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The IPL Final between the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings was fantastic and i was there. Here are some pics i took.




Here are some videos i shot.

1. Players Enter
2. Laser Show
3. Jumping Jacks
4. The Last Ball, One run needed

Today happens to be the IPL final between the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Superkings. So whom do you think is going to win? Well i really dont know who is going to win. The match is going to be held at DY Patil Sports Academy. This stadium is one of the best in India and has characteristics of a South African pitch and why wont it, since the ingredients of the ground were imported from South Africa. The stadium is fantastic, here are some pics of one of the best stadiums of the country.

Yes, I am wondering what has happened to Cricket. The game has changed so drastically. Its not like before. Todays players hit so many sixes, does that mean the previous players were not competent enought. Not quite. Watch this video below and you will be suprised.



The suprise is not Lance Klusner. Yes he was a fantastic player and one of my favourites. But the suprise is the ground is very very big compared to the grounds you see in the IPL. Certainly the grounds have been made smaller to aid the batsmen to score more runs and hit more sixes. So dont be too suprised if you see any domestic player come and hit crazy amount of sixes. A six in the IPL is a catch in International cricket.

I am extrememly disappointed with Deccan Chargers game. They were the favorites to win the IPL but they didnt even manage to win half the matches they have played, yesterday was their 8th consecutive defeat. So what went wrong?

Well not much, poor bowling, followed by poor fielding and almost equal poor batting performance. Mind you this side has renowned big hitters like Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds(has left now to play for Australia), Shahid Afridi, Scott Styris and Herschelle Gibbs, and there bowling attach aint too bad either with pacers like R.P. Singh, Nuwan Zoysa and Chaminda Vaas. All of these bowlers bowl absolute crap i am sorry to say. The match against the Knight Riders, every second ball was a full toss and smacked for 6. Batting is appalling, since Adam Gilchrist comes and goes pretty soon, Shahid Afridi thinks he is superman and wants to hit a six on every ball and Gibbs just doesnt perform. He too has the tendacy of Afridi. While Scott Stiris thinks he is playing a test match, nudging every ball for a single and then giving the long on fielder a pretty easy catch. However there is one player who has really suprised, its Venu Gopal Rao, who has played fantastically, however one man cant alone win the battle. The Deccan Chargers are represented by a charging bull, the mascot for the chargers which signifies strength, power and aggression while the red and gold bands on the flag stand for dominance and victory. I think it should be opposite of that. I had a chance to meet the chargers some time back, will write about that some time later with some pics of the stoppables, i managed to take.