Powerplay

Delhi continues its total powerplay demonstration for this IPL. And its amazing that they continue to do so well without playing Sehwag, Vettori and McGrath. The rock solid De Villiers and Dilshan combined with new find Nannes (if Sehwag rates him fastest faced and hardest to hit , he's got to to be something) and solid performances from Amit Mishra and Nehra. Its interesting that Delhi was always a top contender for this IPL before the tournament but largely due to the players who aren't playing (and Gambhir who hasn't fired). I cant but help worry if their dreams will come crashing down with one bad day in the office in the semi-finals. Perhaps the format of this IPL may come into question then but that's the story of another post.

The KKR - what can one say except that their horror run continue unabated. Its reached a point where one almost feels sorry for the team. Certainly for Brendon McCullum who has the task of answering intelligent questions from Rameez Raja like "so whats really going wrong - is it the foreign players or the local players or what?". Between Shahrukh, Buchanan and Dada , poor McCullum has been stuck and never really had a chance. Its all chronicled in the fakeiplplayer blog (which i think is going downhill now - very average behind the scenes insight now) so i wont go there. It is however a classic case of professional vs. owner managed businesses. (with a crazy coach). Move over Vijay Mallya , you've just been spectacularly unseated this season.

Maybe just maybe , a couple of the knight rider's last games will be very interesting in as much as the fact that they could determine the team that makes the 4th semi final slot. At least they can leave the tournament feeling like they made an impact on the outcome.

Till then, its just a knightmare....