IPL 19th April

1st match of the day: Punjab vs. Delhi.

Thrilling match! And the fact that a 40 over match becomes even shorter. Who would have imagined, even 2 years back, that an 18 over match would actually produce results!

1st innings:
Mumbai is put to bat by Sehwag. Amazing stuff before the break by the openers. But then in comes Vettori and PooF go all the wickets! Really bad performance towards the end by the batsmen. And I so expected the last ball to be a wicket. And it was! Haha.

2nd innings:
I love Sehwag! The guy so has no respect for any bowler whatsoever. Starts and ends with a 6. LOL. And thank God the rain stopped and the match could actually produce a result. But really entertaining 2nd innings :)

2nd match: Kolkata vs. Deccan

1st innings:
This feels like the Test version of a Twenty20 match. With an average that has dropped to as low as 2.74! But then its against Deccan, who ended last in the previous season, so I guess its a battle of who sucks more. I hope the pace picks up after the break.

Ahh it gets worse after the break. Attempts are made to score faster, but wickets are falling everywhere.

And its all over. Didn't even last the 20 overs. But they did manage to get over 100. So I guess the chase shall be not so meaningless and easy.

2nd innings:
Nice start, despite the loss of a couple of wickets. Deccan has seemed to be in control, pretty much the whole match till now. Lets see if Kolkata can pull out a rabbit out of their hat here. They really need it.

Btw don't there seem to be too many needless run-outs happening?

And it ends. Deccan have done it. In style. Definitely nothing loser-ly about this one.