Rollercoaster ride for IPL fans in Durban
It's ironic that one of the main reasons given by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for preferring South Africa to England as the venue for the IPL was the (good) weather
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
It's ironic that one of the main reasons given by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for preferring South Africa to England as the venue for the IPL was the (good) weather. So far, rain has fallen on each of the four days that the competition has been played, with two of the six matches already settled by the Duckworth-Lewis method, writes Patrick Compton on iol.co.za.
There was also a more preventable piece of misfortune, with the ground's Super Sopper breaking down after the first match. Fortunately for the red-faced groundstaff, the second match between the Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals never got going as sweeping rain, with devilish timing, started up a number of times at just the wrong moment after the covers were on the point of being taken off.
Was it the overwhelming success everybody had hoped for? Did India's cricket revolutionary product blow South Africa, especially Cape Town, away? asks Ashfak Mohamed on iol.co.za.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo