Mike Hussey demolished Kings XI bowling

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The Second DLF IPL match was between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Mohali Kings XI Punjab (MKP). CSK batted first and Brett Lee bowled his first over of the match very decently. Partiv Patel started hitting three consecutive 4's in the second over and it was first over of Sreeshant from here onwards CSK was hitting fours and sixes in regular bases…

Partiv Patel was first to depart to Pavilion and here comes Mike Hussey. Hussey hit the ball very sweetly and he showed his jalwa to the audience in the Mohali cricket stadium. Hayden was got out after a good score of 25(17 balls) and then MS Dhoni who was the highest paid player in the landmark auction could only make 1 run (3 balls). Hussey took the responsibility from here and blasted a fastest century in T20 cricket history. He scored 116 in just 54 balls (8 fours and 9 sixes) and help the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to reach a target of 240 in 20 overs, it is the highest target in T20 cricket history. Badrinath scored a valuable knock of 31(14 balls 3 fours and 2 sixes) remained with Hussey till the end of the innings. Suresh Raina scored a brisk 32 off just 13 balls (2 fours & 3 sixes).

Mohali Kings XI Punjab (MKP) gave good chase to CSK's target and lost the game my just 33 runs. James Hopes 77(33 balls, 10 fours & 3 sixes) & K Goel 24 (19 balls, 2 fours & 1 six) gave a good opening stand and run rate was going very smoothly when this partnership was going. But after the dismissal of J Hopes suddenly the middle order of MKP could not accelerate the run rate and runs. Sangakara played a good knock and scored 54 off just 33 balls but got out at the wrong time and Muralidaran picked up Sangakarra's wicket. Yuvaraj was not able to show any dhamaka and he got out for a score of 23 off just 13 balls. MKP team able to score 207/4 in 20 overs and lost the game by 33 runs still to score...I enjoy this match very match and both the teams have played very well but Hussey innings was outstanding. Man of the match was Mike Hussey..

The third match of IPL was between Delhi Dare devils & Jaipur Rajasthan Royals. Aksay Kumar showed some daring stunts and entertained the crowd. But this match was very boring and one sided match. The Jaipur Rajasthan Royals team was very weak in batting and posted a competitive target of just 130 in 20 overs. But Delhi Dare devils chased the target successfully without facing any trouble. I hope Shane Warne comes up with good ideas for his team. He could not show any magic in his bowling. But Mc Grath bowled super spell for Delhi Dare Devils.

In IPL, I am able to see Shane Warne against G Mc Grath and Mike Hussey & M Hayden against Brett Lee & J Hopes. I have to yet to see the top Indian players to come up with good brisk innings. Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Dravid, Yuvaraj & Shewag did not show any jalwa and foreign players like Mc Cullum & Mike Hussey played superb knocks which they never played like that for their respective countries...I think Sachin will show a jalwa for Indians very soon… I have lot of hopes but I am not sure whether he is fully fit from his injury......That's all for now...

With lots of love,

Madhu Vamsi...

Yousuf Pathan ka Dhamaal

The Match 9 of DLF IPL T20 was thriller to watch but my team again lost because of poor fielding and bad bowling by the experience players. Andrew Symonds blasted a fastest century of the tournament, 117 runs in just 53 balls (11 fours & 7 sixes) and won the DLF maximum sixes of the match award.

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers were in trouble when 2 wickets feel in the 3rd over of the match and it was the first over of Yousuf Pathan's over. Gilchrist (13) & Afridi (10), two dangerous hitters of Deccan Chargers were out without trouble much the scorers. Shane Warne the captain of Jaipur Rajasthan Royals smartly introduced Yousuf Pathan. Warne knows that Gilchrist is very tentative in early of his innings against the spinners. Soon Gilchrist was stumped behind the wicket by Kamran Akmal and then came the blind hitter Afridi. He hit one four and a six and already 15 runs of the over. Afridi too another chance and got out to Pathan. Deccan Chargers were struggling and Symonds builds a 100 runs partnership with Rohit Sharma. Deccan Chargers set a target of 215 runs to win.

Jaipur Rajasthan Royals started brilliantly with the new opening pair of Akmal & Greme Smith. But Akmal was dismissed by Chaminda Vaas in his second over. Here comes the new budding star of India Yousuf Pathan who played a superb innings under pressure. He blasted the fastest fifty of the tournament in just 20 balls. He was finally got out when his score was 61 and took just 28 balls to score. Pathan was declared the Man of the Match.

Greme Smith kept his cool and build important partnership with Kaif. Smith scored a quick 71 in 45 balls and Kaif scored 34 in 16 balls. Kaif hit 3 huge sixes of Andrew Symonds in one over which was the turning point of the match. But both Kaif and Smith got out in the same over and Afridi was the bowler. Afridi was about to get the first Hat trick of the tournament but Yadav dropped a simple catch which is offered by Ravindra Jadeja. Bad luck to Afridi!!!!

Royals needed 17 runs of the last over of the match and Laxman asked Symonds to bowl the last over. I thought that the match is lost here because Symonds did not bowling very well in the last to 2 matches and captain of the team is expecting too much from him. Shane Warne showed his experience here and he picked up the spots where to hit the fours very cleverly. The third ball was hit straight over the head of the bowler for a four. The fourth ball was hit on the on-side stands for a huge six and the fifth ball was hit to the off-side for a six. Warne finished the match in style and Symonds gave away 47 runs in just 2.5 overs and it was the expensive spell in this tournament.

Finally, this is the third straight defeat for Deccan Chargers and I feel other than Symonds & Rohit Sharma, no other batsmen are chipping in with good scores. Bowling is hopeless and Herchille Gibbs joined the team 1 day back. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers new players are not have good experience of T20 cricket that is why struggling. I hope team management comes up with good strategies in coming matches...

With Lots of love,

Madhu Vamsi....

Welcome movie preview

“WELCOME” the film that show a strong ensemble of star cast with director Anees Bazmee at the helm of affairs proved to disappoint when coming to its musical front.

The writer cum director Anees Bazmi does the festival farce with more finesse.

The music is filled with names like Himesh Reshammiya, Anand Raj Anand and Sajid-Wajid but still the music was proved to be big zero other then the chartbusting track “Uncha Lamba Kad”.

A comedy bonanza that has stars like Akshay kumar, Anil kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroz khan and Paresh Rawal in main role. Thought the promotion was very well done and the film having multi stars the movie is neither a chartbusting like OM SHANTI OM nor it is like the movie NO ENTRY. The movie avoids crudity most of the way even as the goofball antics of the characters gets progressively outlandish. The cars breaks into two halves, guns go off in the wrong direction and the cast look more crazed then people in mental asylum.

The leading actors in the comic role are Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor. The role of Anil Kapoor as a funny Don is rocking. Whereas Akshay Kumar seems to do the same bore acting as he has done in his previous movies. Paresh Rawal and Feroz khan have justified there roles and as expected Katrina Kaif again proved she is best as a model then actress with her downgraded action. Mallika Sherawat thought have a small portion as guest appearance she gave good performance from her side.

When coming to music though there is combination of versatile like Shanker Mahadevan and Anand Raj Anand it was not up to there standards. The title track by Sajid-Wajid renders some entertainment. Director Anees Bazmee has given his last comedy with his movie NO ENTRY that had some enticing massy tracks. Finally I do not know what the director wants to welcome here! Average to watch.