IPL: McCULLUM’S CARNAGE IN THE IPL CARNIVAL

This is it. The gala has begun. On Friday, the 18th of April 08, history was in the making, as the doors of the Chinnaswamy stadium opened to greet the Cricketing world’s youngest child, the IPL. The world came to a grinding halt and a packed stadium and television viewers worldwide were given a visual treat. The inaugural of the IPL was a sight for sore eyes. Dancing girls, musicians, acrobatics and what not. The IPL had a historic opening and one does feel jealous about the Bangaloreans who were able to watch it in close quarters.




Well such an opening definitely raised expectations and the King Khan’s Knight Riders were up to it. A barrage of 6s and 4s followed a s they raked up 222. Mccullum was the Knight in Shinig Armour for the KKR. Seldom has such explosive batting been on display. If someone had doubted about the quality of his bat, they culd be forgiven for it was such an awesome display. The Royal Challengers never challenged Mccullum. The absence of Chris Gayle was not felt which is saying something.

One has to feel for the Royal Challengers as they sorely missed the experience of Kumble and the pace of Steyn. But honestly, Could they have made a difference when McCullum was playing the ‘God’? the King of Good Times would never have dreamt about such a thrashing. If it was McCullum to begin with, it was Ishant and Dinda later in the night, troubling the so called ‘Performers’ with their consistent line and length. The RC were only able to reach half of what McCullum scored.

Even the Gods would not have predicted such a start for the IPL. God save the bowlers as more Blitzkreig is to follow and we are yet to see the likes of Symonds, Sachin, Jayasuriya and Hayden. The organizers could lose too many balls in this tournament.