This is what a fan like me always looking forward to; some slam bang matches & lots of glamour around the whole event. Yeah Ladies & Gentleman IPL season 3 is here; 45 days non-stop action and which gradually builds up to World Cup 20/20.
Amid all the speculations of security, players association revolting, terror threats, battle with news channels, battle with estranged state and moving for home games from Hyderabad to some where else. You name it and controversies are up a galore. The moral of the story is Mr. Modi knows his way of getting things done; some might want to call him an arm twister; but these are words for them to eat up coz…IPL 3 is here to stay and make a bigger impact with all the innovation done around.
With IPL in fray; one would want to argue that Tests matches are getting affected as we are loosing manyy greats to T-20. In my view Tests are holding their own fort while ODIs haven’t lost their youth yet but we all are anxiously waiting for IPL for begin as this Cricket’s current future. As this season promises lot of drama, emotions on field and more so off the field.
There will be much innovation off the field: new entertainers, new broadcast ideas. But what matters and would be interesting is the innovations on the ground. The IPL & 20/20 is still a lot of work in progress; which is not as mature as test matches. We all have embraced the scope over fine leg & slow loopy bouncers. Including element of surprise should be the modusoprandy which some time is missing and batters are ready for almost anything which would come out of bowlers hand. I would be watching and waiting for the time when batsmen set themselves up for a slower ball and think of faster ball as a variation; making fast bowling all the more exciting prospect.
Meanwhile the scoop gets even more dramatic, and all those who worried about broken jaws are still being proved wrong. Brendon McCullum against Australia was perhaps the most dramatic of all, playing the falling scoop in a manner that Rohan Kanhai, who played the peculiar but effective "falling sweep", would have been proud of. The scoop is getting finer in placement, now occasionally being played back over the keeper's head and sometimes even to third man. I'd like to look at a wagon wheel at the end of every match, to see whether the new V is outscoring the traditional one.
But there is little doubt that it is becoming important to possess the scoop, or even the paddle. But guys like Cameron white; Keiron Pollard; Yousuf pathan wont mind that as they are capable of clearing the grounds at will. There are lots of things to look forward to during this IPL. Will the Switch hit take the center stage; will batsmen would bat both right & left handed or would the bowlers bowl a ball which would never rise; the list goes on.
With all these things stored in this seasons IPL 3; it’s the uncertainty of this format which defines the more excitement. Game on Mr. Modi.
Amid all the speculations of security, players association revolting, terror threats, battle with news channels, battle with estranged state and moving for home games from Hyderabad to some where else. You name it and controversies are up a galore. The moral of the story is Mr. Modi knows his way of getting things done; some might want to call him an arm twister; but these are words for them to eat up coz…IPL 3 is here to stay and make a bigger impact with all the innovation done around.
With IPL in fray; one would want to argue that Tests matches are getting affected as we are loosing manyy greats to T-20. In my view Tests are holding their own fort while ODIs haven’t lost their youth yet but we all are anxiously waiting for IPL for begin as this Cricket’s current future. As this season promises lot of drama, emotions on field and more so off the field.
There will be much innovation off the field: new entertainers, new broadcast ideas. But what matters and would be interesting is the innovations on the ground. The IPL & 20/20 is still a lot of work in progress; which is not as mature as test matches. We all have embraced the scope over fine leg & slow loopy bouncers. Including element of surprise should be the modusoprandy which some time is missing and batters are ready for almost anything which would come out of bowlers hand. I would be watching and waiting for the time when batsmen set themselves up for a slower ball and think of faster ball as a variation; making fast bowling all the more exciting prospect.
Meanwhile the scoop gets even more dramatic, and all those who worried about broken jaws are still being proved wrong. Brendon McCullum against Australia was perhaps the most dramatic of all, playing the falling scoop in a manner that Rohan Kanhai, who played the peculiar but effective "falling sweep", would have been proud of. The scoop is getting finer in placement, now occasionally being played back over the keeper's head and sometimes even to third man. I'd like to look at a wagon wheel at the end of every match, to see whether the new V is outscoring the traditional one.
But there is little doubt that it is becoming important to possess the scoop, or even the paddle. But guys like Cameron white; Keiron Pollard; Yousuf pathan wont mind that as they are capable of clearing the grounds at will. There are lots of things to look forward to during this IPL. Will the Switch hit take the center stage; will batsmen would bat both right & left handed or would the bowlers bowl a ball which would never rise; the list goes on.
With all these things stored in this seasons IPL 3; it’s the uncertainty of this format which defines the more excitement. Game on Mr. Modi.
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