Protest against shifting IPL matches from Bangalore

Yesterday there was a blast in the Generator room at chinnaswamy stadium Bangalore. And today IPL Commissioner announced both the semifinals will be shifted from Bangalore to Mumbai.

What is the rational behind the shift? Safety of the players? Hey players are safe on 17th April just after the blast. The matches were not shifted from Jaipur in first IPL after a much intense blast. Look at the history, there were more number of blasts/terrorist attack in Mumbai including the last year Pak sponsered attack. How does Bangalore become unsafe?

I have not heard concern from any player about IPL or venue. Mr Thackrey has threatened Australian players, still all the matches are happening in Mumbai. What is wrong in Bangalore?

In case it is Bangalore who is loosing out matches why will it be hosted in Mumbai, why not in Chennai, Hyderabad or Kolkata or any other venue?

Mr Modi, these are the questions for you.

1) Who all decided to move the match from Bangalore. Contradictory to you Bangalore city top cop wants match in Bangalore.
2) Why matches to be held in Mumbai?
3) I am clear about home and away matches in the league. How does semi final ad final match venues r decided?
4) Had it been in mid of the league, would you have shifted other league matches from Bangalore?
5) Who are the players or player unions showed concern over security of Bangalore?
6) Are you not helping the people who planted explosives by shifting the matches? (they wanted to create panic and Bangalore be spotted as a place with weak security)

Bollinger not Muralee Vijay is my man of the match.

Today IPL witnessed the highest score match with CSK defeating RR by 23 runs. It has a couple of Brilliances. The match was played in Chennai where there is little assistance for bowler. Muralee Vijay utilized the opportunity and scored a brilliant 127. Morkel provided an excellent partnership and scored 62 in 34 balls. Ojha and Watson matched the former and are about to chase the record run. It was Bollinger who made the difference. His 4 overs made the difference and helped Chennai to register the win.

I do agree Muralee Vijay played a prolific innings and scored 127 runs. He is behind the highest possible target. But RR was also giving an equal reply and Watson and Ojha were about to seal the win. It is Bollinger whose bowling was the difference between the two sides, and on top of it, Bollinger had the catch of the match (the catch of Pathan). So the win goes to Bollinger not Vijay. But cricket has its own history of being biased towards batsman and Muralee Vijay was named as the man of the match.

Who will be the 5th foreign player from RCB

IPL have a rule saying a team can have 4 foreign players. Till 7th match Kallis, Morgan, Boucher and Steyn were playing. In 8th match Pietersen joined the team and Morgan has to sit out. Ross Taylor would be joining RCB as he is free from his national duty (NZ and Aus test series is over). Looking at his form and power hitting he seems to be a definite player for the team. But the problem is who will be out?

Pietersen is the most expensive player and has done well on his first match and won the MOM award. So he is not the one who is going to sit out.

Boucher is not in his best and do not match the other players as a batsman. But he is a keeper and Bangalore team does not have any other keeper. Bangalore team may try Dravid with his gloves and ask Boucher to sit out. Bangalore has not utilized Dravid's batting expertise and may think it does not need in future with the current batting line up.

Batting is the strength of Bangalore and bowling is no where near to Mumbai (who I tipped for the top position). So Bangalore won't risk keeping Steyn away from its team of 11.

Kallis has the purple cap and MVP cap with him. But his strike rate is 123.25, which is low when you look at T20 standard. But his stay in the field allows others like Utappa or Virat to fire and team is doing well. So team can not go without him.

Ross Taylor was a key person why Bangalore success story in last IPL and made into dream team of IPL. He is in prolific form and a big hitter. It is tough to ignore him.

As Bangalore is doing fine and Utappa doing Ross Taylor's role Taylor may be 5th foreigner to sit out and not play the match.Or either dravid or Utappa will take the gloves (hey Mumbai does not have a regular keeper and still at the top of the chart) and ask Boucher to sit out. If none of them are injured, Kallis, Steyn and Pietersen are the 3 foreigners who are definitely going to play.

IPL Prediction

20-20 matches are like a lottery. It is impossible to predict who will win from a specific game with hundred percent accuracy. This is what my prediction based on current form.


Champion: Being a Bangalorean my heart says Bangalore, and head says Mumbai. I do not want Rajsthan Royals/Deccan charger to take the cup again. As it is a prediction, I go by my head and give Mumbai the first place.

Runners up: I definitely want final between Bangalore and Mumbai, and want Bangalore to win it. But in case Mumbai wins it, I would go with Bangalore as Runners up.

3rd place: RR is my preferred team for 3rd place

4th place: DD will be at 4th place. I hope they will fire after Gambhir returns to the squad and will be able to make to the semis.

1st quarter final: Mumbai Vs Delhi and Mumbai wins
2nd Quarter final: Bangalore Vs Rajsthan Royals and Bangalore wins