Go CHARGERS!

I am personally a very big fan of cricket and when its the time for the Indian Premier League, i would love to see the scintillating performances of the Deccan Chargers. With Gilly leading the team from the front in the last edition of the event, they had no stopping to sit comfortably on the top of the points table. With the advent of T20 in the yester years, i think the result of the match is mostly depending on the runs being scored by the batsmen in a match, thereby affecting the bowlers unit. They go on to the defensive strategy. If you've got to pick wickets, the ball has to be pitched in the right areas i.e bowl good line and length. In this format of the game, the bowler's intentions are very clear. Its not how many wickets you've taken to win the match but how many dot balls in your quota of 4 overs.

The wickets are being prepared in such a way that the batsmen can get a lot out of it. And similarly, the crowd will not like a match when the team batting first scores less than 150 and then restricts the opposition. They would like it when the team scores a minimum of 200 and then the other team chasing it. So what i would like to mention is that the pitches are being batsmen friendly, which is affecting the bowlers. Imagine an exam where you've been failing consistently. The next attempt, you would not say to yourself that i have to top in the exam. All that you say to yourself is get the passing mark. Your performance here is satisfactory but not good. And your parents will also be contended with what you've done. The same is the case with bowlers in T20, where the coach of the team is your parent. In the first two balls of the over if you are going for runs even after pitching the ball in the right areas, next ball you would try to bowl a dot ball but you wont bowl for a wicket. For this i would like to blame the curators of the pitch. You never want a one-sided game but excitement in a game would make it even more interesting. Remember the thriller when India had beaten Pakistan in the finals of the first T20 world cup? You should be very fortunate to watch a cricket match like that. Last edition of IPL in South Africa was filled with a lot of excitement only because the pitch was favoring both the batsmen and bowlers where fielding will also play a very important role. And if this continues, there will definitely be a show on the bowlers in Discovery channel calling them endangered species. Finally i would like to reiterate that the pitch preparation has to be perfect. The game has to be equally poised, where the batsmen and the bowlers get a chance to perform in a game. This time my favorites are the Mumbai Indians, Super Kings and of course the Deccan Chargers. Though i may sound wierd, I will not be surprised to see the Knight Riders winning this edition too.