First IPL Attracts People!

The first version of the IPL 20-20 is a grand success. The cricket lovers from all over the world are enjoying the game and it attracted big mass from the Indian citizens.

It would be the first time ever that a Indian cricket lover from Chennai or Hyderabad or Delhi wanted Sachin to get cheaply, if not in zero.

It also had the relationship built across cricketing countries like Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. The Indian plyaers shared the hotel rooms with foreign players and it should have improved the relationship.

The young Indian players had the opportunity to learn the culture of other countries and also the art of cricket from the experiened players like Gilchirst, Ponting, Fleming, McGrath, Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Jayasuriya, Ntini, Muralitharan, Pollock, Smith, Warne, Gibs, Watson, Hayden, Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, Dhoni, etc.

Though fair play award was announced, there were few stray incidents that happened which no one liked:

Harbhajan slapped Sreesantha and was banned for the remaining IPL matches. When the incident happened, Mumbai had 11 more matches to play. He lost 3 crores of Indian Rupee which is the match fee. He was later banned for 5 ODIs by the BCCI.

Warne complained that Ganguly was not sportive after Ganguly made Warne and his team wait in the hot sun for five minutes. Ganguly also did not accept the umpire's verdict when he was caught at mid wicket. He forced the umpire to refer the third umpire which ruled in favor of Ganguly because the replay was not conclusive. Later, the umpire was suspended for one match for listening to the player and not taking his own decision; Warne and Ganguly fined 10% of match fee.

Bangalore Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallaya fired his CEO Charu Sharma for the poor performance of the team. Brijesh Patel was brought in as new CEO. He openly critized both Charu Sharma and captain Rahul Dravid for not allowing him to pick the players he wanted during auction.

Mumbai Indians franchise owner launched an official complaint against the third umpire Suresh Shastri for the poor decisions. One run out was not given for Kings XI Punjab and a run out was given during Mumbai batting. Sachin mentioned that he those two runs could have saved the game for Mumbai Indians.

The media reported a rift between Kolkata Knight Riders owner Sharukh Khan and the skipper Ganguly over couple of issues. It was reported that SRK approached Ganguly to help him by talking to West Bengal CM on Entertainment Tax issue. The only ground in which entertainment tax is applicable is Kolkata and with Knight Riders playing 7 of their matches in that ground, forced to pay the tax, which SRK wanted to avoid. Ganguly did not help him. The other issue is about the decision of batting first or second in the match against Chennai Super Kings. SRK wanted Ganguly to bat second, but Dada batted first. Kolkata lost it by D/L method by 2 runs.

We have to wait and see how this tournament will be taken forward after the current T20!

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Dravid says, T20 may not help in longer versions

"Success in T20 may not automatically translate into success in the four-day Ranji or Tests," Dravid, whose team will take on Kings XI Punjab here tomorrow, told a pre-match press conference here.

He said batsmen scoring runs in T20 cannot be rated as better player because they will need to prove themselves in the longer version of the game.

"T20 is unique and lot of young Indian players are excelling in this format. Whether they can take this confidence to the next level is debatable. It's not going to be easy and the skills with which you achieve success in T20 may not help you give you success in Ranji and Tests," he said.

He also said, "It's hard to rate what is a good performance in this format."

"Whichever team you are a part of, you want to win and want to do well," he said.

Dhoni into Singing!

Dhoni will be singing for the first time in an album! He will be singing in Hindi for his IPL team, the Chennai Super Kings. He has been roped in to get more attractions into the team and also for selling the CDs and most importantly attracking the kids.

Already, Dhoni is the hero in the minds of many young Indians and kinds.

By entering into music, he will surely be a competition to others! Guys, get ready to listen to Dhoni!