I don’t think Sourav Ganguly was wrong in saying ”God help their carrers”. Infact the knight riders justified his statement yesterday at chepauk.I always felt KKR has the best T20 players in the IPL. Having the destructive Gayle and Mccullum at the top with the smart Mathews and finest finisher David Hussey in the middle and the speed gun Shane Bond in their bowling department, I really don’t know how come they are losing so consistently. But the thing which is disappointing me so much is that they are losing despite of having one of the all time greats in the Odi format and India’s most successful captain Sourav Ganguly.
Coming to yesterday's match. neither Ganguly' s harsh words nor SRK's absence was able to fire the knights to play some better cricket.As Ganguly himself said, they were yet again totally rubbish at Chepauk. I felt that the match was over in the very first four overs of the day when KKR lost 4 wickets. The most saddest thing is that I was there at chepauk witnessing KKR(The team which I am supporting from the first edition of IPL) crumble like pins. I went there hoping for a another match wining innings from the Prince of Kolkata himself. But he was unfortunately given out for a wrong LBW decision ,as the replay clearly shows that the ball was missing the leg stump. When I came to know about this from my sister who smsed me , I felt that Muralidaran and Jakati would have been the most relieved men .I still remember the 1999 world cup match against the srilanka( which is often telecasted in starcricket) in which Dada smashed muralidaran all over the park to get his highest odi score of 183. It was one of the deadliest nightmares for Muralidaran.
But even after the disappointing performance from KKR , there were three thing which brought some smile on my face.
1 Before the start of the match, when I was heading towards the stadium with my cousins in our car, the KKR team bus went past us and I saw Manoj Tiwary and abdulla quite closely. It all happened in a second when we heard the loud noise of a police car and many policemen shouting at the car drivers( including ours)and the people nearby to make way for the KKR to enter the MAC stadium.
2 After the match,when we left the stadium,we saw one of Chennai’s best playback singer Chinmayee at the entrance of the pavillion gate. And I even took a pic with her and I will try to upload it in the coming days.
3 This one ,is probably the best of all, and this incident took place after the chinmayee’s ,when we were heading towards our car. In order to avoid any further comment on KKR from my cousins( they all r big big Csk fans), I increased my speed and walked ahead of them, when I saw someone going slowly in a Innova car. The next moment I ran towards the car and fortunately it stopped(probably because of my loud shouts). All Innova cars are big but this one was gigantic and special as one of India’s best percussionist Sivamani was inside. Being so humble, he gave his autograph and we chatted with him for five to ten minutes. We even had photos with him, but unfortunately due to bad light, it wasn’t clear. When one my cousins asked about Csk’s performance he said ”nallavella namba manathai kappatinannga” in a typical Chennai language.And he wished us a Happy Tamil New Year. It was a memorable night and in those delightful 10 to 15 minutes with Sivamani, I breathed some air of happiness after all those agony in the stadium.
Overall, it was an eventful day and I enjoyed the climax part of it. As far as KKR is concerned, they have to lift themselves up and play some good cricket in the next two matches. Eventhough KKR hasn’t qualified for the next stage in the IPL so far, I am still going to support them as Dada is still there. I hope Dada would continue as captain for the next season and change the fortunes.
You love him or you hate him, but you cant ignore him. i am sure he will bounce back in future as he is a man "WHO NEVER QUITS"...
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