IPL...The Passion is back...:)

If some one ask me what is one thing for which you can stay awake whole night and that too with out any regret, my answer would be 'Cricket'. And this is same for years now, and if I remember correctly, It is approximately 20 years, I am following the game with same intensity and interest. This is one thing that excites me more than anything. I remember all those sleepless nights when I used to watch India playing in newzeland, australia or westindies or even in toronto , I also remeber when I cried because India lost to zimbabwe in 1999 world cup and also that night which I past standing on street watching India play pakistan in toronto. There are lots of mad memories such as crying if electricty goes off in the city on the day of match or not having dinner if India lose the match and so on. Some one can say its sheer madness, But some how its life for me or any true cricket fan in this cricket crazy country.

Cricket has given me lots of best moments and also some sad days/nights but I don't regret, I just love it. You must be thinking all of a sudden why I am talking cricket, so friends I am again feeling excited, all those sleep less nights are back as IPL has started. A whole new concpet, top class player from around the world are playing together and against each other, It is like a "Kumbh ka Mela" for all those who regard and consider cricket as a religion. Although because of time difference here in south korea matches would be late at night for me but that really does not matter. last time around IPL was wonderfull and I am looking forward for the similar kind of buzz even it is not happening in India this time.

And IPL has already started, I was worried whether I would be able to see matches properly as there is no Indian channel available on TV and we are highly dependent on internet live streaming sites. Though these sites worked great for me during the last six months whenver India played, but you can never say that they will be available all the time when u need them.but luckily IPL itself providing free live streaming on their web site and at the time of the match I could find some or other source to watch match and hoping for same in next coming days.

Talking about IPL, Though I found it really very intresting but cannot decide which team I should support as I do not belong to any of particular city and also almost each team has some of my favorite stars whom I love to watch. It actually helps me to just enjoy the good cricket and support any team which has right approach and never say die attitude towards game. In first two days it is clear that this IPL is going to be different from the last one because of pithches and conditions. We can not change the playing conditios but I would rather love to see same kind of pitches as they were in India because T20 is total entertainment package and its appeal would go down if number of sixes and fours go down, so If some thing can be done to make the pitches flatter, it would be great for excitement of the public who love to watch T20 cricket.

But keeping the conditions and wickets in mind and after watching each team playing atleast once, my prediction , although predictions can go horribly wrong in T20 but for the discussion sake I think Delhi Daredevils seems to be strongest team for this season. Lets see how far they will go. So while hoping you all will enjoy this extravaganga of cricket in next 40 days or so, I am closing this entry and will back with more excitement and views about IPL-2.