Fun time is the Cricket Time

So we are standing just ahead of Indian Premier Leauge session 2, which is ready to swing once again on 18th April with its second season on course. Not to forget what has happened in the first edition of the cricket saga. Only few teams could live up to the expectations, while some drowned hemselves by their on field poor performance. Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils were the franchises Who did justice to their star hubbed teams while Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers just blew away. We also take a look at how the most under rated team of IPL emerged as the champion of champion’s . It is also an attempt to look at the future prospects of the IPL teams for the second season. The unsung hero’s of the league who put themselves of the radar of success and those big buddies who could not bear the burden of expectations in the inaugural season of IPL have also been covered. Indian Premier League was bang in terms of records and milestones set by the players. Several new records were made and it was raining four and sixes in most of the clashes. Apart from sheer entertainment and excitement, Controversies also laid its clouds on the IPL. There was Asif’s doping scandal to follow with Harbhajan-Sreesanth spat on the field which sent Bhajji out of the tournament.
Controversies kept on coming on a fast track in the cash flowing league. We bring you the best of the best from the first season in terms of Stadiums, Cheerleaders and the spectators. It is well said that failure makes one more determined to achieve success. Taking lesson from the failure in the most talked about league , the owners of the franchises went in quest of what is right for their team to attain much needed life line on the cricket field at the auction held in Goa for the second season. Millions were spent to hire the services of star players who in return can guarantee the winning formula to the team. There were few surprises also in terms of amount spent on players bidding. Kevin Petersen and Andrew Flintoff drew all the attention and attraction by becoming the costliest players in the IPL, both went for the whooping amount of more than seven crore with Kevin going in the kitty of Vijay Mallya and Flintoff to Chennai Super Kings. South African J P Duminy and Bangladeshi tiger Mashrafe Mortaza were the surprise packages at the auction by getting much higher price than their original base price. In our edition we throw light on the life of Lalit Modi, how he slowly but gradually came to power in terms of cricket world and the big tail of controversies attached with him. With all these happenings in the cricket world we bring you our regular columns, Willowy Words
and Greats of the game to keep you intact till the end.