Yet Another IPL post!!
Alright, someone pass me salt and pepper, I need to eat my words. Will eating a straw hat do? I do not have one, but I can make up with Vihaan's straw hat for the time being. Ketchup will be an additional incentive for eating this one.
Well, to people who think I am speaking total gibberish, I am referring to the comments I made in my previous blog about Royal Challengers, Bangalore, about them being the underdogs and that they would not probably make it to the semifinals of the IPL this year.
But what a come back. Anil Kumble's (Hail the ex-RVCEite) intelligent captaincy and bold decisions worked out in his favor and came to Bangalore's rescue. The match against Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers yesterday just was the icing on the cake. Not to miss out on Manish's first Indian century in the IPL history as well. This match was a total 'masala' chat, if I can say that. ;)
I still hold on to the content of that blog though. I do have an identity crisis still, but well, I have stopped worrying about that too much. I kind of like all the four teams that have made to the semifinal and so one team against the other would not pose too much of a problem. I would have picked possibly Mumbai over Hyderabad, but that is still fine.
I am very pleased that the Kolkata, Mohali and the Jaipur teams are out of the semifinals. Not to take anything away from the teams, I like the men. But I am totally averse to making cricket only a visually appealing sport, in terms of promotions, cheerleaders, crazy out fits and crazier stars as owners (sheesh!!). The focus shifted from cricket on to SRK, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty. And yes, I know that Katrina Kaif is a brand ambassador for the RCB, but yet she is not in the limelight, the team is, Anil Kumble is. The other teams hardly ever project their owners too much.
All the best RCB and Anil Kumble for the semifinals and (hopefully) the finals. All the best Dhoni, Sehwag and Gilchrist for your respective teams. Hope we have some exciting matches ahead as IPL draws to a close.