innings in the same match in the IPL history.
• Chennai Super Kings` 74-run victory is their third largest by runs margin in the IPL - the two biggest are by 92 runs against Bangalore in 2009 and by 78 runs against Deccan Chargers the same year.
CSK Web site ranks number one
Chennai Super Kings may not have had a great start to IPL-5, but its Web site ranks number one among all IPL team sites, according to a global analytics survey.
The CSK Web site is ranked 3,802 in India and 1,12,107 globally, ahead of its IPL contemporaries. The ranking was done by Alexa, provider of global Web metrics.
It has come out with a report of the top 50,000 Web sites globally. CSK is followed by Deccan Charges with a ranking of 7,767 in India and 1,67,996 globally.
Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab come in next.
CSK's Facebook page was recently ranked as “one of the fastest growing pages in the world”, said a press release; the page currently has over almost 1 million followers.
Scoring less than 120 twice in 3 matches is not expected from a team which bats deep till No.8. What is happening? :(
Siggya maatha vachuruvaanga pola irukke? :think: