My IPL Blog

Hi guys, I haven't written in a while but want to keep u up to date as to what I'm ranting about lately. My first rant has to do with, of coure, the IPL. Before the league began, I was full of jubilation, teams of cricket all stars that would help propel cricket into a mainstream sport worldwide. Names like kallis, Gibbs, Afridi, Tendulkar, that would help the sport gain worldwide fame and entertain the masses in the process.

Well, shit hit the fan. My adopted favorite team, The Deccan Chargers, fell flat on their face in the tournament, embarrasing performances which I think I could top to be completely honest here. As a proud Pakistani, I have witnessed embarrasing performances from Salmon Ass, Shahid Afridi "Kuch Karega", and Misbah "I wish I was Inzamam" Ul-Haq. Let's take a moment to thank bowlers Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar, and Sohail Tanvir for restoring our pride, and reminding the world where the most talented bowlers come from.

But back to the Chargers, how the fuck can a team perform so badly? Afridi fell flat on his face, not doing jackshit in the entire tournament. His bowling doesnt make up for anything, and if that's the only reason he represents any team nowadays, put him at number 11 so that he can't hinder a team's innings. Gibbs, one of my favorite players, has showed us why South Africa have given up on him. Styris, shoudln't have even been drafted in the first place, the guy has never shown much value with the bat, and his medium pacers are not particularly threatening to anyone. And of course, we have our sri lankans, Chaminda Vaas "Deferens", and Nuwan Zoysa. Zoysa maybe can strike fear in the batsment based alone on his face, and Vaas should work on his english since he won't be busy playing in the IPL next season.

Perhaps we need to look at positive. The Indians, such as Rao, Sharma, ravi teja, vinjay kumar have all performed above and beyond expectations. They were the backbone of this team that prevented them from crashing to 70 or 80 all out. 2-3 of those players will represent the national team, no doubt about it. Gilly was also outstanding throughout the tournament, but his partners' instability caused him to try to play too many shots, resulting in some batting failures. I strongly believe to improve this team, we have to get James Marshall or Jamie How, either player would benefit this team in a strong way. Afridi, Vaas, Zoysa, Styris should be given the money of the remainder of their contract and be released, which I think is expected anyways. Gibbs should be given another chance. We should also get Fidel Edwards or Jerome Taylor, these bowlers are vastly underrated and would definetely strengthen the team, I'm shocked these guys weren't drafted either. here's my 09 team:

1. Gilly
2. I like Rhoti and Shorma
3. Venugopal Rao "Iftikhar Injum"
4. Andrew "don't call me Gene" Symonds
5. James Marshall/Jamie How
6. Ravi Teja "Mahal"
7. Fidel Edwards
8. Vijay Kumar
9. "Pregnant" Ohja
10. RP Singh
11. Kalyankrishna

Notes: Ravi Teja has the ability to save a team ala Michael Bevan. I like him at number 6.