Mumbai: The fun has just begun with IPL 2010 already 10 games old. A big weekend awaits us with all top teams clashing. But before we look ahead, let’s rewind a little. IPLT20.com looks back at some of the most interesting moments from the first week of the tournament.
Dada charging Ishant - a sight to behold: Right after the last ball bowled by Ishant Sharma, Sourav Ganguly charges towards Ishant and jumps on him as KKR beat defending champions Deccan Chargers. Scenes from the Natwest Trophy Final, with dada whirling his jersey, came flooding back to memory. Hail the Prince of Kolkata!
Yusuf, you beauty: The second match saw one of the most breath-taking innings of IPL 2010 as the Baroda Bomb exploded at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Royals’ Yusuf Pathan went ballistic scoring a blistering 100 of just 37 balls. He was about to snatch victory from the hands of Mumbai Indians who were relaxing after having scored 212 runs when he got run-out.
Sree let’s the ball do the talking: In the third match, Sreesanth made the ball talk as he first snapped the wicket of Sehwag and then got Dilshan scooping one to the fielder at mid-wicket. With the seam falling perfectly, he was soon seen working up good pace and even shared stern looks with Gambhir, de Villiers and Karthik. The Sreesanth of old was back and running quick, a welcome sight for Indian cricket.
Celeb Watch: The celebrity quotient of IPL games just keeps on increasing. The audiences saw some of the most popular stars at the games. So if Shahrukh Khan turned up for KKR, Nita Ambani and Anjali Tendulkar cheered the Mumbai Indians; Deepika Padukone chatted with Siddharth Mallya while Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra gave the Rajasthan boys all their support.
When the stars come down: Most IPL teams did not have their full strength teams to start with as some of the stars were busy with their international commitments. Those who have joined in so far are – Shane Bond, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and those who are still being missed are Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Kemar Roach, Andrew Flintoff, Brendon McCullum and Kevin Pietersen.
The future’s bright, the future’s blue: Every year the IPL throws up some new names to watch out for. This year is no different with Saurabh Tiwary, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Manvinder Bisla and lots more already doing the rounds. To see these stars play bowlers like Warne, Kumble, Steyn, Bond and hit them with such disdain definitely augurs well for Team India. Tiwary and Rayudu especially have impressed a lot of people. Manvinder Bisla from KXIP was seen slamming Kumble out of the ground on two occasions. The future of Indian cricket is in good hands.
Beaming at the batsmen: The DC versus CSK match had a few off-beat moments as Sudeep Tyagi was taken off the attack having bowled two beamers at the batsmen. One of the top bowlers for CSK last time around, Tyagi seemed to be rusty giving away 39 runs off just 1.5 overs. After going for 18 runs in his first over Dhoni brought the youngster back to redeem himself but he disappointed giving away 21 runs off 5 balls.
Tendlya is King in all formats: Mumbai versus Delhi, a traditional rivalry which will never die out. The passion was there for all to see as Sachin Tendulkar went about demolishing the Daredevils attack striking at almost 200 scoring 62 off 32 balls. Sachin seemed to be in a very punishing mood as he walked down to bowlers, played around with the field, hitting bowlers to literally all corners of the ground. It was a pity that he got out before scoring his first in Twenty20 hundred.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Yogesh Nagar!: A blinder, a miracle, one that you would go miles to watch. Yogesh Nagar pulled off an absolute cracker of a catch. Diving backwards and completely airborne, Nagar put his hand out and grabbed one at mid-off to dismiss Jayasuriya in the DD vs MI game. Undoubtedly, the catch of IPL 2010 so far.
Triple treat: It’s the first hat-trick of IPL 2010. Praveen Kumar destroyed the Rajasthan Royals in the tenth match of the tournament with a spine breaking spell. Royals were looking to up the ante as Praveen Kumar came in to the attack. Kumar bowled with purpose starting with the perfect yorker getting rid of Damien Martyn. He then bowled a good shorter one to debutant Sumit Narwal who top-edged it to be caught by a juggling Manish Pandey at fine leg. And the third, the best of the lot, was a clever slower bouncer to Paras Dogra rattling his stumps and with it, the Rajasthan Royals’ confidence.
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