Indian Premier League 2014

[Cabinet96]

So much brainless cricket, and i've only seen 3 overs.

 

[Contra]

Still can't believe that Johnson bowled a bouncer instead of a yorker in that second over, just ridiculous.

 

[91Jmay]

Still can't believe that Johnson bowled a bouncer instead of a yorker in that second over, just ridiculous.

Just coming to post this. That was the stupidest moment in the stupidest section of a stupid game.

Great to watch though. IPL is a really good spectical, and on balance I reckon its good for the game.

ducks

 

[Esperance]

ishant sharma in disguise.

 

[James]

For those of you interested, this is how Cricket Web Fantasy Cricket saw the various players performances across the tournament:

Position	Player Name	Points
1.	Robin Uthappa	1008
2.	Dwayne Smith	871
3.	Suresh Raina	853
4.	David Warner	848
5.	Sunil Narine	810
6.	Glenn Maxwell	772
7.	David Miller	756
8.	Akshar Patel	737
9.	Yuvraj Singh	701
10.	Ravindra Jadeja	701
11.	Mohit Sharma	676
12.	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	651
13.	Wriddhiman Saha	646
14.	Jean-Paul Duminy	625
15.	Shakib Al Hasan	622
16.	AB de Villiers	615
17.	Rohit Sharma	600
18.	Virender Sehwag	600
19.	MS Dhoni	575
20.	Brendon McCullum	570
21.	Lendl Simmons	569
22.	Manish Pandey	561
23.	Shane Watson	555
24.	Sandeep Sharma	542
25.	Sanju Samson	534
26.	Ravichandran Ashwin	530
27.	Dinesh Karthik	513
28.	Karn Sharma	502
29.	Ambati Rayudu	501
30.	Mitchell Starc	500
31.	Karun Nair	500
32.	Shikhar Dhawan	492
33.	James Faulkner	491
34.	Ajinkya Rahane	489
35.	Lasith Malinga	487
36.	Pravin Tambe	480
37.	Faf du Plessis	473
38.	George Bailey	462
39.	Rajat Bhatia	452
40.	Piyush Chawla	451
41.	Virat Kohli	449
42.	Harbhajan Singh	448
43.	Mitchell Johnson	446
44.	Aaron Finch	444
45.	Gautam Gambhir	430
46.	Varun Aaron	430
47.	Manan Vohra	424
48.	Rishi Dhawan	412
49.	Yuzvendra Chahal	391
50.	Naman Ojha	390
51.	Parthiv Patel	388
52.	Yusuf Pathan	363
53.	Karanveer Singh	361
54.	Dale Steyn	357
55.	Corey Anderson	355
56.	Morne Morkel	349
57.	Kevin Pietersen	344
58.	Michael Hussey	319
59.	Kieron Pollard	308
60.	Suryakumar Yadav	289
61.	Umesh Yadav	287
62.	Murali Vijay	282
63.	Imran Tahir	273
64.	Steven Smith	267
65.	Jacques Kallis	261
66.	Lakshmipathy Balaji	256
67.	Kane Richardson	241
68.	Stuart Binny	228
69.	Chris Gayle	221
70.	Chidhambaram Gautam	220
71.	Kedar Jadhav	219
72.	Dhawal Kulkarni	195
73.	Quinton de Kock	193
74.	Lokesh Rahul	192
75.	Manoj Tiwary	192
76.	Ashish Nehra	190
77.	David Hussey	186
78.	Wayne Parnell	177
79.	Ben Hilfenhaus	175
80.	Kevon Cooper	174
81.	Zaheer Khan	173
82.	Aditya Tare	171
83.	Jaydev Unadkat	171
84.	Irfan Pathan	170
85.	Ankit Sharma	164
86.	Shreyas Gopal	156
87.	Ishwar Pandey	150
88.	Shahbaz Nadeem	147
89.	Brad Hodge	141
90.	Albie Morkel	140
91.	Yogesh Takawale	137
92.	Mayank Agarwal	135
93.	Cheteshwar Pujara	130
94.	Mohammed Shami	123
95.	Jasprit Bumrah	121
96.	Praveen Kumar	121
97.	Sachin Rana	118
98.	Darren Sammy	113
99.	Ryan ten Doeschate	107
100.	Shivam Sharma	100
101.	Shaun Marsh	100
102.	Vinay Kumar	99
103.	Harshal Patel	98
104.	Venugopal Rao	96
105.	Amit Mishra	94
106.	Moises Henriques	84
107.	Ross Taylor	84
108.	Ben Dunk	80
109.	Parvinder Awana	80
110.	Beuran Hendricks	80
111.	Mithun Manhas	80
112.	Chris Lynn	78
113.	Rahul Tewatia	76
114.	Ashok Dinda	74
115.	Samuel Badree	65
116.	Abu Nechim	64
117.	Nathan Coulter-Nile	60
118.	Rilee Rossouw	54
119.	Ben Cutting	53
120.	Marchant de Lange	51
121.	Pragyan Ojha	49
122.	Abhishek Nayar	48
123.	Krishmar Santokie	45
124.	Muttiah Muralitharan	45
125.	Jason Holder	36
126.	Ishant Sharma	35
127.	Rahul Shukla	33
128.	Ravi Rampaul	33
129.	Vijay Zol	29
130.	Laxmi Shukla	26
131.	Vikramjeet Malik	26
132.	Nic Maddinson	26
133.	Patrick Cummins	25
134.	Mandeep Singh	24
135.	Manvinder Bisla	21
136.	Dishant Yagnik	17
137.	Tim Southee	14
138.	Dwayne Bravo	13
139.	Parvez Rasool	10
140.	Apoorv Wankhade	10
141.	John Hastings	10
142.	Srikkanth Anirudha	3
143.	Unmukt Chand	2
144.	Iqbal Abdulla	0
145.	Pawan Suyal	0
146.	Murali Kartik	-5
147.	Jimmy Neesham	-8
148.	Andre Russell	-8
149.	Siddarth Kaul	-10
150.	Pawan Negi	-20
151.	Shadab Jakati	-25
152.	Rahul Sharma	-25
153.	Vijay Shankar	-25

 

[Daemon]

Was really looking forward to watching Zol and Chand. Pity.

 

[ankitj]

Hate that Shahrukh Khan's team won...

 

[Daemon]

IPL 2014 : I was the best Indian spinner in IPL - Harbhajan | Cricket News | Pepsi Indian Premier League | ESPN Cricinfo

Among the Indian spinners, I believe that I bowled the best.

"When I watch my matches on TV, I see that beside my name they show a ball which means I am a specialist bowler. I have more than 1000 runs (1043 runs) in T20 coming in at Nos 8 and 9. I have a strike-rate of 142-plus over 164 matches. How am I clubbed only as a specialist bower?"

That ego..

 

[Esperance]

Being rested destroyed my momentum - Maxwell

 

[hendrix]

Hate that Shahrukh Khan's team won...

I'm finding his public persona more and more like that blue-haired dude from the Hunger Games, whom I'm guessing was loosely based on Liberace.

And no I'm not getting at a homosexual vibe (although my ex who's from Calcutta swears he's gay), it's the fact that he's completely comfortable being the centre of attention at a cricket match! I mean, doesn't the guy just want to chill out and watch some cricket? I suppose he's used to all the attention. I guess it's these extreme extroverts that I find difficult to understand.

 

[Spikey]

India Cricket News: 'Adelaide 35 better than IPL ton' - Saha | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Prince EWS]

WAG. Drop Dhoni from all overseas tours ASAP.

 

[Dan]

Saha WAFG.

Always liked him. Originally because he wasn't Dhoni, now because he's actually a gun. Somehow, despite losing Dravid, the Indian team could be more likeable than ever before in its history.

1. Anyone but Vijay
2. Anyone but Dhawan
3. Pujara WAFG
4. Kohli
5. Rohit (meh)
6. Rahane WAFG
7. Saha WAFG
8. Ashwin WAFG
9. Bhuvi WAFG
10. Umesh WAG
11. Ishant (lol)

 

[Prince EWS]

Saha WAFG.

Always liked him. Originally because he wasn't Dhoni, now because he's actually a gun.

Haha this sums it up so well

 

[Teja.]

Haha, my natural instinct is to dislike Dhoni because he is the complete antithesis of things I aesthetically and qualitatively value in a player but I can't help but love him because he's just so ****ing cool.

 

[Eds]

It's a Rishi Dhawan and Ankit Bawne away from being the most likable side ever.

 

[Jarquis]

Nah, **** yas. I've been a Saha man for tiiiiiiiiime.

Needs more Ishwar Pandey, Badrinath and Iqbal Abdulla though

 

[Ace4]

Haha, my natural instinct is to dislike Dhoni because he is the complete antithesis of things I aesthetically and qualitatively value in a player but I can't help but love him because he's just so ****ing cool.

He and Bailey, are totally something else to Captain a side be it on top or bottom.