If you haven’t been watching, it’s time you purchased Setanta Sports. Although you get the obvious bonus of Arsenal v Derby next Monday night (yay!), they show every IPL game at around 3:30pm every day.
So far we’ve seen everything. Massive totals (Chennai’s 240), huge innings (Brendon McCullum’s 158 not out), almost 100 sixes, and we haven’t even reached game 8 yet. The attendances have been brilliant, with most games selling out the big stadiums.
The tournament kicked off on Friday afternoon with Kolkata Knight Riders mauling of the Bangalore Challengers. Brendon McCullum struck 13 sixes in his 158*, and Bangalore were bowled out for an awful 82. The second game saw Chennai Super Kings, one of the tournament favourites, smashing 240 in their 20 overs. Michael Hussey scored the second century of the IPL.
Since then their has been some close games, with Bangalore bouncing back to beat the impressive Mumbai Indians, and Shane Watson hitting Rajaesthan Royals to a surprise victory over the Punjab XI.
Tomorrow’s fixture sees Tendulkas Mumbai take on the Chennai Super Kings, in what should be a very good game.
The table so far looks like this:
| Teams | MP | W | L | RR | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata | 2 | 2 | 0 | +3.764 | 4 | |
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2.988 | 4 | |
| Chennai | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1.650 | 2 | |
| Rajasthan | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2.253 | 2 | |
| Bangalore | 2 | 1 | 1 | -3.423 | 2 | |
| Mumbai | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.191 | 0 | |
| Punjab | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1.650 | 0 | |
| Deccan Chargers | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1.669 | 0 |
1 Comment
April 23, 2008 at 5:58 am
Todays match could be a humdinger.