Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
After the next game, as does Gayle.
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***Official*** IPL 2009
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Got pretty bored while trying to watch the Punjab v Rajasthan game. I had to switch off the tv after 30 minutes of watching it. This tournament is already reaching a saturation point for me. I can watch the games in which the top teams play but not much else. I certainly can't watch every game. Will limit my watching to get maximum pleasure by watching more of the contests between the top 4 teams (Mumbai, Delhi, Deccan, Chennai) and some of the KKR games.
pasag
RTDAS
Yeah, it's already getting a bit much. Just too many fixtures in too short a time. Unless it's a Bangalore game or there's an Australian I want to watch like Hayden or Quiney I'm not really finding it that interesting. Same thing happened last year but it was much further in to the tourney.
biased indian
International Coach
1/4 of the game has been over so far ...have to say i am impressed with the amount of people who have come to watch the games didn't expect this big a crowd..are the ticket being given away for free ??
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Thats the weekend crowd. On Thursday and Friday the stands were half empty.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Fair enough. I would have said he is a right handed batsman playing a backfoot off drive but thats okay.
Do you have any doubt about it being a drive and the fellow being a right hander ?
I guess not. Because in the logo ....
- You can see the handle top sticking out from the top hand and the fingers are turned towards the photgrapher. This is only possible of the top hand is the left hand of the player hence he is right handed.
- The swish of the blade as shown by the light blue arc goes from the just under the hip level on the batsman's right side to over his left shoulder. This is only possible if he was right handed and playing a shot on the off side.
Now.
IPL went with this logo to an Amsterdam firm and asked them to make a ridiculously expensive trophy made of gold and studded with hundreds of diamonds and eight rubies to show the cities the teams come from. The batsman on the logo is made from solid gold but the Dutch company had no clue about the game and could not tell which hand was which. The end result is a ridiculous looking statuette of a player where the bottom hand just inches before the blade becomes the top hand and vice versa.
Have a look.
No one has bothered that it looks ridiculous. I suppose someone must have noticed. Ms Gavaskar, Shastri and the other foreign commentators go crazy talking of how magnificent the trophy is (it is a horrendous looking specimen even without the problem with the batsman's hands but thats my personal opinion so not relevant) and no one has the guts to tell Mr Lalit Modi to get the damn thing rectified form the company in Netherlands who must have charged a fortune for it anyway.
This is what happens to easy money. No one cares how badly it is spent.
biased indian
International Coach
biased indian
International Coach
DC won only 2 games last season ..they could have only improved from there any way but this start looks good 3out of 3... ojha has been wonderful to watch
Sachin, gilly and sehwag has been fined $20,000 so far last time around the same was only $1000
Sachin, gilly and sehwag has been fined $20,000 so far last time around the same was only $1000
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
I suppose so although they are not letting out the figures.
I have a sneaking feeling IPL is going to lose money again this year and the team owner's are going to begin to get jittery by the end of this season.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
The Indian community in South Africa is coming out in support. The grounds could as well be in India from the make up of the crowds.
The locals are not that many.
The other day one of the commentary team was asking amongst the crowd, "Which team do you think will win today?" and a white lady relied "I dont know which teams are playing today". The match was going on at that time !!
People who come just for a good time, for the carnival, for an evening out are not going to make many repeat visits. There are going to be other circuses in town and children dont even go to the circus every day.
In the last IPL, my big 120" screen was brand new so we had friends coming over wanting to watch the matches and have beer and enjoy. We aren't having many this time. Those who do come want to play pool after some time.
The locals are not that many.
The other day one of the commentary team was asking amongst the crowd, "Which team do you think will win today?" and a white lady relied "I dont know which teams are playing today". The match was going on at that time !!
People who come just for a good time, for the carnival, for an evening out are not going to make many repeat visits. There are going to be other circuses in town and children dont even go to the circus every day.
In the last IPL, my big 120" screen was brand new so we had friends coming over wanting to watch the matches and have beer and enjoy. We aren't having many this time. Those who do come want to play pool after some time.
biased indian
International Coach
Briony
International Debutant
Some players are not giving value for money. So far Smith is giving the least.
Who's not paisa vasool?
April 27, 2009
Shane Warne was pretty blunt when he stated that the Rajasthan Royals' top order batsmen have to fire. One guesses that he was referring to Graeme Smith although Swapnil Asnodkar too is discovering that it is not easy to tee off on South African pitches.
Here is a list of cricketers who are not offering value for money so far in the second season of the Indian Premier League We must note, however, that a couple of good knocks or good spells can quickly change numbers. It turns out that South African captain Smith is indeed currently the least paisa vasool.
Player Team From Runs Strike Rate W Eco M MVPI Money ($) PVI Age
Graeme Smith RR SA 19 50.0 0 -- 3 -6 475000 -23442 28
Ajit Agarkar KKR IND 8 200.0 0 15.5 2 -5 330000 -16971 31
Zaheer Khan MI IND 6 66.7 0 8.3 2 6 450000 14400 30
VVS Laxman DC IND 15 71.4 0 -- 3 8 375000 10369 34
Manoj Tiwary DD IND 9 69.2 0 11.0 2 13 675000 10189 23
Tyron Henderson RR SA 11 73.3 1 7.5 1 18 650000 8650 34
Moises Henriques KKR AUS 6 75.0 1 9.1 2 10 300000 7526 22
Gautam Gambhir DD IND 31 93.9 0 -- 3 21 725000 7487 27
Murali Kartik KKR IND 10 100.0 0 6.0 2 19 425000 5752 32
MS Dhoni CSK IND 57 121.3 0 -- 3 75 1500000 5447 27
B McCullum KKR NZ 25 89.3 0 -- 2 38 700000 4737 27
Jacques Kallis BRC SA 101 126.3 1 12.3 4 69 900000 4505 33
K Pietersen BRC ENG 80 109.6 3 6.8 5 128 1550000 4316 28
Jacob Oram CSK NZ 8 133.3 1 7.5 1 39 675000 4258 30
Albie Morkel CSK SA 18 105.9 2 8.8 2 41 650000 4102 27
A Flintoff CSK ENG 62 117.0 2 9.5 3 81 1550000 4088 31
Robin Uthappa BRC IND 38 71.7 0 -- 5 40 800000 7098 23
It is no coincidence that most of the names come from teams that have not started well: Bangalore Royal Challengers (BRC), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kolkata Knight Riders [Images] (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Who are the best batsmen so far in IPL 2?
Although IPL's orange cap is awarded to the batsman scoring the largest number of runs, it really makes more sense to look at a batsman who has scored the largest number of runs and at the highest strike rate.
The table below lists the top batsmen. Matthew Hayden tops the list based on this dual criterion.
Player Team From Runs Balls Strike Rate Bat Pts M MVPI Money ($) PVI Age
M Hayden CSK AUS 166 97 171.1 210.8 3 223 375000 457 37
AB de Villiers DD SA 126 77 163.6 155.8 3 179 300000 360 25
Rahul Dravid BRC IND 144 106 135.8 155.5 4 175 1035000 2034 36
Adam Gilchrist DC AUS 119 76 156.6 143.0 3 179 700000 840 37
Tillakaratne Dilshan DD SL 117 74 158.1 141.5 3 154 250000 349 32
Ravi Bopara KXI ENG 132 105 125.7 132.8 4 142 450000 907 24
K Sangakkara KXI SL 120 104 115.4 110.0 4 122 700000 1639 31
Jacques Kallis BRC SA 101 80 126.3 102.0 4 69 900000 4505 33
Chris Gayle KKR WI 95 71 133.8 101.3 3 110 800000 1970 29
Yuvraj Singh [Images] KXI IND 86 59 145.8 98.3 4 103 1063750 2958 27
Sachin Tendulkar MI IND 95 76 125.0 95.0 2 99 1121250 2265 36
Irfan Pathan KXI IND 77 57 135.1 82.8 4 151 925000 1753 24
Herschelle Gibbs DC SA 71 51 139.2 78.3 3 90 575000 1365 35
Virat Kohli BRC IND 88 80 110.0 76.0 5 98 300000 1093 20
Suresh Raina CSK IND 77 65 118.5 72.8 3 84 650000 2094 22
K Pietersen BRC ENG 80 73 109.6 68.8 5 128 1550000 4316 28
Rohit Sharma DC IND 55 35 157.1 66.3 3 89 750000 1811 22
Who are the best bowlers so far in IPL2?
IPL's purple cap, awarded to the bowler who takes the largest number of wickets, too should really be given to the bowler with most wickets and lowest economy rate.
It turns out that Deccan Chargers pacer RP Singh still tops the list based on this dual criterion.
Player Team From Bb Rc W Eco Bowl Pts M MVPI Money offered ($) PVI Age
RP Singh DC IND 70 66 8 5.7 141.5 3 145 875000 1298 23
Anil Kumble BRC IND 115 111 6 5.8 122.8 5 134 500000 1338 38
Pragyan Ojha DC IND 72 62 6 5.2 118.0 3 116 30000 56 22
Lasith Malinga MI SL 48 34 6 4.3 116.0 2 116 350000 603 25
Kamran Khan RR IND 66 54 5 4.9 103.5 3 119 30000 69 18
Yusuf Abdulla KXI SA 66 91 7 8.3 96.5 4 97 30000 89 26
Daniel Vettori DD NZ 66 79 6 7.2 93.5 3 109 625000 1234 30
L Balaji [Images] CSK IND 38 37 5 5.8 85.5 2 90 30000 86 27
D Mascarenhas RR ENG 72 78 4 6.5 72.0 3 95 100000 285 31
Scott Styris DC NZ 48 64 5 8.0 71.0 2 89 175000 393 33
Praveen Kumar BRC IND 90 117 5 7.8 70.5 4 112 300000 918 22
Shane Warne RR AUS 72 80 4 6.7 70.0 3 97 450000 1259 39
Irfan Pathan KXI IND 72 97 5 8.1 68.0 4 151 925000 1753 24
Piyush Chawla KXI IND 65 61 3 5.6 65.3 4 68 400000 1675 20
Munaf Patel RR IND 60 85 5 8.5 65.0 3 71 275000 1059 25
Fidel Edwards DC WI 72 72 3 6.0 63.0 3 65 150000 496 27
M Muralitharan CSK SL 42 37 3 5.3 60.5 2 59 600000 2604 37
Finally, another curious facet of IPL second season so far has been that teams have generally chosen to play with the same playing eleven in most of the matches -- although they have shuffled the odd foreign player.
Hence, there are a large number of expensive passengers that all teams are carrying. Perhaps that is why they are choosing to offload a few excess players. But why must these always be Indian players?
Based on the detailed IPL1 analysis carried out by Purnendu Maji in 2008. The paisa vasool index uses a model developed by M J Manohar Rao and Rajeeva L Karandikar.
Who's not paisa vasool?
April 27, 2009
Shane Warne was pretty blunt when he stated that the Rajasthan Royals' top order batsmen have to fire. One guesses that he was referring to Graeme Smith although Swapnil Asnodkar too is discovering that it is not easy to tee off on South African pitches.
Here is a list of cricketers who are not offering value for money so far in the second season of the Indian Premier League We must note, however, that a couple of good knocks or good spells can quickly change numbers. It turns out that South African captain Smith is indeed currently the least paisa vasool.
Player Team From Runs Strike Rate W Eco M MVPI Money ($) PVI Age
Graeme Smith RR SA 19 50.0 0 -- 3 -6 475000 -23442 28
Ajit Agarkar KKR IND 8 200.0 0 15.5 2 -5 330000 -16971 31
Zaheer Khan MI IND 6 66.7 0 8.3 2 6 450000 14400 30
VVS Laxman DC IND 15 71.4 0 -- 3 8 375000 10369 34
Manoj Tiwary DD IND 9 69.2 0 11.0 2 13 675000 10189 23
Tyron Henderson RR SA 11 73.3 1 7.5 1 18 650000 8650 34
Moises Henriques KKR AUS 6 75.0 1 9.1 2 10 300000 7526 22
Gautam Gambhir DD IND 31 93.9 0 -- 3 21 725000 7487 27
Murali Kartik KKR IND 10 100.0 0 6.0 2 19 425000 5752 32
MS Dhoni CSK IND 57 121.3 0 -- 3 75 1500000 5447 27
B McCullum KKR NZ 25 89.3 0 -- 2 38 700000 4737 27
Jacques Kallis BRC SA 101 126.3 1 12.3 4 69 900000 4505 33
K Pietersen BRC ENG 80 109.6 3 6.8 5 128 1550000 4316 28
Jacob Oram CSK NZ 8 133.3 1 7.5 1 39 675000 4258 30
Albie Morkel CSK SA 18 105.9 2 8.8 2 41 650000 4102 27
A Flintoff CSK ENG 62 117.0 2 9.5 3 81 1550000 4088 31
Robin Uthappa BRC IND 38 71.7 0 -- 5 40 800000 7098 23
It is no coincidence that most of the names come from teams that have not started well: Bangalore Royal Challengers (BRC), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kolkata Knight Riders [Images] (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Who are the best batsmen so far in IPL 2?
Although IPL's orange cap is awarded to the batsman scoring the largest number of runs, it really makes more sense to look at a batsman who has scored the largest number of runs and at the highest strike rate.
The table below lists the top batsmen. Matthew Hayden tops the list based on this dual criterion.
Player Team From Runs Balls Strike Rate Bat Pts M MVPI Money ($) PVI Age
M Hayden CSK AUS 166 97 171.1 210.8 3 223 375000 457 37
AB de Villiers DD SA 126 77 163.6 155.8 3 179 300000 360 25
Rahul Dravid BRC IND 144 106 135.8 155.5 4 175 1035000 2034 36
Adam Gilchrist DC AUS 119 76 156.6 143.0 3 179 700000 840 37
Tillakaratne Dilshan DD SL 117 74 158.1 141.5 3 154 250000 349 32
Ravi Bopara KXI ENG 132 105 125.7 132.8 4 142 450000 907 24
K Sangakkara KXI SL 120 104 115.4 110.0 4 122 700000 1639 31
Jacques Kallis BRC SA 101 80 126.3 102.0 4 69 900000 4505 33
Chris Gayle KKR WI 95 71 133.8 101.3 3 110 800000 1970 29
Yuvraj Singh [Images] KXI IND 86 59 145.8 98.3 4 103 1063750 2958 27
Sachin Tendulkar MI IND 95 76 125.0 95.0 2 99 1121250 2265 36
Irfan Pathan KXI IND 77 57 135.1 82.8 4 151 925000 1753 24
Herschelle Gibbs DC SA 71 51 139.2 78.3 3 90 575000 1365 35
Virat Kohli BRC IND 88 80 110.0 76.0 5 98 300000 1093 20
Suresh Raina CSK IND 77 65 118.5 72.8 3 84 650000 2094 22
K Pietersen BRC ENG 80 73 109.6 68.8 5 128 1550000 4316 28
Rohit Sharma DC IND 55 35 157.1 66.3 3 89 750000 1811 22
Who are the best bowlers so far in IPL2?
IPL's purple cap, awarded to the bowler who takes the largest number of wickets, too should really be given to the bowler with most wickets and lowest economy rate.
It turns out that Deccan Chargers pacer RP Singh still tops the list based on this dual criterion.
Player Team From Bb Rc W Eco Bowl Pts M MVPI Money offered ($) PVI Age
RP Singh DC IND 70 66 8 5.7 141.5 3 145 875000 1298 23
Anil Kumble BRC IND 115 111 6 5.8 122.8 5 134 500000 1338 38
Pragyan Ojha DC IND 72 62 6 5.2 118.0 3 116 30000 56 22
Lasith Malinga MI SL 48 34 6 4.3 116.0 2 116 350000 603 25
Kamran Khan RR IND 66 54 5 4.9 103.5 3 119 30000 69 18
Yusuf Abdulla KXI SA 66 91 7 8.3 96.5 4 97 30000 89 26
Daniel Vettori DD NZ 66 79 6 7.2 93.5 3 109 625000 1234 30
L Balaji [Images] CSK IND 38 37 5 5.8 85.5 2 90 30000 86 27
D Mascarenhas RR ENG 72 78 4 6.5 72.0 3 95 100000 285 31
Scott Styris DC NZ 48 64 5 8.0 71.0 2 89 175000 393 33
Praveen Kumar BRC IND 90 117 5 7.8 70.5 4 112 300000 918 22
Shane Warne RR AUS 72 80 4 6.7 70.0 3 97 450000 1259 39
Irfan Pathan KXI IND 72 97 5 8.1 68.0 4 151 925000 1753 24
Piyush Chawla KXI IND 65 61 3 5.6 65.3 4 68 400000 1675 20
Munaf Patel RR IND 60 85 5 8.5 65.0 3 71 275000 1059 25
Fidel Edwards DC WI 72 72 3 6.0 63.0 3 65 150000 496 27
M Muralitharan CSK SL 42 37 3 5.3 60.5 2 59 600000 2604 37
Finally, another curious facet of IPL second season so far has been that teams have generally chosen to play with the same playing eleven in most of the matches -- although they have shuffled the odd foreign player.
Hence, there are a large number of expensive passengers that all teams are carrying. Perhaps that is why they are choosing to offload a few excess players. But why must these always be Indian players?
Based on the detailed IPL1 analysis carried out by Purnendu Maji in 2008. The paisa vasool index uses a model developed by M J Manohar Rao and Rajeeva L Karandikar.
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Hayden is seriously good at T20 cricket. I know I said Yusuf Pathan is made for this format, but the difference in Hayden is his general playing style, whilst obviously trasnferaable to all formats (clearly great records in Tests and ODIs), his ability to bully the bowlers on predictable tracks is exacerbated even further.
Chennai will be thanking their stars that they have him all tournament this year. They would have won the tournament last year had he not left due to intl duties.
Chennai will be thanking their stars that they have him all tournament this year. They would have won the tournament last year had he not left due to intl duties.