Addendum 2: (Courtesy Danda)

What is common between SRK and Mahatma Gandhi?











Both went to SA, got insulted and came back !

Addendum

(To the previous post.)

21. Ross Taylor walking across the wicket to hit the ball for a maximum

22. Emergence of a completely new terminology in which a sixer is called a D.L.Effer

23. Every moment of the grand finale

24. And ofcourse, the victorious gults

So make that 24 folks. 21 and 22 have been forgotten in the previous post. 23 and 24 had to come because of that brilliant match.

20 Things Why I Remember IPL 2

1. Rise of Kumble as one of the three best captains the other two being MS and Shane, and ofcourse rise of Sachin as the worst captain:. The age old adage, think like MS or think like Warne, is now modified to think like MS or like Warne or like Kumble, but never like Sachin

2. Clash of the legends, Sizzling Sachin vs Magician Warne

3. Manish Pandey, the wall of the making

4. Siva Mani

5. Dravid's fearless and confident batting style

6. Gilly's 50 from, guess what- 17

7. Kumble's 5/5 and Murali's 2/8 (against Punjab)

8. The fall of Bollywood and associated teams - with Katrina as an exception, and the rise of South India and Gult patronised teams ! (in your face- all you gult haters)

9. The fake IPL and Appam Chutiya

10. The jinxed Kolkata roaring towards the end

11. Dwayne Smith's half century during whose innings DC almost seemed like winning the match against CSK (DC lost by 70+ runs)

12. The cheer leaders

13. Introduction of the super over, and Yousuf Pathan's cameos

14. Haydos performance in almost every match

15. Peter ka beta's utter failure (Schedenfraude here!)

16. Mandira Bedi and Ramiz Raja consistantly proving their incompetance for their jobs

17. The narmad third wing's 'fantasy IPL' craze

18. Entertainment during those looong days of thesis writing

19. Giving me a topic for a come back post

20. Last but not the least, emerging as a phenomena for cutting off all those boring ManU vs Liverpool/ Chelsea vs Barca discussions. When somebody starts the footer talk, one can very adeptly change the course of the discussion by introducing IPL ( told out of experience)

Looking forward for the grand finale!