IPL 2.0 has been full of action - both ON and OFF the field; On the field because of some hard-hitting, tight bowling and some "not-so-good" fielding and Off the field because of Mr. fakeiplplayer, "seedhi baat : clear hai" ad-s and media hype. To be true IPL2.0 did not start off on a very good note - opening ceremony was shady, matches weren't interesting and so on. At that time the only interesting thing was the controversies of KKR and fakeiplplayer. Gradually the tempo was generated and we had a few nail-biting last ball finishes ( some which went beyind the last ball as well ).
For me though ( being an ardent KKR fan ), IPL2.0 has been a major disappointment. What buchanan has done to the team reminds me of a similar scenario, when Greg Chappell took over as the coach of the Indian cricket team. Coincidentally, both the times Ganguly was on the receiving end. What was more disheartening was that a novice like McCullum was taking over KKR's captaincy. Not only that, Dada was also sent down the order. Well, I would like to meet Bhookha-naan one day and kick his bloody @$%........ let us not digress from the topic.
Most of us would be up-to-date with the latest happenings of IPL2.0. People from WB must be following fakeiplplayer and the greatbong. But, what I saw yesterday made me wonder whether IPL2.0 was really about cricket ( budding young players meeting experienced customers ), or was it more of an business idea - the long unnecessary strategic breaks might have answered my question. Yesterday I saw a person selling almost duplicates of IPL jerseys - the addition was that CSK had a picture of Dhoni, MI had one of Sachin, but the one and only KKR had the picture of ...... ( any guesses ) ..... SRK. I mean come on, even people selling jerseys on the streets have ironically shown out what kind of business has been going on in KKR. Since the entertainment value is so high, I would not like to comment on IPL as a whole, but KKR has been a base for business oriented and dirty politics. I will agree to the fact that the performance of the team as well as the players has been dismal; but when the owner is a narcissist, coach is a dictator, captain a disappointment and players, rebels - you don't call that a TEAM.
KKR has been a joke this time which is evident from the fact that other teams are weighing their chances ( to reach the semis ) if they still have one more encounter with Kolkata.
P.S. Everyone is writing about IPL2.0: I thought I might as well give a shot at it. Please click on the images to see the larger picture ;-).
