Comments: 83 

Posted by nikkam on (March 12 2010, 12:45 PM GMT)

CSK has a good chance of reaching the semis. It is not an issue to decide who is better based on our regional preferences. the format is so short that it allows any team to win on its day. Only a few balls or shots changes the complexion of the match completely and the best team is the one whch is prepared to deal with such issues. The city based franchises were a novel methos to commercialise and bring the cricket fan closer to his home base. such practice was already there in our domestic set up but it lacked the fan base. The previous two editions have shown that any team can win. So there is hope for every team. A point to those who harp on indian captains in the IPL - past two editions have been won by foreign captains. Thugh I am a CSK fan i also support MI and KKR who i feel are the dark horses for the tournament.

Posted by SanjeevAkki on (March 12 2010, 05:43 AM GMT)

@@@@ssenthil @ my comments doesnt talk about regionalism and all... I'm just supporting RCB being an Bangalorean...... My prediction of 5-2 doesnt mean that i'm talking abt regionalism and all....Its just a prediction at the end of the day... One thing i want to advise you is that supporting a particular team doesn't mean that he is talking abt regionalism here...So Next time before making any comments think twice and Comment... As Far as RCB V/s CSK goes...... wait maadi for 23 March and see:-)

Posted by Jr.Jumbo on (March 11 2010, 16:54 PM GMT)

@Senthil: How can u say that CSK will CONTINUE to be consistent wen u can degrade RCB. If its for future leave it for future. We all watch IPL as an Indian league but some people start off with their regionalism. Wen people like us talk about facts they will stop it. As u said wait for the result and then get back to the thread. U cannot comment on any players unless u r a cricketer and understand them. First learn to love your players. I am an hardcore Dhoni Fan. Since he is in CSK, doesn't mean that I should hate him. When u talk about consistency RCB is most consistent team in IPL. U know how the players were in RCB in IPL1. They were written off as a Test team and CSK lost inspite of that. It takes courage to make that team play and gain consistency. That is what RCB have achieved in the recent past. If u don't mind MI beating CSK, its ur problem. U need not say that here. @prabaharanaece:We are talking about the captain of CSK. Y don't thet have TN player as a captain of CSK...?

Posted by RajeshSuyambulingam on (March 11 2010, 16:29 PM GMT)

you cant read much from a 3-2 verdict considering it is not a 5 match series thing. of the 5 matches 3 matches were close, CSk won one by a huge margin and RCB won one by 6 wikckets. So it is not really a big indicator. lets see what happens coming 2 matches.

Posted by prabaharanaece on (March 11 2010, 13:19 PM GMT)

saikalchar if tn had got such a good player then wat was the necessity for csk to get dhoni as the captain(who is not from tn)???? what a foolish cry. for eg. Satish is also a tamil nadu player. but play for Assam in Ranji and Mumbai indian in ipl. u mean to say there should be no movement within states in india.?????

Posted by crickesh on (March 11 2010, 06:31 AM GMT)

Nice to see people fighting about local tallents in country ... dirsturbing facts were two thinng 1) Fighting for where they belongs to (How does it matter whether Dravid is Tamil or Kannadiga) 2) By local tallent you always mean state players( Why cant Delhites have rights to support for Karthick??) If thats will be the case then Dhoni should not play for any team and so is Raina! I also belongs to City which has its Ranaji team and not IPL team. so Should i follow my "local" guys in all teams?? Lets be fan of a team ..not a State again :) CSK is good team as their local players are strong .. they were unlucky twice like DD, lets see how it goes this time.

Posted by ssenthil on (March 11 2010, 05:55 AM GMT)

To all RCB fans, 3-2 scoreline is not the final out come and in T20 even Aus existed from the First Round last year still CSK and DD are the only consistent Team in the IPL so far and will continue to be. Not like first year zero last year hero and again zero this year. For Mr.SanjeevAkki, don't go overboard even before the IPL starts. Wait for the Final result, CSK never worries abt the Scoreline with RCB and we worry about the final out come and everyone in the world knows Chennai people are the best sporting people in the Asian country. What happen in Mysore in the Ranji final also known to everybody. We used to take it easy always and never ever being Narrow minded. Don't thing it's about playing the regionalism here. Watch the IPL as an Indian not only a RCB fan. I love Sachin much more than Dhoni (Infact I hate him) and I don't mind MI beats CSK still I love to watch Sachin bat.

Posted by raghu1122000 on (March 10 2010, 20:19 PM GMT)

@rsb85.. sorry but u are showing ur stupidity and playing the regionalism card here. the guy told karnataka players.kannadigas and karnataka players are two different things. all karnatakans are those who are have lived, blended with karnataka for years and made it their home. Dravid is one such guy(Does he even know tamil.. thats an other qustion). and when he says karnataka players it includes all kannadigas and non kannadigas who belong to karnataka and that is what he means to say when he says local talent. so what is local talent for you.. marathis. no doubt u play the regionalism card. secondly , yes kannadigas do have talent. dravid failing in captiancy doesnt mean he doesnt have talent or the other localites arent talented. that is a strange inference...infact kumble(who again is a local talent) bringing the team from the verge of collapse to the finals of IPL says a lot about the local talent. vinay kumar and abhimanyu mithun are again local talents and leading wicket takers

Posted by rsb85 on (March 10 2010, 17:19 PM GMT)

@saikal buddy u are a statiscia but mate is dravid kannadigan ok jus read this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dravid .. he is a tamil iyer from tanjore ...ok first shocker ..next if kannadigas have so gr8 local and indian talent why did they change dravid with pietersen and kallis and oly after all foriegners kumble was given chance ...crippled mind huh...for mallya its like changin mugs yaar...kumble who took 5 wicket haul in ipl1 did not find place in most matches bcoz of his eco rate...also in domestic t20s his eco rate is 9.71,,...champion trophy forgot ???...also saikal buddy sachin rarely plays ranji but mumbai are record winners similarly for two years only dravid plays intermittently for country and u defend by saying this for ur team's inability in dom......anyways as of franchise rates bangalore's kingfisher is always costly than chennai cements so face vaue counts little yaar.....its the gritty char of the two times semi finalists in two countries...

Posted by raghu1122000 on (March 10 2010, 16:19 PM GMT)

@ all those arguing rcb vs csk... two seasons have passed , 5 matches played between them and the weakest test team leads one of the strongest t-20 teams , 3-2 in the ipl.. so much for being the weak team.. Surely I think the results should have been far from what has happened, given one team was hyped to be the trngest and the other team was supposed to be the weakest... The facts are simple... CSK sure is strong, but rcb is not any less strong... and in t20 there is no particularly strong side... so chill