Sad KKR fan

The second season of IPL is on as everyone knows. It is a pretty enjoyable format of the game. I enjoy it quite a lot.

The only thing which is a bit intriguing is that though it is Indian Premiere League it is being played in South Africa! Other than that I quite enjoy it. When we go back home we can sit with a coke and some food and enjoy the game.

Everyone around me is shouting T20 is destroying the game; this is not how a match should be played and a series of similar stuff.

But I really do not see how a 5 day long game is awfully more enjoyable than the taut drama which unfolds in a couple of hours. I am not saying a Test match is a bad thing. It’s a nice format, just a bit trying on my patience.

However watching this year’s IPL has been very trying on my patience (since I was waiting for them to win); a nightmare, especially since I am a Kolkata Knight Riders fan. It’s funny how a team can be so lackadaisical towards victory. Cricket is a team game right? At least that is what I believed in at least, till I saw a few matches played by our dear Knight Riders. I mean each player comes and plays as if its gulli cricket. There is no apparent synergy in the team.

Fancy name they have got. A brilliant costume too, fashioned by the renowned Manish Malhotra (if you have no clue who that is, he is a fashion designer our country boasts of) I believe. Not that that is a surprise, considering Shahrukh (if you don’t know who this one is, well, then I guess, just die..) dearest is the promoter, proponent, advocate, stakeholder, shareholder, owner… what would be the right word I wonder.

Anyway, we have a reality show running up to the real deal( the IPL matches) , we have nice cheerleaders, we have the most controversial captaincy issue, an imported and highly learned coach.. but nothing can save the day.

Sourav Ganguly is not up to the job of leading the team. Of course he is not. I mean you just have to look at the team, perhaps it is the most unattractive array of players ever. Mr. Khan, when there is a premiere league game, the operative word is “premiere”. You select the “premiere” , i.e. , the best players. Not pick out the rotting apples in the basket at the highest price. But that is what Mr. Khan believes in, and since he is the one who calls the shots he is the one we shall all listen to.

Mr. Khan, you might suggest a certain Mr. Gavaskar to buy his own team, (he would certainly not ask you for his opinion if he did own one) but you are not doing a very commendable job with yours.