IPL has reached knockout stages now. Chennai, Mumbai,
Rajasthan and Bangalore have made it to the last 4. Mumbai has done so against
all odds. They had a very bad start to the season, and were placed at the bottom
2 of the table. There came a time when they were ruled out of the tournament,
and they had to win last 7 or so matches and still have some luck to go with it
to make it to top 4.
What eventually happened was they ended up at number two in
the table, a tremendous achievement. Being a proud Mumbaikar, that is something
I can easily relate it. My own life has been a bit like that, many times when
no one was considering me, I came out shining. I have blogged about such
examples before. Also, the saying that ‘When the going gets tough, the tough
gets going’ implies to MI in this IPL season and to me too.
This has been the most competitive of all the 8 seasons. Top
4 were not decided till last day of group stages. Every team gave good performances,
and fought hard in every match. Another highlight has been that the fielding
standards are just getting better a better, this IPL we saw some outstanding
and jaw dropping catches being taken, simply superb!
One more trend I noticed was captains winning the toss and
electing to bowl first in majority of the matches, and also ending up wining
majority of those matches. They have the confidence of chasing any total, 180
is
So the question is: who will win the most coveted crown in Twenty 20 cricket? It would sound boring if Chennai wins it; all the 4 teams are very strong. Bangalore have most match winners compared to all, Rajasthan is in excellent form, and of course Mumbai has the Mumbaikar spirit, I cannot predict who will win, but it is gonna be one hell of a fight!!!
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