Chennai lives upto its belter reputation

Chepauk was famous for run gluts all this years or for bad weather during the Test matches…Last time the city known for best knowledgeable crowd in the country witnessed a close finish or a result was in 2004 when the Test against Australia was drawn as the last day was washed out.

Since then some brain freezes from BCCI ensured that tests were held at a time when south west monsoon was at its peak.

That was all put to rest today.

The 2008 Test against SA saw an Indian scored 319 — highest on Indian soil. And since then CHennai became famous for flat tracks than spinning beauty it held in yester years.

467 runs were scored today in a IPL game b/w RR and CSK. A local Chennai boy scored a hundred and that was first notable performance from Srikanth’s croons. Vijay now poses a tough challenge to the quota system from TN….Karthik — the automatic selection for any injury in Tests / ODIs. / T20s now would really need to buckle up and perform.

Pathan was promoted to # 3 to propel the chase and he lasted 2 balls. A boundary off first and out next.  Such is the consistency of this lad and when he gotta take wkts he gotta utter “F” word time and again.  For Royals Naman Ojha played a super innings of 94*, the lad now has scored more runs in this IPL than any other wkt keeper. Yet the irony is he wont be counted on the fringes of the wicketkeeper reserve for India cos he does not play for CSK where he could be on radar of Srikanth, neither he is having a name ending in “am” or something that would resemble a Tamil name so that Srikanth would push him in the side….And he plays from MP which is a plate league team, though it has its best known Test player — Hiru bhai Chennai wale as selector, but god knows if his case would be pushed forward. Not to forget he hails from my own home town.

It was Douggie Bollinger who made the difference between a RR win and CSK win. 2 for 15 off 4 12 hrs after he landed from NZ series is commendable effort. And he got MoM for his effort……Srikanth would be fuming that his croon did not get a MoM awardam…..

By the way Vijay played a good innings despite the fact he was pushed hard by Srikanth…..

CSK are in the fray now and with Sachin gone in the Mumbai game Deccan would be now on 8 points too…Tomorrow KKR would win against Woodanga’s team and go on 10.  Bangalore would edge out  Delhi to go on 12….