*Official* Indian Premier League 2012

[salman85]

How seriously do Indian Selectors take the IPL when choosing their squads?Just curious.

 

[TT Boy]

Great thing about the IPL is seeing Steyn and Morne against the South African batting lineup. Not a pretty sight so far. Levi completely pwned by Steyn the other night and Morne takes Faf out in 1 ball.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Lol CSK taking lessons in running from Watson.

 

[Jarquis]

CSK plenty short imo

 

[MW1304]

Ashwin running scared haha.

Delhi look a good team if they can bowl like this. Batting is immensely strong.

 

[MrPrez]

Great thing about the IPL is seeing Steyn and Morne against the South African batting lineup. Not a pretty sight so far. Levi completely pwned by Steyn the other night and Morne takes Faf out in 1 ball.

Levi and Faf aren't exactly our star batsmen tbf.

 

[Satguru]

Great thing about the IPL is seeing Steyn and Morne against the South African batting lineup. Not a pretty sight so far. Levi completely pwned by Steyn the other night and Morne takes Faf out in 1 ball.

Yeah
Levi honestly looks like a ****house batsman to me... terrible technique, looks really ungainly and has pretty much just one shot for every ball... that awful looking pull-sweep-hoick whatever it is over midwicket

 

[theegyptian]

haha dug the rug with the impressive fielding.

 

[MW1304]

Always find it weird watching two guys who have just faced each other in a series bat together.

 

[MrPrez]

Yeah
Levi honestly looks like a ****house batsman to me... terrible technique, looks really ungainly and has pretty much just one shot for every ball... that awful looking pull-sweep-hoick whatever it is over midwicket

AWTA.

He's gun for T20 imo, but techincally he's absolutely terrible.

He managed to break all of Kallis' school records at Wynberg so he must be doing something right though

 

[Nate]

I've somehow picked the IPL winner every season. My call for this year is Kolkata.

 

[Cabinet96]

Kevin Pietersen is so good when on form. Can't think of a current player who has a bigger contrast between their best and their worst, in terms of both performances and the way they look when batting.

 

[Contra]

Kevin Pietersen is so good when on form. Can't think of a current player who has a bigger contrast between their best and their worst, in terms of both performances and the way they look when batting.

Ironic as it is, Yuvraj is another player who has prolonged slumps and peaks and either looks awesome or ugly while batting, although it's mostly in ODI's with Yuvi.

 

[LegendaryProtea]

AWTA.

He's gun for T20 imo, but techincally he's absolutely terrible.

He managed to break all of Kallis' school records at Wynberg so he must be doing something right though

Maybe Kallis was just rubbish as a schoolboy lol. I am still unconvinced by Levi, he can hit a long ball but his shot selection is terrible at times. Steyn just embarrassed him and whilst Steyn would have done that to better batsmen, it isn't a great sign. I fear he will just be a one-hit wonder, sort of what Brendon McCullum has been to the IPL.

On another note, the worst thing about the IPL is the commentary. Sivaramakrishnan a couple of days ago saying something like "Oh, that was nearly a Karbon Kamaal catch, if he had held it then it would have been a citi moment of success but unfortunately for the fielding side, it was another DLF maximum." Do they have to do this every single year? It's so irritating.

 

[Satguru]

Maybe Kallis was just rubbish as a schoolboy lol. I am still unconvinced by Levi, he can hit a long ball but his shot selection is terrible at times. Steyn just embarrassed him and whilst Steyn would have done that to better batsmen, it isn't a great sign. I fear he will just be a one-hit wonder, sort of what Brendon McCullum has been to the IPL.

On another note, the worst thing about the IPL is the commentary. Sivaramakrishnan a couple of days ago saying something like "Oh, that was nearly a Karbon Kamaal catch, if he had held it then it would have been a citi moment of success but unfortunately for the fielding side, it was another DLF maximum." Do they have to do this every single year? It's so irritating.

Yeah, its terribly annoying, but seriously, Sivaramakrishnan's commentary is dog-poo even outside the ipl... why the eff does he say "running the first one hard..." every time a batsman takes runs between the wickets, even if he's just WALKING!!!!

 

[LegendaryProtea]

Indeed. His commentary is absolutely atrocious for a standard international match but for IPL, it's just unbearable. To be honest, I hate most of the commentators in this year's IPL. Why is Harsha not doing commentary?

 

[Manee]

Maybe Kallis was just rubbish as a schoolboy lol. I am still unconvinced by Levi, he can hit a long ball but his shot selection is terrible at times. Steyn just embarrassed him and whilst Steyn would have done that to better batsmen, it isn't a great sign. I fear he will just be a one-hit wonder, sort of what Brendon McCullum has been to the IPL.

On another note, the worst thing about the IPL is the commentary. Sivaramakrishnan a couple of days ago saying something like "Oh, that was nearly a Karbon Kamaal catch, if he had held it then it would have been a citi moment of success but unfortunately for the fielding side, it was another DLF maximum." Do they have to do this every single year? It's so irritating.

I love the shameless sponsorship. I think its really funny.

 

[Cevno]

As long as it means paying less channel subscription money in order to watch, don't care that much.

 

[LegendaryProtea]

I suppose so, but the IPL is free-to-air in the UK so it's just misery for those of us who receive no benefit from it. Also, I hate the absolutely pointless interviews with the players and coaches while the match is ongoing. Invariably a wicket ends up falling and the guy being interviewed gets interrupted so we can go back to the commentary box and the whole feeling of excitement is lost. They always ask the same question anyways. "How is the team gelling?" "Have you practiced your fielding?" "What do you think of your team's position right now?" "What is a good total on this pitch?" I can't believe those interviewers get paid to travel around the country, watch cricket matches and only have to ask the odd question or two during an innings.

 

[Manee]

I suppose so, but the IPL is free-to-air in the UK so it's just misery for those of us who receive no benefit from it. Also, I hate the absolutely pointless interviews with the players and coaches while the match is ongoing. Invariably a wicket ends up falling and the guy being interviewed gets interrupted so we can go back to the commentary box and the whole feeling of excitement is lost. They always ask the same question anyways. "How is the team gelling?" "Have you practiced your fielding?" "What do you think of your team's position right now?" "What is a good total on this pitch?" I can't believe those interviewers get paid to travel around the country, watch cricket matches and only have to ask the odd question or two during an innings.

I live in the UK, I still love hearing Danny Morrison go "ah, that's a DLFer".