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MANPREET GONY of the Chennai Super Kings must have once dreamt that a day will come when his name will be written in golden letters in cricket’s history. But it has happened so early that it is a surprise even for him. After some years, a question will surely be asked in cricket quiz competitions – “Who bowled the first delivery of IPL-2?” Whatever be the reason, his name will be taken with respect in the future.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) season 2 kicked off on Saturday, April 18, with Cape Town’s climate being the first spectator. For a moment, the organizers thought the rain would play spoilsport. I must say that the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi must have cursed himself that he opted to host the event in South Africa and not in England.
With God’s blessings, the event titled as ‘Manoranjan ka baap’ by the Set Max channel began as planned. The stadium packed up. The spectators looked relaxed with a glass of beer in their hands. It looked more of a picnic spot rather a cricketing event. Neither Modi nor Cricket South Africa (CSA) would mind it.
The opening match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings kicked off with Dhoni winning the toss and deciding to field first. Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya opened the Mumbai innings. As expected, the duo gave the team a good start with the southpaw dominating the pair.
After Jayasuriya got out scoring 26 runs of 20 balls, it seemed as if
the team would not be able to put up a big total but the Little Master
came to the team’s rescue. He continued his good form and scored an
unbeaten 59 in just 49 balls with seven boundaries. At the end of the
first innings, Mumbai had scored a competitive total of 165.Cricket experts thought that 166 runs was a chaseable target as Chennai Super Kings, last year’s runner up, had a superb batting line up. With players like Dhoni, Flintoff, Hayden, Raina and Oram, it never looked that they might have to face too many problems. But as the gentleman game’s shorter format is said to be unpredictable. It turned out to be true. Chennai, in reply, just managed to score 146 runs. The big guns failed to deliver that required knock.
The next game was played between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers was played at the same venue. Last year’s winner and bookies favourite stepped into the ground. The Royal Challengers, with Kevin Pietersen leading the side, kicked off on the wrong note. Its first two wickets fell down with no score on the board. But at last, India’s Wall Rahul Dravid came to the team’s rescue and scored 66 of 48 balls with eight fours and a six.
If God allowed Vijay Mallaya, the owner of the Bangalore franchise owner, to ask Him one question, Mallya might have asked, “Why do I invest in any kind of sports?” His cricket team’s performance is the same as that of his Formula One team Force India. Bangalore, at last, managed to put up 133 on the board.
Later, the most exciting part of the game was not Rajasthan’s performance with the bat, but Shilpa Shetty’s (co-owner of Rajasthan Royals) comments, “I am very happy with my team’s performance,” said Shetty.
But it was never expected that Rajasthan’s team would crumble down like a pack of cards. The players, and finally, the gorgeous co-owner must be in a state of shock. Shetty must be in a state of wonder as it was the same team she talked about half an hour ago. The Rajasthan team just managed to score a mere 58 runs, the lowest in IPL’s short history.
The first day’s show is over. Many more still to go. The opening response has proved that cricket could become a global sport, provided there are the right people and there is environment.
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"Sports"
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports (a common name for some card games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors.
With football season coming off to a roaring start, it makes me beginto think about what sports really are; or rather what the generalpublic considers a sport. The textbook definition of a sport is "Anactivity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and oftenengaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where thephysical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primarydeterminer of the outcome (winning or losing)." If that were truly thecase, then why is it that the only sports that are publicized in truehigh regard are the same four we generally see all the time. Football,Basketball, Baseball and Boxing; maybe every so often you may see areport on a golf game or skateboarding competition?
Notto say that the previous four I mentioned aren't the ONLY mainstreamsports in the world. Soccer and Tennis is more of an internationalsport following as opposed to it being as wildly popular in the states.The real question I'm trying to ask is, when are some of thenon-physical sports going to have their time to shine? I don't mean todownplay our mainstream sports, but for an example…I don't believe thatin football the only hard workers are the players themselves. I thinkthat the drumline bands and the cheerleaders should also get some sortof recognition as well. When will there be televised chess matches?When are people going to become more excited about Brunswick Bowlingtournaments? When will there be endorsements for players in theChampionship Gaming Series?
There is even a world championship forRock, Paper, Scissors?! Having that type of talent for such a complexactivity deserves some sort of acknowledgement. But I suppose in orderto have that type of appeal the sport has to be entertaining on camera.So I suppose I shouldn't hold my breath waiting for that televisedWorld Pogs Championship then. Oh well.
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