IPL fever is on.. or is it!!

What has happened to me.. I seem to find no time for my blog (even though I have a loadz of it for every other damn thing) and thats the reason why this blog has not been updated since ages.. Not that I dont waste any time.. I usually do and who doesn't.. But we have something called 'a project work', a year-long thing and we have to windup everything within the deadline and thats keeping me away from this place. And of course.. the hottest thing for the cricket lovers is still on. The IPL. That has taken away a chunk of my time for the past few weeks. And I had to constantly make a decision between IPL, Project work and the online world, somewhat confused.. So you see, how many things I have in my mind.. (and not to mention the unbearable intolerable scorching summer taking away all my energy.. it sucks!)

Anywayz.. nothing prevents me from seeing the IPL matches and the other day, I went and watched the match between DC vs MI at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal. I must say it was one hell of an experience. The atmosphere, the crowd, the occasion and not to forget the cheerleaders.. [;)]. Now I know why people turn up in such a huge number for the matches. Although i didn't have much to cheer for DC for they did what they have been doing for the past few matches.. play and lose the match by a small margin. I wonder if DC guys have taken a pledge not to win the matches.. First few matches rohit played then vvs and now venu.. But not a single occasion they put up a combined team effort. Its a pity that such a team which was arguably the best team on the paper at the starting of the tournament has gone down in such a mysterious way. May be thats what happens when you have only swashbuckling players.. But then Rahul's (RCB) team isn't performing either.. they have many established test players unlike DC. So even thats a bad idea and by now he would have realized that (I m sure he must have). I seriously feel sorry for Rahul for they have been outclassed in almost every match by their opposition unlike their friends DC who have been fighting very hard to win and of course they know not what it is to be lucky..

Though the initial outburst of runs from the teams made it look like its a '200 in 20 overs' affair, the average scores have gone down slowly and steadily.. And now i wonder if I have the same interest to watch the matches as I had it in the beginning.. I don't blame it on the ever decreasing totals but somehow its too much i felt.. Hitting a six is spectacular, but it can be dull when it becomes a routine.. Having said that, IPL has also given us enough reasons to avoid test matches and as some old cricketing brains may fear, the new breed of players may get lost in this world of commercialized cricket and that is bound to happen if the care is not taken to preserve the aesthetics of test matches.. But who cares, as long as I get to see some interesting contests between the teams in five hours, its fine and perfectly wokay.. but then not like IPL either, too many matches within too little time.. Now i am no more confused for I have realized I have only a few options and 'IPL' certainly thrown out of my list..