Indian Premier Leauge is gaining momentum. Lot is being aired and published abt it. We do enjoy the game and the thrill. What is your take on it?
I am a die-hard fan of Sachin and Mumbai Indians. This team is on dream run now; but will the momentum last upto the final?
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ट्वेंटी-२० वर्ल्ड कप साठी निवडलेल्या भारतीय संघातील खेळाडूंपेक्षा सचिन खुपच छान खेळतोय सध्या. पण तरीही वर्ल्ड कप मध्ये खेळणार नाही असं जाहीर केलंय त्यानं. असो.
ReplyDeleteत्याच्या अनुपस्थितीत नवीन मुलांना खेळण्याची संधी मिळतीये.. केवळ त्याच्याच नाही, सौरव, राहुल, अनिल यांच्या जागा भरणारे अजून तरी मिळाले नाहीत आणि लवकर मिळणं अवघड आहे. असो.
बाकी, यावरून आठवलं, आपल्याकडे सध्या 'युवाशक्ती', 'नवयुवक' वगैरेंना जरा जास्तच भाव मिळतोय असं मला वाटतंय. जिथे बघावं तिथे 'आता युवांना चान्स द्या' छापातील मागण्या येताना दिसतायत.. जसं काही तथाकथित ओल्डीजनी सगळी वाट लावलीये आणि युवक येऊन ते सगळं नीट करून टाकणार. क्रिकेटचंच उदाहरण घेतलं, तर राहुल किंवा सौरव १-२ डावांत अपयशी ठरल्यावर 'त्यांना हाकला', 'म्हातारा झालाय' वगैरे एक्स्पर्ट कॉमेंट्स नाक्या-नाक्यावर आणी निवड समितीतही उमटू लागतात. का बरं? युसुफ पठाण, रोहीत शर्मा, सुरेश रैना वगैरेंनी थोडी वाट बघितली संघात येण्यासाठी तर त्यांचं टॅलेंट वाया जाणार आहे का? राहुल अजूनही सुंदर खेळतोय.. डावाला आकार देण्यात त्याची हातोटी आहे. मग जितकी वर्षं तो उपलब्ध आहे, तेवढा वेळ त्याच्याकडून सेवा घेण्यात काय हरकत आहे? इतर बाबतींत आपण ऑस्ट्रेलियाचं उदाहरण पदोपदी देत असतो. पण, इयान हिली निवृत्त होईपर्यंत गिलख्रिस्टनी वाट बघितलीच ना? ग्लेन मॅक्ग्रा निवृत्त होईपर्यंत मिशेज जॉन्सन आणि स्टुअर्त क्लाक्र्क बाहेरच बसलेले होते. मिशेल जॉन्सन मिळाला म्हणून मॅक्ग्राला हाकललं नाही त्यांनी.. असो. पुढच्या पोश्टेत बाकीचं...
@informreform and Gaurav: hmm.... IPL is making quite a wave these days. Unfortunately, being more of a Football lover than Cricket lover, I can't exactly give some useful inputs regarding this matter. Gaurav has raised nice point and he is one knowledgeable person in this matter. So I think I will leave it to experts! :)
ReplyDeleteअनीश,
ReplyDeleteकसचं कसचं [ लाजेने चूर झालेला चेहरा ]
Hey sir was wondering why this topic isn’t coming up? I LUVVVVVVV IPL. A big fan of it. Thanks to the brains of Mr Lalit Modi that he has given us the highest form of entertainment through this IPL. Well, as far as supporting is concerned, I favour good cricket. Ya, Mumbai is doing really well. But as you have seen a match can turn at any moment. If one batsman can make a difference with a good innings, one good over can turn the tables in your favour. I have not missed even a single IPL match till now. Well sir I want from my heart the Mumbai Indians win but we should also see that all the matches they have played till now have been on their home ground. Their real test will start from the second round.
ReplyDeleteBeing in office, the TV is right next to me and I rarely happen to miss the action. But I wonder how long the IPL fever will remain. I want to ask all those who are big IPL fans: Don’t you guys get irritated watching the same non-cricketing scenes again?
It’s the same cheerleaders dancing with the same moves, the MRP logo on the balloon with the commentator saying that the MRF pace academy is doing a great job since the past 20 years and ZK is a product of it, the big screen saying ‘fetch it’, ‘cunning shot’ and many such monotonous adjectives, it’s the shot of the same DJs dancing to their own tunes, the same scenes of a man lighting up crackers on the roof of the stadium, of the spectators shouting out the countdown declaring the end of the strategic time out, of a few fat spectators winning the ‘catch contest’ and so on…
Well apart from the nail-biting finishes there is just nothing that is keeping me intrigued to the matches. All in all I can say the over presentation sucks! And Sony Entertainment Presentation needs to get a bit innovative.
PS: I cant read wat Gaurav is writing. I suppose the font is missing
@Nisha
ReplyDeleteI know just exactly why you and most other girls / women hate cheergirls so much.........
@Topic
Well, basically, IPL is a money spinner thing, pure entertainment, and siphonin max money out of gullible people, which, all countries are filled-to-the-brim with, wincluding those guys who vote in reality shows, buy merchandise, support teams / people with full-on passion n stuff...
You can see it from the fact that people are playing "Oonglii Cricket", buying IPL T Shirts and SMS-ing Man of the match predictions (to win nothing) etc, while the organisers are introducing killer bats and bringing boundaries closer so that there will be more sixes..............game balance be damned.
I hear of truckloads(in fact nation-loads) full of gullible people supporting Mumbai Indians and KKR as if those guys are playing for state / city pride or it is going to make their 'ilaake-ka-naam-raushan' etc...I wish I could tell em, "C'mon, do you really think they're out there doing this for anything other than big bucks ?" But if course I won't tell em......After all, I'm to go into advertising and the more the gullible people, the more the sales, the more I'll mint money....:)...And guess what, with people lyk that, I wouldn't feel too bad about it either.....:D
As far as game overdose is concerned, I wouldn't be too optimistic...In India at least, I seen n know of people who'll watch watch ten year old TEST-matches, that too between Zimbabwe n England, so you know how it is about Cricket in India.......:P
Meanwhile, what I really love IPL for is the off-field controversies, slapgate incidents, ugly-comments-turning-into-uglier-spats, etc, which (for me) are def more entertaining.......I hope we have more of them this year too.
P.S. My best wishes to Sania Mirza for her new Love-Game! (Pun-Intended)What say,Sohrab ? :P
Well i jst did not mention about the cheer girls Aseim... wonder how u jst noticed tat point?? ;P
ReplyDeleteमी क्रिकेट पाहत नाही.... :( so no comment on this.... पण चागला व्यवसाय सापडलाय सगळ्याना....खेल का खेल और बिजनेस का बिजनेस.....एक छोटीसी गेन्द और उसके पीछे [बाइस(?)] लाखो दिवाने......
ReplyDelete@Nisha
ReplyDeleteI notice what matters. if I couldn't spot controversial stuff to make fun of, I wouldn't be.......me.....;)
दुसरं म्हणजे, वीजेची उधळपट्टी.. हा विषय इथे टाकणं बरोबर आहे अथवा नाही,माहीत नाही. पण आपण आयपीएलबद्दल बोलतोय म्हणून इथे मांडावासा वाटला..
ReplyDeleteज्या दिवशी दोन सामने आहेत, त्यातील दुपारचा सामना सोडला तर बहुतांश आयपीएल ही रात्री खेळली जात आहे. अमाप फ्लड लाईट्स, सोई-सुविधा, रोषणाई बघताना मे महिन्यात वीजेची काय अवस्था असेल, याचे रम्य विचार मनात येतात. आता मनसोक्त उधळपट्टी चालू आहे या स्पर्धेच्या निमित्तानं वीजेची. माननीय शरदचंद्रजी पवार ( शेतकर्‍यांचे तारणहार, जाणता राजा वगैरे वगैरे
सगळं Included ) यांना त्यांचं हुकमी कुरण असलेला शेतकर्‍याला किती वीज मिळतीये, हे माहित असावं कदाचित !
एका स्पधेसाठी आपण इतकी वीज वाया घालवू शकतो? जर एवढी वीज तयार होते आपल्याकडे तर इतर वेळी ती कुठे असते? एखादी महत्त्वाची स्पर्धा सुरळीत पार पाडणं, ही देशाच्या दृष्टीनं अभिमानाची गोष्ट ठरते. मान्य. पण नुसत्या या दिखाव्यावर किती वर्ष समाधान मानायचं?
असो. पुढच्या पोश्टेत बाकीचं गुर्‍हाळ..
Agreed totally wid Gaurav. Same with the huge ad billboards and lighted malls, and their equally lighted (empty!) parking lots while people out there r dying to get power. Since da the companies that advertise are so rich anyways, why are they not forced by da government to install solar panels for lighting up their ad boards at late night ? It's nutty.
ReplyDelete@ Gaurav, you have raised a valid and yet very much neglected point. Is it possible to measure the electricity consumption during IPL, at venues and million households? If that can be done, it could be a major story.
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